Arc 3 – Ch.47: Talent show
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(Uwah...)
That startled me.

Alcazar just ripped my faucet off.

For a second there it felt like my actual manhood got ripped off.
I almost forgot it's just a faucet in the heat of the moment.

"Well?" (Alcazar)
Alcazar prodded me for an answer. He wants to know who put the faucet on me in the first place.

There's no reason to hide it, so I guess I'll just tell him.
And also- I don't want to get blown up, so I'll just go along with whatever he wants for now.

His little glass arm points at the faucet on the ground.
"...Or did you do that yourself?" (Alcazar)

MAGIC SPEECH activated.
1 MP converted.

"NO. A woman called Elena put that on me..." (Scarecrow)
I vehemently deny his outrageous accusation.

"Huh?! Elena?" (Alcazar)

"Hmmm... that rings a bell, but I can't quite place the name." (Alcazar)

"She owned some sort of store in the city." (Scarecrow)

"Defiling others' work-" (Alcazar)
Alcazar began mumbling to himself.

"I'll give that upstart merchant a piece of my mind if I run into her..." (Alcazar)

 

"So?" (Alcazar)
I zoned out whilst he was mumbling and suddenly heard another question being raised.

"Huh?" (Scarecrow)

"What else can you do?" (Alcazar)

(Ah...)
Why does he want to see what I can do? Is it just curiosity or does he have something else in mind?
Should I hide my other abilities from him?

(Hmmm... perhaps...)
Powerful magicians in web novels usually take disciples under their tutelage when they show off their talents...
I'm pretty sure he had some sort of teacher-like title when I inspected him for the first time.

The main character becomes an overpowered magic user after learning magic from the strongest magician in the world!
That's the type of thing that often happens in other world web novels, doesn't it?

If I impress him with my skills, I might be able to convince him to become my magic teacher...

(Let's do this!!)

Being taught magic by an elder wizard in another world...

Awesome...
(Hue hue...)

"..." (Alcazar)

Alright! Let's show off a bit!

I activate wood magic and produce several sturdy looking vines near where Alcazar is standing.

The vines wriggle around and began to twirl around each other.

"...I see. So this is how you've been moving around." (Alcazar)

"The magic deemed worthless has become your lifeline. Fascinating." (Alcazar)

W- worthless...

He did say it was fascinating though. This isn't a lost cause yet!
Wait till you get a load of my trump card!

A crumbling sound interrupted my little demonstration whilst I was preparing to use my mental ability.

"?" (Alcazar)

We both look towards the source of the sound that's emanating near us and see Furby desperately trying to free his head.
He's pushing his wings against the side of the wall that he's embedded in and scrambling around with his bird feet trying to get leverage.

I can hear muffled panicked bird sounds.

It's a pretty amusing sight.

"What is that...?" (Alcazar)

Ah. Please don't blow him up. It took me quite a while to get my first other world companion you know...

MAGIC SPEECH activated.
1 MP converted.

"He's with me." (Scarecrow)

"Huh?" (Alcazar)

Alcazar looked like he was pondering something.

"I sense... another soul?" (Alcazar)

"Isn't this the stray soul that was in my teapot...?" (Alcazar)

What?

Teapot? What are you even talking about?

Did you put a soul in a teapot?

What is wrong with you?

"KWAH!" (Furby)
Furby made a weird bird sound as he finally managed to free his head.

The bird looked around in a slight panic and spotted me.

"WALL! STUCK!" (Furby)
Yeah. I know. I saw.

"WHY NOT HELP?" (Furby)
Sort of preoccupied with negotiations here.

I look at Alcazar. Furby follows my line of sight and spots the miniature terrorist that just set off a nuke underground.

"L- leaving..." (Furby)
Furby began flapping his wings in an attempt to fly away.

"Where are you going?" (Alcazar)

"St- staying here." (Furby)
He meekly chirped with his head hung down.

"Hmmm... you both changed quite a bit." (Alcazar)

"That demon bird certainly wasn't this big when my slave caught it." (Alcazar)
Furby proudly puffed out his chest.

"And what is it you do?" (Alcazar)

"?" (Furby)
He tilted his head, not understanding what was being asked.

Well, he did just recently graduate from being a freeloader after he got his new poison ability.

MAGIC SPEECH activated.
1 MP converted.

"Show him your new ability." (Scarecrow)
I used a stern commanding tone.

Just play along.
Treat this old man like someone wearing a vest rigged with explosives that are primed to explode...

Furby lowered his head and began dry heaving.

What are you doing...

He kept his beak wide open, which caused a thick purple sludge to eventually slowly droop from his mouth.

"..." (Alcazar & Scarecrow)

T- that's how you use your poison ability?!
It looks like a cat trying to vomit out a hairball!

This is my first time hearing a bird making gagging noises...

Furby proudly pointed his wing at the disgusting puddle of steaming purple goop on the ground.
"Poison." (Furby)
Yes. I can see that.

"A- a poisonous bird... intriguing..." (Alcazar)

"Dark Day Bird's ordinarily aren't capable of producing poison..." (Alcazar)

"Could it be because of my aptitude for it?" (Alcazar)
Alcazar mumbled something again whilst inspecting the purple puddle of sludge.

This old man is pretty high spec... he's figuring out all the stuff that I've learned from my observation ability on his own.

Just when I was about to inspect the poison, Alcazar began to approach the puddle and shoved his arm into it.

"This is even more potent than my most dangerous poison..." (Alcazar)
All the poison suddenly began disappearing into his glass body.
It looks like he's vacuuming.
The inside of his transparent glass body quickly filled up with the purple liquid.

When he finished absorbing all the poison, the purple goop inside his body suddenly began to drain to seemingly nowhere, until it completely disappeared.

What did he just do? Was that some sort of storage magic?!

Alcazar looked back towards me.
"There's one thing I can't figure out though." (Alcazar)

"What are you two even doing down here?" (Alcazar)

Ah.

How do I even begin to explain this...

"Hungry. Want seeds." (Furby)

No.

MAGIC SPEECH activated.
1 MP converted.

Let's just keep it short and sweet.

"I'm here to find a full potion." (Scarecrow)

There's no need to reveal everything to him.
I'm not sure how he'll react if I told him about Julia. But I doubt it'd be a favourable response.

"Oh?" (Alcazar)

"Are you making fun of me?" (Alcazar)
Orbs of glass began to protrude from Alcazar's glass body.

"That's a legend. Something told to children as a bedtime story." (Alcazar)

"I- I've seen it before!" (Scarecrow)

"..." (Alcazar)

"Fwu fu fu... so you're not making up lies then?" (Alcazar)

Alcazar pointed at us.
"So be it! I'll be tagging along on your journey then." (Alcazar)

Huh?! Why?!

"How fascinating! I came down here for the exact same purpose! Fwa ha ha!" (Alcazar)

 
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