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Even after we moved to Stollar, I had Maxwell come to me once a month. This was partly for meeting with Cortina, but also to continue training my magic. As I continued to implement them during my adventuring, all my magic abilities grew, and Maxwell taught me the knowledge and techniques that corresponded to my skill.

In these three years, I have become able to use some of the advanced spells. But as expected, top-grade spells were still beyond my reach. The Teleport spell he was going to teach me now would become my first top-grade spell.

“I shall be teaching you Teleport today. It is ranked just before Portal Gate.”

Portal Gate was used to create a gate that connected to a faraway place. It was a spell that “interfered” with the coordinates of the location. Teleport was different in that regard as it interfered with the coordinates of the person rather than the place. Apport, Teleport, and Portal Gate. They were a series of spells that interfered with the coordinates.

“Teleportation spells, in general, have a limitation that you can only go to a place you have already visited. This is also because that strengthens the terrain and the place in question in the user’s mind.”
“So by visiting the place once, it becomes easier to envision it.”
“Yes. It is used to send people, after all. If you make a mistake it could lead to a disaster. For that reason, you need to have as clear an image as possible.”
“What would happen if I fail?”
“Let’s see, if you make a mistake in elevation, you could end up inside the ground or high up in the sky…”
“G-Got it. I’ll be careful with it.”

Maxwell used it daily as if it was nothing, but hearing about what would happen if you failed convinced me that it wasn’t a spell you would use so willy-nilly.

Maxwell ignored my worries and continued his explanation.

“Moreover, this spell consumes a lot of magic power, unlike the Apport spell. Doing it several times should not be a problem with your magic power, and your output has also grown so you should be good, but keep in mind that you cannot abuse it.”
“Okay. But is there really such a difference?”
“You are transferring people instead of objects, after all. And Portal Gate warps space, so it consumes even more magic power.”
“I’m getting worried now.”
“Worry not, I shall teach you until you master it completely.”

Saying that, he showed me a paper with a magic circle drawn on it. It was the magic circle that Aste—the God of Wind Hastur, had used before.

“The magic circle you have to imagine is similar to this one. You should study the meaning of each pattern later. But for now, start with memorizing it in full and using it.”
“It’s not very like you to have me memorize it like that.”
“We are limited in time. If you spend too much time now, your time with Finia would decrease. And I would be blamed for it.”
“I don’t think Finia will hold such a grudge over you… But I would feel sorry for her.”

I had already conveyed to her through Gadius that I would be visiting today. But I haven’t told her exactly when that would be, so she was probably waiting for me even now.

Cortina has recognized my dates with her so this should not count as cheating… right?

“Now that I think about it, you still have not laid a hand on her, have you?”
“Well, I have some reservations about it.”
“You are upright in the strangest places. Your legal wife already gave her permission too.”
“C-Cortina isn’t my legal wife or anything…”
“That makes you embarrassed? I wanted to hold your children before I died, but it seems that would take longer.”
“You still have a lot of lifespan left, don’t you?!”

Although he was old, he still had many years left. Enough to rival a human’s lifespan. There was a chance he could even outlive me. Still, the more I talked with him now the less time Finia would have. It was better to focus on using the spell.

“Okay, let’s go… Valencia Three, Ultramarine One, Atlantis Three—Carry one to the distant land, Teleport!”

As expected of a high-ranked spell, I couldn’t cover the magic power consumption and distance with Red and Jade. Both Valencia and Atlantis represented the magic power of the second level.

I felt magic power drain from my body, flowing into the magic circle I just remembered. The scenery before my eyes warped and once it settled down, I had teleported to near Stollar as I had imagined.

“The cost of this spell is extreme… I don’t think I’ll be able to use it repeatedly in a day.”

Due to losing so much magic power so fast, I felt slight exhaustion. I rested my body while approximating how many times I could use it in a day based on how exhausted I felt.

“It seems that you have succeeded. Though I knew you would.”
“But this spell is pretty exhausting.”
“When transporting several people, Portal Gate is more cost-effective. At any rate, it seems that you have grasped how it works.”
“Yeah, at the very least, there were no problems during this leap.”
“In that case, I have been freed from carrying you around.”
“So you’re telling me to return by myself from now on.”

Based on my exhaustion I could use this spell about thrice a day. Maybe one more time if I pushed myself. There would be no problem in making round trips to Raum.

But this also had another use. I mean, I could use it to see Fina every day.

“Hmm…”
“You are grinning, you know?”
“When I realized I could visit my sister whenever I wanted, I couldn’t help it.”
“Good grief. Little Finia and Cortina have it hard. Their man prioritizes his sister over them.”
“I value them too naturally. But I’m limited to transforming once a month, so there’s no helping the matter.”
“Oh well, just do it in moderation so you do not get hate.”
“Yeah yeah.”

Either way, I managed to learn the Teleport spell. With this, my area of activity should have grown.