His magic was about to be seen by others. Although he already knew how he was going to take care of that, he couldn’t help but tsk inwardly even as he walked over to the center of the training field.
And then—
“Alright. Is everyone ready?”
“…Yeah.”
“…”
“I’m all good here.”
Raikas pulled his sword from its scabbard and Enmarph shifted into a combat stance, pointing the gemmed tip of his staff toward Suimei.
As they had, Suimei expressed his readiness to begin, simultaneously pulling his Divergent Gloves over his hands and extracting a vial from his pocket.
Raikas, not comprehending what he was seeing, asked, “What’s that?”
“Nothing special. It’s just my weapon.”
“…?”
Under the surprised and confused gazes of those around him, Suimei removed the stopper from the vial and poured its contents onto the floor. This was, of course, the same thing he’d used in the White Wall, the handiest of the magic weapons within his possession.
Because of the extreme novelty of the vial’s contents, Lefille frowned at the glittery, silver substance.
“Silver… water?”
“This is mercury. You’ve never seen it before?”
“Yeah, this is my first time,” she answered, squinting.
“Um, Suimei-san, intentionally dirtying the floor is kinda…” Dorothea said weakly.
“…Oh, no. I’m not dirtying anything.”
“That sure is what it looks like, though…”
Under everyone’s watchful gaze, he’d poured a liquid onto the floor. That much was undeniable, however…
“You’ll understand soon enough.”
“Hah…”
“…Hmm. Is that some kind of drug?”
“Nope—”
By the time he’d answered Lefille’s question, the contents of the vial had completely transferred themselves onto the floor. Next, as this extremely dense liquid slid along the floor, he concentrated his mana, and spoke the incantation that would alter its form.
“―Permutatio Coagulatio Vix Lamina (Transmute, solidify, become power.)”
His incantation spoken, with the mercury on the floor at its radius, a magic circle spread outward.
A magic circle that radiated with a soft red, magical light.