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── Your local translator, Shasu
The invocation of magic requires 『Correct Intonation』, the 『Correct Amount of Mana』 and lastly a 『Correct Perception』.
Several months of training have been racked up for『Teleport』.
Zenjirou, just at the point of reliably and successfully chanting with『Correct Intonation』 while pouring the 『Correct Amount of Mana』 appropriate for 『Teleport』 into the spell, is finally beginning to tackle the last obstacle, the 『Correct Perception』.
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Having given him pa.s.sing marks for 『Correct Intonation』 and the 『Correct Amount of Mana』 of 『Teleport』, Aura took Zenjirou to a windowless stone room in a secluded section of the royal palace.
“Aura, this place is…?” (Zenjirou)
Watching her husband restlessly survey the room in confusion, the queen, who was clad in a comfortable and soft-looking dress, smiled meaningfully.
It's been three months since her period last came, but it hasn't yet reached the point where her belly is noticeable. The morning sickness that plagued her last pregnancy also hasn't made an appearance.
Even for the same mother every pregnancy is different, and it seems that it will be much easier this time around.
Doctor Mich.e.l.le had declared, "I'm certain that you're pregnant", and only given Aura permission to continue with governmental affairs within the palace on the condition that she always keeps a maid with her.
“As expected, you remember this place, huh? Right, Zenjirou, this is the room where you were summoned into this world.” (Aura)
It’s the room where Aura drew Zenjirou to this world using 『Different World Summoning』.
In other words, this is where Zenjirou had first stepped into this world. It's already been three years since his arrival. Even so Zenjirou vividly remembers the shock of when he was summoned to this world for the first time.
“Whoaa, that’s really nostalgic somehow. I feel like this place hasn’t changed at all.” (Zenjirou)
“Well, that only makes sense. This place is a 『Special Room』 after all.” (Aura)
“Eh? What do you mean?” (Zenjirou)
Watching him tilt his head in confusion, the queen explains to her husband,
“This is a room established for us Carpa royalty, or rather, users of 『s.p.a.ce-Time Magic』, to make it as easy as possible to use 『Teleport』.
Until you’ve grown accustomed to drawing a clear image of activating the 『Teleport』 spell in your mind, it’s very difficult. In the beginning you will learn how to do it in this room.” (Aura)
Zenjirou understands what Aura is saying, but it doesn't make any sense to him why things are done like this, and he only has more questions.
“Isn’t it easier to imagine a more familiar place as the destination when learning 『Teleport』? Like the inner palace’s living room in my case?” (Zenjirou)
As if she'd been waiting for that question, the queen immediately responds with,
“s.p.a.ce that you're familiar with is unexpectedly difficult actually. The spirit can account for slight differences between the image in your mind and reality to some degree, but it has its limits.
A s.p.a.ce that doesn’t change in appearance depending on the time of year, or even the time of day, is difficult to find.
Also, and this is knowledge exclusive to s.p.a.ce-time magic users, if you try to travel too far from east to west, night and day will be reversed. That makes imagining extremely difficult.” (Aura)
“Ah, I see. The time difference, huh?” (Zenjirou)
Zenjirou clapped his hands together in understanding upon Aura’s explanation.
In the end 『Teleport』 is no more than a spell allowing one to travel a certain distance instantaneously. It doesn't mean that you can ignore time.
For example, just because it’s daytime in j.a.pan right now, doesn't mean it's daytime in New York. If you imagine New York in the daytime, the spell will not be invoked.
Unless one includes the time difference in their calculations and imagines New York at night, 『Teleport』 won’t work.
It’s also the same if the seasons are drastically off. A person who has never experienced anything but Hokkaido’s winter, won’t be able to activate 『Teleport』 to Hokkaido in summer, even if they try to do so.
Zenjirou understood the gist of it after receiving that explanation, but as expected, he still has some unanswered questions.
“Mmh? You’re saying, if the image in my mind diverges too much from reality, 『Teleport』 won’t be invoked, right? In that case it means that it’ll misfire even in situations like the room being majorly rearranged or unexpected people being present?” (Zenjirou)
If that’s true, it’s actually impossible to use 『Teleport』 to move somewhere outside, which means that this spell is a lot more limited in its application than I had expected.
However, the queen shakes her head at Zenjirou’s question.
“No, if it’s just that much, it will invoke without problems in most cases. As a matter of fact, when I used 『Teleport』 to travel to our field encampment during the great war, everyone had already moved out due to some miscommunication.” (Aura)
“I got really scared back then,” the queen laughs.
“You know, if it’s a field encampment before and after being vacated, I feel like the differences are about the same as the difference between the royal palace in the 『Rainy Season』 and the 『Hottest Season』, though.” (Zenjirou)
Laughing goodnaturedly at Zenjirou's dissatisfaction, the queen agrees.
“To be honest, I think so too. But, reality is different. Even if you find it difficult to accept, you have no option but to do so. Well, I think the ways of the great spirit are too mysterious for humans to understand in the first place.” (Aura)
“Yeah, it’s magic after all. I guess it’s only natural for it to be somewhat irrational and random.” (Zenjirou)
Zenjirou, remembering how he had found many aspects of the 『Time Reversal』 spell difficult to accept, decided to just leave it at face value for the time being.
“That's why I recommend that you start practicing 『Teleport』here to begin with. At the very least, you'll always be able to come back to the royal palace in an emergency.” (Aura)
“Okay. Ah, but wait a moment. Can such a room only be found in the royal palace? Look, there are other royal territories, like Valentia or Potosi, right? I’m sure it would be convenient if similar rooms were also in those provincial royal territories.” (Zenjirou)
Queen Aura doubtfully tilts her head to the side as she thinks over Zenjirou's suggestion.
“Wouldn’t it mess up the image if several versions of the same room existed, and render all of them useless?” (Aura)
“No, they wouldn't have to be completely identical. I think it would be fine if you rearrange the positions of the oil lamps or write 『Royal Palace』 and 『Valentia』 on the walls in big letters.” (Zenjirou)
“Hmm…it might be worth considering, but the risk of confusion is also significant.
If you get used to imagining what's needed for『Teleport』, such rooms may help the process to some extent, but then again it’s not that difficult to move within the Kingdom. As long as it’s within the country, the difference in time and season isn't that big, after all.” (Aura)
This is especially true if you use the capital as your reference.
The Carpa Kingdom is large enough to be considered a major power, so there is some time difference between the western coast and the eastern border. However, the capital is situated in the center, reducing the distance to something where the time difference would be negligible.
Even if the sun rose and set an hour earlier at the eastern border in comparison to the western coast, the time difference from the capital is a mere thirty minutes.
If it’s daytime in the capital, the easternmost and westernmost points of the country are both still experiencing the daytime. And the same can be said about nighttime.
Apart from the actual sunrise and sunset, there's no significant difference in the images.
