Angel Little Sister 354

Chapter 354 : Flying Magic

I passed through the clouds and kept gliding down toward the ground at high speed.

The road that looked like a thin thread from up here gradually looked larger as I descended. Eventually, I could see the carriage parked next to the trees.

As I approached the carriage from the sky, I could see Celine waving at me from the driver’s seat and Nicola sticking her head out of the curtain behind the driver’s seat.

「Welcome back, Mark~」(Celine)

「Onii-chan, welcome back!」(Nicola)

「I’m back.」(Mark)

As I replied to them, I stopped and floated in front of the carriage.

Celine looked at me with an impressed face.

「Wow, you really can fly much better now. When you use your Levitation Magic, you looked like just floating in the air before, but now you look like you’re really flying in the air.」(Celine)

「Well, it’s not Levitation Magic anymore. It’s similar but it’s a different spell. I simply call it ‘Flying Magic’ for now.」(Mark)

「I see. Seems like the bird taught you well. How was the test?」(Celine)

「It was tough… I thought I was gonna die…」(Mark)

「Hahaha! You’re exaggerating!」(Celine)

「I’m not…」(Mark)

Celine was laughing, thinking I was joking.

I wish she knew what I had been through up there…

『Onii-chan, it’s great that you learned how to fly using wind-attributed mana, but your best magic attribute is earth. I thought you would come up with a flying technique using earth-attributed mana instead.』(Nicola)

『Huh? You mean flying with earth magic? How?』(Mark)

『I don’t know. Perhaps you can create a stone pillar, throw it into the air, and ride it.』(Nicola)

『Oi, I’m not a certain assassin and I don’t want to end up becoming a cyborg like him…』(Mark)

*/TL : It’s been a while since they made a parody joke. They’re talking about a character from Dragon Ball called Tao Pai Pai, also known as Mercenary Tao. He’s an assassin and a mercenary in the Dragon Ball universe. There’s one scene where he throws a stone pillar into the air and rides it to travel. After he was severely injured, he used his fortune to rebuild his body and turn himself into a cyborg.

Anime video : https://youtu.be/cUJIIYtT0nY?si=yNCJpS_rao2Y0KtU

Listening to Nicola’s stupid telepathic message, I couldn’t help but let out a sigh.

「Mark, can you show me your flying skills a little more?」(Celine)

「Onii-chan, do some tricks in the air!」(Nicola)

「I haven’t fully mastered this spell yet but, sure, I can try.」(Mark)

In response to Celine’s request, I ascended a bit higher and started doing some maneuvers in the air.

Celine and Nicola were watching me with their eyes wide open.

「Onii-chan looks so cool!」(Nicola)

「Flying around like that looks really fun. Can you shoot magic while flying?」(Celine)

「Let me try…」(Mark)

I stretched my hand forward, trying to shoot Stone Bullets at the nearby trees as targets, but then the wind surrounding my body became unstable.

「Hmm… I can do it while using Levitation Magic with no problem, but it seems like I need to practice doing it while using Flying Magic. Unlike Levitation Magic, I have to control the wind while using Flying Magic.」(Mark)

It became pretty hard to control the wind when I produced earth-attributed mana to create stone bullets.

「I see, but you can shoot while floating using Levitation Magic, right? Aa-ahh… If I could at least use Levitation Magic, I could shoot Fire Arrows from high up…」(Celine)

「Speaking of Levitation Magic, I’ve never seen anyone else who can use it except for Deel.」(Mark)

「Well, actually, including that idiot, I’ve met a few people who can use it.」(Celine)

「I see. Did you ask Deー I mean, did you ask those people to teach you?」(Mark)

I wanted to ask her if she asked Deel to teach her Levitation Magic, but I changed my question because I knew the answer.

After all, there was no way Celine would ask Deel to teach her something.

「I did ask a few adventurers who can use that spell to teach me, but…」(Celine)

She suddenly paused and frowned.

「What’s wrong?」(Mark)

「Do you remember how Deel taught you Levitation Magic?」(Celine)

「Hm? …Ahh… I see…」(Mark)

I remember he told me to do something like ‘Hnghh!’, ‘Shwahhs’, and ‘Fwaa~n’… (chapter 230)

「Yup. That spell is all about feeling, so it’s hard to explain. Those people tried to teach me but they didn’t know how to explain because they all learned it naturally. I tried to grasp that feeling, but I never succeeded. However, my effort wasn’t completely futile because I learned Slow Fall in the process.」(Celine)

Slow Fall is a spell that allows you to land slowly on the ground after you jump or when you fall from a height.

Since I can use Levitation Magic, I can use that spell too.

In terms of the difficulty of manipulating wind-attributed mana, I think the order would be Flying Magic > Levitation Magic > Slow Fall, with Flying Magic obviously being the hardest.

I stopped flying, landed on the driver’s seat, and sat next to Celine.

「Celine, since you can use Slow Fall, that means you can produce wind-attributed mana, right?」(Mark)

「My best magic attribute is fire, but yeah, I can use wind-attributed mana a little.」(Celine)

She always teaches me and I’ve learned many things from her. She has been a great master to me.

I think this is a good opportunity to repay her kindness.

「Celine, if you want to learn Levitation Magic, perhaps I can teach you.」(Mark)

「Actually, I’ve always wanted to ask you that, but… You sure you can teach me?」(Celine)

「Well, I’ll try my best to explain. When I learned Flying Magic up in the sky, I got the hang of how to manipulate wind-attributed mana better.」(Mark)

「Fufu, alright then. Thank you, Mark.」(Celine)

After smiling at me, Celine hugged me and pushed my face against her chest.

My face was cold since it had been exposed to the winter wind while I was flying around, so I could feel her warmth very clearly.

At the same time, I could also feel an envious gaze coming from the passenger’s seat.

『It should have been me, not him!』(Nicola)