Hooray! Yaaaaay! I get to finally become an adventurer! Hmmm? What’s this? I should be really happy, but my heart’s not racing at all. I don’t feel that rush of adrenaline. Hmmm, it’s probably because so many things happened. My excitement surpassed my limits, maybe? I feel really calm, but I can’t sleep anyway. Holmer-san’s sound asleep in his sleeping bag in the corner though. He’s sharing a room with a cute girl, and he still manages to completely pass out.
Hmmm. Fiiine, he seems tired anyways. I might as well leave him alone for now. In any case, I’m an adventurer now—an official guild member! Yaaaaaay! Phew, I should calm down. I thought I’d be able to sleep if I let all my excitement out, but, like, I guess not. Better slow down nice and easy.
An adventurer. I’ve always wanted to be one, but I couldn’t. Holmer-san was my acting guardian, and he was totally against it, since I was too weak to be an adventurer. First, I’m most compatible with fire magic, but I couldn’t cast a single spell. I know that there are people like that, buuut it’s not like I don’t have enough mana, and I was told that I could manipulate magic just fine. I practiced my chanting every day too. But I couldn’t do it. It would’ve been better if I was accidentally misfiring, or if I just had bad aim or something. For whatever reason, my flame fizzles out in the middle of the spell. Holmer-san told me that was impossible.
I went to a friend who was also a magician for advice, and they told me to go to the doctor. Isn’t that the worst advice ever? Between my mana and my skill at manipulating magic, people told me I was a genius all the time as a kid. So I decided to become a magician and an adventurer. I saved up as much money as I could, and bought a really expensive grimoire. I didn’t expect my magic to just fizzle out like that! Every day, every time I chanted, my magic just fizzled.
I didn’t know what else to do, and I didn’t have any money, so I practiced my stick combat skills. Why a stick, you ask? ’Cause blades are expensive! Yeah, I knooow, the world isn’t just gonna let me be an adventurer because I tried really hard. If I don’t have the skills, I’ll die in an instant. That’s why Holmer-san never agreed to let me be an adventurer.
Hmmm. I didn’t alwaaays follow his warnings, but there’s still a line I don’t cross, you know? He risked his life to protect me and my family. I’ll never forget what he said, with that stern expression, when he led us to safety. And I’ll never break that promise with him. Whatever happens, I must never break that promise. My father, mother, brother, and I were betrayed by everyone, and yet Holmer-san never pushed us away. Now I’m the only one left, but he still never left my side, and he’s still thinking about my family too. If he wasn’t, he wouldn’t have picked “Datil” as his new name.
Ack! Right! Yeah, yeah, that’s right! Holmer-san’s, like, young again! He’s super good-looking! But for Apple-san’s sake, I have to call him Datil from now on. I just have to talk to him like I used to, so it’s really easy. Holmer—I mean, Datil. He’s Datil now. He used to be all polite with me, so I’m sure he’ll get used to it. We’re just going back to the old days. Just like the old days...
Heh heh, I should be grateful to Apple-san. I’m a little sad that I can’t actually use the apple magic, but still, I can finally, actually, really fight! It’s this ability called King of Apples! I can call forth a lot of apples and put all sorts of effects on them! I have this other amazing ability too! Look! Look! I only grabbed this table a little, and I already dented it! ...Uh, wait, do I have to pay for this? Ugh, I just wanted to vent a little excitement, but now my mind is filled with questions. I can’t sleep.
Oh, I know! Since I basically got power-ups, maybe I can use my spells now! Heh heh! I’ve gotta be able to! I gotta! Okay, I’ll use my super special amazing magic! Uh, let me open a window here. Holm—I mean, Datil might wake up. Or maybe not. Wait, maybe it’s okay. Yeah, if he wakes up, he wakes up! All right then!
Unknown traveler, remove the shackles of fire. Unleash the unseen, and return to ashes within the earth! Fire magic! I can feel it! The magic’s flowing through my veins! Come on, flame of hell! Burn the heavens!
Fizzle.
Hmmm. Yeah, I can’t sleep tonight.