"Ha~ Ha~ Ha~ Koneko-chan, are you trying to kill me or something?!" Ise panted as he fell flat on his back and tiredly wiped the sweat off his brow.
"… No, I would not try to kill you." Koneko replied as she sat down on the chair near the pactio to grab a bottle of water. "I simply want to beat you to a pulp for every act of perversity." Ise could only let out a frustrated grunt at her admission. I looked at her with a raised eyebrow, to which she responded by showing a peace sign. Yup, she was most definitely a mischievous cat.
"I suppose there is some meaning to the madness?" I pointed to the wrecked Ise on the ground while looking at Rias.
"Well you see, normally when a reincarnated Devil is born, he or she will be born with enough magic to sustain the body." Rias pointed to Ise with a complicated expression. "Thing is, Ise-kun has practically zero-magical powers at all, and that is really weird."
"Is it that weird? I mean considering you revived him from a human state, and from personal experience, there aren't a lot of humans that have enough potential to actually manipulate Prana."
"Prana?" Rias tilted her head at my words.
"Magical energy if you prefer that explanation." I merely waved my hands while looking to Sona for the answer to my question.
"While it is true that normal humans would have lower magical reserves compared to magicians, the same applies to other species." Sona started her explanation while adopting a position I have come to label as "Shitori's Teaching Pose Number 1", with one elbow resting on her other hand and her hand adjusting her glasses. "Any creature being resurrected will have magical reserves created on the spot, it is just the matter of how much they have to begin with and how far they can train to attain a higher level."
"In his case though, based on Rias's description, I would say that Hyoudou-kun has absolutely zero talent in the magical arts."
"GAGH!" I was treated to the sight of Ise letting out a yell as though Sona's words were weaponised and impaled him at the core of his misery. Tough luck mate.
"But won't all start out like this?"
"Some are worse than others." Kiba voiced out his opinion as he pointed to himself. "I for one had a few issues with magic when I was resurrected, and it took a few months before I could utilize it myself."
"I see." I rubbed my chin as I considered this information. So I was right about the creation of Magic Circuits on their resurrection, but from their descriptions, it seemed that it was a bit of Russian roulette if you could get a decent upgrade from the start.
"And again, for some weird reason, Ise-kun just can't use any magic." Rias let out a sigh. "That is why I am currently training his physical body, hoping that it can at least raise his compatibility with the Longinus and perhaps get his body developed enough to get his magic flowing."
"Maybe he is not really utilizing his Magic Circuits well, so that is why he is having problems with Prana manipulation." I gave that suggestion as I looked at his state, being painfully reminded of my past when Rin was training me. Did I look that pathetic when worn out?
"I have no idea what you are saying but…" Rias turned to me with a keen eye. "By chance you know something that could help Ise-kun with his situation?"
"… I might." I gave that vague reply. I was not going to give her a free gift after all, and that was absolutely no way…
"Please Emiya-san, would you help Ise-san?" Asia put her hands together and unleashed her ultimate weapon on me: the most natural and earnest puppy dog eyes I have ever seen. I took one look at her before slapping my face and berating myself mentally for testing my E-Rank Luck.
Dammit, there really should be a limit to such cuteness!
"Ah, so that's how Rias got him to some of the hunts." Momo let out a smirk as she looked on.
"Can't say I blame him, no one can resist that type of firepower." Tsubaki added her two cents at us.
'Both of your comments are not helpful.'
"Ha~ fine. I might be able to help." I turned to both Kiba and Ise. "Can I ask you two to stand up so that I could check your bodies? I am using Kiba as a reference for this."
"By chance this is the same as last time?" Ise asked as he recalled our previous contact. I merely nodded in reply as I rolled up my sleeves. I was going to need every ounce of concentration for this.
"You know what he is about to do?" Kiba asked as he got in front of me.
"Something along the lines of checking our body structure?" Ise shrugged as he got beside him. "The only thing I know is that you will get a tickling feeling from the inside out." I could only reply with a shrug of my own at Kiba's questioning gaze.
"You two might experience some momentary discomfort." I placed both hands on their backs and took a deep breath, before opening my channels. "Trace On."
"Whoa~ here we go again!" Ise let out a stammer while Kiba lightly shivered from the Prana entering their bodies. Once again, I used Structural Analysis to examine both of their bodies and see what was about the Peerage system that made them unique. One thing I was told about Kiba was him being given a Knight Piece that dealt with speed, so I was curious how would that be different from Ise.
First thing I noted was the difference in development patterns. Ise's circuits were more or less spread out around his entire body, while the majority of Kiba's were being concentrated at the legs, with his arms having only 3 circuits each. Secondly, Kiba's circuit development is certainly a lot more developed compared to Ise's, likely due to him having been resurrected a longer time and more experience with it. Lastly, Kiba's circuits had a relatively stable flow compared to Ise's.
But something about Ise's circuits seemed off to me. His Od was all over the place and some of the circuits are disjointed, thus not getting enough Prana to at his limbs, and something about his core seems disrupted…
Wait a minute, this is?!
I removed my hand from them a little too quickly, but at least I got my answers, and honestly I was a little surprised to find out.
"Whoa~ I am never going to get used to that feeling." Ise shivered a bit more while Kiba nodded lightly in agreement. He turned to me with a tired look. "So you know what is wrong with me?"
"Well, I'll be a Root Hound." I muttered in slight surprise at my findings. "Your condition is a lot like mine."
"Condition like yours?" Rias leaned forward at my words, unconsciously, or in my opinion 'intentionally', squeezing her very abundant assets in front of me. "You understand what is stopping his ability to use magic?"
"I might have an idea." I motioned to both Kiba and Ise. "Both of their magic circuits are created once they are resurrected, but for Ise's case the circuits are extremely poor, as though his circuits stopped its development for some time, and that is why he is not receiving enough 'Od' through them. My guess something is stopping the generation of his circuits."
"Huh?" Ise titled his head in confusion at my words, and he was not the only one; everyone else displayed varying expressions of uncertainty and cluelessness. Asia on her part had the cutest expression of looking extremely dazed at my explanation with her hands holding her head, I could almost see the steam coming out of her ears in her attempt to understand my words.
Right, different world, different style of magic system. Oh Joy.
"Hah~ all right then. Ise, take a seat. I am about to give you the shortened version of my magical teachings and I need you to concentrate, okay?" I decided that 'Tohsaka Teaching Pose Number 5' will suffice for my explanation. Seating upright with my elbows on the table and hands clamped together, I directed him to the seat opposite of me so that I could look at him in the eye.
"Emiya-kun, may we sit in for this session?" Sona asked politely while some of the others nodded to show their agreement. "It's not often we get to hear teachings of a different magic school."
I paused for a moment to consider this issue. There was the possibility of revealing the fact that I was not from around here, but considering their impression of me being some wizard from an unknown school of magic, this might be a good time to reinforce on that.
Should not be too hard, since I did learn magic differently from the rest back home. Just got to be careful how to phrase.
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