The Irregular at Magic High School, Vol. 10: Visitor Arc, Part II by Tsutomu Sato

Author:Tsutomu Sato [Tsutomu Sato]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Yen On
Published: 2018-12-18T00:00:00+00:00

“Two seconds… I just can’t get it to be as good as Uncle’s.”

While picking up the lapel pin that had fallen to the floor, Mitsugu Kuroba muttered to himself in a self-deprecatory manner.

The spell he’d sent the parasite to the grave with was an original he’d designed himself. “Poison Wasp” was the flavorless name he’d given the spell; it was a mental interference magic that infinitely amplified the pain felt by whomever he cast it upon, until they died. Because of how it worked, it wasn’t impossible for a magician with high pain tolerance to use anti-magic to nullify the pain before dying of shock, and it exhibited no effects on those who could cut off their sense of pain. In terms of its lethality, it was a far cry from Grim Reaper, which was what his uncle, Genzou Yotsuba, previous head of the Yotsuba family, had used. Mitsugu’s muttering originated in this difference being demonstrated once again.

But in terms of whether Poison Wasp was worse than Grim Reaper as a spell—that, he couldn’t say for sure.

Poison Wasp’s strongest point was that it could stop a target from breathing using, as its name implied, a wound as small as a needle. Grim Reaper was a spell that made targets inflict fatal wounds on themselves. It left a mark on the corpse, and blood would splatter everywhere. Poison Wasp, however, left such a small wound that one would never pinpoint it as the cause of death. Anyone who saw a victim of Poison Wasp was sure to first suspect death by poisoning, and then death by suffocation, but they wouldn’t find traces of either on the corpse. In terms of which was more suited for assassination, Poison Wasp was the better spell.

The other aspect Poison Wasp excelled at was that others could use it besides Mitsugu. Unlike most mental interference magic, Mitsugu had written a nonindividualistic activation sequence for Poison Wasp and formularized its execution process. That meant magicians other than Mitsugu could use it, too. You had to have an affinity for it, of course, but Kuroba’s entire team had already mastered Poison Wasp as a trump card.

“Boss.”

Addressed by a voice from behind, Mitsugu slowly turned around. His pose, holding the soft cap on his head with one hand, made it look like he’d clearly read too many old novels (or so his subordinate thought). But the theatrical motion was quite fitting on him.

“We’ve finished cleaning everything up.”

“Any casualties?”

“No, sir.”

After hearing his subordinate’s reply, Mitsugu nodded in satisfaction. These were the ones the USNA’s pursuit team had been struggling so much against. A little lenience in his scoring when it came to his men was permissible.

“Orders from the head. Don’t forget to track the mental body escaped from the hosts. We can’t help ultimately losing them, but follow them for as long as you can.”

At the order Mitsugu handed down, his subordinate made a subtle expression. The part of him that was lenient with them, the part that lacked strictness

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