Human Magic

"So, this is where we part ways?"

More or less. What else is there?"

"I don't."

The Hero shook his head, then looked at the Magic User beside him.

"Frieren seems a little troubled, though."

"I'm not troubled."

Frieren quietly retorted.

"It's just a little irritating that I still couldn't pierce his armor in the end."

"Nothing can be done about that. Magic relies on imagination, after all. After seeing the power of that armor with your own eyes, it's only natural that you couldn't pierce it."

The monk beside them teased her with a grin. Hearing this, Duanmu Huai, who had been about to turn and leave, stopped in his tracks.

"Wait. What did you mean by that? Are you saying that if she imagined she could pierce my armor, her magic would be able to pierce it?"

"That's more or less how it works. It's a characteristic of the Human Magic System, after all."

"The Human Magic System works like that?"

Duanmu Huai turned around and stared at the Magic User.

"So the reason you couldn't pierce my armor was what? Wasn't it because my armor was tough?"

"Exactly. Because I recognized that fact, my magic failed."

"...Can you explain that more clearly?"

The Magic User looked a little surprised by Duanmu Huai's question, but she still began explaining in detail.

"Human magic comes from human imagination. In the world of magic, anything that cannot be imagined cannot be realized. We've been traveling together this whole time, right? Weren't you always walking in front? No matter what kind of trap it was, it couldn't leave even the slightest mark on your armor. So by then, I had already formed the impression that your armor was extremely difficult to pierce. Once that impression was formed, it became very difficult