Reckless Fools Always Charge In

The tank engine rumbled.

In Foxkov, nearly all magic was forbidden, soundproofing magic included.

"Say, why don't you unlock the permission for soundproofing magic?"

Hyacinth sat in the gunner's seat, loading rounds into Scarlet Snow's rifle magazines. While working, she picked up the vehicle intercom and spoke to the fox girl by the commander's cupola.

Su Tianqing was inspecting the brand-new heavy machine gun in front of the cupola. Hearing Hyacinth through her headset, she turned and shot her a glare.

Even Scarlet Snow gave Hyacinth an old-timer stare, making her shrink her head back.

Scarlet Snow looked like she wanted to say something but felt it would be inappropriate. Forcibly suppressing the urge, she said:

"...Are you serious?"

"If you won't allow it, then fine... Why are you glaring at me...?" Hyacinth muttered with her neck tucked in.

"It's not that we won't let you use it. Unlocking magic for you in the Mindscape would be easy, but this is a Phantasm Dream twisted by Garuda. What if Garuda noticed and exploited even the underlying logic?"

Scarlet Snow continued, trying to explain it to Hyacinth.

But seeing the blank look on her direct junior's face, Scarlet Snow seemed to realize something and cautiously asked:

"...Hyacinth, don't tell me you know absolutely nothing about how magic works or the theory behind it?"

"That's not true! I know some basic magic. My flight magic is really impressive." Hyacinth had just finished loading a magazine and answered with a red face.

Storage magic, flight magic, Magic Missile, mana blasts, magic barriers—after listening to her rattle off a string of spell names, Scarlet Snow and Heartmoon Fox exchanged a look.

"Aren't those all the most basic spells?" "What else can you do? Can you draw a barrier?"

Silence.

After remaining quiet for a