Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear

Bear-san Teaches Magic Part 3

Fina and Noa practiced light magic as hard as they could.

It’s the right choice to go with light magic when learning magic for the first time.

Fire magic was too dangerous for beginners, and with other magic, it was difficult to tell the strength just by looking at it. But light magic could be judged by its brightness, and easy to practice changing its shape.

The best thing about light magic was that anyone could practice it anywhere.

“Yuna-san. Let me see it once more.” (Noa)

I showed them light magic several times. Noa and Fina watched it and tried to learn light magic from me many times.

As Cliff said, the best way to visualize it was to see it. Therefore, I changed the color of the light according to the intensity of the light so that it would be helpful. The colors varied from red, blue, green, yellow, white, and pink.

“The brightness of the light is the same, but there are so many different colors of light.” (Noa)

“It’s like looking through the light on stained glass.” (Fina)

The light was not one color. Depending on the image, it could be red, blue, or green. I used this when I set off fireworks in the town of Mereera.

“It’s beautiful. I like the blue and green ones. But what is the point of changing the color of the light?” (Noa)

Is there anything like a signal flare in this world?

Or maybe they don’t know because they are just children?

I had never seen a signal flare, even in my former world. I only know about them from knowledge. It’s not something you see that often anyway.

“Noa, Fina. It doesn’t have much to do with you, but you can use it to send a signal to people who are far away. For example, when searching for a monster, you can raise a red light to the sky when you find a monster. Otherwise, you can shoot a blue one, or if you decide on other colors, you can convey the meaning to people far away, right?” (Yuna)

“I see. Indeed.” (Noa)

Noa nodded her head in admiration.

Besides, they would get bored with practicing only changing brightness intensity. I think it’s better to incorporate other imagery exercises so that they can study magic while having fun.

“Well, I don’t think there will be a chance for the two of you to use it, but I think it’s good for practicing visualization.” (Yuna)

“I don’t think so. It’s a great learning experience. Besides, I would like to make bear lights in different colors.” (Noa)

“Maybe Shuri will like it if I show it to her.” (Fina)

The two began practicing changing colors as well as brightness intensity.

They happily practiced their magic. They praised and helped each other, and their magic grew.

I enjoyed their growth, so I also incorporated exercises to change the shapes while we were at it.

The ultimate goal was to make the light emerge in the shape and color of their choice.

I think these two could do it.

Over the next few days, Fina and Noa were able to make the light brighter or dimmer, with various colors of light and also took form in different shapes.

“Fufu, the bear is glowing.” (Noa)

Noa and Fina have different colored bear-shaped lights floating around them.

Getting up to this point was surprisingly tricky. Many times they forced me to create lights of various colors and shapes. And, of course, bear shaped ones too.

But thanks in part to their hard work, they progressed quickly.

The most challenging thing they had to do was to release the magic from their hands. They couldn’t do it immediately, no matter how often I showed it. They had difficulty releasing the power from their bodies.

I’ve said this before, but it’s the same as being told to release static electricity, which you can’t normally do.

But now, colorful bear-shaped lights were floating above them.

Now they could gather magic power, change magic power with images, and emanate magic power out of their hands. They were now able to do these three basics. It would be difficult to cast any other magic if one of these were missing.

“Now that both of you have passed the light magic. Shall we start practicing a different kind of magic element tomorrow?” (Yuna)

“Alright!” (Noa)

“Yes!” (Fina)

Noa and Fina looked happy.

The next day, we came to the garden, where we practiced magic in the beginning. This is because practicing other magic elements cannot be done indoors.

“Noa, do you know of any other exercises?” (Yuna)

I asked Noa-sensei how to teach magic. It’s better to teach Noa the way she knows how to teach rather than in a self-learned and inappropriate way.

“Etto, magic is made with images. You look at or touch the object of the magic we are working with. If it’s fire magic, you look at the fire, if it’s water magic, you touch the water, if it’s wind magic, you feel the wind, if it’s earth magic, you touch the earth.” (Noa)

It’s the same thing as with light magic.

Seeing and touching things makes it easier to form an image of the subject.

On the other hand, it’s difficult to imagine something you have never seen or touched before.

If I were to ask them to try to imagine lightning, they would not be able to do it. I know what lightning was like from TVs and books. That’s why I can visualize it. But these two don’t know what lightning is, so they can’t imagine it.

If spells and chanting triggered this, it wouldn’t be necessary. Unfortunately, magic in this world are not clear-cut chanted spells.

“So, which magic element do you two learn first?” (Yuna)

From this point on, they would practice magic separately. Magic they liked and wanted to learn was often easier to visualize and use successfully. While magic that they don’t like or don’t want to learn would not be easy to use because they don’t have the motivation to do it.

“Of course, earth magic. That way, I can make a lot of bears.” (Noa)

“I want to learn water magic.” (Fina)

Their hopes seem to have not changed since the beginning.

They practiced each magic according to the method Noa said.

Noa placed her hand on the ground, and Fina placed her hand in a bucket of water, each practicing with their visualization.

“I’ll go first, then.” (Noa)

Noa looked at the ground, touched it, and imagined it.

The magic in Noa’s hand changes and turns to earth.

“I’m on the ground, but something’s not right.” (Noa)

Dirt fell from the palm of her hand.

“First, you should make it round like a ball of light.” (Yuna)

I showed Noa how to make a round lump of earth and hand it to her.

“It’s difficult.” (Noa)

“I’ve got the image of turning the soil into a ball, you also need to get the image of hardening it, and I think you can do it.” (Yuna)

“Okay, I’ll try it again.” (Noa)

Noa resumes her practice, getting her hands dirty.

I looked at Fina.

Fina took her hand out of the bucket of water and closed her eyes. After a little concentration, the water flowed down from Fina’s hand.

“I did it!” (Fina)

If it’s just a change, we can both do it. Now it’s just a matter of what we do from here.

Both can do it if it’s just to change properties. What do we do from here?

I’ve heard it’s useful when dismantling, but I don’t know the details because I can’t dismantle anything.

“I would like to be able to control the flow of water and adjust the density of the water. If I can do that when I’m dismantling, it will be useful in many ways.” (Fina)

“Then this kind of practice might be good.” (Yuna)

I created water and made it wiggle like a snake.

“That’s the magic I saw at the magic exchange!” (Noa)

Noa saw my magic and immediately recognized it.

Yes, this is the water magic she saw at the exchange. If Fina has never seen it, all I have to do is show it to her.

The water from my bear puppet moved like a snake and stopped in front of Fina.

“Fina, you’ll do it this way. If you can control it like this, I think you can control the form of water to be denser or not.” (Yuna)

If she can control it like that, that means she can handle water magic. She should also be able to control water strength. Probably…

If she can’t, I’ll have to find another way for her to practice.

“Yes, I will try it.” (Fina)

Fina scooped the water with her hand, but it fell straight to the ground.

“You can do it, try remembering when you used light magic.” (Yuna)

“Yes.” (Fina)

After Fina replied, she tried it again.

“Yuna-san, please give me some tips. How can I make the soil hard?” (Noa)

Noa had been working on her magic for a while now, she seemed to be able to make soil but couldn’t harden it.

When I taught the new adventurer girl, I told her if she didn’t make it hard, she can’t hit the monster and defeat it.

I think the level of this magic depends on how hard and powerful one can make it.

Well, Noa was aiming for bear statues. But even that had to be solid or it would fall apart.

“Once you make the shape, you have to solidify it with magic power. It’s like tightening it with magic power.” (Yuna)

Noa didn’t mind getting her hands dirty, so she grabbed a handful of dirt, grasped it in her own hands, and tried to make a ball.

“Squeeze it with magic, not with your hands.” (Yuna)

Noa practiced imaging it over and over until she succeeded.

“I did it!” (Noa)

A clump of dirt the size of a golf ball formed in Noa’s palm.

But the moment Noa gripped it, it crumbled easily.

“U~u” (Noa)

“I guess it’s still not hard enough. But you can form it now, you’re doing well.” (Yuna)

“Yes, I’ll do my best.” (Noa)

Noa replied and resumed practicing her magic.

Fina also continued practicing water manipulation.

And by the end of the day, Noa was able to clump the soil enough that it doesn’t crumble when touched, and Fina can even control the water moving around in the palm of her hand.

But as we moved on, they shouldn’t be able to do it as easily.

I think the larger the amount of magic power you gather, the harder it is to handle. So, the power of the magic changes, but it’s natural that the size of the magic power changes between creating a small flame and a large flame.

This might be where the difference in the magician’s level and innate talent comes into play.

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Author’s Note:

They are learning magic well.

Will they finish practicing magic in the next issue? I hope so.

※ As always, thanks to everyone who always reports typos. I am not able to reply to you, so I’ll just leave this here.

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