I Got Fired as a Hero Today - Vol.1 Chapter 11: Arata, Uses Magic

As a result of their discussion deep into the night, they decided to keep the [Teleport] skill a secret for now.

This is largely because Arata still doesn’t believe in this country’s otherworldly nature.

Even Chloe understood that Arata was trying to handle things carefully.

And then, Arata’s remark,

“I only trust Chloe right now. Or rather, I want to trust you.”

He pleaded with a serious look in his eyes. She thought to herself that it was a cheesy line, almost like something out of a play.

Chloe’s eyes were moist.

Even though it might not be appropriate for a knight commander to be swayed by that, it’s understandable since Chloe doesn’t have much immunity to men.

As for Arata, even though it was decided to keep it a secret, considering she is the knight commander, he thought he would at least have the skill to report it behind the scenes.

There will probably be some kind of action from the government.

However, he thought it wouldn’t matter even if that happened.

He doesn’t really care.

Arata has dealt with it to some extent, so if it ends up that way, he has no choice but to accept it.

However, Chloe had nothing to report.

In short, it is pure.

He left Chloe’s house.

He was thinking about the [Teleport] skill on his way home.

He’s glad he didn’t teleport into the wall or something.

There was a possibility that he could have died if things had gone wrong.

The summit of the snow-capped mountain. In the magma. In space.

He doesn’t know where he’s going to be teleported to.

If he asks that Great Wizard, he might teach him the correct way to use it, but still, it’s worrisome to have someone whose intentions are unknown learn about his abilities.

“Let’s look it up at the library for now.”

He concluded that it was the only option.

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He arrives at the dormitory and rests in his room for a while.

He opened the [Book] section on the status screen and skimmed through it.

The phone alarm goes off. Since he couldn’t sleep anyway, he decided to have a coffee in the cafeteria.

It’s early in the morning, so there’s no one here.

When preparing,

“Good morning.”

It’s Suzu. She came to the cafeteria at this time yesterday too.

“Good morning.”

He replied.

Even without any makeup, she’s still cute.

Every time she meets Arata, she can’t help but be captivated, but ultimately, he’s just his type of face.

She was a tea person, but since there was none here, she made a mixed juice.

Prepare bread, boiled eggs, and salad, and then eat them together, just like a morning set at a café.

“Arata was here at this time yesterday too, but are you always here at this time?”

He woke up. Since he started work at eight, even considering the commute time, he was up by six-thirty.

It would have been better to be closer to the company, but he rented an apartment near Kotoko’s university. As a result, his commute to the company was over an hour.

“Where’s Suzu?”

“We used to wake up at this time because we studied in the morning.”

It seems that they were diligently studying for exams, making use of both the night and morning hours.

And then, Suzu told her that something was decided at last night’s social gathering.

It seems they have decided on the leader of the hero members.

It is said that it was Atsushi due to his social experience and age.

It’s inevitable that things will be decided in his absence.

Because Arata is avoiding it.

“Isn’t it good? Atsushi is the right person for the job.”

Honestly, he doesn’t care.

They cleaned up after the meal together.

Often, in the small kitchen of the apartment he rented, he cooked with Kotoko, but she was not good at cooking or cleaning up.

Suzu is used to it; Suzu washes the dishes, and Arata wipes them with a cloth and puts them back on the shelf.

“Couples should work together on household chores, right?”

Such words came out.

Suzu looked at Arata with a startled expression.

Even if such lines come out with Arata’s appearance, there’s no way she would blush like that, nor did he intend to say it that way.

“Yeah, that’s nice.”

Suzu answered cheerfully.

The light coming through the window highlighted her beautiful features.

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At ten o’clock, they gathered in the dormitory dining hall.

Today, they say they will use magic.

“Since there is an arena, let’s practice there.”

It was a structure similar to the Colosseum in Rome, Italy.

If it were the Colosseum in Italy, there should have been the Mouth of Truth nearby, but it wasn’t there when he looked around.

Of course. It’s not Rome.

When they went inside, the adventurers from yesterday were already there.

A target is set up, so that’s where they cast the spell.

“Please open the status screen.”

Everyone is saying “status open” in unison.

Arata thought, “Isn’t that embarrassing?” He thought so, but he didn’t bother to say it out loud.

Arata has left the screen open.

It seems that tapping on his own attribute reveals the magic he can use.

Fireball. Lightball. Darkball. Waterball. Something like that exists.

In short, it’s an attack spell.

One magic spell for each attribute. That was all there was.

Arata can use all attributes because he possesses them all, but other heroes can only use one each.

It seems that the types of magic increase as he uses them.

It seems that if he attends a Magician Academy, he can also use magic unrelated to his attribute, but it takes time to master, so they won’t be doing it this time.

It is said that the methods of educating heroes differ depending on the country that summons them.

He also wants information about that area.

First, the adventurer and magician, Rina, will put it into practice.

“Fireball.”

She aimed her palm at the target and released it. A fireball the size of a baseball flew toward the target and hit it.

With its power, the target was blown away.

Wow! And then, voices of admiration rose from everyone.

After seeing that, Tsubasa was getting motivated.

“The world of swords and magic is the best!”

Was barking.

Although Rina was acting cool, she was being very affectionate and teaching Tsubasa.

She has a cold attitude towards others.

It was an obviously easy-to-understand attitude, but Inokuma Touka was just staring at the exchange between Tsubasa and Rina, while the others were too busy with their own matters.

Tsubasa said “Fireball” and cast a spell.

A fireball of a size incomparable to Rina’s is unleashed.

However, that mass deviated significantly from the target and missed.

“Honestly, the power is impeccable. In the Magician Academy or anywhere in this country, there isn’t anyone who can cast magic with this kind of power. Truly, as expected of a hero.”

Rina adjusts her glasses.

“But to master [Skill], you need to practice. Let’s shoot a lot and practice.”

Tsubasa fired ten shots, but all of them missed.

And it seems that the magical power has run out.

Breathing heavily, he sits down on the ground.

The other heroes also cast their respective elemental spells, but all of them missed.

Arata was watching Suzu’s magic.

Since Arata had declared himself as a light attribute, he was observing to see how it was.

“Lightball.”

A dazzling large sphere of light was shot towards the target, but as expected, it missed.

Lightball have no physical attack power.

Because it is an effective attack spell against monsters that do not have a physical form, such as evil spirits.

However, it would be meaningless if it were to be missed.

“Lightball.”

Arata cast a spell.

A marble-sized ball of light, much smaller than Suzu’s magic, veered far off course from the target and flew away.

He fired about 10 shots, but they all missed.

However, like the others, he was able to fire the next light orb without running out of magical power.

Their output is too weak compared to the others, so they probably aren’t consuming any magic power.

Even after firing twenty or thirty shots, he doesn’t get tired at all.

Since the others were exhausted and sitting down, only Arata was in a situation where he was casting magic.

“Isn’t it small?”

Someone said.