I, Who Was Dismissed as Worthless Failure by my Family and Fiancée, Discovered I had Reincarnated as a Game Character I Raised with Great Care and Vowed to Take Control of my Life and Defy Anyone who Opposes Me. - Chapter 90: Immaturity as a Magician

Chapter 90: Immaturity as a Magician

And when I provoked her again, Charlotte, this time, didn’t let it slide. Perhaps she couldn’t ignore it anymore, or maybe she didn’t need to hide her anger because of the barrier she had set up. Without concealing her feelings of anger, she glared at me.

“I see, so you want to die that badly.”

With that, Charlotte began chanting, imbuing her staff with magical energy, as indicated by the staff starting to shine. 

However, even after two seconds and then ten seconds, no magic was being cast by Charlotte. It made me feel somewhat disappointed that magicians in this world were considered high-level magicians at this level. 

In games, it’s common to chant and cast magic as quickly as possible, and if you can’t cast magic even after one second, it’s safe to say that you are immature as a magician.

In fact, when it comes to casting magic that takes longer than a second, it requires creating an environment where such magic can be cast by focusing on low-level magic cast without chanting at the start, creating an advantageous situation with the gradual use of higher-level magic to set the stage and then using long chants when you are confident the opponent won’t interfere. This is the typical approach.

From my perspective, Charlotte is nothing more than an amateur magician if she still can’t chant magic after ten seconds.

Such a person is considered a high-level magician… Doesn’t she think she’ll get punched during this time? She must have something to deal with it, but I’m curious about her approach. I have the urge to throw a stone at Charlotte just to find out, but I resist the temptation.

“Perhaps you didn’t attack during my incantation because you’ve already given up, but it’s no fun when there’s no resistance. Well, even if you were to attack, it would be futile since I have a defensive barrier deployed. But I won’t forgive you. [Ice Lance].”

And Charlotte, seeing me standing there without doing anything, mistakenly thought I had given up and continued talking. Finally, it seemed she had finished chanting her spell, and she unleashed the ice magic of level 3, [Ice Lance], aiming it at me.

As expected of a high-level mage in this world, she created four ice lances. Seeing that, I can acknowledge that she does have the ability to be considered a high-level mage in this world, but that’s about it.

However, even if it was a level 3 spell and multiple projectiles, she took ten seconds. That gives me plenty of time to choose from various options for how to deal with it, to the point where it takes me longer to decide which method to use.