Clink. Clink.
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As I was casually mixing my breakfast of mint chocolate milk with cereal, a thought suddenly occurred to me.
My only weapon, this spoon, can fly through the sky via telekinesis.
But then…
Why hadn’t I ever used it as a mode of transportation until now?
I always walked to lecture rooms like a pedestrian. And when I went out, I honestly only took taxis or buses.
Why on earth?
I have this spoon, don’t I?
Why can’t I just fly around on this thing?
Besides, I already conducted a safety check with Arna not too long ago.
Isn’t this a great mode of transportation?
Of course, if I push it too far, I might end up with a severe fever like last time.
But that’s because of my insufficient magical power. If I had enough magical power, then theoretically, I could fly through the sky whenever I wanted.
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Magical power. That’s what I need. I need to enhance my overall magical power reserves in my body.
A famous baseball manager once said this.
The shoulder gets stronger the more you use it.
I might also be able to increase my total magical power if I keep using it on a regular basis, like building muscles.
This isn’t the time to be eating cereal. I should start training right away to boost my magical power.
“Hoo… ”
I returned the spoon to the floor and enlarged its size.
Then I sat astride the spoon’s handle like it was a chair.
If I use my telekinesis skill now…
BOOM!
“Kee!”
Against my hopes, the spoon didn’t even lift a few centimeters before completely sinking down.
“Why not!”
It lifted Arna so easily last time!
That mammary monster lifted off without any problem!
Why not me?
*
Apparently, the cause of failure lies in my magical power.
I’ve exhausted all my magical power reserves. That’s why I couldn’t exert any force like last time.
Let’s see. When was the last time I used my telekinesis?
First, there was the time I moved a busi-ri from a rock last week.
After that, I used it to move shampoo bottles and cleansing foam while showering.
I also made the spoon fetch my clothes because I was too lazy to get them myself.
And lastly, I even used the spoon to find my phone in my room.
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Damn. It’s abnormal that I had any magical power left at all.
I was recklessly using it all the time.
Still, isn’t this ridiculous?
Isn’t it unreasonable that my power runs out so quickly from regular daily usage?
How tiny is my magical power reserve anyway?
I understand that Shin Yoon-seong’s maximum magical power capacity is smaller than others and doesn’t recover very fast.
Then, this means I need to enhance this poor magical power through training.
Rather than blindly training alone, I should probably seek advice from an expert, just like how one needs a personal trainer for fitness.
I should hurry and find one.
“T… Yoon-sung?”
“Yes, Professor.”
The first place I went to was the administrative division office, specifically the psychological counseling room.
I met Professor Han Se-yeong there.
“Do you know I’m a professor in the Administrative Division?”
“I know.”
“If you know that, then you should also know I’m an unawakened individual, right?”
“Yes, of course.”
“Then why are you asking me about magical power…?”
I didn’t reply at all. I was only eating the macaron on the table.
“Did you come here just to eat macarons?”
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Caught me!
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Next, I visited Training Instructor Geum Gye-jun from the Combat Division.
This time, I really came prepared.
Although Instructor Geum might have a slightly odd personality, he’s still an awakened individual.
“Ah? A method to enhance magical power?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
Geum Gye-jun was wearing a light blue Giants uniform today. There was an orange pompom hanging from his head.
Seeing Geum Gye-jun always makes me furious at myself.
After all, Geum Gye-jun was one of the characters I planned.
I have no idea what I was thinking when I created this kind of character. I’m starting to understand why the art director cursed so much back then.
Sorry, Instructor Geum.
“In my case, I use this tool!”
Geum Gye-jun pulled out what looked like a fitness rubber band from his pocket.
“Hoo!”
But it wasn’t. Geum Gye-jun began to blow air into the tube connected to the rubber fragment.
Soon, an inflated rally stick was completed.
The middle had some letters engraved on it.
“Victory Giants…”
“Cheer for the baseball game! That’s my way of enhancing magical power! Doesn’t shouting for victory naturally boost your energy?”
Next, Geum Gye-jun started hitting the rally stick.
Pop! Pop!
“Oh! Oh! Ohhh! Shout for victory! The strongest Busan Giants! We always shout! Oh!”
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I really went to the wrong person.
It was my mistake.
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Afterward, I visited fellow awakened individual Moon Shin-chung.
For the record, I didn’t visit him because I lack friends.
At least not entirely.
“What? A method to enhance magical power?”
“That’s right. Do you know anything about it?”
“Hmm.”
Moon Shin-chung stroked his chin, thinking for a moment. Then, he spoke to me.
“I mostly train my big toe.”
“Haa… Is this another dead end…?”
“No, wait. My words aren’t finished yet.”
Suddenly, Moon Shin-chung started taking off his shoes.
Soon, he showed me his big toe.
It was an enormous big toe.
“There’s a saying, right? When a certain part of the body becomes hypertrophied, it means that magical power is concentrated there. In other words, the source of my magical power is this big toe.”
“Oh.”
Each person probably has one special part of their body.
For example, thick lips, a high nose bridge, a large skull, a wide stomach, etc. There are various kinds.
If these are due to magical power gathering in this world, it’s a very plausible theory.
“So, with your spoon, what part of your body is special?”
“Hmm…”
Well, I’m not tall like a basketball player. I don’t have excessive abdominal fat like a sumo wrestler. My limbs don’t have any special features.
If I must pick something unusual from my body…
“The dong.”
“Oh, dong? You seem pretty confident.”
“That’s right. There’s a dragon living in my pants that can even tie knots by itself.”
“Knots…? Are you serious…?”
Are you serious, you idiot?
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Lastly, I visited Arna.
She’s probably the sanest out of everyone I met so far.
I asked Arna,
“Arna, how do you train those mammary glands of yours?”
“What? Is that the first thing you say when you see someone?”
Arna hugged her chest and turned her body quickly. She was cursing at me with her face.
I ignored her and pointed at Arna’s chest.
“Isn’t your magical power originating from those mammary glands?”
“No! That’s not true! Where did you hear such nonsense?”
Apparently, not that. Of course, what Moon Shin-chung said couldn’t be true.
I’m a fool for believing it for a moment.
“So…! Why are you asking about magical power…!”
“I wanted to know a method to train magical power.”
“Training magical power…”
Arna blinked a few times.
Then, she put down her arms that were covering her chest and sighed deeply.
“Phew… you should have told me that from the beginning…”
“Do you know anything about it?”
“There’s no specific method. You can only increase it gradually through consistent repetition, like exercise.”
“I already do that. Yet, it hasn’t grown at all. In fact, it could be considered weaker.”
“Weaker…?”
Arna raised her hand to her cheek and tilted her head.
“By any chance, did you start with something too heavy while training? If you do that, far from growing, it’ll only lead to overload. It’s like how muscles only get damaged in workouts.”
For reference, my spoon is a magical staff that can easily lift a person.
Yet, it’s unreasonable that lifting something as light as clothes or socks causes overload.
“What kind of training have you been doing normally?”
“Nothing worth calling training. All I’ve done is moving light objects like a cellphone or water cups.”
“Whaaat? You only did that and yet say your power has dwindled…?”
Arna also wore an expression of disbelief.
No one understands better than Arna. She knows the power of my spoon best.
“Umm…”
Arna squinted her eyes in deep thought.
After a while, Arna cautiously spoke up.
“By any chance… Have you ever used the spoon to lift anyone other than me?”
“Other people? No one besides you, Arna. By the way, this is the first time I’ve ever tried sitting on the spoon myself.”
“Then, have you ever lifted anything heavy other than the busi-ri last time?”
“The heaviest thing was probably the clothes.”
“Clothes…?”
After hearing my words, Arna started nodding to herself.
Does she have any suspicions?
Soon, Arna extended her hand toward me.
“Could you please take out the spoon?”
Following Arna’s words, I took out the spoon I had shoved into my pocket.
I also activated the enlargement function.
“Try standing on it.”
“Me? I already tried this morning.”
BOOM!
The same as this morning. The spoon barely lifted up a bit before sinking again.
Lifting my body clearly remained impossible.
“Let me try it this time.”
This time, it was Arna who climbed onto the spoon instead of me. What could possibly be different?
I also decided to channel power into the spoon.
Whoosh!
“Eh, it’s working!”
“…”
The spoon, which wouldn’t budge before, reacted like a ghost the moment Arna stood on it.
What’s this? Is it discriminating between people? Does it dislike being lifted by men?
This thing’s getting arrogant. It doesn’t like me but works fine with that mammary monster. Should I just snap it?
“I see it now.”
Clack.
Arna stepped off the spoon. She had clearly identified the source of the imbalance.
“Probably because of this.”
Arna slightly turned her head and pointed to her earlobe.
There, a small earring was shining.
