- Yes.

  *I uand, I uand... Reinated people do tend to appear in our world occasionally, but they are extremely rare cases, even those who remember their past life are not so rare here, but reinating from a different world, that's something I hought was real, Aurus would rub several theories in my face right now if he heard a rumor like that. Now I uand why you're a peculiar human, but if you weren't reborn through a humaionship the only possible option is that you were summoned.

  - Summoned?

  *Tell me, do you remember hearing any words from other people the moment you were reborn?

  - Now that you mention it...

  I did indeed hear some things; I remember them well but they're only fragments...

  - It was something like... The summoning of the hero...bance...failed summoning...sorry, I don't remember maails, it was something that happened so briefly.

  *No, that was just a firmation, in fact there are human nations that every tury performs a ritual to invoke a savior, someoraordinary who would be able t band stability to their own nation, but it's all just a legend. I'm not going to expin the invocation ritual to you in full, but know that you were lucky.

  - Was I?

  *For a summoning to be successful, it's not enough for the individual to possess a resilient soul, you must also possess great determination and willpower, not to mention that it also depends on other factors in my world, an old friend who snubs your intelligence expio me that it's easier for a new elemental dragon to emerge over the turies than for a ritual to be successful, it seems you're someone special.

  - At least one good thing, I think.

  *Although many other nations have succeeded in summoning their accimed heroes, many of them end up perishing the instant they are reinated because they 't withstand the magical pressure that exudes in our world at the first tact with magid those who survive end up living much less than half the life of a normal human. But that doesn't seem to apply to you, I see that your mana is stable and your body isn't colpsing, no, it's pletely healthy and won't break down like that, you told me about your purifiethod, you did indeed e into tact with magid survived.

  He says this as if it were an impressive feat and that I was already aware of what I was doing, he couldn't be more wrong, it was all just a matter of luck, a great areme matter of luck, I believe that if I didn't have this power with me, I would probably have died.

  - So... I'm like a savior of humanity?

  *Hmph, that title is just a fa?ade for the fools who are summoned into this world, many of them who have appeared before me for all these turies I've been living have perished as fools before they've even done any damage to me, many of them don't even have the ability to trol the mana in their bodies, you oher hand are like a tainer filled to the brim, any false move and it will end up overflowing and spilling over, a fool like you doesn't know how to use [Magical Perception] to trol yourself?

  - No... I don't even know what kind of skill that is.

  *It's pretty prehensive, although it's not a great skill, you perceive magical energy in and around you, such a basicept for anyone who wants to learn magic, maybe that's what attracted you to me and you didn't even realize it.

  - Could you... teach me?

  *I'm not the type to pass on knowledge, but there's not much to do here so I'll make an exception.

  You're not the type to pass on knowledge? So far all you've done is “guide” me through the ws of this world! I don't know what kind of image he wants to vey, either that of someone very wise or simply wanting to exude arrogance for free, but it seems that little by little he's losing himself in his own persona.

  *Do it as if you were going to cast whatever magic you're used to, but instead trate and use it to enhance your vision beyond your e, so you'll be able to notice the mana around you.

  Right... trating and expanding my vision... Ugh, this isn't doing any good, it looks like I'm making a ridiculous fa vain, how it be so simple? It seems to require a certain amount of effort on my part!

  - It's much harder than it looks.

  How I fail at something so simple after skipping so many steps and casting a spell? Such a basicept could be enough to save my life. Even if I lose my sight, hearing and even my sense of smell, I'll still be able to keep fighting. It's an exceptional skill!

  It's just a natural process of trial and error. Being my first time, it's normal to fail!

  But leaving aside the question of bat and its importance, I o trate. First, I must expand my mind. As for this vague information, it's best to pletely ignore my body and focus only on vision, since my primary goal is to see the mana arouh this magical perception. The rest of the skill I perfect with more practice...

  - Hmm... got it!

  Now that I've do, I realize how simple this cept was. Once again, I've plicated an easy task by trying too hard.

  The moment, I feel a dense, oppressive atmosphere around me. An invisible pressure fills the room, and anyone would feel si a few seds us influence. Perhaps I regretted it the moment I learhis skill...

  As I turn towards Syphus, I noti absurd tration of this energy emanating from him. It's dense, suffog. Even separated by this invisible barrier, I still feel the force he exerts. And when I touch it directly, the pressure intensifies even more.

  - Wow! You really do have an incredible magical presence...

  *Hmph. Have you only just noticed; you fool? I'll overlook it just because of your y in not having such a basic skill.

  I should thank you for that, but I'd probably only hear exaggerated words in response.

  But he really does exude this pressure to an absurd degree. Such a powerful creature, isoted in such a desote pce as this cave... There must be a reason for that.

  - Look, excuse my curiosity, Syphus-sama...

  Vaku