How do the Winged Race fly?
It was something that even the Winged Race themselves had rarely considered.
Perhaps it’s better to say that they hadn’t considered it precisely because they were the ones who did it.
It’s the same as how Humans don’t consider how they walk on two legs.
Perhaps a Magic Tool Shop that makes Golems might have thought about it, but it hasn’t become general knowledge.
In short, it’s probably because it’s not knowledge necessary for survival, so it’s been neglected.
Eiru, who heard about it from Kousuke, thought that it might indeed be interesting to investigate once.
Especially since he learned that those with wings are treated specially in this world, such theoretical knowledge might become necessary depending on the situation.
As he told Kousuke, they themselves don’t revere their wings as divine, so there’s no resistance to investigating the details.
However, he hesitated to approach strangers.
Whether the subjects of the investigation would be himself or others, it’s difficult to ask someone to be a research subject.
Thinking so, Eiru said to Kousuke.
“I don’t mind investigating wings and flight, but who will be investigating?”
The reason he didn’t say they would investigate themselves was that he saw Kousuke’s enthusiasm and assumed he already had candidates in mind.
The important point here is that the possibility of Kousuke himself investigating was not present in Eiru’s mind.
Conversely, Kousuke, who hadn’t considered asking anyone else at all, had a momentarily bewildered look on his face.
“Who? Me? I’m planning to investigate. There’s no one else I can ask, right? Oh, maybe Silvia might join too?”
When Kousuke replied, a rather loud clattering sound was heard from Eiru’s side.
” … Are you alright? It sounded like something big hit something?”
“I’m alright. There’s no problem at all.”
Eiru’s voice coming from the communicator sounded as usual, and Kousuke nodded normally, thinking that was how it was.
However, Kousuke didn’t realize it at the time.
In fact, the sound heard from the communicator was Eiru, who, flustered, accidentally kicked the stand.
Furthermore, another Winged Race member, who had been listening to their conversation nearby, had an expression of astonishment.
What’s more, the fact that this Winged Race member had an expression that said “no one is getting ahead of me” was completely beyond Kousuke’s imagination.
Unaware that a quiet struggle was unfolding on the other side of the communicator, Kousuke continued.
“Oh? –If there’s anyone willing to cooperate, I’d be happy if there were multiple people?”
Investigating only one person wouldn’t be meaningful in terms of data.
It’s possible that person is an exceptional case.
If the scope is to be the entire Winged Race, it’s necessary to investigate several people.
Kousuke, thinking he might have been a little presumptuous, was answered by Eiru, who maintained a calm demeanor.
“Specifically, how many would be appropriate?”
“Huh? U, um. Let’s see. I’d be happy if there were at least two or three. Actually, more would be better, but it would take too long to investigate all at once.”
“I see. … Two or three.”
“Is that difficult?”
“No. Not at all. I will gather that number of people according to Kousuke’s convenient time.”
Eiru answered crisply, as if to dispel Kousuke’s anxiety.
Eiru was talking to Kousuke while pretending to be casual, but in reality, a small commotion was happening in Eiru’s room at that moment.
However, it was a commotion in which everyone present knew that sound must not enter the communicator, so they were quietly making a fuss.
Specifically, they were glaring at each other (also called “ganning”) with the pressure of “I’m going.”
Eiru was included in this, but Kousuke, on the other end of the communicator, was unaware that anything like this was happening.
***
Following Eiru, who had arrived at the management layer, two other Winged Race members teleported in.
Those two were warriors who had won a fierce battle (rock-paper-scissors).
By the way, Eiru herself did not participate in the competition from the beginning, arguing with some sort of unconvincing claim that he was the one who talked to Kousuke the most.
Furthermore, although this matter caused a great stir among the Winged Race, it was thoroughly ensured that Kousuke would not realize it.
They worried that if there had been such a commotion behind the scenes, Kousuke might back out.
It was the result of an analysis characteristic of the Winged Race, who had a firm grasp of Kousuke’s personality.
Completely unaware of the Winged Race’s behind-the-scenes drama, Kousuke welcomed Eiru and the others.
As Kousuke had predicted, Silvia was also interested in the flight of the Winged Race, and Shurein had newly joined.
When Shurein was told, she said that Vampires also had the ability to fly in the past.
There were differing opinions on whether they actually floated or simply jumped, and she said she wanted to know how the Winged Race flew for reference.
Although it was enough for Kousuke to just hear the results, she happened to have free time, so she decided to join the investigation.
The investigation into the Winged Race, which began in this manner, was not particularly flashy and consisted of repetitive, mundane tasks.
Simply put, they investigated whether there was a difference in the flow of magic power when the Winged Race flew and when they walked on the ground, so they just repeatedly walked and flew.
For the Winged Race, flying was about as physically demanding as walking, so it was understandable that they would get tired if they were constantly on the move.
Repeatedly flying and walking naturally consumed energy, so the investigation could not be continued for very long.
This was not because the Winged Race lacked stamina; Kousuke persuaded them to stop because if they got too tired, other factors might come into play.
Seeing the Winged Race’s behavior, Kousuke said something off-topic: “So you wanted to know so much about flight,” but Shurein and Silvia looked disappointed upon hearing this.
However, Kousuke, without noticing this, continued the investigation of the Winged Race.
As a result, quite a bit was understood in a single investigation.
First, as expected, it was understood that magic power is used in the flight of the Winged Race.
However, from the current investigation, they couldn’t figure out what kind of magic was being used.
“Even if we can see the magic moving, the person using it is completely unaware, so there’s no way to investigate,” Shurein said, and Kousuke nodded.
“Well. Figuring out what kind of magic it is will take a little effort, won’t it?”
By analyzing the flow of magic power in detail, it’s possible to understand to some extent what’s happening.
However, if it’s completely different from existing magic, there’s no way to analyze it.
It will simply be judged as a new, unknown magic.
From now on, they will investigate one by one, comparing them with existing magic to see if there are any similar spells.
If they ultimately don’t find the same one, it will be considered unknown magic.
However, Kousuke doesn’t know all flight magic, so it’s possible that some wizard somewhere in the world is using the same magic.
Unfortunately, that won’t be known until that time comes.
The latter part of the text has become quite long.
However, if this part were written with dialogue, it would just be a drawn-out explanation.
Also, there’s no point in endlessly describing them flying and jumping.
For now, this marks a turning point regarding the secret(?) of the Winged Race.
After this, Kousuke will continue his diligent investigation and report the results later.
