Shadow Farms

Stay within the limits of humans

I don't know what the cause is, as far as the only thing I can remember is that I have always admired “strength behind the scenes.”

Maybe it was anime? A manga? or movies? actually it's not a problem. As long as it's behind-the-scenes power, I love it.

Not a Hero, or Last Boss. What I mean is that they work, plan things and just show the real power behind the scenes.

I admire them and want to be a part of them.

Like people who admire heroes, that's how I admire the power behind the scenes.

However, unlike children who admire heroes, my admiration is not half. For me it was something deeper, something that burned my heart, and something that always pushed me forward.

Karate, Boxing, Kendo, Mixed martial arts, and more. In order to become strong, I learned everything while hiding my strength. For the day I will show myself.

At school, I was a normal student. Like the character of A.

But behind my daily life it was a very exhausting exercise.

It was my youth, and my life at school.

But as time went on, I began to worry. It seems like it is time to face reality.

The fact that all the effort I've put in is meaningless.

No matter how much martial arts I mastered, I was still far from the extraordinary power possessed by them ‘the power hidden behind the scenes’ that exists in many stories.

The greatest power I can have is the power to defeat some delinquents. If firearms were also used, it would be even more difficult. And if I was besieged by a fully armed force, of course, I would be ‘Tamat’.

‘Strength behind the scenes’ defeated by the army. So laughable.

Even if I add a few decades to training, even when I become the strongest martial artist in the world, if I am surrounded by an army, of course I will be defeated. Mm, or maybe I can handle it somehow. Perhaps, with enough practice, a human could have the potential to defeat an army even though he was besieged.

But, even if I can defeat that entire army, if ‘Taepodong’ falls on my head, I will be reduced to ashes. That is the limit as a human being.

(TN: “Taepodong” \= North Korea's intercontinental guided missile)

Only this I can say for sure. ‘The power behind the scenes’ that I admire will not lose just because of a ‘Taepodong’, which means I also have to be a human who does not become ashes in front of ‘Taepodong’.

What do I need so that ‘Taepodong’ cannot turn me to ashes?

Punch force?

A strong body?

The infinite stamina?

Of course not.

I need something different, a power in another form.

Magic, mana, qi, aura, anything is okay. I need to obtain a mystical power and the like.

That's the conclusion I came to, after facing reality.

If there is someone who is looking for a mystical thing, I am sure everyone will doubt that person's sanity.

Of course I would also assume that he was not sane.

But, what about the truth?

In this world, no one has been able to prove the existence of magic. But otherwise no one has been able to prove that it does not exist.

Sanity won't give me the strength I'm looking for. It must lie beyond the limits of reasonableness.

Since then, my training has become more difficult.

Witchcraft. Where is. The Qi. Auras. No one knows how to learn it.

I meditated like a buddha, meditated under a waterfall, mastered yoga, converted, sought out spirits, prayed, even crucified myself.

There is no right answer. My only choice was to do what I believed, alone in the dark.

As time passed, I had arrived at the last summer of my school days.

I still have no magic, mana, qi, or aura…

 

 

 

 

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I wore underwear that I put not far from me before wearing my school uniform.

I still haven't gained a mystical power. It's just, I feel like there's been progress in my training lately.

Like at the moment.

When I had just finished the training session, there was a flickering light in my mind, and my gaze became unfocused.

Maybe magic. or aura…

I must have felt the effects of one of them.

I think today's practice really means a lot.

By taking off all my clothes while I was in the forest, I could feel myself fusing with nature. And by constantly banging my head with a large tree trunk, I was able to clear my mind of things that could distract and stimulate my brain to accelerate the emergence of mystical powers.

This is the perfect logical training menu.

Aah, my vision is starting to blur.

Feels like I'm suffering from a concussion.

With a step like floating – makes me feel like flying in the air! – and I go down into the forest.

Suddenly, I saw a light swaying.

Two pieces of light, which turned in the air.

Very mysterious! It seems the light is leading me.

“A-, is it possible that..magic?”

I began to approach with staggering steps.

That's sure..! Definitely Magic!

And finally! I finally found a mystical power!

Without realizing it, my steps turned into running. There were many tree roots blocking, but even though I fell I continued to roll towards the light, just barging forward like a wild animal.

“Magic! The magic! The magic! Witchesmagicwitch!!!”

I jumped towards the two lights, and caught them…

“Ah..?”

The blinding light (the front lights of the car) made me unable to see.

With the sound of a brake squeak echoing inside my head.

And the impact that blew my body, and I….

 

 

 

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In conclusion, I managed to find magic.

When I woke up, my surroundings were filled with magic. It may be a little different to the last two lights I saw, but hey, who cares about the trivial.

Oh yes, and the trivial thing is that I seem to be reincarnated. Maybe because I managed to find magic, the reincarnation gate opened for me, or whatever, whatever, who cares.

Right now, I am a few months old baby. Not too long ago I was completely conscious, and my still fuzzy senses couldn't tell the time, so I wasn't sure more clearly.

And the main thing is, I don't understand language. All I know is that this world has a culture like medieval Europe, which I think is pretty good.

Actually the important thing is that I finally got the magic. That's the problem. The process and other additional information is none of my business.

After I realized, I had already realized magic. The glowing particles that were seen floating in the air were what I felt as I ran undressed through the flower fields as part of my practice in my previous life.

The training was not in vain. The proof is the fact that I can feel magic directly, and now I have been adept at using it like using my own hands and feet. This feeling was like when I crucified myself naked, no, it was like when I repeatedly converted and prayed while dancing naked… I'm sure all the results of my training all this time have been sweet.

I've proven that physical reinforcement can be done.

Using all the free time that a baby has is a blessing to practice, this time I am sure will be ‘strength behind the scenes’.

By the way, I learned that birds can't control themselves, just like babies. No matter how much my thinking forbids, my instincts still command me to take it out. But, with the physical reinforcement I had trained morning and night, I tried to hold him back from stalling, when….

“GYAaaaaaaAA”

…. I called for help.