Reincarnation with AI (Unemployment-Free)

Chapter 111 Tacit Understanding

After saying hello to his family, Rudius arrived at the big tree at the secret base.

When Hilfi saw him, she smiled and walked towards him.

"Rudy."

"Um."

Rudius's gaze shifted from Sylphie's smiling face to her hair, still finding it too short.

When Paul first met Sylphie, her hair was short and choppy like a boy's, only a little longer than Paul's.

That hairstyle would be perfectly acceptable for someone to mistake for a boy; in fact, Rudeus's hair is even longer in comparison.

Later, due to Rudeus's neglect of Hilfi during a family crisis, she grew her hair a little longer, but now it seems that the growth is not significant.

It's short hair, even shorter than the hair of a high school girl in my previous life.

Given Rudyus's preferences, he would only consider hair that is at least short and ear-length to look pretty.

This doesn't mean he dislikes shorter hairstyles; it means that Hilfi's delicate appearance doesn't suit that kind of cool, girly hairstyle.

Sylphie approached Rudeus, and noticing his gaze, she reached out and rubbed the stray hairs at her temples, asking, "Rude, what are you looking at?"

"I'm looking at your hair," Rudeus replied with an air of nonchalance.

"What's so interesting about that?" Hilfi looked away and replied softly.

Upon hearing this, Rudeus reached out and stroked Sylphie's head, saying, "I think it looks beautiful."

"No way—" Hilfi raised her other hand and gently scratched her flushed cheek.

Oh my, how adorable! — Ever since my little sister was born, I've been able to say these words of praise, and they've become more and more natural with me.

If we keep making progress, maybe one day we'll be able to coax people into thinking they're embryos by using our voices.

Rudeus had to beat around the bush for a long time before revealing his preference for long hair to Sylphie.

Mmm, drink—

Rudeus still couldn't directly tell Sylphie that he hoped she would grow her hair long—because that would make Rudeus feel like he was ordering her around, and that Sylphie was trying to please him.

Actually, there's nothing wrong with that. That's how it is when you're in a relationship; people change themselves for their partner.

A bit of capriciousness and suffocation makes it feel real.

But Rudius still felt awkward, so he couldn't bring himself to say it.

He had never been in a relationship, but he had interacted with girls before, which gave him some insights into life and made him realize that there were certain things he should say.

As for Sylphie—just treat her like a younger sister, don't impose your own desires on her, just guide her with praise, that would be fine.

Rudius turned to the side and tilted his head to look at the comfortable-looking Silphi.

"Ugh—" Hilfi let out a soft sob.

Rudius lowered his hand and said, "Silphie, let's go to the grasslands."

"Hmm? Are we going to use Saint-level magic again?" Hilfi asked curiously.

"Hmm." Rudeus took Sylphie's hand, and the two slowly rose into the air. "I have a new idea to try."

The sun wasn't very high in the sky yet, so the two of them had to use their hands to shield their eyes from the glaring sunlight.

Once you get used to it a little, it doesn't matter if it's not blocked; at most, there's just a white area at the edge of your field of vision.

Children's eyes are terrifyingly powerful; when they're angry, they can stare directly at the midday sun—and they won't even feel uncomfortable—

The two landed slowly on the grassland.

Rudius took a deep breath of the fresh air of the grassland and said to Silphie, "Silphie, create some thunderclouds."

"Alright." With that, Sylphie took out her wand from her waist, raised it, and turned to Rudeus, asking, "Ready?"

Rudeus also took out his wand and gathered his magic, replying, "Of course."

Upon receiving an affirmative answer, an ice ball began to appear in front of Hilfi's staff, growing to about one meter in diameter.

"Hey!" Hilfi shouted, and the ice puck flew rapidly into the sky with a whistling sound as it tore through the air.

As Silphi released the ice puck, Rudius simultaneously released a modified version of the rock cannonball.

It's called an improved version because it doesn't output magic power exactly according to the magic circuit during chanting.

Rudius made many adjustments to the rock projectile itself.

It is roughly larger than a mortar shell, and is cone-shaped with a pointed and more robust warhead. Its surface is smooth and without any texture.

As the ice puck grew larger, the rock projectiles released by Rudius also began to spin at high speed.

After the puck flew high into the air, Rudius controlled it to shoot towards the puck at an even faster speed.

After a long while.

"Bang!"

A loud bang echoed from a thousand meters in the sky, and the dazzling ice crystals shone brightly under the sunlight.

"Wow! Rudy! You hit it on the first try!" Hilfi clenched her two little fists and jumped up excitedly.

"That's right, that's right, I'm just that amazing." Rudeus crossed his arms, raised his chin, and nodded slightly.

To be honest, he also felt that he was so strong that he was like a madman.

In my past life, it was unlikely that I could even see an ice hockey puck a hundred meters away with my own eyes.

But now, Rudius can shatter an ice hockey puck from a kilometer away.

He couldn't explain how he did it, but as he practiced, he had a feeling that he could actually do it.

Rudius could tell that this was the result of the internalization of the ability, proof that the body had already made its own judgment.

Just like using flying magic to maneuver in the sky, it no longer relies on thinking, but on feeling.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that ice hockey cannot turn.

"Rudy! It's my turn!" Sylphie urged Rudyus, pushing his arm.

"Okay, okay."

The ice hockey puck and the rock cannonball coalesced once more, only this time their roles were reversed.

"call!"

The two-meter-diameter ice puck swept away with a gust of wind.

Rudeus turned his head and saw that Sylphie was staring intently at the ice puck. The rock projectile in front of her wand suddenly accelerated its spin, clearly making its final sprint.

As Hilfi's gaze sharpened, the rock cannonball shot out.

After a long while, there was no sound from the sky.

Although the child's eyesight is very strong.

Compared to the huge, light-reflecting ice ball, the smaller, faster-moving rock projectiles disappear from sight within seconds after entering the sky.

Both of them used sound to determine whether they had hit the target.

Rudeus looked up at the ice ball that was occasionally reflecting light back, raised his wand and fired another rock cannonball.

After a long while, the ice hockey puck became more and more visible, and it looked like it was landing.

Rudius and Sylphie exchanged a glance and shrugged.

"Missed it."

"Missed it."

He always felt that falling ice hockey pucks were harder to hit.

After another round of attempts by the two.

"Bang!"

The hockey puck landed on the grass a hundred meters away with a thud.

In terms of success rate, Rudius's current hit rate is actually less than 50%, and that feeling of instant, guaranteed hit is less than one in ten.

"Hmm~?" Sylphie gazed at the landing point of the ice hockey ball in the distance, grumbling in dissatisfaction. As she raised her wand again, she seemed to suddenly remember something, turning to Rudeus and saying, "Rudeus, why don't we go up to the sky?"

"To the heavens?"

"Hmm! Aren't we supposed to be making thunderclouds?"

"That's true."

To create thunderclouds, you need water vapor and to adjust the temperature difference between the upper atmosphere and the ground to cause violent fluctuations in airflow, which in turn produces lightning.

There doesn't need to be too much moisture; if there is too much, it won't be able to hold it in and will just soak the two of them to the bone.

That would be perfect for a game of smashing ice pucks.

The broken ice crystals can both lower the temperature at high altitudes and replenish the relatively small amount of moisture.

In this way, water vapor cannot break free from the support of the rising airflow and can only become a friction material that constantly churns in the clouds.

Of course, only magicians with abundant magic power like Rudeus and Sylphie can play like this; ordinary high-level magicians would be eliminated in the first round of the game.

The grassland environment is actually very suitable for experimenting with water-based holy magic. It is precisely because of this generally dry environment that rainwater can evaporate fully during its fall, making it very suitable for casting Downward Strike Burst.

However, in such a dry environment with no clouds, the clouds that form can be very high.

The altitude of the kilometer-high ice hockey puck that was just shattered is probably less than half the height of the bottom of the clouds.

The two held hands again and flew together into the sky at an altitude of a thousand meters.

Rudius instinctively sorted out his own motivations and those of Silphi's proposal.

In comparison, he found that he seemed to be more playful than Sylphie.

The game was originally suggested by myself, because Hilfi herself wasn't very good at earth magic—or rather, she actually had a fear of mud balls?

So, excluding the fun factor, in terms of efficiency, creating thunderclouds this way is actually very inefficient.

So she realized before I did that it would be better to continue at a higher level?

"Hilfi, do you think playing ice hockey isn't fun?" Rudius asked directly.

"No way." Sylphie looked at Rudeus and winked—with an expression that said, "Why did you ask that?"

"That's good." Rudeus said with relief, seeing the pure look in Sylphie's eyes.

The surrounding air gradually thinned, and the two hovered at a relatively comfortable height before ceasing to rise.

"This will do." Rudeus looked down at the lone tree, which looked like a darker patch of green than the grass. It was probably about two kilometers away.

"Hilfi, let's use a water balloon this time," Rudius suggested.

Water polo, which is close to freezing point, is much more efficient than ice polo.

Although this isn't the case in terms of absolute temperature difference, the water balloon will gradually break apart after it flies out of the air. It's impossible for it to fall to the ground unbroken like an ice block, thus lowering the surface temperature.

The game uses ice hockey, not water polo, simply because the shimmering ice crystals in the sunlight look more visually appealing.

"Okay." After thinking for a moment, Hilfi agreed and began to condense a water sphere.

Rudius used the usual condensed rock cannonballs.

Small rainbows occasionally burst forth in the sky, eliciting bursts of giggles from Silphie.

The fog also began to accumulate during the continuous shooting game.

With their vision obscured, Rudeus unleashed a burst of water magic.

As the light gradually dimmed, the two stopped casting spells.

Perhaps it would be better to come in the afternoon. The ground hasn't accumulated much heat in the early morning, so the clouds aren't churning too violently. Even if there's a lot of ice water, it won't cause any serious air current fluctuations.

The clouds will simply spread out and then gradually disappear.

With that in mind, Rudeus stopped releasing the ice water ball and instead raised his hand to blast a fireball into the clouds.

After glancing at the sunken cloud with a puzzled look, Hilfi stopped holding the water ball.

"Silphie, let's go down."

"it is good."

Without much hesitation, the two decisively lowered their altitude.

"Boom~~~"

A faint rumble of thunder came from the clouds.

Rudius turned around abruptly, looking at the clouds with surprise and disbelief—he didn't want to be struck by lightning.

"Hurry, hurry!" he said, pulling Hilfi down quickly.

"Hehe." Hilfi asked with a grin, "Rudy, are you scared?"

"No, I'm not," Rudius retorted stubbornly. "I'm just being extra careful."

This wasn't the first time Rudius had created a thundercloud, and he was confident he could judge its condition.

Where does lightning come from in such stable cloud formations?

In this calm and cloudless weather, magic is essentially the only variable; everything is within the realm of calculation.

Is that the small fireball?

It's not the first time we've launched fireballs at clouds, but this is definitely the first time one has actually hit a cloud directly.

Judging from the sound, it must have been a very weak lightning strike; it's very likely that the thunder wasn't even heard on the ground.

Then Rudius realized that this was the first time he had ever heard thunder at such a height.

Ok?

If you can't get struck by lightning, then wouldn't you be invincible if you flew in the sky and released lightning?

Shouldn't we develop a magic that allows you to fly without getting struck by lightning?

Does it simply surround itself with electrons?

Like a metal cage?

That's not right either. The step leader itself is an electron, so it's impossible for the two poles to repel each other during the falling process.

It is unrealistic to create an electron cluster with a potential difference greater than that in a thundercloud using magic.

The process of tiered guidance is more likely to resemble water droplets on a windshield, falling and merging with other droplets as it goes.

Right.

Would doing that make me a link in the wire?

Rudius frowned and slowly slowed down, and the two landed smoothly on the ground.

After regaining her footing, Hilfi immediately activated geothermal magic. At the same time, she raised her wand and created some distance between herself and Rudeus. A huge fireball with a diameter of more than three meters condensed out—unlike the small fireball from before, this was a high-level fire magic.

Did you find it funny to see yourself create a fireball?

But this high-level magic is too much—

No.

This is to prevent all the grass here from burning—geothermal magic can only raise the temperature slowly.

Realizing what had happened, Rudeus raised his wand and channeled magic into the clouds to prevent them from dissipating.

Hilfi waved her arm and threw the fireball.

"boom!"

The fireball exploded a hundred meters away, tens of meters above the ground, producing a sound far more intense than the thunder from before.

The heat wave caused the weeds to sway in all directions.

As the hot wind swept across his face, Rudius suddenly realized another problem.

Since air has extremely poor thermal conductivity, geothermal magic essentially involves heating the moisture in the soil, turning it into water vapor, and then using it to create an upward airflow.

All the operations just now were different from the previous process of creating thunderclouds.

Previously, when playing games while standing on the ground, the moisture would inevitably fall onto the grassland to absorb the heat generated by the magic.

However, because they flew at an altitude of 2,000 meters, all the water spheres were broken into small water droplets by the dry air during their descent, and then evaporated.

So apart from the first large ice ball, there was no excess water on the grassland.

Normally it doesn't matter. If there's no water in the soil, these grasses will just dry up and die. They're just weeds anyway, and they'll grow back in a few days.

One of the purposes this time was to trigger lightning to produce nitrogen fertilizer and test whether the grassland would become lush due to thunderstorms.

How could they die?

They cannot die!

However, you can't water it too much, otherwise the variables will become water and nitrogen fertilizer.

Grassland environments are inherently water-scarce.

Rudius remembered how lush these weeds had grown after he led Sylphie to unleash the Thunderclouds a few times before.

Does anyone know why grass grows so lush?

The rainwater inside the thunderclouds is fine as long as it carries the nitrogen fertilizer down.

Wrong, wrong, all wrong. We should have watered the grass from the beginning and then used geothermal magic.

The moisture is all in the clouds now; if we release more water magic, the rain will be excessive.

Realizing this, Rudyuston felt powerless to reverse the situation and immediately stopped supplying magic.

Looking at the grass around him, he thought: Fine, you can all die.

"Silphie! Stop, let's go somewhere else!" Rudeus called out to Silfphie.