Chapter 151: Life is ABC... and So On (2)
I prepared a box—a small, square box just large enough to hold with both hands.
After placing some random object inside, I closed the box. Once sealed, the contents could no longer be retrieved until the lid was opened.
Holding out the box, I said:
“Here, try to take out the item inside this box. But you can’t touch the box.”
“Huh? Huhhh... Is this some kind of riddle...?”
Aile tilted her head in confusion and used magic to move the box. It seemed she assumed that using magic would suffice since I said not to touch it with her hands.
I drew a big “X” with my hands and let out a sound to signal she was wrong.
“Wrong. When I said not to touch it, I meant don’t interfere with it at all.”
“Don’t interfere? Then how am I supposed to take it out?”
“Well, you see...”
“—Like this, obviously.”
Just as I was about to give Aile the correct answer, Arima appeared out of nowhere, reached into thin air, and pulled out the object from inside the box. Spatial magic. It seemed she hadn’t earned her title of “Grand Mage” through luck; she demonstrated it effortlessly.