Manga Chapter 16

The sixteenth manga chapter of the Isekai de Cheat Skill wo Te ni Shita Ore wa, Genjitsu Sekai wo mo Musou Suru: Level Up wa Jinsei wo Kaeta manga.

## Summary

With the Sage's book, Yuuya starts testing the magic theories within it. He reads that magic is the manifestation of his imagination, but that, he needs to learn to feel the magic, and the best way to achieve that is through meditation. As he sits and meditates, he starts the feel the mana circuit the Sage gave him flow through him. Suddenly, he learns he got a new skill: **Magic Manipulation**. Now, he has grasped the feel of magic, and can now control it. He notices Night manifesting magic too, which makes sense since he's a resident of this fantasy world.

Yuuya reads on and sees that all he needs to do now is imagine what kind of magic he wants to cast. He also reads that texts and chants can help visualize the magic in one's mind, but it is not necessary. If he wants to make it easier, he can give a name to his magic spell. He decides to give it a try and conjure a water spell, where he gathers water into a sphere. He becomes excited that he was able to pull it off, and becomes surprised when he sees that Night was able to do it too. As Yuuya tries to figure out what to do with his **Water Ball**, he mentions he could probably fire it, resulting in it being shot at several trees and decimating them. This convinces Yuuya to work more at magic control practice to reduce possible damage.

Meanwhile, in the Capital of Montres, a masked man goes to find the "Dark Guild". Though the person didn't want to be there, they needed to make sure their next attempt on Lexia's life was a success. He walks over to the bartender and reveals he wants to hire someone from the guild for investigation and assassination. He hands a list of those available, but one catches the man's eyes. The bartender reveals that the person is right now here in the bar, and if he wants to hire this person, he better do it now because others want them too. Immediately, the man hires the person, and the bartender points him to the assassin in question.

The man sits before the assassin, who is dubbed "The Headhunter", and asks to confirm their identity. The Headhunter does so by showing off their signature weapon: threads. The man starts to introduce himself but the Headhunter tells him they don't care, as long as they get paid for the job. He sits down next to them and the Headhunter tells him their price is very high, but the man wants the job done no matter what. He then hands them a scroll containing information, which the Headhunter accepts.

In the Royal Castle, Lexia frustratingly says that a month is too long to see Yuuya again, even though she knows she needs to finish her duties in order to see him. She tells Owen, who is with her, that she won't try to run off, but he clarifies that he's here as a guard, as since they couldn't catch the culprits of the previous assassination attempt, her safety is his primary concern. However, she holds a bishōnen drawing of Yuuya up to his face, thinking if he looked more like him, she could be more motivated, but of course it doesn't work. Owen does still try to motivate her by holding the picture himself and speaking like him, but she laughs at how bad his imitation is. Nonetheless, it works and Lexia gets back to her duties. In his mind, he mentions he heard rumors of the Dark Guild mobilizing, and hopes nothing bad happens.

Back with the Dark Guild, the Headhunter is told of the events in the Great Demon's Den, and how the man believes Lexia had an "anonymous helper" to save her. As such, he wants the Headhunter to kill Lexia, and is even willing to pay a bonus for the death of the "helper." The Headhunter accepts the terms and muses that it all has to do with the first prince, which freaks out the man that they would know that, indicating that the man is said prince (though they confess they were just guessing). The Headhunter remarks that he's standing out too much because of how clean his skin is, but he gets her to stop talking by giving her her payment, and once they take it, the man leaves.

After he's gone, the Headhunter takes off their mask, revealing themself to be a woman, and she muses how much longer she has to work as an assassin.