Synopsis |
Volume 1[]
Short Story[]
- Every Explosion Begins With A Single Step
- 爆裂道への最初の一歩
The voluptuous woman is stunned when Megumin wishes to learn the spell she had just used, something even crazier than wishing to conquer the world or get huge boobs. She proceeds to list the disadvantages of that spell known as Explosion Magic, which despite being the strongest attack available to humans, not only requires a lot of skill points to acquire, but also expends so much magical power that humans will be rendered immobile after one shot, though Megumin still insists on learning it.
Meeting at the tomb the following day so the woman can recover from using the spell, Megumin still insistant on learning Explosion Magic follows her to the plains outside the village, where she is told to remember the incantations for it, though during practice the little Crimson Magic girl keeps putting in cool-sounding phrases that she makes up.
The training goes on for several days, where in addition to being advised against making up her own chants, Megumin is also told not to make special poses despite the cobbler's son having said that the Crimson Magic Clan must make cool poses. The woman after correcting Megumin proceeds to show her Inferno, but Megumin shows no interest in learning any spells other than Explosion Magic.
She continues to suggest Teleport, Light of Saber, Blast, and Detonation, yet Megumin is only interested in practising how to launch Explosion with weird poses. Later on as the woman chides Megumin for her infatuation with Explosion Magic, she is handed a piece of paper denoting the cool chants that Megumin had made up, which upon the woman trying it out actually allows her to cast a stronger Explosion.
Some days afterwards, the woman goes to show Megumin, who she says might already have laid eyes on the Evil Spirit, something even scarier than her mother freezing her father before abandoning him in the woods. They soon find themselves in the woods, where Megumin bugs the woman to kill a One-Punch Bear when it is turning its back to them in fright, so they can sell its liver and make bear stew. The woman though carries on her original goal of showing how useful Advanced Magic is when faced with savage monsters by freezing the One-Punch Bear immobile with Freeze Gust, only to see Megumin heading to finish it off as part of the clan's traditional "farming".
Finally one day, the woman who starts feeling listless takes a look at Megumin's Adventurer Card after Paralysing her, and discovers to her surprise that in addition to Explosion, Megumin is also able to learn all the other magic shown to her over the past days. The woman then informs Megumin how she needs to depart for some important work, so as they bid their farewells, Megumin asks to see the woman cast Explosion once more, while promising to show the woman her own Explosion when she learns it.