“Sorry if my voice is hard to hear,” Shin began, “but I can’t lower the intensity any further and maintain it for long. I can manage just my throat, you know, but maintaining low intensity over my whole body is difficult.”
Even as he thought it sounded a bit like an excuse, Shin apologized for his poor control over Physical Enhancement.
What met Shin’s apology was Jenniferlin’s long sigh.
“Are you trying to become the very incarnation of an idiot, Shin Longdagger?”
Jenniferlin grabbed Shin’s cheeks with both hands and pulled.
“An idiot? Yes, you’re an idiot, I know you’re an idiot! Using Physical Enhancement magic while dancing? That’s the height of idiocy, you idiot! Using Physical Enhancement while dancing is an insult to the Dance! Go stub your toe on a dresser, you idiot!”
Jen’s phrasing is really direct and interesting, Shin thought. Just then, Jenniferlin’s eyebrows shot up sharply.
Ah, this is bad.
Even Shin, an inhabitant of a simple world divided into ‘Erica’ and ‘everyone else,’ knew he had messed up.
Afterward, Shin received a thorough lecture, beautifully coated in a wide variety of insults, and was forced to practice the Dance until sunset.
Thanks to that, he managed to avoid the disgrace of failing his Advancement because of the Dance.