Don't take your focus off the lynx with 気が散る

Idiom Explanation: Getting distracted with 気が散る

In order to make money to survive and continue her path of becoming a mage, Eve takes on a request to defeat a fanged lynx that has been attacking a merchant in the forest. She attempts to use her new magick staff against the beast, but no magick materializes from it.

イブ:: 「魔女(まじょ)なのに　魔法(まほう)出(で)ない」; “Even though I'm a mage, magick won't come out.”
ネム:: 「こら　気(き)を散(ち)らすな」; “Hey now, don't lose focus!”

Key Points

気(き)を散(ち)らすな means do not lose focus
- Nemu warns Eve not to let her attention scatter during the fight.
こら is a scolding attention-getter
- Nemu uses こら to snap Eve back to the situation.
Eve’s complaint is the distraction
- 魔法(まほう)出(で)ない focuses on her failed staff instead of the enemy.
- Nemu’s line redirects her from frustration to survival.