episode_0193

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The person who spent the most time at the mansion where Iren was staying was Reika, not the owner Iren or Swen, who she wanted to live with.

Irene is Serpina’s escort, and Swen has less and less time at home because Serpina keeps calling him.

As for Reika, she was a little lonely… … I didn’t hate my time at the mansion that much.

The time given so suddenly.

Take a walk around the neighborhood, read a book, meditate… …

“Phew-!”

“Thank you for your hard work, lady.”

“Ah… … no! Also, if it was helpful… … I’m, uh, happy. Hehe.”

“As I said, of course it’s something we have to do… … .”

“Trigram, it’s okay… … !”

Helping the mansion’s maids with various household chores.

All of this suited Reika quite well.

At first, the employees were shocked and complained, saying, ‘Please leave these chores to us,’ but now, perhaps they have become quite close with her or are used to seeing her cleaning the kitchen and the mansion, they maintain a fairly amicable relationship.

Just like that, after finishing the major renovation of the mansion that day.

It’s still broad daylight. There was some time left until the sun set, and Swen and Irene returned only after it had set, so I was wondering what to do with my time.

‘huh?’

Several flower pots caught Reika’s eyes.

It felt out of place with all the dying plants hanging there, which didn’t fit in with the mansion.

“Um, over there… … .”

When I stopped and asked a passing maid, I bowed down and showed my utmost courtesy.

“Ah, Lady Reika. Hello.”

“Are you throwing away that flower pot? … ?”

“Yes. I’m sure I managed it properly, but somehow it ended up like that… … I’m planning to bring in a new plant.”

Maintaining pots and growing plants was not as easy as it seemed.

It was such an extravagant job that only the imperial family had a dedicated person in charge of it, so it is no wonder that the occupants of this mansion were unable to do it properly.

“… … .”

at that time.

Reika’s thoughts reached a certain point and she carefully grabbed the maid and asked.

“Ah, over there… … that is… … That.”

“… … ?”

“Well, so… … Well, you know… … .”

The thought reached me, but I couldn’t get the words out easily, looking at Reika who hesitated –

The maid glanced at me a few times, then carefully covered her mouth and asked in a whisper.

“Do you need a flower pot?”

“Ah… … !”

Nod.

Still, does this mean that they have worked on endless mansion projects together?

The maid, who seemed like a ghost to understand what Reika wanted to say, answered with a smile.

“Because I was going to throw it away anyway. I think you can take it with you. No, would you like me to leave it in front of your room later?”

“Oh, no… … ! I’ll take it. Well, thank you… … !”

Nod.

Reika bowed and greeted the maid, then whined and succeeded in bringing the three flower pots she had planned to throw away to her room.

‘… … good.’

The mana in the mansion… … It was enough.

Reika closed her eyes and began to read the flow of mana.

It reminds me of the same technique that came to mind when I saw the dying rabbits in Balharat Castle.

The way of an innate genius, not by recalling what someone else has organized, but by recalling the parts in your head that instinctively point out, ‘I think it could be possible if I do this.’

At the tip of Reika’s pure white finger, spheres of light began to gather little by little.

‘here… … If you do this… … !’

The ‘sphere of light’, which was growing bigger and bigger, began to connect to the dying plant little by little.

I feel it.

I can feel what is going on with the plants.

The good news is that he’s still alive.

If he had really died, it wouldn’t have worked.

“… … !!!”

and.

In Reika’s hands… … ‘Miracles’ began to occur.

The leaves of the plant, which had lost their vitality and were dying, gradually began to return to their former green appearance.

As I continue to receive something from the pure white sphere… … It has regained its appearance as it was when the flower pot was first brought in.

How much time has passed?

Slurp!

“Ha… … Haha.”

Reika wiped the cold sweat from her forehead and looked at the ‘result’ in front of her.

‘it’s okay… … !’

It turned out just as she thought.

By using the mana overflowing in the air, lives that were disappearing were saved!

This was an incredible power that could only be found in the Bibles that circulated in the old days when religion was flourishing.

Reika found it ‘instinctively’ and achieved it, just like when she first opened her eyes to magic.

This was truly an incredible discovery, but-

‘too… … strength… … .’

Although he succeeded in reviving one flower pot, he simply did not have the energy to use the same technique on the other two flower pots.

This is because I felt more vividly than ever before as the strength drained from my entire body.

Of course, if you keep using magic, this is what happens… … But these days, I can handle things like fire and ice without much difficulty, so I thought it would be okay.

‘yet… … ‘Is there something I don’t know?’

This is my first time using it, so if I keep using it, I’ll get used to it and find the hang of it.

Besides, isn’t Swen by his side?

I wasn’t too worried because if I followed the routine he taught me and meditated consistently, I would eventually get used to this new ‘magic’.

‘Just try a little harder… … I will be reborn as a wizard who can be of help to Swen… … !’

At first, he wasn’t that happy about being a wizard.

It was good to end my life as an orphan, but it was a bit difficult to live a life where I was confined without freedom and had to practice magic.

But now, he was grateful for his talent.

In the end, wasn’t it all because he was a wizard that he was taken by Jinor and was able to meet Swen?

To that extent, I wanted to become Swen’s strength.

This was a choice she had made of her own free will – with no weight whatsoever, the exact opposite of what was meant for the Nighthards.

Swen’s presence was making her, who was already a genius wizard, evolve into a being that had never existed on the continent before.

‘If there had been enough mana in Balharat Castle, the dying rabbit could have been saved… … .’

As I think about that, I suddenly feel drowsy.

‘I guess… … I feel like I used too much mana… … .’

Reika fell to the floor and fell into a deep sleep.

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“Was it possible to stop the epidemic in its tracks?”

This is the inside of the mansion where Serpina used to chat.

As soon as I entered through the now familiar street, I was able to hear a quite unbelievable story from her.

“Okay. Didn’t you tell me? I told General Irian to search around Roger Castle. So it would be like you prevented everything.”

At first, I didn’t understand why they were asking me to pinpoint and search Irian, who is currently leading the occupation force in that area… …

It seems that it became a butterfly effect, ultimately putting an early end to the epidemic that was about to spread throughout the northern continent.

I vaguely heard that they used the method of thoroughly isolating a patient discovered accidentally and not approaching them at all until they were treated, but in fact, the process was not that important.

What mattered was the result.

Leaving everything aside, in the sense that I went through a process that I couldn’t infer even if he died or woken up based on my predictions alone –

This case was quite similar in many ways to the previous case when we apprehended the rebels led by Raheln.

It was an extremely unbelievable story that relied too much on coincidence from start to finish… …

This has happened more than once, and I know it now. The advice of 100 intelligence prevented an infectious disease from spreading.

Even though she was following my own advice, from a third party’s perspective who does not know the details, it would feel like Serpina making that decision was possessed by a god.

However, Serpina, who was not a third party, knew very well whose decisions were made by her.

There was no need to tell the story of how I found out.

Because now Serpina knows my abilities.

however… … Then why did you call me here?

Naturally, I couldn’t help but think that way.

Ever since I arrived at this mansion, the way she looked at me… … Because it was a little strange.

“It’s true, Swen.”

“… … Yes?”

“Your ‘mind’s eye’ really only reflects the right results… … !”

Serpina said that and began to slowly approach me.

He looks at me with a very red face and slightly open eyes.

With half-opened eyes, as if fascinated by something… … Those sticky eyes looking at me.

Those eyes, rather than the gaze of a monarch looking at a talented person… …

It’s almost like the eyes of a woman looking at her lover.

Without realizing it, I felt my heart pounding.

“Swen… … It’s a big deal. For sure. I was definitely planning to open your heart slowly.”

One step.

“The more I spend with you… … My greed for you is getting bigger and bigger.”

Two steps.

“Not only as a monarch, but also as a woman… … !”

After three or four steps, her face finally appeared before my eyes.

“Master… … ?”

“If I’m with you… … Maybe, if I said that I thought I could overcome even this terrible evil karma that surrounds me, I might call her stupid.”

“You’re such a fool, how can you say something like that so carelessly-”

Her face was right in front of my nose.

The faint scent of citron began to touch my head and my brain again.

And yet, at the same time.

He says those words so casually.

“Be your husband, Swen.”

“… … Yes?”

what… … Called?

I turned to face her, wondering if I had heard wrong, but she was very adamant.

“Become my husband. Your blood will mix with her blood. I will be bound to you as a covenant and have your child.”

“Hey, wait a minute. Master, that, that, calm down-”

“Ah… … Swen… … !”

Serpina said that, then held my hand tightly with relaxed eyes… …

“You… … I don’t want to miss you. No matter what happens, I never want to lose you.”

“I want to hold on to you at all costs. If there is someone in you, I want to be by your side even if it is the second time.”

“Please don’t abandon me. Let’s fight together by her side. If I had you, I could do anything. Unifying the continent, perhaps creating an even greater empire, and ushering in a period of revival once again… … It may be possible if you have the ‘mind’s eye’ that fits unconditionally. so… … so… … !”

“Forever… … Stay by your side forever, Swen… … ♥ For that, this body is willing――”

――When I heard that I could do anything.

I had a hunch.

An invisible leash hanging around my neck.

Serpina started to become more obsessed with me than I imagined-

And, that I had fallen too deep into the swamp that was her to just walk away from this place as if nothing had happened.