episode_0023

Took.

“!!”

As soon as a drop of the potion touched my tongue, I felt something was wrong.

It’s not a matter of taste.

It’s burning.

It melts.

My tongue curls up to the point of feeling that way.

“Ugh… .”

Just as I was about to put down the flask.

“No! Once you put it in your mouth, you have to drink it all down!”

Dien grabbed the potion with force and shoved it into his mouth.

“Ugh… !”

“If you spit it out after eating it, it could actually have the opposite effect!”

“Ubup… .”

He tried to push the flask away, trembling.

“Ugh… What are you just looking at…! Why don’t you help me quickly!”

Dien was pushed out again.

Even though I’ve recently developed healthy eating habits.

Ellen was a 13-year-old who was being abused until recently.

Who would have thought that she had physical abilities similar to Elin’s?

Luke, impressed by his senior’s weight class, asked.

“Is there such a potion in the world?”

I have never heard of or seen a potion that would have the opposite effect if you spit it out after drinking it.

When I see Ellen disliking it so much, I feel reluctant to force-feed it to her.

“It’s not exactly a potion, it’s more like a curse.”

“Yes?”

“Ugh… It would take too long to explain the principle. Just think of it as a curse that eats curses. So help me quickly… If I spit it out halfway, it’ll only result in two curses!”

“Why are you telling me that now?”

Luke, startled, held onto Elin’s body tightly.

“Ugh… .”

Elin’s shocked face stiffens.

His eyes were filled with betrayal.

I never thought the teacher would do this, but I feel like I’m hearing the same resentful thoughts.

“Please bear with me for a moment. It’s for the sake of the princess.”

I averted my eyes slightly.

I feel like if I keep staring at it, I’ll loosen up without even realizing it.

“That’s why I warned you in advance. It’s going to be so tasteless.”

“town… … .”

The fool’s hair sways violently from side to side.

What I meant was that I didn’t know it would be this bad.

“If you keep it in your mouth like this, it will continue to hurt? Let’s drink it all down quickly and finish it.”

“… … ”

“Huh? Good.”

Dien gently comforted Elin with a soft voice.

Still, he looked quite old, so I wonder if he was mistaken for his age.

Elin succumbed to the gentle patting.

Gulp.

I swallowed the potion with tears in my eyes… no, tears streaming down my face.

Dien slowly removed his hand after confirming that the liquid had flowed down the back of his throat.

“Kolok… Kelok… !”

Then, immediately, a cough breaks out.

“Ugh… Eeeeek… … .”

I’m vomiting so much that I’m worried I’m going to throw up my intestines.

“Senior. Is this okay?”

“Whew, it’s okay. It’s proof that it worked properly. Can you give me something to wipe it with?”

Dien held out her hand, covered in Elin’s spit.

I took out two towels from my inventory.

Hand one to Dien.

“Would you like to look here for a moment?”

With the remaining sheet, he wiped Elin’s face, which was a mess of tears and spit.

“Whew… Haa… .”

Elin, who had been having a seizure, barely calmed down and stretched out onto Luke’s body.

“Are you okay?”

“… … ”

Elin glared at Luke without saying a word.

“I’m sorry, but I couldn’t help it for the sake of your majesty.”

“… … I know too.”

Then, as if he didn’t have the strength to look at me, he lowered his head.

“Is this the end?”

“For now.”

Dien placed his hand on Elin’s forehead.

“Well, the fever has gone down. How is it? Don’t you feel a little better?”

“… Now that I think about it.”

Elin nodded, wringing her hands.

“It doesn’t hurt anymore.”

“Whew. It worked. Let’s check to see if there are any more curses near the mana heart.”

“Excuse me.”

Luke pulled out a stream of mana and sent it through Elin’s body.

And I moved around and looked around inside my body.

Still pure and clean.

Last time I went near Mana Heart and got bitten by a curse.

So this time… .

Concentrate your mind and approach the mana heart.

“… !”

“Looking at the reaction, it seems like it was a success.”

It was just as Dien said.

The black, turbid curse that had surrounded Mana Heart disappeared.

With this… I can freely use the clear mana overflowing in my body.

This means that Elin’s brilliant talents can finally blossom.

“Of course, since it was only a short time, you have to keep taking the potion. It was especially bad because it was the first time, but you will gradually get used to it.”

“This… steadily… ?”

The problem is that Elin has developed a huge aversion to potions.

“I’d rather die than live eating this kind of stuff.”

Enough to use extreme words.

“Your Majesty.”

Luke opened his mouth and thought about it.

I can finally use magic, but I can’t afford to ignore the curse because of my resistance.

But I can’t force Elin to eat it even though she doesn’t like it.

“… … Do I really have to use magic?”

It’s an emergency.

If this continues, I’ll lose interest in magic.

“If you make one promise with me, I will grant your wish.”

I did whatever I wanted without thinking about the consequences.

“… Wish?”

Ellen bit hard.

“Yes. Anything I can do, I’ll do it.”

“… Anything?”

Elin’s voice calmly sinking.

There was silence for a moment as if he was thinking about it.

“Okay.”

Soon, Ellen nodded.

“I’ll hold on and try it.”

“Wow, thank you.”

I was worried that I might get rejected, but luckily I did.

Even if you are confident about most things.

Because I didn’t have the confidence to force Ellen to do something she didn’t want to do.

“What would you like to wish for?”

“Do I have to decide right now?”

“Not necessarily.”

“Then I’ll write it later.”

Ellen looked up at Luke and held his hand tightly.

“You must listen.”

I nodded, feeling that something big would happen if I didn’t listen.

* * * * *

Is it because my body feels refreshed?

Or maybe it’s because I got the wish.

“Thank you, sis.”

Ellen looked very happy.

Gently, gently.

The gently swaying hairs of the fool are proof of this.

“Huh, Sister?”

Dien’s eyes widened at the first mention of the name.

“Isn’t it correct to call it like this?”

“That, that’s right! That’s right. I was just a little awkward. I only have a younger brother.”

Throb thump.

The corners of Dien’s mouth twitch.

That sounds good.

As for human relationships, Luke and Lanian are the only ones I have.

He is a small person who is treated like a child wherever he goes.

Wherever you go, you probably won’t have a chance to hear your sister’s name.

“You were truly an amazing person, sis. It didn’t taste good, but… it doesn’t hurt at all anymore.”

“Now you recognize my greatness?”

Heheheeheehee.

It seems like he has no intention of controlling the corners of his mouth anymore.

“How should I pay this back… .”

“Okay, okay. What did I expect in return for helping you? Hehe.”

Finally, laughter broke out.

He looked like a child who had been praised.

“You helped me in hopes of getting something in return, right?”

“Ahem. It makes me happy to see you healthy again.”

Dien let Luke’s words flow naturally, emphasizing the word ‘sister’.

“If you have any problems next time, feel free to call me. If you ask Elin, she’ll come running no matter what.”

Dien, who puffs out her small chest and looks smug.

Luke, who had been watching quietly, whispered to Elin.

“I feel good right now because I feel useful for the first time in a long time, so don’t trust me too much. I’m a person who wouldn’t be surprised if I disappear again.”

“I see.”

“Oh, no? There’s no way I would ignore my little brother’s request.”

How did you hear that again?

The bright-eared Dien hugged Elin tightly.

“… This feels better than I thought.”

Elin, buried in her curly hair, closed her eyes and muttered.

“Really? Then you and your sister will just sigh like this?”

And then naturally, I waddle to the bed.

“Where are you talking nonsense?”

He immediately grabbed her and threw her away from Elin.

“Your Majesty, it is not time to sleep now. Don’t try to ruin your sleeping pattern.”

“Can’t you take a nap once in a while?”

“Senior, today wasn’t the first time. So you’re saying you’re going to sleep again now?”

“Tsk.”

Dien clicked her tongue as if to start again and jumped into bed.

Then he rolled around and covered his entire body with his hair.

“It’s not like that… .”

Luke let out a short sigh and turned his head to Elin.

“Then let’s try a simple test.”

“Test?”

“The curse has been banished. Shouldn’t we try using magic?”

“Ah.”

Elin nodded as if she had a point.

“Let’s try again what we did last time.”

Exactly.

I snapped my fingers and a sphere of mana appeared on my palm.

Ellen held out both hands.

I thought you’d put it on my hand.

“No, I won’t help you this time.”

“Huh?”

“Didn’t I tell you how to handle mana last time? Remember it well and follow along.”

“Hmm.”

Elin looked down at her palm.

He wiggled his eyebrows and shook his pubic hairs.

Mana just swirls.

It didn’t really come together into something concrete.

“Hey. How can you follow along if I tell you like that? Even kids who go to academies can’t do it well.”

Dien, who had rolled all the way to Luke, stuck her head out.

“Anyway, this is why geniuses can’t do it. When people like this tutor, they call this a class… … Huh?”

Tsk tsk Dien’s expression, which had been clicking his tongue, became blank.

Shu-

“did it.”

Before she knew it, the mana that had been circling around Elin’s hand had become a perfect sphere.

“It doesn’t hurt at all anymore.”

He even tried pressing the mana heart with one hand.

“Uh, uh, how… … ?”

Dien, whose pupils were shaken by an earthquake.

Luke chuckled.

I knew this would happen if I just drove away the curse.

“Senior. Genius is not a title given to someone like me.”

He pointed to the pure mana sphere on Elin’s hand.

“That’s a fitting title for someone like your majesty.”

“Is this so great?”

The person concerned tilted his head with a very calm expression.

“Didn’t I tell you last time? If I said this was easy, the undergraduates would be shocked and fall over.”

“I didn’t go that far.”

“Well, I guess it was similar.”

“Of course it’s great!”

Dien, who had been unable to recover from the shock, suddenly sat up from her seat.

“Is that enough to make an undergraduate student fall over in shock? Isn’t that a magic that gathers only pure mana? It’s something you use when taking a mana management test!”

“That’s right.”

“Is this the first time you’ve seen such a round sphere of mana? Even you can’t control mana like that!”

“That’s right.”

Dien’s excited reaction and Luke’s indifferent compliance.

Elin blinked.

“I… am I really talented?”

“I always told you.”

He smiled and patted Elin’s head.

“Others just didn’t have eyes to see it. The princess has a brilliant talent.”

Until now, let’s think of abuse and contempt as penalties.

It would have been unfair if we had started on equal footing.

Elin has only just reached the starting line.

“So now let’s start the magic lesson in earnest.”

“Magic Lessons… ….”

“I will make sure to make you a great wizard, Princess, with the honor of being the top student of the Academy of Magic.”

Shh, the corners of his lips lifted up.

“And it crushes the noses of those who ignore the princess.”

Elin will become a greater archmage than anyone else.

Berthain will hit the ground and regret it.

Now it’s time to really ‘raise the princess’.