Chapter 55: Revelations In the afternoon, I received a message saying that my experiment equipment was ready so I headed to the designated place with Corinnsan.
The place that she took me to was at the back of the castle, near the herb field used for herb cultivation experiments.
A wooden staircase-type stand was put there and there were five bisque pots on top of it.
There were pots that already contained soil in them, but there were also pots that were being filled with soil by the gardeners at the moment.
When Corinnsan and I approached them, the most elderly gardener turned towards us.
"We only have these flowerpots right now. Do you still need more?"
"No, this is enough. I might ask you to change the soil again if I fail, or something like that."
"I see. Please let me know if you need anything."
"Thanks."
According to Corinnsan, the gardeners would help out with herb cultivation as well and they had a relationship of convenience.
The gardener finished talking with Corinnsan and returned to his work.
After a while, all the pots were filled with dirt and the gardeners went to work at a different place.
Corinnsan confirmed that we were the only two left and spoke, "Well then, shall we start?"
"Yes."
I turned to face the flowerpots on Corinnsan"s command.
Then, I suddenly realised.
"What kind of herb is that?"
"I prepared some seeds for the fastest growing herb in the world. See, look." Corinna said and took out a small bag containing seeds from her skirt pockets.
I wonder if those seeds need blessing.
Corinnsan nodded as I confirmed it with her.
She chose it with blessing in mind.
After nodding, she taught me what kind of seeds they were.
I recalled the cultivation conditions for the seed and immediately sowed them.
The other fertilisers were being prepared by the gardeners, so all I had to do was sow the seeds.
Put the seeds on top of the soil and then put more soil on top of them.
I held the flowerpot in my hands and thought a little.
I will activate the technique from now on, but how do I activate it?
When I activated it back at the research inst.i.tute, I felt like I was praying for the medicinal herbs to be more effective.
In this case, I"m growing the herbs from the seeds so do I pray that they grow up healthy?
For now, let"s try praying for that.
I stopped moving when I tried to activate the 【Saint】technique.
I accidentally recalled that I had to think about Captain-san in order to activate the technique.
Blood rushed to my face.
"What"s wrong?"
"N-nothing, it"s nothing."
It might have been odd for me to stop moving because Corinnsan looked at me strangely.
I couldn"t tell her the reason even if she asked.
I can"t say it.
I quickly replied and concentrated on the flowerpot again.
Gah, work, this is work.
I have to concentrate.
I rearranged my thoughts and felt magic surging from within my chest when I thought about Captain-san, like it did this morning.
I didn"t stop it this time and let it flow from within me.
Since the target was the flowerpot in my hand, I didn"t forget to adjust the magic to both my hands when I activated the recovery spell.
Here, I could feel the magic manipulation technique that Head Magician-sama taught me.
"This is……"
As expected, a white haze with gold particles mixed in it spread to the soil of the pot.
Corinnsan, who was next to me, raised her voice in admiration.
Now then, this much magic is enough, right?
I activated the skill while praying that it would grow up healthily.
The magic reacted with the soil and then light split open after shining brightly. The sparkling gold particles rained down onto the flowerpot.
"Did it work?"
"I wonder? But I did activate the technique."
"Is that so? It won"t sprout if the technique doesn"t work, so we"ll just have to wait and see."
"Okay."
"Now this one."
"Huh?"
She handed me a new bag.
I thought that she wanted me to pray something else while activating the technique on the same seeds, but she wanted to experiment with different seeds as well.
Corinnsan approved of my experiment when I explained it to her and it was decided that I would combine the prayer with different kinds of seeds in my experiment.
It was really mortifying to think of Captain-san every time I activated the technique.
"Good job."
"Thank you very much."
"The fastest seeds sprout buds in about two or three days."
"I"ll come check on the herbs everyday just in case."
"Ok. That"s fine. Let"s go back."
I finished casting the 【Saint】technique and Corinnsan tapped me on the back.
I smiled when she complimented me and we headed to the distillation room.
When I walked a few paces and turned back, I saw Leo-san walking towards us.
He laughed when he saw us and ran.
I wonder what"s wrong, I thought and looked next to me. Corinnsan also didn"t know what was happening and she also looked at him in wonder.
I thought that he was looking for Corinnsan but that didn"t seem to be the case.
Leo-san stopped in front of me and grabbed my shoulders.
"Please join the mercenaries!"
"Excuse me?"
It was so sudden that I had to ask him to repeat himself.
If I"m not mistaken, he told me to join the mercenaries, didn"t he?
What the h.e.l.l does he mean?
"Mm, what do you mean?"
"I said I want you to join the mercenaries!"
"Huh……? I don"t know why I"m being solicited. Why are you inviting me to join?"
When I asked for an explanation, he spoke with excitement.
It started the other day when I treated the mercenary group.
To begin with, few people could use magic and even fewer could use recovery magic.
Therefore, most of the people who could use recovery magic moved to the Royal Capital, so there were none left at the fiefs.
Of course, Klaussner wasn"t an exception.
Then I, who could use recovery magic, appeared.
If they had someone that could use recovery magic, then their subjugation missions would be more safe and efficient.
Moreover, the 『AREA HEAL』that I used on the mercenaries couldn"t be used unless the holy attribute level was high.
Therefore, they were able to deduct that the level of my holy attribute magic skills were high.
And they concluded that it was a waste for me to be a pharmacist and decided to invite me on subjugations.
"Wait a minute. What do you mean that it"s a waste for her to be a pharmacist?"
"Ah, no. I"m not looking down on pharmacists or something. It"s just that it would be a waste to ignore someone with high level recovery magic, isn"t it?"
The temperature of Corinnsan"s gaze dropped when Leo-san said "pharmacists or something".
Corinnsan questioned him with an equally cold voice and a line of sweat dripped down from Leo-san"s temple.
However, Leo-san repeated his claim under Corinnsan"s overwhelmingly threatening att.i.tude.
"I know that mages are rarer than pharmacists. That"s why I get what you"re trying to say. But you can"t have Sei."
"WHY NOT?!"
The conversation continued between Corinnsan and Leo-san without me.
Of course, like Corinnsan said, I had no intentions of joining the mercenaries so I just listened to their conversation.
To begin with, I came from the Royal Capital.
I wasn"t going to be at Klaussner forever.
And also……
The surrounding temperature dropped considerably.
"What are you doing?"
Everyone"s eyes were fixed on the person behind Leo-san.
Leo-san"s eyes were cold, but it couldn"t be compared to Corinnsan"s.
It probably wasn"t my imagination when I felt the temperature drop around us.
Mm…… Was his magic leaking out?
The reason I wanted to ask that question was to escape from reality.
Captain-san came up from behind Leo-san with a cold expression on his face.
The aura around Leo-san and Captain-san was dangerous.
"What? We are talking here."
"Is that so? And how long are you going to grip her shoulders for?"
Huh? This feels like the first time I"ve heard Leo-san talking formally.
Ah, I see.
Captain-san is a n.o.ble, so Leo-san was being respectful.
I thought absentmindedly and Captain-san walked up to me and pulled Leo-san"s hands from my shoulders.
The aura between Leo-san and Captain-san became more dangerous.
"Then, what were you talking about?"
"It is nothing big."
"You see, Leo wants to invite Sei to join the mercenaries."
"Granny!"
Leo-san didn"t answer because the matter was related to the mercenaries, but Corinnsan answered for him.
Leo-san quickly turned towards Corinna, but she acted like it didn"t concern her and looked nonchalant.
Captain-san who heard that calmed down a little.
"She won"t be joining the mercenaries. "
"Why are you the one to decide that? She has nothing to do with you, does she?"
"It does concern me. She came with us from the Royal Capital."
"Huh? So she"s from the Court Mage Division? What"s a mage doing making potions in the distillation room?"
Mm, it"s my hobby you know.
That"s not it, it"s my job.
I don"t even belong to the Court Mage Division to begin with.
I whispered in my mind and Leo-san must have noticed something because he looked taken aback.
"No, wait. Are you perhaps the 【Saint】?"
Corinnsan rebuked him, "Don"t say her t.i.tle," as soon as he"d said that.
I looked at the stunned Leo-san and suddenly realised.
Huh? Come to think of it, did I not tell him that I was the 【Saint】?
I"d only just remembered such an important thing right now.
Translator: Blushy
Editor: Sam
The 3rd Volume for SMPO will come out next week, so for all those who have been waiting for the Light Novel! The wait is over o/. Might take me a few days before I get the chapter translated and posted tho!
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