Chapter 116 – Chapter 116 ― The Laboratory Is Closed (3)
Episode 116 ― Research lab closed (3)
“The fortress is quiet.”
“Yes…”
Helen replied as if she was downcast.
After the soil arrived, the count really shut himself in the lab like a degenerate.
“I’m worried that you don’t eat well.”
At first glance, Helen’s expression, which always seems angry, doesn’t seem to change,
The emotions contained within cannot deceive Roan.
Roan said with a faint smile.
“Are you worried about another man in front of me?”
Helen’s eyes widened.
“What are you saying? Master. That… It’s not like that… !”
She seemed uncharacteristically flustered and at a loss for what to do. Roan was rather taken aback at the sight of tears welling up in an instant.
“Not this… Mmm.”
Roan jumped up and gave Helen a hug as she stood at her desk in her office.
“I’m sorry.”
“Ah… No. Master, I’m sorry.”
Her voice trembled.
“It must have been too much for you. The Count’s research.”
“No. It’s okay.”
Rarely, concentric circles of red spread from her lips. Roan, looking down at her Helen, sat down on the couch in her office and tapped her knee.
“Come here.”
“… Ah.”
Her Helen’s face lit up.
Roan stopped Helen from falling on his lap.
“Um, I’ll do that later…”
“Ah… Yes…”
Helen hesitated for a moment, so Roan spoke softly.
“Sit down.”
“Master’s… , On your knees?”
“Hmm.”
A smile of joy appeared on Helen’s hesitant face. It’s been several weeks since I commuted to and from the lab with the Count.
It’s not the melting laughter you see in bed replacing pain with pleasure,
Indeed, it was an expression of pleasure to see after a long time.
“Thank you. Master.”
Helen sat on Roan’s lap, resting her head on her shoulder as if she were in good spirits.
Roan, who was quietly stroking Helen’s head, said abruptly.
“When the Count’s studies are over, he’s going to visit Spross. I want you to go with me.”
“… Yes? Official… Are you visiting?”
“You can go back by using the ruins.”
“Ah…”
As if reassured, Helen lifted her head up in surprise and took her into his arms.
“I see, there was a tombstone near Sprouse too. Were there any ruins there too…”
“Hmm.”
“What are you planning to do in Spruce?”
“I’m going to go to the Laurecia Temple.”
Helen fell out of his arms again.
Helen looked at him with her astonished eyes.
However, Roan calmly faced Helen.
“Grünent is from Sproth, but he must have been only in the palace. Aina is a forest fairy. I guess she will have to ask you for her guidance.”
“But the temple…”
“I will use the transformation tool. I can hide her face for a while.”
“… Yes…”
Helen’s expression was complicated.
All kinds of thoughts seemed to come to my mind.
Fear, anger, depression… Because the time she spent there was not short.
“We need someone to escort us and give us directions. Helen. Can you do it?”
Roan stroked Helen’s cheek gently.
Her expression, which had been hardened, began to loosen as she greeted his hand.
“Yes. Master. Of course.”
Helen, who was lost in thought for a moment, smiled softly.
“Going to Sprouse alone with Master… It was something I never thought of.”
Helen lifted her head slightly and looked at her Roan.
“I was a little envious. Lauca… No, Miss Aina.”
“Hmm.”
The thrill of her words.
In a quiet room, the beep-beep-beep sound effect broke the silence without notice.
Helen’s affinity has changed to +78.
“It feels like a date.”
Helen laughed bashfully.
Roan held her and organized her thoughts.
The object that can speak with the goddess is an object that cannot be easily moved.
There are a lot of people who play strangely only in games, so I thought so, but
In reality, there will be restrictions.
There may be cases where you move your seat hastily and lose the function for no reason.
It’s cumbersome until you’re convinced, but you have to go to the Temple of Sprouse.
Besides, to talk to the goddess,
She must dream
In other words, it means sleeping in the middle of enemy lines.
It’s comfortable to move alone, but that’s why Roan definitely needs someone by his side.
“Helen.”
“Yes. Master.”
She received a smattering, and replied languidly, as if Helen were in a good mood.
“Before, when I saw the goddess in my dream.”
“Yes.”
Helen smiled happily.
The thought of her goddess made her laugh.
“Do you know how much time you actually slept?”
“He said it wasn’t long. It was a short time, less than 10 minutes. Master.”
“Short…”
“… ?”
Helen recalled her doubts,
Roan just stroked her hair and Helen gave up her question as she returned to his arms.
The game doesn’t say how many dreams the hero has, but you’re probably right to think it’s something like that.
No matter how many transformation tools you use
It’s far from the temple of Sprouse alone, so I can’t stand for 10 minutes.
It’s not a game, so no matter who sees it, it’s suspicious.
In an emergency, Helen may need to wake you up.
‘That means… Time is really limited.’
I can’t ask the Goddess for all the information.
Roan started to fill out a list of questionnaires in his mind.
**
A few days later
Roan had refrained from visiting since the Count had locked himself in the lab in earnest in the second week of February.
It is self-evident that results will not come out overnight. In addition, it was obvious that if Roan frequented the laboratory, only the Count would be uncomfortable, but it would not help in drawing results.
So, it had been almost 10 days since Roan visited the lab.
And between those short and long,
The laboratory.
“… It is in ruins.”
It was a mess.
“… Are you here, Your Majesty?”
“Ugh. Count.”
The Count nearly tumbled down from the cat tower and bowed his head before the Emperor.
Although he is a cat beast, it seems that he does not have the ability to land like a cat. He almost sprained his foot while climbing down the ladder.
It was not easy to come down from a height of 3m while dozing off.
Fortunately, he was fine.
Helen is.
“… Are you asleep?”
“Yes… Both of you were a bit overworked yesterday.”
He was lying on the ground next to the dirt.
What confuses the lab more than anything is,
A pile of dirt taking up half of it.
To be precise, an artificially created flower bed… It was
“… What is that?”
“Yes?”
“Those teeth… Revealing the same…”
A strange plant planted in the flower bed showed its teeth as it stirred its slender body.
However, as if he didn’t have much strength, he collapsed on his own.
Such strange guys filled the flower bed.
“Ah. It is a biting flower.”
“…”
“It grows well even if it lacks intellect. Normal crops take a long time to grow.”
“Mmm.”
Seeing the disturbing flower bed, Roan’s expression darkened like that of the count.
“It’s not easy either.”
“Yes. First, I found that blessings do play a role.”
Even with his gaunt face, the Count smiled and smiled.
Feeling madness from that figure, Roan involuntarily grabbed his body to flinch.
I’m curious about the content
First of all, it seems that saving the count is the priority.
A wizard’s laboratory that even the servants cannot enter without permission. Besides, the research project is confidential.
I can’t even dream of cleaning or tidying up.
Because of that, not only the flower bed, but the entire laboratory was a mess.
Roan carefully organized the pile of papers piled up in the corner. If the documents are mixed up for no reason, the Count will fall into a panic again.
After excavating a chair and table, Roan put down the sandwich and tea he had brought.
“Count. When did you eat?”
“Today… What day is it today?”
Asked the Count, staggering, sitting in his chair.
“February 17th.”
“… Yes? … Could it be… ?”
… Uh?
The count’s pupils turned strangely.
“Weird… ? Obviously I’m sleeping… After confirming that it was the 14th, I slept… ? Rice is… Mmm. When will it be the last?”
Roan was terrified.
“I can’t. Count, it’s an order. I will send an attendant every day, so make sure you eat well and sleep.”
“Hmm, with such a soft mind, let alone potatoes and corn, those biting flowers won’t bloom properly, right?”
“It would be faster for you to die than for a biting flower to bloom. Besides, Helen is human. She is weaker than you.”
“… Ah.”
The Count, who had been staring blankly at Helen, nodded her head soullessly, as if he had finally realized something surprising.
“Yes… Ok All right. Your majesty.”
“Whoa…”
I let out a sigh, not knowing whether it was relief or pity. Roan looked back and forth between Count and Helen with a pitiful expression.
In the meantime, the Count took a sip of the tea Roan had brought and his eyes widened. He immediately started drinking tea without hesitation.
It was Grünent’s special milk tea made sweet to fill the stomach with honey and milk. It was said that Grunent had also been prepared by her ladies-in-waiting when she was alone reading a book.
A little bit of blood returned to the count’s pale face. Only then did Roan ask the question.
“What about research? You said you found out the function of the blessing earlier.”
“Ah. Yes. Your majesty. This is delicious.”
“Hmm. It was made by Jim’s concubine.”
“Oh oh… Human concubine… Are you talking about Mr. Grünent?”
The high lord, the count, knew her name as well.
“Hmm… Being human.”
The Count, who seemed lost in thought for a brief moment, began to answer Roan’s question.
“Ah. Yes. I found out the function of blessing. Did you know, Your Majesty, that humans call a priest every spring to bless the land?”
“Hmm. Helen once said.”
“Yes. Earth’s power has limits. Humans fill it with blessings. We wizards can measure that power, but we don’t know how to fill it. So I thought that intelligence was similar to the divine power that humans possess.”
“Hmm. Is the divine power of the earth similar to intelligence?”
“I guessed so.”
The Count seemed to like Grünent’s car. Sipping his third glass already, the Count continued.
“However, the crystals of ‘Dark Forest Seeds’ contain magic. Although it contains magical power, it also has a strange property that responds to divine power. So, first, after scattering the powdered crystals on the field, I applied Helen’s divine power in various ways.”
“Hmm.”
“To begin with, I was only half successful.”
“… Hmm?”
It was an unexpected word.
A smile formed on Roan’s lips.
“Count, success…”
“It’s only half.”
Said the Count forcefully.
“Sprinkle crystal powder on the ground. It fails. Magic continues to emanate from the powder, but it does not reduce to intellect. And, funny enough, if there is magical energy from living beings around you, it will rather absorb it. It will be like a cursed land.”
“I guess.”
It is rich in magical power, but living beings cannot approach it… In other words, it will be in a state no different from a crystal cave.
“Next. Only blessings It works, as humans have already verified. I tried using other divine magic, but the efficiency of the blessing was the highest.”
“Is it?”
“Yes. I’ve experimented with everything from defensive, healing, and preservation magic to channeling her holy power straight into the ground, but blessing magic works best with the ground.
It felt like the soil of our country, which lacks intellect, was filled with strength. Besides, it lasts for about a year.”
“How do you know it lasts a year?”
“I experimented.”
Roan’s brow furrowed slightly.
“A year?”
“Isn’t there a magic that speeds up time?”
“… That… , Isn’t that a curse?”
At Roan’s bewildered question, the Count simply shrugged his shoulders.
“You just need to see the results quickly. It’s magic for that.”
“Um…”
Well, it’s a magic that accelerates natural death, so that’s correct, but…
Roan finally realized why Helen and the Count were so exhausted.
“And the last. Use Blessing while scattering crystal powder on the ground. It succeeds. It turns out to be pretty good too.”
However, the count’s expression was not very bright.
