Chapter 117 – Chapter 117 ― The Laboratory Is Closed (4)
Episode 117 ― The laboratory is closed (4)
“… There must be a problem.”
“Yes.”
The count blinked slowly, as if he felt tired again only after his stomach was full.
“If you bless the land mixed with crystal powder, magical power is miraculously reduced to the power of the land.”
The Count’s words were plain.
So Roan’s surprise was delayed by a beat.
“… Then, haven’t you found a way to use the power of the crystal!”
Rarely, Roan exclaimed in admiration.
The Count smiled lightly across his weary face.
“Ahaha… Yes… I found the clue. If you bless a crystal and turn it into powder, magic reduction does not occur, but you can bless it while it is made into powder. But, as you might expect, there are some problems.”
“Something?”
Sadness and irritation conveyed through ‘listening’.
Roan was a little taken aback by his feelings.
Because the count’s appearance seemed relaxed.
“First. One of the raw materials needed to turn crystals into powder is Silence Powder. It is made by grinding the bark of a specific tree from the Dark Forest.”
“… Mmm.”
Roan’s brow furrowed slightly.
He knew what the Count was going to say.
It is not easy to gather materials in the Dark Forest. It was even more difficult in a state where the relationship between the forest fairy and the demons was not as good as it is now.
“Second. I arbitrarily refer to the process by which the blessing changes the properties of the crystalline powder as ‘activation’, but that activation is not permanent.”
Roan’s expression darkened.
“According to my experiments, the crystal powder returns to its original properties after about two years.”
“Usually… Ramen.”
“Yes. It will regain the nature of the original crystal.”
It means that it absorbs the magic power around it.
As the Count said earlier, will all the places where this powder was sprinkled eventually become like the land of death?
“At first it will seem that your intellect will rise, but later you will be left with a land more desolate than before. Wouldn’t it be nice if someone could periodically bless them like humans do? So this method doesn’t make sense.”
If this fact had been discovered later, there would have been no turning back.
It was a fact that I was able to know because of the persistence of the Count, who even used the curse and experimented with the situation a year or two later.
“… You suffered. Count. Thanks.”
It was an arduous experiment,
The results were just as disappointing.
As soon as one round of experiments was over, Helen fell asleep as if falling asleep.
That’s why the count was belatedly surprised by the unexpected congratulations.
“… Yes?”
“Whether on the positive side or on the negative side. You should think that you are making progress just by discovering something new.”
The Emperor spoke in a gentle voice.
The Count looked at the Emperor with his tired double eyelids wide open.
“That… Ugh.”
It was great disrespect.
If other nobles saw it, they might have jumped up.
However, Roan silently stared at the count who tilted his head.
If it wasn’t for him, it would have been difficult to find this far, he thought.
He didn’t think that he would experiment so meticulously to the point of using time acceleration.
As Seohyeolryeongju said, the standard of fun is quite different from others, and there are times when the direction is unemotional.
And although it was said that the cause of clinging to this experiment was eventually obtaining the right to observe and experiment with Roan.
The Count was enthusiastic about this experiment,
I was trying to follow Roan’s goal.
That’s why Roan was truly grateful to the Count.
“So Count. Moderately hasty.”
“Your Majesty, but I really want to test you!”
The figure of the count who speaks firmly even with half-closed eyes. Roan let out a sigh.
Persistent
It must have been because of that tenacity that he became such a wizard.
“Lack of sleep makes my head worse. People.”
“Yes? I’m smart enough, so I’ll be fine.”
“I leave the maintenance of the flower beds to my servants.”
“… Yes?! Confidential!”
The Count shouted in a slightly hoarse voice.
“I will give you an empty space in my greenhouse. When the experiment is over, leave the flower bed to the attendants and let you and Helen rest. Leave the night observation to them. In any case, if the process of scattering the crystal powder is well controlled, it will look like a simple test of divine magic or a new type of fertilizer to them. “
“Um… Yes…”
“And like I said earlier, I will also monitor my sleep and eating. So that you know.”
The Count looked at the Emperor with a Bormen expression.
“… You speak the same way as my secretary.”
“As long as there is something only you can do, and unless it ends overnight. Do not hurry up.”
Roan’s voice began to spread through ‘appeal’ and ‘charisma’.
The count’s eyes lighted up at his words that suddenly seemed to be transmitted to the depths of his mind.
“You will have to work for me for a long time, and there will be many things to do. If you save a day’s sleep and your life decreases, that’s the loss.”
“…”
“If you don’t listen, I will cut your observation rights by one hour. To do it right.”
“Ugh… Egg… I will. Your majesty.”
The Count nodded his head blankly in reply.
And Roan’s threat was actually executed from that day on.
“It’s annoying to have to come all the way here from the lab.”
“The Count needs exercise.”
“Just going up to that resting place is enough for me to exercise. Helen.”
The Count went to and from the Emperor’s greenhouse every day grumbling, listening to Helen’s scoldings.
The tea room in the greenhouse where Roan drank tea with Grünent and Elenia was tidied up and created a vacant lot, where dirt and magic machines from the Count were placed, creating a bleak landscape.
‘A little… It’s ugly.’
And the biting flowers that have been exposed to sunlight and are stronger than ever seen before.
As if they were in good condition, they kept snapping and closing their sharp teeth.
“If it’s definitely a blessing, it works…” . I alone can’t take care of all the land…”
Helen said, looking at the flower bed sadly. Today’s greenhouse schedule has just ended.
The flower bed with Helen’s blessing was emitting a soft light. She was a light similar to the light that emanated from Helen’s crystal when she cast her blessing, but much fainter.
A light that can only be recognized by the Count or Roan who saw the blessing be cast nearby.
As in Roan’s case, Helen’s crystal looked black to anyone who hadn’t seen how she channeled her divine power into it.
Roan stared at the lively, bloody flowers and was lost in thought.
“Is there any way to get a priest dispatched from Merdena Arteala…”
“Hmm…”
There was no way Sprouse III would accept such a thing, and the Church of Laurecia would already consider me their main enemy.
Because he killed the knight commander and corrupted the deputy knight commander.
If it’s Arteala, maybe we can make a deal.
However, the population there is much smaller than that of Merde, and the priests there will prioritize blessings on the land of Arteala.
It’s not an easy problem.
Roan had no choice but to hold the accusation.
“Come on, master.”
Helen carefully brought her words out.
“Then may I go to the lab for now?”
“Hmm? Do you still have work to do?”
“Yes. I decided to help with the experiment to find an alternative to the silence powder.”
Now Helen seemed to be taking on the full role of an assistant.
At first, she felt it from the day Helen and Baekryungju met, but the two got along strangely.
For the Count, who had never been close to humans, having at least one human who was considered useful would have room for help in carrying out my plan in the future.
“Don’t overdo it. Both you and the Count.”
“Yes. Master.”
At the Emperor’s concern, Helen smiled happily.
It was quiet in her greenhouse when she left.
It is not yet time for the servants to come to take care of the flower beds.
Roan looked back at ‘detection’ once,
Helen opened the sack she had brought to the corner of her flower bed.
It was a sack that was protected by divine power so that it would not leak or explode. A bag that can only be opened by those who can handle divine power.
Only in this Evirgio is perfect security.
Roan took out some crystal powder from inside and looked into it.
Finely ground crystals look like glossy black sand.
Roan’s next action was actually motivated by sheer curiosity.
“Star blessing.”
Roan had never directly written a blessing on this decision. Although he once shone ‘star light’ on the decision.
So Roan wanted to see if the effect of his blessing on this crystal powder would be different from Helen’s.
Although I can’t show it to the Count yet.
And Roan involuntarily frowned at the dazzling light.
“No… , Wait for a sec…”
Unknowingly, the words came out of Roan’s mouth. It’s so frustrating.
Roan was perplexed.
‘This… It’s worse than when it was starlight.’
It was more than Roan expected.
The crystal powder that received Roan’s ‘blessing from the stars’ emitted a light that could not be compared to Helen’s.
Like crystal, the beautiful blue and purple colors shattered and shone in Roan’s hand.
“… Hmm…”
Despite the urgency, Roan let out a small admiration.
As he trained his divine powers with Helen and learned divine magic in earnest, he learned that the power and magic he possessed were higher compatible with the remaining divine magic.
But the difference was truly dramatic.
The crystal powder in his hand was very small, but it shone brilliantly as it repeatedly darkened and brightened as if it were pulsating.
How long have you been looking into it?
As the light slowly fades away.
Roan was startled and raised his head.
Someone caught in ‘detection’ was heading to the greenhouse.
‘This. Did I spend too much time on it?’
Roan looked at the powder in his hand with a troubled expression, then crumpled it roughly into his pocket.
It almost lost its light, and it became transparent with a light blue light, just like the crystal that received Roan’s ‘starlight’.
And I heard the sound of footsteps walking.
What Roan encountered
“Uh? Your majesty? How are you here?”
It was a count.
Roan’s eyebrows twitched.
“You are the one who is prohibited from entering the greenhouse and laboratory at this time, right?”
“Oh… Ahaha. I didn’t come to work. Unfortunately.”
The count looked around the flower bed as if looking for something, then picked up a small thing from the corner.
“There was something I left behind! I didn’t work, Your Majesty! Wouldn’t that be deprivation of the right to observe for an hour?”
The count smiled and smiled.
After a few days of rest, it seems that my composure has returned.
Roan nodded his head.
The North Baekryeongju picked up was a small necklace.
“Hmm, is it an artifact?”
It was a unique necklace.
A hieroglyphic form resembling the shape of an eye.
The Count wears a lot of artifacts for lack of physical ability or defense. Did you drop one of them?
The count replied with a smile.
“Yes… It is my important talisman.”
The Count picked up the necklace and stood beside Roan, looking at the biting flower he was looking at.
“Did you see the flower beds?”
“Hmm. If these are also flowers. Right.”
“Aha, you shouldn’t discriminate.”
A biting flower at Roan’s feet lifted the flower part to its fullest extent to bite Roan’s finger. Roan raised his hand and put it away. The flower swayed its stem as if it were unfair when its teeth couldn’t reach it.
The Count, who was watching the scene, made a noise.
“Hmm?”
“Your majesty. Why are you putting that on his hand?”
Looking down at his hand, Roan was startled.
A lot of white powder smeared on his hands.
Crystal powder containing his own blessing was still smeared on his hand.
The count’s eyes went down.
“I feel the magic. Your majesty. What did you do?”
