96 – Butterfly effect

A few days after vacation starts.

“Ouch… … .”

Hana Baek, who returned to the inn with her body as heavy as a heavy lead hanging, immediately fell facedown on the bed. For the first three days, thanks to Maria’s healing, I didn’t feel much fatigue, but that didn’t last long either.

First of all, Maria’s accumulated fatigue was the biggest, and playing with the fairies happily without taking a break at the right time was also a contributing factor.

‘I really can’t stand this for a few days… … .’

With each passing day, I felt that Maria’s divine power was decreasing. Unlike magic, prayer is essential to restore divine power, but Maria spent most of that time with the fairies. So, it was a natural result that the divine power continued to decrease.

Tiririk.

As I was about to fall asleep, unable to resist the gradually heavy eyelids, the dorm door opened.

“Ha, one… … !!”

Baek Ha-na, who was staggering and getting up from the bed, opened her eyes, which were about to close halfway, at the call of Lee Na-young, whose excitement was revealed through her voice.

“Are you done?”

“for now!! Well, but I don’t know if it was successful because I haven’t tried it… … .”

A dark shadow was again cast on Lee Na-young’s excited face.

“Come to Ilu for now.”

“Ugh.”

Hana Baek reached out and hugged Lee Na-young, who was standing in front of her and was trying to rummage through her bag.

“Sniff, it smells like herbs.”

“Uh, go, it tickles… .”

Lee Na-young shook her shoulders whenever the hot breath of Baek Ha-na touched the back of her head and neck.

“Is the medicine in there?”

“yes? Ah yes. I’ve got everything for now.”

“Did you tell Idni?”

“yet… In case someone steals it, I ran straight here.”

“great job. And since you won’t be able to come here anyway, let’s call tomorrow.”

“yes. Okay. But is it one?”

“Why?”

“Why are you rummaging through your bag… ?”

Lee Na-young narrowed her eyes as she saw Baek Ha-na’s hand opening the spout of the bag on her lap across both sides of her.

“Yeah, just to make sure it was successful.”

“… … ?”

Dalgrak.

Baek Ha-na’s hand came out of the bag and held a small bottle about the length of her finger.

“Is this it?”

“Yes.”

“It is transparent. If you don’t look closely, you’ll think it’s just an empty bottle.”

“But that’s Idney… ?”

Lee Na-young naturally asked Ha-na Baek as she tried to open the stopper of the potion bottle.

“Wouldn’t it be better to know the results and let them know?”

“That, that’s right, that… ?”

“And if the results aren’t good, Nayoung can buy you some time to prepare yourself as well.”

“Hey… … .”

“It’s fine. I trust you.”

Baek Ha-na secretly opened the cap of the potion bottle.

“So this is our secret.”

“… … yes.”

“great.”

Baek Ha-na, who confirmed Na-young nodded, brought the spout of the potion to her lips.

**

the next morning.

“This is the potion you’ve been waiting for… … !!”

Idney, who had visited the dormitory early in the morning after receiving a text message from Lee Na-young, lifted up a small bottle of potion and opened her eyes. Lee Na-young, who was watching it from the bed, cautiously opened her mouth.

“I haven’t tasted it yet, so I don’t know what the results will be… .”

“Still, I heard that the probability of success is 97%?”

“Yeah, that’s right.”

“Then you must have succeeded.”

Idney put the potion bottle back into her bag, delighted with the fact that she was finally able to get rid of the muscle pain that plagued her every night. Seeing that, Maria, who was sitting next to Idni, asked.

“Didn’t you drink right away?”

“Why are you drinking right now? You will be trained today anyway. You should drink it after training today.”

“… Why is my head spinning so fast in this direction?”

“What did you say. Don’t you want to drink this?”

As Idney shook the heavy bag, Maria’s left eyebrow twitched once.

“Hoho, is he really~? Can’t you even joke? I’ve known since long ago that our Idney’s brain is extraordinary.”

Pat Pat.

Maria, with a bright smile, clung to Idni’s side and lightly tapped the slightly protruding upper part of her hip with the palm of her hand.

“… I’ll give it to you, so stop it.”

“yes.”

The corners of Maria’s mouth, which had been raised as much as possible, came down again to form a flat level. Idney lightly clicked his tongue at the friend’s quick change of attitude and asked Lee Na-young.

“Are you busy today?”

“no… … .”

Lee Na-young rubbed her sleepy eyes and shook her head.

“To check if the potion really succeeded… I decided to go to Hana’s house today.”

“Good.”

Edney kicked his bag across his side and stood up.

“If you say you’re busy, I was going to give it to you now, but we can drink it together later after we finish training.”

“yes?”

“Why. Don’t you want to drink?”

“Oh, no. It’s not like that… It’s up to you, Edney… … ?”

When Lee Na-young, who opened her eyes wide, asked, Idney answered with a small snort.

“Hey. Am I a priest too? No matter how much the ingredients in this are mine, I know that Lee Na-young has worked hard for several days, so will you just keep your mouth shut?”

– Kuhm.

“… … ?”

When Hana Baek, who had been quiet until now, coughed briefly, Idni laughed.

“I was going to give it to you even if you didn’t show it like that.”

“Thank you… … .”

“hahahaha!! What are you embarrassed about?”

When Hana Baek replied, avoiding her gaze, which was rare, Idney laughed as if it were fun.

“I don’t think so… … .”

“uh? what?”

When Idni stopped laughing and asked, Maria shook her head lightly and stood up.

“Let’s go eat breakfast.”

Skin more vibrant than yesterday.

Maria was just amazed at Idni not noticing such a noticeable change.

**

The clock on the desk pointed to nine o’clock.

At the same time, the guys who had been waiting in front of the front door for a while opened the door and stepped into the mansion.

Then I heard the voices of children saying hello to Claire.

“Ujin~?”

Opening the door to the study, Baek Ha-na poked her head out.

After confirming that I was sitting at my desk, he slowly pushed the half-open door and entered.

“I’ll take care of you today too~”

“Sir, I’ll take care of you… !!”

Maria and Idni bowed their heads slightly towards me. I didn’t force it on Claire, or I told these two that there was no need to do that, but the two, who looked exactly like my superiors, were still bowing their heads to me as we see them now.

I nodded my head at the two of them once, then moved my gaze to the child sitting close to Baek Ha-na.

“Ah, that, ah, ah, hello, ha, please… … .”

“This is Lee Na-young. My roommate.”

It’s a fact you already know.

However, there was no need to tell Baek Ha-na, so he finished with a nod of the head.

“What about the kid?”

“There must be work to be done before that.”

“Cheese… … .”

Baek Ha-na, who was about to sneak into the bedroom, turned around with her lips pouted at my words.

“Nayoung, will you be here? You don’t have to be outside-“

“no! Me, I like being outside!! That, sun, you have to get some sunlight from time to time!!”

“That, is it? Then let’s go out together.”

“Yes!!”

The place Baek Ha-na meant must have meant her own room, but Lee Na-young must have misunderstood it as telling her to wait here.

“… See you later.”

The children left the study first, and the last remaining Hana Baek smiled at me and quietly closed the door and left.

‘What’s in the bag… … Is it a potion?’

A heavy bag hanging from Idni’s waist.

It was slightly altered, but the energy felt inside it was definitely that of a fairy.

The reason Baek Ha-na’s energy was absorbed so well was probably because she drank a potion that used the fairy’s time as an ingredient.

‘To make it into a potion.’

It is an unexpected use.

It must be that he was able to put such a wild and bold idea into action because he did not know how valuable the material used was.

‘It’s interesting.’

From life to time, and produced as a potion, once again its nature has changed a little. However, looking at the change of Hana Baek, it was clear that he still had the concept of time.

If that potion that has been corrupted is also effective for the original owner.

‘… I guess I’ll try to fix it.’

It occurred to me that maybe the results might be better than originally planned.

*

-Piaang~

It was nearing noon, and through the open door of the bedroom, a small rascal flew in this way, yawning.

– Beep.

“If anyone sees it, they’ll know you left it.”

– Beep?

I lightly pressed the head of the guy who was tilting his head, then took out the slime queen’s essence from the library drawer and put it in my hand.

-Piaang~

He took the black jelly in his hand and flew to the window sill and sat down on his butt in a sunny spot. Then, eagerly messing around with the jelly, I watched the sparring that was about to end.

‘I’m glad it worked.’

As Maria, Idni, and Claire were sure, the guy gave the two children his time. Thanks to this, a big change came to the barely stable sleep pattern.

The guy who fell asleep with Claire and woke up just as the morning was ready, barely got himself out of the basket when it was almost noon, as we see now. In addition, the time to fall asleep was noticeably faster, and as soon as Baek Ha-na and the others left the mansion after dinner, they immediately flew to their nest and curled up.

The essence of the Slime Queen, which I steadily purchased through Lee Ye-sol, and received a few from Yoon Do-shik and Jayden a while ago.

It is thanks to the essence of the slime queen that he is able to wake up and move around.

– Beep!!

… yep!

… yep!

The guy who had eaten the jelly cleanly tapped with his two small hands as if to ask me to open the window.

The children’s training was also over, so I used magic to open the closed window.

-Puuu!!

“Aww… ?!”

The fairy, which went out into the yard, flew to Lee Na-young’s head, who was sitting far away, instead of the one on the floor.

“It’s not possible.”

-Beep… … .

At that time, Claire, who was about to enter the mansion, witnessed it and approached Lee Na-young to remove the fairy. The fairy lowered her head with a gloomy expression when Claire looked serious for the first time in a long time.

“Hey, it’s me… … .”

“ah!!”

Lee Na-young took out a small glass bottle from the bag she was holding in her arms at Idni’s call, which resembled the screams of the undead.

‘It’s also a potion.’

Idney, who received the potion from Lee Na-young, opened the stopper and poured it into her mouth at once.

“Oh, oh oh… … ?”

The scratches and swelling from Idni’s body quickly disappeared.

As time passed, the skin, which was covered with scars, was not enough to become clean as if it were a lie, and began to give off a subtle luster.

I was convinced through the changes in Idni’s clean body, unlike the clothes that had become rags.

‘The quality that makes time flow is the same.’

However, unlike Baek Ha-na, whose hair grew noticeably, Idney’s body did not change much. Perhaps he succeeded in making the potion, but failed in dividing its properties in equal proportions.

‘It’s only natural that it’s still too much.’

When he finished grasping the potion to some extent, the little rascal sitting on Claire’s palm flew towards Idney.

-Piaang~!

“uh? Do you want one too?”

– Beep!!

“yes. drink you too You gave it to me, and of course you have the right to drink it. Lee Na-young!!”

“Ah, yes!!”

Lee Na-young took out another potion from her bag and handed it to Idni. By the way.

“Idney.”

“Hick… … .”

Claire, who silently closed the distance, took the potion and glared at Idney, who was sitting on the floor, with a cool gaze.

“You will have a separate interview with me later.”

“Uh, why… … ?!”

“noisy.”

Claire glared at Idni once more and returned the potion he had stolen.

“Ugh… … I-I’m going to die after playing to my heart’s content… !!”

Pook!!

Idney opened the cap of the potion and held it out to the fairy whose eyes were shining from below.

– Beep!

“Come on, I will feed you. That’s right.”

As the fairy held the bottle with her small hand and put her lips to the snout, Idni slowly tilted the potion bottle.

As the bottle tilted, the clear liquid inside flowed down, and it soon passed through the fairy’s small lips and into her throat.

gulp.

gulp.

gulp.

When I swallowed half of something the size of myself.

“… … !!”

“Hick?!”

Claire, who was watching from the side, released her magic power and snatched the potion from Idni’s hand.

“Ji, Enforcement, Officer… … ?”

Idni’s face turned blue when exposed to Claire’s weak energy.

That time when all the children present except me were dumbfounded and dumbfounded by the sudden situation.

– Zuo!!

The voice of a weak child filled the garden.