90 – Prevent the heroine from dropping out (4)

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“…I understand the situation roughly. But…why is Ian-nim acting like that?”

Grace tilted her head as she looked at Ian, who still had an expression that seemed to have not come out of shock.

Grace This guy is also amazing, we suddenly appeared with a magic wagon without any explanation of the situation, ‘Grace! It’s an emergency! We need you too to save lives, so get on board! I’ll explain while moving!’ As soon as he said that, wouldn’t he jump into a horsepowered vehicle?

Even though it is clear that the situation must have been embarrassing to the guy who was volunteering at the orphanage.

“Ah…what should I say, the reason for my existence? Maybe I’m exploring something like that.”

Now, I don’t know how far Ian’s thoughts have gone.

It’s just a rough guess.

“Why do you exist?”

“Simply put, find an excuse to convince yourself of polygamy?”

“…I don’t think it’s a problem that seems simple at all.”

“So do I.”

Saying that, he nodded and pointed at Lily.

In the sense of how a person who pursues monogamy can understand someone who pursues polygamy.

But Lily seems to have taken my meaning a little differently.

“…? Berry, I know you’ll get scolded if you take a concubine on your own.”

My nod was, ‘Look at him, does I look capable of polygamy?’ Was it accepted in that sense?

Embarrassed and flustered, the moment I tried to explain, Lily leaned over to me and whispered.

“I’m kidding, you idiot. Do you think I didn’t know that much?”

The sound of shallow breathing stimulates my hamstrings.

“…No matter how you look at it, you’re right, fox.”

From my point of view, he can only be seen as a gumiho who has gone through all sorts of hardships. How do you hold people’s hearts like this?

When I look at Lily with a puzzled expression, she gives me an innocent smile and whispers in a small voice that only I can hear.

“So, Barry, do you have a rough idea of what Ian or Selina did?”

“Yeah, there are some guesses.”

Eyes cross for a moment.

“That’s fine. To me, it was a bit strange, to say the least. But since Berry passed it over casually, I had no choice but to assume that you might know.”

“I’m sorry I didn’t explain it properly. If it’s just Ian, but if it’s Selina as well… Maybe the reason I thought was right.”

“You don’t have to apologize. If you judged that way, it’s my role to trust you.”

“…thank you.”

As I slowly closed my eyes and expressed my gratitude, Lily’s index finger pressed against my lips.

“Instead, feel free to consult me if you have any questions about anything. You are not alone anymore.”

He tells me that he doesn’t have to make his own decisions and take all the responsibility on his own.

“Yes, I will not forget you.”

Feeling the warmth of emotion filling his heart, he smiled lightly.

As I slowly turned my head, I saw three people sitting across from us.

Anna is praying while holding a letter from her parents very carefully in her hands.

Selina is deeply troubled, trying on a necklace that she hadn’t been wearing until Cindy was cured of where it came from.

And even Ian, who is exuding a gloomy aura with his head bowed.

It’s not as much as Ian who couldn’t protect his precious person, but Selina also has a lot of questions about the fact that her actions are restricted.

Annaya arrived late, so I didn’t know why the two of them were doing that, and since Ian didn’t have any crush on him, he didn’t even think of wanting to know.

Of course, even if you ask me, I have no intention of explaining anything about him.

The reason is that unlike Lily, who can give everything and trust everything, these guys have no idea what kind of judgment they will make after hearing my information.

I don’t know when or how the remarks, such as knowing the future or knowing that this world was a novel, will fly to me like a boomerang.

So let’s keep quiet and watch.

You only need to help when you feel that they are going astray.

You don’t have to worry too much because they’re the ones protected by fate anyway.

Rather, what I should worry about is Anna, who is alone and praying to a god she doesn’t normally believe in.

“Anna, I’ll say it again, our goal is not to help the Kingdom of Diark. So, no matter what happens to the Freesia family, there’s nothing we can do about it. You know that, right?”

“Muh, of course!”

“…Wait a minute, I haven’t heard a proper explanation of the operation.”

Grace gently raised her hand and looked at me. Because the story was interrupted in the middle, it could not be delivered.

“Our goal is to bring as many of Anna’s family members as possible to the Empire or Holy Kingdom. Just because the Kingdom of Diark is caught up in a war, it’s not a problem we can blindly go to help.”

He couldn’t stop the Diark kingdom from perishing anyway.

It’s not a fate that can be changed just because the six of us join the frontlines.

The will and ambition to draw a biography are good, but you shouldn’t mistake them for foolish recklessness.

So, you have to select and focus on the number of people who can be saved.

“Grace, as soon as you arrive, focus on treating the injured we send by magic wagon, Anna guides you, the princess and Selina apply space blocking magic to the wagon, and Ian prepares for any unexpected situations with me. ?”

“”… .””

“Okay, it’ll take quite a while to get to the Kingdom of Diark anyway, so let’s infuse magic into the magic wagons in turn… Let’s stand in groups of three for the night watch.”

“I… Grace and I don’t have magic…”

Anna cautiously raised her hand and said.

His voice trembled with guilt that he couldn’t properly infuse mana even though he was causing this hardship because of him.

To be precise, in Anna’s case, it wasn’t that she had no magic power at all, but her innate magic power was very faint.

Comparable to the Emperor of the Empire?

Since Grace’s entire body is filled with divine power in the first place, she does not have enough capacity to receive magical power. For that reason, even the Divinity Faculty is making a fuss about being chosen by a goddess.

In fact, it wasn’t that I didn’t think about that issue, so I gave them simple roles.

“Grace restores energy to the person in charge of the night watch in the morning, and Anna makes additional potions with nearby herbs. If you are as skilled as you are, you should be able to make simple things.”

“Ah, yes! I see!”

“Okay. Then, how do you divide the vigil?”

“Me, the princess, and Anna. Grace, you, Ian, and Selina. Let’s divide into groups of 3 like this. Grace, if it’s necessary, you can apply a mental power type buff to those two.”

He decided that it would be best to leave Grace by his side as a means to heal their devastated minds.

As if there was no disagreement about this, everyone silently nodded their heads and greeted the night.

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Along with the sound of an unknown insect crying, the sound of making a very simple potion to recover from fatigue using a campfire harmonizes.

I put the weeds, which I cannot tell apart no matter how much I look at them, in order, boil them in water, and mix the herbal waters brewed here and there.

Lily and I sat shoulder to shoulder and watched the scene in silence.

It must have been made with only green grass, but the color gradually changes and it starts to take on a slightly bright yellow color.

‘… It’s like Vita 500 or Bacchus.’

I wondered if the reason Bacchus and Vita 500 were yellow was the same, but I shook my head.

It was because there was no way I could have proper academic knowledge like chemistry.

In addition, the efficacy itself is alchemy, which allows you to transcend the laws of physics and produce drug-like effects just by shedding grass in this world.

If you use the right ingredients, like the lycanthrope drug I received from Anna last time, you can even create a strange effect that heals all wounds if you touch the shadow, unless you die instantly.

So it’s just a color classification, but it’s actually rude to compare it with an ordinary nutritious tonic like Bacchus.

“You’re working so hard, Anna Freesia. The people gathered here don’t rebuke you even if you don’t go that far.”

Lily’s admiration for Anna, who is sweating profusely at night and making potions, mixed with her admiration.

Anna answered, continuing to make potions regardless.

“…I know that, Her Highness the Princess. But I really hate that. A situation where I, as an alchemist, can’t help at all.”

“Is this the reward you deserved for saving Cindy?”

In fact, no one could say anything about Anna just taking a break.

What will Ian say to the person who saved Cindy? Or Selina, who also couldn’t save Cindy?

To begin with, it was clear that those guys with good natures wouldn’t have had any offense if they hadn’t saved Cindy.

I am indebted to Anna, and Lily respects me for that.

It’s a no-brainer, as Grace is a mad bitch who’s maniacally happy if she can help an innocent person.

However, Anna’s personal pride did not allow him.

Despite her small stature, her pride several times her size was the driving force that made Anna wiggle her legs in our first adventure to the village of Triang.

Of course, even so, it could not be helped that his physical strength was exhausted and he was unable to move.

In a way, Anna may be the owner of the healthiest mind among us.

Because he is good at what he likes, he devoted himself more to alchemy, and he has his own pride because he was even the head of the academy with only that alchemy.

Because of that, I’m not without timidity when it comes to human relationships, but whatever.

“I, the head of the Department of Alchemy, can help the party with alchemy, but I don’t think I will be able to forgive myself if I go to sleep and rest.”

Anna’s eyes shone with nobility. Like a single light that lights up the night.

At that moment, the last of Anna I knew came to mind.

The story of Anna, who spent days and nights making potions from dragon corpses to help Ian even after losing her entire family.

… … Come to think of it, was there a phrase saying that Anna decided to make a potion because she truly loved Ian?

“I’m not born with a talent like people say, but I got the position of chief because I love alchemy more than anyone else. I don’t have the option of avoiding alchemy and running away with indolence… at least I don’t have it. This is my whole life.”

“…You have high pride. Rather than yourself, about alchemy.”

“Yes. It’s natural to be proud of what you like, right?”

“Puh, that’s right.”

I just watched the conversation between Lily and Anna in silence.

It was because I felt that the light of life emitted by the existence that I did not want to recognize as a human being made me so shabby.

Anna Freesia, a small but gigantic alchemist.

In just one night, she created a potion of rejuvenation that could be consumed by as many as 6 people for 3 days.

According to what I learned later, it was said to be 5 times faster than most alchemists.