Sorcerers who use magic have magical energy called mana flowing through their bodies.
When they direct it outward and use it according to their abilities, it becomes magic.
The Schultz family was a prestigious family that produced countless mages who were born with great mana.
But witches have a fatal weakness.
The more mana they used, the harder it was on their bodies.
Just as salt remains when sea water dries up, the remains of mana do not disappear but accumulate in the body.
This is why one of the first things Wizards of the Tower of Magic learn is not to abuse mana just because they have power.
Fortunately, witches are lazy.
Unless they are running a huge project or fighting a war, they don't have any major problems that require them to use their magic.
But as you get to the higher ranks of mages, you get more mana and more debris, so there's a lot of juxtaposition.
The time bomb inside you gets bigger and bigger.
They must detoxify their bodies periodically, a special substance originally provided by the Duke of Hexagon.
However, with the current Emperor's rise to power, the Hexagon family cut off support for the tower.
Marquis Schulz was a staunch ally of the Emperor.
You vaguely assumed that this was a foregone conclusion and that Marquis Schultz was up for it, right?
No, it can't be. permission.
“You have a mana imbalance?”
“You are quick to conclude.”
Cassion smiled, not denying it.
Cassion opened his mouth again, feigning ignorance.
“Mana can only be detoxified using the sap of the Cyristella flower.”
“It's extremely rare.”
“The Duke of Hexagon has a monopoly on it.”
Cassion smiled mysteriously.
“But then the temple told me they have the same thing, and they improved it and made it better, and I should see it.”
“Did you see him?”
“My father said it looked similar, but maybe he was too sick to tell the difference.”
“So how did you get it?”
“The warehouse it was stored in burned down.
So I couldn’t make the medicine.”
Duke Hexagon must have burned it.
Cassion seemed to have the same idea as me.
“That's why I came to ask if your family has the Cyristella herb.”
"You lie."
Cassion's words were firmly refuted.
“You are half right, but you are half here to test me.
The Marquis has an evil side to him, even if it seems so.”
Cassion answered bitterly, his eyes narrowing.
“You are more impudent than you look.”
“First and foremost.”
I pointed to Cassion.
“Since the Emperor is now on the throne, the cyristella herb is a special herb designated by the empire.
This does not apply to temples.
It is outside the authority of the empire, but for it to be in my possession is a problem.
It will be confiscated to the treasury immediately, and I will be dragged to the imperial palace.”
“Marquis Schulz and my family are called the two moons that support the sun, and if they had the herb the Emperor would have given it to them.”
“…….”
“Then this means that no one else in the empire has the herb, because it is impossible for the Emperor to have given it to the Schultz family, and finally, thirdly.”
Cassion was not to be trusted.
He was suspicious, but I passed him off as someone interested in Dale.
“You are just surreptitiously checking our loyalty, to see if my family has something to hide from the Emperor.”
“Am I checking?”
“Even if there is nothing, maybe you can learn the little secrets, and start a dialogue with our family… through me.”
The Schultzes and my family were not enemies, but they were far from friends.
This was partly due to the disappearance of our common enemy, Duke Hexagon.
But now that his house arrest is almost up, I have to get ready.
Cassion responded immediately.
He sighed and shook his head in dissatisfaction.
“Really, princess, to see me like this. ……True.”
At the same time, he burst out laughing.
He laughed out loud as he looked at me with a face that said he really wasn't expecting that.
Ha-ha-ha, he's really laughing.
Cassion looked at me with an admiring look on his face.
"Are you a friend of mine, by any chance?
You seem to know me well, which is funny coming from a princess who's only met me three times and never done anything that would require Dale to know."
I don't know why, but Cassion's mind seemed to reevaluate me.
Cassion's ruby eyes were shining, and it was like madness.
“Not much is known about Princess Lockhart, and I have not been able to gather any information…….but did you intend to hide?”
No, it was a choice to avoid the Original Emperor.
“Of course”
“I see the princess is not to be messed with.”
“Were you underestimating me?”
“...”
It turns the tables, doesn't it?
That seems strangely insulting.
“I'm relieved that Dale's wife is someone like you.”
Cassion said, as if he approved of the relationship between Dale and me.
But then this.
"I like ladies.
I don't want you to think I'm being selfish towards Dale."
Cassion stood and took a long look around our house.
He looked at the weeds around with interest.
“I take it that you don't have any Keristella herbs either, which is a shame, because I need them anyway, so I can only say that your answer is quite appropriate.”
“I didn't say I didn't have any.”
Cassion, who was fiddling with the stem of a plant, slowly looked at me.
His eyes were wide with astonishment.
“It is illegal to possess weeds, not seeds.”
I opened my bag.
“You're welcome, sir!”
Inside were dozens of rare seeds.