Theo and Alfie returned to the royal capital, and I returned to my normal life.
“Dad, I’m going to collect and investigate.”
“Yeah. Be careful.”
Even if the two of them are gone, my life will not change much. Instead of going to my grandfather’s clinic first thing in the morning, I went into the mountain first thing in the morning.
It’s for the collection and to investigate the maga.
However, since there is no Theo, I have to be quite careful if I want to do something new. I noticed that I was so slack that I had to tighten my mind when I entered alone for the first time in a long time.
“I don’t think I should rely so much on Theo.”
I try to make it a good thing that there is no Theo, but it’s still my responsibility, so I drop my shoulders. I’m causing too much trouble for Theo. I’m glad he’s a good person.
Theo and Alfie arrive in the royal capital, they will exchanged honey and beeswax, and Theo can’t get a manuscript of a book about ore until after he moves, so for a while, the main point of research is to investigate the vegetation of the maga-like mountain like today. The distance to the capital itself is quite far away, and isn’t the exchange of beeswax and honey about 10 days away?
“I think I’ll write a letter when I get home.”
If I send a letter together when we send honey and beeswax, it will kill two birds with one stone.
Theo and Alfie couldn’t go back to the royal capital easily, but I would like to ask if it was okay, but it will be after Theo moves that I can get a reply. On top of that, Theo seems like the type to write that it’s okay even if it’s not okay so that I don’t worry about him. It’s kind of troublesome not to be able to talk face to face.
“I’ll write a lot about what I know about the maga. I’m sure Theo is also curious about my research results.”
Why don’t I write that I want him to burn it if he thinks it’s dangerous to have this letter? ……No. But if you see it burning, you may be suspicious on the contrary. If it’s winter, you’ll use a fireplace, but now it’s early summer. You won’t use a fireplace, and if you live in a dormitory, you don’t cook, so you don’t use a furnace. Magicians sometimes use fire, but that has nothing to do with knights.
“Would he rather me give a small safe that can register magic as a gift? I wonder if I can make something nice with a design that burns when opened by anyone other than the person himself.”
In the letters we exchange in the future, there may be contents that should not be shown to people. At such a time, it’s important to never be able to be seen by anyone other than Theo. ……Not only Theo, but also for Alfie.
I have an image of the design somehow, but I’m a little worried that I can’t explain how to use it. It would be a shock if even things that shouldn’t be burned got burned.
I wish I could have made it while they were in the village and gave it as a celebration of their discharge from the hospital, but unfortunately, I didn’t even think of doing such a thing until Theo offered to exchange letters when we said goodbye.
The relationship between me and Theo only collided for a moment, but I thought it was just a fate to pass by each other. That’s why I think I was able to show my researcher constitution as it is without hiding anything.
I was able to say it because I didn’t expect to have a future relationship with him, such as wanting him to show me naked or to let me touch. As expected, I’ve never made such a request to my ex-boyfriend.
Normally, there are awkward parts, and after the treatment, there will be no waiting around, and I think it will be goodbye. Who would think that Theo would apply to exchange letters with me? Theo wants to be friends with me, which is such a pity, and he is really nice.
“I guess he’s popular.”
It’s enough to apply to exchange letters, and I guess he really doesn’t have a girlfriend. If there is one, he wouldn’t be able to empathize with a woman. Maybe she would think she was cheated on and I would be.. killed.
And considering that he got angry with my ex-boyfriend and his personality that seriously wants to repay the favor, I can believe that Theo will not lie like that.
So at the moment, Theo doesn’t have a romantic relationship.
But from the standpoint of that strength and the guard of the saint, the crown prince’s fiancee, I think it’s just a lie that he’s not popular, or Theo is dull. There are people who are definitely aiming for him. If you want, there is a saint or something.
“Ahhhhhhh. What am I thinking? No, if there are a lot of people who like Mr. Theo, I’m likely to be stabbed from behind when I go to see him. No, wait. I didn’t promise to go see him.”
I was told that he would come to return the favor again, but I didn’t promise to meet again.
I’m thinking about the letter, but before I knew it, I thought about the presence or absence of Theo’s girlfriend, and I’m embarrassed that I had a delusion about us meeting again.
In order to counteract my delusions, I write down the type of wood on the paper I brought. I brought my glasses, but I use them while being careful not to exhaust myself.
“I wonder if it’s a bad gift for Mr. Theo. It’s going to be complicated when you have a girlfriend in the future. Well, is it the same for the letter? But it’s kind of subtle to give a present only to Mr. Alfie.”
The contents of the letters exchanged in the future, with the content of the main research points, will be sent to Alfie more. So the letter that should be burned before being seen by others are all of the ones sent to Alfie, and even in his weak position, it is absolutely critical to send a safe that burns the contents if anyone other than himself tries to see it.
In this case, it will be Alfie before Theo, but … won’t it be a nuisance even if I give it to him? Is it safer not to give it? But it’s more convenient to have it, and the exchange of letters and goods will be through the magic circle that Theo has, so it’s also not good to give it only to Alfie …
My thoughts went round and round, and I sighed.
“I’ll write the best way to use it on paper and give it to him, and if he doesn’t need it, he should throw it away. Yeah. Let’s do that.”
I feel like if you give it together with the honey and beeswax, you won’t care that much. If you give it separately, it looks like you prepared it specially, but if you send it with work, the hurdles of the receiving side will also be lowered.
If that’s the case, let’s write a blueprint as soon as I finish grasping the vegetation and collect the materials. It’s tasteless if it’s just a letter of how to use it, so I’ll also need to write a letter about this daily life. He should also want to know how I decided to send this.
“What color would he like? Because he’s a man, it shouldn’t be too flashy. I don’t know where Theo and Alfie will install it, but it’s better to have different colors so that they don’t make a mistake. What size should I make it?”
I have a lot to think about.
I’ll make a prototype for myself…ah. I don’t have enough time.
“Let’s hope Theo and Alfie will go home as slowly as possible. All I have to do is collect the materials today.”
I was worried about the design of the new magic tool, so I couldn’t concentrate, so I stopped investigating the vegetation.
It’s the first time I’ve been unable to research because I’m worried about something else during research, but I’m sure it’s because it’s more fun to think about a new form of box than a plain research.
Since it burns the contents, it is a magic circle of the fire attribute, but it should not spread, so the outside of the box should be made in a form with fire prevention so that it does not burn. The best way to register magical power is to make the magic stone remember with your own magical power, but how to connect it with the magic circle.
Each magical power has its own difference like a fingerprint, so there is a technology to determine whether it is the person or another person. Magic swords that can only be used by registrants used this technology. However, in the case of magical power other than the person himself, we have to think a little about making the magical power flow towards the magic circle and burning it. The fact that only the person can open and close can go with the technique of the magic sword, but…
While harvesting the leaves, I think about what is the best way to do it.
At times like this, I still want an alchemist’s book. But this is the advance investment in Alfie who gives that information. I have to somehow make something good with the knowledge and skills I have.
“There are a lot of things to do—woah!!”
When I was tearing off the leaves, I was thinking about something else, so I didn’t notice that there were caterpillars on the leaves until just before, so I threw them away in a hurry.
If it’s the gloves I’m using now, the hair won’t stick, so it’s definitely okay, but I’m going to be itchy just by looking at it. Ugh.
“No. As expected, if I don’t concentrate on the collection, it’s dangerous.”
The caterpillar moves like it’s running away from me, so it’s safe, but it’s still disgusting. If I had been late to notice, I might have had to go down the mountain with him on the leaves and noticed him at home. I would really hate that we were acting together with him in the bag all the time.
I thought it would be better to finish the collection work quickly, so I put a lid on the concept in my head for now and refocused.
She didn’t even notice that she was worried about Theo’s possible future girlfriend but not Alfie’s.
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