Chapter 135

Raising a glass lid, Erika said.

“Look at this. The peridot reacted to the seeds for a while and they sprouted like this. The light green peridot had the power of wood properties.”

“Wow, that’s amazing.”

Luciel was amazed and almost said that she was the one who had made the jewel.

But she was really fascinated. She couldn’t believe that her jewels could sprout seeds. Looking at the green and white shoots, Luciel felt the pride as if she had grown it herself.

‘By the way, the wood attribute is Grandpa Gillard’s attribute.’

Besides, I was taught in class that this was a higher-order attribute compared to the basic four elements. Would peridot have more mana because of that?

“Sister Erika, how much mana does the peridot have?”

“It will be around 500 to 600, similar to the Ruby.”

“I see. So what about obsidian?”

Luciel asked while looking at the black jewel.

“I could tell at a glance. This one has darkness attribute.”

Obsidian was placed in the magic flask, and as soon as the lid was closed, it was filled with dark smoke. Darkness was vaguely thought to be a force that could kill or destroy something, but the reaction that appeared was a calmer result than expected.

It was truly pure and primordial power.

“Does the darkness attribute only darken the surroundings?”

“Well, this attribute is actually a bit more complicated when it is strongly expressed. But darkness and evil are different. Just because something is made of darkness doesn’t mean it’s evil.”

“That’s right.”

Luciel nodded her head. Suddenly, she remembered the face of Kizef who took the first obsidian she created in this lifetime. He had looked at Luciel with deep, distant eyes.

With tender and affectionate eyes, as if stroking her pain.

Come to think of it, Kizef’s attributes were darkness and wind. He was always alone in the academy just because he expressed the darkness attribute. He even faced a future where Bellstein was ruined, everyone he loved was dead and he was only moving for revenge.

It must have been a painful and lonely road for him.

‘Maybe the power of darkness is something that borders the horizon of loneliness.’

I hope he doesn’t become like that in this life.

Luciel shook off her thoughts at Erika’s words.

“It is estimated that the obsidian’s magic power is 700 or so, it’s a very large amount of mana. There are limits to the measuring tools.”

“Wow……It was a great jewel.”

‘It’s one difficult jewel to make, though.’

“Shall we continue our research on spinel?”

“Yes, please. I’ll take another look at the spinel and let you know if anything comes to mind. There might be some other breakthrough like last time when we used Holy Water on the diamond.”

Luciel thought of leaving the new jewel she had made last time, the one she made when she was filled with strong confidence, but she quit.

‘Because we haven’t finished researching the spinel yet, and it’s the only one of its kind, so it’s more precious. There is still time for more research in the future.’

Still, thanks to Erika’s efforts, I learned a lot about my jewels today.

“Sister Erika, you’ve worked hard. Thanks to you, I got a lot of information with ease.”

“You’re welcome. Are there still jewels left to study? It’s a pity that I can’t seem to be of any help as research is getting more blocked as we progress, but I’ll do my best.”

Erika said she couldn’t unravel all the secrets of the jewels by herself, and she looked a little upset. But Luciel shook her head, took Erika’s hand, met her eyes, and said.

“No, without Sister Erika, I wouldn’t have been able to do attribute magic. Because of you, I could craft the jewels on my wand. You’re a great help.”

Looking at Luciel, whose eyes were brightly shining, Erika replied with a mother’s smile.

“Oh, I heard from Eres that you can do elemental magic now. Congratulations! I’m very happy that I was able to help. Our cute Lady! I want you to do whatever you want, whenever you want.”

In the past Luciel resented Erika for helping the Prince, but now she seems to understand.

That she is a person full of pure desire for research.

When Luciel was thinking about one day revealing her secret to her, Erika hugged Luciel and held out one of her scrolls.

“Don’t forget to take this.”

Luciel’s eyes widened like a rabbit.

“What’s this?”

“I have compiled the results of the jewels I have studied so far in this magic scroll. I put a password on it so no one can read it. It’s 1004.”

As Luciel untied the knot that sealed the scroll, a green cryptographic magic circle came to mind, and she touched numbers in sequence.

In the scroll, the results of previous research, as well as the method of experimentation, were written.

“Wow, when did you do all this?”

“It’s what I always do.”

“Thank you. In fact, you are working on it in secret, so you can’t even publish this anywhere nor leave it as part of Sister Erika’s career, but even so, you’re working so hard.”

“As a mage, it’s a rewarding task in itself. If you have anything else to entrust me with, please let me know.”

“Yes. Sister Erika, I’ll be going now.”

“Yes, see you again. Ah, can I go pick some strawberries and raspberries from the orchard?”

“Yes, absolutely. Take as much as you want to eat.”

Shouting like a child, Erika ran into the raspberry field, putting baskets on each of her arms.

“Be careful, Sister Erika!”

Luciel calm smile came to her mouth, feeling reassured all of a sudden.

‘There are so many good people in this life.’

Luciel went into the villa’s jewel room for a moment and took out the jewel she had stored up.

“I have never seen such a pretty jewel.”

It turns out that this type of jewel was a pink diamond.

The color was sweet pink but it shone like a diamond in rainbow colors.

If I add gold on a pink rose, would I get this color? Or maybe it was the color of the champagne that Grandma Evelyn often drank.

What was clear is that it was a jewel that made her feel good just by looking at it.

‘What kind of power does this jewel have?’

Whenever she touched the jewel, there were times when she felt a slight flutter in front of her for some reason, and on those days, she thinks she had pleasant dreams.

Luciel compared the pink diamond and the spinel side by side. The two gems were also different in size, shape, color, and the light they contained.

The spinel was a little darker pink, and perhaps less flashy than the diamond.

‘If there was no response to holy water or other stimuli……How do I find its power?’

It was made for Kizef, so I might as well ask him. But, these days, it has become increasingly difficult to meet Kizef after the arrival of the new master. He didn’t even stop by the private residence that often. Since its lunchtime soon, it seemed natural to just go and eat together.

“Yes, as naturally as possible. Let’s go now… but where is Kizef?”

At that moment, Luciel’s eyes caught the wedding ring she was wearing on her finger.

Sururu.

Luciel, teleported by the power of the ring, smiled broadly when she saw the golden color of the back of the head in front of her. Kizef, wearing a white shirt and black pants, was resting in the shade of a tree in the meadow.

‘I’m glad. It doesn’t seem like I’m disturbing him.’

There’s a sword and a bucket of water set by the tree’s side. But what is he doing?

Luciel sneaked up from behind and caught a glimpse of what he was doing. Kizef was sketching a small book. She was afraid to call his name out loud because Kizef was drawing with deep focus.

‘I’m afraid I might have disturbed him. But what is he drawing? ……Snow rabbit? He’s good at drawing.’

It was a rabbit with white, fluffy fur and long ears.

Luciel blinked and stopped when her eyes met with Kizef, who looked back.

“Oh…….”

“Luciel.”

Kizef didn’t look too surprised. Instead, the corners of his lips were higher than usual.

“Oh, you knew I was here.”

He warmly nodded his head and touched his chin.

“It’s amazing. I was thinking of you and you really showed up.”

“……? Really?”

“Yes.”

At that moment, Kizef smiled with his eyes beautifully bent.

In the meantime, maybe because his hair had grown too much, Kizef’s bangs fluttered in the wind and reached his cheeks.

Luciel walked over to him with a flushed cheek and sat down on the grass. It was cool under the shade of the tree, and a fresh and gentle wind was blowing so it was perfect to rest.

Kizef painted again with a slight blush on his ear.

‘No matter how many times I look at him, he’s a handsome boy. This is a situation where a painting is sketching a drawing.’

Luciel looked at Kizef’s profile and saw the rabbit he had been drawing. He was just drawing the tail’s fur in a languid way.

He seemed to be just drawing it slowly, but the detailed lines were very smooth.

“You are good at drawing.”

When Luciel praised him, Kizef looked at her for a moment.

As soon as the clear, fluttering eyes met their gaze, they shone brightly, and the corners of their lips did not come down.

He leaned slightly and did not stop moving his pencil as he looked at Luciel. She soon noticed that Kizef was in a very good mood. It was as if an invisible tail was waving behind his back.

‘It seems that all his senses are focused on me, and my heart is tickling for some reason.’

“Hey, Kizef.”

“Yes.”

“I actually came here because I was curious about this jewel.”

“…….”

After saying that, he had a strange and slightly sad expression on his face, but Kizef didn’t show much of it. Luciel pulled a spinel out of her pocket and showed it to him.

“Oh, that’s……”

When Kizef looked at Spinel, his eyes widened.

“Isn’t that the jewel you often make when you are with me?”

Luciel nodded her head.

“Yes, my jewels have mana. Sister Erika said that research on what kind of power this spinel has could not be finished. So I thought that seeing you would clear up my doubts about this.”

“……I need to ask you before we think about it together.”

“……What?”

Luciel tilted his head.

“What kind of emotion this one is made of?”

When Kizef opened his mouth to speak with a smile, for some reason Luciel wondered if she had come to the wrong place.

“That……That’s why I came here. Wait! Ah, Kizef, aren’t you hungry?”

Luciel rolled her crimson eyes and earnestly asked.