CH 57

Chapter 57 – Uncouth lady gets dragged to the bed

The evacuees were sent off and the injured were taken to the hospital.

The few residents who had lost their homes were given rooms at the fort, and the couple from the "Floral Mole Pavilion" decided to open a cafeteria at the fort.

Originally, there was a plan to set up a cafeteria for officials who were too busy to eat lunch and were looking for a cook.

After I had finished my work at the shelter, I released Mr. Henry, who had taken a nap, and headed for Lord Nazel's room.

There was no answer when I knocked, so I quietly opened the door.

"Lord Nazel~?"

As I walked through the neat and elegant room, calling out his name, I found Lord Nazel sleeping face down on the bed.

It was as if he had just barely made it to his destination and then passed out.

"You must be tired. I'd like to just let you sleep the day away."

I approached the bed and gently grabbed the blankets to pull them over him.......

Lord Nazel's hand reached out and pulled me into bed.

"Lord Nazel? Don't tell me you're awake?"

I heard a giggling voice.

"I just woke up. I heard Agnes's lovely voice."

"You slept all right, didn't you? If you didn't, I would have tied you to the bed, you know?"

"I'm fine, I fell asleep."

I lay down and looked at Lord Nazel.

He was not pale, and there was no sign that he had done any work in the room. Good!

"Um, Lord Nazel, about our promise."

"I had something I wanted to tell Agnes. About your magic."

"My material enhancement?"

"I was wondering if it's not just material enhancement. When was Agnes's magic discovered?"

"When I was just a little girl, I was taken to a local church because someone there had the magic of appraisal."

The magic of appraisal is one of those special kinds of magic that can reveal another person's occupation, type of magic, and amount of magic power.

The accuracy and the number of items that can be appraised depend on the person.

"A magician with appraisal, regardless of his ability, will be assigned to the church as an appraiser as soon as he is found. At least one is assigned to each territory."

Although pitiable, they are guaranteed freedom and an above-average life outside of their place of employment.

Usually, nobles are required to have their magical qualities appraised in the royal capital. The reason is that in the royal capital, there are more competent appraisers.

However, the Evantails do not go all the way to the royal capital.

After all, it is the Evantail family!

"The ability to discern magical qualities is important, you know. The one I had at my local church was an appraiser who was an old man, so it was a kind of fluke appraiser. He told me that he found it to be 'the power to strengthen some kind of ...... thing'. I don't remember because I was so small, but that's what my mom said."

"On top of the ...... appraisal, you heard that from someone else?"

"Heh heh. The Evantail family is not interested in magic. The magic appraisal I took was because they didn't want to get in trouble if I caused any problems with some crazy power."

"Yes, I can imagine what they were thinking."

Lord Nazel had to deal with my former family once.

It's easy for him to understand the Evantail family's thinking.

"So my magic is 'material enhancement'."

"I think, Agnes's magic works on humans too, you know?　I was attacked by a magical beast last night, but I didn't feel a thing."

"Come to think of it, didn't you stand up for Tony and got stomped on by that magical beast?"

The former lord died after being trampled by a magical beast. Lord Nazel is in good health, even though he was subjected to the same attack.

"I felt the impact, but my body was fine. I think your magic is unknown, precious, and rare. It can even make plants grow."

"Should I reappraise it......?"

"No, there is no need. If it becomes known, it will be a nuisance. Everyone will want to have Agnes' ability. Maybe they'll strengthen the walls, strengthen the crops, strengthen the soldiers ...... and make you return from the frontier and exercise your magic as the property of the state. Every day."

"I don't want to!"

I refuse to give up the joyous life I'm leading now, and I refuse to be separated from Lord Nazel!

"Yeah, so why don't we just continue with the 'slightly different material enhancement' as before?"

"Let's do that."

"By the way, when will the material reinforcement I put on humans be released?"

"Well...... until I release my magic?　Unlike Lord Nazel, my magic does not create matter from scratch, so there is no problem of magic power consumption even if I leave it on."

In the case of Lord Nazel, if a non-existent plant is made to appear, it will continue to consume magic power throughout its existence.

If you grant power by improving a plant, the magic power is consumed only then.

My magic is the same as the latter.

"You are amazing, Agnes. From now on, be careful using magic on human beings."

"I understand. I don't want to be separated from the frontier."

I don't want to live my life being forced to use magic all the time.

"By the way, how much magic does Agnes have?"

"I haven't measured it. The type of magic is 'material enhancement', so it doesn't matter if you have a lot of magic power or not."

"That Evantail family... Agnes, let's find out the amount of magic power. I'll arrange for a good appraiser."

I nodded my head.

I am sure that Lord Nazel will take care of it.

"Now, shouldn't we be getting a report on the damage to the city by now?"

"...... I suppose so."

Lord Nazel got up, looking a little disappointed.

"Let's go, Agnes."

"Yes! We will help you repair the damaged areas."

After we finished our conversation, we both left the mansion together for the day ahead.