CH 106

“Uhhhh.”

Cain raises his upper body and stretches.

The sleepiness caused by the decrease in magic power will disappear once the magic power is restored, so it is refreshing to wake up from sleep. It was more difficult to sleep with a blanket wrapped around his body, so his body is feeling a bit stiff here and there. He turns his head around to loosen his neck, stretches his arms and back to loosen them.

“Cain. Good morning.”

Gianluca, who had woken up earlier, called out to him. Cain looked next to him and started to blow up.

“Good morning, Gianluca. You have floor marks on your face.”

Gianluca’s cheeks were covered with marks from the coarse fabric of the tent. He had been sleeping with a blanket covering his head, but the blanket had become loose in his sleep.

Gianluca stroked his cheek with the palm of his right hand.

Cain also has a mark on his cheek.

Gianluca told him, and Cain also stroked his own cheek. He noticed that there were small bumps on his cheeks.

“There’s no magic that can heal this sort of thing?”

“There is a magic called healing magic, which can heal injuries… what about something like this?

“Would you like to try it?”

“I’m afraid I can’t use healing magic. I wish I did.”

The two men folded the blankets simply, put them down at the edge of the tent, and left the tent.

The sun was setting and a bonfire had been built a short distance away from the tents.

“You’re up, you two magicians! The meat will be ready soon, so eat as much as you like and nourish yourselves.”

Julien was sitting by the fire. About a third of the knights were on patrol, and the rest were sitting around the fire, roasting and stewing the meat of the demonic beasts they had butchered. Some of the adults were apparently drinking as well.

“We can’t drink yet. When the fire is empty, we will boil water and let the tea brew.”

“Do you have some tea with you?”

Julien recommended spreading out the folding chair that had been placed there and sitting down. On a low, assembled table in front of Julien’s seat were plates, cutlery, and cups, as well as bottled amber. Read the most updated version of this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at Novel Multiverse – “NovelMultiverse dot com”

“The tea is usually made from the husks,” Julien said, “so you have to chop up the fruit peels. The tea is made of chopped fruit peels soaked in honey and dissolved in hot water, and it is quite sweet and tasty.”

“I see.”

It seems to be the same kind of tea that was served by Tirunoa before his study abroad. Cain places three cups on the table in front of Julien, then opens the bottle and pours the contents into the cups.

“Is this about right?”

“Put a little more in,” he said. “If you are too stingy, the tea will be too thin and bad.”

“About this much, then.”

When it is ready, Cain holds his hand out toward the cup. Cain groans, his brow furrowed.

“Nah, what are you doing? Cain.”

“I need to concentrate, so please shut up for a moment.”

“……”

Soon, a fist-sized sphere of water appeared above the three cups. When Cain gripped his outstretched hand, the ball of water also became slightly smaller. Soon, the ball of water began to emit steam.

“The inside of the ball of water is starting to blubber. Brother.”

“Uh-huh. Is the water boiling? This is…”

“Here we go!”

As Cain shouted to get into the mood, the ball of steamy water floating on top of the cup fell into the cup with a clatter.

It fell with such force that the water splashed and spilled all over the table.

“.. I know it’s convenient, but can’t you be a little more careful?”

“So this is magic, too. It’s amazing, Cain!”

Cain watched as he gripped and opened his own palms. Cain thought it was chaotic when Tirunoa made him a cup of tea, but when he tried it himself, he found that it was difficult to control.

The mouth of the cup was smaller than he had expected. He wiped the table top with a dish towel, stirred the cup with a spoon, and handed it to Julien and Gianluca. Finally, holding his own cup in his hand, he sat down on a chair and huffed and puffed to cool it down.

“This is a combined water and wind magic. It is not a systematic magic.”

“Water and wind? I thought it was fire magic because it turns water into hot water.”

“Water and fire don’t go well together,” he said. “It is very difficult to use them together and they are easy to fail.”

In this cursed land north of the royal capital, the temperature drops after dark and it becomes quite chilly. The warm fruit tea in your hand will make your heart relax and unwind.

Soon, the knight who was grilling the meat brought a plate with a heaping pile of grilled meat. Cain, Gianluca, and Julien ate the meat and drank the fruit tea together, and spent the rest of the evening talking about how comfortable it was to ride the flying dragon, their impressions of using magic, and the dance at the flower festival, until they fell asleep.