CH 26

Chapter 26 – Fact: Magic Crystal is Magic Stone

TN: Stone in this chapter means something that is formed in the body like kidney stone.

AN: Greetings with Sawadi’s family ended up with his dad on dogeza because of the difference in status.

It has been about two weeks since I got engaged to the former military and now researcher Laura Slayra.

The two of us are getting along moderately well. We have been going on dates every three days.

She’s pretty touchy. Is this how the army shows their affection?

It looks like my heat is as old as my current body since I’m as nervous as someone of my age should be.

Well, this is my first ever marriage so I guess it can’t be helped.

And my fiancée, Laura-san, seems to have lost her magic organ in the war.

Without her magic organ, she can’t use magic.

It’s a big deal for a mage to not be able to use magic.

I guess because she was in the military that she was forced to retire but it’s simply super inconvenient.

When you go to the bathroom, you’ll need to use your hand to flush water.

You won’t be able to cast light to illuminate dark places.

Isn’t it very inconvenient to hit stones together to light a fire?

And you even have to use a pen if you want to write.

Impossible, too inconvenient.

If it were me, I'd die.

So I asked her, “Should I cure you?”.

However, her reply was something I didn’t expect, “Wait for a while”.

「I have a trick on my sleeve.」

She said while smiling wickedly.

Magic organ is the organ where animals gather magical elements.

Unlike the lungs, which take in air through the mouth, the organ directly takes in magical elements floating around and stores as much as it can.

As animals age to a certain degree, the organ transforms and crystallizes, forming a soft, stone-like substance inside.

This is the magic crystal, an energy resource that is no longer indispensable in today’s society.

「If you forcibly turn the outer shell of the magic crystal into a magic element, you will have no place to store it and that’s the end of a mage.」

「Enough with your lecture. I’m here to see if you can really cure magic organ so do it quickly.」

This uncle who’s rushing me to start has the status of “Reliable Informant” that Laura-san has called from the royal capital.

In other words, he’ll be responsible to tell those mages who lost their magic organ later.

He, too, was part of Laura-san’s evil schemes.

「Then, I’ll open her stomach.」

「Go ahead.」

I quickly cut open Laura-san’s stomach. She has been put to sleep earlier with the sleep magic I had just learned at school.

The blood flowing out of her abdomen was turned into a ball using water magic and had it float to ensure visibility.

Scraping through the rectus abdominis muscles and fat, and moving the l.a.r.g.e. i.n.t.e.s.t.i.n.e., the only thing that was left was the magic organ which was blackened and wilted wreckage.

「Confirmed, no magic organ.」

「I’ll start.」

I cast regeneration spell on her.

If other’s regeneration magic was a desk light, mine was a laser beam of a space battleship.

In an instant, flesh rises from the base and pink magic organ regenerates.

「Regeneration confirmed.」

「I’ll close it.」

When I let my hand off her stomach, there wasn’t even a wound. Of course, no scar too.

All that’s left is to pour the blood that flowed out to her elbow and wait for her to wake up.

「I can’t believe it but her magic organ was really healed. My appraisal magic shows that a small amount of magic power is already flowing inside Major Slayra.」

「That’s good.」

Us, two men, are sitting around a table, drinking tea made by Laura-san’s servant, Mion. We are waiting patiently for her to wake up.

It all started about two weeks ago, right after I and Laura-san got engaged.

She had a serious look on her face and spent hours explaining to me that magic organ regeneration was a special skill(a rare skill) that is far beyond anything that was not comparable to statusmagic.

She also told me about the difficulties that would be waiting for me in the future.

To be honest, I was quite scared.

I was optimistic thinking that it was only an extension of healing magic no matter what I regenerate.

To be honest, I had taken it for granted that I was able to regenerate magic organs and had not paid much attention to it.

Frightened by the sudden blue sky, she gave me three options to deal with it.

One, join the military and live as a magic organ regenerator.

Two, live normally while keeping my ability to regenerate magic organ a secret.

And the last one is to disclose my ability to regenerate magic organs to a limited number of people.

Honestly speaking, there’s only one path I could choose.

I’m not willing to join the army.

I couldn’t keep it a secret anymore.

A lot of people at school know that I can heal magic organs.

There’s no way others wouldn’t find it out.

Laura-san told me that there are many loopholes in my limited public access to veterans.

And we are making preparations for that.

The man in front of me is a member of the royal capital side who came to judge whether I really have that ability.

「You don’t need to look so worried. Leave the rest of the matter to the army headquarters in the royal capital and your fiancée.」

「Yeah」

「The loss of magic organ is now used by most people as an excuse to leave the army. Regardless of whether the regeneration itself can be reproduced as a technique, only you can do it now. The benefit of publicizing it is infinitely thin. 」

「However, won’t the army be happy to have more people who can fight if their magic organ can be cured?」

The uncle rubbed his forehead and sighed.

「Losing the magic organ is not that easy. Most of them can’t bear the pain of depleting magical power and can’t use magic for a long time.」

「Is that so?」

「Yes, most people die from the pain of losing magic organs. The only people that can survive are true soldiers like Major Slayra.」

「Whoah, that’s amazing.」

「Geez, you’re embarrassing me.」

I heard a voice coming from the bed.

Laura-san, who has light on her fingertip, was sitting on her bed.

「I never thought that my magic organ will be regenerated.」

As she said that, Laura-san moved the light on her fingertip in several directions, drawing a magic circle in the air.

From the magic circle, which glowed brightly for a moment, a yellowish cigarette fell out.

She snapped her fingers and the end of the cigarette lit up.

She sucked the cigarette heartily and exhaled the smoke toward the window. She used wind magic to push the smoke out of the window.

All of her moves are frighteningly efficient and super smooth.

Is this the power of an officer?

「Thank you, Sawadi-kun. I’m glad you’re my fiancé.」

As she says that, Laura-san opens her arms and winks at me as if asking for a hug.

No, look, this uncle is still here.

「You can do that sort of thing later.」

「You’re so tactless, Sir Qualis. Youth love takes precedence over everything.」

「Please spare this old man. However, let’s stick to our prior arrangement, shall we? The procedure will take place here, one at a time, in private, with a medal to prove it, for a fee of….」

「I will take care of it for the sake of the e.x.-s.e.r.v.i.c.e.m.e.n. I have more money I can use.」

Every time I heal one, Laura-san will give me 100 gold coins.

Her monthly pension seems to be just about that.

When we got engaged, she wasn’t kidding when she said she’ll feed me.

I wonder how many war merits this lady has achieved.

「Are you fine with that too?」

「I don’t mind.」

「Got it.」

The uncle made a last check with me and left quickly.

He is a military man after all and his behavior is always cool.

I looked at the bed.

My former soldier lady has her arms spread, has her eyes closed, and is sticking her lips out to me.

AN: As for the navy, they are opposed to regenerating magic organs.