CH 131

" shall we go on with this?"

"What do you intend to do, Master Rid?"

I had come to the back of the deserted mansion where I had practiced the attribute magic before, and Sandra was with me.

She gave me a lecture on Wood and Earth magic in a room near the training center, and then we came here to do some experiments.

By the way, there is a hot spring that Cookie dug up a little further down the road from here.

Before I came here, I picked up something I had brought with me from the mansion.

Sandra looked at me with a curious expression on her face.

"......?　What is that garbage, Master Rid?"

"This is not garbage. It' s the fruit of a tree called the mukuroji fruit.'

I removed the peel of the mukuroji nut and took out the "black nut" from inside.

I showed the black berries to Sandra and asked her a question.

"For example, what do you think will happen if I give this black berry a magical power with the wood attribute magic?"

'After all, you were thinking of something rather non-conventional, weren't you?　But I can't say what would happen if you did. I can't say for sure. I have a feeling that nothing will happen. ...... Or rather, Master Rid, are you calling for someone who can use the attribute magic of the wood. ......?"

She still looks at me strangely at my words.

For the time being, I decided to try to put magic power into the nuts.

I wrapped the mukuroji fruit in my hands and tried to give it magic power, but nothing happened.

Sandra frowned at my inexplicable behavior.

".. master . Rid, what are you doing?　If you're going to put magic into it, you should at least bury it first, don't you think?　But I don't think it would make sense without wood attribute qualities, though. ......'

"Well, I'll try again after I fill it up.'

I was told by Sandra to dust off the earth and bury the mukuroji fruit.

I put some magic power into it a while ago, so I'll take a look at it a little bit, but there's no change.

No good.

I put it in the fruit and buried it, but no change. ......

'I am sorry to be rude, Rid -sama, but as I have already told you, I know it is useless for you to do this if you do not have the wood attribute qualities?""

Unusually for her, she seems to think that I don't have the wood attribute qualities.

I think Sandra would be able to guess that I have the wood attribute.

With this in mind, I put my hands on the ground where I had buried the seed and imagined the tree growing and becoming a large tree.

Then, I took a deep breath and mumbled,

".... tree-growing ."

At that moment, I could feel a connection between the seed and me.

At the same time, the seed took the magic power of the tree.

It was a great force, too.

Suddenly, I looked at the place where I had planted the seed and saw that the earth was rising and something was about to come out.

Sandra noticed something was wrong and backed away, shouting, "Lido-sama, what did you do⁉?'

I felt that there was still room for more magic power, so I muttered in my heart, "Go on, grow up!'

At that moment, a bud seemed to grow out of the earth, and with a roar, it grew bigger and bigger.

I noticed that a magnificent mukuroji tree had grown up in front of me.

But I could feel that the tree was still absorbing my magical power, so I shouted out with great vigor, "I'm going to do the ministry of .

"...... , take plenty of it."

"‼ what are you doing, Master Rid?"

The tree is already a mature tree, but it is growing even bigger as it absorbs more and more of my magic power.

It is just like a reproduction of a tree growing into a big tree that I saw in a famous cartoon in my previous life.

As I was thinking this, I felt a pain in my palm.

Is this dangerous?　I immediately stopped putting my hand on the ground.

As soon as I stopped putting my hand on the ground, the growth of the tree gradually slowed down and eventually stopped.

I felt like I had taken a considerable amount of magical power with me, but there was nothing wrong with my body.

I looked up at the huge mukuroji tree that had sprung up between my eyes and muttered to myself.

It has become a magnificent tree. ......

The tree must be at least 20 meters tall.　The surface of the tree is bumpy, reminding us of its age.

The trunk seems to be quite large in circumference, like a huge Yakusugi cedar tree.

Anyway, a huge tree was born in the grassland behind the mansion.

At that moment, something started falling down.

What was it?　I picked up the object that fell at my feet and found it to be the fruit of a mukuroji tree.

Not only had it grown, but it seemed to be able to produce fruit.

At this moment, my hypothesis was proven correct.

Magic is life energy, so giving it to plants would have a growth-promoting effect.

However, it takes away quite a bit of magic power, so we may have to be careful about using it in the future.

If I use this magic well, I can do many things.

As I was pondering this, I heard a woman yell out,

The voice belonged to Sandra.

'Did you have the attribute of a wood?⁉ No, more importantly⁉ What is this? You created that big tree with that trash "

Sandra seemed unusually upset, pointing at it and shouting in a bloodthirsty voice.

"Trees don't grow out of trash,......, it's just that the wood attribute magic 'tree growth' has 'promoted the growth of mukuroji fruit', okay?"

"..., it's far beyond the bounds of common sense⁉ And although I didn't think it was possible,......, I'm surprised and amazed that you really even have the attribute qualities of a wood,....... ......:

'Is it that rare?　What is the tree's attribute?"

"Well,......, let me explain that point,.......'

Sandra sighed in disgust and even put her hand on her forehead to tell me about her attribute qualities!

She told me that most of us are born with the same attributes and qualities that both parents have.

She told me that it is possible to be born with other attributes and qualities, but only a very small number of people are born with them.

Therefore, Sandra seemed to think that I had only "fire" and "water," which I had told her I could use.

However, I tilted my head at this talk.

To begin with, magic is not very widespread in this world.

In such a world, how the magical attributes and qualities are passed down from parent to child should be nearly unexplained.

If that is the case, then the confirmed denominator of what Sandra said must be very small.　

I asked Sandra to explain my question as it was.

She looked at me thoughtfully as I explained.

"You certainly have a point, Master Rid. I didn't directly research it myself. I have to say that you have a wonderful imagination. It's what I call 'eye-opening'."

Sandra looked at me with admiration as she finished.

I asked her the most important question that might be the key to my future activities.

"Sandra, do you know if there is a tool that a person can use to check their 'attribute qualities'?

"I haven't heard of ....... As a researcher, I would love to have one, but in general it would be useless, so I don't think it exists."

I naturally smiled when I heard Sandra's words.

I was told that the researchers she brought together were excellent researchers, regardless of their rank.

However, some aristocrats in the Imperial capital were very critical of her, and all the researchers, including Sandra, were obliged to resign from their jobs.

I had felt from the first time she told me about them that it was a shame to leave such excellent people behind.

"But what are you going to do with them?'

"Actually, ......."

I told Sandra what I had in mind for the future.

Of course, there is still a lot of work ahead of us.

Of course, there are still some issues to be addressed, but with the new "tree growth" I created today, we will be able to make a lot of progress.

Her eyes lit up as she heard my explanation.

, "You really are an 'unconventional prodigy,' aren't you, ...... rid-sama? I didn't think you'd thought of all that. Okay, I'll try to get in touch with them anyway".

"Yes, please do. But please don't call me an "unconventional prodigy. ......'

Sandra and I continued to discuss our future plans in front of the giant tree.

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By the way, the giant tree that I made grow suddenly appeared, so everyone in the mansion was very suspicious of it and made a big fuss about it.

Mel was impressed as she looked up and said, "Wow!

Cookie and Biscuit seemed to like it so much that they climbed up on top of the tree and relaxed happily.

Seeing this, Mel puffed up and looked adorably angry.

'Cookie is a big boy and I want him to take me up there with him.'

..".⁉ Meldie, you can't do that."

I laughed when Danae stopped Mel's comment.

Among them, I was especially struck by the fact that Garn's face turned pale.

"I can't believe that ...... such a huge tree grew behind the mansion in less than a day. ...... I'm sure Master Rainer will have his head in his hands when he gets back....... ..."

T"his huge tree looks like a tree that grows in the depths of the Demon Forest in Renalute. ......"

Garn and Capella were stunned and spat out the words, and I muttered in my mind, "You're overreacting just because there's a huge tree growing behind the mansion."

After that, many opinions were exchanged on what to do with the giant tree.

However, once it became known that the tree dropped "mukuroji nuts," which are a substitute for soap, it became a favorite of everyone in the mansion, especially Deanna and the maids, and was treated like a sacred tree.

However, Deanna later warned me about it.

"...... Rid-sama, we are very grateful for the 'mukuroji fruit,' but please be a little more cautious. ......"

'Everyone is overreacting at the mere mention of a giant tree. Maybe Father won't mind as much as you say?"

At this point, I thought Deanna let out a big, very big sigh in response to my reply, but I brushed it off and went on to think about my next plan.

As a result of a combination of factors, the development and research of tools to examine attribute qualities has not progressed in the world.

At that time, Sandra looked at my face and said in a frightened manner,

'Master Rid, you look bad, don't you?　I don't know what you are thinking, but it looks interesting and I will help you. In return, please let me use the tool to test your attribute qualities when you get it, okay?"

When she said "bad face," I huffed and shook my head lightly.

Then I smiled and spoke to Sandra.

Thank you, Sandra. Then I have a favor to ask you. When Sandra was the head of the research institute in the capital, can you invite some of the excellent people who worked with her to come to Bardia in the future?"

'You say that with a very pretty smile. But the people who worked together at the research institute in the imperial capital? I think it is possible to call them, although it depends on the conditions. They have all returned to their own territories from the imperial capital in tears. ......'

In the past, Sandra was selected as the head of the institute in the imperial capital.