CH 535.1

Dividing into groups.

“Ugh… I don’t want to see any more herbs for a while…”

Mariel-chan seemed to be paying the price for not getting a tutor before entering the academy, and she was pretty worn out from all the things she had to learn.

“… Miss Mariel. We’re just getting started, you know? After the written exam, it’s time for the collection exercise.”

Sei, looking at Mariel-chan walking unsteadily, smiled wryly and interjected.

“Ugh… but the jaggedness of the leaves and the different hues on the underside are all too tricky to recognize…”

“Certainly. I’m worried that I can’t remember them all as well…”

I know how you feel.

When I first started collecting, Kurogane and Mashiro had to stop me many times from picking weeds and poisonous plants.

But strangely enough, after collecting them so many times, I became able to tell them apart just by looking at them.

I thought maybe I acquired a Search skill.

I was delighted to remember the nostalgia when I went to pick wild vegetables and bamboo shoots with my Jiichan and Baachan in my past life.

It was just as my Jiichan used to say, “Your eyes will get used to it.”

…… So after lessons, all of the Sacred Beasts became teachers for Mariel-chan and Sei, and we reviewed the samples we had on hand and the actual samples I had collected before.

Thanks to that, all three of us passed the written exam with high scores. Ahem.