Chapter 202 The Magical Power Increase Plan
"Miss Cordelia, you're extremely strong at chess, aren't you?"
"Even Sir Christopher is unbelievable at 10 years old."
"I don't mind being called Chris. It's weird to call my older brother Adam, but use an honorific for his younger brother, right?"
Christopher smiled at Cordelia the female educator.
"Then I don't mind being called Chloe either. At this point, can't we stop calling me 'Lady' too? Miss Jane too/ I've been asking for a long time, please..."
"I think Lady Elizabeth will be really upset, so..."
Jane made a troubled face and refused Chloe's request.
'Chloe is a genuine lady from the Marquis family, after all...'
"Hmm, then can we drop the honorifics when it's just the two of us?"
"Understood, Chloe."
Jane also smiled slightly.
"Miss Rebecca! I want to be called Sara too. You don't use honorifics when calling Adam and the others, right?"
"Children who are childhood friends are different from students, you know?"
"But, soon enough, we'll be like family, won't we?"
"That's true, indeed."
Rebecca tilted her head slightly and then smiled.
"So, can I call you Sara too?"
"Of course, Mother!"
And so, the teachers decided to call the children by their names without honorifics, but it took Thomas a little time to get used to calling Sara by her name without hesitation.
And, Sara and Chloe, who were called by Thomas, would occasionally stumble over their words until they got used to it. The handsome guy's voice was too cool. Its destructive power was unmatched.
'I think it would be a huge hit if I recorded that voice and put it in a small box that makes sounds.'
Sara thought this ridiculous idea for just a moment, but she immediately dismissed it in her mind, knowing it would be a huge bother for Thomas.
"By the way, how's the decrease in magical power?"
"I'm moving around just as much as yesterday, but I don't feel like it's decreasing at all."
"I think the same."
Christopher placed his hand on the chessboard and said, "Checkmate."
"Yeah. Yesterday, I felt like my magical power was decreasing at this point, but now I feel like I'm using only a tiny bit of it and can't even tell."
'It's such a shame we can't measure magical power with numbers... I wish we had a magical power meter.'
"Do you think your magical power increased because of the magical exhaustion? But didn't you say you still haven't recovered?"
"Honestly, I think I only recovered about half of it this morning. I feel like I used a bit of it during chess, but it doesn't feel like it's decreased that much. How about you, Adam?"
"I feel the same way... but I didn't feel like the magical power I used on the chessboard was any less than yesterday. It just feels like it's not decreasing even when I use it."
At this point, Rebecca called out to Fey.
"Fey, do you think these kids' magical power has increased?"
"Yeah. It's definitely increased. It's not as dramatic as Sara's, but it's clearly more than yesterday. When magical power is exhausted during growth periods, the body tries to expand its capacity."
"Is there a limit to how much it can increase?"
"Of course, it exists. There are individual differences, but there's a limit to how much magical power you can store within yourself. But, people these days don't make an effort to increase their magical power, so everyone only has a little bit. Well, Revi's an exception since Revi was a child prodigy healer. Not just Rob and Arthur, but even the servants' kids were healed by you."
'Wow, Mother was healing people since she was a kid, huh?'
"Mother's like a saint, isn't she?"
"No way, Sara. Revi was doing crazy stuff like jumping off a tree with a mantle spread out, saying 'I'll heal you even if you break your bones!' And actually, Arthur did break his leg once."
"Hey, Mother! What are you doing?! I remember getting scolded when I said I could heal it myself!"
"But you can't let others make the same mistakes you did, right?"
"I've learned a harsh truth. I can't trust adults anymore."
The people around them were desperately holding back their laughter, but Sara was still fuming.
"Well, anyway, what I want to know is if their magical power increased?"
"It seems like their recovery speed is faster too. When you ran out of magical power and collapsed, you couldn't get up for about 2 days."
When Sara asked her question, Fey chuckled with amusement.
"Anyway, Sara, you're special, you know. Do you know where magical power accumulates?"
"No, I don't know. Can you learn it from a book or something?"
"I don't know, I don't read human books. Magical power circulates throughout the body with the blood."
"Huh, so people with a lot of magical power have a lot of blood?"
"No, that's not it. While magical power exists in the places where blood flows, it's only a tiny part of the magical power that humans can use."
"So, where exactly is it in our bodies?"
"To be precise, there's no organ that stores magical power within our bodies."
"Huh?"
"There's a magic hole near the heart. This magic hole is a connection point to a separate space opened by neutral magic, similar to storage magic. Beyond this hole, there's a space where magical power accumulates, taking in magical power from the blood and storing it, or adjusting the magical power flowing back into the blood."
"So, does the term 'magical power vessel' refer to that space?"
"That's right. However, if it doesn't grow significantly until our bodies stop growing, it won't grow much afterwards."
'But didn't the adults say this morning that even theirs magical power increased...?'
"Hey Fey, didn't the adults say that they who collapsed from magical power depletion suddenly had an increase in magical power? Is that just their imagination?"
"Probably, the concentration of magical power flowing with the blood increased."
"Concentration?"
"Yeah. Magical power can be thick or thin if not controlled. That's why it's difficult to circulate magical power at the same concentration without training, and it's extremely hard to stabilize magic activation. I think the body was shocked when magical power was depleted, and it hastily opened the magic hole to increase the concentration of magical power."
"I see. So that's how it is. But I still don't get why the recovery speed has increased..."
As Sara tilted her head, Amelia the Pharmacist Girl started saying, "Maybe it's because of my stuff..."
"What do you mean?"
"The herb tea I delivered to Grandchester is made from herbs grown by the fairies in Secret Garden. The ones prepared for the hunting tournament's tea party and the merchant guild's products are grown in other fields, but Grandchester's is special..."
"Ah, I see."
Fey nodded in agreement with Amelia the Pharmacist Girl's explanation. Then continued.
"Plants grown by fairies have a high concentration of magical power. They're like clumps of magical energy that exist in nature. So, if you make tea from those herbs, it's like directly absorbing magical power into your body."
"Wait, does that mean the plants Pochi grew and the liquor Mike aged also...?"
"That's something you should ask them directly, but I think it's probably okay. Since Sara used her magical power to make them, I don't think Sara'd infuse them with excessive magical power."
Sara thought for a moment after listening to Fey's explanation.
"So, if I drink the herb tea made from the herbs in Secret Garden and repeat the process of depleting and replenishing my magical power, my magical power will increase significantly, right?"
"Not exactly. Your magical power will increase if you deplete it, but the herb tea just increases the amount of magical power recovered."
"Does that mean that even adults can increase their magical power concentration if they deplete it?"
"It's not that much of an increase, maybe only twice as much."
"That's still a significant increase."
"But this herb tea must not be leaked outside under any circumstances."
"Ms. Amelia, please be extremely cautious and make sure it doesn't get mixed into the products."
"Understood."
'I wonder, it seems like we can create a lot of dangerous things...'
"Wait a minute, Sara. I want to increase my magical power!"
Chloe said, and the other kids looked at her with similar eyes.
'That's right. One would think so if they heard this.'
"Can you absolutely promise not to leak it outside? This is a secret of the Grandchester family."
Everyone nodded. But in reality, the teachers were also listening, so it wasn't much of a family secret.
"Scott and Blaze, they already have magic, so they don't need magic tools, right?"
"If we can efficiently drain their magic, then having tools would be nice, but..."
Then Alicia the Alchemist Girl floated a mischievous smile.
"Then, wouldn't it be better to forcibly extract their magic?"
"What do you mean, Ms. Alicia?"
"If we improve the magic array to extract magic from magic stones and liquefy it, we can get a large amount of magic liquid... or rather, efficiently drain their magic and prevent magic exhaustion, don't you think?"
Sara felt like she caught a glimpse of Alicia the Alchemist Girl's true intentions.
"Ms. Amelia, we could use the magic liquid to create a magic recovery potion that's more effective than herb tea, right?"
"That sounds interesting!"
'Ah, no way, Ms. Amelia is also into this now.'
"But it's no good... when magic exhaustion happens, we can only do it in front of people who can keep secrets, but do you guys have someone who can do it? The user is no good. There's no guarantee of trust."
"That's tough..."
'That's right, isn't it?'
"Then, I'll draw a magic array that can be done by one person."
Alicia said in a bright voice.
"Is that possible?"
"I'll create a magical tool that can be activated by gripping it before people sleep. I'll set it to automatically stop absorbing magical power when they lose consciousness, so they'll just need a little time. Even if they don't completely run out of magic, I can make it so that they don't. As for the magical liquid, I'll just place another magical tool a short distance away to counter it. If it's set with a container, we don't have to worry about it spilling. They'll drink some herbal tea before bed, get into bed, and then grip the magical tool tightly to fall into a deep sleep."
She was smiling very brightly, but this was the face of a completely out-of-control alchemist (mad scientist).
"Hmm... But make sure it's safe first. And I'll get my parents' permission, too. If I don't make it clear that I'm doing this on my own, I'll get scolded by them later."
"""""Okay."""""
Here, Sara remembered what Fey had said earlier.
"By the way, Fey, why is my magical power increase so special?"
"Sara originally had magical power equivalent to about 3 times that of the king of this country, but now it's around ten times that. You completely destroyed your magic vessel once and rebuilt it. Normally, it would grow gradually, but You also has a magical core connected to the outside, which allows you to convert magical elements from nature into magical power, Sara. Such a being has only existed in the form of dragons until now!"
Even from the perspective of the fairies, Sara was an extraordinary being.
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