Chapter 99 Cultivation
After that, my mother locked me in the house and forced me to recuperate for three days.
This decision was not only agreed upon by my father and brother, but even Hikari sided with them and forced me to lie down on the bed.
"There's no need to push yourself so hard, why do you have to hurt yourself like this?"
Grey, who had come to visit under the pretext of a visit, sat on the edge of the bed, happily eating a handful of myrtle fruits she had brought.
Casually crossing her legs, in the private space where no one else was around, Gray showed absolutely no trace of the noble arrogance rumored to belong to a little princess. Instead, she seemed more like a girl who grew up in the countryside, casually and wildly scolding me: "Can you imagine how it felt when we noticed the storm in the distance was gradually stopping and ran over to check, only to suddenly see you covered in blood, standing there alone? Hmm? You even couldn't stop vomiting blood. Was it from overusing magic, or from mobilizing a large number of magic stones at the same time, causing a magic overload?"
"Senior, although I've heard similar rumors, I always thought they were exaggerated and false reports. But you're really risking your life, aren't you?"
I... I could only turn my face away and pretend I was admiring the street view from the nearby window.
My little house on the third floor is still as clean and tidy as I remember. A slightly damp air blows in from the half-open window, and there are still traces of water on the streets. However, the effects of the previous disaster have largely subsided. Although there are quite a few buildings that were destroyed or collapsed, they have been repaired in the past few days, allowing the city to basically return to its original appearance.
Aside from the bandages on the busy people, they looked almost exactly the same as before, bustling and noisy, filled with a gentle atmosphere that belonged only to peaceful daily life.
"Senior, are you really not concerned? You even get distracted when someone is talking to you!"
Grey's complaints brought me back to my senses, but all I could do was sigh.
She's right about everything, but... never mind, excuses made up at a time like this are hard to believe.
“I just didn’t notice.”
This was the only answer I could give in the end, while trying to make my tone as flat as possible.
Half of it was caused by not dodging the splashing water guns, and the other half by consuming most of the magic stones in a short period of time... In any case, maintaining full concentration in the battle against the core spirit was a tiring and exhausting task. After all, it was a condensation of water, and the slightest deviation would cause it to break free from the open door, reclaim its previous power, and render all previous efforts futile.
At that point, capturing it again will be more than just a simple matter of magic overload.
The injuries are minor, which is already a very good result, and it's not like there's no recovery.
This isn't a very big problem... right?
However, the moment the words left her lips, her beautiful eyebrows once again became crooked and twisted.
“…I understand, senior. It seems you really haven’t considered yourself. I must warn Hugh to stop copying you in everything, otherwise, if my research group ever needs someone, I’ll have to find a friend I know who is also a good fit to fill the gap.”
Her long, fiery hair swayed from side to side as Gray sighed repeatedly, "Senior, why don't you worry a little more about yourself? Hmm? Shouldn't there be a safer solution? I've had people inquire these past few days, and there's more than one magic array buried in Mermaid Harbor. And even if the city is really destroyed, it doesn't matter. It was built on soft ground anyway. Our Wan Jin Merchant Guild can fund the reconstruction, and even..."
I quickly interrupted her increasingly rambling rambling: "So you came here just to tell me this?"
I didn't get nothing out of that previous incident.
For example, the core spirit, and the remaining majority of the magical water—I've scattered them at the bottom of the water surrounding the miniature garden, awaiting confirmation. If they can be successfully tamed, not only will the progress in reinforcing the miniature garden's structure be greatly advanced, but its defense system will also see new developments, instead of relying solely on human effort to stabilize its defenses.
But I can't just tell anyone about this, otherwise I'll definitely get another round of reprimands.
"Oh, that's not it."
She tossed another peeled guava seed into her mouth and chewed it. Then, Gray pulled out the metal sphere with its complex mechanical structure that she had seen before from the pocket of her plaid coat. Today, she was wearing a well-behaved fitted tutu dress, a plaid coat with a ribbon tied around her waist, a cute lace hat, and pink leather boots with long stockings trimmed with lace. Just by looking at her, she looked like an innocent young lady from a wealthy family.
"I'm here to show you this."
"What's this?"
I reached out and took it with a puzzled look. I held it up to the sunlight and looked at it for a long time, trying to understand it more deeply, but I still couldn't figure it out.
Grey didn't answer the question directly. Instead, she tapped her cheek for a moment before carefully choosing her words: "Simply put, this is an early warning device that detects rapid fluctuations in environmental magic within a certain range. It's similar to a disaster alarm system. It's a little gadget that I came up with while doing experiments."
"However, I'm not sure if it's accurate enough in judging the magic power of an archmage, and besides, it's just a prototype right now."
"I remember you said before that this was how you could detect approaching storms and high tides in advance?"
Grey nodded happily: "You remember it very clearly, senior?"
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