44 Episode 43: Visit to the House of the Duke of Magenta (Part I) (1/2)

Where shame rose in Mrs. Nerschel's pursuit and she was about to surrender completely, she coughed up and Uffi put out a helpship for me.

”Mother, that's enough to make fun of Master Anis”

”Oh, I didn't mean to tease you.”

”Don't worry, we're good friends.”

”Oh, well! If so, is Uffi more aggressive?

”... to the extent that we share a bedroom together”

”Hey!?”

They made me look like a help ship and knocked me down under the waterfall!? Mrs. Nerschel started shining her eyes!? Why is Yuffi even flat?!?

”There's nothing else to be upset about, isn't there?”

”Ya nasty thing...!

”Oh!”

”Uh-huh!?”

No, don't! My shame will shatter!! Mrs. Nerschel's raw warm gaze is hard! I'm going to die, I'm going to die of embarrassment like this......! I want to bury it already......! Actually, you're still mad about the all night habit, Yufi!? Okay, I won't do it anymore! Forgive me!

Did my desperate prayers arrive, Yufi and Mrs. Nerschel finally changed the subject for me. Ugh, my heart has been brushed down for nothing...

”So how did you get my old paper again? I heard you were looking into spiritual contracts.”

”That's... the material that was kept in the Ministry of Magic is so inclined to the content of theology, there are many parts that are not helpful in terms of records as facts...”

”Oh, I see. I know exactly how that feels.”

”Again, Mrs. Nerschel did the same thing?

What I could feel from Mrs. Nerschel's paper was the pursuit of the truth: magic. The respect, faith, and moral suggestion of beings such as God and the Spirit were to an extent accompanied.

I mean, it's not really about the side of faith in magic. It could even be described as heterogeneous in the papers kept in that Ministry of Magic.

”I don't have faith, I don't mean to scorn faith, but I thought we should be separated from the mystical pursuit of magic. That's what Princess Anisphere said. I thought it was necessary to state the facts alone.”

”As far as I'm concerned, I snort a lot, but haven't there been any changes in the policy of the Ministry of Magic since then?

”That's right. So at the time, some factions said it was an innovative thesis, and some were diagnosed with entering the Ministry of Magic. I said no.”

”Did you say no? Why?”

”If I go into the Ministry of Magic and be the flag bearer, I will create a force. I said no at the time when we were trying to work together to stabilize His Majesty's reign.”

Ahhh... is that also the time. The Ministry of Magic occupies an important place in the Kingdom of Palletia. He said that his father was struggling with his reign at the time, so did he ask him not to stand in the way of it? That makes me feel a little uncomfortable.

”So who married Lord Grants?

”Because I was the one who had that conversation at the time. I was just about to get married. At first, he had no romantic feelings, and when he was watching the beauty of his magical fitness, he couldn't decide on his fiancée either, so he put his hands together and made a fake engagement.”

”Has the disguised engagement really become?

”I'm comfortable with distance while I'm dating, and I'm staying that way.”

Lord Grants and Mrs. Nerschel, was that such a tame start? I can't believe the disguise is real. But it certainly didn't seem like Lord Grants had normally decided on a fiancée, and if I were convinced, I might be convinced.

I look like a good couple now, and I have a history of meeting people, and so on.

”So you were a root researcher.”

”Right. Ever since I got married, I've been busy as Duchess, and the person I could talk to was about my husband and His Majesty...”

”What!? Father too!?”

”Oh? Haven't you heard of it? Once upon a time, His Majesty Orphans was interested in landscaping and farming, and he studied it with a hobby? I really like growing flowers and crops, that one.”

”I had no idea...”

But I think it's a father's hobby.... If I could retire early, I wonder if you could build me a personal garden or something to study. I haven't had a hard time before. I think that's as good a use as it gets.

I wonder if that's why your father showed understanding in magic, too. I think from the bottom of my heart that my father was a good father. I think I'll walk over some more. He said he would regret not keeping the filial piety within his means.

”Neither did I think I could talk about that paper now”

”It was very curious.”

”What do you think of Princess Anisphere? on the relationship between primitive light and darkness and the four major attributes: fire, water, earth and wind”

”If you follow the myth, the first thing in the world was light and darkness. In other words, it is assumed that the world began with intangible beings and that four major attributes were later born. This is because of God's work.”

I don't deny this either. Well, I'm almost sure this world is a planet just like Earth. It's just knowledge from previous life's knowledge, though I keep it to 90% certainty because I haven't tested this world itself.

Then I guess there was the beginning of the planet, but I don't remember the details around here. I don't know if that was born with nature, or if God created the world as it is told in mythology. However, there are certain conclusions at this point in my mind.

”If we speak on the assumption that there is a God, then perhaps the primitive attribute of light and darkness is God himself”

”... don't you hate theology?

”I don't like it, but cutting it is inseparable. Regardless if it is just simple material light and darkness, light and darkness presumed to affect magical effects are too different in colour to be arranged as magical attributes together with the four major attributes. That's true of being intangible, but as far as I'm concerned, I want to focus on” being intangible but having influence over things that are shaped. ”

”... material light and darkness, is it? But there's no form in light or darkness, is there?

Yufi leans her neck wonderfully. Surprisingly, so is Lady Nerschel. Yeah, but if I think about it on the assumption that light and darkness in magic are intangible, it's weird when compared to my knowledge.

”Glow, you can't open your eyes if you're too strong”

”Yeah, right.”

”I mean, even if it doesn't have shape, it does exist at a time when it's affecting matter. But the magic light is different, and so is the darkness. It's not material, it just seems to work conceptually.”

”Well, it's interesting that light exists as a substance. But you can't touch the light, can you?

”No, I'm touching it. It's just not big enough for us to recognize it as a form.... right. Would you like a little sugar?

Take the sugar that was prepared with the tea and I scratch it as I drop a spoonful of sugar into the tea. The grains of sugar dissolve and become dispersed in the tea.

”Now the sugar is invisible, but indeed there are grains of sugar blended into this tea. Even if we become invisible grains like this, they exist as substances. In this respect, light is working on matter, but perhaps we should refer to the state in which this is not working as darkness. Well, when I get to know more about it, I can't do it...”

Is light a grain, a wave? Certainly quantum mechanics? I don't know the exact place with the knowledge I just remember with such a bare memory. Even if this world looks the same in the first place, it doesn't know if it's working under the same laws. So I can't say for sure, there is magic.

I was in the middle of talking about magical light and darkness in the first place. Yeah, let's get back to it.

”Light and darkness in magic, this is also linked by myths and legends as neighboring beings. I mean, it's the same, but I guess it's the opposite.”

”The opposite of working?

”If light is an acceleration, darkness slows down. If light is to be activated, darkness is sedation. But the power to work is the same. I think that's the difference between the power on the side that moves and the power on the side that stops it.”

”... Interesting! I do have a few things in mind.”

”The healing magic of light acts on the flesh because it is activating the flesh. It is believed that the magic of healing of darkness acts on the spirit because mental illness is often caused by the load on the spirit and helps to alleviate this...”

”Oh! I would have liked to hear that story sooner! Princess Anisphere!”

Mrs. Nerschel takes her seat vigorously, grabbing my hands and shaking them left and right. Oh, oh, something about Mrs. Nerschel's tension going up on the eel climb!?

A little bit and Mrs. Nerschel also settles her excitement, she laughs, hiding her mouth so that she can sit in her seat and delude herself, looking just a little embarrassed. Yufi was a little cute looking round her eyes at Mrs. Nerschel like that.

”Indeed, each of the magic of light and darkness is rarely used alone. Moreover, most people possess the fitness of light and darkness in alignment, and fewer possess only one fitness. It may have in addition to the aptitude of the four great spirits and subspecies, but maybe that just doesn't meet the standards laid down by man. I thought His Majesty Orphans was a good example.”

”Does Father only have light and darkness, one aptitude?

”Your Majesty only possesses the aptitude of light. Besides healing magic, I used it to grow plants.”

”Ha ha, I see”

To say that you don't have aptitude in magic is just to say that you can't handle magic that just transcends standards, which is not the case with cases where you can't use magic completely like I do.

My father seems to tell me he's only fit for light, but I don't think that's just because he's not good at it, he's not fit for darkness. Suitability is only a matter of standards set by people.

”I see. This is the discipline of magic...... 10 more years, no, 15 years I wanted to see you soon. Princess Anisphere.”

”We are delighted to hear your assessment”

”Hehe, if I was about the same age as Yuffi, I might have grabbed it from the side.”

”Yes?”

It's not a line to put your hand on your cheek like that and smile gently, Mrs. Nerschel!?

”I wonder if Princess Anisphere will come to adopt the Duke of Magenta's family once Yuffi has gone to the royal family to adopt him?

”No!? What are you talking about!?”

”Just kidding, kidding”

Really no? That was the voice that made me want to hear it. I mean, my eyes looked a little serious and I was scared. This family has too much eyesight...

”Mother, that's all you have to play with”

”Oh, jealousy? Yufi.”

”... jealousy, do you say? It's unpleasant for your mother to take the anise.”

”Unpleasant! Ugh, you're starting to say that too.”