The Abandoned White Magician’s Tea Life - Chapter 42 : Amalia's Research
Translator: Sunnyshies
Editor: Ryuubii
Chapter 42 : Amalia’s Research
The next morning, Leonardo prepared for his journey and left Polk.
His main job is a mercenary. This house is where he takes a break from his work, so in order to earn money, he has to actively go to the guild and take requests.
“Yugo told me that Murum has a holy attribute. So maybe if you drink it, you could recover your strength little by little.”
Amalia explained while handing him a water bottle filled with tea along with today’s lunch.
The attributes of the plants are often unclear, but Yugo was able to tell her the attributes and the approximate effects of the materials they had at home. However, Yugo seemed unsure, saying, “I won’t know the effects until I actually fight a demon.”, so it would take some trial and error.
The strong scent of murum is probably because of its holy attribute, so it should have the same effect as white magic. Since murum alone is a bit strong, she used the refreshing moreh to ease the taste. By the way, Yugo said that moreh has a wind attribute, so if you happen to fight with a demon that’s good with wind magic, you should be able to have an advantage.
After receiving his lunch and water bottle, Leonardo thanked her and put them in his bag, then suddenly smiled and scratched his cheek.
“…I thought about it the other day, but I feel a little embarrassed about this kind of thing.”
“This kind of thing?”
“The way you prepare my lunch and drinks and see me off at the door… in the past, I was the one who saw you off on your journey, so it’s kind of refreshing and gratifying to have you see me off… but I also feel kind of embarrassed.”
“…”
That may or may not be the case―
‘It’s like a wife seeing her husband off…?’
Such a selfish imagination, she felt very uncomfortable, and Amalia pressed her hands onto her burning cheeks.
But― almost at the same time, Leonardo also turned his face away and covered his mouth with his hand. His ears, visible through his hair, were bright red. He seemed to be embarrassed too, even though he said it himself.
For a while, they were both embarrassed as they stood in the doorway, but they couldn’t just stand there forever.
After seeing Leonardo off and exchanging “I’m off”, and “See you later”, Amalia closed the front door and squatted there with a big sigh.
…the other day, although she already realized her feelings for Leonardo, it feels like she became even more stupid.
Amalia is very conscious of Leonardo as a member of the opposite gender, while Leonardo’s feelings for her are of respect and admiration.
When they stood side by side, she felt the difference in their heights, and her face noticeably heated up when she saw his adam’s apple peeking through his jacket. And she was so ashamed that she was so immersed in her maiden’s thoughts that she couldn’t help but fall in love when she saw the back view of him holding Yugo up and going to the bath together.
‘Ugh… I’m Yugo’s mother, so I shouldn’t be so overwhelmed by my unrequited love for Leonardo!’
She slapped her cheek with her hand and stood up. Her cheek hurt, but her head was sober.
After the three of them ate breakfast, Yugo said, “I smell prey”, and went out into the forest. It was in a dragon’s nature, and there was nothing they could do to stop him from going hunting.
However, Yugop never goes far from home for Amalia’s safety, and Amalia had promised Leonardo that she will keep the house locked while Yugo is out hunting, and will never open the door unless it was an acquaintance.
Everyone in Polk already heard that she had been attacked in Leonardo and Yugo’s absence before, so she was grateful that they were paying attention to her. Next time, she would like to serve tea to those who are always concerned about her.
She finished cleaning and doing the laundry in the morning, and she prepared lunch earlier in the day.
While the potatoes needed to be peeled and soaked in cold water, Amalia placed the notebook and pen she had purchased at the general store the other day on the kitchen table.
‘All right, let the research begin!’
She re-tighten the hair that was tied up for housework and got fired up.
Yugo said that plants also have attributes. He could tell most of the attributes, as if it was an instinct of the advanced demon race, but he could not tell the effect it would have when making tea.
This is because there seems to be a difference between different types of the same “fire attribute”. The effects could be different, like one that “increases the power of fire magic” when consumed as tea, another that “builds resistance to fire magic” like Maghram, and another that “increases body temperature and makes you more resistant to cold”.
‘So maybe the Murum and Moreh I used in Leonardo’s tea this morning will have a different effect from what I expected…’
She looked at the leftover pieces of murum and the half cut moreh from this morning, now lined up on the table.
By the way, Yugo also said, “There should be no rejection when different attributes are ingested at the same time”. It is true that ten years ago, Amalia did not know the attributes of plants or her own power, and was just brewing delicious tea and serving it to her friends to help strengthen their physical capabilities. At that time, no side effects occurred, or different attributes collided to become a fatal drug.
‘When blending, I don’t have to take into account the compatibility of the attributes. So the priority should be on the taste.’
Even with herbs and fruits, there are things that don’t go together. In extreme cases, a tea made by pouring all kinds of ingredients into a pot to make it resistant to all attributes would probably be incredibly bad. If that were the case, it is doubtful that it would have any magical effect.
That’s why Amalia decided to do some research on tea attributes in her spare time. She didn’t want to waste any of the ingredients, so she made only a very small amount of each. Amalia was responsible for drinking all of the tea she made. If it turns out to be good, she will give it to Yugo, but she swears she will not throw it away just because it failed.
In the notebook, she writes down the names of herbs and fruits, and like a maghram, she notes the attributes and effects that are known with certainty so far.
There is a possibility that the blends may create new effects or conversely, lose their effects. This research is going to be very fulfilling.