The Abandoned White Magician’s Tea Life - Chapter 44 : The Effects of the Tea
Translator: Sunnyshies
Editor: Ryuubii
Chapter 44 : The Effects of the Tea
After drinking the bad tea and getting scolded by Yugo for getting sick, Amalia was gradually making more entries in her notebook.
‘I see. So if you put together Purine, which has a flame attribute that warms the body, and Gwam, which has an ice attribute that cools the body, the effects cancel each other out?’
Hmmm… groaning, Amalia wrote down the results of her research in her notebook.
With the help of Yugo, who could handle magic of all attributes, Amalia was gradually discovering the effects of homemade tea. By doing so, they found out that there seemed to be no simple laws, such as those that “increase the effect by multiplying”, ones that “cancel each other’s effect,” and others that “create a new effect”.
Moreover, the effect of the tea varies slightly depending on the amount of mixture, whether the fruit is grated, or soaked and steamed, and whether it was peeled or not.
She started the research with a simple thought that she could figure it out after comparing a few drinks, but maybe she will be too old by the time she could find out everything.
‘But I found a lot of things that I could use in my daily life, so it was worth a try.’
As she was thinking about this while throwing away the fruit peels, seeds and other garbage, there was a knock at the door. Yugo went to the doorway first and confirmed, “Eva was there with her father”, so she unlocked the door and greeted them
“Hello. How can I help you?”
“Sorry to barge in on you like this, Amalia! It seems that my dad got sick while he was tending to the garden. Can you please take a look at him?”
Eva was always cheerful, but she seemed unusually impatient to explain her father’s symptoms. The innkeeper, who came by borrowing his daughter’s shoulder, was sweating and his other arm was shaking.
‘While he was tending to the garden trees… I don’t think he’s suffering from heatstroke, so maybe he had touched some poisonous vegetation.’
She asked Yugo, who loves to help, to bring her a towel soaked in cold water, and Amalia sat her patient down on a chair in the entrance hall. As long as he was not in a serious condition, she made it a rule to use white magic at the entrance.
With Eva supporting her father’s back, Amalia poured her magic into his entire body to find the problematic area first.
‘…this is quite extensive― the worst part is the left arm, left leg and face.’
The patient hasn’t said a word since he arrived here― he can’t speak, so he left all the explaining to Eva. His face is sweaty, and he seems to be struggling to breathe.
‘I can feel the toxins in his body. I knew it, he must have touched a poisonous plant with his left hand while working outside, and then he touched his feet and face with that hand…’
Yugo brought a towel to her. It seemed that he had used magic secretly, as the towel was moderately cool. She handed it to Eva to wipe the sweat off his body, and Amalia proceeded with the treatment.
She doesn’t think there are any viciously poisonous plants growing around the Polk, so it’s probably some kind of plant that will give you a rash or other symptoms if you come in contact with its juice.
First of all, the white magic will attack and purify the toxins in the body and also relieve the pain and numbness in the muscles.
When the toxins near his throat were destroyed, the patient rolled his eyes and took a deep breath.
“Oh, oh, my mouth is moving!”
“Oh, Dad, you can talk now!”
“Ah, I was so numb earlier that I couldn’t even speak― sorry, Amalia-san.”
“I’m glad you’re recovering.”
While keeping an eye on her patient, Amalia purified all the remaining toxins and also treated the small cut on his left arm that seemed to be an entrance for the toxins.
“The treatment has now been completed. However, since this is apparently a symptom of a toxin-bearing plant or tree, please check the area around the garden tree you tended to today. There are probably some herols hiding in there.”
The herol is a low-growing tree that looks unassuming and inconspicuous, but it is a plant that causes severe itching when exposed to its sap. The fruit is tasty in its own right, but the slightest impact causes its branches to break off and release a thick juice.
A small amount may only cause itching, but if it gets on the throat or face, as it did in this case, it can cause serious conditions such as difficulty in breathing, swelling of the eyelids, and inability to open the eyes.
Therefore, unless you really like Herol, it is better to pull them out by the roots when you find them.
The patient also manages account books, so he is very good at calculations as well as reading and writing. Therefore, she asked him to write today’s diagnosis in text rather than illustrations in the medical record, and will later ask Bruno for payment.
“Oh, yes. I’ve been into tea research lately, and if you have time, why don’t we have a cup of my new creation?”
Amalia offered, and since the inn currently seemed to be in the hands of another employee, both the innkeeper and Eva gladly accepted.
‘Last time, I found a blend that might help with plant-based poisons.’
After letting them into the living room, she asked Yugo to clean up the towels, and Amalia went to the kitchen in a good mood, then started to read her homemade notebook.
There are five basic attributes of black magic, including fire, ice, thunder, wind, and earth. Adding the light and darkness in special attributes, for a total of seven, and a total of eight types after including the holy attribute of white magic.
There is also a type of support magic called ash magic. But according to Yugo, ash magic is also classified as one of the five basic types of black magic in terms of attributes. Amalia doesn’t have the characteristic of support magic, so she can’t really use it.
Among them, the effects of the earth attribute include those related to plant growth. There are few magic spells that attack directly with the earth attribute, however, they can instead encourage the growth of plants that grow roots in the earth, wither them, and turn rocks into sand.
Fifi, Yugo’s favorite because of its luscious sweetness, had earth properties. The tea, made by cutting the fifi in a comb shape and steeping it, was found to have the effect of strengthening the magical effects of the earth attribute and making the drinker of the tea resistant to it.
‘If you got a rash from Herol’s juice, Fifi’s tea should be perfect to restore your strength afterwards.’
The other ingredient she chose was ravi. This herb was originally said to have a restorative effect on physical strength, but according to Yugo’s observation, it also seemed to have a holy attribute, and if Amalia made it into a tea, it would restore physical strength, albeit slightly.
The smell is more subdued than Murum, which is supposed to have the same restorative effect, so it won’t fight with Fifi’s refreshing sweetness.
She put the fifi and the hand shredded ravi in the pot and poured hot water over it. While it was steaming, she turned the hourglass upside down and brought out some honeyed moreh that would make a good tea snack. The combination of sweet honey and sour moreh dessert is sure to take away the fatigue of parents and children who work hard every day.
She then poured the finished Fifi and Ravi’s fruit tea into cups and put the jar of honeyed moreh on a tray, then headed for the living room.
On the way, she bumped into Yugo, who seemed to have just cleaned up the towels, but he seemed to notice the sweet treats on the tray, and with a twinkle in his eye, he offered to help her.
“Huh, what kind of tea is this?”
“This is fifi and ravi’s fruit tea. It has an anti-fatigue effect, so please try it!”
“Eh, that’s a pretty color.”
The innkeeper, who didn’t seem to know much about tea, asked curiously, while Eva peered into the cup and looked at the light green tea, which made a slight ripple, with amusement.
The sweetness of fifi is added to the clean taste of the herbal tea. Fifi fruit has a lot of water and is not very thick, so even when steeped together, the whole tea is light and easy to drink, even for men.
Eva, who usually had tea with Amalia, said, “It’s light, but delicious!” But her father sipped the tea a little awkwardly. After taking a sip, he was silent for a few seconds, and then his stern face relaxed, “…it’s good”, Amalia then breathed a sigh of relief.
“It really does seem to help my body feel more relaxed. As Eva said, Amalia’s tea really does have an amazing effect.”
“Yes, yes! Let’s see… the purine fruit tea? The next day after I drank it, my skin felt really good. Everyone is saying that maybe Amalia’s white magic is also in the tea.”
“Fufu… I can’t put white magic into tea, but I’m glad you said that.”
Laughing elegantly, Amalia quickly wrote on the notepad in her head, “Purine… has a skin beautifying effect”. Purine’s flame attribute has a warming effect on the body, so perhaps it improved the blood circulation of women who are prone to the cold, and as a result, her skin glow improved.
‘…I wonder if I could be a little more beautiful if I started drinking purine tea.’
As Amalia sipped her tea in a daze, Yugo, who was sitting next to her, looked at her as if he was trying to figure something out.
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Author’s note :
Botanical Dictionary (9)
Herol (ヘロル- /Heroru/) – A plant that looks like a reinforced version of poison oak. The sap is itchy when touched. The fruit is edible.