Reincarnation into the Barrier Master

The next day, we were able to put up the wards to contain the flowers of friendship. Sadie's story was too difficult for me to understand, but thanks to May's kind explanation, I managed to complete it. All I had to do was to give her the effect that she could cast "clean" magic twenty times in a row when she left the ward. I still have some doubts about whether this would prevent the spread of the flowers, but since Sidhi is satisfied with this, I'll take it as a good thing.

May, Sidhi, and Serloitte started to study the flowers the next day.

They started by propagating the flowers in order to check their vitality. The process was very simple: just break off a branch of the flower and put it in a potted plant. I wondered if this would really work, but the Duke of Hartz says it does.

Needless to say, I cast a clean spell on the Duke and Duchess later. The flowers of friendship had been tightly wrapped in cloth when they were brought out of the Grand Duchy of Foal, and they were well prepared for breeding, but I enchanted them just for the time being. Sidi did not say anything.

Three days later, I checked and sure enough, the flowers had taken root in the potted plant. In a few days, he said, the flower would grow and bloom into a flower of friendship. And it came true.

I was speechless at the beauty of it all, but May, Sadie and Serloitte were speechless in a different way. For the experiment, they had added potted plants, and once they had taken cuttings, the potted plants that they had pulled out had also bloomed in friendship.

"I've heard about it, but to actually see it, it sends chills down my spine. ......"

Sidi said, hugging herself with both hands.

Incidentally, the room where the flowers were kept until they bloomed had been remodeled to make it more usable. Not that I did anything special to it. The room next to it was simply walled off to be used as a laboratory. The only other thing I had to do was to bring in the necessary experimental equipment, which took only a short time since I used my transitional warding.

However, this room was originally used by Roni as a rest room, and I felt a little bad that I had no place to rest. Since she was basically not allowed to bring her personal belongings into this room, her things themselves were few, but she still showed obvious depression when she heard that her room had suddenly been taken away from her.

However, Chi-wan arranged for her to be excused from her duty and assigned to the day shift. She was even more depressed when she was asked to help her husband, Daw Ki, who was always left to take care of all the household chores. She had no choice but to tell him to come to the house for dinner with her and her husband for a while, which finally put her in a better mood.

After realizing the danger of the flowers, the three of them immediately started their research. However, the day after they started their research, an unexpected person from the Grand Duchy of Foal arrived in Agartha. To my surprise, Grand Duke Taste himself came to Agartha. This surprised even me.

Even more astonishing was the fact that this Grand Duke himself rode his horse to the capital after arriving at the port of Garbee by ship. Normally, when such a king-class person visits the capital, he would take a day to arrive after taking a rest in Garbee, but this Grand Duke arrived at the capital in less than half a day, without revealing his identity, simply claiming to be an envoy of the Grand Duchy of Faual, and riding his horse to the capital in less than half a day. It is. Therefore, it took some time to confirm his identity.

The Duke of Hertz, the Grand Duke's brother, was instrumental in this identification. When he heard that the Grand Duke had arrived, he immediately declared that it was a false alarm. However, the Duke reluctantly got up from his seat at the soldier's entreaty, and was stunned to see the Grand Duke. Seeing him like this, the Grand Duke was said to be overjoyed with laughter, to the amazement of everyone around him.

Normally, the meeting would have taken several troublesome steps, but the Grand Duke refused such a formal meeting, saying that he was here on a personal visit. He wanted to see me as soon as possible, so he called May, Sadie, and Serloitte to the guest house, and even asked Rico to come from his residence in the Imperial Capital to meet me in the conference room of the guest house.

"I apologize for my abrupt dismissal. I am Grand Duke Foral Louise Taste of the Grand Duchy of Foral. It is an honor to meet you.

As soon as she saw me, the Grand Duke came up to me with his big thighs and shook my hand strongly. He was an old man who somehow had the same smell as the Great High King Reborn.

He greeted Mei politely and expressed his sincere joy at meeting the Great Sage Meilias. Then, upon seeing Sidi, he said a few words of surprise.

"King Agartha has such a princess! Have you already decided on your future?"

"What?　What do you mean?"

If possible, I would like to receive this princess for my son, Trifa, what do you think?

"No, you see, ......"

When I told the Grand Duke that Sidi was my wife, he rolled his eyes in amazement.

"You ...... have taken such a young girl as ...... your wife? King Agartha is not a man to be trifled with.

"No, she's a dwarf. ....... Dwarves are almost ageless in appearance. ......

I tried to explain, but the Grand Duke still looked incredulous. In fact, Sidi's age is not so different from the Grand Duke's. ....... Sidi, on the other hand, was still happy to see the Grand Duke, even though he was embarrassed by the teleprompter, and his face turned red with joy.

"I'm sorry I'm late."

Rico entered the room late. At that moment, the expression on the Grand Duke's face changed completely. His mouth was wide open and he looked at Rico in amazement. She was dressed a little more neatly than usual, but still, her beauty was enough to silence the talkative Grand Duke.

Thanks to Rico, the situation was calmed down. I motion for everyone to take their seats.

"No, I'm sorry for barging in unannounced. I believe my brother Hertz brought friendly flowers to your country the other day.

Yes. Meilius, Considine, and Mr. Serloitte are trying to find a way to stop the reproduction of these flowers. We have just started the experiment ......."

At that moment, the Grand Duke interrupts me by raising his hands. He nods repeatedly and opens his mouth.

"I've been asking you how to stop that flower from reproducing.

"What?　What do you mean, you've heard?"

"A messenger from Klimiana came to me and told me that if I burn it down with LV5 fire magic, the flower will disappear.

"LV5 fire magic, sir?"

Yes, there are probably only a few people in the world who can handle level 5, and they can be counted on one hand. I hear that Klimiana has a magician in her employ. And so she has come to trade with us in exchange for the flowers. But I do not trust that country. Perhaps their intention is to make us a vassal state. I will not let that happen. That's why I came to your country myself to ask for your cooperation.

After the Grand Duke had said all that, he stood up quickly and bent down at the waist.

"Please. If it is your country, I am sure you know of a sorcerer who can handle lvl. 5 fire magic. If so, could you ask him to make the flower disappear? I know that this is an unreasonable request and that it is impolite to make such a request while we are receiving food aid. But I want to protect the Grand Duchy of Foal. I want to save my people. And I want to give the ...... crimianas a good beating. Please ....... I'm willing to become your vassal state if you make the flower disappear.

No, please raise your hand. I'm not trying to make the Grand Duchy of Foal a vassal state. It would be sufficient if we could continue to deal with each other on an equal footing. I understand. I will consider it. First, I'm sure you're tired from your trip, so please rest here."

I looked at Serloitte and urged her to take the archduke with her.

After watching them leave, I took May and the others to the room where the flowers of friendship were kept. I chose one of the flowers and put a ward on it, and inside the ward, I activated my fire magic level 5.

The flower disappeared with the soil in an instant. But right after that, Sidi opened his mouth gravely.

"...... I have a feeling there are still some left. Let's wait for a while without deactivating the warding.

......It's not going to be that easy after all. I sigh loudly as I think about this.