CH 331

Words : 875 Updated : Oct 5th, 2025

There Was A Change in the Herb Garden “Wuff?” “Oh, Leo.” “Mama!” “Good Leo?” As I was listening to Ms. Claire’s explanation on combining magic, Leo, who had been sitting and waiting at a distance, suddenly approached us and barked as if to ask if we were done. Was she bored? “There, there… Are we done for the day then, Ms. Claire?” “Indeed. Let’s end it here then. I suppose good Leo had gotten tired of waiting. Besides, you already succeeded in combining magic, so there is not much that I can teach you.” “Wuff-wuff.” I listened to Ms. Claire while petting Leo. She chuckled and said I had learned everything. So that was the end of this magic lesson. As for Liza, she was petting Leo while looking jealously at Sherry, who rode on top of Leo’s head. Did she want to ride on Leo’s head too? I’m sure that Leo wouldn’t mind…if she could fit on top. “Wuff-wuff. Wuff?” “Huh? What is it, Leo?” “Is there something wrong?” Leo suddenly started pawing at my clothes as if she were trying to get my attention. It seemed like she wanted to tell me something. What could it be? Even Ms. Claire looked puzzled. “Wuff, wuff!” “Ah…that…” “Hmm?” Leo had then pointed her nose at the herb garden I had made this morning. I had left them there to see how they would grow. And so Ms. Claire and I looked towards the garden. Liza looked like she was confused. As she had not been watching when we picked them, she did not understand. However, as Leo, Ms. Claire and I had seen it and knew when they stopped growing, we noticed that something was strange. “Wuff?” “Hmm. What does this mean?” “In any case, I shall go and call Sebastian.” “Ah, sorry. Thank you.” Leo was looking at me and tilting her head questioningly. Well, it was not as if I could answer her. Ms. Claire was also curious about it now, and she had rushed off to fetch Sebastian. In that direction, I saw that Mr. Ekenhart was holding his sword and Tilura was putting her hands on the blade… What were they doing…? I wasn’t sure that Ms. Claire should take Sebastian from them now. In any case, the place where I had used Weed Cultivation to grow the herbs. There was a spot that was in the sunlight and a spot in the shade. They contained the same types of herbs as well. Even now, that had not changed. After all, only five or six hours had passed. And yet, what happened to them was… “I am back, Mr. Takumi.” “Lady Claire asked me to come… What is it?” “Sebastian… And Mr. Ekenhart too?” “Mmm. I heard that something had happened with your herbs, so I came to look.” “I had fun training with father!” While Ms. Claire had just gone to call Sebastian, Mr. Ekenhart and Tilura had come as well. Uh, I was glad that they had fun… In any case, about the herbs… As they were more far away, they had not noticed the change that came over the herbs. “Uhh… Mr. Ekenhart and Sebastian… Look over there.” “This… What happened?” “What is…” And so I took them over to where the herbs were growing. Both of them looked stunned. As for Tilura, she and Liza were now riding on Leo’s back. They were not that interested in herbs, it seemed. But Leo was interested because it was related to my ability, and so her head was always pointed towards the herbs. As for the herb garden, the herbs had become much larger compared to how they were in the morning, and around them, there were numerous new sprouts growing. Had the grown herbs spread their seeds everywhere? No, surely it could not have happened that fast. Did it happen through separation of the roots? But that couldn’t happen by itself. Such things did not happen in nature… In the first place, the sprouts were too small, and barely sticking out of the soil. “Uhh, Sebastian… What is the meaning of this?” When in doubt, ask Sebastian! Well, I didn’t think that Sebastian knew everything, but with his vast breadth of knowledge, surely he could set up a hypothesis…I hope. “Hmm…indeed… Could it be, because they are herbs made with Weed Cultivation?” “Weed Cultivation…” “In the first place, I have never heard of herbs increasing at such a rapid rate. And so Weed Cultivation is the only explanation. Herbs that are made with it must have special properties.” “So what you’re saying, Sebastian. Is that these herbs are not normal?” “Well…they are not fully grown yet. So we don’t know how different they are from other herbs.” So even Sebastian did not know. We would have to gather and study them before anything could be said. However, it seemed clear that the reason for the sudden growth and multiplying was Weed Cultivation. Plants did not grow like this in a matter of hours, so that was the only explanation.

CH 331

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