Translator: P411

Editor: Lilia

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Chapter 161- A Powerful Ally

“Is this transforming…?!”

I put my hands under the feather to prevent it from falling.

It was emitting a light so dazzling that it was hard to tell what was happening with the naked eye. 

Wow, what’s gonna happen?

My precious feather…!

I waited for the light to subside, my heart racing. 

Then, the light slowly descended onto my palm. And it was absorbed into my palm.

“Hot…”

“Mac…?!”

The moment the light entered my body, the area of my chest where I always wore the feather amulet felt hot. When I pressed the area with my palm, it felt the same as usual, so I was puzzled.

Vidello-san was looking at me with concern, but I didn’t know what was going on either.

The feather, which I thought was absorbed into me after emitting light, was now hanging over my robe again. I could feel it in the palm of my hand. 

When the heat subsided and I gently moved my hand away, there was, as usual, the bluetail amulet. 

Huh? When I checked the status, the percentage indicator of the amulet had disappeared. And something else was strange… I’m sure I didn’t have such high stats before. 

Until now, it was this high only with the corrected stat of the amulet.

When I removed the amulet and took a look at it, the place where the gem used to be was hollow.

“What, what’s going on…?”

As I tilted my head in confusion, Regalo-san spoke.

“Mac-kun, take a look at where you felt the heat.”

After saying that, he went to the back to give me some privacy.

I quickly stripped off my robe, removed my breastplate, and pulled my innerwear up my torso.

“On your chest, there’s a wing…”

Vidello-san muttered and gently reached out to me.

I couldn’t see it from my angle because of my innerwear.

I then pulled my innerwear up further and finally took a look at my chest, and sure enough, there was a cute wing-like tattoo on the left side of my chest, just above the heart. 

“What’s this? I didn’t have this before.” 

“Right. Is it hurting you?”

“Actually, I feel better than before. But what’s this, exactly?”

“Then, I’m glad. But it looks great on you, Mac. How should I say it? It’s cute, or…”

His fingers reached out to me and my body trembled a little, feeling his gentle touch. This sensation was similar to that of my optional scar…

I felt like this sensation was making me feel strangely excited in a place like this, so I hurriedly lowered my innerwear.

I thought Vidello-san looked a little disappointed, but it might just have been my imagination…

I put my robe and breastplate back on and checked my status again.

Until now, my stats had been summarized together with the added stat of the amulet, but most of my original stats were quite low, except for my intelligence and dexterity, which were outstanding.¹

But thanks to the feather, these increased stats had now been calculated as my original stats. Well, my defense, dexterity, and luck value had all increased by 100!

Amazinnngggg!

Ah, wait a second, my luck stat was higher than my magic stat and the others. Am I truly becoming lucky and dexterous?

“How did this happen…?”

I was staring into the air and muttering alone, so Vidello-san looked at my face.

“There’re wrinkles between your eyebrows. Your frowning look is cute too, but what’s wrong?”

He quickly brushed his fingers across my eyebrows and my expression returned to normal.

How should I explain that my stats jumped up too much? But that doesn’t mean I didn’t want an increase in my other stats like magic and attack. But then again, Vidello-san thought that defense, dexterity, and luck were essential to me, so he probably added it. 

“Somehow, I feel like some of your luck has become a part of me, too.”

I’m a very lucky man right now. When I said this, he wore a gentle smile and our foreheads touched each other. Handsomeness up close is the best! I love you!

“If it’s for Mac, I just want to give you all of my LUCK.” 

“I also want Vidello-san to be happy, so it’s a no. Sharing is enough.”

The moment I pouted, Vidello-san pecked my lips. As our foreheads parted, the door at the back opened and Regalo-san came back.

“Mac-kun, this is a hard sell, but would you take a look at this?”

“A hard sell?”

I couldn’t help but laugh at the way Regalo-san said it, and he quickly held out his hand. 

In the palm of his hand was a small gemstone of a mysterious shade somewhere between deep green and emerald green.

This shade was just like…

“It’s like the color of Vidello-san’s eyes. It’s beautiful.”

I warmly welcomed this hard sell. When I instantly replied that I would buy it, Regalo-san took the amulet from my chest with a smile.

And before my eyes, he filled the empty space with this gemstone. Then, he put the feather back on my chest.

“It’s a gemstone with a bit of magic in it. It’s quite expensive. The price is to make one of the potions you’ve been working on recently. If possible, could you please give me one of them? Of course, I won’t sell it.”

The potions I had been working on? Did he mean the anti-curse potions? I could only make a low-ranking, inferior version of it right now.

When I glanced at Vidello-san, he thought for a moment and then looked at Regalo-san.

“Regalo-san, the potion that Mac is trying to make these days is the kind of potion that would absolutely get banned if the Church knew about it. It’s something that Mac plans to distribute first from the royal palace and then to the market once he’s happy with the potion quality. That’s why, if Mac gives it to you, you absolutely cannot reveal it anywhere. Do you understand? Even if someone wants this information, we can’t sell it. I trust you, but I have to make it clear that this information can’t be spread anywhere.”

Regalo-san nodded understandingly and responded, “Of course,” to Vidello-san’s serious expression.

“I have already heard from Mac that he was going to make an anti-curse potion, and recently, with Mac’s help, I have cut off ties with the Church. It would be foolish to give information to the enemy. I swear I’ll never reveal this to anyone else. I just want to be a part of this grand wave of reform. I would be very happy if I could be a part of it.”

Wow, nothing would be more powerful than if Regalo-san became involved. After all, he seemed to be able to see through anything.

I need to make this potion as soon as possible! As I opened my inventory, I encountered a problem.

“I have no holy water left.”

When he heard that, Regalo-san took out one of the empty bottles with beautiful engravings from behind the counter.

Then he murmured:

“O Holy Spirit of water, who rules over the origin of life, bestow your beautiful, clear, melody here. [ Water ].”

This was the level 1 water magic spell that I learned.

With Regalo-san’s incantation, crystal clear water welled up from an empty bottle. 

Regalo-san held out the bottle containing the glittering water to me.

Ah, yes. I understand now. If I pray to this, this will become holy water.

What a minute, how did he know that I had learned [ Prayer ]? I felt like he could even see through my status column.

I took the bottle, held my hands like Nicole-san taught me, and started chanting [ Prayer ].

I had never made holy water before, so I was a little worried about whether I would succeed or not, but it seemed my worry was completely unfounded.

The moment I started chanting the prayer, I was completely devoted to it.

I continued chanting for a while. I had already lost my sense of time.

I was in my own world and chanted the prayer with all my heart. What came to my mind was Vidello-san’s smile. It wasn’t filled with loneliness, but instead a very happy one, and the best one at that, which would make my heart full with tears of joy.²

Please grant me the strength to protect this love of mine, which desires the happiness of only one person.

After I came to my senses and unclasped my hands, the water in front of me was shining in a rainbow of colors.³

“…Ah, it was a success?”

I suddenly felt a wave of exhaustion hit me. When I checked my status, my MP and stamina had been depleted to the brink.

“Yes, it was a success. As expected, a prayer made with all your heart is indeed different. It even touched my heart.”

“…Thank goodness.”

When I appraised it, it had indeed become holy water.

I immediately restored my stamina and MP and used them to create a dispel potion.

“Eh? The rank became C. Last time I made it, it was D.”

Regalo-san chuckled seeing me tilting my head in confusion.

“It’s understandable. It’s because the quality of the prayer was different this time. It’s painfully clear how you felt while praying.”

“Eh, uh, that’s…”

It meant my feelings were overflowing. That’s also embarrassing to know.

When I glanced at Vidello-san, he had both his elbows on the table, and his face was buried in his palms.

“Vidello-san…? “

“I’m so touched… really.”

I was dazzled by the words he murmured without looking up.

He was so moved by my prayer! I felt so happy and at the time embarrassed! What am I gonna do with this person?! Soooooo cute!

I’m glad I learned the prayer!

I took a deep breath to calm myself down from my overloaded state and presented the finished dispel potion to Regalo-san.

“It’s still in the prototype stage. But the effect is guaranteed. Even so, this can only remove corruption. I want to try a few more things and create a potion that can break curses.”

“Fufufu, are you planning a full-scale war with the Church? Interesting. Then, let me tell you something good since we’re cooperating.”

Holding up the dispel potion in his hand, Regalo-san looked at me through the bottle.

“The more you increase your proficiency in water magic, the more refined and strong water magic you can unleash. For example, a specialist in water magic will be able to defeat a demon with a single blow of water magic, right?  But the quality of the water is the same as the beginner water magic I just used. The strength may vary, but it’s all the same [ Water Imbued with Magic Power ].”

His words took a minute for my brain to understand, but I eventually got his point.⁴

The quality of the water in water magic was all the same. Even if I didn’t raise my water magic level, all the water I produced could be transformed into holy water, irrelevant of level. I see… So even if I raised my level, all I would learn would be a strong water magic skill, and the quality of the water had nothing to do with that strength.

I see. Was this what ‘enlightenment’ was?

“I’m going to learn water magic.”

“If it’s beginner level, then, I think even Crash-kun can teach you. Why don’t you try asking him next time?”

“Yes, I’ll ask him!”

Wow, it looked like things were progressing smoothly! I wondered if this was thanks to the amulet I got from Vidello-san!

While my thoughts were processing, I was grinning looking at the new gem on my feather amulet. The previous one was nice, but this one really had the same color as Vidello-san’s eyes, making me want to treasure it more.