A Fortune-telling Princess - Chapter 352

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What on earth is this dragon? When I first saw it, it seemed so scholarly and impressive, but now?
“What’s with that look in your eyes?”
“I’m genuinely impressed that it’ll be completed in just one day.”
But I couldn’t possibly voice those true thoughts aloud, could I? Camilla, who valued her own life more than anyone, simply smiled sweetly.
‘Sigh, commanding a dragon is really exhausting.’
I exhaled a silent sigh internally.
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[How rare is this… how precious this is….]
“How precious is it?”
[Why explain when you can just taste it… Eek!]
A middle-aged woman—no, a middle-aged female ghost—who had been crouching on the ground muttering lamentations, suddenly widened her eyes at the unfamiliar voice.
“Is this herb good for the body?”
[You… can you see me?]
“Yes. What’s it good for?”
[Y-you really can see me?]
“Yes. But is this expensive?”
[….]
The middle-aged woman couldn’t close her gaping mouth. Camilla offered her the warmest smile she could muster.
‘Since I’ve come all the way to the mountain, I might as well meet and greet whoever I came to see.’
This was the ghost I’d glimpsed during my last visit to this place. I’d clearly heard the voice of that woman who kept lamenting over something she was examining.
[This is precious, truly….]
‘Precious?’
…That means money.
Wasn’t one of the reasons I accepted Armis Mountain as compensation precisely because of this ghost?
‘I had a hunch.’
That there was money to be made here.
[How fascinating.]
Able, the middle-aged female ghost, felt a strange nostalgia at having a conversation with someone for the first time in years.
“So, what is this herb used for?”
[You seem very interested in medicinal herbs?]
“Yes.”
More precisely, I’m very interested in medicinal herbs that make money.
[This one is called the Herb of Immortality. When humans consume it, their average lifespan increases by at least ten years. And that one is a panacea herb. If someone has a chronic illness they’ve suffered from for a long time, just brewing one root and drinking it will cure everything. And that plant….]
“….”
…What is she talking about? Immortality? A cure-all?
‘…Why does this smell so much like a scam?’
You know those con artists who gather elderly people and sell them fake medicine.
I regarded Able suspiciously as she continued pointing at various herbs and spouting absurd explanations.
[This herb makes your eyes so bright the moment you eat it that you can walk around at night without any light.]
“Y-yes….”
Camilla quietly retreated backward, then cast her gaze toward Arsian and King standing silently beside her. Come on, let’s go.
[Hey, hey! Where are you going? I have so much more to show you.]
“I think we’ve already seen everything.”
[What are you talking about? Do you have any idea how many mysterious medicinal herbs grow on Armis Mountain? It’s a pristine place untouched by people for ages.]
“Yes, there certainly are many wonderful plants here.”
[Of course there are. This place has been covered in ice for such a long time, and the herbs that grew even within that ice must possess such wondrous properties. Plus, this place is absolutely overflowing with mana.]
…That’s true. The fact that so much vegetation is visible even though the snow has only recently melted means these plants never lost their vitality even while frozen in ice, doesn’t it?
“So, are those plants really immortal herbs and cure-alls?”
[Yes!]
“And they brighten the eyes too?”
[Try eating one—you won’t regret it.]
Ah, that fishy smell wafting over again.
‘Well, I’ll find out if I test it.’
Camilla decided to humor Able and listen to more of what she had to say.
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[Dig that one up! And that one too!]
“Excuse me, couldn’t we stop here?”
Can’t you see my hands? They’re stained deep green with plant juice.
More than an hour had already passed since I started harvesting these unfamiliar plants at Able’s direction.
How could this mountain have so many medicinal herbs? Are these really all medicinal plants?
[What are you saying? Do you know how rare these are! See that? That flower! It only blooms for one week every hundred years.]
“I don’t care whether the flower blooms every hundred years or not—what does that have to do with me?”
[If you dry it and drink it as tea, you’ll become pregnant immediately. It’s the finest elixir for infertile couples. If it went to market, you’d easily get at least ten thousand gold for it.]
“I’ll dig it up right now.”
Camilla’s hands moved faster again.
[And that one over there….]
“We need to dig it up. I’m going right now!”
Camilla’s fingers grew increasingly stained with the deep green plant juice.
“….”
[…]
Arsian and King watched Camilla with a small sigh. They couldn’t understand why someone counted among the highest earners in the Empire always had her eyes light up like that whenever money was involved.
“Arsian, this one!”
“Got it.”
“King, tear that one up.”
[Chirp!]
But at Camilla’s immediate command, Arsian stored the medicinal herbs she’d already harvested in his spatial pocket, and King began pulling up plants alongside her.
[The herb growth rate here is incredibly fast. So whenever you need more, come back anytime. I’ll find them all for you.]
“Thank you.”
Having already filled her storage with medicinal herbs, Camilla nodded with a rather satisfied expression.
Her hands had turned as green as alien skin, but if these really produced the effects Able described, this much effort was nothing!
[Camilla.]
Able called my name softly.
She’d been watching my expression since earlier, and I immediately grasped why she was addressing me with such careful consideration.
“What’s the favor?”
[You’re quite perceptive, aren’t you?]
“I’ve always been like this.”
I grew up reading the room constantly from childhood.
[I was hoping you could give me a medicinal herb.]
“For whom?”
A faint smile played at the corners of Able’s lips.
[My son.]

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