Favored by the Family That Will Become the Strongest! - Chapter 62

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Inside the carriage returning to House Cardian sat Barcan, Malacar, and Diena together.
Sevar and Bianca had taken a separate carriage. It was at Diena’s request—she wanted to speak with Barcan.
Diena explained the situation briefly to Barcan: that she could strengthen the Side-Effect Suppressant from the Magic Tower with her Purification Ability, and that she planned to collaborate with Malacar to improve the suppressant further.
The moment her words ended, Malacar cried out, his face flushed with excitement.
“We’d only just begun development, and he went and announced it as if it were already complete! And used it on His Highness, no less! We weren’t even certain it would work!”
“I’ve never tested it before, but I was confident in its effects. Please don’t worry. We’ll succeed in mass production soon enough.”
“That’s obvious, isn’t it? With a genius like you helping, we’ll succeed.”
At his confident declaration, Diena gazed at Malacar with a troubled expression.
She understood, to some degree, why he had mistaken her for a genius. She had awakened to mana on her own and discovered how to improve the side-effect suppressant.
‘He was so amazed that I could use my Ability in that way. He said he’d never heard of it before.’
The method for creating the new side-effect suppressant involved using her Ability to alter the structure itself of the Magic Tower’s suppressant.
And that was a method Malacar had discovered in her past life.
In her previous life, Malacar had studied the structure of the suppressant Diena had improved and worked to recreate it, attempting mass production.
Of course, Diena had understood little of what he said. She had simply memorized the structure and method of creation as Malacar taught, given their constant need to flee.
‘So the genius isn’t me—it’s my teacher.’
Malacar was a genius mage of the Magic Tower, acknowledged by all.
“Diena, genius is a lonely thing. I have never met another person who thinks and acts the same way I do.”
From his perspective, Diena—who thought the same way he did, or perhaps even further ahead—was nothing short of remarkable.
“Why didn’t you think to use your Purification Ability even after knowing you were an Ability User?”
Diena offered no explanation to the astonished and delighted Malacar. There was simply nothing to explain.
Barcan lifted the corner of his mouth and spoke.
“You’ve caused quite an interesting situation. So the side-effect suppressant hasn’t been fully improved yet? The one you used on His Highness Ardin was something you made temporarily?”
“Yes, exactly. In short, the new Magic Tower suppressant is still incomplete. Without my Ability, it can’t be made yet.”
“A mage like Malacar quite skillfully told a lie.”
“It wasn’t a lie.”
Barcan spoke with a look of surprise.
“Come to think of it, you’re right. Malacar didn’t lie.”
It was true that the Magic Tower suppressant had been improved. It could actually be distributed, and distributing it in small quantities was also true.
The problem was that all of it was impossible without one person.
“So you’re confident you’ll succeed in the improvement as you said? Then you’ll be able to distribute it in large quantities.”
“Yes, I can succeed. It’s already nearly complete in my mind. Malacar will just need to handle the finishing touches.”
“Well, that’s not bad.”
Barcan’s tone in saying so was strikingly similar to Bianca’s.
Malacar, who could not possibly know him, trembled visibly.
“What do you mean ‘not bad’! This is perfect!”
“I think you’ve misunderstood my words. I meant it as praise.”
Then Barcan crossed his arms and spoke with ease.
“I never once thought the Magic Tower’s suppressant could rival the Temple’s.”
It was Malacar who wore a surprised expression at Barcan’s words.
“That’s what I’m saying. But I didn’t know you had such a positive temperament. I expected you to complain.”
“It’s a bit absurd, I admit, but the outcome is good, isn’t it? Besides, Bianca said something to me. Even in the worst situation, rather than despair, it’s better to think it’s not so bad.”
“So there was such depth to that manner of speaking…….”
But since it wasn’t entirely wrong, Malacar’s expression settled somewhat, and he turned his gaze to Diena.
“Still, Diena, you acted as you said you would, but it was reckless, truly. The side-effect suppressant isn’t perfectly complete yet. What were you thinking? Now that it’s just us, tell me.”
“Well, there was a reason for it.”
Balthasar’s atrocities did not end with driving Ardin to rampage at the banquet.
Afterward, he used his Ability on several high-ranking Ability Users, amplifying the Darkness within them.
‘And then he began controlling them using the Temple’s side-effect suppressant.’
As the condition of the high-ranking Ability Users suddenly worsened, each family became desperately dependent on the Temple’s suppressant. In consequence, the price skyrocketed.
‘The price rose to an absolutely outrageous level.’
Thanks to this, House Rothwell and the Temple amassed enormous wealth. But thanks to Diena stepping forward today, that scheme would certainly be impossible to execute.
‘I showed the other nobles that an alternative exists.’
The Temple’s suppressant would no longer be necessary. Even in the worst case, there would be the Magic Tower’s suppressant.
The nobles would come to think this way now. The situation had changed considerably from the past.
Diena briefly explained to them what was likely to happen.
“……I felt such a situation would arise, so I had to announce the suppressant at this banquet. I actually witnessed my uncle using his Ability at the venue.”
Malacar spoke with a look of astonishment.
“As you say, that’s exactly the sort of thing Duke Rothwell would do.”
Barcan also nodded with a look of understanding.
“I wondered why His Highness Ardin suddenly rampaged—it was his doing. He pulled the exact same trick he once tried on me.”
“Yes.”
Malacar’s expression grew serious.
“But you’ll necessarily have to use your Ability, and that worries me. I don’t know when I’ll complete the improvement, so until then you’ll have to keep making suppressants, and if you overuse your Ability, you’ll pay a price…….”
“I’ll only need to make a small number of suppressants, so the burden won’t be that heavy.”
Diena turned to look at Barcan as she spoke.
“Before, I asked if you would help me once if I ever needed it.”
Barcan recalled the contract with Diena.
“Yes.”
“Can I receive that help now?”

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