Never Mind the Heir, I’ll Focus on Healing - Chapter 32

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The Successor Doesn’t Know, But I’d Like to Relax — Episode 32

‘So what about the rest of them? Who’s the real Hero among them in the first place?’

All that was known was that the Hero had led the war to victory—nothing about what he looked like, what race or gender he was, or how he lived afterward had ever leaked from books or rumors.

‘……For now, I’ll need to dig into that later.’

Why his grandfather had stashed the item in the Labyrinth, what had become of the main character by now—there were plenty of questions, but none of them mattered at this moment.
Lion looked around with a bewildered expression.
The second problem was this.

“How am I supposed to break through Illusion Magic?”

In the game, all you had to do was press “Yes” at the prompt that said you’d shatter the dungeon’s illusion—but now that it was reality, it was giving him quite the headache.

‘I can’t actually cast Illusion Magic like a real mage would.’

The high-purity Mana Circle he’d just received as a completion reward.
It meant Mana from the 1st Circle.

“Since Illusion Magic requires at least 4th Circle or higher to dispel, it’s impossible for me.”

He’d probably need magic on the level of Patrick to brute-force his way through this dungeon.

“Then I’ll have to solve it strategically.”

Lion wandered slowly across the grassy field, pondering.
There was no dungeon that couldn’t be broken—only dungeons that were harder to break.
Even at his level, there had to be a way.
So there ought to be some method lying around somewhere……

“Ah.”

Lion finally remembered.
The Sealing Shop!

‘Let me check the Sealing Shop first.’

It would be better to look through it and buy something rather than fumble around with nothing.
Lion opened the Sealing Shop at once.

[Your assets have exceeded 100,000 Shillings. The Sealing Shop is now officially open.]
[Your current rank is Bronze.]
[Welcome, valued customer.]
[Would you like to view our merchandise?]

The Sealing Shop greeted Lion with slightly warmer courtesy than before.

‘There’s a rank system too?’

It was surprisingly systematic.
If his rank went up later, hidden categories might open up too.
But wait, that’s not the priority right now.

“Show me the merchandise.”

[All items are now available for viewing.]

As he’d seen before, the items were organized neatly by category.

[Daily Necessities], [Food], [Maintenance]

And the one that had shown “Coming Soon” last time……

[Survival]

“……Survival?”

Maybe that’s exactly what he needed most right now.
Lion opened the Survival tab immediately.

“Hmm……”

Unlike the other tabs, the Survival section held only a handful of items.

[Emergency Escape Chair]
-3,650,000 Shillings
-Helps you escape in any situation, one use.
-We accept no liability for injuries sustained during escape. See terms below.

“……”

Never mind the price—injuries sustained during escape? What was that supposed to mean?
Lion clicked on the small-print terms, then immediately closed them again.
The text was so tiny it filled his entire field of vision.

‘This has to be a scam.’

He had plenty to complain about, but since he couldn’t afford it anyway, he decided to move on.
Next was……

“What’s this?”

[Old Key]

Wasn’t this the key that used to be in the Daily Necessities tab?
It must have been moved to the Survival tab now that the shop had fully opened.
Lion read through the key’s description.

-1,000,000 Shillings
-Can unlock anything. Physical objects, abstract concepts, even yourself. However, we accept no liability for side effects when used on living bodies.
-It’s too old, so the unlock success rate is reduced.
-Unlock success rate: 20%.
-Remaining uses: 1

“What kind of insanity is this?”

Why would anyone sell something for a million Shillings with a description like that?
Fancy wording aside, it basically said: “Use this and you might not like what happens to you.” Who in their right mind runs this shop?
Actually, maybe everything in the Survival tab came with the implicit warning: don’t use unless absolutely desperate.
These were last-resort tools—only to be grasped at when death itself was knocking on the door.

[Apply filter?]

This actually works?
The cash shop in In the World had never been this accommodating, but the Sealing Shop seemed to operate differently.

‘Wait. If that’s the case…….’

Lion recalled a shopping app he’d used in the past.
If the Sealing Shop followed that same structure…….
Then maybe a request like this would work too?

“Show me only items between 0 and 120,000 Shillings. If discounted prices apply, include those in the search results too. Sort by lowest price first.”

[Loading items up to 120,000 Shillings—including discounted prices—in ascending price order.]

The Sealing Shop before his eyes began to load, and shortly after, items started appearing in organized rows.

[Magical Seasoning A]
-Dispensed randomly as nostalgic powder.
-30,000 Shillings

[Magical Seasoning B]
-You can select and add your preferred nostalgic flavor.
-50,000 Shillings (MD Recommended!)

As expected, the Magical Seasoning series caught his eye first, followed by various other items arranged in ascending price order.

[Beast Feed]
-60,000 Shillings ☞ 59,000 Shillings (1,000 Shilling discount!)
-※Warning※ Absolutely not for human consumption
-Be careful not to overfeed your pet beasts.

[Underworld Repair Kit]
-90,000 Shillings
-Fixes anything in the Sealing Shop with a single “snap.”
-Do not open your eyes while repairs are in progress.

“These are all things I can’t use right now.”

As he scrolled past the miscellaneous items, the prices soon climbed past 100,000 Shillings.

“Hmm…….”

After considering his options, Lion added two items to his cart.

‘Let me choose between these for now.’

One was priced at 110,000 Shillings.

[Magic Detection Device]
-Can detect the magic of an 8th Circle Archmage as well as the dragon speech of extinct dragons!
-That is, provided you can hold this Magic Detection Device while doing so.
-Remaining uses: 3/3

With this, he could immediately detect the Illusion Magic and find a gap in it right now.
That would make an escape far easier.
But the problem was that his Shillings were running low.

‘Which means I’ll be stuck here until I scrape together enough Shillings.’

Lion looked around.
Fortunately, there was a lake nearby, and plenty of trees scattered about. The ground beneath him was an even meadow with soft grass, the sort of place where survival posed no immediate concern for some time to come.

“…Let me check the other items too.”

Lion examined the remaining goods on the list.
These were things he’d seen in a preview before.

[Well-Sharpened Scissors]
-990,000 Shillings ☞ 9,900 Shillings (99% off on first purchase!)
-Scissors that fit neatly in one hand. If it has ‘no soul,’ you can cut through anything visible.
-Cannot cut things larger than the scissors themselves. (logs, iron doors, boulders, Meteor Strike, etc.)

Oh?
Now that’s quite the sale.
The discount caught his eye immediately.
The name alone seemed unrelated to much, but there was something about it that made him feel he’d be missing out if he didn’t buy it.

“Wait, hold on.”

Lion concentrated on the description.

‘Meteor Strike?’

That was certainly a major spell wielded by grand-rank mages.
A top-tier fire-attribute magic that summoned meteors from the sky and brought them crashing down.
It was magic that couldn’t be cut, and couldn’t be stopped either—yet the fact that it appeared on the impossible list meant something.
Thinking it through backwards, if the scissors couldn’t cut it, then it could cut magic itself.

‘If only I could see it coming.’

Lion deliberated for a moment, then purchased the Well-Sharpened Scissors.
The Magic Detection Device had its appeal, certainly, but the scissors were something he could use right now.

‘Even if I used the detection device to break through the Illusion Magic, it’d be hard to overcome with my current strength.’

After all, he’d only just awakened a single Mana Circle.
Even with high-purity Mana, cutting through 4th Circle-level magic was beyond him.
But if he concentrated fully and narrowed his focus, he might be able to ‘perceive’ the crucial parts.
In that case, it was better to deal with the gimmick directly and use the item’s help to escape this place.

‘It’s definitely possible.’

Besides, it didn’t seem any more dangerous than the items in the [Survival] tab.

“Alright. I’ve decided. I’m going with this.”

[Item purchased!]
[Well-Sharpened Scissors permanently bound to you.]
[9,900 Shillings lost.]
[Current balance: 99,100 Shillings.]

The Shillings in his inventory vanished in an instant.
Watching money disappear left a chill in his chest.

“…It’s fine. I can earn more Shillings.”

And if he couldn’t escape now, the money wouldn’t matter anyway—nothing would.
With no one else to rely on, he had no choice but to solve this himself.
And when you thought about it in reverse, wasn’t this a golden opportunity?
He’d dropped straight into the reward map without having to traverse the Dungeon.
If he could just solve this, he might even pick up additional items in the process.

“Come to think of it, this might not be such a bad situation after all.”

A good thing was a good thing, plain and simple.
You might wonder what he was talking about in a situation like this, but honestly, he had confidence.
Lion might not have understood the Game Story down to the last detail, but he had a firm grasp of the Game System itself.
What’s more, while wandering around this area just now, he’d already spotted a pattern.
And that pattern was—

[Rare Pure White Flower]
-Only one appears per zone.
-Cannot grow alongside yellow flowers or purple grass.
-Popular as a landscaping feature.

It was those pure white flowers.
As he’d walked around earlier, he’d noticed that these flowers were planted in the Meadow in a very deliberate pattern.
And it wasn’t just the pure white flowers.

[Rare Yellow Flower]
-Only one appears per zone.
-Cannot grow alongside white flowers or purple grass.

[Uncommon Purple Grass]
-Only one appears per zone.
-Cannot grow alongside yellow flowers or white flowers.

Three distinct and peculiar plants in total.

‘And they said only one per zone, but—’

To find so many of them planted in such a relatively small Meadow meant one of two things had to be true.
Either they’d been planted artificially, or the zones in this place were subdivided.
If that was the case, wouldn’t it make sense to find the most unusual zone among these artificial divisions?
Whoosh.
As Lion searched the ground more carefully, there it was—just as he’d suspected.
A distinctive zone appeared.
In several specific locations, all three of these plants had been planted together.

‘One of these has to be the critical point.’

If he cut them down indiscriminately, he might end up trapped in the Illusion Magic forever.

“All right, then—”

Let’s find out for real.
Lion took a deep breath and closed his eyes.
To sense the Mana Circle within his body.
As he kept his eyes closed, after a long moment, his heartbeat filled his ears.
And as he followed that heartbeat and let his consciousness sink deeper into his body—

—-.

A faint circulation was felt near his heart.

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