Time Healer Ceres - Chapter 114

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“Who created this medicine?”
“Wouldn’t it be the lord? I’ve heard his skill is exceptional.”
“There isn’t much known about who made it. Apparently only the lord and a select few know the formula.”
“Hmm.”
The Temple staff examined the medicine on the table with renewed attention.
Where had such a medicine suddenly come from? They’d heard no rumors of anyone developing anything like it.
…….
Yet there was one among them whose reaction differed subtly from the rest.
Someone whose eyes betrayed confusion, unable to tear their gaze from the medicine.
It was Ersi, one of the Temple priests.
“Ersi?”
At the call of Harbi, one of the High Priests seated nearby, Ersi startled and quickly lifted his head.
“What are you thinking so intently about? Your expression troubles me.”
“Ah, it’s just… the medicine is rather curious to me.”
“Curious indeed. A medicine that can eliminate Demonic Energy without being Holy Water infused with Divine Power—remarkable.”
As High Priest Harbi continued the meeting with the others, Ersi’s gaze naturally drifted back toward the medicine.
‘How could that medicine possibly….’
Confusion swam in his restless eyes.
“High Priest Harbi.”
When the meeting ended some time later and people began to rise from their seats, Ersi called softly to Harbi.
“It seems you have something to say.”
“Yes. What I mentioned before…….”
…….
A long, quiet sigh escaped High Priest Harbi’s lips.
“Are you truly resolved to leave the Temple?”
Not long ago, Ersi had suddenly conveyed his intention—to remove his priestly robes and depart from the Temple.
Though Ersi lacked Divine Power, he was widely respected for his sincerity and compassion, and Harbi was currently attempting to dissuade him from this abrupt retirement.
“I ask again. Why do you wish to leave so suddenly?”
The last time he’d asked, Ersi had merely answered that he was unwell and wished to rest.
But Harbi sensed there was surely another reason beneath the surface.
“I find I’m far more exhausted than I realized. I wish to rest now.”
Hearing the same answer again, another long sigh leaked from Harbi’s lips.
“I understand for now. Let us give this further thought.”
“Yes, High Priest. I apologize for the burden I’ve caused you.”
Ersi bowed his head, hesitated briefly, then spoke carefully.
“If it’s no trouble, might I take that medicine and examine it?”
“The medicine?”
“Yes. I’m somewhat curious about it.”
“By all means.”
It was no difficult request, so Harbi himself took the medicine from the table and handed it to Ersi.
“Thank you.”
Taking the medicine, Ersi bowed respectfully, then turned slowly to leave.
‘How could that medicine possibly…….’
His eyes wavered again as he gazed at the medicine held in his palm, losing their anchor.
* * *
The place where he lingered was filled as always with countless mercenaries drowning their hunger and hangovers.
“Have you tried this medicine?”
“What is it?”
“Used it in the Black Forest subjugation last time. It worked wonders.”
“Is it for wound treatment?”
One mercenary drew out a vial of green liquid, and the others gathered around with interest.
“Far better than Holy Water! The wounds just healed right up!”
“This idiot’s exaggerating again. What comparison is that to Holy Water? Does this thing even eliminate Demonic Energy?”
“Yeah.”
“What?”
“I’m telling you it eliminates Demonic Energy too!”
The mercenaries’ eyes widened slightly.
“Hell, that’s gotta be expensive then.”
“No kidding. If it works better than Holy Water, it must cost a fortune. Holy Water’s already ridiculously expensive.”
“Where’d you get the money for that?”
“Ten gold.”
“What?”
“One bottle of medicine for ten gold. Do you know how much a single vial of Holy Water costs? A bottle that tiny goes for fifty gold or more.”
Ten gold wasn’t cheap compared to other remedies, but next to Holy Water it was practically nothing.
The problem was that Holy Water, expensive as it was, had to be carried as emergency stock at all times—a lifeline you couldn’t afford to do without.
“Where did you buy it?”
“Come on, we should head out and grab some before the other guy cleans them out.”
“Yeah, let’s go!”
The mercenaries at their tables began eating faster. Even in their haste, their resolve was clear: they’d finish every bite before they left.
Thunk.
“Huh?”
In that moment, something dropped in front of the mercenary who’d first pulled out the medicine.
A bowl of Stew, brimming with chunks of meat.
“I didn’t order anything extra.”
“On the house.”
Looking up, Seres stood there with a soft smile.
“What about us?”
“Why’s he the only one getting it? We don’t get any?”
“My choice.”
He was being a good advertisement, after all—that earned him a free bowl.
Seres watched with quiet approval as the mercenary, grinning at his unexpected windfall, scrambled to guard his food before the others could snatch it.
Ding.
The sound of a new customer entering echoed through the shop.
Seres turned her head idly, and her eyes widened slightly. An entirely unexpected figure was stepping slowly through the door.
“So this is your shop.”
A low, cold voice cut through the noise of the establishment.
It was Princess Nailia.
‘What’s she doing here?’
Seres watched her approach, her expression still clouded with confusion.
“May I sit?”
“Of course, please do.”
She gestured to an empty corner table, and Princess Nailia sat down, her gaze sweeping briefly across the space.
“The shop is rather…….”
“…….”
“old.”
‘Is she here to pick a fight?’
Yet her expression suggested genuine admiration for the worn character of the place.
“What brings you here?”
“I wanted to ask you for something.”
“Ask me?”
Seres studied the Princess silently for a moment, lost in thought.
“Since when do we have the kind of relationship where we ask favors of each other?”
No matter how she thought about it, that didn’t describe their connection at all.
“What if we started now?”
“I’d rather not.”
“That’s awkward for me. There’s really no one else I can ask about this.”
‘Bold for a first impression, this one.’
She hadn’t shown up to the Academy for several days, claiming to be busy, and now she suddenly wanted a favor.
“What exactly do you need?”
Seres decided to hear her out. She sat down across from the Princess.
“I’d like you to restore something.”
“Restore something?”
“The way you restored my letter before—I need you to restore an item to its original state. You still have that magical potion, don’t you?”
‘It’s just water though.’
“Hmm.”
She couldn’t exactly tell her the truth now.
Seres let out a quiet sigh.
Previously, Princess Nailia had asked where such a valuable thing came from.
She’d explained that she’d found it in a box left by Tom, the Mercenary King and ancestor of the Drew family, while organizing the mansion’s storage—and that she barely had any left. The Princess had looked quite disappointed at the time.
There’s more than just one or two things that have fallen into disrepair.
“What needs fixing, then?”
Chapter 32. The Tamer’s Relic
“What time is it now?”
“It’s just past one o’—”
“Never mind.”
Click.
“I have a watch of my own.”
……
Kainel’s aide, Del, barely suppressed an escaped laugh that threatened to bubble up.
He couldn’t say how many times he’d heard that question today.
‘Does he really enjoy it that much?’
The pocket watch with a white wolf engraved upon it.
A gift that Seres had given to Kainel just days ago before she departed.
The problem was that since then, every opportunity he got, he asked what time it was and pulled out the watch to check.
“You’ve heard, haven’t you? That watch originally cost two thousand gold.”
“Our house symbol is the white wolf, so she must have chosen it for that reason.”
“Yes. And we’ll have to pay the nineteen hundred gold ourselves, of course.”
“The color and design suit me quite well, I think.”
……
He’s not listening at all.
We’re supposed to pay nineteen hundred gold, but does calling it a gift even make sense?
“It’s one-thirty, then.”
“Yes. When you checked just before, it was one-twenty.”
Del silently burst into quiet laughter. It was the first time he’d seen Kainel like this, and he found it rather remarkable.
‘What is this?’
‘I found it lying around.’
‘…You’re giving it to me?’
‘Yeah. Keep it.’
He thought he would never forget the expression on Kainel’s face when Seres handed him that gift.
‘He looked just like a child receiving a surprise present.’
And since that day, each time he caught himself about to laugh at the way Kainel kept taking out the watch to check it whenever there was a chance, Del worked hard to suppress it.
……
But a moment later, the smiling aide Del quickly pulled something from his breast and made as if to throw it toward the window. What he held in his hand was a very small dagger.
“Stop.”
Kainel quietly restrained him and rose from his seat.
“Do you know them, sir?”
Del, stepping back one pace at that brief command as if nothing had happened, asked casually.

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