Young Master, Please Put Some Pants On! - Chapter 65

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Chapter 65

“Why? Did you think he’d be an elderly grandfather since he’s a professor?”

“Yes. I was a bit surprised because he’s much younger and more handsome than I expected.”

“…Do you perhaps have a preference for intellectual men? Calm men with a neat style?”

Mellis widened her eyes in confusion at Arsian’s sudden question and denied it.

“A preference? It’s not like that, I’m speaking objectively! I just thought he’d be a scholar who had lived for countless years. I didn’t know there would be someone like the Professor among beastmen.”

After all, the book’s title itself was about coexistence between humans and beastmen. Moreover, the book continuously mentioned content about improving the treatment of half-bloods.

“Actually, that’s not an easy thing to do. I’ve never thought about having to coexist with beastmen either. I didn’t feel any particular need for it.”

Of course, even when living in the Tarin Kingdom, she had rarely encountered beastmen. However, Mellis considered beastmen a race that had nothing to do with her, and she had never thought deeply about them either.

The reason she had wandered for a while after coming to the Ducal Residence was the same. But when she actually lived with them, they weren’t much different from humans.

“It might be natural for the Professor. Viscount Hopnilman, that is, the Professor’s father, remarried a human woman.”

“Ah…”

“It was something that caused quite a stir in high society at the time. The Viscount was the first among the Empire’s nobility to marry a human.”

While there were occasional cases of nobles taking other races as mistresses, that was always a tacit matter. Moreover, twenty years ago, wasn’t it a time when emotions toward each other were much more intense than now? Naturally, it was a story that would cause high society to buzz.

“There was strong opposition from those around him, but the Viscount pushed through forcefully. That’s probably why they still have such a good relationship even now.”

Mellis thought that Professor Hopnilman must have grown up in a harmonious family, unlike herself. Moreover, she felt respect for him as he didn’t stop there but worked for a better world.

Before long, Professor Hopnilman returned carrying a large velvet box.

When he opened the lid of the box, three smooth stones inside revealed themselves.

“Mellis, would you place your hand on these? You can place it starting from the left in order.”

Mellis placed her hand on the leftmost stone as he instructed, but no change occurred. However, he calmly instructed her to continue.

“Wow…”

When she placed her hand on the stone in the center, the stone changed to a faint purple color. It was the moment she placed her hand on the stone at the very end.

“Ah!”

Startled by the burning heat, Mellis quickly pulled her hand away. Despite her pulling her hand away, the stone was still glowing a deep red color. Arsian, equally startled, asked worriedly.

“Mellis, are you alright?”

“Yes. I was just a bit startled…”

The heat remained in her palm as if she had really suffered a burn.

Even at her reaction, Hopnilman continued his recording with an indifferent attitude.

“As expected, it’s similar to the results I anticipated. Your Grace, would you place your hand on the first stone?”

When Arsian carefully placed his hand on it, the first stone changed to a deep yellow color. It was a distinctly different reaction from when Mellis had placed her hand on it.

“This is a magic stone with properties that react to healing power. As you can see, it emits a yellow light when touched by someone with healing power.”

“Ah.”

Mellis let out a small sigh. The fact that the first magic stone showed no reaction to her meant that no healing power was detected.

“And this is a magic stone that reacts to magical power. The purple tint from earlier is probably due to the medicine Mellis takes long-term. That magical power would be accumulated in her body.”

“I see.”

“You said the medicine effect was suddenly neutralized only the first time?”

“Yes. It was when Arsian healed me.”

Hopnilman, who had been continuing his notes as if something had been sorted out, closed his notebook with a snap.

“To be more specific, I’ll need to investigate further, but let me start with the conclusion: Mellis hasn’t manifested healing power.”

“I thought as much…”

Even though it was roughly the result she had expected, Mellis felt an inexplicable bitterness. It seemed she had unknowingly been hoping for a different outcome.

“Because you’ve possessed healing power from the beginning. It would be impossible for it to manifest again at this point.”

“What?”

At this unbelievable story, Mellis doubted her own ears. She had possessed healing power from the beginning? This was the first time she’d ever heard such a thing. Arsian seemed equally surprised, his eyes widening considerably.

“However, that power has simply been blocked for some reason. It could be an external issue, but it’s more likely a psychological problem.”

“…”

“You said you read my book, didn’t you? Then do you perhaps remember the part about healing power and magical power amplifying each other?”

“Yes. It was written that it’s an extremely rare occurrence.”

“The reason that case is rare isn’t simply due to probability. To be precise, it’s because each power must be strong enough to overcome the standard where the two forces cancel each other out and instead amplify one another. In other words, very strong healing power and magical power meet to create an explosive synergy. That’s why just now…”

He pointed to the third stone that had been in front of me as he spoke. The stone still emitted a faint red light.

“The third magic stone showed that kind of reaction. This is a magic stone created by synthesizing the previous two stones, and it reacts to both magical power and healing power. The difference from the previous ones is that it only reacts to very strong properties.”

“That means…”

“Yes. It seems that thanks to taking that drug long-term, Mellis’s blocked healing power was momentarily opened. And with tremendous potency at that.”

The moment she heard that story, a chill ran down Mellis’s spine. Not only had her healing power been blocked, but it was at a level comparable to Vivian’s magical power?

Mellis looked down at her own hands with a bewildered expression. She had spent years trying to awaken her healing power, yet even possessing such strength, she hadn’t noticed it—this felt heartbreakingly tragic.

If she hadn’t followed Garulus to the duchy, wouldn’t she have lived her entire life without knowing anything?

‘But since when?’

If it was blocked now, that would mean she could freely use it in the past, but no matter how much she searched her memories, no such scenes came to mind.

Reading her expression, the Professor answered calmly.

“It seems you can’t remember at all. Then it’s highly likely connected to whatever caused your power to be blocked. Originally, healing power is closely tied to emotions. It’s a kind of defense mechanism.”

“Isn’t there a way to completely open the ability?”

The person who asked that question wasn’t Mellis, but Arsian. He participated in this meeting with an attitude as serious as Mellis’s.

“There are no known methods as of now. To begin with, cases where special abilities are blocked to this extent are extremely rare. The fact that you used your ability again even once is close to miraculous.”

“I see.”

“…However.”

Just as Mellis was nodding her head in bitterness, Hopnilman, who had been pondering something, cautiously spoke up.

“We might be able to try something.”

“Try something?”

“Yes. This just occurred to me, but my younger sibling conducted similar research before. Perhaps we could supplement that content and apply it to Mellis. However, it’s an equally unstable experiment, so caution is necessary.”

“I’ll do it!”

When she answered eagerly as if she’d been waiting for this, Arsian stopped her with a flustered expression.

“Mellis, wouldn’t it be better to think about it a bit more? If the Professor is saying that, it must mean it’s quite dangerous.”

“That’s right. It’s not urgent, so please think it over carefully before telling me.”

“But…”

At the two men’s dissuasion, Mellis trailed off. Until just a few years ago, it wouldn’t have been an exaggeration to say she had poured everything she had into healing power. Now that she had given up everything, an opportunity to grasp it had finally come—how could she hesitate?

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