Time Healer Ceres

I had expected this to happen to some extent.

Ever since rabbit Airien created a safe zone and saved those people, she knew word would eventually get around.

I never planned on hiding it anyway.

There was no way to keep the Tamer Relic’s power hidden forever. Many people would take an interest in that power and try to uncover its secrets.

She decided it would be better to reveal a certain amount of her abilities before that happened.

“Yes. It’s the power of the Tamer Relic I formed a contract with.”

“As expected...”

“Wait, wait! A Tamer Relic?”

“Child, are you saying you formed a contract with a Tamer Relic?”

Unlike Emperor Devrica, who nodded as though he had seen this coming, the two heads of the families immediately began firing questions.

Their damaged information network still failed them every now and then, leaving them blindsided by things like this. To think they were only finding out about it now!

“When? Don’t tell me you’re the owner of the Tamer Relic that was discovered this time?”

“Damn it! Why are you only finding out about this now?”

“You didn’t know either.”

“I don’t pay attention to anything happening in the capital! But you do! You should’ve known sooner!”

“Alright, alright. I admit it’s my fault.”

After going back and forth, the two heads turned their attention back to Ceres and examined her once more.

“You were in the S-Class Black Forest.”

“Ha...”

It seemed the thought of leaving a child alone in a dangerous place weighed on them. Their eyes were filled with sorrow.

“Thanks to the Tamer Relic, I wasn’t hurt at all.”

Ceres reassured them with a faint smile. She found it strange once again. They had only just met, after all... Her encounters with Duke Nora and Duchess Elkein had been nothing more than brief meetings.

How strange.

They weren’t people she had any particular bond with. Their concern and overwhelming affection should’ve felt uncomfortable, perhaps even burdensome.

Yet strangely, she felt no such thing.

With the two of them sitting on either side of her, holding her hands tightly while comforting her, Ceres felt like she was slowly sinking into warm water. She was completely bewildered by this unfamiliar sensation.

“I heard that the person who appears to be that rabbit’s owner defeated the monsters in an instant.”

“.....”

Emperor Devrica’s voice reached her ears again.

“Could that person possibly be...”

“Yes. That’s me.”

At her calm response, not only Emperor Devrica, who had already suspected as much, but also Duke Nora and Duchess Elkein were left speechless.

The two of them had been worrying over how someone with delicate hands could’ve been trapped inside the S-Class. Now, they could only stare at her in shock.

“I can use a sword.”

There were already a few people who had witnessed not only Airien’s abilities but also her own swordsmanship. She had expected rumors to spread eventually. She just hadn’t thought they would reach the Emperor so quickly.

“So, you...”

“Yes.”

“You can wield a sword...”

“I know how to swing one a little.”

“.....”

A little? From the eyewitness accounts, it was clear that she did far more than simply swing a sword. They said she moved like she was flying, cutting down monsters before they had a chance to launch an attack.

“Hahaha.”

Emperor Devrica continued laughing. Meanwhile, Duke Nora and Duchess Elkein remained frozen in disbelief.

Their fragile, gentle Ceres can wield a sword? And she can defeat monsters in an instant?

“By any chance...”

Crown Prince Aseraian, who had been quietly observing the conversation until then, slowly opened his mouth.

“Were you the one who defeated the Black Forest boss that appeared at the Academy?”

The identity of the person who defeated the boss of the A-Class Black Forest had yet to be revealed. The captain of the guard’s words from that day suddenly came back to him.

Someone who appeared to be an Academy student had defeated the monster in an instant before disappearing. When he heard that the person had platinum blonde hair, the first person who came to mind was Ceres.

However, Crown Prince Aseraian immediately dismissed the thought. Ceres had never seemed like someone capable of wielding a sword.

But after hearing the conversation she was having with the Emperor, he began to wonder if Ceres was the one who defeated the boss after all.

“Yes. That was me.”

“—!”

Crown Prince Aseraian’s eyes widened at Ceres’s calm reply.

She merely nodded and continued. There was no reason to hide anything anymore.

“I have its mana stone as well.”

“...Haha.”

Crown Prince Aseraian chuckled. To think that the person he had been searching for was right beside him all this time.

“So, about that...”

“.....?”

“The rat... No, the Bakura boss. I was the one who defeated it too.”

“...What?”

“I heard Your Highness has the mana stone from that boss. Would it be possible to have it back?”

I have a bit of debt, you see. If Aunt Agne didn’t return the money she had taken from these people, she had a feeling she’d have to pay it back herself.

“You were the one who defeated the Bakura boss as well?”

“Yes.”

“Just what...”

Crown Prince Aseraian was unable to continue.

Then... was she the one who had previously resolved the Black Forest incident that occurred on Delasi First Street?

“......”

“......”

Everyone stared at Ceres in stunned silence. Feeling their gazes on her, Ceres awkwardly scratched her cheek.

“I was thinking of selling the mana stone to you at a reasonable price.”

At Ceres’s unexpected offer, everyone was left speechless once again.

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Chapter 39: The Saint of the Frontier

“Cough. Cough... Cough, cough!”

After struggling through another fit of coughing, blood eventually spilled from Alex’s lips.

“I’ll go see Lord Veilks one more time.”

“Don’t bother...”

Before he knew it, Jutel had appeared before him.

“Nothing will change even if you go.”

This S-Class Black Forest had ended in complete failure. The result had left only around a hundred casualties, but Veilks’s fury had reached its limit.

The person bearing the full force of that anger was none other than Prince Alex.

“It seems you won’t be needing medicine anymore. Judging by how carelessly you handled your duties.”

“......”

“Then let’s see how well you manage without it for a while.”

Veilks stopped providing Prince Alex with the medicine he had been taking. Because of that, his condition continued to deteriorate day by day.

“I’ll go to Lord Veilks again and explain that this failure wasn’t Prince Alex’s fault.”

“Haa... He knows that too.”

How could the low number of casualties in the Black Forest be his responsibility? That was an unreasonable accusation. Who could have predicted that an S-Class Black Forest would be cleared easily?

“However...”

He probably just needed someone to take his anger out on.

“I also moved the children out beforehand.”

Before the Black Forest appeared, Alex had sent every child he could find beyond its range, after all. Veilks had probably discovered that as well.

If the operation had ended successfully, he would’ve overlooked it. But now that everything had turned out this way, even such a small act must have bothered him.

“What was the cause?”

“We still haven’t discovered anything.”

“Even Veilks couldn’t find out?”

“Yes.”

Prince Alex and Veilks were still investigating how the S-Class Black Forest had been cleared. They didn’t even find the boss’s corpse. So how did the Black Forest suddenly vanish?

Yes, vanished. It had disappeared just like that.

Knock. Knock.

“I’m coming in.”

The door opened, and someone stepped inside. {N•o•v•e•l•i•g•h•t} Jutel had already disappeared.

Prince Alex turned his head.

“How are you feeling? Is your condition any better today?”

The person approaching him with a worried expression was Cheion, the Tower Master.

“This won’t do. I’m calling a healer right now.”

“No. Don’t.”

When Cheion noticed the cold sweat gathered on his forehead, he immediately moved. But Prince Alex stopped him.

“I know these symptoms better than anyone. I just need to rest for a few days and take my medicine. Don’t worry.”

He tried to hide his pain and spoke calmly, but Cheion’s furrowed brows showed no sign of easing.

“His Majesty is worried as well.”

“F-Father knows?”

“Of course.”

Prince Alex stiffened, as though he had forgotten how to breathe. He stared intently at Cheion.

“...What did he say?”

“What do you mean? He was worried and said you should see a healer immediately.”

“....”

Only then did Prince Alex finally let out the breath he had been holding. A bitter smile crossed his lips.

“He didn’t tell me to leave.”

“What?”

“Just tell him I’m fine.”

“Could it be a contagious disease?”

“We still don’t know that yet...”

“What about Cheion? Where is Cheion right now?”

“Lord Cheion is...”

“Make sure Cheion never comes near Alex’s residence or anywhere nearby.”

“Yes, understood.”

A fragment of an old memory resurfaced once again, as vivid as if it had happened only yesterday.

“Brother.”

“Hmm? What is it? Do you need something? Do you want to go to the Ellesia family right now? I heard the new head of the family is quite capable.”

“My illness.”

“Yes?”

“It might be contagious.”

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