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Vol 3 Chapter 5 Part 2
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Part 2
“Then let’s begin the ritual of exorcising the bugs.”
Odis spoke softly to Xiaolin, who stood there looking nervous.
“First, close your eyes and sharpen your awareness. Feel the flow of power.”
“Yes…!”
Xiaolin closed her eyes as instructed.
As she focused her attention and remembered what Luna and Tito had taught her, Odis muttered in surprise.
“Mm… you have pretty good instincts.”
The Magic Saint, Odis’ eyes could see the power flowing through Xiaolin’s body.
Usually, magic power is generated from the heart and circulates through the entire body via the magic circuit. The dragon power seemed to have the same mechanism.
A red light swirled around Xiaolin’s heart, and as Xiaolin breathed, the light became stronger.
Even from Odis’ point of view, the dragon power was extraordinary in quantity and quality, and through his repeated training with Lexia and the others, Xiaolin had subconsciously learned how to manipulate the power.
However.
“Gigi, gi, gii…”
A black spot slowly appeared in the red light.
The black spot took the shape of a caterpillar and quickly devoured the red light.
“Gigi, giigiigi…!”
“(This amount of power is quite annoying to eat up in an instant…)”
Odis said to Xiaolin, his sharp gaze fixed on the black bugs.
“First, I’m going to pull this thing out of you. Don’t lose your mind.”
“Y-yes…!”
He held his hand over the bugs and poured his magic power into them.
Then the bugs screamed and thrashed around, and Xiaolin’s face twisted into a pained expression.
“Gigii, gii…!”
“K-kuh…!”
“(That’s quite a powerful curse. Normally, she would have fainted, but… this princess knows how to maintain her body and mind even at a young age. It’s not something even the best adventurers can master, but where in the world did she get that training?).”
“Hah, hah…!”
Xiaolin, drenched in sweat, concentrates her mind and endures the pain.
The training that Lexia and the others had done bore fruit here as well.
“Gigiiii!”
As Odis poured in the magic power, the bugs writhed violently──.
“This is the end──Haah!”
“Gigii, gigi, giiiii!”
At the same time that Odis injected his power, a black mist suddenly escaped from Xiaolin’s body.
“Oh…!”
Xiaolin fell on the spot.
The bug that had continued to feed on the enormous amount of dragon power grew huge as soon as it escaped from its host.
“Gigiiiiii.”
The bug spewed a black mist from its swollen body and screamed in rage. The huge mouth was lined with a huge number of fangs.
“O-oh…”
“It has revealed itself. It’s called a ‘Spirit Eater Bug,’ and it grows by feeding on the magic power of its host. Since your dragon power was out of the norm, this one must have grown an order of magnitude more powerful.”
The bug opened its fanged mouth and attacked Odis and Xiaolin.
“Gishaaaaaaah!”
“Kyaaahhh!”
“Hmm. You may have accumulated some strength, but you are only a borrower. You are no match for me.”
Odis formed a small black ball and shot it into the bug’s mouth.
“Blow up!”
He sent the black ball into the bug’s body and snapped his fingers at the same time.
A huge explosion rolled up inside the bug, and it exploded in several layers.
“Gigiiiiii!”
The bug, which had become powerful after being fed dragon power, was annihilated from the inside without a trace.
“Gigi, gi, gi…”
“Hah, hah…! A-amazing… this is the power of the Magic Saint…!”
Xiaolin was stunned by Odis’ power, but then she looked down at her hands.
“My body is so light… and this light is…”
The red light covered her hands, which were covered with beans from her twin sword training, like a veil.
Odis nodded as he brushed his hands away.
“That’s part of your dragon power.”
“Th-this is my dragon power…!”
“You’ve just regained your original power, so you won’t be able to use it to its fullest, but once you get used to it, you’ll be able to manipulate it at will. You just have to get used to it.”
“Y-yes, thank you very much…!”
Xiaolin bowed her head with tears in her eyes.
At that time.
“Kyaaaahhh!”
A scream echoed from the depths of the forest.
“Hmm?”
“!? That voice is…!”
“Ah, wait! Hey!”
Odis rushed after Xiaolin, who was already running.
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While Xiaolin was being treated to break the curse, Lexia and the others went into the forest to gather the ingredients for the secret elixir.
“First, Red Jade Ivy, right?”
“Yes. Red Jade Ivy, right?”
“Red Jade Ivy is a bright red ivy, a rare plant found only in this forest, right?”
“Yes. Even adventurers who specialize in collecting it have a hard time finding it!”
“Okay, it is bright red ivy!”
With the help of Ruri and Riru’s knowledge, they searched for the ingredients.
After a while, Lexia pointed overhead.
“Oh, look! That… Is that Red Jade Ivy that monster is holding?”
“Eh?”
Looking up, they saw a bird’s nest in a tree, the chicks chirping and complaining of hunger.
The parent bird, with wings like flower petals, pecked at the red ivy with its beak and wove it into the nest.
“Wow, Red Jade Ivy is being used as nest material, huh?”
“Yes, it is used as nest material, isn’t it?”
“That monster is Flower Wing. They are very vigilant and especially fierce when it comes to raising their young. Be careful not to provoke them.”
“Huh? The nest is in ruins. Was there a storm?”
As Tito tilted her head, the nest had holes in several places.
The parent birds were desperately trying to patch the holes with Red Jade Ivy.
Ruri and Riru clapped their hands.
“Before we met the others, we saw a strange man here, you know?”
“Yes, we saw a strange man!”
“A strange man?”
“Yes. With his big orange arms, he was cutting through the bushes and branches as if he was looking for something, you know?”
“Yes, he was right here.”
Luna nodded in understanding.
“Assuming the arm of dragon power… is that Prince Lu Won?”
“Prince Lu Won must have scratched this nest to find the materials!”
“Piiiiiiiiiii!”
When the parent bird noticed Lexia and the others, it let out a warning cry.
“It sounds very angry, doesn’t it?”
“Yes. I think it’s angry because the nest has been damaged by humans.”
“Unfortunately, I think we’d better look for another ivy…”
Lexia interrupts Tito, who is lying face down with his cat’s ears flattened.
“Wait, I have an idea!”
“Eh?”
“The point is, the chicks don’t need the ivy anymore, do they? We can’t just leave the chicks in trouble!”
“Piiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!”
Lexia raises her voice to the parent bird, who seems ready to attack at any moment.
“I’m sorry for being so horrible to you! But we want to be your friends! So, Luna, please!”
“My goodness, I knew you’d come to this. ──Puppet!”
Luna released a string in the direction of the nest.
With skillful manipulation of the string, she assembled the surrounding branches and leaves into a sturdy structure, creating a beautiful nest that resembled a small castle.
“Piii!”
“Phew. Now, nothing will break it.”
“You used your skills to build the nest, didn’t you?”
“Yes, the nest looks like a castle!”
“Luna-san, you are amazing! The chicks love it!”
“Piii!”
Inside the castle-like nest, the chicks chirped happily.
“Fufu, that’s good. That’s right! This is a special fruit called a mandarin orange. They are very delicious.”
“Piii…?”
The parent bird swooped down, took the mandarin oranges from Lexia’s hand, and carried them to the nest.
The chicks pecked happily at the fresh fruit.
“Piipiipii!”
“Fufu, it looks like they’re happy.”
Then, the parent bird soared up and gathered nuts, leaves, and branches near the nest and brought them over.
“Pii!”
“W-whoa! It brought us materials to build the nest and nuts!”
“I guess it’s to thank us for fixing the nest and the oranges, huh?”
“Well, thank you! I’ll just take these then!”
When Lexia received the Red Jade Ivy, the parent bird made a single chirp and returned to the nest.
“Piipiipiipiipiipi!”
Lexia waved her hand at the parent and child, who chirped happily.
“Fufu, take care!”
“Wow, it’s amazing how easily you got your hands on the Red Jade Ivy, isn’t it?”
“Yes, and it’s amazing how easily you can deal with the monsters!”
After obtaining the Red Jade Ivy, the group began to gather the next ingredient.
“The next one is Catnip Mushroom, right?”
“Yes, the Catnip Mushroom!”
“Catnip Mushroom?”
“It’s a special mushroom that only grows in this forest, right?”
“Yes. It’s an unusual mushroom that looks like it has ears.”
“But it’s hard to tell them apart because they can mimic other plants, right?”
“Yes. Once they are collected, they return to their original form.”
“Mushrooms that imitate other plants… I didn’t know that existed.”
“That’s interesting because there are so many things I don’t know!”
The five of them picked and looked for plants that looked like that but could not find any.
“Hmm, none.”
“The ability to imitate is difficult. The only way to check is to collect and check the surroundings…”
“Hey, what’s that?”
The one Lexia holds up is a mushroom that emits a glowing light of extreme colors.
“It’s not at all what it looks like.”
“But it looks so fancy, it might have a special effect!”
“Just throw it away. Don’t eat it by mistake… look, just let go of it; throw it away now, throw it away… I told you to throw them away!”
“Oh, Luna, what are you doing! Throw it away by force!”
“Hmm, you can’t find it, can you?”
“I can’t find it.”
“Hmm?”
At that moment, Luna noticed Tito wandering off somewhere.
“Tito, what’s wrong? There are a lot of rocks that way, and there don’t seem to be any mushrooms…”
“U-um, it smells kind of good from here…”
Tito’s walk was unsteady, and her voice sounded fluffy.
“Something’s wrong. I’m going after it.”
“Tito, wait, where are you going?”
They hurried after Tito.
When Tito reached a corner where pebbles were gathered, she suddenly fainted.
“Funya…”
“Tito! What’s wrong with you?”
“Nyaa, unyaann.”
Tito purred and rubbed her cheeks against the pebbles.
Seeing her melted expression, Ruri and Riru clapped their hands.
“Now that I think about it, didn’t Master say that Catnip Mushrooms have an effect similar to that of cat powder, right?”
“Yes, indeed, didn’t he?”
“That means that if…”
Luna picks up a stone near Tito’s place.
Then, the stone turned into a mushroom.
“It’s a Catnip Mushroom!”
“Wow, I never knew they could mimic rocks, right?”
“Yes, it’s a great discovery!”
“No wonder we couldn’t find it.”
“That’s amazing, Tito, well done!”
“Nyaa?”
They searched the area, and in no time, they had a basket full of Catnip Mushrooms.
“That’s all we need, right?”
“Yes, that’s enough!”
“Thanks to Tito, we have so many!”
Tito rubbed his cheeks happily as Lexia stroked them.
“Nyahh, purrrrrr…”
“Fufu, Tito, you were always so cute, but now you’re even cuter!”
“I totally agree, but it’s time to bring her to her senses.”