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There are 5 days remaining until the actualization is used.
Since these five days are ambiguous time to do anything in particular, Seonghyun paid more attention to the slums since he had a little time.
The first thing Seong-hyeon did was to properly treat the residents of the slums again.
Not only did he treat trauma, but he also treated diseases he had been suffering from for a long time.
As a result, the status of pilgrims in the slums was increasing day by day.
On the first day, they were treated by Sung-hyun for the first time.
It was the same the next day, but the biggest change began to appear on the third day.
Those who had never seen Seonghyeon for the first time.
Those who were away to work, or those who fell on the street under the influence of drugs.
They told their family about the existence of the pilgrim, and eventually they all started to gather.
“…more and more.”
Even at this moment, people were gathering, and they all seemed to be putting up with something.
Perhaps the drug was not administered on time, so it seemed that withdrawal was coming.
“Please wait slowly.”
Anatoly, who accompanied Seong-hyeon, began to control them.
Originally, it would have been a day off, but I couldn’t stay still at seeing Seong-hyeon heading to the slum, not anywhere else.
And above all else, the fact that he manipulated the pilgrim at his own discretion continued to provoke feelings of guilt.
“Anatoly. If the people taking the drug return to their original state, wouldn’t they start taking the drug again?”
“It will not be. The reason they started taking medicine is a little different from other common cases.”
“How confident are you that you are different?”
“that…”
Anatoly hesitated to answer.
Not for a while, but continuously.
“Are you having a hard time speaking?”
“Haha…it’s hard to say no.”
“You don’t have to tell me.”
“no. Let me tell you. The pilgrim is the only one who saves the slums, and it is my job to convince them of their actions.”
There was no need to do that, but if Seong-hyeon was certain that there would be a better result, he could come with a much lighter heart, so he did not refuse.
However, Anatoly’s next words were more shocking than I had imagined.
“It was…Russia who gave them drugs.”
“Russia… gave drugs to its own people?”
What does this mean?
I thought it was all because of the circumstances that had to be done, or that there was something special about it.
“If you just tell me the result, that would be it. Originally, it was primarily a place for crops. Most of the locals were also doing it. One day, the association brought a special-looking crop, and that crop was the problem.”
The situation was simple.
Fortunately, it wasn’t as shocking as what Anatoly had initially felt.
The fact that Russia has been procuring crops that help increase magic power, and that this slum area has been decided as a place to grow those crops.
“At first, the locals liked it. It was a crop unknown to the world, so it was no different than a monopoly.”
The tragedy started then.
It was not that the inhabitants of this place were greedy, nor that Russia was greedy.
It was just that this land and its crops were not suitable crops.
“There is one thing that sets this place apart from other places. It means that the concentration of magic power is so low that the door cannot be created. The crop was affected by the concentration of magical power. Crops grown in this area have been transformed into crops with very strong hallucinogenic effects.”
It was an understandable situation.
Russia would have intended to develop the region into its crops, and they merely cultivated the crops diligently.
“Can you check the crop?”
“I will save you. Now, as you can see… it’s being used in a bad way, so I’m secretly raising it.”
“please.”
Seong-hyeon wanted this crop for another reason.
I had no intention of doing anything in particular to make the crops growable.
I didn’t have the ability to do that.
‘Crops affected by the concentration of magical power.’
It was a crop in memory before the return.
The name of this crop is Avaritia.
This crop, which means greed in Latin, was a crop known to those who knew it.
‘There must be a background like this…’
The most important thing when growing this crop was the amount of magical power.
Before the return, I knew it took quite a while to uncover this fact.
Usually when I grow something, I try to control the amount of what I need, because I don’t pour too much.
There was only one best environment for these crystals to grow.
Good soil, a decent climate, and expert craftsmanship were not needed at all.
Even if you satisfy these three things, if you don’t get magical energy, you’ll end up like this slum.
To grow abiritia, the method was very simple.
Putting the seed inside the crystal.
That was all.
Avaritia, which grows with the magical power of the crystal, produces the purest magic crystal at the moment it blooms.
Those who consumed the petals were able to acquire strong magical powers, but there was one fatal flaw.
Avaritia is a crop that reaches its end by making its own life into a single crystal with magical power.
At the same time as he acquired strong magical power, he changed his constitution to be able to use more than the limit of magic after that.
However, the price is their own vitality.
When raised in such a low concentration of magical power, Avaritia emits a special substance around it, which is a substance that induces hallucinations.
‘One of them.’
A single petal made much later than this.
That Avaritia was a petal that appeared after eating as many as 100 crystals of a first-class beast.
Originally, it was intended to be given to Lich or Padron, but the amount of magical power it possessed was unimaginably large, so it could have side effects if done wrong, so it was used for other purposes.
A level of magical power that alone can handle the power used in several cities.
What if Seong-hyeon directly injects magical power into this Avaritia?
Others would not be able to afford, results that only Seonghyeon could control would appear.
‘It would be the best result if it was made not to emit hallucinogenic substances in this process, and not to use life force instead.’
Sometimes we get unexpected results in unexpected places.
Sammy was the one who had the most of those cases, and there was no guarantee that this wouldn’t happen to Seonghyeon either.
While Seong-hyeon was healing the residents of the slum, the disappeared Anatoly reappeared.
With a box in his hand that looks pretty sturdy.
Anatoly did not go directly to Seong-hyeon, but controlled the residents of the slums around them.
Until all of Sung-hyun’s healing is over.
After Seong-hyeon’s healing was finished, Anatoly handed the box she had brought to Seong-hyun and said.
“Fortunately, the seeds were available. When the pilgrim injects energy, it spits out hallucinogenic substances, so you just have to be careful.”
“All right.”
Seonghyeon opened the box while blocking all the flow of small magic that was blowing out around him.
Inside was an ordinary seed, nothing special.
“The name of this crop is…”
“At first, we called them Spath, but now we call them different things.”
spas.
A word meaning hope in Latin.
With a completely different meaning from Avaritia, Seonghyeon let out a light laugh and closed the lid of the box again.
“okay. Healing is over.”
“Are you coming tomorrow too?”
“Are there more people left in need of healing?”
“Oh, no. It’s just an unconscious question. haha.”
“It’s unconscious. You must have done it unconsciously last time, right?”
At Seonghyeon’s words, Anatoly stiffened for a moment.
Do you know that it was you who made the first step here?
So, what choice should you make?
Should I pretend that I got the wrong order?
‘…no. The pilgrim was not like that.’
He was a person who even took time to heal without saying a word, even though he knew all this.
Even if something happened to him, it was not the courtesy he would have for the one who saved his family and hometown from suffering.
“What happened the other day… was purely my will. sorry.”
In response to the answer without the slightest lie, Seong-hyun responded by tapping Anatoly’s shoulder lightly as if he knew it would.
“It’s done. It’s already past. I will return to the hotel. Anatoly-sama, please make sure there is nothing else going on.”
“…Yes. All right.”
Anatoly bowed deeply toward the back of Seong-hyeon as she went back to the hotel.
until it disappears.
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Returning to the hotel, Seong-hyeon took out Avaritia seeds from the box and held them in her hand.
“Are you saying you were still okay even after you ate 100 crystals of first-class gate beasts?”
How did this little seed absorb the magic of so many crystals?
Seonghyeon held the seed in her hand and held it tight to test its limits.
“Eat until you are full.”
Seong-hyeon used all the limits of mana that he could operate.
There was no need to look at the liver little by little.
After all, he was the one who knew this plant called Avaritia better than anyone at this time.
Avaritia began to eat all of the tribes that Seonghyeon used magic power for.
‘It sucks like crazy.’
As if this was not enough, the seeds began to absorb Seonghyun’s magic as if they were going to uproot themselves.
Even Seong-hyun’s operation was not enough.
Since the amount of magical power that was infinite and the amount that could be operated at one time was different, even Seonghyeon could not operate more than that limit.
‘I have to change the way.’
Seong-hyeon, who confirmed the eating habits of Avaritia, now changed the direction to spewing instead of using magic.
But even this did not satisfy Avaritia.
Rather, as if to give more, Avaritia was even trying to dig into Seonghyeon’s body.
“Hey, I can’t do this for today.”
However, cutting off the magic injection in the middle was meaningless.
So Seong-hyeon stretched out the hand he was holding and took the other finger over the seed.
Then, with all his might, he pressed it down on the palm of his hand.
Then, the Avaritia seed on the palm was embedded in Seong-hyeon’s palm.
Originally, the seed would have been crushed without being able to penetrate Seonghyeon’s skin, but Seonghyeon injected magical power into the seed and at the same time protected it from being broken once with his own magical power.
“Let’s see how long we can eat.”
Seonghyeon spits out, and sucks the seeds.
If these two methods could synergize with each other, it would be much faster than it is now.
It took a month to absorb 100 crystals.
I don’t know how much magic power it will absorb, but it was clear that it would be similar to or shorter than that.