Chapter 224: Boys’ Party

　We head to my room while giving Nero a quick tour of the townhouse. I’ll give him a detailed tour later. For now, I must quickly retrieve the magic potion.

“This is my room.”

　I invite Nero into the room. Somewhat fearfully, he enters. I took out a spare desk key from the desk drawer without paying any attention to his situation.

“Here it is. It’s the desk key. I want you to use it when you need it.”

“I’m borrowing it, sir.”

“Yes. I’ve got some potions in here.”

　Saying this, I pulled out the largest drawer. There are magic potions made in the royal palace’s compounding room in it. I’ll put a tag on it later so that it’s easy to understand. I took out an elementary strength restoring potion from there.

　Normally, it would be better to give Ijidol an elementary magic recovery potion, but since he won’t have to use magic until he goes to bed, so I think this is a better choice. Axel is not injured either, so he doesn’t need recovery medicine.

　This beginner’s strength recovery potion, which is slightly red in color, is of course diluted and fizzy. We already know that it is dangerous to use the undiluted solution as it is. The way the tension builds up is incredible.

　When I returned to the common room, I handed the elementary physical strength recovery potion to the two who were lying exhausted on the table. Their eyes lit up. They had never seen a magic potion like this before.

“What is this?”

“It’s a beginner’s strength recovery potion. It’s a magic potion that recovers a little bit of your strength when you drink it. I thought the two of you needed this.”

“I’ve never heard of this potion before. The color is pretty though…”

　Axel observes the contents of the bottle from various angles. He seems to be on his guard. If this is the case, I should have brought enough for everyone and drank it together. Huh?　Has brother Alex ever taken this magic potion?

　Fearfully, they popped the corks on the bottle. There was an exhilarating “pop” sound. The sound naturally drew everyone’s attention to them. Perhaps feeling uncomfortable, they drank quickly. Their eyes get bigger and bigger.

“What is this!?”

“What’s this? My mouth is bursting with bubbles popping!?　And it’s so good!”

　The two raise their voices in surprise. They seemed to like it. It’s a popular magic potion among the Knights of the Margrave Heine’s family. To prevent people from getting addicted, they now have a rule that no more than one bottle a day is allowed.

“Julius, don’t you have one for me?”

“Eh? I-I’m sorry, I accidentally forgot. Nero, please bring one for brother too. And one for yourself, too.”

　Could it be that brother has never taken the elementary physical recovery potion?　I thought that he had received information about it. Maybe he never had a chance to try it.

“What about you, Julius-sama’s?”

“I’m good. I’m not tired.”

“I’m surprised you’re not tired even after fighting Axel for so long. What’s going on with your body, Julius? Huh?…… What’s this power flooding through my body!?”

“W-what is this!? Huo-oh…!”

　It’s crazy, these two people who were completely crushed are now full of energy!　They’re still kids, I should have cut the dose in half!　Brother Alex was surprised at how much they had changed.

“This magic potion is amazing. It can actually restore your physical strength. But with this, now you can continue your manners lesson.”

“Eh?”

“Eh?”

　Their voices hummed together. They looked at me in unison, but I deftly averted my eyes to Nero’s. Nero noticed my gaze and nodded his head, as if to say, “I understand.” Then began to move. He must have gone to get some more potion. In the meantime, my brother, who had sensed my intention, cornered the two of them.

“I’ve made preparations for the two of you to stay the night. With this, you’ll be able to train well until the evening party. Oh, don’t worry. I’ll contact your parents.”

　　The two of them looked at me again, their eyes wide and their mouths gaped open. The look on their faces said, “You have plotted this, Julius!” was definitely written on it. I bowed my head as if to say, “I’m sorry.

　Both brother and Nero were amazed when they drank the magic potion that Nero brought with him. Immediately, my brother asked for an additional elementary physical strength recovery potion. Maybe he wants to give it to sister-in-law Daniela. I hope it doesn’t fall into the hands of His Majesty the King from there.

“That was your plan all along, wasn’t it?”

“We were being set up, weren’t we?”

　They glared at me in the bathroom. Axel and Ijidol were going to stay at my house until the party. To be honest, I didn’t think it would last until the evening party either.

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry. I thought you might be staying the night at least for  today, but I didn’t expect it to turn out like this. As expected of a big brother.”

“Really? You aren’t in on it together with Alex-sama?”

“I really wasn’t.”

　Now I’m having Nero wash my body. I feel bad about this, but now that he’s my servant, I have to settle down as well. This is also for Nero and Lelie. If Nero was on my bath duty, Lelie wouldn’t jump into the bathroom.

“Well, I guess there’s no point in saying it now. I got to try all kinds of magic, so I guess it’s a good thing.”

“Ijidol, we can try it again tomorrow too “

“Really?!　Yay!”

　It’s up to you. With this, Ijidol’s dissatisfaction was resolved. As long as you’re in my townhouse, you can fire as many spells as you like. It will surely be a dream come true. Maybe I should take this opportunity to give him a little guidance? I’m well aware of his talent.

“Then me too, Julius will be my partner too, right? Seriously, of course.”

“Well, yeah, that’s right. Are you okay? Aren’t you heartbroken?”

“Broken?　I’m rather surprised, it was more than I expected. Julius is a sword saint. There’s no doubt about it.”

“Don’t do that!　Don’t ever spread it out, Axel. Never.”

“What should I do?”

“please.”

　Axel laughed, perhaps satisfied to see me as small as a Djungarian hamster.

“I can’t help it. I forgive you.”

　I was forgiven. Seeing me like that, Ijidol laughed. Nero was shaking his shoulders slightly, as if he was trying to hold back his laughter.

　Feel free to laugh, Nero. You’re here because of my selfishness.

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