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Chapter 32: Tangerine flavor

The battle between the wyvern and the knights was extremely fierce. Wyverns do not breathe fire or other breath from their mouths, but their wings and claws are sharp enough to pierce metal. Then it bent it’s flexible tail like a whip and strikes.

Some of the knights were wounded. I knew I should have cast the spell with the intention of killing it from the start. I bit my lip, feeling truly ashamed of my decision to save my own skin.

Isn’t it too late?　But would the knights around me follow my instructions obediently? In the first place, would they take me to the wyvern?

Lionel, the leader of the knights, is in front of me, using his strong body as a shield. He probably won’t let me go in front of him.

How much time has passed? It seemed like a very long time to me, but finally the wyvern’s movements slowed down. To finish him off, a large knight with a big battle-axe cut off the wyvern’s head.

A loud cheer went up. The wyvern could not scream, but convulsed and vanished in a particle of light.

“Come on, Lionel. Tend to the wounded. Bring all the recovery medicine you can.”

“Julius-sama! It’s still dangerous!”

I shook off Lionel’s restrain, and went to the wounded soldiers. Fortunately, no one seemed to have died, but there were several who were badly wounded. Apparently, they were not missing their body parts. As expected, recovery medicine could not heal that much. To heal them, we needed a full recovery medicine.

“Lionel,  an intermediate recovery medicine. You have it with you, right?”

“Ha ha!　Immediately!”

Several knights were checking the surroundings of the carriage in which the family was riding to ensure safety. They’ve reported the wyvern’s defeat, and it seems to be calm now. Will my sister be angry with me when I go back?

‘Look, recovery medicine! It’s an intermediate level recovery medicine made by Julius-sama. Drink it without worry!”

The knight, who had lost consciousness, perhaps because he had lost too much blood, still managed to drink the recovery medicine. In no time at all, the deep wounds were healed. The knights gathered around him were wide-eyed at the sight.

“Mmmm, tangerine flavor!”

“I improved it so that it’s easier to drink.”

When I gave a thumbs-up, the fallen knight cheerfully returned the same pose. Then he grasped the current situation and hastily stiffened up.

“Julius-sama, I’m terribly sorry for my rudeness. ……”

‘No problem, I don’t mind. I’m sorry about that.”

“Why are you apologizing, Julius-sama? There is no need for that!”

But, yeah, I don’t know. I can’t say any more. It would be shocking if I told them that their injuries didn’t  have to happen.

The intermediate level recovery medicine I made was distributed one after another, and one by one, people were recovering.

“Let me tell you, you’ve only healed the wounds, not restored the blood supply. Give a hand to those who have lost too much. And rest for the time being.”

There were shouts of “I understand” from all over the place. It seems that we managed to get through the crisis without any deaths.

Well, I have to go get scolded off now, can someone please change places with me?

My legs are heavy, my body is heavy. I drag myself back to the carriage. Lionel is with me, but I wonder if he will be able to help me.

“I’m back.”

“Julius, what do you have to say?”

Before father, my mother calls out to me, her voice sharp as a spear. When you make someone who doesn’t usually get angry mad, it’s incredibly scary.

“I’m sorry for my irresponsible behavior.”

“Big brother!”

Rosalia, whose face was dripping liquid from all over the place, jumped at me. Oh, my clothes!　My clothes!　But there was no way to avoid it. Looking closely, my mother’s clothes were also covered in Rosalia’s liquid.

……can you be mad at such a person?

“Julius, report back to me.”

“Yes, sir. A wyvern appeared. The knights fought it off. The injured knights have already been treated. There is no problem in moving immediately.”

“Was anyone badly injured?”

“We used an intermediate recovery medicine, so there is no problem.”

“I see.”

Father put one hand under his chin and closed his eyes. This gesture is similar to Lionel’s. Could it be that Lionel’s habit has been transferred to father?

I am sure that father is thinking about what to do with me. Even from the carriage window, he would have seen that my magic had clipped one of the wyvern’s wings.

A nine-year-old boy who can use magic that works on wyverns. Maybe he’s having trouble handling it. It was also inconvenient that the magic cast by the knights’ magicians wasn’t very effective. My accomplishments stand out too much.

“Julius”

“yes”

“You did well this time. But in the future, please try to refrain from any behavior that might cause concern.”

“I understand”

Apparently, he didn’t get too angry. Now all that’s left is mother. …… I think this one might take a while. Together with my sister Rosalia. Brother Cain seems to want to say something, but doesn’t seem to know what to say.

It is fortunate that Alex was not here. If Alex were to develop a rivalry with me, it could lead to a family feud in the Margrave Heine family.

On the other hand, since Cain is not the heir to the Heine family like me, he would not see me as a rival to that extent.

With my sister clinging to my lap, the carriage of the Margrave Heine family hurried on its way home. On the way, we met up with a group of adventurers who were on their way here, and asked them to investigate where the wyvern had come from and whether there were any others.

Thus ended the wyvern ruckus at the Tradel River.

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