[Luke POV]
“Well considering everything, we’re lucky that the territory is not in debt.”
“That is true, Your Highness.”
“But we lack the necessary resources.”
“If we do nothing, we’ll run out of gold in 6 months.”
“Hmm, give me a day, let’s inspect the territory first, Sir Ian take two knights and gather some wood in the forest. Village head, please compile the report you have as far back as possible.”
“I-I don’t know how to write and read Sir…”
“Sebas, please accompany the village head as he compiles it.”
“Understood Your Highness.”
“Cynthia go with the adventurers and inspect the outskirts of the village. Also, go to the nearest town and buy some provisions that should last for 4 months.”
“But your Highness you need me by your side!”
“I will be fine Cynthia, sir Rogers is here with me.”
She glared at Sir Rogers as she left the room. Leaving only me and the knight.
“Sir Rogers please accompany me for a moment, I want to inspect the village.”
“Understood Your Highness.”
***
I visited the wounded people after the battle. There I saw many who were wounded from the recent attack.
Some glared at me as I tried to get close to them.
“Go back to the capital!”
One shouted. Sir Rogers was about to draw his sword but I stopped him.
“You’re going to just use us and throw us away after you no longer need us!”
“He’s right! What can a kid like you do anyway?!”
“You are barely older than my son! If nobles like you did your duty my son would still be alive!”
I saw a mother embracing his unconscious child that she held in her arms, he was bloodied all over. Lost one of his arms and a gaping hole in his stomach.
‘There might still be a chance. I can test the extent of my magic with this.’
I walked slowly towards the child.
This is the first time I have done this to a wound this big. I wonder if it will work.
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{def Regeneration()
This is the magic I developed throughout the years preparing for the day that those idiots would start a civil war.
Abnormalities detected…
Type wound…
Hemostasis initialized… 10 ms
Inflammation initialized… 31 ms
Proliferation initialized… 22 ms
Remodeling… able to return to optimal condition… initiating… 45 ms
Elapsed time… 108 ms
User mana consumed… 0.30 inits
Mana left: 149.7
Program close}
To them in a mere instant, the child that was about to die was born anew.
“Miracle…”
“A god has descended…”
“Even priests would be unable to do that…”
I created sequences that would allow me to cast magic almost instantaneously. In their eyes, not even a second passed.
I have yet to perfect it but it’ll do for now. I continued healing the others so I was able to finish in about 30 minutes.
They are a valuable workforce. I can't lose them this early.
In the end, I healed around 130 villagers, almost 60% of the population. I should develop a sequence that would heal an entire area instead.
Although they are healed, the problem is that most of them are starving… I will ask the others to buy food in the Town of Roella, the nearest town here.
***
I moved on after that, seeing as everyone’s fatal wound had been handled. I guess improving infrastructure should be next.
“Your Highness…”
“Sir Rogers?”
“Why did you do that?”
“Hmm?”
“They hurled insults towards you yet, you still did that. I was prepared to cut all their tongues off.”
“Scary.”
“My apologies.”
“Apology accepted, but to answer your question… I guess because I owe them that.”
“Preposterous you didn’t cause this!”
“I am their Lord now Sir Rogers. I have a duty to serve them to my utmost capability.”
“But to blame you—“
“Let them blame me all they want, at the end of the day, I am still the Lord of this land. The time to point the blame has passed, the time to do something about it has come.”
“I will keep that in mind, your Highness.”
Sir Ian arrived with the logs I needed.
“Should we cut these up and remake the fences, your Highness?”
“No, we’ll make proper walls with this.”
“Pardon?”
Wood strong as it is, contains something more useful within. If I can utilize that I should be able to make pretty strong walls.
{def Transform()
Type: Molecular and Chemical
Deforming…
Performing Pyrolysis…
Removing organic and other compounds…
Scanning…
Result: 100% carbon…
Rearranging carbon atoms to hexagonal lattice…
Warning! Mana requirement exceeds user capability! Using atmospheric mana… success…
Exfoliation in progress…
Layering…
Weaving atoms…
Result: Graphene… Time Elapsed… 2890 ms
User mana consumed… 0 units
Program Close}