"This small injury won't affect anything. If I wanted to heal it, I could heal myself at any time. Keeping this injury is just a reminder for myself, nothing else." Iri replied, then ignored Gelos and the old man, turning her attention to the small pile of various pastries.
Only on the surface… Iri's attention was still on that strange old man. An old man brought by Gelos, she always felt there was something fishy.
And after the old man came in, he had been looking around. Although Iri didn't mind others observing her room, it was a different matter if it was done with a purpose.
"So, do you two have anything else?" Iri pretended to take out a never-before-seen fruit that looked very much like a pear from among the items, wiped it on her pajamas, then took a bite and asked.
Uh… it looks like a pear, but tastes more like an apple? What the heck?
"Ah! Right, Clementine… that, Mr. Ruoqiebeien is also a very famous scholar here. After he learned that you are developing new magic, he really wants to see your new magic, if… it's convenient." Before Gelos could finish speaking, Iri's door was suddenly pushed open with a bang.
"Lady Clementine!! I'm back! I bought you breakfast, please quickly… get… up? Huh?" Bell, who had been loudly announcing her return, shrunk back instantly when she saw Gelos and an old man in the living room, and that Iri was also awake. She hurriedly retreated to a corner. Bell hadn't expected guests at this hour.
"Bell… did you get everything I asked for?" Iri directly ignored Gelos and the old man.
"Ah… yes, I got them… But Lady Clementine, these are very expensive, please treasure them more." Bell finished speaking and took out several small boxes from her handbag, handing them to Iri.
"It's not your money anyway, why are you panicking?" Iri retorted to Bell, taking the small boxes and placing them on the table.
This made Gelos and the old man stand there a bit awkwardly, unsure how to react. However, when Iri opened the boxes, the old man's eyes instantly lit up.
Because the boxes contained various ornaments and decorative items made of different metals.
Iri also noticed the old man staring at the jewelry boxes in her hand, and combined with what Gelos had said, it was clear that this old man was likely a high-ranking official of Theocracy.
Perhaps after hearing Gelos's report, he wanted to see some unfamiliar high-tech, so he came along!
"Then, let me show you!" Iri deliberately glanced at the old man, then took out a necklace of unknown make from one of the boxes.
"May I ask you to wait a moment?" The old man spoke only after seeing Iri pick up the necklace.
"Hmm?" Iri looked at him curiously, wondering what trick he was planning.
"Can we use this?" The old man was clearly prepared, taking out a metal rod about the length and size of a 2B pencil.
"Perhaps! But first, what metal is this?" Iri unceremoniously took the metal rod, examining it carefully in her hand. It didn't feel heavy; weighing it, it seemed lighter than ordinary metal. It must be some special metal, right?
"Mithril." The old man replied with a kind and amiable smile.
Mithril? In many RPG games in other worlds, it's considered a relatively high-grade item, isn't it? He actually brought a mithril rod for her to test her magic?
Theocracy was really generous. It was also a good opportunity to test if her made-up 'internal explosion' could destroy this mithril rod.
"Uh… is it okay if I break it? I can't afford to replace mithril; all my salary went to buying these things. I don't have any money now." Iri said before casting the spell. If she really broke it and had to pay, she genuinely couldn't afford it.
"She broke so many before…" Bell muttered something very softly to the side. Iri naturally heard her, but just ignored her.
"No, no, I have plenty of these things. They're all for testing, so it doesn't matter if they break," the old man said.
"Oh! Then I'll begin. Uh… ah, I almost forgot, otherwise it would really be bad." Iri was about to cast her healing magic on the mithril rod, then realized she wasn't wearing her magic ring. Without that, her healing magic would truly be ordinary healing magic.
Not to mention whether it could destroy the rod, she couldn't even cast it directly. healing magic couldn't be cast on inanimate objects.
Iri put down the mithril rod, feigning an expression that something would be very wrong without that item, and walked to her bed. She picked up the coat she had thrown haphazardly on the floor when she went to sleep last night, and only then took out her magic ring from her spatial pouch and put it on.
"May I ask, what effect does the ring you're wearing have?" the old man asked.
This is where Iri started to scheme. She had equipped the magic ring in front of these two, so how should she explain it?
After all, this item was very important to her. If she just glossed over it, they would definitely keep it in mind. Since that was the case, she might as well tell them the "truth."
"It has a limiting effect. If I didn't have this, I'm afraid I'd blow up this whole area when experimenting with magic," Iri said, feigning an indifferent expression.
"Eh? That ring has that effect? No wonder Lady Clementine always wears that ring before experimenting with magic!" Bell said from the side. Hmm! Bell's assist was good.
"A limit?" The old man muttered to himself, then his attention remained focused on the magic ring on Iri's finger.
"Then I'll begin! Internal Explosion activate!" Iri held the mithril rod in one hand and directly activated the enhanced healing magic. As usual, the rod was enveloped in a green light, just like healing magic, and the old man looked confused by this green light.
After the spell was cast, the rod was still intact in Iri's hand. So Iri made a flicking gesture, like flicking someone's forehead, and flicked the mithril rod, just as she had done with the longsword last time.
As expected, the mithril rod, like the longsword last time, broke into two pieces. The piece that was flicked away flew a long distance and shattered into pieces on the floor.
"Ah! This, this is truly astonishing…" The old man stared wide-eyed at everything that had happened.
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