"Vice-Head Magician Gem," Diageo said.


    "Y-Your Majesty…! Th-that''s…" Gem, startled, turned around and stammered, unable to hide his agitation.


    Diageo shook his head and sighed. "You may leave this room. Wait until I summon you again."


    Gem''s face fell like a condemned criminal. Under all kinds of looks, he disappeared from the audience chamber.


    I felt a little sorry for him and wanted to offer him somefort, but no words came to mind.


    While I was thinking, I heard Diageo''s voice.


    "Aoi-dono…"


    I looked up and saw Diageo looking at me with an indescribable expression.


    "Our apologies for Gem''s rudeness. It seems we are the ones who need to learn from you. I am also a magician, so I know what chantless magic is and the terrifying power of the fire spell you disyed earlier. If possible, I would like you to teach your magic to the talented magicians of our country. If you agree, I will disclose information about our country''s secret healing magic to you."


    His humble attitude was a stark contrast to his earlier stance.


    This oue seemed to make things easier.


    "Thank you. However, since Awald-dono has already taught me healing magic, I would like to observe the magic of another saint or saintess." I expressed my gratitude and request at the same time.


    Diageo looked at Awald with a puzzled expression. "Have you already learned the saint-level healing magic? Awald, what kind of magic did you teach her?"


    Awald tilted his head and said, "Do you mean the magic I showed you only once? But how could you understand it after only one demonstration? Even the most gifted magician would need years to grasp the highest level of healing magic. However, there are indeed genius saints and saintesses who can invent their own advanced magic… But to understand someone''s magic after just one look is…"


    Awald began to ponder aloud in his usual manner despite being in the presence of Diageo, his country’s monarch. It put Diageo in an awkward position, and he turned to Crown for help.


    Crown nodded with a delighted look and turned to me. "Aoi-dono, could it be that you have already mastered the healing magic that the head magician used merely once? Normally, a magician needs months of research and deconstruction of the chant to understand it. And here, you could actually understand and replicate the highest level of healing magic after hearing it just once…"


    For some reason, Crown had a tone of expectation.


    I nodded modestly. "That''s right. I can''t say I fully understand it, but I have my own interpretation. I even experimented with itst night in my room, and it activated without any problems…"


    Hearing my words, Rose, who had been silent until now, said, "So, you understood it the first time you saw it and even replicated it the same night?"


    "That''s right."


    Rose ced a hand on her chin and looked at me with a questioning look. "How did you understand Awald''s chant?"


    It was a probing question. I raised one hand palm up to my chest and began to exin. "The healing magic I use is aplementary or alternative treatment that involves precisely imagining the structure of the human body and bringing it closer to a healthy state. However, Awald-dono''s magic is different."


    I then cast the healing magic. I chanted the spell, and my mana rippled outward like waves on water. "[White Grail]"


    The moment the spell was cast, my mana became visible as a white light that spread to the surroundings. Although there were no visible injuries in the room, I could feel the healing effect being applied.


    The hall fell silent as the effects of the magic gradually faded.


    "The meaning of the chant is to grant healing power to all those within the range of the caster''s mana to heal all wounds… That''s the essence of the spell. There are parts of this spell that I couldn’t replicate chantlessly, so you could say it shows the potential of chanting in magic. The chant itself seems deliberately ambiguous."


    As I exined, I looked at Awald. I was worried that he might be offended by my analysis of his magic, but he seemed to listen with great interest, more than anyone else.


    Just as I was feeling relieved, I saw Rose raise a hand to me and say, "This is my original spell. Can you replicate it?"n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om


    She chanted a three-verse spell and activated her magic. "[Icebound]."


    A bright white cold spread from her hand. Immediately, pirs of ice burst through the carpet on the floor and moved rapidly towards me. Although the distance between us was considerable, the ice pirs showed no signs of slowing down.


    "[Icebound]."


    In response to the approaching ice pirs, I activated the same spell, shattering Rose''s ice pirs and creating new ones in their ce. These massive ice pirs quickly filled the hall, reaching the high ceiling and swallowing up the entire carpet.


    The ice pirs stopped just before reaching Rose.


    Rose ced a hand on one of the pirs in front of her and took a deep breath. "… Magnificent."


    With a voice full of admiration, she lifted the corners of her mouth into a smile.