I Will Save the World and Retire Chapter 216

Greenhouse (2)

This may be a bit too much for Kim Chae-min. But that doesn’t make the truth disappear.

Although Kim Chae-min was a great magician during his lifetime, he did not achieve any significant magical or academic achievements. The traditional magical family lineage that produced great magicians from his grandfather to his father and granddaughter ended with Kim Chae-min’s death.

Kim Chae-min himself was an excellent wizard. There is no disagreement about that. In addition, as a great wizard, he often raided dungeons and often participated in the aftermath of dungeon breaks, such as when the Myeongdong dungeon exploded.

I know that Kim Chae-min was a fairly popular magician because her magic was flashy and pretty. She was often mentioned in articles with titles like “The Hunter of Those Days” that float around the internet. However, despite her fame and popularity, Kim Chae-min did not achieve much.

Sometimes, when talking to older hunters, I would look for Kim Chae-min with a regretful voice.

‘Ah, Kim Chae-min. If he had lived longer, the atmosphere of the Korean magic world could have changed.’

‘The relationship with the academic society wasn’t good either. He died suddenly at the moment when I was trying to do this and that. It was a shame.’

It was questionable whether Kim Chae-min had the ability to do so.

Even if you are a great wizard, it is difficult to gain recognition from other wizards just because you are good at using one unique spell. On the contrary, older, more squeamish wizards tend to ignore you.

A guy who doesn’t even know the meaning of magic is bragging about how to use a rare magic spell.

Even if Noah Michelle had become a great wizard at a young age, if that had been all he had, he would not have gained the support of the Magic Society. Michelle was called a genius because of the numerous achievements that supported her.

Of course, strictly speaking, Kim Chae-min should be said to have died young before he could achieve anything. If he had not died in vain while catching the Siren, he could have achieved something comparable to Noah Michelle.

Yeah. I figured out how to grow magic grass.

Even then, there might have been a magic herb hidden away in her territory. After Kim Chae-min died, her territory was blown up according to the wishes of her family. No one, including her family, knows what was inside.

I looked at the shining blue flowers and Kim Chae-min alternately.

As you know, the magic plant is a flower that only grows inside dungeons. Just like monsters, if you leave the dungeon, it will dry up and wither within three months at most, to the point where it will crumble if you touch it.

Fortunately, it has strong vitality and is not difficult to raise. Once you find a magic herb in a dungeon and clear out the monsters that eat the magic herb, the magic herb will grow like a weed.

However, it does not mean that it will grow well in all dungeons. I have tried taking seeds and planting them in other dungeons, but they did not sprout unless it was the first dungeon they were grown in.

Yeah, that’s the magic herb.

If the magic herb in front of her was one that had been taken out of the dungeon about a month ago, Kim Chae-min wouldn’t have shown it to her with such a proud expression.

I looked at Kim Chae-min quietly.

“… … .”

How old is Kim Chae-min now?

Just a convenient magician, should I upgrade my rating from Archmage? There was no one better at teaching Park Seo-hyun or Choi Jin-woo.

I may have been ignoring his reputation as a great wizard for too long.

“excuse me.”

“… … .”

No. It’s not good to jump to conclusions too quickly.

It’s not that they don’t lie about their research results just because they’re wizards. Rather, because they’re proud wizards, they commit all sorts of frauds.

I don’t think the magician Hong Seok-young brought in as a teacher for the children would do that.

You never know how the world turns.

Look at Noah Michel, who I thought was a giving wizard.

“…What would you like to say?”

Kim Chae-min couldn’t stand my gaze and opened her mouth.

I also stopped thinking and asked.

“Is it real?”

“Then it would be fake?”

Kim Chae-min answered in disbelief.

I looked at the magic plant inside the small greenhouse again. It looked like a magic plant, and judging by the magic power flying around, it was definitely a magic plant.

It is smaller than the magic grass seen in the dungeon. There are leaves around it that look like they have just sprouted.

“These little ones have only sprouted for a week or so.”

Kim Chae-min, who saw where my gaze was directed, quickly explained.

“…Did you grow up in a dungeon?”

“If that were the case, would I have shown it to Mr. Woo?”

“You never know.”

Kim Chae-min wrinkled her face.

That was an uncomfortable question just now.

But I had to hear the answer from Kim Chae-min’s mouth. Kim Chae-min let out a light sigh.

“Yes, yes. I know why Mr. Woo is asking that.”

“then?”

“It grew outside the dungeon, not inside it. I raised it. If you need proof, I can show you how to sprout. It’ll take a week, though.”

I said right away.

“Show me.”

“I thought you’d say that.”

Kim Chae-min shrugged her shoulders and smiled slightly. Fortunately, she didn’t seem to be in a bad mood.

I pointed to the magic plant growing in the center of the small greenhouse, not the little sprout.

“This is… how much?”

Although it was a remark that cut off half of what he was trying to say, Kim Chae-min understood it well.

“About ten months.”

It took much longer than I expected.

No, actually, whatever the answer was, it would have been beyond my expectations.

Kim Chae-min is… Yes. He is a capable wizard. I have never properly seen Kim Chae-min fight, but I am not blind enough to not know. You can tell just by looking at how he assisted the hunters during the Minotaur battle. The remote magic he used to catch Sem Bloom? Do you think a haphazard wizard could do that?

Even if you just watch Park Seo-hyun or Choi Jin-woo teach, you will know. There are not many magicians who can logically explain their own magic, let alone the theory of basic magic. Most magicians stick to the explanation that you can do it this way or that way. It is also because of this that there are many cases where teachers and students stab each other with swords.

Regardless of whether he inherited the achievements of his grandfather and father, it did not obscure the ability of the wizard Kim Chae-min. Not only was he skilled in his own attributes, but he was also good at applying them.

Perhaps, if he had lived a long life instead of dying prematurely, he might have published a theory that would have made a mark on the theory of magic.

Yes, I don’t deny that possibility.

Kim Chae-min may have figured out how to grow magic grass.

A genius like that could have rolled around on the streets of South Korea and died in an unexpected manner! Isn’t that right?

“Did you hear me say I was clearing out the territory?”

Kim Chae-min quickly became excited and began to speak without knowing what I was thinking.

Let’s think positively. Positively.

I think it’s a case like Sandra Gamble.

At least now Kim Chae-min won’t die while saving some rookie hunter while catching Siren. Thanks to the past being changed, the future has also changed.

Now in the reality I live in, magic grass is only cultivated outside of dungeons.

“Originally, I went to get something that I thought would be helpful to Seohyun and Jinwoo… ”

“Didn’t you say that the ark was destroyed in Mr. Kim’s area?”

“Honestly, I still don’t know why they destroyed it. I guess they were after the valuables there.”

Kim Chae-min shrugged.

“The plants I grow have many good qualities. They are good as pets, and they are good for crime prevention. Well, that’s not important right now.”

…I think I heard a word that shouldn’t be used to describe plants.

But as Kim Chae-min said, it wasn’t important right now.

Kim Chae-min said, twirling her flowing hair around her fingers.

“I was so annoyed at that time that I just threw it all down. I didn’t like the fact that someone was making such a big, big mess in my territory… After dealing with the intruders and closing the territory, I didn’t go there either. So I went to my territory after a long time. It was my old territory, you know. Anyway. But I found it there…”

“Magic grass?”

“yes.”

It was spring when Kim Chae-min accepted Hong Seok-young’s offer and came to the model high school. Ten months, if that’s the case… It wasn’t that long ago that Kim Chae-min started chasing the ark. Although he may have helped out at Hong Seok-young’s request before that.

I nodded.

“So, you discovered the magic herb this time and were researching it?”

“Yes! Before that, I was researching magic grass seeds at the request of the academic society?”

“A request for an academic conference?”

“After all, there are few wizards who know more about plants than I do.”

Kim Chae-min spoke in a voice that was not particularly proud, but rather a voice that spoke the truth. There was no denying it.

“He asked me if I could research the cultivation of magic grass.”

I frowned.

“You didn’t tell this to the academic society, did you?”

“Hey, I’ll do that! I can’t let those old guys take it away from me!”

Kim Chae-min waved her hands and laughed as if she had heard a funny joke.

“Even back then, I was just going to pretend to do it and then say I failed. I didn’t really intend to succeed.”

“Wait a minute. So you didn’t bring this from inside the dungeon?”

“No. It’s not.”

Kim Chae-min opened the lid of the greenhouse. The magical power that had been floating inside the glass, like pollen, flew around Kim Chae-min’s log cabin like fireflies.

“I had some magic herb seeds and it grew on its own.”

“… … .”

“So we figured out what kind of environmental conditions it could grow under.”

Kim Chae-min winked at me.

“How about it? Do you think it is one of mankind’s greatest discoveries?”

* * *

“The great discoverer of mankind, the great wizard Kim Chae-min.”

“Stop calling me that!”

“It’s not safe to just blow away the illegal intruders, so let’s go in the direction of making sure they’re killed…”

“Teacher, I haven’t seen you like that, but you’re good at saying scary things.”

“This is… .”

I was about to reflexively respond to Kim Chae-min’s dumbfounded words, but then I closed my mouth.

“What? Why did you stop talking?”

“hmm.”

Kim Chae-min still… doesn’t know?

Although he supported various convenient magic such as remotely holding Hope, I don’t know what was actually said at that time. I didn’t tell him, and Hong Seok-young didn’t tell him. I’ve never heard the story that Lee Mi-seon said.

No, but that’s not something you can talk about over the phone. It’s Kim Chae-min’s fault for not showing up all this time.

“Ask Mr. Hong later.”

“…What is it?”

“I told you to listen to Mr. Hong.”

Kim Chae-min, who had been glaring at me, changed her strategy and looked at me with a somewhat pitiful expression.

But I have no intention of falling for it. I pretended not to see Kim Chae-min and looked at the magic plant in the greenhouse again.

It’s a great discovery. If it were possible to cultivate magic herbs outside of dungeons, there are dozens of things that would change and how much they would change without even needing to use a calculator. You don’t even have to go far; magic herbs are needed to make potions. They’re also needed for magic meters.

but.

Even though it’s a plant, it’s something that used to grow only inside the dungeon, and it’s growing outside as well. Even after three months.

What does this mean?

“… and never, ever speak anywhere else without Mr. Hong’s permission.”

Noah Michelle shouldn’t know.

Fantasy, contemporary,