The Hero’s Brother Is Bound To Be Depressed

58 – Lily

“All right.”

At Lawton’s words, everyone let out a sigh of relief.

“If you have stiff muscles, it will get better if you move often. I will separately write down the recipe for making medicine that is good for the body. It’s called the Faculty of Magic, so you should be able to make it by yourself.”

Lawton kindly wrote down the recipe for the medicine on a piece of paper and gave it to Luna.

“Thank you. Scholar Lawton.”

I decided to treat Lawton to a meal as a token of gratitude to Lawton, who smiled at those words.

I thought about going with her members, but Aria and Lacar said that she didn’t want to burden her.

Accept Arya’s recommendation. We headed to a restaurant that is popular in the capital these days.

I headed to a nearby teahouse to have a conversation after eating some memorable, delicious Wellington and scallop dishes to see if it was a popular restaurant.

I ordered the same tea as Lawton ordered, and after paying the bill, I returned to my seat. He put the cup of tea in front of Lawton and thanked him once again.

“Thank you for helping Luna.”

At my words, Lawton blew his cup of tea and said,

“It’s fortunate that I was able to help him.”

As if it was nothing, Lawton drank his tea.

“Kheum, do you know why I helped Luna?”

At Lawton’s words, I spoke cautiously.

“To legally pamper?”

Just-

Fortunately, it was a teahouse, so I was hit on the head with a teaspoon and didn’t get seriously hurt.

“This guy is often rude. Well, there’s not a single one like that, but actually, the biggest thing was that I was in a similar situation, so I helped.”

When I tilted my head, not understanding what Lawton was saying, he smiled.

“Like you to me. I have a lover like Luna.”

Seeing Lawton smiling bitterly, I wondered if he had a story with his lover.

“There is no disciple as good as the teacher, I am afraid you will regret it like I did. He said that yesterday.”

Seeing Lawton looking around the cafe while drinking tea, whether he had any intention of talking more, I thought about changing the subject and asked what I was curious about.

“Did you really intend to accept me as your disciple?”

At my question, Lawton looked around, turned to look at me, and shook his head.

“There is no need to waste up to four hours. Didn’t Luna say that you would become a hero to protect everyone… Kuk-kuk.”

I scratched my chin in embarrassment at Lawton’s teasing behavior, and Lawton continued.

“But don’t ask. If I don’t finish my research on Stone Thorn…. Find someone to finish this.”

At Lawton’s serious voice, I nodded with a serious expression.

It was a natural thing for me to find a cure for stone prickly disease anyway, and I couldn’t refuse Lawton’s request to treat Luna.

When I heard about stone thorn disease, I suddenly got curious and asked Lawton.

“If you find a cure, can you save people who have become stone statues?”

If that’s the case, wouldn’t the witch who cursed me get back to normal?

At my question, Lawton smiled sadly and shook his head.

“Unfortunately, that is impossible. Stone thorn disease is different from simply being frozen in an instant. After his heart turns to stone and he dies, he turns completely into a stone statue. Even if we find a cure, we cannot bring back a person who has already been stoned.”

For some reason, I got the feeling that deep sadness was conveyed from Lawton’s look at the ceiling of the teahouse with sad eyes.

I drank the tea placed in front of me out of awkwardness. I realized that the tea Lawton ordered tasted similar to Platinum Tea.

“Does it taste similar to Platinum Tea? You seem to like sweet things.”

“Is that so? It’s me, there’s a platinum flower next to me. That’s all I had to eat.”

At Lawton’s words, I nodded with an expression of understanding.

“But it is amazing. A flower with dangerous thorns tastes sweet.”

At my words, Lawton said with a nonchalant expression.

“So, he has those dangerous thorns to protect himself.”

I asked Lawton just in case.

“Could there be a hint of a cure in the Platinum flower? Flowers don’t get poisoned by thorns.”

As if I knew Lawton would ask that question, he replied with a smile.

“Of course, the beginning of the research was the investigation of Platinum flowers. I searched for about 20 years, but ultimately failed.”

I felt sorry for Lawton’s words.

“Why on earth do such flowers exist?”

I can’t remember what I was thinking when I made that setting. A plant that will turn you into a stone if pricked by a thorn…. It was too dangerous to be a flower that exists in nature.

At my voice mixed with lamentation, Lawton laughed out loud. Annoyed glances were sent from the tables around him, but Lawton didn’t care.

“Is there anything useless in this world created by God? Fortunately, the places where Platinum flowers grow are limited. Most of them grow on deep cliffs where sunlight does not reach. Because of that, it is not a big threat to people, and just a bird passing by the cliff sees and touches the Platinum flower, and it turns into a stone statue and falls down the cliff.”

At Lawton’s words, I smiled, imagining the birds flying in the sky and falling to the ground as stone statues.

“Then there must be a lot of bird statues at the bottom of the cliff, right?”

“Huh?”

At my words, Lawton put on a puzzled expression.

“If the birds keep flying in and get stung by the thorns and fall down the cliff, they won’t be piled up on the floor. If you sell it as a new statue, will you touch it for some money?”

At my words, Lawton stroked my chin, then jumped up suddenly.

“Looks like something I need to check. Don’t go away Oh, and rather than coming for an hour or two on weekdays, come on the weekend and pick up a lot of flowers.”

I nodded at Lawton’s curt voice.

“Okay. See you on the weekend.”

Lorton left the teahouse with a hasty face, and I drank the remaining tea and organized my thoughts about Lawton.

The cure for stone thorn disease was the green magic tower. With that, I made a deal with Bella on the condition of receiving a huge reward….

So, did Lawton’s research ultimately fail? So, did the green mage lord take over Lawton’s research and complete it?

As far as I know Lawton was, he was never the type to give up his research.

Drinking tea and thinking about it for a long time, I suddenly became curious about the fact that I was the same lover as Luna that Lawton said.

Since she cured Luna, she felt like giving her something in return.

With that in mind, I got out of the tea house, put on my cape and mask in the alley, and headed for Modist.

In addition to researching how the cure enters the green mage tower, I was thinking of researching the lover as well.

After going through the familiar procedures, let’s go into the room.

A woman wearing a cat mask was sitting in the seat, as if she was waiting for me.

“Nice to meet you. Sir! Are you selling and buying today?”

I nodded my head to the woman who asked if she had adjusted to me.

“Yes, I will sell first.”

While thinking about what to sell, I suddenly asked the woman who was looking at me.

“What, do you want anything in particular?”

“… Yes?

As if he hadn’t expected me to say such a thing, he looked a little taken aback.

“If there is something you want, think about it.”

“… Information about monsters is expensive these days.”

“Really?”

Since I couldn’t sell variable information, I thought about it in a way that would benefit me.

“There must be a hidden cave to the east of Bald Snow Mountain in the north. There will be a wolf with golden fur in it. It’s not a monster, it’s still young, but it’s a spirit creature.

“Spiritual creatures… What?”

I nodded my head to the woman who stopped writing down and asked if what she heard was correct.

“Yes, it is definitely a spirit creature. Because the symbol of the Northern Grand Duke’s family is the wolf. If you sell the information there, they will buy it at a high price.”

Originally, Roel and Ilia, who are in the third year, go to Bald Snow Mountain for a vacation, get caught up in an attack by the church, accidentally discover a hidden cave, and meet a wolf with golden fur.

It will happen in a year, but I said it because I thought it was necessary to reduce the time.

That wolf, Fenrir, was a very helpful being for Illia’s growth.

“Oh, I warn you, that wolf likes pretty girls. If she doesn’t look like the Grand Princess of the North, she won’t even be allowed to approach her, right? Also, it won’t be easy to tame unless you’re as skilled as the Northern Princess.”

When I implicitly meant to tell Illia about Fenrir, the woman who wrote down my words nodded her head.

“Very good information. If you process this information well, you will be able to sell it to the Grand Duke of the North several times.”

“Then will my portion also increase?”

“No way, is it our effort to process and sell information?”

I didn’t expect it, but I asked just in case. As expected, a cold reply came back.

“Then what will you buy?”

“Mad Scholar Lawton’s Lover. Also, focus on investigating the people around you and especially their relationship with the owner of the green mage tower. Do you think this price is good enough?”

At my words, the woman nodded her head.

“I think it will take about 4 days to check and investigate the information.”

“Okay, good job.”

I was about to get up and go back to the academy when a woman suddenly stopped me.

“Oh, wait a minute. The name is ready.”

“Name?”

I thought about what it meant, and then I remembered what Modist had decided to give it a name for.

“What is it?”

Let’s ask with a little expectation. The woman pulled out a badge that glowed gold from her bosom.

“Congratulations. You are now a ‘Lily’.”

I couldn’t help but flinch at the woman’s words.

A lily, of all things…. Arya suddenly appeared in her mind, and I had no choice but to sigh and accept the lily-shaped badge the woman held out.