Reincarnation into the Barrier Master

'I see. ....... Yes, sir.

When Meilias heard Cerulite's report, he nodded his head in agreement. Celluoit was anxious about whether she was getting the message across with her faltering explanations, but Meilias summarized and repeated what she said with great clarity.

'Mr. Cerulite, if you would like, you can refer to this.

Suddenly, Meilias handed me a notebook. In it was a detailed account of the progress of the experiment. She smiled as she carefully showed him how to write the experiment notes and told him that this way he would be able to explain them in a way that would be easy for anyone to understand.

'I see,'

Unintentionally, Ceruloyte nodded. This would make it easier for her experiments to come across without speaking. She gazed at Meilias's notebook as if devouring it.

'Go ahead, I'll lend you that.

Oh, thank you, thank you.

Cerulite thanked him politely and stood up to hug the note. Then he said he wanted to try something and stood in front of a potted plant with friendship flowers.

'Hmmm,'

There, Considie was thinking about something as she put her hand to her forehead. She squeezed her eyes shut and looked up to the heavens, but her eyes suddenly opened and her gaze met with Cerulite's.

''Was, are you okay?''

At Ceruloid's words, Considie nodded, letting out a huff of laughter.

'There's a way out of this. Somehow I think it might work, but I can't think of what it is. Oh, something feels weird: ......

From what she had heard, the Considie had taken over Ceruloid's research and injected more toxins into this flower. But her instincts didn't tell her that it would lead to a solution.

An all-or-nothing solution ....... That was exactly the situation the Considie was in right now.

Ceruloyt said let's take over and sat back in the chair the Considie had been sitting in. Then he took a small box out of his bag and carefully opened it.

'Whoa,'

Suddenly, a small animal pops out of the box as if it were dancing. The Considie yelled out.

It was a small rat that jumped out of the box. Covered in ochre-colored fur, a ferry rat was running around on the desk in a bit of a hurry. Eventually, the rat pounced on the potted plant and began to sniff the scent of the flower of friendship with a sniffing motion.

'Ah.'

Ceruloyt couldn't help but shout. It was because the ferryrats had started chewing on the stems of the flowers.

Before he knew it, Meilius and Considie were peering at the potted plant. The three of them watched the rat's movements intently under their breath.

How much time had passed? The three of them stared at the mouse's movements under their breath. The rat had already burrowed into the soil, and the soil was shaking from side to side as it fidgeted.

''......!''

The three of them stopped breathing. The flower of friendship slowly fell, and then slowly turned white.

The three of them looked at each other. In front of them was a flower that looked as if it had been plastered together.

Cerulite fearfully touched the flower. Then the flower crumbled away without a sound.

Meilias, Considie, and Ceruloyt looked at each other again in silence. Soon, without saying a word to anyone, the three of them held hands in silence.

'Ferryrat: ......'

Considie murmured, as if chewing on her joy. There was a blazing light in her eyes.

'It's a farm: ....... Yannoli's .......

We should go now.

At the sound of Meilias' voice, the three of them stood up at the same time.

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Eh ......

Yiannoli froze with his eyes wide open when he saw Meilias and the others. He was down on one knee, cleaning up the fruit that had been devoured by the ferryrats.

'Where are the rats?'

At the sound of Considie's voice, Yannoli just nodded with her mouth hanging open. She takes her gaze off the man and looks around.

'...... somehow, but I'm guessing there are quite a few rats out there.

Then let's set the trap.

'Okay, May. I'll take care of it.

With that, the Considie left the farm quickly. Maylius looked away from him and apologized to Yannoli for his rudeness in barging in unexpectedly, and politely explained that perhaps the ferryrats held the key to eradicating the flower of friendship.

'For that reason, I will try to catch as many ferryrats as I can.

'Huh. ...... So, I see. ...... Well, it's as you can see. As Considie-sama was saying, we think there are quite a few rats, so you can catch as many ...... as you like.

Yiannoli nodded, looking as if he was floating in a dream as Meilias spoke.

You can catch a lot of rats because of ...... Mr. Yannoli's crops are very, very good.

Cerulite smiles and talks to him. At her, Yiannoli sighs loudly and mutters in a small voice.

''That ...... nothing I'm raising for the rats ......

Seeing Yiannoli's troubled expression, Serroit couldn't help but smile with a kerfuffle. Her expression was so cheerful, and he felt his heart being soothed by that smile.

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At the same time, Vieille was in his office in the Papal Temple, looking over a letter. It was a report sent by the Grand Duchy of Foral.

It stated that Grand Duke Teist was seriously ill, and that Foal had sent a messenger to Grand Duke Libourne of the Fradime Kingdom to send a doctor to help him heal, and that the Grand Duke's condition was thoroughly confidential, so his condition was unknown.

Vieille let out a huff of laughter.

Foral's emissary had definitely gone to Agartha. The Grand Duke must have asked for help from Agartha. If so, it was that king. Surely he would lend a hand to Foral.

It was exactly what was ordered. I wondered what the King of Agartha would look like when he heard about that flower. Probably, with a dumbfounded look on his face, he would surely say, What a thing to do!

For Vieille, the most important thing was how the flower of friendship would make him recognize Agartha. Simply saying that it was a vital flower would not interest that king. It was important to let him know how it would affect him on a global scale. Surely, the danger of that flower, as we hear from the emissaries of Foral, would be very powerful. If I could, I would have liked to be there to hear and see it myself.

If Agartha was serious, it would be quite possible to exterminate that flower. But for Vieille, the primary goal was to make people aware that the Crimiana Nation had such a card. That had apparently been accomplished. Moreover, the flowers of friendship in Foral are still blooming. As an experiment in flowers, it had been successful enough.

Now, how should we use this card to negotiate with Agartha ....... Vieille's gaze grew sharper and sharper. In her mind, she was thinking about what she would want from Agartha in return for the card that said she would not use the flower of friendship.

...... I wish I and that king could form a relationship.

But to ask him to hold her in return for not using the flower of friendship is ludicrous at any price. Vieille couldn't help but let out a giggle.

''Huh?''

Just then, one of the buttons on Vieille's clothes fell off without a sound. She picked it up and carelessly placed it on the desk. When she looked at it, she saw the young cardinal waiting in front of her, his face bright red, looking in a different direction.

It was the buttons on his chest that had been unfastened. The cleavage of her breasts was now visible. She smiled mischievously as she looked alternately at her own breasts and the cardinal in front of her.