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forty-seven.

After Cassis returned.

The Duchess touched the edge of the teacup with her fingertips, trying to hide her nervousness.

Then Antonio came into the room.

She flinched and tried to get up, but then straightened her sitting posture. As if trying not to get her agitation caught.

She asked in a calm voice.

"How did it go?"

Antonio took a quick look at the Duchess's condition and sat down, deliberately replying in a relaxed tone.

"They say they can see it. The flow of the young master's mana."

"Oh, that's great!"

The Duchess looked thrilled at Antonio's answer.

She had become unrecognizablely tranquil, although she seemed uneasy before.

"Then, is there a possibility that our Cassis will get better?"

"I can't bet on it, but I'm sure it's only a matter of time before he'll overcome the mana insensitivity."

The Duchess smiled contentedly as Antonio hinted at a positive outlook.

It was not because the Duchess wanted to see her son, who came here to Hisaya, nor because she was religious.

It was because of a letter from Antonio.

[There is a way to cure the illness.]

Upon receiving the brief letter, the Duchess came here. And she got the answer she wanted.

Mana insensitivity is caused by the inability to feel indiscriminate absorption of the surrounding mana.

If you know where to absorb it, you can control it, and if you can control it, you can control the mana on your own.

The Duchess said with a happy face after she had the answer she wanted.

"I will support with everything the Urquio family can do."

"Then will it be possible for you to set up the place at the cathedral you mentioned before?"

"That's not a big deal for us. Don't worry."

"Thank you. I will do my best to cure the illness."

At the Duchess's favorable response, Antonio bowed.

"Then, I will contact you later. Please show up with the kid."

The Duchess left the room in a noble manner. Soon Antonio followed suit.

A moment later, in the quiet room, a girl with light brown hair suddenly escaped from behind the bookshelf.

***

The depth of the hole was not very deep. Moreover, there was a soft bed at the end of the fall, so I didn't get hurt.

I just ate a little dust.

"Achoo! Achoo!"

I sneezed because of my crash landing.

My lifespan's shortened by ten years now.

I swept my chest, recalling the dizzying moment, thinking I was going to die like this.

The ceiling was tilted diagonally, but the place I fell from was the highest.

It was like a space for someone to use when I saw a teacup on the table right in front of me.

I looked up at the ceiling. There was a hole, as if to show that I've fallen.