Chapter 52
Once Lexion left the room, it took a while for Elena to come to her senses.
‘It’s okay. After all, the slip didn’t show much.’
She was calmer than she initially thought.
‘Besides, we’re lovers.’
Although there was a “period” added next to it.
‘… It’s still a mistake anyway.’
Elena cleared her thoughts and moved on.
She picked up the letter Lexion had left a while ago.
It was from Lexion’s father, the former Duke of Halos.
‘By the way, they said that the previous Duke was on a trip now.’
After Lexion assumed the position as the new Duke, Elena learned that the former Duke set out on a journey.
‘I heard that he was traveling all over the continent.’
It was a wish that Elena also wanted to come true someday, so she was envious of him.
She took the letter and headed to her desk.
Carefully opening the envelope with a paper knife, a letter slipped out.
The handwriting was fine and elegant, resembling the personality of the former Duke of Halos.
Elena smiled and read the letter.
Dear Elena,
How are you?
You have always been good at anything that you do, so I’m not worried. However, I still could not help but wonder how you have been all these years.
Swain’s regards were friendly. It caused Elena’s smile to subconsciously deepen.
I know you are passionate about your research on magic, but your health always comes first, so always be careful.
If you get hurt, Elena, Lexion will be sad.
Ah, have you met Lexion?
I heard that as soon as the succession ceremony ended, he immediately went to the Magic Tower.
I wonder if you two are getting along well.
I am now in the southern part of the continent.
The scenery here is beautiful and the food is very tasty.
Elena, when you have time, please come and join me on this trip.
Enclosed here is a landscape picture of the place.
Hah…
Elena let out a small sigh.
Inside the envelope was a palm-size picture.
The picture depicted the emerald sea and white buildings. It was like from the fairy tales.
As Swain said, it sure seemed like a beautiful place.
Elena put the picture down and continued reading the letter.
“Actually, I have a troubling concern these days.”
Concern?
During Elena’s stay with the Halos, she seldom saw the former Duke become worried.
Unless there was a crisis in the family.
However, the Halos family was now in its glorious state.
So Elena could not help but tilt her head.
These days, my close friends are saying that they are worried about losing their hair.
It’s still there, but I’m worried that my hair might fall out like theirs.
Swain Halos was now in his 50s.
‘It was already at the age where hair loss is prevalent….’
The last time she saw the previous Duke he had thick hair.
There was no need to worry about hair loss.
Besides, his friends were experiencing hair loss, but he wasn’t yet.
‘So it should be okay.’
What’s more, he was also the father of the male protagonist, Killian. Although he was a red flag.
In addition, there was no setting where the main character’s family would go bald.
‘Even if I’m a writer, it’s a setting I would never put in.’
But seeing the former Duke of Halos worried, she felt troubled.
‘Still, he was very nice to me.’
She should ease his worries a little bit.
The decision was made quickly.
At the same time, Elena had nothing to do right away in the tower.
Since her recent research had ended smoothly.
‘I’m interested in the Black Continent, but…’
A month or two should be fine.
If that was enough, she wondered if it would be possible to make a preventative medicine. Even if it was not a treatment for hair loss.
Elena’s lips twitched up.
‘My next study: Potion on preventive hair loss.’
****
The next day.
Lexion has been busy since morning.
So Elena only greeted Lexion and headed to the Magic Tower.
When they parted from the office – despite being very sad – Lexion saw her off with a smile.
After returning to the tower, Elena informed Jeremy of her return and started collecting data.
She started looking through books with information on medicinal herbs.
‘I must have seen a scalp-related grass last time…’
Elena easily found the information she was looking for.
There were some herbs that helped with scalp wellness.
However, it did not directly affect the hair.
‘Hmm….’
Hair loss existed in this world as well.
Similar to her previous world, it was a normal occurrence for middle-aged men.
‘Isn’t the Emperor also bald?’
Elena recalled a particular scene from the original story.
‘Oh, right. The Imperial family has been bald for generations.’
So the princes weren’t the main characters?
Elena laughed a little.
‘By the way, there doesn’t seem to be any grass that helps with hair loss….’
She was in trouble.
How could she make it?
While she was immersed in her thoughts, something appeared in front of her eyes.
It was a small yellow baby bird.
[Chirp! Master!]
“Vivi!”
Elena reached out to the baby bird.
Vivi fluttered her wings as she climbed onto Elena’s palm with her small feet.
“Are you alone today?”
[Chirp! Yes! Everyone is investigating the Black Continent for master. I’m here to inform master. Chirp!]
“I see. Thank you so much.”
Elena felt warmth in her heart.
She didn’t specifically ask the spirits, but they still volunteered to do it for her.
“But you all have to be careful. Never do it if you think it’s dangerous. Understand?”
Elena warned, stroking Vivi’s soft feathers.
[Chirp! Do not worry!]
Vivi puffed out her chest, telling her to just believe in them.
“Yes, I believe you.”
[Chirp! Please touch me here as well.]
Elena smiled and placed her hand on the spot where Vivi requested.
However, there was something strange in this particular area.
Vivi has always been covered in thick feathers.
However, there was only a sparse amount of feathers on the underside of the chest.
No, it wasn’t plucked out.
Her short, bright yellow feathers were scorched.
“Vivi, why are you burnt here?”
When Elena asked her worriedly, Vivi replied while she trimmed her feathers.
[Chirp! Coco burned it!]
Vivi let out a snort as if angry.
“Did you have a fight with Coco?”
The baby bird shook her head.
[We didn’t fight, chirp! Coco accidentally blew fire while sleeping, and it touched my feathers. Chirp!]
The baby lizard, Coco, was a fire spirit.
Seeing that Vivi didn’t feel terrible, it must have been an accident.
“But are you okay? You don’t feel hurt anywhere?”
[It doesn’t hurt, chirp!]
“But what if your burnt feathers don’t recover?”
Elena was very sorry that some of Vivi’s feathers had been burned.
But Vivi wasn’t worried at all.
[Chirp! It’s okay. It will grow quickly if you use dragon grass.]
Elena’s eyes lit up.
“Dragon grass?”
****
Dragon grass was black, sharp, and withered just like the claws of a dragon.
Elena knew what kind of herb dragon grass was.
Since she had studied countless plants through various studies.
However, she did not know that dragon grass could be easily used to grow hair.
‘Dragon grass was treated as a weed like a rabbit flower.’
Although not strong, it was poisonous and had no particular taste.
It was not, however, a grass that grew in many places like weeds.
‘But I know where the Dragon grasses are.’
After separating from Vivi, Elena immediately walked out of the tower.
The place she was heading was behind the West Tower.
Not long ago, Elena saw Dragon grass while taking a walk.
And she was able to find what she wanted right away.
‘How much do I need….’
Dragon grass was not practical anyway, so she collected all the grass in the vicinity.
She got about 10 of them.
Elena smiled happily and went back to the West Tower.
‘As Vivi said, it would be effective for humans as well.’
Unfortunately, there was a problem with Dragon grass.
‘…Toxicity.’
Although not severe, in the end, it was poisonous.
In other words, to make a preventive potion for hair loss or treatment using dragon grass, its poison must be resolved first.
Plants that could detoxify flashed through Elena’s mind.
However, it was not known which plants could work well with dragon grass.
‘Are there any people who have studied Dragon grass…’
Holding the grass in her hand, she pondered.
“Elena!”
As she approached the lab, she heard Jeremy’s voice.
“Where are you going?”
Carrying several papers in his hands, Jeremy greeted her.
“I’ll go do my research.”
“Isn’t that Dragon grass?”
Seeing the item in Elena’s hand, Jeremy’s eyes lit up with interest.
“Yes, that’s right.”
“Where are you going to use that?”
If someone else was holding the dragon grass, they would have just ignored it.
But because it was Elena, Jeremy’s interest surged.
Elena replied with a smile.
“I was thinking of developing a potion for hair loss with this.”
“Does dragon grass help with hair loss? How did you know?”
Jeremy asked, startled.
But Elena did not quickly answer.
To be honest, she couldn’t even say that a Spirit informed her.
Until now, she had not told anyone that she had a spirit.
‘I’m sorry Jeremy. I know we’ve known each other for a long time, but I can’t.’
“I saw it in an old book. The letters were damaged, so I had a hard time recognizing them….”
Did she appear natural when she answered him?
Just as Elena’s heart was increasingly beating because of the tension, Jeremy closed his eyes.
“So it seems. I’m looking forward to the medicine Elena will make.”
“Thank you. But there’s a problem. I need to detoxify the dragon grass. If there are materials that studied Dragon grass, the time would be considerably shortened.”
When Elena spoke of her concern, Jeremy unexpectedly mentioned:
“Ah! A long time ago, Jacob studied dragon grass. The data about it should still be there.”
