My Lord Who Is Being Prudent! [EN]: Chapter 32

Find the Talent (2)

“Y-You were··· looking for me···.”

Jerry said in a trembling voice.

From what I heard, he was just a young child of 12 years old.

He didn’t seem to be an adult yet,

but he was even younger than expected.

Jerry was rolling his eyes around.

At the same time, his body was shrinking back.

Sian’s aristocratic appearance was one thing,

but it seemed he had been thoroughly warned by the old magician.

Sian looked at Jerry and held up the air purification magic tool.

“I heard you made this.”

“Ah, yes. My mother coughs a lot. I guess it’s because the air isn’t very good in the slum where I live···.”

Jerry gave an awkward smile.

“Do you have any other magic tools you’ve made besides this one?”

“Other magic tools, you mean···.”

“Anything.”

Jerry cautiously looked around.

Then, he took out a large sack from one side.

After struggling to drag it in front of Sian, Jerry soon poured out the contents.

Then, with a crash, various magic tools spilled out.

Sian examined the spilled magic tools.

Again, the purpose was unknown, but···.

Each one was an elaborate magic tool.

“You made all of this?”

“Yes···.”

Jerry answered shyly.

Sian couldn’t help but be amazed.

This was because not just anyone could make magic tools.

You needed excellent magical knowledge,

as well as the technical skills to realize it.

Even if it was a shoddy magic tool, not just anyone could make it.

But the ones piled up were not shoddy at all.

Then suddenly.

Sian was able to find something eye-catching in the pile of magic tools.

“Potion?”

It was none other than a potion.

“That··· I sometimes gather medicinal herbs and make potions too.”

“You can make potions too?”

Sian couldn’t help but be surprised.

Alchemy and magic engineering.

These two were clearly different fields.

Of course, to be able to make potions, you had to have considerable knowledge of alchemy.

To make magic tools yourself and even produce potions?

“It’s just so-so···.”

It was definitely not something to be considered just so-so.

“For something like that, the potion is also top quality? Of course, it’s not a recovery potion, so it’s not of great value, but still.”

Amelia, who was watching from the side, exclaimed in surprise.

“Didn’t you say he was a magic engineer?”

“That, that’s···.”

Jerry just stammered awkwardly.

That’s why Sian couldn’t help but wonder.

Why was such a talented child in this shabby magic tower?

And why was he treated like such a burden?

As if sensing Sian’s question.

“The thing is···.”

Jerry slowly opened his mouth.

“I can’t use magic.”

“Ah.”

Only then could Sian nod his head.

Magicians and magic engineers.

In fact, it was meaningless to distinguish between the two.

If you had to, a magician was someone who performed miracles called magic based on theory.

A magic engineer was someone who explored the magic theory that could perform miracles.

That’s how you could distinguish them.

But this didn’t really mean much.

To cast magic, you had to be familiar with the theory of that magic.

Therefore, all magicians had to be magic engineers.

Therefore, being a magician was no different from being a magic engineer.

Nevertheless, the reason for distinguishing between the two was simple.

All magicians were magic engineers,

but not all magic engineers could be magicians.

Magic required outstanding talent.

Aura, magic power, divine power.

Unlike aura, which you could reach with enough effort even if you had moderate talent among these,

magic power and divine power required innate talent.

That’s why there were many magic engineers who couldn’t use magic,

and they were generally treated poorly.

A magic engineer who couldn’t use magic.

That was just an existence that ate up money.

But.

“Hmm···.”

Sian couldn’t just think that way.

This was because Jerry’s talent that he was seeing now.

Wasn’t that talent just right for the current situation in Ruben? [Ruben is likely a territory or organization]

To be exact, it was perfect for being stuck in Elodie’s lab··· no.

What if he couldn’t use magic?

He could make this many magic tools at such a young age.

And he even knew alchemy to that extent···.

It didn’t seem like he had learned it separately.

In the first place, what could Jerry from the slums have learned?

Then that meant he had figured it out on his own···.

This could only be expressed as an enormous talent.

If such a Jerry came to Ruben and became a researcher···.

And absorbed Elodie’s knowledge···.

It wouldn’t be right now.

But in the not-so-distant future.

There would be no one among all the existing magic engineers who could keep up with Jerry.

Even Egret Rothschild, the current head of Rothschild. [Rothschild is likely a powerful family or organization]

Even if it was him, a great magician and great magic engineer who had reached the 8th Circle.

Sian stared at Jerry.

And.

“I have a proposal for you.”

He gave a grin.

#

The bustling streets of the Imperial capital, Darkan. [Darkan is the Imperial capital]

Sian took a bite of the chicken skewer in his hand.

Meat cooked just right.

Appropriately distributed seasoning.

In short, it was just the taste of a common chicken skewer.

“What is it? You said two people would die if they ate it together.”

Sian took another bite of the chicken skewer.

Then, a slight glimpse to the side.

For some reason, Amelia was just holding the chicken skewer in her hand.

“Amelia, this isn’t poisoned. You can eat it.”

“I know.”

Amelia nodded.

But she still wasn’t eating the chicken skewer.

Wondering why, he stared at her.

“I didn’t expect you to refuse so quickly.”

Amelia slowly opened her mouth.

“I know.”

Sian replied nonchalantly.

At Sian’s appearance, Amelia recalled what had happened a little while ago.

Sian revealed his name.

And proposed to Jerry to come to Ruben.

And promised to give him tremendous support.

In response, Jerry opened his eyes in considerable surprise.

This was because Jerry knew Elantur. [Elantur is a noble family]

Even if the name was Sian.

To commoners, Elantur was a noble existence.

So it was a great opportunity for Jerry,

and that’s why he thought Jerry would accept it right away.

But.

‘Thank you for the offer. But··· I’m sorry.’

Contrary to expectations, Jerry rejected Sian’s offer.

He said the reason was.

‘I can’t leave my sick mother and go alone.’

Jerry has a mother who is suffering from an illness.

It was a disease that she had been suffering from for quite some time,

but it had worsened a few years ago.

Sian naturally offered to take his mother with him.

However, Jerry’s opinion was that he could not take his mother to dangerous Ruben.

To be exact, the Forest of Darkness.

Sian tried to persuade Jerry more,

but eventually failed to recruit Jerry.

“Well, what can I do.”

“Aren’t you sorry?”

“I am.”

It would be a lie if he said he wasn’t sorry.

The talent that Sian saw in Jerry.

If Jerry absorbed Elodie’s knowledge, in the not-so-distant future.

There would be no one among all the existing magic engineers who could keep up with Jerry.

That’s why he didn’t want to miss such a talent,

but.

“What can I do if he doesn’t want to.”

He couldn’t force him to come.

“Could Ellie heal Jerry’s mother with her powers?”

“Even the priest’s power didn’t work. I admit Ellie is excellent, but··· I don’t think it’ll be easy.”

Jerry said he had tried all sorts of ways to heal his mother.

He had used all the medicines that were good for her body,

as well as inviting healers who were said to be skilled,

and even inviting the expensive priest, but it was not enough.

Even though he invested all the money he made from making magic tools, he couldn’t heal Jerry’s mother.

So Jerry tried to heal his mother himself.

In that sense, he even started alchemy to make potions.

The magic tools he was currently making were only those that could alleviate his mother’s illness.

That’s why he was treated that way by the magic tower lord.

So Jerry was a herbalist, alchemist,

and magic engineer at the same time.

“Thinking about it like this makes me want him even more. Amelia, do you have any good ideas?”

“······You just said there was nothing you could do?”

“You keep encouraging me, so I want him even more. And I’m more attracted to him because he’s playing hard to get.”

“······”

Should I have played hard to get a little too?

“Huh? What did you say?”

“Ah, no. It’s nothing.”

Amelia was flustered and pretended not to know.

Sian just tilted his head at Amelia’s appearance.

“With the Pleasant Treatment Center Lv.1 effect and Ellie’s skills, it might work···. Should I upgrade the treatment center? Ah, then I have to do research in the lab. Then I need a magic engineer again···.”

Damn it.

It was at that moment that he was worried about that.

“Oh my! What am I going to do!”

“I’m going to catch someone! I’m going to catch someone!”

Suddenly, the people on the street began to stir greatly.

To be exact, far away.

People were gathering and buzzing.

And the voices that were heard.

“Aren’t you really going to kill him···?”

“W-What am I going to do···!”

Judging from the reactions of the people, it seemed like something had happened.

Just as he was wondering what was going on.

“To get the attention of Elantur of all people···!”

Someone’s voice came to Sian’s ear.

Huh? Elantur?

Sian and Amelia looked at each other at the same time.

And as if they had promised.

The two headed to where the people were gathered.

Arriving at the scene.

There, people were looking in one direction and fidgeting.

And where those people were looking.

There, a child was lying flat on the floor.

A face he remembered.

There was no way he couldn’t remember.

“Jerry···?”

It was Jerry, whom he had met a little while ago.

Jerry was lying on the floor, trembling.

And in front of Jerry, knights were lined up.

They were all holding out their swords and aiming at Jerry.

A terrifying force was erupting as if they were about to cut Jerry down right away.

And next to those knights.

Next to them was a carriage with a white wolf crest drawn on it.

The white wolf symbolizing the Elantur family.

As expected, in front of such a carriage stood beings who were all too familiar to Sian.

The second child and eldest daughter of Elantur, Roswell.

The third child and second son, Nathan.

And.

“······Isabel?”

The mistress of the Elantur Marquis family.

Isabel was standing there.

#

Jerry couldn’t think of anything.

It was as if his head was blank.

It was an accident.

An accident that did not contain any intention.

The time was right after Jerry rejected a noble’s offer.

The noble’s name was Sian Elantur.

He was the youngest of the Elantur, a noble family of the Empire.

Jerry felt like his body was hardening.

Of course, Jerry also knew the rumors about Sian.

But that was their own business.

To a commoner from the slums like himself, he was still an existence like the sky.

Such Sian proposed to Jerry to come to his territory.

And Jerry pretended to think for a moment.

And rejected Sian’s offer.

His mother’s problem was also a problem,

but···.

Honestly, Jerry couldn’t trust the nobles.

They were always busy taking care of their own interests.

On the outside, they pretended to care for the commoners, showing hypocrisy,

but in the end, they were people who would abandon you when you were no longer useful.

And as expected, Jerry could see that greed in Sian’s sparkling eyes.

That’s why he refused.

And at the same time, Jerry closed his eyes tightly.

This was because it was clear that he would be furious for daring to reject his offer.

But what.

Sian readily let Jerry go.

It was a little··· strange, but Jerry didn’t think deeply.

After all, he was a noble.

Jerry left the place and headed straight outside.

This was to sell the magic tools he had made.

The founding day event that comes around once every four years.

A festival where many people and nobles gather.

He had to move diligently to earn money for his mother’s medicine.

Jerry set up a stall where people gathered.

To be exact, near the path where nobles passed to participate in the founding day event.

They were the only ones who would buy magic tools at a high price.

From then on, it was an accident.

An accident caused by chance.

The place where Jerry set up his stall.

It happened that Elantur’s carriage was passing by to participate in the founding day event.

Jerry’s magic tools, which were not sold on the market, caught Elantur’s attention.

A noble of Elantur was interested in Jerry’s magic tools.

A man who appeared to be a bodyguard bought Jerry’s magic tools.

Such magic tools suddenly malfunctioned.

An accident that eventually led to an explosion.

Fortunately, there were no casualties.

In the first place, safety devices were also prepared,

so an explosion that would cause casualties did not occur.

However, the aftermath of the explosion was not entirely absent.

So now.

The appearance of the Elantur noble.

The uniforms, which looked expensive at first glance, were covered in the smoke of the explosion and dyed black.

Jerry’s head was completely white.

“P, please save me··· I, I was wrong···.”

Jerry could only say please save me and I was wrong.

“To ask to be saved after doing this···.”

A man stepped forward in front of Jerry.

The man who bought Jerry’s magic tools.

Nathan Elantur.

The third child and second son of the Elantur Marquis family.

Nathan frowned.

“Are you asking me to have mercy after trying to kill me?”

“N, no! I never tried to kill you! Never!”

Jerry begged and rushed in.

However, he was thrown back to the floor by the surrounding bodyguards.

Nathan looked at the sprawled Jerry and said.

“You didn’t deliberately do business in the path we were passing by?”

“No! I, I just wanted to earn money for my mother’s medicine···! I thought the nobles would buy my magic tools at a high price···! Never! I never had any intention of harming you! Please believe me!”

Nathan chuckled and said.

“Then what about this explosion?”

“I, it’s an accident! It’s really··· really an accident! This has never happened before···!”

“Accident··· an accident···.”

Nathan looked around and said.

“How do lowly things always make the same excuses?”

“Please··· please save me···.”

Jerry cried and begged.

And the people who were watching the scene were only stamping their feet.

No one came forward.

This was because the opponent was Elantur.

There was no one in the Empire who could stand in front of Elantur.

Besides, it was true that an explosion occurred in the magic tool.

This··· Even if he was charged with attempted murder of a noble, he would have nothing to say.

And the punishment for attempted murder of a noble was beheading.

“Please··· please··· If I’m not here, my mother···.”

Jerry’s death was a foregone conclusion.

“Oh my! I’m going to do something! I’m going to do something···!”

“Even God is really heartless···!”

People could only stamp their feet.

And right then.

“Didn’t you say it was an accident.”

A voice was heard among the people.