The Villain’S Daughter-In-Law Is Inherently Powerful [EN]: Chapter 32

“Ahem, Florin. Have you ever heard of an alchemist?”

“Ki, no, Father said I’m a flower alchemist.”

A moment later. After all the footsteps had faded away, Grandfather spoke about my special ability.

“Alchemists are very rare, appearing only once every 100 years. You’re the first one I’ve ever seen in person.”

“Wow.”

That’s an extremely low probability.

I already know almost everything about this world without having to learn it, but I didn’t know much about alchemy. That’s because it’s not in the original story.

Swordsmanship, marksmanship, magic, magical engineering, stealth, etc. All sorts of abilities appeared in this novel, but I had never seen anything about alchemy, so I was already wondering about it.

“Historically, all alchemists have been albinos. An albino may not be an alchemist, but an alchemist could not be a non-albino.”

“Ah… !”

“However, it’s a very rare probability, and magic has a much wider range of applications than alchemy, so alchemists have not received much attention until now.”

That makes sense. I nodded.

“After searching through the records of alchemy all night, it seems that alchemy is the power to change one substance into another, such as turning a stone into gold, turning alcohol into poison, or turning dirt into flour.”

I suddenly became curious and raised my hand.

“Grandfather, is alchemy different from magic?”

“Yes. It’s somewhat similar, but it has more limitations than magic. In your case, you can transmute flowers by offering a certain substance as a price.”

But I don’t usually like flowers that much, so why flowers of all things?

‘Is there a set age for alchemy to manifest?’

Is what you transmute determined by blood?

I have so many questions.

More than anything, I was very curious whether my flowers were just pretty and bright, or whether the flowers themselves had other abilities.

‘It doesn’t seem like the types of flowers that bloom are fixed.’

I glanced at the vase in front of Grandfather.

White roses, gerberas, baby’s breath, lilacs, sunflowers…

It was a bouquet of flowers so beautiful that you could never imagine it was originally fire.

“I would like to find and meet another alchemist if there was one, but unfortunately, you are the only alchemist that exists, Florin.”

“Ah… I see.”

Slightly disappointed, my round ears drooped.

I wanted to ask an adult alchemist about this and that.

It feels like a lower version of magic, but it’s still my precious ability, so I wanted to hug it and cherish it.

“Isn’t it wonderful? To be the only one in the world.”

Grandfather subtly praised me, noticing that I was sulking.

‘But is that really true? Being the only one is a very special thing.’

As a Dambi who is weak to praise, I quickly raised my head and wagged the tip of my tail.

‘The fact that I’m an alchemist will definitely help the family.’

Even if the practical ability isn’t great, there’s still the name value. The Driblyane family has an alchemist as their daughter-in-law! It would be good to boast about such a grand thing.

“Hoo.”

“Why are you sighing?”

“It’s a sigh of relief!”

Grandfather looked puzzled when I suddenly took a long breath.

So I explained in a clear voice.

“Well, as you already know, I don’t have divine power. Even if I’m rumored to be a saintess now, if I ever meet someone from the Holy Empire, they’ll definitely find it strange. Because I don’t have divine power… Then I’ll become useless. The rumor that I’m the real one and the saintess in the Holy Empire is fake will be overturned again.”

First of all, I don’t even know what divine power is.

However, Grandfather’s expression became subtle, perhaps because it was a little strange for me to talk about being useless with my own mouth.

Oh, you don’t have to be like that.

The very fact that you accepted me into the family was because of Kiraxus’s stubbornness.

“But now I have the power of flower alchemy! This is my real power, so I will continue to be useful. Right?”

I looked up at Grandfather with my hands clasped together.

A big, powerful, and scary person. The center that supports this dangerous family as a whole. A person who has no choice but to always calculate the family’s interests.

So I wasn’t upset or disappointed about the objective facts. Rather, I was really happy that I had some power.

Now I can be a member of this family with dignity.

“I didn’t know you were thinking that way.”

After a long silence, Grandfather stroked his chin and slowly opened his mouth.

“You didn’t have to worry about that… Hmm, come here. Sit on this grandfather’s lap.”

He patted his knee, so I ran over and sat quietly on his lap.

“Now, repeat after me.”

“…”

“Grandfather.”

“…Grand…father?”

“That’s right. From now on, you don’t have to call me Head of the Family.”

Huh, really?

“Actually, I was going to officially allow it in front of everyone at the welcome banquet…”

Swish.

When Grandfather put his hand on my back, a warm but slightly scary energy permeated me.

I didn’t know exactly what it was, but I guessed it was Iculus [a type of magical energy], so I stayed still. After a while, I grew like a water-soaked bean sprout and transformed into a human.

“Wow!”

“Hmm, I tried it because I thought it would work, but it really does.”

“Wow…! Grandfather, I’m human again!”

I was so happy to see a human hand instead of a paw in the higher field of vision that I almost danced.

I smiled brightly and wiggled my round ears… Huh? Wiggle?

“The human transformation isn’t perfect, so your ears are still there. How cute.”

Grandfather chuckled. I touched my ears and just smiled shyly.

Well, whatever. Even if some of my animal appearance remains, I’m still a person who walks upright!

‘Wait, what about my clothes?!’

Ah, I’m wearing them.

It was the same sky-blue dress that Kiraxus had magically put on me yesterday. Strangely, it seemed to be maintained every time I transformed into a human.

“As you said, every member of the Driblyane family must be useful. Other ancient families are also aiming for this position where Driblyane stands, so it can’t be helped for the sake of the family’s perpetuity [the state of lasting forever].”

Grandfather’s big hand flicked the tip of my nose.

“But you’ve done well enough so far. No, it’s impossible to achieve this much at your age.”

“…!”

“In this grandfather’s opinion, you have sufficiently proven your worth. What do you think?”

“I… I…”

I was recognized.

I knew from the atmosphere that Grandfather wouldn’t abandon me, but hearing it directly from his mouth was a different feeling.

‘Ah, I’m happy.’

I couldn’t stop the overwhelming emotions and bowed my head deeply. Curly silver hair tickled my cheeks.

Holding the long hair on both sides and covering my face, I had to take about five deep breaths to answer.

“I also think that I am sufficiently helpful to the family.”

“Yes. That kind of confidence is important. I like the way you speak.”

“The way I speak?”

“As far as I’ve observed, you always use a firm and confident tone. You didn’t vaguely slur the ends of your words or try to gloss over things.”

Did I?

I tilted my head, but since Grandfather said so, it must be so!

“It’s a great advantage not to try to avoid the situation and to face it head-on. Being sincere is also one of the good qualities.”

You were watching me in detail about things I didn’t even know about myself.

I felt embarrassed for no reason, so I wiggled my toes.

“Seeing what happened yesterday, it seems you have a talent for saving someone.”

“Yes?”

“It’s a precious talent for Driblyane. This family is full of guys who only have a talent for killing and taking away, gee.”

Grandfather, who was already braiding my hair, clicked his tongue.

I was a little dazed and opened my mouth blankly, genuinely curious about how the things I’ve done so far could be derived into such a cool-looking sentence.

A talent for saving someone.

It was an excessive compliment, as I didn’t know how to use healing magic or was a doctor. But I didn’t really want to ask if I really had such a talent.

‘That would look too insecure.’

I have to pretend that I have talents that I don’t have!

“First of all, you told us where spring would come. Spring means the birth of life and the revival of the land that has been dormant all winter.”

“Yes.”

No, did you read my mind?!

Startled, I rolled my eyes and listened to Grandfather’s words.

“Then you saved the lives of our soldiers, and yesterday you saved the successors.”

“Ah…!”

Is that how it works!

I was so amazed by the logic of the miracle that I clapped my knees.