Chapter 18
“Grandmother’s Fortune-Telling”
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I continued my daily training aimed at becoming a great magician,
and gradually, I was getting used to this lifestyle.
The only problem was this child—Prince Phos.
Now that I could use magic,
and with fairies around,
it seemed I could manage to cover up any issues.
This child had nearly been killed in the Gem Kingdom,
and ended up here,
so what exactly am I supposed to protect him from?
I had no idea.
Living here seemed fine as long as I could use magic…
Ruri looked at the letter from her grandmother.
But she still couldn’t read it.
“I wonder if there’s actually anything written here…”
Ruri was drinking beer while nibbling on gemstone-based dishes.
Ever since she started eating gemstones,
her magical power had strengthened.
“Even though gemstones are useless for ordinary humans,
they increase magic for royalty,
so it’s certain that Ruri is related to the prince,”
Alec said.
“Then why can’t I read it?”
“I don’t know. Maybe it’s some kind of royal spell?”
Fain looked at Ruri while eating cup noodles.
“The cup noodles in this country are surprisingly good,”
Eme said, happily slurping her curry noodles.
“Do spells really exist?
Even you guys don’t use any spells.
Just wave a wand and—bam?”
“That’s not entirely true.
There are gemstone words, after all.
We think of them when making these dishes,”
Eme explained.
“I only know the basic gemstone words.
Do I have to study them?”
Ruri said with a sigh.
“I doubt she’s related by blood to Lady Eris.
When using magic,
the gemstone words naturally come to mind like spells,”
Chrysos and Nel said.
“So even people age,
and their magic might not work as well anymore, huh,”
Ruri muttered, sipping her beer with a pout.
“Delicious~,”
Phos said with a cute face, looking at Ruri.
“You really like eggs, don’t you~?”
Because the fairy was beautiful but sharp-tongued,
Phos seemed even cuter.
My little angel~
Ruri smiled at Phos.
Since Phos seemed to love omelets the most,
and they were made daily,
Ruri had even improved her skills—from regular omelets to ones with perfectly runny eggs.
“Hey, what’s life like in the Gem Kingdom?
How do they educate a girl to become queen?”
“……”
The fairies remained silent,
so Ruri asked suspiciously,
“How do you all live?”
“We gather gemstones, make them into jewelry,
and export them to make a living.
The heir is chosen from the selected princesses,
and then the most talented girl among them is picked.
Each princess has a tutor in charge of her upbringing,
who takes care of everything around her,”
Eme explained while slurping noodles.
“Do you mine gemstones from the mountains?”
“Mine? What’s that?”
“You know, you collect gemstones and sell them, right?”
Ruri asked Zakuro.
“Gemstones are just lying around.
They spring up from various places,
and even a princess’s tears are gemstones.”
