Analysis

The following day at noon.

Inside the wooden house.

In the morning, the group first went inside the Barrier to conduct another experiment.

After witnessing Rienta restore the Golden Transformation plants, Dunkel eagerly pulled everyone back to the cabin.

He wanted to increase his stakes.

The memories that Aetilu gave him were very long, and he needed to constantly unravel them to extract the useful information.

Of course, this is not Aetilu's problem.

When Frieren learned of this, she said she had a way to help.

Thus, with Frieren's help, Dunkel successfully deciphered the memory concerning Macht that Aetilu had given him.

"So, what's the conclusion?"

Rienta doesn't like listening to long-winded explanations, but that doesn't mean he doesn't need information.

His opponent is none other than Macht, the strongest of the Seven Sages of Destruction of the Golden Land.

Even if the [Magic That Turns All Things to Gold] has a solution, what if there are other methods?

He doesn't want things to go wrong.

After analyzing the memories, Frieren stood there dumbfounded. Upon hearing Rienta's question, she suddenly collapsed to the side.

Fern, standing nearby, quickly pulled Frieren into his arms. "... Lady Frieren?"

Rienta's gaze sharpened, landing on Dunkel beside her.

Dunkel, however, looked completely bewildered, having no idea why Frieren was behaving this way.

Frieren lay stiffly in Fern's arms. Noticing out of the corner of her eye that Rienta's expression was off, she quickly spoke:

"... I'm analyzing deeper parts of this memory... my body's processing power is being used to manipulate Mana resources..."

At this point, Frieren even gave Rienta a wink.

But in her current state, the gesture of giving a look only appeared as a slight movement of her eyes to Rienta.

To be honest, Rienta didn't understand and stared blankly at Frieren.

But Frieren thought that Rienta would definitely be able to understand it.

Then he continued, "... I'm in such a state that I can't move around normally... Fern, remember to feed me..."

Fern stared blankly at Frieren in his arms. "Huh?"

"You also need to help me change clothes, take a shower, and braid my hair!"

After saying that, Frieren looked drowsy and closed her eyes.

Upon hearing this, Rienta suddenly understood.

It turns out that Frieren's look just now was actually telling him not to treat her.

However, the body became stiff because all of the body's processing abilities were focused on manipulating Mana.

Could this be considered an illness or injury?

Because of a glance from Frieren, Rienta fell into deep thought.

"Isn't that just like usual?"

Fern muttered a speechless complaint, and just as she finished speaking, a massive Mana reaction suddenly occurred.

Rienta noticed it too, exchanged a glance with Fern, and looked in the direction from which the massive Mana was coming from.

Seeing their serious expressions, Stark asked, "What happened?"

"A very strong Mana reaction just occurred."

That Mana appeared for only a moment before disappearing.

Furthermore, because there was a Barrier in that direction, Rienta did not choose to use [Detection Magic].

After giving a brief explanation to Stark, he walked out of the cabin.

It's lunchtime, time to eat.

Dunkel and Frieren are in similar situations, but Macht is in a much better position because he hasn't had his deeper memories analyzed.

Even so, he didn't notice the Mana he had just experienced.

A powerful Mana reaction occurred in this remote place.

If nothing unexpected happens, it's most likely Demons.

Adding to the images he had just seen while analyzing his memories, Dunkel murmured to himself:

"It seems that dealing with Macht, even with a way to counter the [Magic That Turns All Things to Gold], won't be an easy task."

Fern then asked Stark to help move Frieren to the inner room.

Even without a bed, laying out several layers of bedding will achieve a similar effect.

Fern stayed behind to take care of Frieren.

Stark then returned to the living room and chatted with Dunkel.

Outside the wooden house.

Because of the presence of various household magic spells, there was absolutely no trace of a grand picnic that had taken place on the Cliffside face the night before.

Rienta for a moment, then took out various ingredients from her [Personal Space] and began processing them.

He didn't plan to cook anything too complicated this time.

Simply stir-fry a few vegetarian dishes and pair them with some fried foods.

For the main course, we made an omelet rice dish with an extra fried pork cutlet.

Since we still had a lot of seafood from Codoria Lake, this time the fried food was mainly lake seafood.

In other words, cooking time will be very short.

After all the preliminary preparations were completed, the rice was almost cooked.

Rienta entered the cabin, nodded to Stark and Dunkel, and then knocked on the door of the inner room.

"Please come in."

Upon hearing Fern's voice, Rienta also entered the inner room.

Seeing this, Stark didn't mind and pulled Dunkel outside.

The inner room.

Rienta knelt beside Frieren and unleashed [Magic That Heals Everything].

The green light completely enveloped Frieren, and at the same time, he silently thought of a sentence.

I believe that the stiffness throughout the body resulting from concentrating all physical skills on manipulating Mana is a form of injury.

It's an idealistic world, isn't it?

Since [Goddess's Blessing] can enhance other abilities through self-suggestion.

There's no reason why other abilities couldn't accomplish the same thing.

In addition, he had just experimented with converting the [Magic That Heals Everything] into [removing all external forces] to lift the curse of the [Golden Land].

This further demonstrates that the abilities granted to him by the Panel are not rigid.

The specific effect it has depends entirely on his mindset.

Two seconds later.

Rienta canceled the [Magic That Heals Everything], and the green light slowly dissipated.

"Lady Frieren, everything should be alright now."

Upon hearing this, Frieren tentatively moved her fingers.

After realizing that her body was no longer stiff, she sat up.

Macht's memories are still being analyzed, but his body can now move.

Frieren was silent for a moment, then glared at Rienta, her expression somewhat helpless.

She hadn't expected that Rienta would actually be able to solve this problem.

That look was originally just a precaution.

Seeing that Frieren had regained her mobility, Rienta turned and walked outside.

"Now that Lady Frieren is better, let's prepare dinner."

Today's lunch is tempura and pork cutlet rice.

Upon hearing this, Frieren jumped up from the ground and grabbed Fern, running outside.

Within the Barrier.

The owner of that immense Mana that just appeared— Solitär.

They are walking towards the other side of the Barrier.

She had originally intended to analyze the Barrier that enveloped the entire [Golden Land].

But just as he was about to make his move, an unusually dangerous feeling washed over him.

The source is the Cliffside not far away.

She knew that it was where the previous guardians of the Barrier had lived.

To avoid any unforeseen complications, we chose to change the direction of the [Barrier] analysis.