A Promise from Long Ago

The three arrived at the tower.

Frieren picked up a blue petal that had fallen to the ground.

Looking at the tracking marks that led all the way to the top of the tower, she said:

"Seed Mice hide their food in different places."

"Hopefully we'll succeed on the first try."

"Let's go up and take a look, Lady Frieren," Rienta said.

All three could use Flight Magic. Frieren and Fern summoned their staffs and rose into the air.

Rienta's staff was a wooden sword, a gift from Heiter.

He cast Flight Magic and followed them up.

Blue Blue-Moon Weed covered the entire top of the tower. Just then, a gust of wind blew past, carrying petals into the distance.

Frieren was the first to arrive. Seeing the sight before her, she couldn't help remembering something Himmel had once said.

"I really wish I could show them to you someday."

"Is that so? I'm sure we'll have a chance."

Frieren gazed at the field of Blue-Moon Weed, somewhat lost in thought.

"I expected there to be some, but I didn't think there would be this many."

"I finally got to see them, Himmel."

Fern also reached the top of the tower. Seeing the blue Blue-Moon Weed, she murmured:

"We actually found it."

"Big brother Rienta was dependable for once."

Rienta, who was behind her, heard Fern muttering and felt he should correct his sister's impression. He said:

"I'm always dependable, you know, Fern."

Fern cast a casual glance at Rienta behind her and said nothing.

Her gaze said a lot. Seeing it, Rienta hurriedly begged for mercy and admitted defeat.

A chuunibyou boy was transported to another world, where he was taken in at the start by Heiter, the hero party's top-class priest, and then taught alongside a thousand-year-old elf, Frieren.

So how much of a chuunibyou would he be when he set out on his journey?

A little hard to guess.

Rienta said he had already erased that sort of thing from his memory and didn't even want to think about it.

Their arrival interrupted Frieren's recollections. She canceled her Flight Magic and landed among the Blue-Moon Weed.

Smiling broadly, she said, "Now I can cast Flower field magic for Blue-Moon Weed."

Frieren enveloped a Blue-Moon Weed flower in mana and began analyzing its structure.

Seeing how happy Frieren was, Fern asked, somewhat puzzled:

"Why are you so devoted to magic, Lady Frieren?"

"I don't understand."

Frieren maintained the mana she was using to analyze the Blue-Moon Weed. She said softly:

"You should understand too, Fern."

"After all, you didn't give up on becoming a mage back then either."

Fern fell silent for a moment before explaining, "It's not like that."

"I just wanted to master a skill that would let me survive on my own."

"Like big brother Rienta's talent for healing."

"Whether it was magic or not..."

"But you still chose magic." Frieren's voice remained calm.

"I suppose I did..."

Fern remembered how happy she had felt when she first began learning magic and asked no more questions.

Listening to their conversation, Rienta had some thoughts of his own.

Adolescent girls really do love overthinking things.

I'm different, though. Hehe.

He only dared think that to himself, however.

Frieren's analysis went quickly. She had finished it in the time they spent talking.

She summoned her staff, cast Flight Magic, and said to the two waiting nearby:

"I'm done. Let's go get the client to join us."

Rienta stretched, struck a pose in the air, and said with a touch of vanity, "This cleanup request has taken an exceptionally long time."

"Good thing you had me, though."

"Yes, yes, it was all thanks to you, big brother Rienta." Fern thought it wasn't a bad idea to praise her chuunibyou brother once in a while.

Frieren flew over to Rienta, patted his head, and said with a smile, "You've always been impressive, Rienta."

"Of course!"

Watching Rienta grow even smugger, Fern suddenly regretted praising him.

Rienta noticed that something was off with Fern. He coughed lightly and said:

"I'll go to the client's place first."

With that, he flew away from the tower without looking back.

Frieren watched Rienta leave, looking a little puzzled, and asked:

"Fern, what's wrong with Rienta?"

"Nothing, Lady Frieren. Let's go too." Fern shook her head without explaining to the oblivious elf.

The two met Rienta outside the client's house.

Rienta had already told the client that they had found the Blue-Moon Weed.

The four of them headed toward Himmel's statue together.

Before long, they reached the statue they had cleaned earlier.

Over the past month, some grass had sprouted from the ground again, but it wouldn't interfere with casting Flower field magic.

Frieren summoned her staff and began the final step of the request.

"Flower field magic."

Blue Blue-Moon Weed covered the ground at the foot of the statue, creating a dreamlike sight.

The flowers summoned by Flower field magic were already in full bloom from the start.

Watching this, Rienta felt he ought to learn Flower field magic.

Lotuses blooming with every step, combined with telekinetic flight.

That seems pretty cool.

It's decided. I'll ask Lady Frieren to teach me this magic in a bit.

The client looked at the Blue-Moon Weed before him and said with feeling, "It's beautiful."

"Thank you, Lady Frieren."

Frieren looked with satisfaction at Himmel's statue, surrounded by Blue-Moon Weed, and remembered that Himmel had once made him a flower crown.

She felt she should make one for Himmel too.

She wove a crown out of Blue-Moon Weed flowers and placed it on the statue's head.

Frieren was very satisfied with her handiwork.

"Well then. It's time to go, Fern, Rienta."

After more than a month, the apothecary's request to clean the statue was finally complete.

After resting for half a day, Frieren, Fern, and Rienta set out on their journey once more.

Along the way.

Rienta remembered his lotuses blooming with every step and hurriedly asked Frieren:

"Lady Frieren, please teach me Flower field magic."

"Of course."

"Here's the scroll. Ask me if there's anything you don't understand."

Frieren took a scroll out of her suitcase and handed it to Rienta.

Rienta accepted it excitedly and immediately opened it to study Flower field magic.

Fern had a rough idea of what her brother was thinking.

In the past, whenever Rienta took the initiative to learn a spell, even a perfectly serious one, it would end up becoming magic that added special effects for him.

She looked somewhat helplessly at Frieren, who was packing her suitcase, and said:

"Lady Frieren, how could you..."

"Daijoubu, Fern." Frieren closed the suitcase and waved a hand.

"Rienta has earned this."

"Besides, learning magic should be something that makes you happy."

Flower field magic wasn't difficult.

In about half an hour, Rienta had finished reading the scroll.

In theory, there was no longer any problem with making lotuses bloom with every step.

The problem now was that he had never analyzed the structure of a lotus.

Moreover, he could only cast Flower field magic on the ground.

His dream of walking on air with lotuses blooming at every step seemed to have shattered before it had even begun.

Somewhat dejected, Rienta returned the scroll to Frieren.

Fern and Frieren were already used to this.

Rienta had been like this many times before.

But who would spend their free time researching magic to make their own magic look cooler?