Mana Herb
“It really tastes delicious. The meat from Selenia’s monsters is garbage.”
“It seems like a dish combining Selenia’s ingredients with Earth’s meat would be good.”
“It’s really intriguing that Selenia’s ingredients and Earth’s meat would combine.”
Liria had always wanted to combine Selenia ingredients with Earth spices.
In Selenia, spices were rare and expensive.
Of course, Liria earned a lot of money, so it wasn’t a big burden, but she didn’t like meat and didn’t feel the need for it.
But now that she could get it cheaply on Earth and eat it herself, it became necessary.
Moreover, she could supply it to Elves and Dwarves at a cheap price.
In the future, she would acquire many spices from Earth, and she planned to enrich the dietary lives of precious people.
“What if we sell Earth spices in Selenia, sister Silvia?”
“Oh, there was such a method.”
“If we provide it at a cheap price, everyone will like it.”
“Hoho, that’s why everyone likes Liria.”
“Since no one can deliver it, shouldn’t we charge delivery fees for that?”
Park Dahye thought that interstellar delivery was only possible by Liria, so she could charge some delivery fee.
Conversely, she thought they could sell things only available in Selenia in Earth at high prices.
Especially fantasy herbs or rare minerals.
How much would they get if sold on Earth?
Park Dahye especially wanted to see rare minerals once.
“By any chance, do you have any rare minerals?”
“Of course. I’ve bought a lot.”
“As expected of Liria. As a rich person, of course there would be a lot.”
“Does Liria have the most in Selenia?”
“Really?”
Park Dahye was amazed by Liria’s spending.
Liria decided to show Park Dahye the rare minerals with sparkling eyes.
“This is mithril, this is orichalcum, and this is adamantite.”
“Wow, can I touch them?”
“Yes.”
Liria handed the minerals to Park Dahye, who examined them from all angles.
Mithril sparkled silver, adamantite was black, and orichalcum was golden.
She couldn’t hide her excitement at thinking these minerals didn’t exist on Earth.
She heard they were worth much more than gold.
Among them, orichalcum was known as the rarest fantasy mineral.
Park Dahye examined the minerals and returned them to Liria.
“Is orichalcum called the god’s mineral?”
“Yes. It’s extremely expensive.”
“Thank you for showing me such a precious thing.”
Liria put the minerals back into her subspace bag and continued eating.
After finishing the meal, Liria and her companions decided to prepare for the free tasting event in 30 minutes.
Liria had prepared several large coffee machines obtained from a request to a dwarf.
There was only one menu, but she believed it would be very popular with the guests.
“Before that, I’ll give you this.”
“What is this?”
“It’s a mana herb.”
Liria took out three mana herbs from her subspace bag and gave them to them.
They were surprised to see the rainbow-colored, gorgeous mana herbs.
It was the first time they had seen such a beautiful and unusual plant in their lives.
Giving mana herbs to humans by Liria’s family meant they were absolutely trusting and entrusting them.
It had even greater meaning than the Liria gold coin.
If Silvia thought they would betray Liria, she wouldn’t let them go.
There hadn’t been any cases yet where blue-flamed mana herbs caused betrayal, but it was unknown what would happen if a human without mana gained it.
“If you eat this and betray Liria, I won’t let you go.”
“Eh? There’s no way we’d do that.”
“Yes. We love such a cute Liria.”
“Even if the world abandons Liria, we will side with Liria.”
They hadn’t been betrayed, and they had no intention of betraying Liria.
It was impossible to betray such a super cute being that makes you happy just by looking at it.
They thought they could do anything for Liria.
“Liria trusts us.”
“If Liria believes in us, I believe too.”
Liria said with a pleased expression.
That was why she had decided to give them such a valuable mana herb.
She had wanted to give them mana herbs since the first time she met them, but the timing had just been a bit late.
She hadn’t forgotten how kind they had been to her when they first met her.
“But what is a mana herb?”
“It must be extremely valuable.”
“It seems like a herb that contains mana.”
The mana herb was the rarest herb in Selenia.
Over 99% of them grew around the World Tree in the Eleas Forest.
The Eleas Forest was land owned by the Eleas royal family, so no one could enter.
Therefore, for humans who couldn’t access the Eleas Forest, it was a very precious herb.
Elves, dragons, and those with mana didn’t need it, but for humans without mana, it was a very precious herb.
Because of the mana herb, in the distant past, Elves had fought wars with humans and had won with the help of dragons.
After that, humans could never trespass on Eleas and made a non-aggression pact.
And they executed all forces that started the war.
The high elf royal family that won the war thanks to dragons became even closer with the dragons.
“This is a herb with no meaning for me or Liria, but it is a very precious herb for you.”
“Eh?”
“If you eat the mana herb, your mana increases by 1.”
“By 1?”
“Increasing from 1000 to 1001 has no meaning, but the mana herb is the only herb that can raise it from 0 to 1.”
“Eh?”
Only then did they realize why the mana herb was precious.
It was a herb that created something from nothing.
The mana herb was a herb that raised the body where mana didn’t flow to flow with mana.
“Can we accept such a precious thing?”
“It’s fine. Mana herbs grow a lot around the World Tree.”
“Over 99% grow around the World Tree in the Eleas Forest, so the high elf royal family has many of them.”
“Even so, it’s extremely precious for humans?”
“Of course. In human countries, even at the minimum price, you can equip several mithril equipments with one sprout.”
They were handing over such a precious herb readily. Liria felt amazing about their generosity.
Dragons knew that mana herbs were extremely precious to humans, but they didn’t care much.
Since mana was enormous from the beginning, even if it increased by 1, there was no excitement.
Adventurers with mana never ate mana herbs even if they had them; they sold them.
With that money, they could equip several mithril equipments, so why would they eat it?
“I’m sorry, I don’t think I can eat it. I’ll refuse.”
“I’ll refuse too. It’s embarrassing.”
“I want to try magic, but it’s too soon since we just met. I can’t receive expensive things.”
“All of you, just eat it.”
“Eh?”
“Eh?”
“Eh?”
When they opened their mouths, Liria quickly stuffed the mana herb into their mouths.
The girls, who unknowingly ate the mana herb, couldn’t hide their surprise.
Moreover, if it had tasted good, they could have spat it out, but it had no taste.
Also, it had no texture and melted in their mouths.
Liria smiled as if she was proud that her plan had succeeded.
“Eventually, I ate it.”
“I refused because it was embarrassing.”
“Liria. From now on, I’ll do even better.”
They were moved by Liria.
Park Dahye shed a few tears at Liria’s spending.
And she couldn’t hide her excitement about becoming the first Earthling to have mana.
Liria took out something else from her subspace bag and gave it to them.
It was a translation ring made of orichalcum and mithril and a subspace bag.
“What is this?”
“Ah, I get it. A translation ring and a subspace bag, right?”
“Park Dahye, how do you know? Are there such things on Earth?”
Silvia thought there were fantasy equipment on Earth.
Park Dahye was overjoyed at having guessed correctly.
“Can we accept such a precious thing?”
“It’s fine. That’s why I gave you the mana herb.”
“Ah, it can only be used if you have mana.”
“Even without mana, it can be used, but with mana, it can be used more easily. There is a very fine mana in the atmosphere on Earth too.”
“There is mana on Earth.”
To use magic tools, it was easier if there was mana in the body.
It could be used with mana stones, but there was the disadvantage of being cumbersome to use.
On the other hand, if there was mana in the body, it could freely use the mana in the atmosphere.
Humans on Earth didn’t feel it at all, but a very fine mana was felt in the atmosphere.
That was why Liria gave them the mana herb.