Chapter 44 - Morning Dew Flower Discovery
The flowers growing at the bottom of the deep puddle of water captivated my eyes with their beauty.
Just like a flower that grows on land and blooms on a beautiful morning, I soon realized my lack of knowledge with something that grows within Marquess Rommel's territory.
This magical plant, which thrives at the bottom of the puddle, is invisible to the naked eye. Thanks to Alyssa's magic circle formation technique, this unique magical plant was successfully discovered.
"I'm speechless with the discovery of this new magical plant," I muttered as I glanced at Alyssa, who was busy doing something on a copy of the map that Earl Timoti had drawn.
The shading from the pencil that Alyssa was holding showed the location point of the discovery of the new magic plant.
Sraatt...
Srraatt...
While waiting for Alyssa to finish taking notes on the copy of the map that Earl Timoti had drawn, I cast an analysis spell to find out information about the magical plant we had discovered.
Swiirrl...
By silently chanting analysis magic, a magic circle formation appeared before Aiko's eyes.
[ Supreme Commander, do I need to perform analysis magic like this on every new magic plant we discover? ]
"No need, Aiko. Let it be my job to help my little sister, who is recording all the new magical plants discovered by her new magic circle formation," I replied in a soft, gentle tone, and made Alyssa even more excited after hearing my answer.
Even though Alyssa didn't hear what Aiko said, she was sure that it was related to her working hard to record information about the new magical plant.
Sraatt...
Sraatt...
After Alyssa's pencil shading on the copy of the map drawn by Earl Timoti was finished, Alyssa immediately gave a nodcode that she was ready to record information about this new magical plant.
I returned the nod with a light smile and read out the information I managed to get after casting the analysis magic.
"Morning Dew Flower, one of the magical plants that grows at the bottom of a fairly deep puddle. The uniqueness of this new magical plant is the fresh water content in its stem, which can be used as an emergency clean water supply that can be drunk directly without boiling. Their small magical core acts as a purifier of dirty puddles to become clear, but it must be boiled to get clean water that is safe to drink. A magic plants that grow naturally at the bottom of puddles that do not have natural predators such as animals or monsters that live by eating plants," I said while reading the information I learned after casting analysis magic on the new magical plant.
Sraatt...
Sraatt...
"Oh my, it looks like we've got a new magic plant that's quite useful for cleaning the water supply in the Main Mansion. With a magic plant that can purify large amounts of water, we won't have the trouble and hassle of distilling dirty water into clean water again," I continued after seeing the great potential that this magic plant can have.
Several military officers responded to my statement with strategic points that could be used to cultivate this useful magical plant.
"Lily-sama, this magical plant might be useful for urban or rural water storage locations that are frequently accessed by the public," said one of the military officials, which was in line with the plan I had in mind.
"Yes, it is indeed useful. However, we must first test it slowly with a limited amount like this. Moreover, this magic plant grows naturally in areas with magic energy. To grow it in other areas that do not have magic energy, it will need to be tested first," I replied, glancing at one of the military officers who agreed with this small idea.
"Should I report this to Marchioness Amagi first, Lily-sama?"
"Reporting to my mother first? That's a good idea, I believe my mother curiosity is higher when it comes to new things discovered accidentally like this. But… do that after the war season between nobles is over, I don't want to make my mother too excited to participate in the war between nobles while researching this new magic plant," I said further by giving a formal order to all the military officers who participated in this military expedition.
"For the time being, this new magical plant is under special protection, like A1 information, Lily-sama?" asked the military officers to confirm my final decision.
"Yes, the information regarding this new magical plant must be labeled A1 information protection, known only to us," I replied, nodding my head.
Tok...
Tok...
Based on the decision that came out of my mouth, I heard the hammer knock coming from one of the military officers, which indicated that the information about the magical plant called the Morning Dew Flower was getting A1-level information protection.
In Marquess Rommel's secret military codes, some information received some special labels grouped into the alphabet A through E, with sub-sequences grouped by priority number.
Classified information labeled A1 is high-level classified information that is only known by a few people involved and witnesses to it, generally used by my father and some of his military staff to hide internal secrets that are running behind the scenes to achieve certain goals.
If classified information labeled A1 is leaked and becomes known to outsiders, the A1 information is downgraded to A2, indicating a decrease in the credibility of its confidentiality. Even if the information was only circulated within Marquess Rommel's military, it was still a leak.
"I hope this information doesn't turn into A2, I hope you all keep this important information well and properly," I said while glancing at Alice and Alyssa's military aides, who were from the Black Maid unit.
Nod...
Nod...
As I was glancing at my twin sister's military aide, I got their heads nodding in agreement to keep their mouths shut so that this A1 information wouldn't leak to my mother's ears.
I don't know what my mother will do once she hears about this new magical plant.
One thing's for sure, she'll do everything she can to test it, until the sample turns to dust, and satisfying her curiosity.
"Once the war seasons between the nobles are over, this information will be downgraded to A2 and may be leaked within Marquess Rommel's inner circle. Do you all understand this?" I asked, ensuring confidentiality.
Nod...
Nod...
Nod...
The answer I received was only an agreement with a nod of the head, and the information regarding the new magic plants that were not recorded on the copy of the map that Earl Timoti had drawn became classified information A1.
"By the way, this also applies to the monsters or wild animals that we will encounter later. Ah! Perhaps it will be an exception if the magic plants, wild animals, or wild monsters are outside the map area that Earl Timoti has explored."
I suddenly thought about this before making any further decisions.
Secret information A1 only applies within the map area that has been explored by Earl Timoti, while areas outside the map that have not been explored by Earl Timoti will be secret information labeled A2.
I corrected this, so that new information outside the map that had not been explored by Earl Timoti would become a leak circulating within Marquess Rommel's military circles.
By correcting this, one of the military officers hammered down the decision that enforced the A1 and A2 classified information labels.
Tok...
Tok...
With the hammer tapping on the wide, round table, my eyes fell on what Aiko was looking at.
Before I could give further orders, Aiko had already collected a sample jar containing the Morning Dew Flower magic plant.
"Good job, Aiko," I said in a calm tone after making an important decision regarding the grouping of classified information.
[ Ehehe... I was just trying to save time by taking some samples of this magic plant, so I could move to the location of the other magic plants, Supreme Commander! ]
[ Are there any other magical plants near my current position, Supreme Commander? ]
"Yes, there are still many new magical plants that you need to confirm their existence. I hope you are not too exhausted by this, Aiko."
[ I'm not tired at all. I'm just feel excited after discovering some new things in my life. ]
It seems like I just listened to a wise old stealth slime talk about her own life.
"You sound like an old stealth slime that's almost dead, Aiko," I said jokingly and made the entire herd of stealth slimes who were listening to the conversation between Aiko and me laugh.
[ Ahahaha! I'm still a young and energetic slime! ]
Aiko's happy and excited scream immediately made me stare at the magic circle formation that was mapping the area around me.
After several new magical plant discoveries were found by Aiko, I suddenly heard an emergency call from Sirius, who seemed to have found a wild animal that she had never seen in the wild animal encyclopedia book.
[ S-Supreme Commander, I'm sorry to interrupt your conversation. There is a wild animal that is not listed in the wild animal encyclopedia published by the Aurora Kingdom. ]
[ C-Can I tame one of the colonies? ]
"Huh?!"
The moment Sirius said something interesting like that, I immediately looked at the magic circle formation that Alice had cast and saw the points where the stealth slime had spread.
"Sirius, I need to know your location on the map that Earl Timoti has drawn," I said while looking at the magic circle formation that mapped the surrounding area.
Swiirrll...
Swiirrll...
While I was looking at the magic circle formation, I saw a strange movement coming from one of the stealth slimes that was running in circles, as if it was trying to attract my attention.
"Ah, I've seen you now," I continued after seeing Sirius's attention-grabbing movements.
My gaze fell on the wild animal spots that were nearby, and I immediately cast another magic circle formation to see what Sirius was looking at.
Swiirrll...
My magic circle formation then showed what Aiko and Sirius were seeing simultaneously. With two different perspectives like that, I had to focus, so I wouldn't get dizzy trying to control Aiko and Sirius' movements simultaneously.
"Sirius, you can stop running in circles now," I said after successfully casting the magic circle formation and seeing what Sirius was looking at.
Sirius immediately stopped running and rushed to point out one of the wild animals that caught her attention.
"Hmm?"
From a distance, I could see the wild animal Sirius was referring to with its adorable little body.