It turned out that giant rats could not be duplicated, and only one could be revived.
Dipped one whisker in the resurrection potion on right hand and one with the left, but only the right one revived. The left remained a whisker with no change.
Incidentally, the left whisker that did not revive at the time did activate later. After we defeated the revived giant rat, the potion’s effect triggered and it quietly revived.
We were careless. Both Nana-san and I were careless. Apparently, while we were putting our hands together in prayer and talking about burial, it had been steadily reviving behind us.
When I felt a presence and turned around, there was a large lump of flesh wriggling around. That was quite a shock.
In any case, that confirmed once again that only one can be revived at a time, but――
「Maybe it has something to do with souls or something like that」
「Hmm」
「Deis-san and Mikoto-san both talked about souls before, so I was thinking that might be related」
「I see」
As usual, Yggdrasil-san had dropped by to visit, so I was telling her about this experiment.
I had been thinking about the reason and mechanism behind only being able to revive one, and maybe the concept of souls was involved.
It was quite a long time ago and my memory is pretty vague, but I feel like I heard Mikoto-san say something about souls being purified and recycled, and Deis-san saying something about breathing a soul into a fetus.
From these stories, it seems that living beings cannot live without a soul, and that souls are precious and important.
「So maybe the resurrection potion is a medicine that does something to the soul. Maybe it is a medicine that returns the soul to the body」
In other words, the resurrection potion is a medicine that retrieves the soul of a dead being and returns it to the body, while also regenerating the body in the process.
That is why only one can be revived.
If the first one is already using the soul, there is no way to pull that soul out again. So when it comes to a second one, the potion’s effect does not activate.
「That is what I was thinking, but what do you think, Yggdrasil-san?」
「I do not know」
「…………….」
Seems like she really did not know. Well, if she does not know, then it cannot be helped.
….Though, did she really listen properly?
Right now, Yggdrasil-san is juggling. She is tossing a lot of juggling balls up and catching them, over and over, and it feels like all of her attention is focused on that.
It seems Yggdrasil-san likes juggling more than my spiritual talk….
「Well, the logic you are talking about does sound convincing. It might actually be like that」
「Eh? Ah, yes」
Ah, so she was listening after all.
「Why not ask Deis next time?」
「Ah, I am not sure about that. The resurrection potion is a prize from the cheat roulette, so she might not tell me」
「Hmm?」
「She never explains prizes in detail. She just says things like 『you should experiment and figure it out』」
She says that every time and refuses to explain.
That said, I really have done a lot of trial and error with the healing potion set. Experiment after experiment, again and again.
….Even though I mostly only use them for experiments.
「Anyway, it is good that we know the same person will not multiply endlessly」
「Yes. That is definitely true」
「If someone like you multiplied into many copies, that would be quite terrifying in many ways」
「Me, multiplied?」
Ah, I had not thought about that. We only talked about mass-producing Jered-kun.
Well, even if I multiplied, it would not really be that terrifying, or maybe it would be, considering how much trouble I cause Yggdrasil-san on a regular basis.
If that trouble multiplied several times over, that would indeed be terrifying for her.
「I see. I had not thought about myself multiplying. I was only thinking about increasing Jered-kun」
「Why would you increase Jered….」
「No, it is not like I was seriously trying to increase him….」
And besides, if anyone was scheming about that, it was Nana-san….
「――Ah, speaking of which」
「Yes?」
Yggdrasil-san stopped tossing the juggling balls upward, caught all of them, and then set them down on the table.
「You managed to collect Jered’s hair safely, right?」
「Yes. I collected it」
「Hmm. ――Thanks for your hard work.」
「Thanks for your hard work――」
We exchanged a high-five, Yggdrasil-san and I.
So that was what she wanted to do. Come to think of it, we always did this after finishing a collection.
By the way, this 「Thanks for your hard work」 had also become a kind of farewell greeting between Yggdrasil-san and me.
「Well, I am glad I managed to collect it safely, but actually, I made a bit of a mistake……..」
「Hmm?」
「Of course I wanted to collect Jered-kun’s hair, but I also wanted to collect Fleur-san’s hair」
「Fleur?」
The five non-family slots are Yggdrasil-san, Ralina-chan, Diana-chan, Jisrare-san, and Laudette-san. Those five.
Personally, I also wanted to collect the hair of Fleur-san, the beautiful architect and beautiful carpenter.
However, there were only five slots. Only five. Because of that, I had once put off collecting Fleur-san’s hair with great reluctance.
「To be honest, I wanted Fleur-san’s hair more than Jered-kun’s」
「Do not keep saying you want women’s hair so badly…….. It is creepy……..」
Man, I really messed up. If I was adding just one slot, it obviously should have been Fleur-san. What was I even doing……..?
「Well then, why not just go collect Fleur’s hair now……..」
「But Nana-san said it is not allowed since we just added a slot」
「What kind of authority does she even have noja……..」
「She said she will add another slot around next spring, so I thought I would wait until then」
「What kind of system is that noja……..」
Apparently, she adds one slot per year, so I will wait until next year.
Next spring, when it is cherry blossom season again, I will go collect hair.
For now, next year will be Fleur-san. Then the year after that, who should it be? Maybe Ralina-papa or Jered-papa, since they help me out so much?
No, maybe the beautiful village chief from the neighboring village would be better.
Yes. Let us go with that.
Yeah. That kind of plan. I will do my best to collect them year by year.
next chapter: The Second Life-Size Yggdrasil God Statue
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