Act 1: The Guest from Abroad

Act 1: The Guest from Abroad is the first act in the light novels series, The Saint's Magic Power Is Omnipotent by Yuka Tachibana, published on September 10, 2020 in Japan and March 21, 2022 in the U.S. in the sixth volume.

Summary
Sei just had her high society debut. She had returned to the research institute. Suddenly summoned to the Palace. The prime minister, the king, and Johan were looking at the fact that a lot of people had approached her Sei (due to her debut). Sei had tons of invites from noble families. However, she had properly declined them. The prime minister had told Sei about a student from abroad who he had hoped the research institution would lend their aid. The abroad student would attend the Royal Academy and take a tour of some of Salutania research facilities. The student from abroad happened to be a prince. However, they had discussed they wanted to hide Sei's true identity of being a Saint. So they planned to prevent contact between the prince and Sei as much as possible. The king and prime minister had suggested that during the prince’s visit in the palace. However, Sei said it wouldn’t be beneficial. It was because she had grown herbs in the institution's gardens and checked on them. The country where the prince was from was Zaidera.

After the meeting the researchers were cleaning each of the facilities to get ready for the visit. Like for example: hiding important documents because of confidential information. Since they were a research facility any information that would leak out could influence their research. The fact she was a saint a lot of people had continued looking into her. Zaidera was the same country they had met in Morgenhaven (Captain Ceyran). Ceyran was the person Sei had treated with a high-grade HP potion. So Ceyran was looking into the person who had made this potion in the first place. Sei finally decided to go to the palace during the prince's visit.

Several days later, Sei bumped into Liz in the library. It had been awhile since they bumped into each other. Liz and Sei were talking about the prince’s visit to the royal academy. The student council was informed by the visit. It was run by the high-ranking nobles of the senior class. Prince Rayne, was the president of the student council. Liz was the vice president.

As days grew closer to Zaideran prince appearance the weather was growing warmer and it was almost summer. Sei had to attend the special event to commemorate the prince’s arrival. Since it was a public event it would be less likely to notice her. The maids had wanted Sei to wear different clothes. It was quite common that when attending nobility parties that they often commissioned for new outfits. Sei was from a commoner family and did not grew up with these customs. Plus she did wan't the her saint clothing to go to waste because she was quite grateful for it. So she had decided wear white saint’s cloak along with a white veil. The veil had been embroidered with myriad gems so it wouldn’t fly up even if the wind was blowing. The enchanted gems were magical so it made it hard to tell the color of her hair and shape through the lace (creator: Grand Magus Yuri Dreves). The gems were made by using Dark magic. Since the veil was thick she had needed an escort. The escort happens to be her beloved Knight Commander, Albert Hawke. He of course compliments her as per usual. She was slowly accustomed to his compliments. One of the maids had said that she looked like a bride. Albert looked at her and nodded in agreement. Alberts expression had softened and had smiled and said, “Then that would make me the groom, yes?” Sei became extremely flustered.

When he had arrived it stated that his name was Ten'yuu and the prince was 16 years old. He was the son of the emperor's seventh concubine and the 18th imperial prince. Zaideran was a country that had practiced polygamy. He was average height and had large round glasses. All Sei had to do for the rest of the evening was to avoid Ten'yuu as much as possible.

Characters in Order of Appearance

 * Sei Takanashi
 * Johan Voldec
 * Dominic Goltz
 * Seigfried Salutania
 * Jude
 * Elizabeth Ashley
 * Rayne
 * Ceyran (mentioned)

New Characters

 * Prince Ten’yuu