Act 2: The Imperial Prince

Act 2: The Imperial Prince is the second 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
Fews weeks had passed since Ten’yuu’s arrival. The tours around the research facilities, for Ten'yuu, had not yet started As Sei spends her day in the palace, while attending magic lessons, she hears gossip about Ten’yuu.The gossip had come from her maid but they were actually quite positive. It had stated the prince was quite a gentleman. Since Sei she had to continue her lady day "training", she had to attend her annual tea parties. However, Aira was busy with school activities so Liz was the only attendee. The desserts that were being served had been made with herbs (which gave nutritional benefits). Sei mentions that she didn’t make the recipes but she had helped the chefs in creating them. Some of the sweets resemble the foods of her hometown, Japan.

Attending tea parties was like the battlefield for high society. These tea parties were actually lessons of etiquette and politics created by her teacher (as you can recall from previous novels “lady days”). Since Liz was part of the student council who supervised Tenyuu, she could closely recall his personality. He was just like the rumors (so basically like a gentlemen) said he was. Additionally, he had shown no ulterior motives or a different personality. However, he had a thing for learning about different types of plants (especially edible plants for medicinal uses).

After the tea party Sei had received her rice and miso stocks for her company (which had arrived from Morgenhaven). It was because up until recently their supplies were all gone. Yuri had been infatuated with rice so he was keen to look into it. Even the ships that had supplied it and bombarding Sei with a million new questions. Rice could have effects like medicinal herbs did or the effects that had come from her cooking. In their rice research a dish called chirashizushi had effects. So they were researching if other dishes did too. New ingredients had arrived to test this theory out. Glutinous rice, adzuki beans, mushrooms, dried fish, green tea, and soy sauce. Since the ingredients were important goods they were relatively expensive. However, she had enough funds from her cosmetic business and even the research institute chips in. She had tried to bargain the prices for lower but that was the lowest they could go. So she had decided to grow her own crops of rice and other plants she had received from Corinna.

It was about half of a month since the prince’s arrival. Since the prince had finished touring the institutes, Sei was safe to check on the herbs. Ten’yuu was quite knowledgeable about herbs and potions. Potions had come in different varieties, not just HP and MP potions. He had often asked questions. There must have been a reason why he was researching potions that could cure in the first place. Ten’yuu had found her, Jude, and Johan talking by the garden. Sei had said she was a regularly researcher as an alibi (she couldn’t lie because not just anyone could enter the palace or institute grounds). Ten’yuu had noticed that she had grown rare varieties of herbs. Thus, he had quite good knowledge about them since he recognized them.

Characters in Order of Appearance

 * Sei Takanashi
 * Prince Ten’yuu
 * Liz Ashley
 * Aira Misono (mentioned)
 * Franz
 * Oscar
 * Yuri Drewes
 * Corinna (mentioned)
 * Jude
 * Johan Valdec
 * Ceyran