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 first high society debut. After returning to the research institute, she was suddenly summoned to the Palace. The prime minister, the king, and Johan were looking at the fact that a lot of people had started to approach the saint, Sei. She had tons of invites from noble families. However, she since she was uncomfortable, she properly declined them. The prime minister had told Sei about a student from abroad who he had hoped the research institution would help 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 it was during the prince’s visit in the palace that she would reside in the palace for the time being. However, Sei said it wouldn’t be beneficial. It was because she had grown herbs in the institution's gardens and checked on them. It is learned that 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 had meant a lot of people had continued looking for her. The prince's home country, 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 for the person who had made this potion. Sei decided it was best to stay in the palace during the prince's visit.

Several days later, Sei had 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 also informed by the visit. The council had been 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's 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 the prince had arrived it had been stated that his name was Ten'yuu, the 16 year old prince. He was of average height and had large round glasses. Additionally, he was the son of the emperor's seventh concubine and the 18th imperial prince. Zaideran was a country that had practiced polygamy. 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
 * Albert Hawke
 * Ceyran (mentioned)

New Characters

 * Prince Ten’yuu
 * Unnamed mother of Prince Ten'yuu
 * Unnamed father of Prince Ten'yuu