Act 4: Status Cure Potions

Act 4: Status Cure Potions is the fourth 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 couldn't figure out what Prince Ten'yuu had been after. But what she had learned more about high grade status cure potions. Potions had been effective immediately when it had been used (this includes HP/MP potions and status cure potions). Additionally, she had learned that they didn't have any dreadful side effects because there had been no mention of them. It had been similar to Japanese medicine whereas the type of ingredients changes what the medicine does. Sei had hypothesized that herbs used in the potions could be the reason why this happens. However, no other researcher was interested to try and there had been lack in resources.

Jude had asked Sei what type of potion she had been making. Sei responded a potion for curing headaches since she was familiar in making them. Jude had wondered why she was making so much. Sei had said it was for practice and other people needed to be prepared. Usually high-grade potions were not often used Jude had said. It was because of the following reasons: the cost of the ingredients, the cost of the potions itself, and the fee the person who makes them charges. But the the potion that Sei had been making was inexpensive because the ingredients she were using were common and provided by her client. Not only her client but several other people had been suffering from headaches. By drinking the potion they are able to get rid of their symptoms. Sei had finished making so Jude and her started handing them out. To her surprise a lot of people came with the reports quickly.

When the results came back some researchers had stated that there had been no effects. It is probably because she made the potions specifically for migraines. There was several types of potions used in order to cure headaches. She had advised the people who had no effects to get cured by her magic or visit a doctor. However, the researchers were already thankful enough and it was just a result from an experiment. Sei had found it was somewhat difficult to figure out which potion to used for each person. Then she had wondered if Prince Ten'yuu needed a specific type of high-grade potion.

After a lot of studying high-grade potions, Sei was expecting a visit from Prince Ten'yuu. It had been quite a long since his last visit. Prince Ten'yuu had appeared while she was watering her herb garden. He had asked her if she had heard of a disease where you couldn't move your limbs and gradually weakens you. Additionally, he asked if there was a way to cure it. Since Sei had came from a different world, that type of disease he had been describing could be different. In Zaidera they only have ways to slow the symptoms down but not to prevent entirely. She had decided that she would help him. To his surprise he was an extremely shock in her response.

Sei had wanted to create new type of potion. In order to that she had to get permission from Johan because every researcher had to report to him. She was hesitant in telling him because it had involved Prince Ten'yuu but she decided to. Sei had explained the symptoms just as he had described them. However, Johan never heard of it before. In her world there was no such disease and there wasn't even a way to cure it if it did it exist. So she was wondering if she could create it in this world. Johan said she could try to figure out how but she had to be discrete (so he didn't figure out she was the saint).

It had been two weeks since she told Prince Ten'yuu she would help him. She had been researching non stop about the type of diseases that caused people to be gradually weak. However, she couldn't figure it out and no one else had heard of it. Maybe she believed that people didn't believe it was an illness but just old age. Jude had also said it could describe differently like for example feeling sluggish. She was extremely grateful for his input because different perspectives could help her research. She decided she would reread all the books again.

It was time from Prince Ten'yuu to visit again. She was slightly embarrassed that she couldn't find anything. Prince Ten'yuu and his researchers couldn't find additional information. There had been a saddened look on the prince's face. It turns out his mother had the illness. She was the concubine of the current emperor. She used to walk normally but she started to tumble and fall. Additionally, she couldn't hold stuff normally. As time went out she could no longer leave her bed. No doctor could figure out what was wrong with her. She had remembered that she barely even saw her parents. It was because she lived far from them because of her work. Since she had lived far, she only visited once year. So she hadn't missed them that often. Her parents were still alive so it had hurt her heart that his mother could be dying. She wanted to prevent it from coming true. Sei had wondered if there was potion out there that could cure any effects.

Characters in Order of Appearance

 * Sei Takanashi
 * Ten'yuu
 * Jude
 * Johan Valdec
 * Unnamed father of Sei

New Characters

 * Unnamed mother of Sei
 * Unnamed mother of Prince Ten'yuu