The Neighborhood High School Girl, Miss Isezaki, Is the Great Saintess Returned from Another World~ And I, Suddenly Awakened as Her Exclusive Mana Supply Uncle, Travel Between Earth and Another World with Time-Space Magic~ - 33. Rejuvenation

33. Rejuvenation

Wrapped in sparkling light, the landlady squinted blissfully.

“Ahhhh… What’s this? My body feels warm and incredibly good…”

“Hehe, is that all, ma’am?”

At Isezaki-san’s proud inquiry, the landlady raised her eyebrows and carefully inspected her body.

“Hmm, now that you mention it, I feel like my body has become lighter?”

Hearing that, Isezaki-san smiled gently. Then, still bathed in light, the landlady looked at her palms in amazement.

“No way! Are my wrinkles decreasing!?”

“Huh!? Stop, stop!”

As the landlady exclaimed in surprise while looking at her palms, Isezaki-san, for some reason, also seemed surprised and stopped the magic.

Crouching down, Isezaki-san stared intently at the landlady and tilted her head.

“It does seem like your wrinkles have decreased… It’s true that this is a rejuvenation spell, but it shouldn’t have such a dramatic effect. Ma’am, how do you feel?”

“Huh. A rejuvenation spell? Huh, interesting.”

The landlady stood up and briskly moved her body left and right, showing agile movements as she stretched.

“Oh, nice! I feel like I’ve gotten three years younger!”

“Can you really tell such a small difference?”

To my question, the landlady nodded naturally.

“I’m constantly fighting against aging, you know. If I couldn’t notice something like this, I wouldn’t be a cool old lady.”

“Well, regardless of the exact number of years, it seems you’ve rejuvenated more than I anticipated. Until now, I’ve only been able to rejuvenate about a year’s worth before running out of magic power…”

Isezaki-san looked startled and turned to me.

“I’m sorry, sir! I completely forgot that I’m receiving magic power from you! Are you feeling any discomfort, like fatigue or shortness of breath!? I’m truly sorry!”

With a flustered expression and teary eyes, Isezaki-san spoke to me, but there was no change in my condition.

Certainly, I felt my magic power being drained when she used magic, but it wasn’t enough to worry about.

“It’s okay.”

“Are you sure? I think I used a considerable amount of magic power.”

“Yeah. I’m fine, so don’t worry about it.”

“I-I see. That’s good to hear! However…”

As she heaved a sigh of relief, Isezaki-san rested her chin on her hand and fell into deep thought.

Anyway, if that was indeed a rejuvenation spell, it’s amazing. With this, it should be fine even if my stay in the other world is prolonged.

And since we’re at it, I’d like to try a bit more.

“Landlady, my magic power is still fine, so do you want to receive a bit more of the rejuvenation spell?”

But the landlady shook her head.

“Nah, it’s fine. If I get any younger, I might get hit on even though I don’t want to. And then the old man over there might get jealous in the afterlife.”

Laughing slyly, the landlady refused. Well, if that’s how she feels, there’s nothing I can do about it. Besides, if she gets too much younger, it might cause a stir in the neighborhood, so this might be just right.

“I see, understood… By the way, Isezaki-san, is it possible that with this spell, if I receive it regularly, I could live forever?”

If that were the case, it would be a pretty dangerous magic. Immortality is a timeless theme for humanity. At my question, Isezaki-san, who had been lost in thought, raised her head.

“No, although aging can be healed with magic, it cannot prevent the deterioration of the soul. According to what I’ve heard, there was once a nobleman who imprisoned a saint and continuously subjected her to the ‘Rejuvenation’ spell. That nobleman died at around two hundred years old, seemingly with his soul prematurely aged, as if it had been sucked out, while still maintaining a youthful appearance.”

“Two hundred years, huh… That’s still amazing. …Come to think of it, Isezaki-san, have you ever been forced to use this spell by a nobleman or anything like that?”

“No, as I’ve only heard about the imprisonment, I refrained from using it in public. However…”

“However?”

“When I was a child, Aunt Emmy was considerably older than my biological parents. Thinking that she might passed away, I feared being left alone, so with that determination, I gained the ability to use ‘Rejuvenation’… So, secretly and diligently, I continued to use ‘Rejuvenation’ on Aunt Emmy. She probably appeared about ten years younger than her actual age…”

“I-Is that so…”

When you hear about rejuvenation magic, it can feel somewhat conspiratorial, but this episode is rather heartwarming or, you might say, clever.

“Oh, right. In that case, could you use ‘Rejuvenation’ on me too? Lately, I’ve been getting stomachaches from overeating, and I just want to feel a bit younger, but…”

“I absolutely refuse.”

For some reason, Isezaki-san replied with a beaming smile. It was a smile, but her eyes weren’t smiling, which was quite scary.

Oh, okay. I’m not particularly fixated on staying young either. But she doesn’t have to make such a scary face…

“By the way, sir?”

“Uh, yes?”

“It might be a good idea to measure your magical power properly. It’s natural that you’re amazing, but it’s important to understand how much power you possess.”

Hmm, yeah. I’m aware that I’ve been putting that off. I nodded back at Isezaki-san.