Chapter 45.2
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Ark Girdle .
Hes a knight guarding the castle gate that possessed a main protagonists traits .
Hes a good-looking guy but in a different sense from Kazuki-kun .
However, Ill have to leave my post for a bit .
Eh?
What did he mean?
As I was pondering on what Ark-san had said, the man himself straightened his back and said,
This unworthy Ark Girdle will assist Usato-sama from the Rescue Squad on his journey .
His voice resonated with optimism .
Eh?
Hahaha, Im surprised too . After all, I was only relayed this message just yesterday at the castle .
Of course I felt shocked . After all, to decide a retainer just yesterday was quite fast . As expected of Usato-kun, he was shrewd . Im a little resentful of the fact that he got someone of such high caliber as well .
No, he probably noticed it himself . . the fact that Ark-san had the qualities of a main protagonist .
Fuu, as I would expect from Usato-kun . Its my complete loss Ark-san, please look after Usato-kun .
Yes!
While feeling a complete sense of defeat, I walked towards town . Usato-kun should be fine if Ark-san is with him . Unless Usato-kun faces an overwhelming enemy, he should be fine with that strong body of his . In addition, there was also Amako who could foresee the future . Hell definitely be okay .
Actually, his party was on the level of an impenetrable iron wall . How would you defeat it?
I was the one who felt the most troubled . . I would be headed to a country with hot climate that held strong beliefs towards the heroes . The country is called Calmerio and it was really far . . it felt troublesome in many ways . There were problems with being too popular!!
No, I shouldnt be feeling depressed .
From what I hear, I should be able to gain their support . Since I was a hero, I had to be the one to go in our current circumstances .
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I had finished my training for the day and I was currently present in front of the clinic on the streets . The gazes in my surroundings directed towards me felt warmer now . Well, I used to carry Bluerin all the time on the streets so I guess it was quite the difference .
For now
Hello there .
I gave a greeting as I lightly knocked on the clinics door and opened it . As always, this place felt similar to the Rescue Squads facilities and the surroundings were clean as well . It felt like it had been a while since I came here As I was having those thoughts, I could a pitter-patter sound of footsteps making their way towards me . Before long, a girl that I was familiar with had appeared before me .
Welcome to Wait, its Usato-kun .
Hello there, Uluru-san . I came here today to meet with Olga-san Is he busy?
Nope, its alright . We dont have many patients today . Its a good day .
A good day, huh . A day without many patients meant that werent many wounded or sick people Indeed, its a good day . While following Uluru-san who was in a good mood and smiling, I told her my reasons for coming here .
Hmm, Big Brothers healing magic huh Yeah, I think its a good idea . After all, thats his only redeeming trait .
Uluru-san was unexpectedly strict and harsh on Olga-san . No, maybe she was originally like this?
But leaving my brother aside, Usato-kun sure has becoming amazing . I heard about it . You exchanged blows with Rose-san, right?
Eh? Thats not right .
Eh? Thats Ahahaha, now that I think about it Theres no way anyone could exchange blows with
She was just punching me at me .
You didnt die?
It didnt make much of a difference either way . Even if I did spar with her, I would still be the only one receiving punches . Ive been focusing only on defense and did my best to avoid that one blow .
But really, I did my best . But you can think of it as Leader taking it easy on me . After all, Im still alive But why do you know about this?
. Aha-haha, I heard a strange scream while I was by the Rescue Squad and I caught sight of you having a fight with Rose-san .
So from there, she thought I was having a fight with Rose Even though I was simply clinging onto my dear life . I even remember begging for my life to Rose at one point . Even so, we resumed the training .
Even so, it sounds like you went through quite a lot Ah, this my brothers room .
Thank you very much .
Uluru-san knocked on the door and said out loud that Usato is here .
After a short moment, a voice came from the other side of door and told us to enter .
Upon entering the room, I could see that there wasnt much furniture and could see the figure of a man sitting on a chair .
Even though you fell sick, sorry for not visiting you, Olga-san .
I dont really mind, Id rather people visit me when Im energetic .
Uluru-sans brother, Olga Fleur . Hes a healing magician who was anything but average just like Rose and ran a clinic . He was the person I would ask to teach me .
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I see, youre asking me about healing magic before you go on your journey
For the time being, I explained to Olga-san about the current situation of how I would be sending letters to different countries . Olga-san was pondering on something but it didnt seem like he would refuse .
However, I dont think its really necessary for me to teach you anything, you know? Usato-kun, youve already become a healer thats even more amazing than me .
Even so, I want to ask you because Rose is in the forest right now .
Y-yeah After all, I dont have a strong body like you Healing is all Ive got .
Olga-san said so as he folded his arms and looked troubled . Uluru-san raised her hand and started to give advice to the troubled Olga-san
Well then, how about comparing our healing magic together as a test? You dont mind right, Usato-kun?
No problem .
Then, lets do it!
Youre not going to ask for my opinion Hahaha .
I released my healing magic from the palm of my hand before Olga-san who was smiling bitterly and Uluru-san who was smiling cheerfully . Just like when I did this test with the crystal before, the same pale green light appeared .
Uluru-sans healing magic seemed to be thicker than mine but the colors werent too different . However, Olga-sans was
As expected .
Dense . There was no transparency at all . It was completely green . Compared to Rose though, hers was a much darker green than Olga-sans .
Olga-san, how do you usually refine your magic power? I seem to always get this thin green color when I do it
Its the same for me . I dont do anything different from you two . My magic is a little different . . its something youre born with .
Born with
However, this dense healing magic is effective at curing diseases . In exchange, I get a much weaker effect from casting healing magic on myself Ahahaha .
Perhaps the denseness of healing magic can tell you what it can heal?
I looked towards the usual magic I released from my hand and slowly clenched it to form a fist . The light dwelling in my fist remained the same color it has been since I first started using this magic in this world .
As far as I know, using healing magic to heal diseases is different than using it to heal injuries . Basically, youre healing them from the inside Got it? Youre not curing them of their disease, youre healing them of their disease .
I dont really get it but I guess I can assume that Big Brothers healing magic is at least one step ahead of mine?
Let see I guess you can think of it like that way, I dont think its wrong .
Compared to my healing magic, it was definitely one step ahead
Rose could probably help me in some way but I felt like this was something that I had to learn for myself . If I take into consideration of the difference between me and Olga-san, it was the denseness and the color . If I were to be able to match those, wouldnt I be able to heal diseases as well?
From what Rose has taught me, she would
For now, I should try to concentrate my healing magic instead of trying to expand it .
I suppressed the overflowing magic from my palm so that the light wouldnt escape when I enclosed it . From there, I poured more power into my palm . My thought process was like Maybe I could just increase the amount of magic power in one area to increase its thickness . Even I knew it was such a simple and plain idea .
However, I could feel some sort of change as the magic power inside me started to travel like electricity .
Usato-kun, what are you doing?
Eh? I just wanted to add some more magic power .
I took my eyes off my hand and kept on putting more magic power into it . The green-colored healing magics light gradually started to become a darker color . Maybe I could do this The moment I was thinking so, Olga-san who took a peek at what I was doing suddenly took a hold of my hand .
Usato-kun! Stop what youre trying to do right now!!
Eh?
Dont tell me that I succeeded!? At that instant, the overflowing magic and light in the palm of my hand Was scattered with fresh blood .
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Haah
One hour had passed since I tried to put more magic power into my hand .
My magic did become a denser color at that moment . But afterwards, it mightve been that my hand couldnt handle the amount of power But my hand had ruptured with blood . Its not like my hand exploded but just that there was a cut and blood flowed out from there .
I was surprised to learn about this kind of development . Of course, I healed my wound with my own healing magic shortly afterwards .
I realized it as I was healing myself but it seemed that what I tried to do was quite dangerous . Uluru-san wanted to try it too but was harshly scolded by Olga-san . I could understand where he was coming from though .
When you increase the concentration of magic, it will become denser and have different properties .
Olga-san started to teach me a bit more about these rules . He also taught me that as the color became darker, it would become harder to heal myself . I should take into consideration that demerit .
In fact, I noticed it too . I tried to heal myself with that denser healing magic but I wasnt able to . Olga-san was naturally born with denser healing magic and even he had a lot of trouble when it came to healing himself . I could somewhat understand these results .
It was something worth trying .
I felt like I would be able to grasp it by repeating this process . I suspect that this was how Rose and Olga-san were able to quickly heal people . It would be difficult to heal people with diseases but up until now I thought it would be impossible for me .
I should make sure to use a safer amount of magical power when I attempt this again .
For that purpose
It seems like Ill need to do some training .
I gathered my healing power once again to form a denser color .
This new type of training was just perfect since I would be able to do it anywhere . But I didnt want to inconvenience these two again in case my hand got splattered with blood again I should head back to the training grounds .
But as I was walking home, I looked back to see
Usato-kun!!
Oh, if it isnt Senpai
I could see Senpai who was smiling and waving her hand towards me . She rushed over towards me with a happy expression and started to excitedly talk,
Its a bit sudden but how did you notice Ark-sans main protagonist traits!?
Just what are you talking about?
It really was sudden, Senpai .
Well, I was thinking of quickly returning home to try to this new training but I dont mind hanging around here for a bit longer . Senpai seemed to be acting really unreasonable right now No, it was just the usual .
Please wait a moment Fuuuhhahhhh Alright, Im ready .
I took in a deep breath and released it .
Is it that bothersome to talk to me, Usato-kun?
Theres no way thats true .
Only a bit .
Well, I really dont mind talking with her though so I didnt say it out loud .