“You killed three of them?!”
After returning to the capital the first thing we did was show our faces at Sharon’s shop, in order to deliver the basilisk tears and other requested items.
“Hmm, what’s the matter Nem? You can use the bathroom if you want.”
Standing next to me Sharon told the excited Nem this as I pulled the materials from the bag and lined them up on the table. I told Nem not to tell anyone in the capital that I was the one who defeated the basilisk but it seemed she almost couldn’t help but talk.
“No. That’s, Nem…”
Nem glanced at my face then anxiously shook her head.
“I can’t tell Sharon either!”
“What are you talking about?”
Sharon seemed to be becoming honestly worried about Nem.
“So anyway Sharon, what are these used for?”
“Hmm? Isn’t it obvious? I’ll turn them into a potion.”
As she said this Sharon gave a robust smile.
“That’s everything!”
After a while Sharon came back with some kind of liquid in a glass bottle. It appeared that the basilisk materials were boiled down into this. Toa and Sierra chatted excitedly, did they know what this stuff was?
“So, what do you do with that?”
“Obviously it’s to heal Nem’s arm.”
“It will heal?!”
“Even though I want to say it’s obvious, this isn’t the primary use of the potion so it’s not well known.”
She held bottle as she said this.
“Nem, show me your arm.”
Rolling back her sleeves Nem revealed a painful looking brand on her arm.
“This is going to hurt, be strong OK?”
Nem’s expression tightened.
“And you, prepare your healing magic. A healers magic is unreliable but just in case. I don’t expect much but when I give the signal apply magic to the wound OK? Really put your back into it.”
“Ri… Right.”
I held my hand over Nem’s arm ready to cast magic.
“Well, here we go!”
Sharon dripped the liquid slowly onto the brand.
“Gu…. Uugu.”
“Be strong!”
From Nem’s expression it was easy to understand how much pain she was in. As the liquid dripped down the brand let out a blue glow and appeared to be fading. Was this melting the skin?
“Almost….. Almost.”
Tears rolled down Nem’s cheeks as Sharon tried to time it right.
“Now!”
“[Heal]!”
Healing magic was applied to Nem’s arm, erasing the blue glow and leaving behind a brand less arm.
“Alright, that should do it.”
Nem toppled over as all the strength left her body. Supporting her body I noticed that where the brand used to be was now pearly white skin with no trace of the wound.
“[Effect heal]! Are you alright Nem?”
That should have taken away the fatigue she felt.
“I’m OK! I don’t feel any pain either!”
The magic [Effect Heal] cures fatigue, it’s particularly useful for someone like me who is the opposite of what one might call energetic.
“Wow, it can cure it this perfectly? What is that stuff?”
Apparently there are still some things even Sierra is unaware of.
“That’s basilisk potion, you know of it don’t you?”
“I didn’t know of it. For that potion to have an effect like this..”
“As you should know this potion is normally used as a hardening agent. However if you add a bit more poison to the brew this is what you get.”
Sierra seemed impressed with this explanation. Meanwhile Toa was attempting to get the already energetic Nem to sit down and rest.
” First it melts the skin containing the brand causing severe pain, then once the brand is melted away you heal it. Although it’s not strictly necessary to use healing magic. Anyway you have to be careful because if you make a mistake with the poison you can end up causing the skin to harden. I added a component to dampen the hardening effect too though so there was nothing to worry about. ”
Stroking Nems arm it doesn’t seem to be hard at all, appearing to be her natural skin. It was very smooth to the touch.
” Master….. That’s embarrassing. ”
” So-sorry. But you did well. ”
I embarrassed her more by patting her on the head.
” By the way, you put in some effort huh.”
“Is your body feeling alright Nem?”
“Are you ignoring me?”
“Hmm? Me?”
“It couldn’t be anyone else but you could it!?”
“That’s…. What’s up?”
“I’m talking about the magic, that’s the first time I’ve seen magic that can heal that quickly. That’s not all, the magic you used to heal her fatigue too. You’re not as useless as you look.”
I don’t get it, that’s the healer’s weakest magic.
“It being my first time seeing it, I was surprised as well. I’ve heard about attribute assignment but to have magic that can cure abnormal conditions. As expected of Masamune-dono.”
“Isn’t that a healers job?”
“You really don’t know anything do you? If healers could use that much magic the world is beyond saving. Basically healers aren’t able to use any magic except the first magic they learn. But it’s nothing like a priest’s healing magic, it’s very ineffective. ”
First magic…. But I had two?
” Even a skilled healer getting to the degree of using attribute points is rare. Normally healers don’t even try to learn magic as two is usually the most you can do. That’s why healer is known as the weakest occupation.”
There was no need to spell it out. I think she’s the type of person who has lacked tact for a long time, does she not understand other’s pain? Being called the weakest is like a punch to the chest.
” Can you use any other magic? ”
” Well I can give a boost to attack and defense power but…”
I gave a simple explanation of the magic.
“Amazing. Wait that’s not [Odium Aura] is it?”
Sharon looked disappointed for some reason.
“Yeah that’s it.”
“You, that’s advanced magic! This is the first time I’ve heard of a healer being able to use advanced magic!”
While Toa had seen my status and was unsurprised, Sierra and Sharon were both shocked. On the other hand Nem was left out of the conversation completely.
” Something can be considered advanced magic even though it’s not attack magic? ”
” Well magic is ordered on a scale of magnitude and power. It’s not strange for that to be certified as advanced as not many people can use it.”
Well is still the weakest job, it’s not like I’ll be able to shoot flames or lightning in the future. It’s a fact that won’t change but somehow I felt a little lighter.
“Nito-sama has been promoted to B rank. Congratulations.”
After visiting Sharon we came to turn in our quest report. However after the request was reported finished the receptionist suddenly announced this.
“B rank!? Did they say B rank?!”
“Toa-Sama has been promoted to C-rank.”
“Isn’t this strange? I was just an F rank and now I’m a B, even Toa is a C…”
“Orders from the guildmaster. There is no issue with these promotions.”
In other words the problem is the guildmaster.
“Sierra, are promotions always like this?”
“No, the shortest amount of time taken to reach the next rank is about a year. However it usually takes several to do so. Getting promoted to the next rank is difficult.”
Calculating at a year’s time the shortest time to progress from an F rank to a B rank would be 4 years. However according to Sierra that’s nearly impossible. The fact that it’s only been a month since I’ve arrived leaves only one explanation.
” Does this promotion include the Nootkerane as well?”
“I am not able to give a detailed explanation, however I can have the guildmaster contact you?”
“No thank you.”
There’s no mistake, not telling me the reason for the promotion is just strange. Reinhardt said he would keep the story to himself as much as possible but it seems to be leaking out.
…… Wait a minute.
I registered at the guild as “Nito”.
I told Reinhardt my name was Masamune.
But the guild promoted me anyway…. This is bad.
In other words, at the very least the guild and the white knights know that Nito and Masamune are the same person.
“Sierra, have you heard anything from Reinhardt? Like about my promotion or something?”
“No, I haven’t heard anything special.”
Right, we just got back so there’s no way she could have heard anything.
“Excuse me, is Sierra Ecarlat here?”
“I am but..”
The reward that was put on hold has been prepared, please sign here. ”
It seems like they were instructed to hand over the nootkeranes reward once we got back.
” Oi! You bastard healer! You did well this time didn’t you! ”
From behind me came the annoying voice of Yogi. I’d prefer it if he left me alone at the moment.
“I’m sorry Masamune-dono. Annette sent a message, I have to return to headquarters.”
“I understand, we’re fine here so go ahead.”
Sierra nodded and left.
“Hey don’t ignore me! You just got back from another goblin extermination right? ”
Turning back the expression on Toa’s when she saw Yogi seemed to say “him again.”
“It’s a little embarrassing but yeah~ that’s right!”
There’s no point in getting to involved with this guy, it seems better to laugh it off and agree.
“You bad person! You bad person taunting master!”
However, Nem seemed to have other ideas as she dashed in front of me.
“What the? Is this shrimp your companion?”
“I won’t allow it!”
Nems shoulders shook her hands balled up into fists.
“You’re getting on my last nerve you bastard every time we meet you’ve got a new girl. What miss? You wanna do it with me?”
Yogi crouched down, eye level with Nem.
“Master fought a basilisk, he could crush something like you in an instant.”
“Hahaha, you’re funny little girl! However your jokes aren’t the point right now. The point is this little healer boy.”
He stood up making eye contact with me, his teeth were the opposite of clean and then in the next moment Nems back appeared before my eyes.
“Huh?Nem?”
Nem had her right fist cocked all the back in the air.
“[Cat Rage]!”
In that moment Nem scored a clean hit square on Yogi’s face.
“Kuwah!”
Yogi flew backward and crashed into the wall. Those gathered in the area turned and with a “Oh Yogi again.” began talking once more. It seems he was nocked unconsciousness as he no longer moved.
“Nem, what was that?” Toa asked.
“Cat fist! That bad guy made fun of master, so this is the concequence.”
“Well he was annoying and a-lways stuck his nose in our business so, it’s probably fine.”
I’ve come to the guild by myself a number of times and without fail Yogi has something to say. Without even considering that the so called cat fist has considerable power, I see now why Sharon said she was stronger than a healer. To pack that much power in such a small body, Nem has a bright future. More important still, how did she get caught by a slave trader when she had cat fist?
“Nem, when you got caught, did you not use cat fist?”
I asked even though she did appear to be weak at the time.
“Did they make you sniff Silver vine?” *1
It seemed Toa knew something about this, apparently there was a cat maid in Toa’s castle. According to her silver vine makes someone from the cat tribe fall into something like a drunken stupor. However the effect seems to be weaker as they grow into adulthood.
“There should be training to resist though.”
“Nem did you do any kind of training?”
“…….. Nem didn’t know.”
Nem seemed a little down as she answered.
Silver vine or matatabi is an alternative for catnip it grows in areas of Japan and China. It’s a real thing you can buy your cat.
“You killed three of them?!”
After returning to the capital the first thing we did was show our faces at Sharon’s shop, in order to deliver the basilisk tears and other requested items.
“Hmm, what’s the matter Nem? You can use the bathroom if you want.”
Standing next to me Sharon told the excited Nem this as I pulled the materials from the bag and lined them up on the table. I told Nem not to tell anyone in the capital that I was the one who defeated the basilisk but it seemed she almost couldn’t help but talk.
“No. That’s, Nem…”
Nem glanced at my face then anxiously shook her head.
“I can’t tell Sharon either!”
“What are you talking about?”
Sharon seemed to be becoming honestly worried about Nem.
“So anyway Sharon, what are these used for?”
“Hmm? Isn’t it obvious? I’ll turn them into a potion.”
As she said this Sharon gave a robust smile.
“That’s everything!”
After a while Sharon came back with some kind of liquid in a glass bottle. It appeared that the basilisk materials were boiled down into this. Toa and Sierra chatted excitedly, did they know what this stuff was?
“So, what do you do with that?”
“Obviously it’s to heal Nem’s arm.”
“It will heal?!”
“Even though I want to say it’s obvious, this isn’t the primary use of the potion so it’s not well known.”
She held bottle as she said this.
“Nem, show me your arm.”
Rolling back her sleeves Nem revealed a painful looking brand on her arm.
“This is going to hurt, be strong OK?”
Nem’s expression tightened.
“And you, prepare your healing magic. A healers magic is unreliable but just in case. I don’t expect much but when I give the signal apply magic to the wound OK? Really put your back into it.”
“Ri… Right.”
I held my hand over Nem’s arm ready to cast magic.
“Well, here we go!”
Sharon dripped the liquid slowly onto the brand.
“Gu…. Uugu.”
“Be strong!”
From Nem’s expression it was easy to understand how much pain she was in. As the liquid dripped down the brand let out a blue glow and appeared to be fading. Was this melting the skin?
“Almost….. Almost.”
Tears rolled down Nem’s cheeks as Sharon tried to time it right.
“Now!”
“[Heal]!”
Healing magic was applied to Nem’s arm, erasing the blue glow and leaving behind a brand less arm.
“Alright, that should do it.”
Nem toppled over as all the strength left her body. Supporting her body I noticed that where the brand used to be was now pearly white skin with no trace of the wound.
“[Effect heal]! Are you alright Nem?”
That should have taken away the fatigue she felt.
“I’m OK! I don’t feel any pain either!”
The magic [Effect Heal] cures fatigue, it’s particularly useful for someone like me who is the opposite of what one might call energetic.
“Wow, it can cure it this perfectly? What is that stuff?”
Apparently there are still some things even Sierra is unaware of.
“That’s basilisk potion, you know of it don’t you?”
“I didn’t know of it. For that potion to have an effect like this..”
“As you should know this potion is normally used as a hardening agent. However if you add a bit more poison to the brew this is what you get.”
Sierra seemed impressed with this explanation. Meanwhile Toa was attempting to get the already energetic Nem to sit down and rest.
” First it melts the skin containing the brand causing severe pain, then once the brand is melted away you heal it. Although it’s not strictly necessary to use healing magic. Anyway you have to be careful because if you make a mistake with the poison you can end up causing the skin to harden. I added a component to dampen the hardening effect too though so there was nothing to worry about. ”
Stroking Nems arm it doesn’t seem to be hard at all, appearing to be her natural skin. It was very smooth to the touch.
” Master….. That’s embarrassing. ”
” So-sorry. But you did well. ”
I embarrassed her more by patting her on the head.
” By the way, you put in some effort huh.”
“Is your body feeling alright Nem?”
“Are you ignoring me?”
“Hmm? Me?”
“It couldn’t be anyone else but you could it!?”
“That’s…. What’s up?”
“I’m talking about the magic, that’s the first time I’ve seen magic that can heal that quickly. That’s not all, the magic you used to heal her fatigue too. You’re not as useless as you look.”
I don’t get it, that’s the healer’s weakest magic.
“It being my first time seeing it, I was surprised as well. I’ve heard about attribute assignment but to have magic that can cure abnormal conditions. As expected of Masamune-dono.”
“Isn’t that a healers job?”
“You really don’t know anything do you? If healers could use that much magic the world is beyond saving. Basically healers aren’t able to use any magic except the first magic they learn. But it’s nothing like a priest’s healing magic, it’s very ineffective. ”
First magic…. But I had two?
” Even a skilled healer getting to the degree of using attribute points is rare. Normally healers don’t even try to learn magic as two is usually the most you can do. That’s why healer is known as the weakest occupation.”
There was no need to spell it out. I think she’s the type of person who has lacked tact for a long time, does she not understand other’s pain? Being called the weakest is like a punch to the chest.
” Can you use any other magic? ”
” Well I can give a boost to attack and defense power but…”
I gave a simple explanation of the magic.
“Amazing. Wait that’s not [Odium Aura] is it?”
Sharon looked disappointed for some reason.
“Yeah that’s it.”
“You, that’s advanced magic! This is the first time I’ve heard of a healer being able to use advanced magic!”
While Toa had seen my status and was unsurprised, Sierra and Sharon were both shocked. On the other hand Nem was left out of the conversation completely.
” Something can be considered advanced magic even though it’s not attack magic? ”
” Well magic is ordered on a scale of magnitude and power. It’s not strange for that to be certified as advanced as not many people can use it.”
Well is still the weakest job, it’s not like I’ll be able to shoot flames or lightning in the future. It’s a fact that won’t change but somehow I felt a little lighter.
“Nito-sama has been promoted to B rank. Congratulations.”
After visiting Sharon we came to turn in our quest report. However after the request was reported finished the receptionist suddenly announced this.
“B rank!? Did they say B rank?!”
“Toa-Sama has been promoted to C-rank.”
“Isn’t this strange? I was just an F rank and now I’m a B, even Toa is a C…”
“Orders from the guildmaster. There is no issue with these promotions.”
In other words the problem is the guildmaster.
“Sierra, are promotions always like this?”
“No, the shortest amount of time taken to reach the next rank is about a year. However it usually takes several to do so. Getting promoted to the next rank is difficult.”
Calculating at a year’s time the shortest time to progress from an F rank to a B rank would be 4 years. However according to Sierra that’s nearly impossible. The fact that it’s only been a month since I’ve arrived leaves only one explanation.
” Does this promotion include the Nootkerane as well?”
“I am not able to give a detailed explanation, however I can have the guildmaster contact you?”
“No thank you.”
There’s no mistake, not telling me the reason for the promotion is just strange. Reinhardt said he would keep the story to himself as much as possible but it seems to be leaking out.
…… Wait a minute.
I registered at the guild as “Nito”.
I told Reinhardt my name was Masamune.
But the guild promoted me anyway…. This is bad.
In other words, at the very least the guild and the white knights know that Nito and Masamune are the same person.
“Sierra, have you heard anything from Reinhardt? Like about my promotion or something?”
“No, I haven’t heard anything special.”
Right, we just got back so there’s no way she could have heard anything.
“Excuse me, is Sierra Ecarlat here?”
“I am but..”
The reward that was put on hold has been prepared, please sign here. ”
It seems like they were instructed to hand over the nootkeranes reward once we got back.
” Oi! You bastard healer! You did well this time didn’t you! ”
From behind me came the annoying voice of Yogi. I’d prefer it if he left me alone at the moment.
“I’m sorry Masamune-dono. Annette sent a message, I have to return to headquarters.”
“I understand, we’re fine here so go ahead.”
Sierra nodded and left.
“Hey don’t ignore me! You just got back from another goblin extermination right? ”
Turning back the expression on Toa’s when she saw Yogi seemed to say “him again.”
“It’s a little embarrassing but yeah~ that’s right!”
There’s no point in getting to involved with this guy, it seems better to laugh it off and agree.
“You bad person! You bad person taunting master!”
However, Nem seemed to have other ideas as she dashed in front of me.
“What the? Is this shrimp your companion?”
“I won’t allow it!”
Nems shoulders shook her hands balled up into fists.
“You’re getting on my last nerve you bastard every time we meet you’ve got a new girl. What miss? You wanna do it with me?”
Yogi crouched down, eye level with Nem.
“Master fought a basilisk, he could crush something like you in an instant.”
“Hahaha, you’re funny little girl! However your jokes aren’t the point right now. The point is this little healer boy.”
He stood up making eye contact with me, his teeth were the opposite of clean and then in the next moment Nems back appeared before my eyes.
“Huh?Nem?”
Nem had her right fist cocked all the back in the air.
“[Cat Rage]!”
In that moment Nem scored a clean hit square on Yogi’s face.
“Kuwah!”
Yogi flew backward and crashed into the wall. Those gathered in the area turned and with a “Oh Yogi again.” began talking once more. It seems he was nocked unconsciousness as he no longer moved.
“Nem, what was that?” Toa asked.
“Cat fist! That bad guy made fun of master, so this is the concequence.”
“Well he was annoying and a-lways stuck his nose in our business so, it’s probably fine.”
I’ve come to the guild by myself a number of times and without fail Yogi has something to say. Without even considering that the so called cat fist has considerable power, I see now why Sharon said she was stronger than a healer. To pack that much power in such a small body, Nem has a bright future. More important still, how did she get caught by a slave trader when she had cat fist?
“Nem, when you got caught, did you not use cat fist?”
I asked even though she did appear to be weak at the time.
“Did they make you sniff Silver vine?” *1
It seemed Toa knew something about this, apparently there was a cat maid in Toa’s castle. According to her silver vine makes someone from the cat tribe fall into something like a drunken stupor. However the effect seems to be weaker as they grow into adulthood.
“There should be training to resist though.”
“Nem did you do any kind of training?”
“…….. Nem didn’t know.”
Nem seemed a little down as she answered.
Silver vine or matatabi is an alternative for catnip it grows in areas of Japan and China. It’s a real thing you can buy your cat.
