Chapter 5: I’m going to heal you

“…… Is it true what you said earlier?”

“Eh?”

When I was feeling depressed by myself, the boy asked me with his eyes wandering around.

“What do you mean, earlier?”

“……You said you’d fix my leg with one Lean.”

My expression brightened up when I heard that.

“Of course! You can trust me!”

(Because this is the only skill I have left!)

I’m more enthusiastic than usual.

The boy who stood with his back against the wall, looking at me disturbingly, folded the hem of his clothes wide on his right leg.

“!”

I widen my eyes.

It was a bad wound. It looked as if it had been gouged out with a knife from the knee to the calf.

What was also shocking was that there were shallow and deep marks running haphazardly, as if they had been repeated many times.

“This is…… Did someone do this to you?”

“No, it’s not.”

The denial comes back quickly.

I guess he doesn’t want to be asked any more questions. It seemed cruel to repeat the question to the boy who looked away… I bit my lip and returned my gaze to the wound.

When I gently touched his unscarred skin, the boy twitched and shivered.

(……His body temperature is hot. And the wound is infected. Maybe he’s been living in an environment where clean water is hard to come by.”

It has already been quite some time since the wound was made.

I don’t want such a small child to be in terrible pain any longer.

“……[analysis]”

I hold up my hands and chant with a single thought at the same time.

A ball of reddish-black blood flew out of the boy’s wound.

“! ?”

(Ah, he’s got his eyes bugged out. But please, don’t run away!)

Whether my prayers had been answered or he was simply too surprised to move, the boy remained motionless and glued to the scene in front of him.

Then, a number of balls were made in the air, and they were sucked into my hands one after another.

Perhaps it is done in a much different way than common healing magic.

This is because my two-stage healing magic of analysis and healing was taught to me by the chief priest of the Great Temple.

Healing magic is something that can be activated when a person with the right talent chants powerful words.

But that’s not enough, the senior chief priest told me.

(Understand・pain)

The analysis magic causes me to feel a piercing pain — even in myself.

It doesn’t mean that the same scars will actually appear on my body.

But the fierce pain that seemed to cut into my brain, into the back of my eyes, into my eardrums, and into my fingertips…… I clenched my teeth and tried not to scream.

Behind my eyelids, even the memory of him when he suffered this wound came to life.

This is a kind of side effect of [Analysis]. This is because memories of strong pain and suffering are deeply etched on the body and mind.

And after understanding a tenth of that pain…… I think strongly about it.

I want to heal you, I want you to get well, strongly, strongly.

” [Heal] !”

I opened my eyes and chanted.

A golden glow emerged from the tips of my hands.

It became countless grains of light that were sucked into the boy’s wound.

This was originally the mass of pain that had just flown out of the boy.

My emotions and his emotions overlap, and the back alley, which should have been dark, is now filled with a light so strong that it seems to be overflowing.

(Rewrite・suffering)

—Then, all the lights will fall into place.

……The boy looked dumbfounded.

“How’s that? Does it work smoothly?”

The boy’s eyes widen as he shakes his right leg up and down.

“……Yeah. It’s healed……”

(Success!)

At the same time, I felt relieved.

The boy, still stunned, reached into the pocket of his jacket.

“Thank you!”

A small copper coin was offered to me in silence, and I took it with both hands.

(Yay! I’ve made money!)

Who knew you could get money within a few hours of being kicked out of the Great Temple!”

If he wasn’t here, I probably would have started dancing right here. That’s how happy I am.

However, unlike me, who was excited, the boy remained dumbfounded.

I was beginning to worry. I asked the boy hesitantly. “What’s wrong?”

“A wound of this level usually costs a hundred times as much to heal as this.”

(Is that so!)

There was another piece of information I didn’t know.

What should I do? Am I really as naive as he says? I’m starting to feel uneasy.

As I hold my head, the little boy shakes his golden eyes.

“Aren’t you going to make demands? To me.”

“……Eh? What?”

“Like, money.”

“You’ve already given it to me.”

But for some reason, he looked at me like “What’s wrong with her?” and I was confused.

“100 Rin is, uh, I mean, it’s one gold coin, so it’s……1 Ren, right? It’s a scam if you ask for that much money. The police will catch you.”

Copper= Ran 

Large Copper=Rin

Silver= Rune 

Gold= Ren 

Large Gold

If you have ten of each, the units will move up, making it easier to understand… Huh, did I get that right?

“It’s not a scam. People do it all the time.”

“I’m naive, okay!”

(That’s enough of that!)

I’ll huff and sniff and tell him.

—For some reason, the boy spewed out.

“That’s not something to brag about hahaha…!”

“……You don’t have to laugh so much.”

It was indeed embarrassing to be laughed at with a belly laugh.

As I stare at him, the boy says, “I’m sorry, I’m sorry,” and manages to contain his laughter.

……I feel like my eyes are welling up with tears, but I’ll let it slide.

“So, what was that reddish-black or golden stuff earlier?”

“Actually…… I’m not sure either.”

“What?”

(Oh, he was staring at me. Are you getting back into the swing of things?)

But really, I don’t mean to deceive anyone, I don’t know much either.

This is because, according to the Chief Priest, there has never been a Saint who has used healing magic while sending out grains of light in the past.

“I think I’m temporarily taking your pain and giving it back to you with my power to heal! But I really don’t know much about it……”

Is that too suspicious? I desperately tried to explain with gestures.

The boy was staring at my face intently.

“Hey…… maybe you really are…”

“Hmm? What is it?”

“No…… nothing.”

The boy shook his head, muttering, “No way”.

And it was time to get going, I thought to myself.

Because from now on, I have to heal nine more people, or twenty-nine if I want to eat breakfast and dinner.

(I still have a long way to go!)

“Well, I’ll be going now. If you ever get hurt again, and I hope you don’t…… feel free to call me if you get a bump on the forehead or a scraped knee.”

“What do I call you?”

“Because I’m staying in the capital for a while!”

I think His Highness Alex said something like, “Get out of the country,” but I really don’t have any money.

I think the ideal situation would be to use healing magic to earn money for a while, and when I have enough money, I’ll take a ship to a neighboring country.

When the boy heard my reply, he put his hand on his chin as if he was thinking about something.

Then — he looked up at me and said in a slightly nervous, raspy voice.

“Then why don’t you come make some money with me?”

(……Eh?)

I couldn’t help but blink my eyes.