chapter 8
8 – Protagonist (3)
In , It is easy to distinguish between normal beasts and monsters.
One eye.
If the eyes are red, it is a monster.
The other is mana.
Even if it looks like a beast, it’s a monster if it’s wearing magic power.
The wild boar the size of a house that Lando was facing with a two-handed sword was clearly a monster.
Its eyes were red, and magical powers were wrapped around its body.
“Haa… , ha….”
Behind Lando’s back stood a woman breathing heavily.
The one who screamed.
She held her black nun’s robe with both hands, in her horror.
[Twin Wild Bore]
The twin wild boar brothers.
The one with the X-shaped scar on the head is the older brother, and the one without the scar is the younger one.
As far as I remember, it is a monster that belongs to the lowest rank among B-class monsters.
However, for me and Lando now, even a B-class opponent is too much for me.
Moreover, since this is where Lando begins to awaken to his abilities as a hero, I can’t catch him instead.
“Haap—!!”
Rando wrapped his two-handed sword with magic and charged at the scarred wild boar.
It was using a skill.
A wild boar also charged at him.
Kwajik!
His blade shattered one of the boar’s long fangs.
But the boar did not back down.
The fearless monster tried to charge at Lando once again.
“Ugh!”
As if the skill cooldown hadn’t passed yet, Lando rolled to the side and evaded it.
He and a wild boar continued to fight.
At this time, Lando made one mistake, as shown in the Story.
[Twin Wild Boar] Has two monsters in total.
In other words, you have to take care of the other one as well.
“Kyaaah!!”
However, he focused only on the one animal in front of him, so he distanced himself from the woman he had come to rescue.
Hearing her woman’s screams, Lando hurriedly ran to her, but she couldn’t help it. Her
Her brother’s side Her wild boar will run into her.
In , She wakes up, blaming herself for hurting her mistake.
Fortunately, she doesn’t die, but she suffers serious injuries that will make her daily life difficult for several months.
‘How to….’
In order to go as the main story goes, it is correct not to intervene.
Because I don’t know what kind of butterfly effect will occur if I intervene.
But you know that the woman in front of you will get seriously injured, but you stay still?
Can a person really see that as right?
It seemed like he was giving up his humanity in order not to be banished from his family.
‘The important thing is for Lando to feel guilty and wake up.’
She doesn’t have to be hurt.
I grabbed his heart and held on to his bare horse with suspenders.
Then he aimed a wild boar at her brother’s side, which was about to pounce on her.
Deliberately miss.
Bang—!
When I pulled the trigger, there was a loud sound and birds flew up from the trees.
A lump of magical energy collided with the floor beneath the boar’s feet on the younger brother’s side.
The wild boar turned its head towards me.
This sense of staring red eyes.
It gave me goosebumps.
“Do, boy!”
Luisa urgently called me.
“Quickly take that woman and run away!”
“Huh?! I-I can’t escape—”
“It’s an order!”
“Do, boy!!”
“Listen to orders!!”
Her hand trembled, and she immediately approached the heroine of the main character, who was wearing a black nun’s uniform, and grabbed her arm.
Then the two of them started down the mountain together.
I felt very sorry for Luisa for yelling at her.
Still, I think this is the best right now.
Bang—! Bang-!
She fired two more shots.
This time, aim properly.
You hit the front leg of a wild boar monster.
But the wild boar did not stop charging.
Keep running.
To me.
“Joe, Mr. Joel!!”
Rando shouted loudly.
Then, raising her sword, she chased after the boar.
But the boar is much faster.
Feels like standing in front of a large truck on the highway.
I can see why he was seriously injured after being run over by a wild boar in the main story.
If you don’t have the [Shield] Skill, you can’t handle the charge of this monster.
And I don’t have the [Shield] Skill.
‘I can’t just lie down for months.’
That said, you can’t let me kill him instead of lando.
When you get close enough that you can see the inside of the boar’s nostrils.
When Lando looks shocked from behind a monster.
Activated the [Time Stop] Skill.
Landau and the boar stopped.
In the meantime, I jumped as far back as I could and purposely fell.
After 2 seconds, he and the monster started moving again.
Lando burst into tears when he saw me pretending to be attacked by a monster.
“Ah… , aaa—!!”
The wind blows.
Air is sucked into his body.
Pang!
From under Lando’s feet, a golden pillar rose into the sky.
I witnessed the scene with my eyes wide open as much as possible.
The process of awakening to unique skills as a warrior.
[Mana Supercharge]
A skill that absorbs mana in the surrounding air all at once and instantly boosts mana.
I breathed a sigh of relief.
It’s good, you’ve awakened properly.
We succeeded in minimizing sacrifices.
***
Louisa came down from the mountain with a woman dressed as a nun at Joel’s command.
She said to Luisa.
“Thank you for saving me.”
Louisa glared at her.
“Thank you to our young boy.”
“No, of course I know. Of course I will.”
She frightened her and kicked her back.
Luisa squatted in her seat and sniffed at her.
“Bocchan, Bocchan….”
Seeing this maid shed tears because of her self, she couldn’t say anything to comfort her.
Except for just repeating “I’m sorry” Next to you.
Luisa stood up after a while.
“Your name and identity.”
“My name is Delia, a healer apprentice.”
“I am Luasa, Joel de Jahe’s exclusive maid.”
“Now, wait a minute. Then, is that the Marquis Marquis Ja-ja-he?!”
Luisa nods her head.
Delia, who was tingling with her emotions, finally realized what kind of person she had been saved by.
If he gets seriously injured or dies from being run over by a wild boar in his place… ?
It would be heartbreaking even if he was not a noble but a commoner, much less a noble among nobles, the son of an imperial margrave.
It doesn’t end to the extent of being heartbreaking.
“Delia, do you have a lot of money at home?”
“No….”
“Now, at least you return the favor while the young master is at the academy. Did you know?”
“Yes, yes! Of course you will.”
After that, the two ran towards the main building of the academy.
Then I explained the current situation to the instructor and climbed the mountain again with the instructor.
On the way to where Lando and Joel are,
Pang!
A strong golden light struck their eyes.
“What, what is this?”
The instructor quickly turned his head left and right as if embarrassed.
Luisa urged him, “Please go away!”
“If you linger here and die, the instructor will take responsibility… !”
“Oh, I got it! I’m going, so don’t be like that!!”
The instructor holding the ax jumped up all the way, following the guidance of Luisa and Delia.
You have arrived at the point where the wild boar monster appeared.
“Whoa… , Whoa…….”
However, only Lando standing with a sword, Joel collapsed, and two corpses of a wild boar monster that had been cut in two remained.
Looking at the situation, it seemed that Lando had already dealt with the monster with his sword.
The relieved instructor lowered the ax and approached Lando.
“Was it a lando cadet?”
He shook his shoulders, as if surprised by the voice.
“Oh, yes.”
“Where did you get hurt?”
“Oh, no.”
“Yes, well done.”
The instructor tapped Lando lightly on the shoulder.
Luisa and Delia moved closer to the fallen Joel.
“Brother, Master, can you hear me… ? Are you still alive…… ?”
Luisa prayed, clutching the cross in her bosom with both hands.
Delia placed her palms over Joel’s body and worked her magic.
“Gwa, it’s okay! It’s just a light bruise!!”
“I was hit by a monster, but I got a light bruise, Delia-nim, did you see it correctly?”
“Absolutely! Me, even though I couldn’t fight, I continued to study and practice for this part!! Trust me. I don’t want Joel to get hurt because of me.”
“… All right.”
Green magic flowed from Delia’s palm.
The flowing magic soon permeated into Joel’s body.
***
‘When should I get up?’
Delia kept casting healing spells on me.
As she fell backwards, her bruises healed.
She had a strange sense.
Beside her, Luisa was weeping as she held the cross like last time.
I felt guilty thinking that I rang again.
I felt I had to get her up and reassure her.
“Ugh… ….”
The eyelids were raised as if an injured person had opened their eyes.
Then Delia and Lucia pressed their faces.
“Joel, do you see me? Can you hear me? How do you feel now?”
“Bocchan, are you okay? Bocchan, are you okay… ?”
As I slowly raised my back, two people supported my body with their hands.
“It’s okay, my body doesn’t hurt at all.”
“Really, young boy? You were hit by that wild boar, but are you really okay? ?”
“I was hit, but I think I was less shocked because I backed up just before.”
“Really… , I am very fortunate.”
When I got up, Luisa gave me a nice little smile.
She saw her smile and I laughed silently,
“Thank you Joel!”
Delia shouted, bending her back.
“I went too far into the mountain while trying to find herbs. I am really sorry for causing trouble to Joel-sama and Luisa-san.”
“I’m fine. As a result, no one was seriously injured. Let’s just move on nicely, okay?”
“Yes, thank you!”
The number of healers in the world is small.
Even if you are an apprentice working under an academy official healer, if you include Delia in her party, you will benefit greatly.
It’s not for nothing that she is in her hero’s party even in her main story.
She moved closer to Lando, who stood there blankly, and spoke to her.
“Looks like you defeated them all. Amazing.”
“Oh, no, it was just by accident that something suddenly came into being….”
“That is your ability. Don’t forget that feeling.”
“Okay.”
Now that I’ve finished my business in the mountains, let’s go down, she said.
But then he started to apologize, saying, “I’m sorry.”
“What are you sorry about?”
“If I had looked around properly, Joel-sama wouldn’t have been hurt….”
I said with a snort.
“Landau, if that’s possible, that’s already a great article. Isn’t it?”
“Yeah, that’s right….”
“From now on, try to be a great article. Got it?”
“Okay!”
The details of the main story are slightly different, but the result is the same.
I thought we should keep going like this.
*
For about three days, I continued to draw magic weed with Lando.
The magical plants were now piled up and trying to fill my room.
The time has come to refine this.
‘Let’s test it out to see if it’s a real magical plant.’
I took a leaf in my hand and brought it into my mouth.
By chewing on it, the taste and smell of grass came out.
To be honest, there was really no taste.
“Brother—. Young master… ?!”
Louisa came to my side.
A pupil earthquake occurred in her eyes.
It must be embarrassing to eat raw grass that looks like weeds….
“It’s okay because it’s a magical power plant.”
“Yeah, but it’s better to wash it properly before eating…” .”
“Oh, that’s right.”
I hadn’t thought of that part.
Well, at least one would be fine.
[You have consumed Magic Herb.]
[You have acquired 2 Temporary Magic.]
[HP: 48 (+2)]
‘Okay, good job borrowing Lando’s ability.’
It’s temporary magic that disappears after use and has a time limit of only two hours, but it’s no problem as long as you get plenty of magic candles and put them away.
Then, who should I ask to refine this?
There is a separate drug store, but there is a possibility that you may be wondering where you got this pure magic herb.
Then it’s better to ask an insider to keep it as secret as possible.
Those who can make potions among the people around the main character in ….
‘Delia.’
Healers also make healing potions.
As a healer’s apprentice, she should know the basics of making her potion.
“Louisa, let’s go to Delia’s room.”
“Okay.”