I Became an Unofficial Healer

Seeing the orange apron gave me the impression that Luna really likes carrots.

“C-come in!”

“Yes.”

I entered Luna’s house.

Compared to Miriana noona’s house, Luna’s house definitely felt simpler and more modest, but it still felt cozy and like a place where someone lives.

“I m-made food. Sit down!”

“Thank you.”

“He-hehe. It’s nothing.”

I sat at the table and calmly looked at the food.

“Oh. It’s a carrot set.”

On the table there was stew with carrots and meat, stir-fried carrots, julienned carrots, carrot… salad? Anyway, there were many dishes where carrots were the main ingredient.

“Y-yes! D-do you d-dislike carrots?”

“No, I eat them well.”

For example, I’m the type who thinks curry is bland without carrots.

“I-I see! Th-that’s a relief…”

“It looks delicious. Can I start eating now?”

I was a bit hungry from running around to gather herbs.

“Y-yes! Let’s eat!”

“Then…”

“”Thank you for the meal.””

Together with Luna, I ate the carrot-centric food.

Hmm, it’s delicious.

I had a slight worry that with so many carrots, I might get tired of them, but the seasoning was good, and eating the dishes in sequence meant I didn’t get tired of them at all.

Luna is a good cook.

With strength in my voice, to Luna’s cooking:

“Delicious!”

“Kyah!”

“Ah, I’m sorry.”

“Um… th-that means it’s delicious, like l-last time, right?”

“Yes!”

“He-hehe, what a relief.”

Luna was smiling broadly while eating the soup with short but quick spoonfuls.

During the meal.

A question I’d heard at the adventurer’s guild came to mind, so I decided to ask Luna.

“Luna.”

“Yes? What, what?”

“By the way, what was that advice Samurth mentioned?”

“Ah, about that…”

Was Samurth actually after Luna too?

Something like: Hey, don’t just stay in parties with weak people, come to our party~.

That kind of thing.

No way! Luna is my ultimate combo partner!

“He… told me to q-quit being an adventurer and g-go back to my hometown.”

“Eh?”

That was completely different from what I expected.

“He told you to quit?”

“Yes… y-you know what I t-told you? About h-having many party d-disbandments.”

“Yes.”

I heard it first from Miriana noona, but I also heard it while listening to Luna who was crying.

“A-after my party was disbanded like l-last time, a few days later, Samurth-san came to me and s-said.”

“What did he say?”

“If I was g-going to be so sad, I m-might as well go back to my hometown.”

I see.

It seems Samurth, unable to bear seeing Luna cry every time her party disbanded, said such words.

Even when I first saw her, she was crying so bitterly.

Even that damn elf must have felt sympathy.

“B-but! It’s okay now! I h-have Jin-sang! W-we’re the ultimate c-combo!”

“Of course!”

I immediately answered Luna’s question.

Indeed, combining Luna’s speed with my recovery abilities makes us truly formidable!

Well, let’s end this dark topic here and ask a new question!

“By the way, Luna. I see you have your own house. Isn’t housing quite expensive?”

I had the perception that real estate is always expensive!

But maybe real estate prices in this world are cheap?

“Ah, th-that’s…”

Luna’s expression became gloomy again.

Huh? Did I, d-did I ask the wrong question?

“The p-people who broke up with me g-gave me most of their m-money because they felt s-sorry…”

Oh.

That was a huge landmine.

Luna had many party disbandments.
And those people were probably C-rank.

The fact that they gave Luna their money, which they earned becoming C-rank, because they felt sorry means.
That until they parted ways, they had built enough of a bond with Luna to make such a decision.

Of course, proportionally, Luna’s sadness after breaking up grew larger.

“It was t-too much for me to use a-alone… and staying in the adventurer’s guild l-lodging just made me f-feel down… so I b-bought a house…”

“I-is that so?”

“Yes…”

Oh, shit.

What more should I say?

Help me! Miriana noona! Celine!

Ah!

“Oh right! Luna! I had something to tell you!”

“Yes?! W-what is it?”

“Well, you see.”

I told her that I would occasionally continue herb gathering.
And the reason why that came to be.

“That’s how it happened. Since herb gathering finishes quickly anyway, I’ll just go and do it briefly before we do subjugation.”

“I-I see! J-Jin-sang is k-kind.”

“Hehehe, you think so?”

“Y-yes! Ah, if th-that’s the case! I’ll c-come help too! If we gather t-together, we can finish even f-faster!”

“Hmm? Is that okay? It might be troublesome for Luna, so I thought I’d just go alone…”

“I-it’s fine! I p-prefer… hehe. Being with J-Jin-sang than being a-alone.”

“Luna…”

Honestly, my heart fluttered a little when she said she preferred being with me.

Even though I know she didn’t mean it that way!

It resonates with my pure, maiden-like heart!

-Pfft. Aren’t you a virgin?

Somewhere, it felt like Miriana noona was mocking me in my mind.

To infiltrate even my mind! Miriana noona, that’s too much!

“Then tomorrow, let’s gather herbs together and then take a monster subjugation request!”

“Y-yes! Let’s do that!”

“What should we subjugate tomorrow?”

“T-tomorrow…”

I had a pleasant meal while discussing with Luna about which monsters to subjugate tomorrow.

After finishing the meal, I parted ways with Luna with a smile and headed to the adventurer’s guild lodging.

After enjoyably using my nightly side dish, I went to sleep with a refreshed mind.

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The next day.

“Hehehe~ Hmm~.”

I was walking the path toward monster subjugation with a cheerful mind.

Because.

When I went to Celine after finishing my serving job to receive a herb gathering request.

“Mr. Lee Jin-sang, Miss Luna. Here is the reward for subjugating the King Slime.”

The reward from the adventurer’s guild residue collection team who had recovered the King Slime was handed to us.

For reference, the amount was more than what I earned gathering herbs for a month.

Yahoo!

That’s why, with an excited heart, after finishing herb gathering with Luna.

Our second day of monster subjugation!

We were on our way to hunt goblins, which was the standard progression!

“Jin-sang, you s-seem happy.”

“Hihihi, of course I’m happy! We received this much reward! Maybe it would be good to occasionally turn slimes into King Slimes?”

Of course, this time I would cast Heal and then throw it far away or run away.

“Hmm~ B-but maybe it’s b-better not to do that?”

“Hmm? Why?”

“It m-might raise suspicion. And… d-deliberately raising monsters into p-powerful individuals is i-illegal.”

“What? There’s such a law?”

“Y-yes. Once, an a-alchemist tried to create K-King Slimes like Jin-sang did…”

“And then?”

“The laboratory was d-destroyed and people around got hurt, so a l-law was created because of that incident. If you’re c-caught forcibly creating higher-tier monsters, you’ll g-get a huge fine…”

No way!

Damn those alchemists!

Taking away my money source! Unforgivable!

“N-no way…!”

“I-it’s okay, Jin-sang! B-but! We’re the u-ultimate combo! Even without King Slimes, we c-can defeat monsters that g-give bigger rewards!”

“Hmm? Come to think of it, that’s true?”

My dampened mood quickly improved.

“That’s right! You and I are the ultimate combo, Luna! Hahaha! King Slimes are nothing!”

“Y-yes! They’re n-nothing!”

“Hehehe, then for the second step toward our ultimate combo’s bright future! Let’s go subjugate goblins!”

“Yes!”

-Krack! Keack!

And with Luna, I reached the forest where goblins lived and could see goblins.

Creatures that looked like yokai with green or light green skin, short stature, pointed ears, and sharp eyes.

Goblins.

Seeing them in real life made me think they definitely weren’t human.

Which means.

Disposing of them?

Wouldn’t make me feel particularly resistant.

Well, I might feel a bit uncomfortable directly stabbing them, but.

To become an adventurer and be able to travel back and forth to my original home, it can’t be helped.

While I was contemplating this.

Slash!

Rustle!

-Kreak!

Luna immediately moved and in an instant dispatched three goblins in front of us.

As always, Luna is incredibly quick.

“J-Jin-sang, I defeated them!”

“As expected, you’re amazing, Luna! Ah, do you need recovery?”

“Yes, p-please.”

“Stamina Heal!”

I immediately cast recovery on Luna.

“Phew, hehe, th-thank you, Jin-sang.”

Luna smiled broadly, probably feeling good about having her stamina immediately replenished.

How do I put it… it’s like watching an incredibly cute animal, giving me a warm feeling.

But suddenly I had a thought.

Luna’s speed is fast.

It would be difficult for me to keep up with that speed in many ways.

Shouldn’t I come up with another strategy?

While I was pondering this.

From the healing magic knowledge that entered my mind when I first used Heal after being transported to this world.

And which still hasn’t left, sticking with me all this time.

I thought of a solution.

This is it!