Chapter 8 - Recommendation
When I stared at her, Miriana noona turned her head away.
“Ahem, well, that was a bit of an eccentric thing to say.”
“You think so too, right?”
“Ah, I’m curious about something else~.”
Miriana noona changed the subject as if trying to divert attention.
“I was so surprised about healing severed limbs that I glossed over it. Is it true that you can restore stamina… and mana too? Is that possible?”
“Yes. Isn’t it normally possible?”
“How is it even possible in the first place? You can only replenish mana with mana potions or mana link, right? I’ve never heard of anything that restores stamina.”
“Really? Ah, what’s mana link?”
“It’s magic that synchronizes your mana with someone else when they’re low on mana. Of course, it’s extremely difficult.”
“I see.”
Hmph, my mana heal is hundreds, thousands of times better!
“But Miriana noona, you received stamina restoration yourself.”
“Hmm? I did?”
“Yes.”
“When?”
“Obviously when I was treating you. I used Cure to treat your disease, Heal to treat skin wounds and such, and finally Stamina Heal to restore your exhausted stamina, remember?”
“Did you? I was so exhausted then that I couldn’t hear well… Come to think of it, I was really tired, but I managed to walk home just fine? …Oh.”
Suddenly, Miriana noona grinned and said to me.
“Jin-sang, shall we test how effective Stamina Heal really is? After a hot night that leaves us exhausted, how many times consecutively can we…”
“Ahem, I told you I only do such things with a virgin girlfriend.”
“Your virgin stubbornness is really strong.”
“Just stand up and sit down or do some push-ups. I’ll cast it on you right away.”
“I don’t like doing hard things.”
“If you don’t want to verify the effect, you don’t have to.”
“…I’ll try it once. I want to know how amazing and monstrous of a healer our Jin-sang is too.”
Miriana noona got up from the sofa, lay on the floor, and started doing push-ups.
“Phew… Ah, haah… Phew…”
“Gulp.”
Miriana noona doing push-ups with only a towel wrapped around her.
The curves of her large buttocks visible through the towel, the shape of her breasts pressed down each time she bent her arms.
It was very arousing.
Not just anyone can be the Queen of the Night.
But wait.
“Why are your sounds so erotic with each push-up?”
“I’ve made my living seducing men for a long time… Aahn. Such sounds are ingrained in me. Mmm.”
Aren’t you doing this on purpose?
After doing about 12 push-ups, Miriana noona got up.
“It’s been a while since I’ve done such exercise. I can do as much as I want when moving my hips on top of a man…”
“Stop looking at me so suggestively.”
I’m about to go crazy with arousal.
“Phew, Jin-sang. Hurry up and cast that Stamina Heal thing. Do you want to keep watching me panting for a long time?”
“Stamina Heal.”
I immediately cast Stamina Heal on Miriana noona.
A green light rose around Miriana noona’s body.
Her slightly labored breathing immediately stabilized.
“Wow. I’m not out of breath at all?”
Miriana noona blinked in amazement at the killer effect of Stamina Heal.
“Jin-sang’s magic is really amazing. How is this possible? Who taught you?”
“I learned from some eccentric mage in the mountains. We’re separated now, so I don’t know where he is.”
Miriana noona sat back down after hearing my hastily made-up excuse.
“I see.”
“Now that we’ve confirmed again that my healing magic is killer, quickly recommend someone. Who would form a party with me?”
“Hoho, alright. But it’s really a shame. With stamina recovery like this, when doing it with Jin-sang, we could truly go without rest…”
“Noona.”
“Alright, alright. I’ll stop teasing. Hmm…”
Miriana noona thought for a moment, then raised her index finger and said.
“How about Samurth?”
“What? That middle-aged elf who always teases me?”
“Yes, that Samurth.”
I really hate that idea.
No, more than that.
“Samurth already has a party. I don’t think he’d accept me in the first place.”
“Really? Surprisingly, that might not be the case? The fact that he teases you every day means he’s interested in you… if you say you want to join the party, he might at least take you as a porter?”
“No, I’m a healer, what would I do as a porter?”
“As I said, the magic that restores stamina is something others really can’t do. Even divine arts can’t do it. If you show them how you continuously restore stamina with your magic… there might be a possibility?”
“…Still, I feel like that damn elf would tease me while we’re in a party.”
“Well, he probably would?”
I’m already teased every day at the adventurer’s guild.
If we become party members, how much would that damn elf tease me…
“Let’s put that on hold for now! Isn’t there anyone else?”
“The next candidate is Blex…”
“Nooooo! Anyone but him! Absolutely nooooooo!”
Just hearing the name made my skin crawl, reminding me of what Blex said to me today.
-Aah~ little miser~.
Ugh, it gives me goosebumps.
“You dislike him that much? I thought you’d get along well as unlicensed healing mages.”
“That person keeps telling me to become a berserker with him!”
“Pfft, why don’t you try being a warrior once?”
“I like being a healer! I don’t like pain! And I hate being in the same party as Blex even more! I’ve been promoting myself all this time because I don’t want to be a front-line fighter!”
“Is that so? Ah, even if you don’t become a berserker, it would be good for you to build your body. Even as a healer, don’t you need some strength as an adventurer?”
“I’ll take care of that myself, so hurry and tell me the next person!”
“What’s left is… Ah, it might take some time, but there’s a very promising candidate. You’ll probably like them too.”
“Who is it?”
“Luna. You know her, right? That rabbit beastkin. Black hair. Big breasts like mine.”
“Luna?”
Hearing Miriana noona’s words, I couldn’t help but tilt my head.
That’s because Luna already had a party.
Above all,
“The people in Luna’s party wouldn’t accept me, would they?”
“It doesn’t matter. They’re C-rank now, right? Anyway, they’ll soon disband their party with Luna?”
“What? Why?”
They’ll dissolve the party? Why?
They even stopped Luna from getting treatment from a quack healer like me?
“That’s because Luna has always~ been like this. Even if she forms a party and they get along well… eventually, the party will break up.”
“Always? You mean Luna’s parties have broken up before? Why?”
“Hoho, Jin-sang. Do you know what this city is called?”
“Um… I don’t know.”
“It’s the City of Beginners. There aren’t many dangerous monsters around here. As a result, the quest rewards aren’t that lucrative. But since security needs to be maintained in case of emergencies, B-rank adventurers or higher, like Samurth and Blex, receive some support funds from the guild to stay here.”
“Really?”
Samurth and Blex… were like civil servants.
“So other adventurers who don’t receive support funds, that is, C-rank adventurers, often leave this city for other places to earn more income. The final destination is usually the capital.”
“What does that have to do with Luna’s party breaking up? Is Luna also receiving support funds, so she has to stay in this city?”
“No~. Luna is C-rank, so that’s not the case. The reason is simple. Luna… doesn’t have the skills to go to another city. More precisely, she has a fatal weakness that prevents her from being active elsewhere.”
“Fatal… weakness?”
“Unlike here, other places have high-rank requests. That is, requests to exterminate high-difficulty magical beasts. And usually, unless you have overwhelming skills, fighting such magical beasts becomes a drawn-out battle.”
“Well… I guess so?”
“The important thing is that Luna doesn’t have much stamina. She can barely face magical beasts at the C-rank level… but against anything stronger, her stamina runs out during the fight. When that happens, she’s just a burden. And a teammate who can’t fight in the middle of battle is just a hindrance.”
“Can’t she just build up her stamina?”
“That’s right. But strangely? Luna said her stamina doesn’t increase no matter how much she tries to build it up. It’s as if she’s paying the price for her superior ability. Ah, in this respect, she’s similar to Jin-sang who can’t use other magic?”
“Superior ability?”
“Luna has speed that surpasses other adventurers. Even compared to B-rank adventurers, her speed is exceptional. Her specialty is moving quickly and taking down monsters in one go with a swish! But at B-rank level, there are many monsters that either resist her fast speed or require drawn-out battles.”
Miriana noona shrugged her shoulders and said.
“They go to other regions to earn more money, but if you can’t keep up with their growing level, you’re just a hindrance, right? So even though Luna always forms adventurer parties… eventually, the party breaks up, and her former companions leave for other cities or regions. The number of times this has happened is over 10!”
“Wow.”
Hearing the number of times her party had broken up, I couldn’t help but be surprised.
“Hmph,” Miriana noona laughed and said.
“No matter how close you are, business is business when it comes to money. She’s been abandoned by companions so many times that Luna has even earned a nickname.”
“Nickname?”
“Yes. And that nickname is~.”
Miriana noona paused for a moment, then spread her arms wide for emphasis and said.
“The Abandoned Stone Luna.”