I'm Playing as a Nun.

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Patch Notes for all readers.

Title changed from "An elf for the cat" to "Giving an elf to the cat."

"Hehehe..."

The next afternoon.

I head towards the entrance of the nunnery, carrying a laundry basket that had piled up.

Normally, I wouldn't hum or sing and would move like a machine, my mind completely empty.

But today is different.

I'm in a very good mood right now.

The gift Iris announced yesterday was completed and delivered to me this morning.

Contrary to my worries, Iris's gift was very plain.

"Hehe..."

A rough wooden cross necklace she carved herself.

To be honest, if you only look at the appearance, it's so crude that it's hard to tell if it's a cross or just a piece of wood.

But the image of Iris handing me this necklace with her tiny hands keeps coming to mind, so I can't stop smiling.

- Tap

Anyway, I put the basket in front of the convent entrance for easy nighttime laundry and naturally turned my steps towards the church.

Although I'm still wearing the manly saint clothes Ellie gave me yesterday at Iris's request.

Thanks to the wooden cross around my neck, I feel much lighter.

- Bang─!!

"Sister─!!"

And so, when I returned to the church and was cleaning inside.

Ellie, playing in the garden, suddenly burst through the door and called out to me loudly.

"It's, it's terrible...!! Something's wrong with Aizen... Heal isn't working either..."

It seemed like quite a serious situation had unfolded as Ellie severely stammered her words and started pulling on my sleeves mercilessly.

The sudden situation momentarily left my mind blank. I stood there absentmindedly with my mouth shut like a mute who had eaten honey as Ellie forcibly dragged me outside.

Before I knew it, I had been brought out to the steps in front of the church entrance, and my eyes immediately widened at the confusing scene that unfolded before me out of the blue.

"Aizen─?!"

Throwing the broom I was holding to the ground, I hurriedly ran to the garden where Aizen was lying.

"Waah... Something's wrong with Aizen..."

Next to Aizen, who was lying there with a complexion so pale that he looked like he might ascend at any moment, Iris was crying very pitifully.

However, because of this, I couldn't figure out what had happened to Aizen, so I calmed myself as much as possible and asked Ellie calmly.

"Wh-what in the world is going on...?!"

"Aizen ate some grass that was growing in the garden... He said it was definitely edible, but..."

"What─?!"

It was a shocking story that was hard to

believe, even hearing it directly.

I don't know why Aizen plucked and ate grass from the garden, but now that I know the cause, appropriate first-aid measures are the priority.

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[Aizen] - Messiah 

[Race] Human

[Occupation] Knight

[Level] 10

[Passive Skill] Valor

※ (Status Ailment) Poison

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After checking the status window once, I immediately made Aizen stand up, turned his back towards me, and hurriedly wrapped my arms around his waist.

After all, the only measure I could take right away was to make him vomit the poisonous grass he ate.

So, after tightly wrapping both arms around Aizen's waist, I pressed his abdomen rhythmically while adjusting my strength as much as possible.

"Urgh...!!"

Soon, Aizen felt nauseous and started dry heaving. Eventually, he threw up the poisonous grass he had eaten, narrowly avoiding the worst-case scenario.

"Ellie, quickly heal Aizen."

"Y-Yes...!!"

Then, I asked Ellie for a heal and quickly restored Aizen's condition, who had become completely exhausted.

Ellie's healing is not all-purpose.

It's a skill that only works on stamina and wounds, not status ailments.

"Phew..."

Fortunately, not much time had passed since Aizen ate the poisonous grass, so I could somehow resolve the situation by pressing his abdomen.

But thinking about the future, a skill that removes status ailments seems absolutely necessary.

To think he would pluck and eat grass from the garden without hesitation...

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[Aizen] - Messiah

[Race] Human

[Occupation] Knight

[Level] 10

[Passive Skill] Valor

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The status ailment in Aizen's status window had cleanly disappeared.

Although somewhat primitive, it seems to have been a quite appropriate measure.

"It's okay now. If we take him to his room and let him rest well, he'll regain his energy soon."

"Th-Thank goodness..."

Ellie sat down on the spot and slowly stroked her startled heart.

She must have been as surprised as I was, but I really have to praise her for calmly assessing the situation and calling me.

"Why in the world did he pluck and eat grass from the garden..."

As soon as the situation had calmed down, I carefully picked up Aizen, who had been limply lying on the ground like a dried fish.

At that moment, Iris, quietly wiping her tears right next to me, suddenly grabbed my collar and spoke to me in a low voice.

"But Sister... Are you okay...?"

"Huh? About what?"

"...You hate sunlight, don't you..."

"Sunlight?"

At first, I had no idea what Iris was talking about, but belatedly, I slowly blinked as the burning pain transmitted throughout my body.

As I had come out when the sun was at its highest, the pain was indescribably intense.

"Ah─"

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That night.

"Levi! We're all here!"

The children sit side by side on the wooden bench inside the church.

As expected, Aizen regained his energy in just an hour or two and started running around energetically as if nothing had happened.

"Alright, everyone pay attention here."

But I, who had been exposed to the sunlight for quite a long time, had to lie in bed for almost half a day without being able to do anything.

"What's that?"

"A book?"

"It's a book."

The book I'm holding is a plant encyclopedia, one of the various items I bought from a peddler before.

From today's incident, I clearly realized.

Even if the children I'm taking care of are destined to be heroes, they are still children who desperately need adult protection.

"From today, we're going to have a time to study about grass that can be eaten and grass that can't."

For that reason, I thought it was necessary to teach the children at least the very basics of herbology.

"Ugh... Studying...?"

"Herbology?"

"Oh... Sounds interesting."

Unlike Ellie and Iris, who seemed quite interested, Aizen's face scrunched at the word study.

"What kind of bolt from the blue is this... It was always free time after dinner..."

"Don't grumble. This is all because Aizen carelessly plucked and ate weird grass."

"Ugh... I definitely remember it being edible grass from before..."

The reason Aizen suddenly plucked and ate a clump of grass was quite simple.

He was just feeling peckish and happened to find grass that matched his memory while looking around, so he put it in his mouth without any suspicion.

I learned for the first time today that Aizen was simple-minded and ignorant.

"But Sister, what are we going to study with?"

"Ah, don't worry about that. I thought about quite a few things while lying down for half a day."

I answered Ellie's question without hesitation and immediately showed the children the various medicinal herbs I had prepared in advance.

"I'm going to explain these medicinal herbs you're looking at one by one."

"Ugh, there's so many..."

"Wow... When did you gather all these...?"

"They're all ones I've never seen before."

The medicinal herbs I'm holding in my hands right now are all edible.

I was really bothered by only feeding the children meat, so you could say they are the product of my efforts in studying and gathering them myself for the children's health.

"All the medicinal herbs you're looking at are in this book. They're all things humans can eat."

"Huh, what? You already...?"

"Pay attention, Aizen."

A herbology class progressed step by step while showing the actual plants written in the book.

It was very awkward and clumsy since I had never properly taught anyone in my life.

But still, I maintained my composure and continued the lesson slowly.

Luckily, I was just reciting the book's contents as is, so it didn't feel like I was conveying any great skills or knowledge.

I just thought I was giving the children a little opportunity to learn within the scope of what I know. 

"We're going to practice outdoors later with what we learned here. So listen attentively without doing anything else."

"Yes─!"

"Yes."

"......"

Aizen's expression seemed to be absentminded for some reason.

It's obvious at a glance that he hates studying.

"Aizen?"

"...Uh, yeah..."

It felt like I was looking at my own school days.

I felt like I could sufficiently understand what Aizen was thinking right now without having to think too deeply.

"Phew... I guess I have no choice. I'll have to give a very special opportunity to the person who achieves good results in the outdoor practice─."

At the words I uttered indifferently, the children's gazes immediately focused on me.

"A special opportunity?"

"What's that?"

"I'm curious."

Looking meaningfully at each of the children who were showing a reaction beyond expectations, I slowly raised one corner of my mouth.

"Just one person. I will give them the special opportunity to go monster hunting with me."

At the quite unprecedented suggestion, the children looked at each other and held their breath for a moment.

Everyone seemed surprised by the unexpected opportunity.

"Monster hunting─?!!"

"With... Sister...?"

"Ooh─."

Aizen, who had been blankly staring into the void with dead eyes until just now, suddenly came to his senses and started blinking rapidly.

Ellie and Iris were the same.

Although they weren't showing joy as much as Aizen, I could still vaguely tell that they were quite looking forward to it.

"We're finally going to hunt monsters!! I've been waiting for this day─!!"

"It's only one person. 2nd and 3rd place will be given separate duties to guard the church."

"What do you take me for, Levi?! I'll have you know, I know quite a bit about the wild."

"Oh, you seem very confident. I like it."

"Ellie and Iris can never be a match for me─."

Aizen suddenly became passionate.

Unexpectedly, he seemed to have some knowledge about medicinal herbs, and his confident appearance was quite impressive.

However, even so─.

"With... Sister..."

"Sounds fun."

Although they weren't raising their voices like Aizen.

Ellie and Iris were exuding an enormous presence that was impossible to ignore.

Eventually, I started feeling a strange uneasiness, and my mood gradually became stranger.

"...?"