Chapter 23

Novels

Chiyu Mahou Chapter 23

Yesterday after I came back to the lodging house, Rose headed out somewhere during the night .

Before going out, she gave me the day off today but…

“Why is it that I’m going out into town now…?”

In my hands, I held a memo pad and a letter given to me by Rose . The memo had a pointlessly well-drawn map on it .

However, I was drawing an awful lot of attention . I was wearing my training uniform even though I wasn’t training and I didn’t take Bluerin along .

“I wonder why he’s just normally walking…”

“Yeah…”

Was it really that unusual for the Rescue Squad to be walking normally? If everyone’s this astonished, I must’ve been thoroughly corrupted already .

While ignoring the surrounding whispers, I walked on while following the map .

“Is that it?”

I caught sight of a white building made of bricks with various shops lined up outside .

According to the map, it should be inside… was it alright to just go in? Somehow the atmosphere made it difficult to enter .

For the time being, I should head towards the building .

As I was walking, I came across a familiar figure with golden hair and a ‘tail’ .

“Nn?”

The fox girl was about 10 meters apart from me and stood there staring at me .

What was this? Her gaze felt like it could see through me and my thoughts… . It made me feel uneasy .

“… . I should hurry up and go . “

I felt like I shouldn’t get involved with her .

With quick steps, I reached the gate and pulled . Even now, the girl was still staring at me but without minding it, I entered inside and shut the gate . While suppressing my rapidly beating heart, I looked around inside .

It seemed they cleaned regularly as it was spotless here . It was almost similar to the Rescue Squad’s lodging house . For the time being, I decided to call for someone .

“… . Excuse m-e!”

“Ye—s!”

An energetic girl’s voice came from inside the shop and after a few seconds, she came out after a short jog .

She was slightly shorter than me and had ‘semi-short’ blonde hair .

This girl’s hair color gave a very familiar feeling, similar to déjà vu .

“Hello! How may I help you at Fleur’s Clinic?”

“… . Fleur! … . Erm, I was entrusted with a letter from Rose-san but…”

“Eh! Really!?”

Speaking of Fleur, there was another healing magician besides me and Rose . Olga-san mentioned he had an Imouto-san too if I recall correctly .

In other words, this was Olga’s clinic that he mentioned before .

I handed over Rose’s letter to the girl in front of me .

“Thank you very much! Ah, is it fine if I ask for your name?”

“I’m Usato, it’s Usato Ken . “

“Usato…? I think I remembering hearing that name from Onii-chan… Ah, you’re the guy who recently became Rose’s subordinate, right!?”

“T-that’s right . “

How should I put it? She’s really energetic .

She could definitely get along with the girls in my former world .

Most likely, this girl was Olga-san’s Imouto .

“I’m Uluru Fleur! Um… I’m 18 years old!”

“I’m… 17 years old?”

“… . It seems you’re younger than me by one year!”

She stated her age in her self-introduction; I guess she does resemble Olga-san a bit .

“Well then, where’s Olga-san?”

“Onii-chan is inside treating a patient! Usato-kun, are you interested in observing them?”

Examining a patient huh…

Other than Rose-san, I haven’t gotten the chance to see healing magic from others . I should go take a look, I might be able to use as reference .

“If that’s so, I’ll gladly accept your offer… . “

“Then, follow me!”

Uluru-san guided me inside .

We went past several doors until we reached our destination . Once we reached there, Uluru-san opened the door just a little so that we could peek inside . While suppressing her voice, she said,

“Don’t talk too loud okay? Onii-chan gets easily distracted so…”

“I understand . “

With Uluru-san urging me, I peeked through the opening . I could see Olga-san’s figure… And a child who was lying down on a bed . Beside the child was a woman who appeared to be the mother and holding onto the child’s hand . Was the patient suffering from some kind of illness?

“That child got injured a few days ago and some strange germs entered the wound . It’s also only gotten worse… The symptoms are severe which is why the mother came to our clinic for help . “

“I see…”

“Slowly take a deep breath… Here I go . “

Olga-san’s hands drew in green-colored magical power .

The transparent green-color turned into a dark green and shone stronger . Since I used healing magic, I could tell that his was a bit different… Especially that thick magical power— It wasn’t a large amount but it was very dense .

Olga-san placed both his hands with the accumulated power on the child’s stomach . After the healing magic spread out for about 20 waves, it entered into the child’s body . It was amazingly smooth; I definitely wouldn’t be able to do it . After a few seconds, the child who had their hands shielding his face from the light, relaxed their hands——

“Yep… It’s alright now . “

“… . . It’s true, I don’t feel sick anymore! I’ve been gotten better Mama!”

“Amazing…”

In the blink of an eye, the child was cured just like that . Seeing that her child was so feeble only a few moments ago yet being so lively now, the mother couldn’t help but continuously bow . Olga-san showed a troubled expression but I personally thought it was the perfect healing magic . I wouldn’t be able to imitate that delicate-style .

Afterwards, Olga-san led the parent and child out . After returning and seeing I was here, he revealed a refreshing smile .

“Hey, Usato-kun . “

“Hello, Olga-san . “

“Yes yes, I’m happy that you’ve come here . Uluru greeted you properly, right?”

“Mou—, I did it properly! Ah, Usato-kun, we should sit down and talk instead of standing . “

Being prompted by Uluru-san, I sat down on a wooden chair .

On the opposite side of the table sat Olga-san and Uluru-san .

“It seems you came to deliver a letter from Rose-san . Thank you . “

“No, you don’t need to be so polite and thank me for it . I’ve been curious about this place as well and wanted to see it . “

In reality, I’m glad I came here now . Seeing Olga-san’s healing magic… Perhaps Rose wanted me to see it?

“Hey hey, Usato-kun! How’s everyone at the Rescue Squad?”

“Tong and them? I don’t think anything has changed . “

“Is that so? They don’t change do they? Next is———”

Maybe it was rare for someone other than a patient to visit the clinic since Uluru-san had lots of questions . I gave a wry smile as I answered all of them . Suddenly, Olga-san who had been smiling along all this time started to talk,

“Usato-kun, how about working here when you come next time?”

“Eh?”

“Mou, you can’t do that Onii-chan, Usato-kun is really busy with Rose-san’s training!”

“Hahaha, is that so?”

… . . Yeah, actually it might be a good idea .

I could come here to see Olga-san and study his healing magic . But I do have my training after all . Maybe I could ask Rose for her permission to give me one day off?

“I really do want to accept your offer but I would have to ask the leader’s opinion before I can give an answer . “

“I’ll be eagerly waiting for a good reply . We are quite busy since it’s just the two of us managing everything…”

“Onii-chan is just too weak, you know~”

“Hahaha, that’s harsh . “

They get along well . I’m slightly envious since I don’t have siblings . Speaking of which, Olga-san said he couldn’t go through with Rose-san’s training . Was Uluru able to?

Or was she just like Olga-san with a strong and weak point in their healing magic?

“Uluru-san, why did you decide to abandon the training?”

“Nn? I do have a reason for not being able to withstand Rose’s training but… I didn’t intend to give up on it . “

While giving a wry smile, Uluru-san pointed her index finger at Olga-san . It seemed similar to a troublesome child giving its mother a difficult time .

“Onii-chan was worried that’s why . “

“Hahaha… . I’m ashamed . “

I couldn’t help thinking that Uluru-san was the older sister here .

After that, we fooled around with different conversations . Before I knew it, it was already noon . They invited me for lunch but it’d be bad to impose this much, which was why I declined .

“Then, see you later, Usato-kun . “

“Come here again . “

“Yes, thank you very much for today . “

Olga-san and Uluru-san saw me off as I left the clinic . I’ve been training in seclusion as if I lived in the mountains but it doesn’t feel too bad to take a day off once in a while . But it’s really peaceful; this kind of peace is nice .

It’s almost as if this was an omen; similar to the calm before the storm .

*

“Usato-kun huh . It’s rare to have someone around the same age, I’m looking forward to our next meeting . “

“Haha… . “

After seeing Usato-kun off, I picked up the letter from Rose-san .

It was something that Rose-san sent, there’s no doubt something important is written here .

I felt nervous while opening the envelope and taking out the letter and written there was—

“… . . !!”

“What’s wrong? Onii-chan . “

What on Earth…

They were already this close to approaching?

Seeing I had a look of impatience on my face, my Imouto looked at me with a worried expression . I’m really a hopeless older brother to let my Imouto worry like this…

“It looks like you’ll be meeting Usato-kun again soon… . “

Although I shouldn’t say it like that, it was true .

*

After leaving the clinic, I walked around the street stalls with no particular goal in mind .

Yeah, it’s not bad, walking around like this . I had always been running around, this feels fresh .

“I wonder if I should buy something to eat… Wait, I didn’t bring money with me…”

I should temporarily return back home .

Turning around, I walked towards the lodging house’s direction— Suddenly, someone grabbed my arm .

“!?”

Following the hand that seized my arm, it was the fox girl that I had seen before entering the clinic . Before I realized it, she was already next to me . To think that she could get this close without me noticing it… But rather than that, I felt like screaming once I saw her cold eyes staring into mine .

While she was still holding onto my arm with her gaze still fixed on me, she started talking in a small voice,

“… . . I could only ‘see’ yours . That’s why, this belongs to you . “

“W-what?——!?”

My vision and hearing seemed to black out in that instant .

Is this girl trying to do something!?

It felt like I was hallucinating as images started to appear in my head .

Plains as far as the eye can see .

People wielding weapons .

Figures that wore pitch black armor .

Kazuki and Inukami-senpai submerged in a pool of blood .

“UWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!?”

I screamed . Brushing off the girl’s hand, I broke into a run with all my strength .

The scene felt excessively real .

It was like a ‘reality and delusion scene’ . While I felt nauseous, I looked back . I saw the figure of a beast girl who appeared worried and held her arm in pain .

I met the girl’s gaze———— She was trying to say something as her lips moved,

“… . . This is a large loan… . You have… a duty to repay this debt… . “

After that, I didn’t look back even once .

Reaching the lodging house, I wrapped myself in my futon and tried my best to forget the scene I just saw .