Chapter 46.1

Rose and Felm had come back from their trip to the forest .

I think about 10 days have passed? It seemed that Felm spent relatively the same amount of time as me when I went to the forest .

Felm’s expression when she came back . . it’s like she was tired of everything in this world . Felm was also spaced out and saying “You betrayed me…” I’m guessing she also had a similar experience with that savage rabbit . I’m fine now though since I had Bluerin .

However, after Felm had come back . . I’m not too sure how to say it but she felt sturdier than before . It was just my hunch though so it might not exactly be the case .

Lots of things sure happened here while Rose and Felm were in the forest .

First of all, Lloyd-sama made a bold and grand declaration to everyone in this nation about sending the letters out . Well, compared to fighting on the frontlines with the Maou army it might not seem like a big deal . But to me, it felt like it stirred quite the ruckus from the people in my surroundings .

There was also my request for getting Ark-san to accompany me on my journey… I wonder if they already told him? I didn’t want too many people in my party as it would be harder to move around . I would prefer just having the minimum of people required . I was thinking of going to the castle and directly asking Ark-san just in case but I decided against it…

I can imagine a lot of adverse effects of having a large number of people… I think I have a good idea of how many people would be good while taking into account my own abilities .

Since I was waiting and Rose wasn’t here in that time, I just proceeded to train more healing magic .

The results weren’t too favorable . Manipulating the amount of magic power was too difficult and it would get depleted quickly while I was attempting this . I could only rely on my own intuition at this point and get a grasp for controlling my own magic power to just the right amount .

I managed to get to point of maintaining the condensed state but it lasted for only a few seconds .

“It really is difficult . ”

I was at the training grounds and attempted to condense my magic again . It wasn’t stable at all as my magic power vanished . I felt exhausted and sat down on the ground .

I would be heading for the journey tomorrow but despite that I hadn’t made much progress . It was the first time I encountered a wall since coming to this world .

Until this point, it was all thanks to Rose that I was able to progress through my healing training . I did feel like running away at times because of how severe her training was but I put in effort and I was rewarded with good results . That’s why I did my best .

“I just can’t always have things going my way, huh…”

While I sat crossed-legged with the intent to gather magic power into my hands, the accumulated magic disappeared instantly this time . Did I not have enough concentration this time around?

As expected, I couldn’t expect to cure someone of their disease in 10 days .

“Hey, Usato . ”

“Yes… . ? Wait, Leader? What’s the matter?”

I hadn’t heard anything until now . Rose called out from behind me and she was sitting on a rock .

What was it? She seemed to be bewildered or something . She’s showing a reaction that I haven’t seen from her until now . She approached me in silence and caught my hand .

“When did you start adding magic power into your hands like this?”

“S-sorry! It feels like I’m doing something wrong!?”

“Answer the question . ”

Was I really doing something bad? Olga-san got angry at that time and it did feel dangerous… For now, I should honestly answer Rose .

“I-I saw Olga-san condense his magic and I tried to do the same thing to change the color of my own healing magic!”

“Olga…? You saw his magic and that’s why you’re attempting this?”

While I was feeling nervous, Rose hit my hand with a smack and folded her arms . She was looking at me in thought . After a few seconds pass, the corners of her mouth curved up and formed a crescent moon . Then while she tried to hide her eyes, her body shook as she seemed to suppress herself and let out a laugh in a small voice .

“Ku, hahaha…”

“Umm, what’s wrong?”

Did she finally turn insane?

While I was thinking something rude, Rose had settled down after laughing for a bit . Then she showed a really wonderful smile .

In fact, it was kind of scary seeing her smile like this… I’ve never seen her smile like this before . She unfolded her arms while I was confused at what would happen next . However, Rose grinded her hand against my head and combed my hair . She then revealed another smile .

“This is something like a special property of healing magic . I’m sure you’ve noticed it but as the color gets dense, the effects of healing get stronger . But to compensate, the healing on yourself gets weaker . ”

“…As expected, it was like that . ”

“I didn’t think you were capable of it yet . You could easily die if you apply it during the wrong situation but… Well, isn’t it easy? If it’s you, you should be fine even if you’re dealing with a large number of people . Even I didn’t expect for you to notice this by yourself . ”

—In other words, I exceeded her expectations and started being able to do something ahead of schedule . It might’ve taken me longer with much more training . Somehow I felt like I could try even harder now .

“Err… Is there a trick behind this?”

“It’s all about effort . There’s no shortcut to this . It’s the same as it’s always been with your training . Since you’ve been able to put in effort before, you should definitely be able to put in effort now . ”

Which meant that there was no other method or tricks to getting this to work . I just had to do my best and put in the effort…

Now that I knew was making good progress, I grasped my fist tightly while feeling a sense of achievement .