"Something... has happened in the city?" I wondered.
"It's nothing. It's just that more people are venturing out and taking risks than before, so correspondingly, more people are getting injured and needing medical treatment." She finally put down the tools she had been fiddling with, put them back into the suitcase she had brought, breathed a sigh of relief, and smiled with satisfaction. "Hmm! Very good! It seems that Mr. Yumi really wasn't seriously injured. Now I can finally relax."
"But really, how did such violent explosion marks come about? It's really scary to look at."
I turned my face away somewhat awkwardly, finding it difficult to admit that this was all my fault.
I wasn't surprised at all that my physical condition passed Hikari's examination.
Upon confirming that the visitor was Hikari, I immediately activated my senses, which had regained considerable activity, and checked my body several times.
Fortunately, he had drunk [Liquid Life] in time, which not only made the scratches on his body almost disappear, but also prevented the internal impact from spreading and causing blockages. In addition, the magic stone fragments he had been holding under his tongue also restored a lot of his depleted magic power. At first glance, it was just a slight exhaustion due to the depletion of both physical strength and magic power, which would be fine after a rest and was nothing serious.
Well, it really doesn't count... if Miyuki hadn't been so talkative.
“It was this kid’s spell that caused the massive explosion.” Miyuki, who had also finished her physical examination, walked over with a long sword, looking down at us indifferently. “Although it was to wipe out the chimeras… if you heard any explosions in the city, it was all caused by this guy.”
Why did your tone suddenly become so rude?! I clearly gave you a healing alchemical potion, are you still angry that my spell included you in its range? I was there myself... I'm really sorry that the explosion radius is greater than the launch distance.
Honestly, as soon as Miyuki finished speaking, the scene fell completely silent. Not only did the monster, which had already fled and disappeared without a trace, vanish, but even the rescue team that had come to provide support fell silent.
And my weak waist is groaning in pain under Hikari's violent twisting! It only pinched a little bit, but it really hurts!
"Never mind, thankfully nothing happened."
Hikari ultimately chose to let it go, resting her forehead on my chest and whispering, "Next time, when you choose to take risks, remember to be more careful! More cautious! At least like this, don't leave yourself with too much pain... I don't know those seemingly powerful resurrection spells!"
I've sealed that technique away! For my own safety, I'll keep it sealed away at least until I'm sure I have enough ability to escape the blast radius! Really!
As for Miyuki's occasional chilling gaze and her declarations like "I'll definitely become stronger than you someday"? Hmm... just forget about it. Anyway, I won't choose to confront her, at least not like that chimera, getting slashed hundreds or thousands of times in an instant.
Just like her assessment of me all along, I'm just a weak, ungraduated little mage who hopes to be a peaceful homebody, at least I don't want to be surrounded by people looking at me like I'm some rare animal on my way back. The pressure is really immense, it feels like I'm back in the day when my mentor pulled me out of the crowd and announced that I was her disciple.
Forced to temporarily halt our activities outside, Miyuki and I were dragged back to the rescue camp in the city for another check-up. Only after confirming that we were truly unharmed and had no lasting effects were we finally allowed to leave and move freely within the city until we had checked the situation outside—mainly that big pit.
However, even after summarizing the entire incident and handing it over to the specialist responsible for obtaining information from the returning personnel, I still had a lot of trouble.
For example, I need to talk to certain people about their understanding and explanation of the chimera that appeared on their collar.
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