Jujutsushi Wa Yuusha Ni Narenai

「By the way, are you injured?」

「I'm fi————This ain't the time to say that…」

Nayama-kun, who was on the verge of tears, clutched his shoulders while groaning.

「Did your head get hit by rubble when the wall broke?」

「Pugagaga!」

「D-Don't worry, Kinako, it's not a big dea—Ouch…」

「Come here, I'll give you some first aid. Rem, Kyouko, please keep a watch on our surroundings.」

「Roge~r, leave it to me.」

「…Roger, master.」

Maybe because Kinako also understood the situation, he looked worriedly at Hayama-kun while remaining vigilant in case another monster rushed to attack us.

「Woof woof!」

「Well then, Beniwo, stay by Hayama-kun's side.」

「Uuh, sorry for showing such an uncool side of me, Beniwo…」

「Wi~mp…」

With Beniwo letting out sorrowful cries beside me, I quickly began the treatment. It might seem like a grim situation, but there was nothing to worry about. This was just a scratch, man.

「Take off your clothes, I'll apply the ointment.」

「O-O~h.」

「What are you blushing for?」

「I-I'm not blushing!」

The heck with that tsundere-like attitude? I watched Hayama-kun, who was showing a mysterious sense of shame, with a dumbfounded look on my face as I patiently waited for him to finish hurriedly taking off his uniform.

「You have an unexpectedly muscular body, Hayama-kun.」

「There's no way I won't get embarrassed when you say it that way, you know!?」

I'm honestly complimenting you here. You really give off that "not just for show" vibe from being in the basketball club. You have well-toned abs, and your pecs are impressive too. You're kind of a lean, muscular guy, and honestly, you look pretty cool on top of that.

Since you've got such a great body, why don't you show it off more confidently?

「It's just a bruise.」

「I see. How about my bones?」

「Does it feel broken?」

「Dunno, it just hurts like usual.」

「I'm not a doctor, so I can't really tell just by looking. But most wounds usually patch up just by applying some of my homemade ointment. Should I also cool the injured area?」

「I don't care, just do it quickly.」

So, since I didn't have ice on hand, I wrapped the handmade ice crystals from the Class Rep in a towel and used it to cool the injured area, then applied some ointment A on the wound.

「… Sorry, Momokawa.」

「It's only natural to treat the wounded comrade.」

「Well, there's that too… But I'm referring to what I did a while ago. About me rushing forward recklessly.」

「It's fine as long as you learn from that mistake.」

I mean, no amount of explanation was enough if the person himself didn't feel that he did something wrong. There was a time when humans prioritized their own feelings over logical thinking.

At this point, where they were able to honestly admit their fault, words meant to encourage reflection were meaningless.

「Enchanted weapons are undoubtedly useful, but they're just a small part of power. Overestimating yourself is the biggest taboo in this dungeon.」

「Yeah, right… I was too confident in my power a while ago.」

「I mean, the spirit of fire is residing in your red lance, right?」

「The heck, could it be that you can see the spirit too, Momokawa?」

「No, I just feel that the performance of your weapon seems to be stronger than it was supposed to be and even has a tracking function despite no such function being added when I made that spear.」

The Red Lance I created was designed to always deliver a consistent level of power due to the structure of its formulae. However, if the user was a 『Pyromancer』, they could boost its output even further by augmenting it with their own fire magic.

Hayama-kun couldn't use fire magic, but he had a fire spirit residing in his zippo lighter and had already established a friendly relationship with it. In that case, the only explanation was that he received support to boost the firepower of his lance from the said spirit.

「Still, it didn't work. How pathetic.」

「That's not true. If it's simply boosting firepower, then it's already a pretty amazing effect. I can expect even greater growth with more frequent use.」

「I hope so.」

「Hayama-kun, what's important is to have an accurate grasp of your own abilities. Things like, how much power can your attacks deliver? And to what extent will that affect your opponent?」

Well, it was a pretty common situation to just try firing at an opponent you're facing for the first time, though.

But I wouldn't tell him that now for his own sake.

「And don't forget that we're a party. Trust your teammates and fulfill your role.」

Anyway, even if he performed well, he wouldn't get special rewards or money, nor would he become popular with girls either.

Since it's just us here, fighting was nothing more than something we do to stay alive and move forward.

「So, you don't have to force yourself to defeat the enemy, and there's no need to panic if you fail to defeat your enemy. All that matters is winning the battle and surviving.」

「Damn it, what the hell, Momokawa… Being treated so kindly, it's actually making it harder for me!」

「Geez, stop crying already.」

「Shut it, I'm crying because my wound hurts like hell!」

Now then, Hayama-kun, who was making a dramatic injury display like a soccer player, saying the pain was so bad he might cry,

「OOOH, THIS OINTMENT IS AWESOME! MY WOUND ISN'T HURTING ANYMORE!」

「That's just the painkiller working; it's not fully healed yet, so you shouldn't push yourself.」

「Hahahaha, got it! Sorry for making you worry about me, Kinako, Beniwo, your Relight has fully revived!」

「PUGAA!」

「Yelp Yelp!」

We could leave Hayama-kun, who was happily celebrating with his forest friends, alone for now. Brought to you by the folks at MV|LEMPYR.

Well then, I guess I would move on to my next task.

「Kotaro, there's no way we can finish all of this, right?」

「We've already butchered a huge boar, so we'll be fine now.」

「Still, how long do you think it's going to take us to finish eating this whole thing?」

It's not like we were that desperate for meat, after all. It was a bit of a luxury, but there was also the issue of getting tired of it.

「Don't worry. We're not going to eat this guy.」

「Really? But isn't this monster supposed to be pretty tasty?」

Why do you only remember things like that? Sure, I did talk about how it tasted when we ate the roirops, but still…

「If you really want to eat it, you'll have to wait for the next opportunity. This one, I really want to use it.」

「Use it for what?」

「Use it as it is, of course.」

I had thought about trying it before, but ever since I fled, the monsters that appeared—Goma and Skeletons—weren't that worthwhile. I haven't had the luxury of stopping to leisurely experiment with creatures that weren't worth the effort.

However, the right target literally delivered itself right in front of me, namely the roirops.

「Rem, come here.」

「Yes!」

Still on alert around the area, Rem responds when called and trots over to my side. Ah, Rem was so adorable. Just this alone was enough to make me say she was cute.

「Master, do I have to eat this monster?」

「Ahahaha, Rem-chin and I asked the same thing.」

「No, I think she's probably asking whether she should absorb it as material or not.」

Rem, who has evolved into a shadow doll, hasn't had a change in her basic abilities. However, if she could absorb more powerful monster materials, further power-ups might be possible.

However, what I'm testing this time was not an upgrade but another one of Rem's derivative curses.

「To celebrate the journey to the afterlife, curse the exposed corpse. Black blood. Muddy flesh. An empty head. No soul remains within, only the taint of impurity carved into a false heart. Crawl, rise, and be reborn――『Corpse Doll of Resentment』」

After carefully drawing the magic circle, the incantation was fully recited to activate it.

The massive body of the roirops sank into the murky, swamp-like sludge, and when it resurfaced, it had turned into a dark, undead-colored form, rising again to stand upon the earth.

「Uhm, don't you think that there's incongruity with its color?」

When using the corpse doll, it generally turns black. In cases like Alfa, where the original color remains more intact, that was the usual case… but the color of this roirops was different from that as well.

Originally, it was covered in brown fur, like a buffalo. However, as it was dyed entirely black, red lines, resembling blood vessels, ran from its four ankles and neck to its chest.

Naturally, this red pattern wasn't something that existed on the original roirops, nor did I directly draw it. In other words, it was something that must have appeared as a result of applying the undead curse.

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