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Chapter 37

Looking at the time, it's 3:00 PM.

As he reaches for his cigarettes in the waist pouch, a black mass that had been blown over catches his eye.

"Come to think of it, what's that!?"

Slowly getting up, he cautiously approaches.

"Oh... a dog? Maybe it's a dog."

Looking at it, the body is quite large, and covered in black, fur resembling a dog that might be as tall as a person.

"Hmm, what's going on... a dog in the middle of a natural forest?"

Although entirely black, peering at its face reveals a distinctive Siberian Husky-like appearance that gained fame.

The possibility of it being a stray dog is high, but considering the appearance of wolves from videos, it could be that as well.

But—

"Do completely black wolves even exist?"

Well, either way.

The injuries aren't clear from this distance, but covered in blood, it's likely that it got blown away by that thing.

In that case, bone fractures and internal injuries are almost certain.

"Maybe it's already dead."

He gets a bit closer to its face.

It's faintly breathing, but extremely weak and with a rapid interval.

"It's alive... but it's on the verge of death."

He is surprised that it's still alive after being blown away by that thing.

"Should I help it...?"

He doesn't know if this creature is a friendly animal or not.

If it's something aggressive like the one before, it might lead to another fight.

However, there's a sense of camaraderie among those who have been attacked by that rhino guy.

Also, he doesn't dislike dogs.

Well, let's think of it as practice for healing on something else and give it a try.

He crouches beside the dog and presses his forehead against its head.

《Chant, Great Heal》

The forehead lights up, and the light spreads to envelop the dog's body. After about ten seconds, the light disappears.

He releases his forehead from the dog's head—

It's not moving.

Well, it was on the brink of death.

Getting closer to its face, he notices that its breathing has become more steady, with deeper inhales and exhales.

"All right, the Heal is probably working. Well, let's leave it like this for a while."

He hopes that its strength is recovering.

Now, what to do with the defeated rhino—

But before that, he needs to check if there are any other potentially hostile creatures around.

He decides to try the "Detection Magic" mentioned in Tina Merrill's book.

《Show me where everything is》

Then, he sees a bluish light sphere on the dog he just treated.

"Hmm? What's this?"

He looks at the rhino, but he doesn't see any blue light on it.

"Hmm... so this is detection? Like seeing something related to the essence of life."

The gaming mindset easily grasps the concept.

"Huh... so, does detection mean you can see things regardless of obstacles?"

Thinking that, he looks around.

"There aren't any living beings nearby... ah!"

There's something there!

In the depths of the bushes where the rhino guy came from, he sees one unmoving sphere and around it, two faintly swaying spheres.

"I really saw them, amazing!"

It's like a transparency mode in a game, but experiencing this in the real world is quite unnerving.

Instinctively, he covers his eyes with his hand to confirm...

"Oh, they don't become visible when overlapped."

When he covers them with his hand, they disappear.

He doesn't know if living beings become invisible when overlapped or if it's because he's using his hand.

"Then... my guess is that these might be companions of this dog? Survivors who got beaten up by that guy..."

He casually asks the dog

“Are those your companions?"

Well, it's not like the dog is going to answer.

"Hmm... what should I do?"

There's a possibility of them being another type of creature, but considering that this dog got blown over here, they might be its companions.

He looks at the dog for a while.

This time, he won't get attacked unexpectedly, so he decides to approach while keeping a safe distance.

As he gets closer, it becomes clear.

"Oh."

It's the sound of a puppy.

Approaching, he sees one dog lying down, and around it, there are two puppies. It's probably the mother.

"Oh, I see."

Encountering that creature while they were together, the father must have desperately tried to separate them. No wonder it fought against the rhino guy.

Even though it probably wouldn't stand a chance physically.

"Luckily, the puppies are unharmed. Maybe they managed to hide well."

He approaches slowly.

One of the puppies notices and barks at him.

Bark, bark, bark, bark.

"Oh, wait, wait, it's okay. Just looking. Just looking, okay?"

Making a gesture to stop, as if to tell someone.

The puppy is wary, but there's no sense of it attacking. It's just scared of a suspicious person.

The blue light seen through the detection magic is still visible. Proof that it's alive.

Since there's probably no time to spare, I'll just go ahead and cast a big heal spell to cure it.

Even if attacked by the puppy, I won't die.

"It's okay, I'll heal you."

Then, quickly approaching and chanting the spell, I press my forehead against the dog.

The puppy stops barking and stares at me. Smart.

After about ten seconds, the light disappears, indicating the completion of the healing. It's probably fully recovered now.

"Well... well, since you're healed, I'll be going."

Still staring at me.

"And, your companions... your dad, perhaps? He's healed too, so he'll probably come soon."

Backing away to avoid frightening them.

Returning to where I was attacked again.

The dog is still not awake.

I pick up the side bag I dropped when I was blown away. Thankfully, everything inside is unharmed.

Inside were a water bottle, one taco, and a magic book.

"Come to think of it, I probably didn't need the magic book anymore. I've memorized the spell parts."

Somehow, the habit of bringing it, thinking it might be necessary, has stuck with me.

Suddenly noticing the food, my stomach growls.

Sitting down to eat, the feeling of being alive wells up as something enters my stomach.

And then, I take a break—smoking a cigarette tastes good.

Seeing the defeated scoundrel, I suddenly recall the adventurer who died in the forest.

"I wonder if he encountered this guy?"

It's probably different since the current location is quite far away, but the way they were taken down seems similar.

"There can't be several of these guys, right?"

I stopped thinking about it because it seemed like it might trigger something.

Unexpectedly, I found myself using 《healing magic》 and 《detection magic》 confirming both for better or worse.

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