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Chapter 21: Entrusted Healing Magic

Since then, I've been playing around with trait transformation, and I've come to the conclusion that it's too flexible and conversely, too difficult to use.

You know, the kind of game where you can create a character to your liking, but you don't know what to do and start with the default. Of course, I understand that there are people who like that kind of thing and elaborate on it, but it just doesn't work for me.

Back to magic, you can really do anything you want with transformation.

Clothes, for example.

If I wrap the guiding thread silvate around Hina and put magic power into it, that's all it takes to make a dress and she was delighted.

For example, food.

If I make a house out of guide thread silvate and put magic power into it, I can make a house of sweets. By the way, when I tried it, it was delicious.

I made such things during my practice and learned a lot.

Cinderella and Hansel and Gretel are true stories in this world.

The glass slipper and the pumpkin carriage could be reproduced by my magic transformation.

When I first made them, they all reverted to their original form in less than an hour.

But everything up to that point corresponded to the story of Cinderella.

So that's a true story.

Of course, you can't use trait transformation without any disadvantages.

Compared to attribute change, trait transformation consumes an incredible amount of magical power.

The amount of magic power consumed is 30 when making clothes, 30 when making food, and 900 when making a carriage.

The more complicated the structure is, or the longer I try to keep it in this world, the more magic power it seems to consume.

Well, it is a limitation that doesn’t apply to me as a "seventh rank" person.

I asked my mother to teach me healing magic, which I had been asking her for a long time.

My mother saw my level of skill in trait transformation and the amount of magical power I had, and gave me the OK, albeit reluctantly.

I was looking forward to the practice.

"Itsuki, are you okay?”

"Yes, I'm fine. Papa."

The big 4WD car jumps over a bump and the interior bounces with a clang.

It is not my father who is driving. It is Renji-san of the Shimotsuki family.

Yes, that's right. I had been looking forward to practicing my healing magic, but now I had to put it off.

Camping is not something as carefree and easygoing as setting up a tent at a campsite.

This is also the work of an exorcist.

A call came in from a hunting club in Tokyo that there had been a bear attack.

What, Tokyo has bears?

I thought to myself, but it seems that there really are bears living in Tokyo.

And then a bear that likes to attack people appeared.

At first a hunting party headed for it, but on the contrary, they were eaten by the bear, and upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a monster.

So it was the turn of us exorcists to go out there.

So this time, the camp was to take down the bear.

The reason we kids were brought along was to get used to the overnight work as exorcists.

As we drove down the rickety road, Renji-san, who was sitting in the driver's seat, asked Aya-chan.

“Are you okay, Aya?”

“I'm not okay.”

Aya-chan's face was pale.

She was definitely not okay, but there is nothing I can do about it,....... I still can’t reproduce a complex thing like medicine with transformation.

“Aya-chan, do you want me to open the window?”

“Uh-uh..... I don't want bugs to come in......”

I suggested that we let some fresh air in, but Aya-chan shook her head.

We are in the mountains.

The forests are normal, so it doesn't feel like Tokyo.

I heard that if you leave the 23rd ward, this is what it's like, but.... I can’t believe it.

“Aya, we’ll be there soon.”

“......Hmm.”

We drove for 30 minutes.

The car stopped near a small, shabby house.

"Let's stay here. Soichiro, put up some barriers.”

"Yes. Leave it to me.”

My father got out of the car and began to extend the guiding thread silvate.

“Papa, what are you doing?”

“Remember when we saved Hina before?”

“Yes, I remember.”

How could I forget?

“That time, I put up a monster-sensing barrier, right? I'm going to put a big one around this area. I'm talking about a radius of 300 meters.”

“Three hundred meters?”

“I guess so. I am a "fifth rank" so I can put up a very wide area, but it is not easy for other exorcists to do so.”

My father is a bit proud as he keeps moving his hands.

Lately, I've been paying attention to Hina, so I've been feeling depressed. It seems like it was an unfounded fear.

However, even so, if the radius is 300m, the circumference is less than 2km?

I was not comfortable disturbing my father who was setting up the wards, so I decided to head closer to Renji-san and help him prepare for our overnight stay in the car.

"Oh, Itsuki-kun. Can you get the junior seat for me? I want to make the seat flat."

“Yes!”

I have an unusual amount of magic power, but when it comes to defeating monsters, I'm just a novice, so I do my best to stay out of the way.

I unbuckle Aya's seatbelt, which she seems to be in a bad mood about, and take her outside with the junior seat. Seeing that no one else was in the car, Renji-san had the interior fully flattened.

“Hey, Renji-san."

“What's wrong?"

“Is this your car?”

“Yes, it is. It's big, isn't it? With this, a large group of people will be able to stay overnight.”

“Huh…”

I remember that my father also drove a very expensive car. So maybe an exorcist is a highly paid person. The house is huge, and my mother and father don't seem to be in financial trouble when they take care of Hina at our house. ......

But where do they get their paychecks from?

“Renji. The barrier is done. Now all that's left is for the monster to get inside and I'll be able to sense them whenever they come in.”

“Well, that's a big help. I don't have enough magic in me.”

“Never mind.”

Renji-san handed my father a plastic tea bottle, and my father shook his head as if it was nothing.

But how do we go after the monsters once we've set up the warding?

I pulled on his clothes and asked.

“Hey. What are we going to do after this?”

"We just wait."

“Eh?"

But the answer was more gutsy than I had expected, and I couldn't help but ask back.

“The monster eats magic. The exorcist has more magic power than ordinary people, so if left alone, they will come from the other side. That's where we will intercept them.”

“So you're going to wait in this car until then?”

"Ah, don't worry about it. They will be here within three days at the latest.”

“............”

Three days.

Oh, my healing magic practice is getting further and further away from me.......

But there's no point in complaining, and since I'm here, I'm going to learn a lot of new magic.

I picked myself up and helped prepare for the overnight stay in the car.

The preparation itself took less than an hour, and since there was nothing to do after that, we passed the time practicing magic and playing cards.

In the meantime, the sun had completely set and night had fallen.

There were no streetlights nearby, and the only light was a lantern in the car.

We had just finished dinner and were in the mood to go to bed.

“...... here they come!”

In a horrified tone of voice, my father announced the arrival of the enemy.

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