The night I took a stroll through the city of Miarak with my burlin on my back.

Having finished my afternoon training with Mr. Alk, I was thinking about my training today, resting on the couch in the center of my room.

My training is going well.

It's not that hard because I was able to rise from the ground up about the evasion I made in my training with Mr. Leona. But you won't be able to wear it overnight because you have a good deal of time to correct your posture during battle, and how to fight it.

Sure, we won't make it by the time we fight Mr. Caron.

Until now, my body has been following the motion I imagined in my head, but with the addition of a technical aspect to this image, the difficulty jumps at once.

In the long run, things are going well, but mastery in the short term equals impossibility.

Let's not be in a weird hurry to train you on this.

"And then there's the system strengthening."

After seeing Leona strengthen her pedigree, I was reviewing my pedigree enhancement once now.

The strengthening of the pedigree, which I have been practicing ever since I left the kingdom of Ringle, had become largely stable over the past few months.

I can now maintain my magic in a dark state, and I can no longer scratch my hands.

"It's almost finished, it should be..."

But I didn't realize that this was a strengthening of the healing magic system.

Something is different.

My healing magic is not the beautiful green healing magic I saw at the clinic in the kingdom of Ringle, like Mr. Olga. The colors are fairly close but something is missing (...).

I light a healing magic light on my palms and stare at it. [M]

"Ask Mr. Leona, he didn't get the answer"

I asked Mr. Leona today about strengthening the system.

Seeing my immature phylogenetic enhancement, Leona was depressed that she was going to lose confidence... but when she heard how I was practicing phylogenetic enhancement, she blued the look.

"Yours is, modestly, insane!?"

I don't care about Mr. Leona's straightforward words.

She said that strengthening the system is something that you learn with great care, and it's not like forcing you to practice, like me, to say something about the healing magic effect.

Blah, blah. It's even more so now, when I said with a bitter laugh, Leona turned my gaze on me to see something I didn't know I was good at.

In the end, Leona didn't know what was missing when she saw my healing magic phylogenetic enhancement. Rather, from her point of view, my phylogenetic strengthening seems to be working almost (...) well, but as far as I'm concerned, I'm not convinced.

"... not yet, far from being alone"

Floating behind my brain is my master in the kingdom of Ringle.

For Rose, I'm only a half-service member, and I haven't been the healing wizard she's ideal for yet.

I recognised that fact again and admitted it I woke myself up off the couch and slapped my cheeks harder.

"We have to work harder!"

It's not like me to be weak.

What I've learned in Lifeguard Corps is to be positive.

This level of adversity is no fart for me, having survived my training with the paradoxical idea that there is peace ahead of me in hell.

"I think Usat works too hard..."

"Mmm!?"

Surprised by the voice from behind.

Looking back, Amako with a frightened expression stood in front of the door behind her.

"You surprised me. Knock it off..."

"I did. I didn't realize it was Usat."

Didn't you notice the knock because you were immersed in the thought?

In the meantime, get up off the couch and put Amako in the room.

"So, what's up?"

"I thought things were a little strange with Usat and I was worried... you seem to be okay now"

Have I made you worry?

I'm just a little happy with Amako's words in the chair, just like the other day.

"Nothing starts when you're worried. I just thought I'd do what I could for now. You need to work out your body."

"I'm trying to do what I can, and I'm not sure how to work out my body... but yeah, that sounds like a Usat place"

"It's like me..."

What kind of recognition am I from Amako? [M]

Laughing and swallowing the questions that came out of my throat, I divert the conversation from another topic.

Amako apparently came to see how I was doing, and when she found out I wasn't worried, she pulled out her shoulder and told me a public story without other love.

"So, is Mr. Leona okay?"

During the conversation, Amako inadvertently asked me that question.

Ask her the sincerity of the question as she opens her eyes to unexpected questions.

"Are you okay?"

"He seems like a tough guy too..."

Oh, my God.

Surely that guy is plagued by all sorts of problems.

About Mr. Caron, about the brave man and... she suffers more than I think.

"Dear Farga, I don't know what she shouldn't be right now, but I don't think we should ignore that Mr. Leona is going to get hit by Mr. Caron as it is..."

……

I recall the warning Mr Farga said to Mr Leona in the basement of the castle.

”A knight who seeks and depends on others for existential significance and cannot affirm himself. Understand that if you can't acknowledge your existence, you will die like no other.”

Deep, heartfelt voice.

A knight who cannot affirm himself.

I'm sure that's what you mean about Mr. Leona who can't recognize herself as a brave man......

"... it's not like I can handle it."

I am a healing wizard, and I have no power to solve people's problems or heal their heartbreaks.

For some reason, I'm often consulted and talked about like that on my journey, but I've never led that to a solution with my own thoughts.

"I don't think I have to try,"

"Huh?"

I overheard Amako's words.

"Usat is best as it is"

"Amako......"

I just have to be me.

I felt like I'd been told otherwise, and I was kind of moved.

Right, you mean I'm the best as it is...

"Usato has some thoughtless, blunt, insensitive places just a little bit, but that's both a bad part and a good part."

"It's ruined!"

What's the good part!?

You can't find a good part of the word dull and insensitive without thinking about it!?

As for bluntness, I was told the other day, plus no thought and insensitivity is added!?

?

"Uh, yeah. Why do you look so strange there..."

My expression is drawn to Amako, who looks at me with a faint and trembling look. At the earliest, is it a matter of decision that I am a dull, insensitive man without thought in her?

We need to explain this place well and re-recognize Amako......

Cohon and I cough up deliberately and turn back to Amako to cut the story out.

But at that time, the door to my room was tapped lightly with a concoction.

I wonder who, at this hour... Nair or Mr. Alk?

"Dear Usato, are you there!?"

The maid's voice.

I open the door, surprised by the rushed voice of their serene character.

"What's wrong?"

"Ha, my God!"

At the end of the door, a slightly breathtaking look at the maid.

What the hell is the big deal?

What's the big deal? But I can't hear anything from the outside... the hell...

She took my hand and stuffed me, taking a small, deep breath and calming my breath.

"of, noru......"

"Noru?"

What are you going to ride?

Tilt your neck to the words of the breathless maid.

"Master Norn has fallen!"

"Yea!?"

Lady Norn, Queen of Miarak, fell.

The fall of Master Norn means that the junction that has so far protected Miarak from Mr. Karon will disappear.

If the junction disappears, Mr. Caron will come here.

If that happens, we have to make a showdown without being ready.

Having come to that understanding, I asked the maid, in a hurry, to guide me to where Lady Norn was.

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When I found out that Master Norn had fallen, Amako and I hurried with the maid to the hall where she was falling.

I should have called Mr. Leona, but things fight for a moment, so I could treat her. I went to help as soon as I could...

"Not at all, it's as big as falling..."

In front of us, who arrived in the hall, was Norn holding his forehead with a frightened look.

I heard that I had fallen, and I accidentally clapped myself out because Lady Norn, who I thought was in danger, was sitting on the throne with a bare face.

"I'm glad you're worried, but I wonder if you could at least listen... Even if I fell, I can't believe I changed my blood phase and called for help..."

"also, sorry......"

It was the maid's mistake to say that Norn had fallen.

No, there was a fall in itself, but in her case, it was just a glimpse and a fall, and the maid who stumbled upon the scene, mistakenly assumed that Master Norn had fallen too much of his overwork, rushed to me for help, the healing wizard.

"Both Usato and Amako apologize for the disturbance"

"No, more than that, Master Norn is safe and at ease"

"Because I don't care either"

Me and Amako wave beside each other to the maid who bows her head deeply. I also assumed that in the unlikely event that it would happen, so I think it would have been nice if it had been on foot.

Besides, even if she falls, she stays connected for days of insomnia. Not necessarily just careless.

In fact, Master Norn has a bad complexion.

The healing magic should be healing the body anomaly, but it's been done somewhere. It's not a body anomaly, I guess it looks like it's done because I'm mentally exhausted.

... for once, should I cure magic for you? It's only comforting, though.

"Dear Norn, shall we do the cure magic? You can heal if you're just tired of your body..."

"... yeah, right. Can I ask you a favor?"

Norn, who admitted to the troubles, gave me his hand in a slow motion.

I applied healing magic to Norn by touching his hand as crudely as possible. The green light of healing magic surrounds her body and heals her tired body.

Lady Norn, whose complexion had improved somewhat by healing magic, opened her mouth slightly unexpectedly when she saw the maid, who still seemed worried.

"You can go back to your work, too. I'm fine, I'm worried about you."

"! Yes!"

The maid, who replied with a smile, bowed carefully, leaving the hall with a slightly quicker foot.

Lady Norn, who quietly dropped off her back, spoke to me beside her as she whined to herself.

"She does most of the work in this castle."

"... mostly, is it?"

"Not all of them, of course, but you're sure you're doing the minimum you need to maintain this castle.... besides her, all the people in the castle who stayed are here for me trying to defend my country by myself."

I tried to defend my country by myself.

I can't imagine how ready that is.

It is not a great deal of spiritual power to waste even bedtime and still protect the country.

"I didn't want them to stay in the castle. If you mean it, you can tell Leona."

"Were you trying to fight alone?"

"I knew best that wasn't possible, though. I am not a" fighter ”no matter how much magic I can handle from Master Farga. I can't hold a sword or a spear, I just had to create a bond in this place and keep the status quo going..."

Dear Norn, looking at the cane at hand, a self-derisive grin.

Dropping her shoulder, she left her body further on the throne and weakened when she exhaled "ahhh" and a careless sigh.

The figure seemed more like an ordinary woman everywhere than a queen.

"If this were to happen, I should have done some more study and sword practice. I didn't think I'd regret not getting the castle's super troublesome education later."

"Oh, yeah..."

I don't know how to answer for being told something like that pre-exam student.

Instead, as a former high school student, I can empathize with you, so I'm in extra trouble.

"In those days, I didn't really know what a queen was, but when things got worse... even if it didn't work out, it would make me understand."

"What?"

"I have to protect everyone. I've often said that if you change your position, you will change your consciousness. Halfway through, I became queen, and when I saw the streets of Miarak from the castle, I finally realized the weight of my role as queen."

"Role, weight…"

I have similar experiences because of my different positions.

When I ran through the battlefield as a lifeguard, it was a heavy burden on my shoulders that the lives of the knights fighting on the battlefield were at stake.

I am sure that Master Norn is now placed in such a situation as well.

"I've been informed of Falga since she became queen."

"Oh, really?"

"That's right. The existence of Master Farga can only be revealed to the Queen and those of a special identity. It is unlikely that you, who are from another country, will meet him."

Indeed, a dragon with the same power as an evil dragon would naturally be kept secret.

"When I first heard Master Farga's voice, I thought you'd lost your mind. I was resting on the throne, just like I am now, and I heard voices from nowhere saying," Premature people, you can spare your time, but behave like queens. "

"Ha ha, that would surprise you"

Does it feel like it's coming out of nowhere?

Whatever the way it sounds, anyone would be surprised if they heard voices like they heard in the basement.

"But I did my best to get here because of Falga's help. When I was maintaining my bond, when my heart was about to break, it was decided that Master Farga would speak to me, and if you think about the harsh words against me later, you would realize what everyone was saying for me."

... a little convinced.

How could Norn continue to maintain his bond until I visited here?

Even the potion has its limits. Still, I guess she was carried away because Lady Farga was helping Lady Norn.

"Usato, that's enough. Thanks."

"Yes, how are you?"

"Thanks to you, it's much better."

I nodded at Lady Norn's words, smiling lightly, and let go of her hand.

I've only cured my body fatigue, but there's some brightness back in her expression.

"You've made me sound a little foolish."

"No, I had a lot to think about, and on the contrary, I was worried that I might have someone to talk to."

"That's not true. So is your healing magic, but just talking like this is enough to help me."

All Norn can do right now, who is doing everything he can to maintain the bond, is heal magic, or at least be a talker.

Good if that helped.

"Well, Amako, it's time to go back to your room"

"Yeah, I'm getting sleepy, too."

Look Amako in the face and exchange words.

I'll go to bed in preparation for tomorrow, too, and if I say no to Master Norn, I realize she's looking at me and Amako.

"Why are you traveling with the Beastman's girlfriend?"

"Amako and?"

Suddenly, Master Norn asked me that.

When I roar at that word, I get a hazy look at what I thought, Master Norn.

"Don't be offended, you're concerned that purely beastmen are traveling with humans"

"Oh, is that what you mean"

Surely, a normal person would question the fact that Amako the Beast and I are acting together.

"Um, Amako"

"Fine, talk to me."

Amako also decided to talk to me, so I told Norn that one of the purposes of this journey was to "go to the kingdom of the beast to help Amako's mother”.

Hearing the purpose of our journey, Norn gave a troubled look when he turned his eyes to surprise.

"It's a kingdom of beasts... I know you're good at it, but as far as I'm concerned, I can't recommend it."

"After all, is it too dangerous for me, a human being, to go?"

"But there's something wrong with the beasts these days."

Miarak is the closest human country to the kingdom of the beast man.

I got a little nervous about what Norn said about ruling such a place.

"What's weird?"

"Until now, beasts who never left their country suddenly appeared before humans."

"Suddenly...? Are you saying you showed up where humans live?"

"They don't interfere with humans that much, but they've been looking for something."

Were you looking for something?

Aware of the danger of being caught by bandits and slave traders, when it comes to working in human space... weren't you looking for something extra?

I was thinking about putting my arms together, but Amako held the hand of the empty one, and she returned it to me.

Amako often pulls the hem of her clothes, but it's rare to hold her hand, so she looks at Amako with a little surprise.

"What's wrong, Amako... Amako?"

……

There's Amako leaning down holding my hand.

I was sleepy and shook my hand... that doesn't sound like a translation. My shoulders are shaking, and most importantly, my hand is caged in strength.

Could it be that the beasts were looking for...

"... no"

I'm talking about Amako now.

It may not be a good idea for her to talk about the kingdom of the beast man.

"Dear Norn,"

"Oh, wait a minute"

"Huh?"

Lady Norn held her temples as she cut out to end the story for Amako.

Closed her eyes, silenced, she nods to hit on someone's story. Perhaps you are hearing something from Master Farga.

Somehow I guessed, watching her with Amako holding my hand, and she opened her eyes and looked at me with a serious look and opened her mouth.

"... Usat. Dear Falga, your weaponry is complete."

……!?

I am surprised by the words of Master Norn, who lowered his voice.

The brave knife I gave to Master Farga returns as a weapon reserved for me.

in what form,

What powers do you reside in,

Once I thought about it now, my feelings of anxiety dominated me more than I expected.