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"I finally made it to ......."

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　Wiping the sweat from my forehead with my sleeve, I look at the dark forest in front of me. Next to him is Bulrin and Amaco, who is riding on his back. She seems to be a beast, so she won't get faint immediately like humans do. ......

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　When I look at the forest in front of ......, the thought comes to mind. It is a very emotional forest for me. The first time I was thrown by Rose and entered there, the second time I was blown away by the rush of the fallboar and jumped into the river and drifted into the forest. .......

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"Well, I don't have that many good memories."

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　Rather, I have nothing but bad memories. I really thought I was going to die from the giant snake, and when I got a stomach ache, I almost died in terms of dignity and pain. Well, this is still the place where Bulrin and I met for the first time. There are many bad memories, but it is also a very emotional place.

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　By the way: .......

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"Bulrin, I just realized something very important: ......"

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"Duh?"

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"I don't know the location of the cave you lived in."

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"I thought you came here after you knew where it was. ......?"

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　To be honest, I don't even know what this whole forest looks like. He looked at me with a kind of stupid look in his eyes and then gave me an unreserved bear punch on my leg. You're hurting me, you son of a b*tc*!

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　I was about to give him a hand gash when he gave me an unprovoked punch, but then I thought of Amako, who is on Bulrin's back, and reluctantly put down my hand.

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"Guh~!"

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"Huh, Bulrin. I'm sorry, please."

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　, sniffs his nose, and looks out into the forest. He is a blue grizzly bear who has grown up in this forest, which is like a playground for him. I follow him as he begins to walk at a slow, leisurely pace.

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"This place hasn't changed at all, has it?

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"I've never been here before, but it's kind of a spooky place ......"

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"Not once you get used to it. From the outside it looks dark because of the dense trees, but inside the forest there is surprisingly enough daylight that it's not crippling.

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"......I didn't mean it that way. ......"

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　Amaco, who is clearly taken aback, squints at me with a look of amazement in his eyes. Did I say something funny?

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"This forest is thick with magical elements...... that humans don't understand, but for a beastman with five keen senses like me, it's a place where just being here is enough to make you feel itchy."

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"Heh."

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　Is it a somewhat painful place for a beast with acute senses? Then let's just build a grave for my parents in Bulgaria and get the hell out of here. He's acting tough, but he's just a kid. We can't let him get away with too much.

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How long was Usato here when he met Bulrin?

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"What, like 10 days?"

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　I've forgotten a lot of it, but I think that's about right.

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　I think that's about how long it took me to get there...I don't remember much, but I think that's about it...I think that's how long it took me to get there...I think that's how long it took me to get there...I think that's how long it took me to get there...I think that's how long it took me to get there... ....

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"Kuku,kuku ......"

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"Usato? What's wrong?"

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　I shouldn't, I can't help but let out a black smile at the unreasonableness of that moment. I immediately made a smile and looked at Amako. Oh no, it was my fault, this girl has normal sensibilities unlike her senpai, I can't go on like this.

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"I'm on a bit of a binge when I enter this forest! I feel like I want to blow every blue grizzly out there!"

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　This time, instead of a twitch of the face, the burin that was carrying her was distanced from her. Even I don't have the arm strength to blow away a blue grizzly single-handedly. But even if I told him that, he wouldn't believe me.

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　.........This is what happens when you do things you're not used to doing.

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　I'm getting smarter again, next time I'll try to drown things out in a way that will make the kids happy.

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　After walking for a while in the woods, I found a familiar mark carved on a tree. I put my hand on it and feel nostalgic.

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"It's been more than a month since I first came here... ...... with the war with the Demon Lords and all, it feels like a long time ago..."

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　This is a marker I carved so I wouldn't get lost in this forest.

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　If this marker is close to the one I remember, it means that there is a grand grizzly bear nest nearby.

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Come on, let's go.

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"Gua ......"

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Are you worried?

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　I pat the head of Bulrin, who is making a quieter noise than usual, and look at the location of the cave where the nest is located. After defeating the giant snake, he carried me out of the forest without going to the cave. I guess he did not want to face the death of those two snakes.

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　He was too sudden to understand their deaths, and he was only challenged by his resentment towards the snakes and...

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　---I was going to... die.

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"They're your mother and father, aren't they? Then at least say goodbye, you idiot. ...... you're my partner, and you're going on a trip to help Amaco's mom, too. So, reassure him before too much time passes."

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　I have learned many things from witnessing the burials of those I could not save in the battle against the Demon Lord's army. I learned that I am not good enough, and many other things, but the first thing I thought ...... is that I need someone to help me.

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　I'm sure those tough guys will work well together, but I don't like it. Rose? I'll die. On the other hand, we've been through a lot together. He's still slower than me, but he's got more potential than I do, so I'm not complaining.

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"Gruaaaah!"

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　With a single cry, Bulrin steps forward. I try to follow him, feeling relieved at his steady steps, but before I know it, Amako gets off Bulrin's back and looks at me as if she wants to say something to me.

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"......You're really going to help my mother. ......"

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"What?"

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　You didn't believe me?

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　I was slightly hurt by Amaco's words, but started walking with her in the direction that Bullyn had gone.

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"I'm sorry ...... it's not that I don't believe you or anything, it's just that ...... something was going so well that I couldn't believe it ......"

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"Oh, that's what I meant."

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　Have you never met a healing wizard like me before? I don't know much about healing wizards, because the only type of healing wizards I've ever met are Rose or Olga.

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　I guess I should ask.

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"What kind of healing wizards have you met besides me?"

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"Not so interesting to hear, though, is it?"

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"......... let me hear it."

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　Amako's expression quiets down slightly, but I would like to ask her at this time. I don't know much about healing magic in general.

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　You know, when I first came to the Rescue Mission, Tong mentioned something about healing magic ...... that didn't have a very good reputation in this world.

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"There was one healing wizard in the magical city of Lucvis, a neighbor of the Lingle Kingdom."

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"Magic City ......?"

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"A city with an academy for the cultivation of magic. It is not an individual country like the Kingdom of Lingle, but is made up of people from all over the world.

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"Is it like ...... foreign students? Amaco there?"

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"I snuck in. It was easy enough to use foreknowledge and exploit a hole in the security system."

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　Aggressive, this girl. She's got guts to go out on her own to save her mother, but most of all, she has extraordinary energy. Combined with her magic of foreseeing the future, she may be invincible when it comes to secrecy.

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"The man I was about to meet was a tormentor. In the city of magic, it is the ability to work powerful magic and the scarcity of ...... healing magic that makes it a rare ability for humans. ......

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"I can heal ...... poisons and wounds, but it's only ...... rare?"

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"If the magic is only to heal wounds, it can be used. Most wizards don't even fight against poison."

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　Is there a need or not? According to the story, magic can be used to heal wounds regardless of aptitude. So you're saying we can't use healing magic that has the same effect.

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Then isn't it also known that healing magic can heal certain diseases?

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"......... because it is rare for people to be able to use that much ...... because there are doctors who can cure illnesses without relying on magic, so they don't seem to think it's that important."

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"There are doctors in this world, too. ......"

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　I've never fixed a disease myself, but I saw how difficult it was at Olga's clinic. The sick person's body is covered with a high concentration of magical power so that it permeates the sick person's body and heals him.

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　It is not an external harm like injuries or poison, but a physical harm.

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"Both subhumans and beastmen go there. I heard it's dangerous if you're not very good. ...... I was under the care of a beastman there for a little while. But he left soon after. ......"

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"I see... ...... And this person who claims to be able to use healing magic?"

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"He wasn't the kind of person who ...... would listen to me very much, and he didn't even look at me when I predicted ...... that he would be able to help me."

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"Oh, so much for ......."

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　Is there such a thing as torment in any world? You might want to have Rose shackle you once, if you can only measure your worth by how good you are at magic.

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　---Maybe you should have Rose shackle the healer...

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　She could turn a tormented boy into a Shura in a month or so.

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　As I'm reminiscing about Rose's training, Bulrin stops walking in front of me. In front of him is a thicket of bushes. He stares at it and suddenly lets out a roar.

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"Grua!

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"What's wrong?"

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　...... If you look closely, you'll see the bushes I was peeking through to observe the grand grizzly bear. Not even bothering to answer my question, Bulrin jumps into the bushes without looking at me. Amako and I follow him and wade through the bushes to a wide open space.

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　There is the cave where Bulrin was born and raised, and where his parents died. The cave is supposed to be empty now that the grand grizzly is gone, but Bulrin is staring at the back of the cave and growling.

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　I was not quite sure what was going on, but when I saw the creature that came out from the back of the cave that Bulrin was staring at, I understood.

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"Grua......!"

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　Two blue grizzlies, perhaps a couple? It came out of the place where Bullyn used to live. He stands in front of Amaco and begins to cast a healing spell, his legs half open so that he can escape at any moment. He's bigger than Bullyn, but if he can't escape, he'll just have to deal with .......

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"Bullring, calm down!"

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　I call out to him, but he doesn't seem to back away. One of the blue grizzly bears on the other side of the road is also threatening to move toward me as if on alert. I'm not particularly scared, but I don't want to be attacked by the amaco, and even though I have foresight, it doesn't mean that there are no contingencies.

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　I look at one wary bear and then at the other---a blue grizzly, one size larger than the other, looks at me, squeals in fright, and backs away. ......... hmm?

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"Usato, that blue grizzly is scared."

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"Scared?"

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　What is there in me to be afraid of? He doesn't have a tough face like Tong, and his face is pretty normal. Don't tell me you have an aura of intimidating people around you like Rose?

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　There's nothing like being scared of a blue grizzly ....... The only time I've ever met a blue grizzly was when I met two blue grizzlies on my way back from a trip to the woods with my mother and Inukami-senpai, both of whom are now dead.

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"Maybe it's not ...... the blue grizzly I knocked out?"

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　If you look closely, you'll see a striking resemblance to the blue grizzly I tackled down, both in size and appearance. No wonder it frightens me.

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　Anyway, I wave at it lightly, and it shakes its body and backs up further. ......How scared am I?

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".........!

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"Stop it, Usato, you're scaring me."

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　Why was I just now pissed off?

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　While I was looking at the two dogs in front of me with a slight sense of unreasonableness, one of them, a blue grizzly, who was threatening me, yelled at Bulrin, and Bulrin yelled back in response. The exchange went on and on, and I could do nothing but stand there, not knowing what to do.

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　After a few minutes of this exchange, the yelping stopped and the two blue grizzlies suddenly let down their guard on Bulrin.

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　...... resolved, or not?

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"I think it's over. And Brulin's not mad at me anymore."

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"I envy you for knowing how I feel."

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　That's a skill Inukami-senpai would want very much. I look at the two blue grizzlies, who are staring at me but seem to have let their guard down for the moment. I wonder if Blue Grizzly introduced me to them.

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　In case you're wondering, Bulrin was also the son of a grand grizzly bear boss who was also the head of the forest. He may have had some say in the matter. I wonder what he explained to the blue grizzly who is scared of me at ....... I think he's even more frightened than before.

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"Usato, what did you really do?"

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"I just knocked him out with a normal ...... body blow."

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"No normal human being could stun a blue grizzly with a body blow."

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　Inukami-senpai didn't pull it off, but Amako pulled it off again. When I told him that I had only managed to knock him out and that I hadn't done anything that great, he pulled back even more.

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　I don't know what's normal in this world anymore. Why? In a world of sword and sorcery, there must be a lot of people who can do this.

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"Well... ...... for now. Shall we make a tomb?

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"......... guru."

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　I dropped my backpack and nodded.

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"Good."

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　The graves were very easy to make. As a high school student, there was no way I could make a real grave, so I was allowed to make a relatively simple one. A cross-shaped piece of wood made from a combination of reasonable boards is thrust deep into a pile of earth made near the cave, and a lot of fruits are attached to the base of the cross.

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　Make two of them, one large and one small, and kneel down in front of the larger grave.

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　Grand grizzly, Rose had told me I would beat him, but in the end I couldn't. As a result, I just ran around in the woods with him until dark.

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"...... you're the one I wanted to beat."

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"What are you talking about?"

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"Grua ......"

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　You guys are getting along great.

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　I guess they've already said their goodbyes. Even if it is the first time, he knows that it is his parents' grave. That's why...

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"Quah."

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"Hmm?"

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　A mysterious paw scratching at my leg. I looked down at my feet and saw a blue grizzly bear cub, much younger than Bulrin, gnawing on my leg. What a cute little guy. I'm not a sucker for all things cute, but the little blue grizzly bear, looking like a mascot, has taken me by surprise.

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　As I lifted the bear as gently as I could, the blue grizzly, who was back in his cave, looked at me and shouted angrily.

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　Maybe this is the cub of the two. We slowly lower the little bear down and urge him to go back to his parents before a fight breaks out.

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"Here we go!"

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"Quah?"

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"You know, if I were Inukami-senpai, I'd be in trouble, wouldn't I?"

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　It's mainly Inukami-senpai who will be in trouble, though! I feel happy to see the little bear following my words and going back to his parents, while thinking to myself, "I'm getting ready to go home.

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"There's another one, a baby blue grizzly, isn't there?"

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　I looked back at Amako's voice, who was watching the cave, and saw the little bear that had just hung in the cave being carried away by the parent blue grizzly in its mouth, with another little bear following close behind, as if following its parent.

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"The magical elements returned to the earth will be reborn as new life, right?

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"It's more like 'born' than 'resurrected'."

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"Yes, indeed."

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　A sentence from the book, just one of many theories, does not seem so wrong when I see scenes like this. On the other hand, Burlyn is sitting lonely, as if he is comparing himself with the little bear.

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"Well, let's go home, Bulrin."

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"......gau"

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　He rises slowly on all fours, takes one look at the cave, and walks slowly back the way he came. Now he has no more regrets. I brought him here because I am not sure I can say anything very thoughtful, but I did not expect to find another blue grizzly bear in the cave where Bulrin was.

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　It was not a very pleasant experience for Amaco who followed me. As a result, all he did was come to the forest, made a grave for Bulrin's parents, and met the two blue grizzlies and their children.

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"Amaco wasn't much fun, was he?"

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"No, I'm glad I came. I got to know Usato better."

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　About me, huh? Maybe they were suspicious of me. ...... Well, the problem is getting home. I remember the way, but I don't know if I can make it home before dark.

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　The sun is setting, so we have to hurry a little.

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"Usato, are you going to take the Bullring on the way back?"

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"What? Impossible, huh?"

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"......"

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　I wondered why he was so silent on the way to the airport, but I guess the back of the bullring was harder than I thought. It seemed to me that there would be a lot of vibration. What shall we do then?

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"...... should I carry him?"

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"I don't like ......... that."

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　He turned his head away and told me so. I was a 14-year-old girl, after all, even if she was mature, and if she had taken me up on the offer, I might have refused the offer myself.

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　If it had been Inukami-senpai, I would have bit the bullet. She is not so reserved. I think that's a good thing, though.

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"I'm the one who followed you.

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"Then I'll come back late."

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　It's okay if I'm a little late, I'll be the one to get pissed off if something goes wrong. Riding on the back of the bullring, Amako looks at something in the air and is in a daze.

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　Maybe he is looking into the future, though he has not noticed it until now. Maybe she is trying to detect danger in advance by using her magic on Bulrin's back like this.

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　I look at her and suddenly think.

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"The Outside Country ......"

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　The country outside where Amaco would have gone. A place that is somehow different from the Kingdom of Lingle. ......I wonder how I should behave if I were to go there. Should I hide the fact that I'm a healing wizard, hide the fact that I'm from another world, or face it head-on without hiding anything? .......

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"Let it be what it will be."

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　Let those who would look down on healing magic say so. I have a duty to make sure that they do not lose sight of the purpose. Amako, who saved my senpai and Kazuki, asked me to save her mother, and I can never betray her.

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　So, in return for saving my friend, I will save your mother. ......

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　......Well, although I'm thinking about it, it's Lloyd-sama who decides whether or not to go.

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