6-05 A little change with object X




 Adventurer's Guild, Healer's Officer.
 Luciel.
 Job: To cast recovery spells on adventurers for free
 Hobbies: training and simulated combat
 Personality: mild-mannered, hard-working, dominant, taste disorder, reclusive

 This is the adventurers' perception of me after three months in the Adventurers' Guild.
 As a job, I'm a heel, a healer employee who hangs the cure I've just learned.

 This is in exchange for a request to train, so it doesn't matter if they think that's what I'm doing.
 On the contrary, it's a good place to work, with three meals and a place to sleep, plus clothes and other gifts.
 The next step is training and mock battles, but this can't be misunderstood.
 Daily physical training and mock battles are already part of the daily routine, and since Instructor Brod has set up the training menu, it can't be helped that it looks that way.

 I've been told that I have a mild-mannered personality, but I'd like to see who can deal with someone who's bigger and stronger than me in a high-handed manner, and if anyone can do it, I'd like to see them actually try it.
 But I refuse to do anything I don't want to do, and when they make it difficult, the adventurers won't attack me in the guild, thinking I'm a guild employee.
 Well, there are many adventurers who have been treated, so they rarely get tangled up, and if they do, the others won't shut up.
 They say they are hard workers because they train every day, but the adventurers around them are strutting around there armed (delusional).
 They're only in the guild because it's more dangerous to walk outside.

'But the Dom and the taste disorder is caused by the object X that Mr. Gruger makes me drink after every meal.
I know. But you take the d*mn thing every time you drink it. And if you keep drinking it, you know it's worth it, right?

That's right. What's that really about?
I don't know, but it's something the Adventurer's Guild used to deal in. But it's something the Adventurer's Guild has been dealing with for ages.
You've been giving them that stuff?
'Yeah. If a guy can't take it, that's where it ends, and if he doesn't know how it works, he usually doesn't take it.
By the way, how much more of that stuff is stored in the guild?
It's infinite. It seems that a wise man made this magical tool a long time ago. If you put magic power into that magic tool, it will come out.
'Is there any perk to the guild or Mr. Gruger for me to keep drinking?
Yeah, there is. There is, but it's a secret.
 Mr. Gruger grinned and disappeared into the kitchen.
'Wow, I'm curious, Mr. Gruger.

 The official name of the drink was never expected to be Object X.
 This very badass beverage was truly extraordinary in its efficacy.
 If I could drink it, if I could continue to drink it, it was quite a cheat item.

 This is because you need to have a proficiency evaluation to understand this, and in the past three months, I have never seen anyone other than me drinking it.

 In fact, at the end of the first day of training, the proficiency level of all the abnormalities except for charm and all the parameters of the status had increased, increasing the proficiency level.

 The next morning, I drank the suspicious Object X and found that the proficiency levels that had risen across the board on the first day had increased slightly.
 I thought I should take it, and I've been drinking it after every meal since.

''But then again, isn't it terrible for a dominatrix to have a taste disorder?
 I rehash the story to Mr. Gurger when he returns.
'No, I'm sure he's a dominatrix when he can drink that. Besides, I've seen a few guys in my life who can continue to train in body arts like Luciel, and those guys had those attributes.
No, no, no, no, I'm normal.
'You're still young, and you can't help but be embarrassed, can you?
 For some reason, he tapped me gently on the shoulder.
''Hah~. I'm going to go train again today.
Oh. Good luck with that. Get your drink on first.
 I did my best to drink down the object X that came out of the mug and I headed to the training ground.

 I've been at level II in body arts skill level for the past three months, level III in holy attribute magic, and I'm about to become IV soon.
 I never thought that magic had a skill level, but this is also probably due to the fact that I've been heeling against people day and night.
 I suppose my proficiency level would also increase with actual combat rather than image.
 Even after three months of training in the physical arts, it's probably a matter of qualities that my level is stuck at II.
 But the reason my heart is not broken is because I know that my proficiency level is steadily increasing, albeit gradually.
 I rented the guild's nap room and continued to refine my body arts and holy attribute magic. For some reason, the bed in the napping room was replaced with a better one in the second month, but I decided not to pay attention to the fact that people looked at me with great pity when I thanked them.
 The only thing that has changed in the past three months is that the adventurer's rank has risen to F. There is no major change.

 When I reached F rank the other day, I received a suggestion from Instructor Brod.
''On the days I'm off, once you've completed your training quota, you're free to do whatever you want. Well, if you're not busy, you can help me dismantle the demons in the Adventurer's Guild.
 That's what he told me.

'What? Do you mean the guild is carrying a dead demon corpse inside? And the demolition?
Yeah. I'm sure you've always eaten demon meat. Those were all dismantled by the guild.
'Huh? Was that a demon?
 I'm seriously stuttering that such good meat was a demon.

'What's the point?'
'But I haven't seen a dead demon since I came to the Adventurer's Guild, have you? The adventurers don't have it either, do they?
Oh, come on. I know you have a magic bag. What are you really saying now?
 Instructor Brod was completely taken aback.
'Is that magic bag the one that holds something bigger than a bag or makes you not feel the weight of what you put in it? Also, is that what you put in there that stops time and saves it?
How could time stop? Well, it's an awesome thing that holds more than a magic bag, though.
 The only thing I've ever been exposed to fantasy in this world was magic, so this is going to be a little mind-blowing.
'Is it still too expensive?'
Yeah. Don't do at least three in gold. Just because the return on that is so great.
 I see. Then the mid-level adventurers would have it. Even newcomers who grew up in a wealthy family would have it.
''Can you recommend a place to eat sometime?
All right. Well, I'll see if I can arrange for it to be dismantled in time.
Please.
''Alright. That's enough chit-chat, today we'll deal with this big wooden sword I custom made for you.
You'll have to go easy on me, even more so than usual, or as hard as you can.
You're weak.
I'm sure if you were to hit me with that big wooden sword, I'd probably break a few bones.
Well, I'll go easy on you, but I can't cut corners. Try not to break any bones. Come on.
 This is how the days of my battering continue, even if I don't break any bones.

 And three days later.
'I'm glad it's you, Luciel, right? You're here. I'm Galba.
 When I walked into the demolition room, what awaited me was a wolf-beast, well-built, not strong, but handsome.
 And when I sharpened a certain person, I thought he looked very much like Galba.

''It's nice to meet you, I'm Luciel. It's nice to meet you today.
Goodbye. But it's like talking to your brother.
So you were right?
Yeah. He's my brother.
'It's just like that,' I laugh.
'That's nice to hear,'
 He seemed to be on good terms with Mr. Gruger and his brothers.

''Well, we're going to dismantle the demons now, but some demons are hard and poisonous even if they die, so you'll have to watch them at first.
 I put my hand in my bag and what came out was a boar.
 But, "Well, are demons this big?
'What? Oh. Isn't this normal?
 The demon that was put out was a boar as big as a light car, and Galva-san put it on the table with one hand with a bang and looked at me and said.
''Then I'll take it apart.
 Am I a superhuman, too? A meta-beast? certified.

 Thus, when the skin is peeled off, the guts are scraped out, and the meat is turned into blocks, they are put into different magic bags.
''After the meat is dismantled, we sell it wholesale to the guild's kitchen, the city's butcher shops, and so on, to help pay for the guild's operations.
'I see. But I have a feeling I'm going to get in the way of your presence?
'That's okay. Of course you'll have to go through the dismantling, but I'm sure the reason Brod sent you here is so that you can develop an eye for the weaknesses of the demons and where their attacks can easily pass.
What do you mean?
'I think it's so that when you, the healer, go on an adventure, your survival rate will be a little better. There are far too few new adventurers these days who prepare diligently and work as hard as you do in advance.
For me, it's because I don't want to die.
'That's normal for adventurers, though. There are far too many heroic people out there right now.
 Mr. Galba shook his head ruefully. Thus, while talking with Mr. Galba, I also dismantled a few small hornrabbits.
'If you don't have plans, come back next week.
 Thus, demolition was added to my schedule.

 Dinner that day was served with the hornrabbit I had dismantled.
 I reminded myself that I should have been a little more grateful for the meal, so I prayed and began to eat.

 It seems that Instructor Brod has been busy lately, and he goes away every three days to wherever he is going.
 In that case, let's go to Mr. Galba's place. As I was thinking about this, I was approached by Nanaela, Milina and Mernelle, the receptionists I hadn't had much contact with.

Luciel-kun, Brod-san asked us to take a look at your studies because your knowledge is quite biased. So we'll teach you.
 The three of them blocked the way, making me feel strangely intimidated.

 If I refused to do this, I looked scared of what would follow, so I decided to accept the proposal and study today.
 But I had one concern.
 The three of them were quite beautiful and of good character, and this might cause them to be shunned by the adventurers.
 That's what I was worried about, and that's all I could think about. But my worries were completely unfounded.

 I found out later that the people around me had already recognized me as a training idiot and certified me as a harmless being.
 Furthermore, it seems that the adventurers' favorability was also behind the fact that the adventurers' favorability was so high, as they had cured the injuries of several adventurers who didn't have money in the past three months.
 Because of this, I didn't have to worry so much and asked the three of them to teach me how to study.

''There's no need to be so prepared. Luciel-kun.
 Nanaela smiles from the front.
'Yes. 'You're literate, it's easy.'
 Milina smiles next to me on the right.
'Now let's get started.'
 Mr. Mernell, sitting next to me on my left, said with a wicked smile.

 Like the placement of the three of us, I was the first person in the world to have a hardcover in front of me instead of a booklet. I didn't mind this.

'You guys are so close. And is your work okay? And what's that lot of material?
I have a demon book, a list of demon parts to defeat, and a list of weapons and armor to make using the recommended demon parts.
I have a wildflower collection, a collection of mushrooms and fruits, and a beginner's guide to pharmacy.
I'm a local specialty. It's a guidebook that tells you to buy a souvenir from the region.
 Nanaela, Milina, and Mernelle took turns explaining each of them the materials they had brought with them.
'Is that all of that necessary?'
""Sure."
'Wow, okay. So which one should I study first?
It's me today, isn't it?
 Nanayla raised her hand and they smiled, then put the book down and went back to the reception desk.

 This was a good opportunity for me to learn about the current common sense in this world.