The reason for coming to the Healer's Guild wasn't a big deal, but he had such a feeling that he was getting lucky that he was able to catch the fraudulent group that had tricked his name early.
　When Krull-san returned a short while later, it was easy to read from his face that he was unusually excited.
''Once again, welcome back, Luciel-kun.
　Krull-san's big smile was somehow nostalgic.

''I'm back.......so, is that okay?''
Of course. So who are you guys?
　He looked at Lionel and the others once, then stopped at Estia, his smile tightening.

'This is Squire Lionel, Keti, Kefin, and my man Estia.
''After all, Luciel-kun is different. You all need to be careful around Luciel-kun, because it's easy to get caught up in a lot of things that happen around him.
　Because there's a beastman in the party? Or maybe it was because none of them wore the armor and robes of a Priest Knight or Holy Knight, I couldn't decide.

'Krull-san you're not my mother, and you make people sound like they're caught up in it.
　When I laughed back with no effort, he made a slightly angry face and glared at me.

'You're still my sister. Just because we're more than a decade apart in age, you can't cross the rough waters of the world like that, you can't say that. Besides, how can you tell me you're not in trouble?
　It was oddly convincing, and all I could do was apologize.

　I pulled myself together and decided to explore the current situation.
　I figured that if the city was at peace, I'd have at least two months of training before I'd have to deal with the fact that someone was showing up to trick me.
'Has anything changed in Meratni lately? For a year and a bit that I don't know about?

''I have. As for you, Luciel, I'm sure you'll know since you're about to go to the Adventurer's Guild, but there seems to be a lot of adventurers complaining of injuries and abnormalities in their condition these days.
　Are there that many injured people? If that's the case, then it's pretty sucky stuff going on, isn't it?
''But we have enough healers to go around, right?
''That's right. Still, we don't have enough healers... it seems that demons with the ability to poison, paralyze, and petrify us are appearing on a regular basis.
　It's increasing year after year, and they should have someone to properly guide them, but they don't have enough hands... how outnumbered are they?
　I wanted to shout that, but if I messed up, I felt like Master Brod was on the scene too, and I couldn't calm down.
　However, I hadn't heard of many demons in Meratni that attacked with state disorders.
　The poison only treated a few of them too.......come to think of it, I think it was only when I treated Hazan-san and the others in the past.
　So that's the direction of the mine then?

...Is that from the mine?
Yes. Did you know that? Whatever it is, the labyrinthine state city of Glandle, beyond that mine, seems to have come from there.
　When I asked, Krull-san nodded repeatedly with a surprised expression.

''........Could it be that you're already in trouble?''
Luciel, you can turn that into a force to be reckoned with, can't you?
'What kind of an overestimate! For that matter, healers heal every day, so shouldn't their skill level increase or something?
　For some reason, Krull-san seemed to find hope in me while smiling happily.
　
　I let out a sigh and explored the responsiveness of the healers, and what came back was baffling.

'Yes, but if you cast a recuperator, it only cures poison, paralysis, or sleepiness, but it doesn't work on everything, does it? You know that, don't you, Luciel?
What is that faulty magic?
　The healers who took him to Yenis should have been able to recover from his condition at once.

''........If it's not being used correctly, the biggest problem is the lack of a proper leader. In the first place, the area high heels that you hear about, Luciel-kun, are treated as heresy by the healers.
　Heresy? It's true that it's thanks to the blessings of the Holy Guardian God, but heresy treatment doesn't sound like a good thing.
　Still, Krull-san kept laughing at what was funny.
''........I can't agree. Huh~ Is there anything else that's unusual?

'Fewer kids coming to be healers this year? In the last few years, due to Luciel-kun's influence, there have been a lot of people registering as healers in Meratoni.
''Well then, as an S-class healer, shall I instruct the healers tomorrow while working in the basement of the Adventurer's Guild as a healer?''
Really? So I like it.
　He almost kissed me on the cheek and I avoided him this time.

'I knew you'd like Lumina-sama's kiss,'
"? How did you know that?
　That's pretty timely.
　It shouldn't have been at least ten days ago, and there shouldn't have been any mention of the Knights' expedition.

''You can't take the Healer's Guild Maiden's network for granted.
　Krull-san winked triumphantly, and my mental strength was being skinned down.


　After we had finished talking, I decided to ask him to arrange an inn.
'I was thinking of getting some lodging afterwards, could you do me a favor?'
'Yes. The inn near the Adventurer's Guild, where the Priest Knights used to stay, is fine?
Yes, sir. Nice to meet you. I'm off to the Adventurer's Guild now.
'Yes. Give me all kinds of interesting topics to talk about again.
I'll do my best.
　I laughed helplessly and left the Healer's Guild.
　If Krull-san was the inn's landlady, I'm sure she would have thrived.
　I thought about that.

　Surprisingly, the first person to call out to me when I walked out was Estia.
''You all like Luciel-sama, don't you? Even the woman from earlier........I'm kind of jealous.
'Mr. Krull, I see. If Esther wants to talk to you, she'll probably be nice to you. Would you like to go talk to him, if I allow you free rein?
I'll be fine the next time I see you.
　I turned away to hide my slightly reddened face.
　Maybe she wanted to be spoiled for not being spoiled by her parents.
　It seemed vaguely so.

'Now, Lionel, are you sure you want to meet Master Brod as a slave?'
　If you're a rival who fought a long time ago, wouldn't it be better to have the title of former general? I thought so.

''Yes. I've sent that guy a letter, and I'm sure he understands my thoughts. Besides, I am happy with this position as Master Luciel's squire.
　That made me so happy that I couldn't say anything.

''When did you write the letter........well, never mind. If the adventurers are struggling as I heard earlier in the Healer's Guild, I don't know if we can do a mock battle right away. But I still want to see the two of them in a mock battle, so I'll do everything I can to make that happen.
War demons and gale it's amazing.
I'm looking forward to it. I've never seen it myself.
　Kefin laughed like a child when he mentioned their street names, but he must have looked into their past.
　Keti, as a warrior, felt like she wanted to witness it.
　And Estia was the only one who was scurrying around the city of Meratoni.

　Calming the slowly rising tensions, I entered the Adventurer's Guild, which is located right next to the Healer's Guild.

　But what was waiting for me was an unexpected sight.
　That's right. The Adventurer's Guild in Meratni was overflowing with injured people.


　Tired adventurers looked at me, but no one noticed that it was me.
　My physique and armor haven't changed, so why is that?
　But when I looked closer, I realized that there were only young adventurers here, and no adventurers that I recognized.
　And the cafeteria didn't seem to be open either.
'I'm going to the reception desk.'
　I told Lionel and the others and walked away, and the receptionist had no choice but to call out to the girl, who I only had the impression of having greeted once or not.

''Excuse me, my name is Luciel, an E rank adventurer, is Brod-san, Garba-san, Gruger-san, Nanaela-san, Milina-san or Mernelle-san here?''
　He decided that if he could meet with someone, he could find out more about the current situation.

''Well, I'm sorry, but since we're currently in this situation, I've been told by the executives that no one is to be interceded for...''
　But she didn't know who I was, and she seemed to be doing her business well.
　I was surprised when the killing spirit behind me succumbed to Lionel's pressure and stopped reaching me halfway through.
　There was no point in taking our time here, so I decided to grab the back of the room.

''Then could you please tell Master Brod that the S-class healer Luciel has arrived?''
I'm home.
　The girl at the reception desk ran down to the underground training grounds as if she were flying.
　And when the adventurers' gazes that seemed to value me became stronger, Master Brod appeared like a gale.
Luciel, your timing is good. I want you to go downstairs and heal me as soon as possible.
　The slightly sweaty Master grabs me and tries to drag me to the basement, but Lionel stops him.
'Whirlwind, wait a minute.'
''Oh. You really have a war demon as a follower of Luciel? Just go downstairs.

　The tension was so high and the desperation of the situation was such that I wanted to avoid someone's death.
　I could tell that they were in such a straw-man state of mind.
　I nodded to everyone and hurried to the training grounds with Master Brod following behind me.

'I haven't seen anything like this since Yenis. Paralyzed by petrification, and some of them debilitated?'
　There were a few healers, but they didn't recover much.

'Master Brod, please separate the injured from the conditioned and the people. Of course I will take your wages, though.
I know. I'm sorry, but you're going to have to fix Gruger.
What?
　Is Mr. Gruger hurt?
　It didn't make sense.
　Gruger-san, who had such a steel defense, was injured.......
　If you look at him, he was charred everywhere, and it was so strange that he was alive.
　After confirming that his limbs were secure for a moment, he was mouthing a high heel chant, and after activating Extra Heel, he activated Dispel and Recover at the same time.
　As a swirl of light rapidly enveloped Gulgar-san, the injuries to his charred arms and mutilated body quickly recovered completely in a matter of seconds.
　Once he had recovered, his blood had clotted, and a tremendous cheer echoed through the training grounds as he was cleaned up by the purification magic.
''Mr. Gruger, you saved my life. Now, Master Brod, I'll ask you to do what I said earlier. And gather the healers. But first.
　I cast the same four spells on Master Brod as Mr. Grugar did on Master Brod.
'.........Luciel I thank you.
　Just after I heard him blabbering, Master Brod's voice echoed through the Adventurer's Guild.

The ones who want to be saved are lined up. The injured and those who are out of condition will be separated and lined up. I've heard that the healers will have an S-class healer to guide them through the healing process.
　After shouting that much, they began to form up in unison.
''To sum up the adventurers......that daylight lamp that refused to serve.
　The murmur that Lionel went on smiling thinly at Master Brod looked a bit happy.

　I healed from a dying person, and as for the injured, there was nothing to heal with five degrees of area high heels.
'We were supposed to do it again the day after tomorrow, but I heard that a lot of people don't know how to sample state recovery, so I'll give you my image. After that, if you learn it through repetition, even if you're young, your Holy Attribute Magic skill level will be X. So make sure you learn it well.
　Most of the people I taught were young healers, motivated but with a low skill level.
　Still, it's been a long time since I've taught someone in a polite manner, but perhaps I've been wanting this kind of time as well.
　With that in mind, by the time I finished the treatment, I was about to run out of magic power for the first time in a long time, but I managed to hold on.

''Luciel, thank you for your hard work. You took care of me this time.''
　Gruger-san, who had returned to his original bear-like wolf-beast man, seemed to be in good spirits and gave me a word of thanks for my efforts.

''When you're in trouble, it's mutual. More importantly, is it safe for me to get up now?''
Yeah. You're just as tough as they come.
　Since she was bleeding that much, she shouldn't normally be able to stand up, but I can see that Gruger-san is still a superhuman.


Well, yeah. Well, to celebrate our reunion, I'm going to cook you a feast now, so go ahead and eat.
'Yes, I'll have a treat for you ... and Master Brod, who is this uncommonly injured man?'
　I look from Mr. Gruger to Master Brod.
　It wouldn't be normal for the two of us to be wounded to this extent.
　If that was the case, it reminded me of a battle with a demon race.

''........Demons poured out of Grundle's labyrinth. There are high-ranking adventurers on the other side, so it calmed down for a while, but the wrinkles came to Meratoni.
That's not all, is it?
''........Yeah. For some reason, the mine has been connected to Grandle, and there's no end to the demons that are flowing towards us every day.
　It was like saying that the mines had disappeared and invaded from Grandle.
　If they messed up, they would wage war on the St. Surul Cooperative State from Grandle, not from the Empire. It would be a great opportunity for the other nations to use that fact as a shield and hit Grandle under the guise of an alliance, which would be a great opportunity for the other nations to hit Grandle.

''I'm here because I want to see a mock battle between Lionel and my master...''
Can you do me a favor?
　The masters are defeated because they have no one to cure them.
　Once that gloom is gone, there will be few enemies who can't win.
　To be on the safe side, I instantly recognized that if Master Brod and Lionel were to fight together, there was almost no risk to me.
''I'm not an apprentice who would refuse Master's request. Besides, this is a special city for me. However, Master and Lionel won't treat me unless you protect me well.
Good. Let's have a rally for tomorrow.
　Thus, under the guise of a resolution meeting rather than a strategy meeting, we drank honey wine and prepared ourselves for tomorrow's adventure while feasting on Mr. Gruger's dinner.