The demon that appeared to be multiple was a variant of a male and female plant, with the female plant acting as a command center and using the male plant to attack. Through the underground stems, they were all connected to one another.

　The attack on the command tower seemed to have caused it to stop working, but when it stopped moving, I could see that it was originally a normal plant, albeit with a venomous coloration.

''I'm sorry, Glass-sensei...... what is it, the part where I got tangled up with the demon is tingling......''
...... poison on the surface. Okay, let me see it.
"If I wore a full body armor like Raquel's sister, I'd die of ...... itchiness and itching.

　I take a look at Presha-san's sitting down, and at her arms first. The area on her two arms is not covered by armor, so the area under the armor has been torn and the skin has been scratched.

　Touching the red, swollen area still causes a scratchy sensation and inflammation, two kinds of venom that are bad. The itching seems plain, but it's one of the most unbearable pains a human being can endure.

'It's a bit chilly, but this will bring down the redness.

　The ointment made by mixing the ingredients of herbs with oil was tested with all the herbs available and tested for effectiveness. I have made dozens of dermatological remedies alone, but I have found that by mixing the ingredients of several herbs in the right proportions, I can achieve better results than with any one herb alone.

　The ointment was applied to the reddened area and a bandage was applied. The place where it was wrapped was on both arms, above the knee pads, and on the thighs. The area is swollen on the line as if it had been whipped, so use your magical powers to activate the ingredients of the drug to speed up the healing process as much as possible.

'...... awesome sweat ...... doctor, what a concentration. My hands are sweating as I watch.

　Mr. Deethe and Mr. Lendl wipe my forehead from both sides. I'm embarrassed to be that concerned, but it helps to wipe the sweat off, so I don't say anything for now.

　I check my arms, my thighs - and then the rest of my body and apply medicine to the fine wounds. I didn't forget to apply the treatment to my neck as it seemed to be wrapped around my neck as well.

'Presha-san, do you have any other areas of pain?'
No, I'm fine now: ...... Thank you, doctor.

　Presha smiles and stands up. The medicines I carry around with me can't be infinite, and I've used up all the skin pills in the current treatment - I'll have to mix them up again when I have time.

I didn't feel any evil thoughts during the ...... treatment. Is Dr. Glass a saint, by any chance?
Mr. Glass doesn't mean to be a prude. It's just a form of therapy.
'Oh ...... sorry, Mr. Presha!　Me, I was just thinking about treating you ...... and I might have embarrassed you.
It's not that I'm embarrassed or anything, it's just that ...... is not a place for people to touch you, so I thought it was a bad idea, but I'm just trying to do my best, and I think I'm too self-conscious to say that.
'Then it's like you're saying I'm too self-conscious, or too evil, but ...... no, I'm not. I thought it was only a therapeutic act, too.

　I think it's a therapeutic act for me too, but when I remember the sight of the ointment being applied now, I know it would be an objective sight to think about. Even though I know it, I'll just continue to work on it mindlessly in the future when I need urgent treatment.

'Master Glass, I think it's time to move on ......, you never know when the demons will come out.
...... No, I'm fine. I don't feel the presence of a demon approaching.

　This place is in the middle of the gray wilderness - but so far, there is no sign of demons coming out. The reason they were said to be numerous is probably because they were demons that looked like more than one, even if they were one, so they looked numerous.

''What......se, sir?　What the hell are you doing, you're going to itch like me if you touch me?

　I walk up to the female plant that Mr. Presha has poked through and examine it. The stem - the vascular bundles are unusually developed and altered to allow for tentacle-like movement, but this is the plant I know.

The shape of these leaves is ...... I knew it. This demon is a variant of what is called a nettle. It has been changed to look like a demon, but it was originally a plant. It is sometimes used as a medicinal herb.
'Ya, herbs ......?　With all these toxic colors and poison?
'Depending on how you use it, it can be either a poison or a medicine. Nettles can grow thorns on their stems in regions where they are often eaten by animals. It's the thorns that have damaged the coiled parts of the plant.
...... You move like a living creature, so no one realized what it was. If we burned it, it would be more and more difficult to figure out what the original was.

　Even the remnants of the burning wreckage would have been recognizable to me as plants if I'd seen them. The tissue is quite different from that of an animal.

　I touch the motionless female plant. It's still breathing, but there's no will to resist - on the contrary, the consciousness that comes through weakly.

(......? giving judgment to those who have abandoned the divine realm. The man I was talking about earlier, that some kind of god was being worshipped ......)

　The clue to stop the erosion caused by this gray soil is still in that forest.

　Abandoned means that it used to be associated with humans. What if they lost it and the beings worshipped were angry and created demons as punishment?

(And those demons aren't going to be turned in by any number of them either. The beings in that forest are already quite weak.)

...... I'm sorry about this. If you could, please don't send any more of your people to us. That way, we won't have to fight.

　I speak to it, but it doesn't respond. But the plant's poisonous color changes to green, which is probably what it was originally.

It really was ...... originally an ordinary grass. ......
...... It's like you're talking to a plant and telling it to go away. Dr. Glass, what the hell are you doing at .......
I'm a plant spirit user. I'm glad to be here today. ...... I think the reason I signed up with the plant spirit was also to come here.

　To hate and torment people, I created demons and let them encroach on the gray land - that idea was gone for me.

　The beings in that forest are weak and need help. The role of the 'spirit doctor' is to heal not only people, but also the things that reside in plants - spirits.

'There may still be some plants that see us as enemies. Fire arrows are certainly effective, but if possible, please do not use them in the event of a battle.
'...... I understand. If you think about how the plants feel, it would certainly be painful to have them burned, and it would intensify their hatred.
''If I got stabbed with a spear, that's going to hurt. ...... I thought it was a demon, so I poked it as hard as I could.
'Otherwise, we would have all been taken into custody. I don't think we could have avoided the battle we just had.

　If it hadn't been for Presha-san and Deethe-san, we might have ended up trapped and unsure of anything, with no dialogue or anything else.

　However, if possible, I want to avoid any more fights. Whether or not that's possible depends on how I interact with the demons I'm about to encounter - the plants.