Chapter 386 (1/2)

Magi Craft Meister 380

Responsibility

“Reiko, well done”

Jin praised Reiko, stroking her head. Reiko looked even more happy than usual.

“… Ah, it’s father’s hand.”

“Edgar and Ehr did well too.”

Like Jin, Saki and Elsa praised their own automata as well.

“Ehr, good work.”

“Edgar, that was amazing!”

Jin looked at Jesse and Kurt. Jesse rubbed his elbows and knees. He had scrapped his palm, so Jin went to use healer magic on but abruptly stopped.

If the wound healed without cleaning, sand and soil would remain in his body. Jin used ‘condense’: a spell that collects the moisture in the air.

It doesn’t gather much water, but it would be enough to wash the wound. Jin calmed Jesse, who looked about to cry from the pain of the water flushing the raw injury.

“Just bear it a little longer. ‘Cure’.”

With the magic applied to the washed wound, Jesse’s wound closed. Despite being in tears moments ago, Jessie grinned and laughed.

“Thanks, big bro!”

Jin patted Jessie’s head, saying “it was nothing”, before turning to Kurt.

The unconscious Kurt was in Elsa’s care.

Despite being a beginner, Elsa’s acquired modern knowledge allowed her to examine Kurt’s condition through a Shouro Imperial-style “diagnosis”. From this, she could tell Jin that there was no abnormality other than the fracture and the trauma caused by it.

It didn’t look like he had hit his head either. The fracture was internal, with no bones protruding.

Jin had used “analyze” to examine him earlier, but it seemed to line up with Elsa’s diagnosis.

“’Healing’”

Elsa casted Shouro healing magic. It was an intermediate spell that could cure bone fractures even, along with standard wounds. Then:

“’Full Heal’”

Just in case, Elsa used her best magic to protect against damage to Kurt’s internal organs and brain, while also preventing infection from the wound.

“Uhh…”

Thanks to this, Kurt soon came to his senses.

“Huh?”

Eyes open, Kurt looked all around, noticing that everyone was looking down at him.

“I … What happened?”

“Kurt, you fool! We were worried about you!”

Seeing Hannah and Patty cry, he realized,

“Ah, right… I fell off a cliff trying to gather some wiley.”

“Kurt, didn’t I tell you? Don’t go to dangerous places.”

“Yeah, sorry big bro.”

Jin rubbed Kurt’s head, patting it hard.

“It looks like you’re sorry. Don’t make the same mistake again, alright?”

“Yup.”

Looking at Kurt’s face, Jin felt like Kurt was fully repented for what happened and decided to end the scolding there.

When Kurt got home, his father Dave would probably scold him. Jessie would likely face a similar lecture from his father Howard.

“Alright everyone, we’re going home.”

“Kay!”

Despite being the one to say this, Jin ended up with Saki heading home behind all the others.

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“… and that’s what happened. I was supposed to be looking after him, I’m very sorry!”

Jin went to Dave’s house first and explained what happened.

“Jin, there’s nothing to apologize for. You and Reiko, not to mention Elsa and everyone else, saved my son, right?”

With that, Dave forgave Jin and turned with a scowl towards Kurt.

“Hey, you dumb kid. I don’t remember raising you to not recognize danger.”

“I’m sorry, Dad”

With a single strike Dave’s scolding ended.