I Work As A Healer In Another Worlds Labyrinth City (Ln) Volume 3 Side Story (1/2)

Translator(s): Yomigaeru    Editor(s): Yuzuha    Proofreader(s): Yomigaeru

Side Story: The Redheaded Adventurer

It's been a week since I came to this world.

How did I end up in this world? I don't know the reason.

However, even if I don't know the reason, I'll starve without something to eat.

If I give in to drowsiness outdoors, I'm liable to freeze to death in this cold, winter climate.

In order to go on living, in order to buy food, in order to secure lodging, I need to earn money.

It's like an unavoidable curse for those who possess living flesh.

That's why I decided to beg and plead with Eris, the big-breasted beauty whom I ran into on the streets, to let me work at this hospital.

「I suppose it's about time for lunch. It will take me a little time to prepare, so please take care of things for a while.」

「Yeah, got it.」

During this week, I've learned various things from Eris, like where we are, what magic is, and so on.

A world where magic exists. A world of diverse races.

It's completely different from the j.a.pan I was living in up until now.

Of course, I've had my worries… but well, when I gaze at Eris' giant knockers, none of that seems to matter anymore.

I'm not the type to dwell on things I can't change. And for a little while, it seems like I'll be able to get by somehow thanks to Eris' kindness.

Besides, my healing magic ability was apparently amazing enough to shock her.

By helping out here, I should at least be able to keep my stomach full.

…Well, it's not like there aren't any problems, though.

Has Eris never lived together with a man before? She's overly defenseless.

Like yesterday, she was casually drying her underwear in the room.

How long will my reason last against this defenseless Eris and her ma.s.sive melons?

I don't have a shred of self-confidence as far as that's concerned.

「…A-A customer?」

I'm mulling that over, when the door to the hospital suddenly opens.

And in walks a girl.

She has red hair that just about reaches down to her shoulders.

She's wearing a cloak long enough to cover her entire body from the shoulders down, securely fastened in front.

It makes her look like a teru teru bōzu.

She sits down in the chair in front of me,

「Um, one Heal, please.」

and says that. Then, she gingerly sticks her right arm out from under the cloak.

On it, there's some purplish-red discoloration of the skin; perhaps from internal bleeding?

…It seems to be a bruise.

No, there may even be some bone fractures. That looks painful.

But well, if it's just on the level of bone fractures, a single Heal will do the trick.

Since I started working at this hospital, I've gotten used to healing magic.

I could heal something on this level with my eyes closed.

「Well then, Heal.」

Then, I invoke healing magic.

When I do-

the girl in front of me glows brightly enough to dazzle my eyes.

「Ahh…」

「Eh!? W-What's this!?」

Oh c.r.a.p. I was careless.

When Heal is invoked, usually it should emit a faint, green glow.

But the one just now was clearly different.

No matter how you look at it, that wasn't normal.

With brightness like that, it's as if I cast EX Heal on her entire body.

Even though I only cast Heal on her arm.

「E-Ehhh…? That light, that wasn't Heal!?」

Redhead-chan seems confused, but I know the cause.

I messed up my mana manipulation.

The day before yesterday too, the same sort of thing happened with a different customer.

Afterwards, as a result of verifying my healing magic with Eris, we established the fact that my mana capacity is out of the ordinary.

Having an enormous mana capacity is a strength for a healer, but in a certain respect it's also a weakness. That being the precision of my mana manipulation.

Manipulating this enormous amount of mana precisely is like trying to pour juice from a steel barrel into a tiny cup.

If my attention wavers even a little, my mana will easily overflow and go out of control.

「A-All better?」

It's not like there's any particular problem if I screw up with a customer, but this one s.h.i.+ned unusually bright in comparison.

By some chance, there's a possibility that the healing magic didn't go off correctly.

I need to confirm.

Redhead-chan looks at her own arm, at which point she seems to realize something and peeks beneath her cloak.

「I-I'm healed… eh, no way, even the scars? …Everything, everything is healed!?」

So she's healed. Apparently it worked fine.

「I see, that's great. Well then, one Heal comes to 200 Zeni.」

「Y-You only want 200 Zeni!?」

Redhead-chan's eyes widen as she speaks.

This is something I heard from other customers, but this hospital is apparently cheap compared to other places.

Occasionally, customers who came without knowing that are surprised.

「Yeah, since it's an ordinary Heal, that costs 200 Zeni here.」

「B-But…」

Redhead-chan is bewildered.

She might even be feeling guilty over receiving healing for cheaper than market price.

Although she's showing me an apologetic face, she looks at her bank card and seems to be hesitating.

She probably doesn't have much money.

If it bothers her that much then I'd like for her to show me her grat.i.tude with her body… a part of me thought that, but in the end, her teru teru bōzu appearance with zero exposure or s.e.x appeal isn't doing it for me.

She should at least take off her cloak since we're indoors.

「Well, don't worry about it.」

And the one who set the price wasn't me, it was Eris.

「…T-Thank you.」

Redhead-chan expresses her thanks. Before I forget, I receive the 200 Zeni with my bank card.

Man, is it just my imagination or is she kinda staring at me?

Then Redhead-chan acts a little perplexed and asks me a question.

「Umm, about that healing magic just now…」

…I wonder if she's suspicious after all, since that wasn't the glow of a Heal.

And nearly all the healers of this world study at this religious group known as the Church of Medine or whatever to learn healing magic, so in that respect I'm something of an unlicensed pract.i.tioner.

I also get the feeling that it'd be bad if anyone grills me too deeply about my healing magic.

-Then, at that moment.

Something even worse happens.

It's Eris.

Eris comes over from the inner hospital, face twitching.

「H-Hey, s.h.i.+ki. One pair of my underwear is missing; y-you wouldn't happen to know anything about that, would you…?」

「W-Well then, miss customer, that will be all! …Eris, of course it wasn't me. But missing underwear, how terrible! Let's search for it together!」

It wasn't me.

Okay, it was me, but I haven't used it for obscene purposes.

It's just that there was underwear within my reach, so I unconsciously grabbed a pair and ended up stas.h.i.+ng it under my bed, that's all.

I'm interested in girls' bodies, but I'm not some pervert who gets off from a mere pair of underwear.

That's why it wasn't me.

「W-Wait a minute! I… I mean, t-that healing magic just now… that must've been…!」

The redheaded girl is calling out to me, but I don't have time for that right now.

I honestly didn't have any special reason for it, it was merely a pa.s.sing fancy.

You could call it a reflex, or an impulse.

Even now, I don't know why I did such a thing.

I simply acted on instinct and ended up hiding it before I realized what I was doing.

If I had to name a reason, it was because it was right there in front of me.

That's all.

「I-It really wasn't you…?」

「Of course not, Eris! I don't have a clue what happened to your white panties!」

But man, this situation is extremely awkward.

I have to get to Eris' underwear right away and pretend I found it by chance!

A few days later.

Although Eris was suspicious, I succeeded in maintaining a natural appearance to a certain degree while returning her underwear, and safely finished my work today at the hospital.

…Thank goodness I didn't actually get kicked out.

Moreover, Eris started drying her underwear in her own room, so that's one less thing I have to struggle to exercise reason over.

I do kinda get the feeling that she knows I stole it, but I'm probably still okay.

As I'm contemplating, another visitor comes to the hospital.

「H-h.e.l.lo.」

It's the Redhead-chan from earlier.

But her atmosphere is different from before.

Thinking about what's different, it's her clothing.

She's not wearing the cloak that was covering her entire body like a teru teru bōzu.

Today it's just shorts and a s.h.i.+rt.

Did she remove the cloak upon entering the hospital? She's dressed in clothes with a combination of a girly feeling and plenty of exposure for ease of movement.