44 Chapter 37: Lets Make the Demon Lord Stronger Part 3; The Demon Lords Dream (1/2)

Ciel: ”There we go.”

*slash*

I used my right hand to cut my other arm using a high speed chop. It's actually Gale Manipulation, though. Red blood gushed out from my severed hand without any delay.

Ohh! It's actually red. I thought that now that I'm not human, it'll be different.

Fleur: ”…!? Awawawawa??? Wh-What are you doing all of a sudden, Master????”

Ciel: ”No, I mean… You have to use Heal.”

Fleur: ”Even if you say that in this situation…!”

Fleur pitter-pattered around the place, while flailing her hands around and thinking of something to stop the bleeding from my severed hand. She tried covering it with a cloth torn from the one she uses as a bed sheet, but…

Ciel: ”Oww…!”

Fleur: ”Wah?! I-I am very sorry!!”

Ciel: ”Hahaha. Just kidding. It doesn't hurt.”

I have my Pain Resistance Skill after all. Mufufu.

Fleur: ”Muuu…~~~!!! O-Oh light of benign sacred light, g-grant this child a relief from agony, Astre Magic: Heal!!”

She begrudgingly used Heal, while puffing her cheeks and with tears in her eyes. Those tears have trickled down her cheeks as her eyebrows contorts to the middle. I guess, I teased her too much with that.

Nonetheless, my hand is now healed.

It healed.

But…

Ciel: ”So it didn't grow the lost limb, huh?”

Fleur: ”Of course, it would not! What were you thinking! Was Master actually an idiot?? Now you lost your hand forever!! Really… *sniffle* What were you… Uu…”

Oh my, my… I made her cry. But to think she would get riled up like this…

I guess that was too much for her… What the heck am I doing?

Actually, I'm testing the capabilities of this world's healing abilities with the skill Heal.

Fleur can use all the healing magic skills from the Advanced Astre Magic. They are the skills a person can acquire after leveling up their Magic skill to level 6 upwards. Those skills then are Called Advanced Magic skills.

For Astre Magic skills, they consists of supporting magic that can either heal or enhance abilities.

For the first skill, which is Heal, I was trying to test its limits. Whether it can restore severe wounds or not.

I guess it can't. But it closed up the wound to a degree, so it's not really a failure.

Also, it looks like it doesn't heal the target out of nowhere. As a substitute for the loss of the body, it will use more energy from the body to heal. In short, it doesn't create a healed state, but it just hastens the healing process.

That's why right now, I feel tired because of it.

Anyways, let's attach the arm back and have Fleur at ease. The more time passes, the more time for me to realize how I made a grave mistake.

I use Liquid Body and placed the severed arm over the cut, then used Regeneration as a finishing touch.

Upon doing so…

Ciel: ”Voila! Good as new.”

Fleur: ”*sniffle* Eh… Eh? Wha…”

Ciel: ”I can do this just fine. Sorry about that, Fleur. I made you experience something unpleasant.”

She hurriedly touched my once severed hand and checked for wounds. After confirming that I'm really unharmed, she breathed a sigh of relief and flopped down to the ground.

…

… Ah.

Darn. I think I just did a cruel thing to Fleur…

How could I forget about her trauma…? I made myself think that she's already fie, but…

She's right. I'm such a damn idiot.

Of course she'll get scared at the look of a grave injury such as this. She once did wake up from her berserk state with her hands full of blood, like what she told me before.

What am I doing making her watch something like that again…?

Aaahh. Can someone please punch me in the face…?

Ciel: ”… I'm sorry, Fleur. I won't do that again.”

Fleur: ”*sniffle* N-No. I-It's my fault that I get easily bothered… I'm sorry…”

This girl…

She even think that such things are her fault.

Why is she still on earth and not in heaven?? She's already an angel, dang it. For one, I think she should be lecturing me already. But now that she has calmed down, she initially came to the thought of it being her fault.

Really, Fleur. I'd rather have you get angry at me.

She's too good for this world…!

Fleur: ”Master… Are you certain you are truly fine…?”

Gazing at me with tear filled eyes… and tear-filled voice…

Ciel: ”I-I'm fine. I'm really sorry. I won't do it again, I promise.”

That look was bad for the heart…

Ciel: ”A-Anyways. What about Curea?”

Hearing my inquiry, Fleur wiped her tears and fixed her slightly disheveled hair. She's about to stand up so I reached my hands and pull her up.

Fleur: ”Uhm. Curea only cures status ailments, as it does not heal.”

Ciel: ”Status ailments?”

Fleur: ”Yes. For example, Fear, Malice, Confuse, Distress, Paralysis, Sleep, Poison, and Nightmare. However, the range of dispel depends on the power of the caster.”

Hmhm. I see. So those Curse skills are actually the catalyst of a status ailment. I just thought they're simply a Curse and are skills that are unable to be dispelled unless the caster stops it.

If that's the case, then Curea is a must have.

Fleur: ”As for the other Astre type magic skills, they focus on ability enhancement and wide range healing.”

Ciel: ”I see.”

It's not like I want Fleur to focus on healing, since I can get by from my own Regeneration and some skills. But I want her to be ready for the worst and of course, for herself. It's not like I will always be with her.

Now that I'll be training her, I want her to be able to stand up on her own.

Ciel: ”Well then, let's proceed to the offence, shall we?”

Fleur: ”Yes, Master!”

She curled her hands into fists and brought them close to her chest.

Ciel: ”That's the spirit.”

And so, we spent our time wandering around, looking for monsters. Same old cave style surroundings, with few Glow Stones from here and there. As for the monsters, there are some Matamons, Deredafi (Salamander-like monsters), Skull Hounds (They're… Hounds), Cotris (A chicken looking monster), Armored Elephant (You know what an elephant is), and others.