Chapter 31: Aftermath Of The Battle
Chapter 31: Aftermath Of The Battle
I was stitching my own left arm with a single hand while I summoned Blobby. No, it was Victoria as soon as I summoned her. And she's screaming as soon as she saw my half severed arm and the dead monster.
"You're stitching your arm back?"
"In case you've forgotten, I used to be a doctor in my previous life. Reattaching an arm is something I can do. And this is only half severed so it is possible for me to fix it."
"I mean you're doing on your own? With only one hand?!"
"Do you see me having an extra hand? Why don't you help me put pressure on my arm so I can fix it quickly? Because of the special ability I've just gotten, I can see everything clearly. My muscle, bones, and veins are clear for me to see. This ability is sure to be useful for a doctor.
"So you can see-through an object now. I have to tell that to the girls."
She said as she transform and help me put pressure on my left arm. Now I can perform the operation better.
"By the way, how's the girls?"
"They're doing fine. We were attacked by a group of goblins when I got summoned here. I'm sure they can handle them easily but it will take time. So it will be some time before Kayla can heal you."
"That's fine. I still need to stitch my own arm before she perform healing magic on me. That way the rate of healing will be improved highly."
If she heal me before I fix it, there's a chance that my left arm won't feel the same as before again. That's the flaw of healing magic. It doesn't reverse the wound back to before it was wounded. It's just improved the recovery rate of the patients.
And as a doctor, I can say that human body is full of mysteries. Even if the wound are healed, there's still a chance that it might be paralyzed and the pain might continue for the rest of your live.
The healer will heal the wound while the doctor fix the wound. The method might be different but even if a doctor fix your wound, your body won't be the same again. That's why it's better if both doctor and healer to work together. Unless the healer is at least at Expert level mage.
At Expert level, healer can even heal permanent injury. Then what about Master level? So far, there's no record of a healer to reach that level. But rumor says that they might be able to revive the dead.
…that's no longer a healer. That's necromancer.
As I was trying to connect my veins, I had a better idea.
"Victoria. You'll do the surgery. Just do as I told you and it will be done in an instant."
"You're working me like a slave now that there's no more restriction on support? What an evil master you are."
"With you around we can be the greatest surgeon in the world!"
"But that's not your goal, right? Don't ignore me! Hey!"
Whatever complains she throws at me, I'll just ignore it.
"It's done! Perfect! I can move my fingers well! As long as Kayla heal me, my hand will be recovered in no time."
"Where's my praise? I want to stay in the city longer to watch the prison as a reward."
"No reward for you! I already figure it out that Fujoshi is not a good title. Maybe in your previous world. But Fujoshi is just you people who like to watch that kind of things, right?"
"…most of us are readers but that's still correct. Then if you know it, give me my reward!"
"And Riajuu… it's just a term for popular people, right? I've heard you few times when I was about to throw you to the prison. Each times you see a man and a woman together, you keep saying 'Riajuu, go explode!' in whisper. Being popular is not a crime at all! You're just jealous because you're not popular!"
"…so what?! You're gonna punish me for it?"
"That's right! Until we return to Melk city, you will no longer enter the prison! I lost my sleep thinking what is 'Riajuu' you said but in the end it's not a crime at all! Just your jealousy!"
"Tsk! So you figured it out. Can't be helped, right? You've now become a real Aura user. With a bit more training, you can materialized your Aura into weapons. Then you won't need this shapeshifting slime again. By then you can do everything by yourself."
"You think I'm the kind of person who will do everything by myself and throw you away just like that? And why are you so stupid despite being way much older than me?"
"You called me stupid?"
"Yes, you are! As long as I improve my summoning magic level, your consciousness can stay much longer, right? Then you can transform yourself into a humanoid body and do whatever the fuck you want until I summon you. It's that simple."
"That's right! I forgot about it since I've lived a long time as a slime! I can just transform my body into humanoid shape! That's easy!"
And then she transformed herself into a human when I saw the girls finally arrived.
"Roy! You're oka-WHO IS THAT PRETTY LADY?!"
As soon as she entered, Kayla shouted so loud my ears are ringing.
"That's Victoria's humanoid shape. But I think that's not her real body from her past."
"You're right. This is a girl from a famous girlband in my previous world. I'm also a K-Pop lover!"
"I've had enough of learning non-existent words that only exist in your world. Just say that's the form you're gonna take as your human form."
"With this I can go anywhere on my own! For that to happen, you have to raise your level, Roy!"
"Whatever… Kayla! Heal my left arm."
Looks like Victoria is worried about the future if I ended up not wanting to summon her again since I have properly become an Aura user. But now her worry is gone, she seems happy.
Her form she took is very human-like. She's just like a beautiful dark-skinned woman wearing all-black. Seeing her form makes me wonder if that 'girlband' she said is filled with beauties. Since there's a word 'band', I guessed that there must be several girls in it.
Kayla healed my arm and it's already as good as before. There's no permanent injury at all.
After telling everyone how I defeated All-seeing Eye, I asked Victoria about Pear-y fruit.
"Should I just eat the Pear-y fruit as it is?"
"Just eat it. And it's called Pierre fruit."
I ate the fruit as Victoria told me to, and what happen is…
"…nothing happened."
"You just need to increase your summoning magic level so you can feel the change. Like I told you before, you can make contract with another monster as soon as you leveled up. One when you entered the Intermediate level, and another one when you entered the Advanced level."
"Which means I can only wait, huh? For now let's check on the corpse. Does that thing has any useful materials or not?"
"Yeah! You're the first person to ever defeat it in history! You can gain recognition from the whole world once you informed the guild!"
Angela's words makes me realize something.
"Let's just see if there's any useful material or not. I don't want to inform the guild yet. I still don't want to gain fame at the moment. I'm still too weak even with this new ability."
"You're right. But it's a shame that you won't be recorded in history."
"After all I'm still a beginner level mage. No one will believe us even if we inform the guild. And if we told them, we might ended up gain hostility more than gain respect."
After I told her what I think, we checked to see the corpse. It was too disgusting to check thoroughly so we ended up agreed to burn it.
"You sure? This is the only proof that you have defeated the All-seeing Eye, you know?"
"Yes. I don't want to be in the spotlight yet. It's not the time."
"Does that mean you will be in the spotlight in the future?"
"Depend on the situation."
If possible, I want to stay in the dark when I destroy the Evil God Cult. Becoming too famous will only put me on disadvantage when we encounter each other.
After Angela burnt the corpse, we left the cave… and see goblins entering the cave at the entrance.
"Somehow, they noticed that the strong monster in this cave is already gone. Kayla and I will take care of them."
"No!"
Angela and Kayla was about to step forward when Victoria still in human form stepped forward.
"I want to test this body first. I still have few minutes left so I want to check my ability."
"Sure, then. Go ahead."
Victoria used her shapeshifting skill to make a sword appear on her hand. And she agilely defeated the goblins. In this narrow space, she could swing her sword without even touching the wall or the ceiling of the cave. I guess that's the difference of me being self-taught mostly, and the real experienced fighter.
The three of us watched her fight in awe. Although she doesn't use her Aura, she can defeat most monster easily with her sword. And she's moving as if she's dancing. None of the blood of the monsters ever touched her body.
That is the peak of swordsmanship! I want to achieve that someday.