Chapter 76

I Tried Healing
“People that could use it?”
“Isn’t that the magic used by the Great Tamer from legend? I have heard about it at church!”
…I’ve never heard about that.
Maybe I could learn about the other Tamer skills as well.
“This legend. Where can I hear more about it?”
“Hmm. It was a long time ago, so I am not sure. It wasn’t in this town, that’s for sure…”
I might be able to find out if I could ask Father Shtyle.
There was something very odd about that priest. But he seemed to know a lot.
I had a feeling that we would meet again. So I would ask him when the time came.
I thought about this as I tried to take out the firewood.
But before I could, the door to the guild opened loudly.
“Is the guild doctor here!?”
A man shouted as he frantically ran inside.
It seemed like someone was sick.
The guild had a doctor to treat Adventurers who came back from quests. So he probably came to fetch that doctor.
…And since he was in a hurry, my business would have to wait.
“The Pharmacist has gone out to treat other sick people. What happened?”
“The entire Zyce family have fallen! They are breathing and they aren’t pale or anything. But they are unconscious!”
The situation seemed really bad.
If they weren’t pale but were unconscious, and it was the entire family… The most obvious explanation would be carbon monoxide poisoning.
I once heard that your face actually looks more healthy after carbon monoxide poisoning.
Aside from that, the town was currently suffering from firewood shortages, which led to burning a lot of firewood that was of bad quality.
“…Were they perhaps burning firewood in a sealed room?”
“Yes. Not just Zyce, but every house in Rikardo is burning firewood. What about it?”
“I think I know why they are sick.”
The receptionist looked surprised by this.
“Uhh… Mister Yuji. Are you a doctor?”
“I’m not a doctor, but I know about sicknesses. And I can also use recovery magic. I don’t know if it will work, but shouldn’t I try it?”
“Ye-yes! …Where are Zyce and the others?”
“It seemed like the air in the house was bad, so I took them outside!”
That was a good decision.
It seemed like they didn’t know about carbon monoxide poisoning in this world, but they could at least tell when there was something odd about the air.
“Got it. I’ll go at once!”
And with that, I ran after the man.

We soon reached an area where a couple in their thirties and a child was laid out on a mattress over the ground.
Some neighbors had come out to watch. They looked very concerned.
“Hey, what happened here!?”
“The doctor will be here soon! Don’t give up!”
But…the people on the ground were clearly unconscious.
The cries of the villagers did not reach them.
“There’s no doctor. But I brought someone who can use recovery magic!”
The man who led me here shouted.
The others did not seem very comforted by this.
“There wasn’t an actual doctor?”
“There is no point in using recovery magic on someone who is sick!”
“…Really?”
I didn’t know that.
While I had recovery magic, it wasn’t something I used much at all.
“A-are you really going to let him do this…?”
It seemed that I had made them anxious.
Well, it wasn’t too surprising. I had said I was going to treat them with recovery magic. But I didn’t even know anything about recovery magic.
Still, I looked through my list of skills…and found something called ‘Cure Poison.’
It was magic to treat people who had been poisoned.
That seemed perfect for this situation.
“Cure Poison.”
And so I tried using it on all three patients.
And then…their faces turned a little less red.
As people who had gotten Carbon Monoxide Poisoning were supposed to turn red, this seemed like a positive thing.
So the poisoning aspect had probably been resolved now.
The only thing left to do was to have them regain the lost energy.
Normal recovery magic should be enough.
“High Heal.”
Normal Heal seemed like it would not be enough for someone that was unconscious, and so I used the advanced one.
My MP went down, but not by much.
I chanted out loud on purpose. If I was using magic on patients, I thought the others would like to know what I was using.
And then…
“Huh?”
“Why am I…”
The three of them regained consciousness.
So High Heal had worked after all.