Overlimit Skill Holder
Later (before)
Minotaurs didn't know exactly how long it had been. Reggie left —— leaving with such a little kid saying goodbye with a resolute face, feeling sorry for himself for not being able to stop him, toothed for not being able to help him that seemed painful, and more importantly, he must have been helplessly hard to leave about ourselves with something, care (...).
Father! A voice similar to the cry was heard from the next room, and Mimino was hacked. When I wipe my tear-wet face with grate —— although my chest became bitter again after realizing that it was the same thing Reggie had just wiped my own -- I quickly rushed to the next room, the one with Dantes and Non.
"What's going on? No way Dantes is in shape... Huh?
Mimino, who opened the door thinking that the burn situation had gotten worse —— was stunned.
"... look, Mimino. Take this."
The tree window in the room is open and the light is shooting in. Dantes' skin, which was illuminated by the soft light reflected on the floor —— it was not a dull color as it had been before.
It had become a bloody flesh.
"When I woke up, my father's skin was dark, and I wiped it and this is what happened..."
It was a non with a flashy face,
"I mean, uh...? You mean the petrification's healed, right?
"It will. My body works perfectly fine, and I feel refreshed all the time... is this what you mean by healthy body? Well, the burns haven't healed yet."
flauntingly beside him, Non heard the words of Minotaur and Dantes,
"Father..."
I burst into tears.
"Father, Father...... Father, Father, Father ~ ~ ~"
"Don't cry, non.... I'm sorry I made you feel so hard..."
"Wow, you!
Cry like a child and hug Dantes as she holds her head in.
Mimino blinks her eyes. I can't believe Non cried like this.
(I'm sure Non was in pain where I didn't know...)
Naturally speaking, a 16-year-old girl. Though you're in the tough spot of the commandment of the Church, aren't you old enough to want to enjoy chatting and a little holiday shopping within your peers?
That confronts the situation where my father is half petrified and when left alone, he dies —— Dantes and Non were two families who naturally knew Minotaur was treating Dantes with devotion.
But how long did Mimino think that Non was a "child who could" and "firm"? I was guessing. Without even trying to see her suffer properly.
(I was... stupid. I didn't even ask what Reggie was suffering from. "You'll talk to me someday" or something on your own. Even Lykira does. He died that way too...)
It reminds me of the moment of Lykira's death and hurts like my heart was tightened.
"Thanks for everything, Mimino"
Dantes tells me so, and I return it to him.
"You too... you've put a lot of hard work into it"
"Yeah. That's good. I'm a member of the same party... How did Dantes suddenly heal better than that?
…………
Dantes looks difficult —— Non stops crying and glances at Dantes' face.
"What's wrong? Father......"
"... probably, but I don't know what time it is but Reggie was in this room"
"Reggie!?"
"I think Reggie solved my petrification."
Shin, and a quiet indoor. Dantes continues as he tries to remember what happened at night.
"... I don't remember my consciousness trying, but I do think he said something about 'medicine'. Mimino, where's Reggie?
…………
"Mimino......?
I didn't want to put it in my mouth. I feel like I don't have to look at reality yet if I don't put it into words.
But I don't lie to my people.
Mimino opened her heavy mouth.
"Reggie's gone."
"... what do you mean?
"I have to leave, I said I'm leaving..."
"Huh! He......!
"Hey, Dad! Don't get up yet!
Non stops Dantes in case he tries to get out of bed.
"Don't stop, non. I remember Reggie giving me a dime. He said he wanted something... and now I know."
"What did Reggie want?
"Mimino, you saw it in the guild, too. Knowledge of the like-hearted herbs, and that humble attitude. There's only one thing I can think of when I say what he wants —— a cure for petrification."
"Heh!? The curse of petrification can't be cured by medicine!?"
"He knew he wasn't. And I'm actually cured."
"Ah--"
Mimino remembers. Reggie wanted "life tree leaves" in the market for medicinal herbs.
That led to a cure for petrification?
"But that's what Reggie told me from the beginning..."
"Maybe I wasn't sure. I would have been somewhere behaving suspiciously when I unloaded the herbs in my guild. His knowledge of medicinal herbs is quite biased."
Sure, Reggie obviously didn't know the market for herbs or the wound medicine system.
He was a boy with many strange places.
He is knowledgeable, has a soft waist, and is calm in his standing behavior. It's like some aristocratic child, but he came from apparently a slave.
"My guess is... Reggie crossed a dangerous bridge to cure my petrification. For example, I think you got your hands on a forbidden item."
"Oh, no, Reggie..."
"We thought that if exposed, the 'silver balance' might be annoying. Or maybe you already found out. So I hurried out...... Non, I'm gonna go find Reggie. Can you leave me with such great gratitude? If he's going to be tied up, I'll take his place."
"... father. Okay."
Non tightens his expression and activates [Recovery Magic]. I guess Non's magic was depleted too, he exhaled so loud and fuzzy. I'm sweating on that forehead.
"Father, now you can move a little. But remember, I was dying yesterday. And tie your neck, and do everything you can to avoid it."
"Thank you, Non. You're my proud daughter."
"... don't do anything to make that daughter sad anymore"
I guess you're talking about putting up your body and protecting the adventurers yesterday.
"I'm sorry.... Mimino, you want to go too?
"I want to go, but... I couldn't stop Reggie"
I wouldn't have done it if I had stopped it with all my strength then.
But Mimino couldn't really stop Reggie. I felt his strong will, I couldn't do anything in the dragon crusade, rather I was distracted by what I could say when I was saved my life.
"Phew."
Dantes shrugged.
"That's stupid, Mimino is. If you can't try it once, why don't you try it again? We adventurers believe in freedom."
"Freedom..."
"Yes, freedom."
"... yeah, right. I was feeling kind of weak."
Pan, and slapped him on the cheek with both hands.
Minotaur's belly was decided. Bring Reggie back, no matter what.
Because,
"Reggie is one of us."