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Chapter 25 Part 2

「I learned high-level healing magic. The magic power consumption is lower than the high-powered offensive magic I learned. So I can cast it regularly to heal us.」

 

「Ohhh! Haha… I see! You’re amazing Jannet!」

 

「Of course. I’m the 【Sage】 after all.」

 

Jannet looks a little proud when talking about her newly learned ability that would turn the crisis of our party for the better.

She seems really happy to have learned that magic.

 

「So I have a suggestion.」

 

「Okay, what is it?」

 

「Instead of hiring a new 【Priest】, I will be the Healer of the party.」

 

To our surprise, Jannet’s suggestion was to take the role of the Healer of our party.

 

「If our party remained as it is now, we wouldn’t last long in the dungeon, and it would’ve been better to hire a Priest. Even you have felt it too right, Vince?」

 

「……No, I—」

 

「You don’t have to say anything. The timing was just really bad, for me, and for the rest of us too. But… we met Katie-san and she joined our party. That person knows a lot of things that I don’t even know. She’s a mage and her level doesn’t reflect her real ability as one.」

 

It’s true that Katie-san is a little scary because she sometimes mumbles about something I don’t understand when we’re in the dungeon… but if we consider the party balance, it would be better if Katie-san focuses on attacking with her offensive magic.

A mysterious beauty who suddenly appeared before us, and not only did she have the looks, she also had a good personality, knowledgeable, and quite skillful at that… the only way I would be able to compete against her is with something other than my feminine aspects.

Like my toughness and muscular strength… I felt like crying when I said it myself.

 

Haaー…… There was also a time when I longed to be a pretty princess too wasn’t there… 

 

「But, Jannet’s offensive magic is…」

 

「I can manage both roles. I know it’s reckless, but I’ll show you that I can do both just fine. I will fight while giving priority to Healing Magic, and I want you to help me gather more experience points.」

 

“I’m not going to change my mind no matter what”, is what Jannet said making it clear she doesn’t have any intention to back off.

Today’s Jannet is weirdly forceful.

Vince and I had no choice but to nod our heads in silence, as neither of us had a better idea.

 

And then, as if to blow away all the tension between us, Katie-san came in.

……With an amazing appearance.

 

「I’m done~ Oh my, what did I miss?」

 

「No, it’s nothing, I was just scolding Vince to knock before going into a girl’s bedroom especially when they’re having a girl’s talk together. Also, I think… you should wear a little more… clothes.」

 

「I see~ Well isn’t it fine~? We’re in the same party after all~」

 

Amazing. How should I put it… It’s like she’s already in a different dimension compared to me. That just looks like a bag of cloth that’s full with a couple of very huge melons.

Haah… I don’t think I can win against that no matter what I do…

I don’t even feel like warning Vince about staring Katie-san’s defenseless state anymore. I mean, Vince here didn’t even bother to pretend anymore and just shamelessly stares at her with confidence.

 

「…Well… If Katie-san is alright with it, then I too…」

 

「Fufu. Those emotions… then next is…」

 

Since I was the closest one to the door, I picked up what sounds like mutterings from her and turned around.

 

「Eh?」

 

「Ah, no, no, it’s nothing. Jannet-san, why don’t you also wear the same thing as me after taking a bath, hm?」

 

「M-Me? N-no thank you, I-I’m not good with such clothing…」

 

「…..Fufu.」

 

Katie-san, who’s not only making advances at me, but also Jannet, gave a final laugh which I feel like it has hidden implication, before entering the room and going to the bed.

 

「I’m going to sleep first, okay~」

 

Is what she said and the room became completely silent.

 

「…Well then, we should head to bed too.」

 

A lot has happened, but thanks to Jannet, we seem to have managed to get it all together.

Frankly, I think Jannet is shouldering too much burden for the party, but she had made a firm decision herself.

So the only thing we can do now is to support her as best as we could.

 

But still… to think that the day after we kicked Russell out, we would be in a situation where we need a Healer, and now even Jannet has grown up to fill that void….

It’s kind of like everyone is forgetting Russell, and it’s a little— no, it’s very sad honestly…

 

……I couldn’t sleep for some reason and was wide awake the entire time so I decided to wake up.

 

When I get out of my bed, I feel something— someone is missing.

 

「…Katie-san?」

 

Katie-san who should’ve been sleeping on her bed isn’t there.

 

I walked to the window and saw Katie-san’s back hair shining under the moonlight outside. She’s staring at the night sky and just kind of spacing out.

Her figure looks even more beautiful under the moonlight.

 

I was just about to call out to her… when I hear her murmuring about something.

 

「Was it taken? The initiative? It was taken, it was taken? Just when? Today? Was I too late? Was there no third girl childhood friend among them? Then, where is she? Where is the Saintess? If not in their hometown, then in this city? I have to find her, I have to find her, I have to find her, I have to find her, before I’m too late, before the initiative is taken from me, protect her, I have to protect her, before she’s taken away——」

 

I thought she was going to scream for a second there.

 

She’s doing it again.

……Is that really Katie-san?

Sure, that appearance is unmistakably Katie-san, but… what was that?

Taken? What is? What is the meaning of that?

No… Katie-san, just what is in your mind?

 

I carefully return to my bed while trying not to make a sound as these questions keep swirling inside my head.

It’s hot. I’m too scared to touch the blankets because I might make a sound.

If she realizes I was listening the entire time, I don’t know how she’s going to react.

 

Every member in our party has high-ranking Jobs. Our levels have also risen nicely so our levels are pretty high.

But even so, I’m still feeling anxious… about will happen to me… to us as a party in the future…

 

It would be strange to remove Katie-san now with how our party just became balanced after she joined, and it would be bad for Jannet, who just made her decision to play the role of our Healer. And with that beauty and innocence, there is no way Vince would agree to remove her.

I’m not even sure if this is something I should consult them…

 

…I don’t know…

 

Jannet has grown so much to the point she could make a decision that solved the crisis of our party in a single day.

She’s really amazing. I don’t deserve to be called cool by Katie-san, it should be Jannet instead.

……I was the reason Russell got kicked out, I failed to properly tank the boss attack, and I was also the proof of how our healing magic isn’t enough anymore, and above all, I just follows everyone’s decision without ever having my own.

I don’t even know how I should solve my own problems….

 

…I don’t know… I just don’t know…

 

Please, tell me, just what should I do…

 

If it was Russell… I wonder what he would do at times like this.