Jujutsushi Wa Yuusha Ni Narenai

Who knows, the fortress could be an entrance to the hidden area of the dungeon ri~ght?

「――Uhm, it's empty」

「See~」

「I've told you~.」

Bastard, there is only a dilapidated and dusty fortress left.

There was no treasure chest, secret entrance, or anything else that caught my attention. It was just a temple-like room filled with junk and broken furniture. Nothing like the ruin of the city.

「Here I expected to find somethi~ng.」

「You've too much expectation, Momokawa.」

「We can't find anything, not even a coin.」

Perhaps it was hidden very carefully, to the point that not even Natsukawa-san could find it. No, since Souma-kun possessed the same detection skill as Natsukawa-san, maybe there really was nothing here since he didn't say anything.

By the way, Souma-kun was still with Himeno-san.

「He~y, can't we leave already? There's nothing to be found here after all.」

「Shall we try to fight that armoured bastard next?」

JuryMary combi, who had already decided on their next target, moved forward as they slapped my rear.

When I sat down on a dusty sandbag-like thing and brushed it, the white dust-like flour scattered in the air.

「Eh, wait a minute, what kind of flour is this?」

「Who knows!」

Though they were not that curious, that wasn't the case for me.

At least, I knew that this was not mere dust or white sand, it was genuine white flour.

Perhaps the sack was filled with some sort of dangerous white flour.

The fortress in the outskirts was a suitable place to hide that kind of thing after all. And it was tightly guarded. Could it be that… We had hit the jackpot?

「Lick――Thi-This is!?」

And then, the moment I tried to lick it, I found the missing piece of the puzzle.

「EVERYONE, LET'S BRING THIS SACK BACK WITH US IMMEDIATELY! BRING THEM ALL!」

「No, that's impossible.」

「Do you know just how many sacks are gathering dust in this place?」

「Ah, you're right. But let's bring some back, as much as possible.」

Turns out we had really hit the jackpot. This was a huge discovery.

I had to go back and tell Mei-chan that we―― had found the wheat flour.

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The next day after we found the wheat flour in the fortress located on the outskirts of the Underworld that we thought as an emergency provision.

We were visiting the familiar resort area today.

Blue sea, white sandy beach.

「UGYOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!」

And loud cry.

「This guy seems to be quite lively to be able to shout like that.」

The one who raised the bitter wail was the govu we caught as an experimental subject. The one that I suspected to be the chief of gomas village that we destroyed during the night raid.

We kept repeating the cycle of inflicting wounds and healing him again ever since we captured him as the subject of healing experiments.

A human would go mad if forced to experience this kind of treatment. However, since we literally forced-fed him, he was barely kept alive. Maybe his survival instinct had forced him to stay alive rather than commit suicide to escape from this hell.

Anyhow, he was a convenient experimental subject. That's why I wanted him to stay alive for a while longer.

「So, how are you doing, Himeno-san?」

「U-Uhm… I think… My healing spell has become much better than before.」

Maybe because this inhuman experiment was a bit too much for a girl, Himeno-san replied with a pale face.

「I want your healing spell to at least have the same effect as this lite potion.」

The govu became the experimental subject for Himeno and Sakura's healing spell, and guinea pig for Shimokawa's bootleg potion.

I received a report from Shimokawa just the other day that he had managed to develop a bootleg potion with satisfying healing properties, thus completing the first phase of the bootleg potion's development plan.

Its name was 『Lite Potion』.

Its healing property was less than half of the potion, but it had an advantage in terms of number and a satisfying healing property.

Even if they suffered a lot of wounds during battle, first aid treatment with a lite potion would allow them to return to the battlefield immediately.

「Yeah, that's good enough.」

「Gububuu… Mugoooo…」

I poured the lite potion on the wound on govu's abdomen and observed the healing process.

The blue liquid hardened and closed the wound immediately while glowing like a potion. It was something like a magical power that covered the wound rather than turning it into clumps.

It would stop the bleeding since it closed the wound with magical power, but the stopper would be gone once it ran out of magical power. That's why it had to be paired with a proper healing property to really heal the wound.

Though the potion could heal the wound immediately, the lite potion could only temporarily stop the bleeding. It was less efficient than Ointment A. Combining them might compensate for each other's weakness.

The wound could be healed by using both Ointment A and this lite potion. The real potion had to be kept as the last resort.

「Well then, Himeno-san do your best with this training.」

「Uu~h, this guy's unpleasant scream keeps ringing in my head.」

「If his scream is bothering you, just crush his throat. It would be restored to normal with your spell anyway.」

「Uwa~, you really are a psychopath, Momokawa-kun.」

Cruel, is it? I just gave you the simplest solution for this guy's scream though.

「Himeno-san, your sympathy is wasted on this goma.」

「It's not sympathy, I just feel that we're going too far.」

It was a statement that ruined the mood.

Surely, giving humanoid, albeit imperfect, treatment like this was a bit over the top. The said govu already had one leg in the grave. We cast healing spells on him, but it didn't mean that it would completely heal his wound.

If he were replaced with a human, this experiment would turn into the worst torture.

「Himeno-san, you won't think this is a cruel treatment had you witnessed this guy eating your classmate.」

「Eh… Have you seen one of our classmates getting eaten by goma?」

「I am not sure if it's Satou-san or Shinohara-san, but you'll certainly resent the gomas once you witness how they ate her.」

Surely, the reason for my hatred for gomas was because I saw what they did to Satou-san's corpse. Although I still couldn't ascertain myself, it wasn't that far from that reason.

「They might be small fry, but it doesn't change the fact that they're humanoid monsters. Am I clear here? They're enemies of humankind. That's why treat them like some sort of cockroach.」

「You're right about them being akin to a cockroach but…」

Even if you're not convinced, you've to do your job.

Even if we managed to develop the lite potion, we needed to pay attention to the preparation for healing spells too because we could encounter a situation in which we couldn't use the potion during battle.

And the fact that we only had Sakura as our proper healer was one of my major concerns. Having an untrustworthy person handle such an important matter was the worst thing to do as a manager.

Though we were still within the safety margin thanks to the lite potion, I wanted Himeno-san to raise her healing spell proficiency to increase that safety margin―― Though that seemingly was impossible since she wasn't a 『Healer』 anymore.

「That's why, do your best.」

「Uee… 『Lesser Heal』.」

Thus, Himeno-san started to train her healing spell on the wounded govu, albeit reluctantly.

I stood behind her to see the effect of her spell while sorting out the gathered ingredients and medicinal herbs around the vicinity and appraising their effect.

Just like that, I spent two hours in this place.

「O~i, Momokawa~」

「Ah, the hunting team has returned.」

The experimental site of govu was right beside the fairy plaza of the resort area which happened to be the main area used by the hunting team.

The ones who returned were the Totem Pole Trio and Natsukawa-san.

With Class Rep, Yamada, and Arachne Rem following behind.

「Oi Momokawa, can you take a look at this guy?」

Said Yamada as he pointed at the prey dragged by Arachne.

The said prey was rampaging relentlessly against the thread of Arachne Rem that coiled around them.

「Living raptor, huh. It's quite big, and lively.」

「Of course it is, capturing it alive is quite a headache.」

「Thank you very much for your good performance.」

What I needed right now was a raptor. While I had Alfa as my main mount, I did want another vehicle.

I mean, a vehicle to be used for another purpose.

「Well since everyone is back, let's wait for Mei-chan to finish baking her bread.」

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