Chapter 477: The Healing Duel Ends, Dragon God is MVP

Magic is something that requires training to master, and healing magic is comparatively special within it, requiring an injured person as the training subject.

Of course, one could also practice through self-harm, but a better choice is to find someone who is already injured to serve as the training subject.

But because the demon race's identity is rejected, there is no cooperation with some medical clinics, and they cannot easily be injured, so injured patients needing treatment cannot come to them for help.

Even if one wanted to provide free treatment, they might not be trusted, and this should have been a difficulty Roxy should experience, but because of the strange commission Broly posted at the Adventurer's Guild, it turned into a large-scale lottery scene for injured adventurers.

"Ah, my injury is healed, but I still haven't learned intermediate healing? You people here have some dark dealings!"

Somewhat crude, the Roxy Clinic temporarily built beside the Adventurer's Guild had a werewolf adventurer being carried out by two burly men while cursing, yet shouting about dark dealings.

"Hey, with just that small arm injury of yours, even my grandmother's accidental cuts while chopping vegetables are worse than yours; getting free treatment is enough, so stop making noise here, or don't blame us for kicking you flying with one kick."

The temporary security guards Broly hired with five silver coins were quite capable, but even more capable were the other adventurers lining up behind, ready to draw prizes with their injuries.

"Hey, those who have been treated in front, don't block the way; my injury is worth at least one Ranoa Gold Coin, don't delay this old master's money-making, or watch out for this old master beating you."

An Oni Clan adventurer with a deep bone-visible injury on his shoulder spoke with full vigor; truly, as expected of the Oni Clan with demon blood.

"Just being injured is useless; you have to let the little mage who treats you inside comprehend intermediate healing while healing you."

"That looks like it has no hope; fortunately, I'm just here to try my luck and didn't have too many thoughts about that bounty Ranoa Gold Coin; being able to get free elementary healing treatment is already satisfying."

Adventurers waiting outside chattered various words, while Roxy felt somewhat tired; she had never felt that training healing arts was this exhausting.

"Little girl Roxy, are you? Sister gives you encouragement, please make sure to comprehend intermediate healing, let Sister earn that money, and at that time Sister will split half with you."

The female adventurer with an injured thigh in front said seriously, giving Roxy a feeling of being at a loss for words; is this person an injured patient or a gambler? But Roxy still placed her hand above the other's thigh and began chanting the healing incantation: "Holy power is the fragrant grain, bestowing upon those who have lost strength the power to stand up again..."

The female adventurer was soon healed and asked expectantly: "How is it, little girl Roxy, have you comprehended intermediate healing?"

"How could it be comprehended so quickly; this is just ordinary elementary healing..."

"Can't you make an exception? Just say you've already learned intermediate healing, so Sister can go claim the reward?"

"Miss Adventurer, not to mention that my age might be older than yours, you surely don't think that healing commission posted at the Adventurer's Guild has nothing to do with me, right?"

Roxy sent away the female adventurer who wanted to use deception to complete the healing commission, then called out the next person.

The commission Broly posted was not her original intention, but Roxy herself did not refuse this matter that could bring her training subjects for healing.

One Ranoa Gold Coin was within the range she could accept; if she could truly learn intermediate healing, paying such a price was acceptable, only...

"Sigh~"

Intermediate healing was harder to practice than imagined; clearly she had learned and remembered the construction of magic and the operation of magic power, but she simply could not release it, as if lacking proficiency—the thoughts kept up, but actual application lagged behind a bit.

The contest between her and Filia to see who would master intermediate healing first had unknowingly passed two weeks; whether it was Filia, who cooperated with the Milishion Church's healer clinic in the city and conducted free clinics externally, or Roxy, who provided a new type of treatment gambling project for adventurers, both were gradually becoming famous in Sharia Magic City.

And whenever these two met at the academy, they would both snort coldly at each other, pressuring the other by saying they were about to master intermediate healing, and through their bickering when meeting, they added fuel to the original contest's bet.

"Roxy, aren't you sleeping yet?"

The lights were still on in the dormitory at night, and Lanreta couldn't help but ask.

"You sleep first; I still need to study for a while. I absolutely cannot lose to that Filia guy; admitting that the demon race is just no good."

Roxy was writing diligently at the desk, thinking about fine-tuning the route of magic power operation to achieve mastery of intermediate healing.

At the same time, Filia, who could be considered a walk-in student, was also staying up late in her room at home studying intermediate healing; she likewise did not want to lose and have to apologize to the demon race, retracting her words that the other party couldn't learn higher-level healing magic.

As for Broly, he had been secretly observing Roxy and Filia's situation, but for now, these two already had the air of rivals in healing magic, yet it was still unclear how they would turn weapons into jade and silk and become good friends.

"Senior Sister Roxy, you've worked hard."

Broly simply kept bringing food to the demon girl every day, and when Roxy rested, he would pinch her shoulders and rub her arms, doing these simple things that could relax the girl's tense nerves, easily making the girl feel happy.

"Thank you, Broly."

"How is it, how is your intermediate healing coming along?"

Another day of delivering food, Broly rubbed Roxy's shoulders and asked.

"Sigh, my elementary healing is almost at the point of instant casting, but I have no clue at all about intermediate healing."

Roxy sighed; healing magic was much harder to learn compared to other magics, at least for Roxy it was.

"I really don't want to lose, and then admit that I'm no good!"

The girl's pressure was quite high; although she wasn't losing hair, she had pushed herself a bit too tight.

"Then I'll go cause some trouble at the other's clinic?"

Broly suggested.

"No, using underhanded methods—even if I win, it's the same as losing."

As expected, his suggestion was rejected by the girl.

"Bang bang~"

Just then, the door of the temporary clinic was knocked on.

"Now is rest time; those who want treatment, please come back after one in the afternoon."

Roxy shouted toward the door.

"Bang bang bang~"

But the knocking outside continued relentlessly.

"I said, after one in the afternoon..."

Roxy, who went to open the door, paused in her voice.

"What are you here for?"

With a somewhat unfriendly gaze, she looked at Filia, who was completely a rival opponent standing at the front door, and asked.

"Don't misunderstand; I'm just worried that you don't have enough training subjects for casting healing magic here, and that after you lose, you might use this reason to think my victory is without merit, so I brought you a patient's family member to train your healing magic."

After Filia finished speaking, Roxy noticed behind her followed a beast race little girl in coarse cloth.

"Sister, can you save my mom? She's sick."

The exposed beast race little girl looked at her somewhat nervously and asked.

Roxy: "..."

If I recall correctly, that guy Filia, both she and her father, are part of the foreign race rejection faction within the Millis Religion.

And regarding the other party's free clinic, Roxy had heard that they refuse other foreign races, opening it only to the human race itself.

"Of course, where is your mother?"

However, now is not the time to worry about that; Roxy could see the Beast Race small girl's nervousness and urgency, so she was prepared to accept this healing request.

"Mother is lying on the bed at home; she is very weak, she can't get out of bed at all."

The Beast Race girl said.

"Then I'll go with you to your home."

Roxy didn't even eat lunch, just chose to follow the Beast Race small girl home, only to see the girl's sick mother in the other party's shabby home.

However, her Elementary Healing couldn't completely cure the other party at all, because that wasn't a disease caused by external injury; it could only slightly alleviate the other party's pain.

"You're really stupid; this is an Abnormal State situation. Judging from the symptoms on her body, it should be a complication disease caused by inhaling Keno Flower pollen. What can simple external injury Elementary Healing treat? Apply the Cleanse and Detox portion of Healing Magic too."

For some reason, Filia, who had come along, was stamping her foot at the side, and when she discovered the Demon Race girl actually had no way to deal with the Beast Race woman's disease, she finally couldn't hold back and spoke up.

"Eh?!"

Roxy then, at her reminder, quickly reacted, and healed the Beast Race woman's disease.

"Thank you, Big Sister Roxy, and thank you Big Sister Filia."

"Be careful from now on; don't let your mother get too close to some flowers and plants."

Filia bent down, and admonished the Beast Race small girl with a sentence.

And while walking together in an alleyway, Roxy suddenly asked the girl in front: "Are you helping that Beast Race small girl?"

"What?"

"I thought you Millis Religion people were all extremists who reject foreign races; didn't expect there to be someone like you too."

"Ah, don't talk nonsense; I didn't help any foreign race at all. That girl's mother was clearly healed by you."

Filia said somewhat panicked; in her family education, extending a helping hand to a foreign race equaled blasphemy against Holy Milishion, and was not allowed.

"I see; I actually have a somewhat changed impression of you, this guy."

Roxy looked at the panicked girl, and smiled as she said to her.

"Hey, you blue-haired bastard, listen to what people are saying!"

Filia's face flushed red, and she shouted angrily.

"However, although I have a changed impression of you as a person, I still won't go easy on you. I will absolutely learn Intermediate Healing earlier than you; just wait and apologize to me."

"Ah, who's afraid of who? You're the one who should apologize. Admit that being a Demon Race is no good, unworthy of using the compassionate power Holy Milishion bestowed upon mortals!"

Broly followed behind Roxy, watching the human girl with a red face and thick neck, pointing at the Demon Race girl smiling as she looked at her, the two confronting each other again, but this time it wasn't so tit-for-tat anymore.

Roxy had already recognized Filia's good qualities as a Healer.

And Filia also somewhat recognized the Demon Race girl's talent for instantly understanding and mastering Healing Magic.

Even with such mutual recognition, it couldn't make the two dispel the thought of wanting to win against each other.

Roxy was still diligent, and Filia was the same.

"I recognize that guy is a good person, but that doesn't mean I want to lose to the other party."

This was the answer the Demon Race girl gave after Broly asked Roxy for her opinion on the competition.

"Who wants that guy's changed impression? I absolutely have to make her acknowledge her own failure; this also counts as a kind of victory over the Demon Race!"

On the other side, Filia, because of the matter of helping a foreign race, produced a sense of guilt from betraying her faith, wanting to prove through defeating Roxy that her own faith in Holy Milishion was still pious and firm.

Two days passed again; Broly felt the key turning point for the two becoming friends had already ended, so he wanted to help Roxy win this competition's victory, and thus sought out Orsted.

When Orsted was sought out, he was on the Magic Continent side resolving some trivial matters; hearing Broly wanted to consult about Healing Magic, he felt a bit strange.

"Why do you suddenly want to understand this?"

Broly didn't hide it either, just told Orsted about Roxy and someone else's bet/competition, and then received Orsted's somewhat subtle gaze watching him.

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

Broly detected Orsted's unusual gaze, and couldn't help but ask.

"Nothing, just suddenly felt that Roxy Migurdia, being able to have someone like you helping cover for her, is really happiness."

"That's for sure; her Happiness Value right now has risen much faster than the previous loop; she's happy every day!"

In just half a year of getting along, it already amounted to the Happiness Value quantity of the first year at the very start of the previous loop; one can only say that with the understanding of Roxy, going to capture the girl again and raise the Happiness Value on her is practically easy mode.

Orsted rubbed his temples; he didn't really want to understand the boy's capture progress on the Demon Race girl, so he guided the topic to Healing Magic.

"Today's Magic, one should say Magecraft, is a kind of Magic Power technique that has been standardized, systematized, and can be learned through systematic study.

But the original Magic was a phenomenon of corresponding Magic Power produced because of a certain individual's emotions or thoughts.

The Millis Religion's explanation of Healing Magic, although there are many fictional parts, there is one point those guys didn't get wrong."

"What?"

"Healing is compassion; people who hold a compassionate heart and a heart of redemption toward others more easily grasp high-level Healing Magic."

Hearing this, Broly looked at the Dragon God with a strange gaze.

Orsted understood the meaning of his gaze, and continued explaining: "Of course, if a person with powerful Magic Power is about to die, and has a strong desire to survive, it is also possible to grasp high-level Healing Magic. The highest-level Healing Magic I grasped was roughly grasped in this way."

"I heard the highest-level Healing Magic can resurrect people; is that true?"

Broly nodded, somewhat curiously asking another question.

"Fake. Although God Rank Healing Magic's healing effect is very exaggerated, if the healing target's head is destroyed, or the body is defective to an overly severe degree, it is also impossible to cure.

Comparatively speaking, if you want to resurrect after death, Reincarnation Arts are more reliable, although the usage conditions are comparatively harsher."

"Then I want Roxy to quickly grasp Intermediate Healing; what is your advice?"

"Find a severely injured person who can make her produce a strong healing intention; under the condition that she already understands the operating principle of Intermediate Healing Magic, she should be able to break through the bottleneck very quickly."

Orsted gave a simple and effective suggestion, then discovered Broly was looking at him.

"You don't want me to be this severely injured person, do you? Useless. With the curse on me, even if I collapse heavily injured by the roadside, others will only think of finishing me off with another blow."

Orsted hurriedly spoke.

"I don't have that kind of thought at all. I just want to ask you, are you interested in a friendship match with me, who's only putting out Ki much lower than yours?"

Orsted: "..."

Just feel Broly capturing demon girls is really going all out.

However, this proposal moved him somewhat. He, who is often at a disadvantage and gets beaten, seldom has a chance to strike back.

This favor from Broly, he's determined to help.

"However, have you thought of a reason for your own injury?"

"On the road going out, encountered a terrifying thug's attack. How about that?"

【I don't think so.】

End of June, Year 408 of the Dragon Calendar, Broly went out and encountered thugs attacking, suffering severe injuries.

Roxy, under a strong desire to heal, successfully mastered Intermediate Healing Magic.

"Heal, heal, heal, Broly, don't you die..."

Roxy's voice carried a sobbing tone, frantically using healing magic on him covered in wounds.

"Congratulations, Roxy. It seems you've already learned Intermediate Healing."

Broly congratulated somewhat weakly, and he was truly weak. The injuries on his body had not a shred of fakery; they were all real injuries.

"Idiot, is this the time to say that? But, good, you're alright."

Seeing the boy's life return to a stable state, Roxy finally put her heart at ease.

Just when pursuing the culprit afterward, they couldn't find anyone.

"It was a man with a very fierce look in his eyes. He attacked the moment we met, and I fundamentally didn't know what happened before I was knocked down..."

A headless assault case appeared in Sharia Magic City, but because no one died, it didn't attract much attention.

Only, afterward Roxy would choose to find excuses to follow the boy out together when Broly left the academy alone, but that is a later story.

"I... lost."

The contest of who would master Intermediate Healing first, Filia failed. She awkwardly came to admit defeat to Roxy, but regarding fulfilling the defeat terms — loudly apologizing and acknowledging that demons can also master higher-level healing magic — she did it with some difficulty.

"Filia."

Roxy called her once.

"I'll fulfill the defeat terms. You, this guy, don't rush me."

Filia shouted loudly, and because she proposed to her father to help treat other foreign races besides demons, she was instead splashed in the face with water by her own father the night before last and severely scolded.

She hardly dares to imagine what kind of result she would suffer if her own father knew about her now failing and bowing her head to a demon.

Probably, ties would be severed, right.

"No, my meaning is, let's start a new contest. See who masters Advanced Healing first."

"Eh?"

"How about it? You, this devout believer of the Millis Religion, wouldn't be scared, would you?"

"Ah, who's scared? Contest then contest."

After Filia finished speaking, she only then suddenly reacted. The demon girl before her might be giving her a step down.

"Thanks..."

She thanked in a thin, mosquito-fly voice.

"But I'll still win."

Roxy spoke again.

"No, I'm the one who'll win."

The matter of the healing showdown just passed silently like this.

How the two originally became friends, Broly doesn't know.

But without a doubt, the current two have already become friends.

"Ding~"

A Ranoa Gold Coin was flicked flying up. Broly's issued commission was actually completed by himself.

However, the Dragon God is the MVP!

(Chapter End)