CH 207

Aftermath of having done treatment

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Even while I was unable to move, all of my genus continued their activities.

The Kobold Corps and Zeta-tachi worked together to keep the density of monsters in the Devil's Forest to the same level as before, splitting up large hordes and pushing the whole group down south.

It seemed that Zae-tachi would select and mow down large monsters that had entered the vicinity of Lastock, and collected magic stones and materials.

Fred gathered information in the royal castle while guarding Camilla with Hart.

It seemed that Basten moved to Havre's mansion to find out what was going on.

[ Then, are the housekeeper named Hegel and the man named Todd central to running the Calvine Family? ]

[ Yes, it's like Hegel makes the plans and Todd carries them out. ]

The mansion in the Calvine territory had already received news that Havre had escaped from prison, and preparations were underway to accept him.

If it were Havre's subordinates, I would have thought that they would be trying to replace Havre and take control of him, but it seemed that they were trying to save him and share his fate.

And it seemed that this wasn't just limited to the Calvine Family, but also the manager of the mine.

[ Does that mean that the man named Havre Calvine is charismatic? ]

[ Probably, it seems such. ]

That kind of charisma was probably necessary to rule over a land where rough people gathered in the mines, but if Havre was eliminated, who would be in charge of the subsequent governance, I was worried about how it would go.

[ Better yet, when Havre comes back, how about using a large spear golem to blow the entire mansion away? ]

[ Kent-sama, as expected, that is ... ]

[ I wonder if it's no good ... A meteorite has fallen ... It's divine punishment ... Something like that. ]

[ It's certainly a quick method, but I feel like that doesn't change the foundation of Resenburg. With that method, there is no problem while Kent-sama is here, but after Kent-sama passes away, it could become a source of turmoil again. ]

[ In other words, if the Kingdom of Resenburg doesn't demonstrate its self-cleansing effect, it's no good. ]

It was getting kind of annoying, so I wanted to quickly go 'Do~n' with a spear golem, but Basten stopped me.

When it came to charisma on par with Havre, the first thing that came to mind was Camilla, but that was for the general public, and I felt like she would be underestimated if it was a rough-and-tumble miner.

Diethelm's body lines were too thin, and I felt like he would be looked down upon again.

Wasn't there a shortage of personnel for both the royal family and the nobility in Resenburg? Or was it possible that there were some outstanding figures that I just didn't know about?

Regarding the isolation of Lastock, it seemed that in addition to the activities of Zae-tachi, the Count Gleisner Family had volunteered to provide relief supplies and guard the carriages that came and went.

However, the damage to the city that was trampled by monsters was enormous, and it seemed that it would take time to recover.

It seemed that some buildings were destroyed last time they were attacked by a group of Orcs, but the purpose of the Orcs was to attack and eat people, so the damage to the buildings was limited.

However, the Nibble Rats' purpose this time was to secure a hideout, so it seemed that the Nibble Rats entered most of the buildings and ransacked them.

It seemed that a lot of damage had been done to the entrances and walls of the buildings, as well as to household goods and living utensils, so it seemed that it would take time to restore the daily lives of the citizens.

If a similar situation occurred in Volzard and a large number of Nibble Rats had entered, I couldn't even imagine how much damage would have been done.

Because it was the end of the year, it was necessary to pay more attention to maximum outbreaks than ever before.

[ Hey, Reinhardt. Should I explore the southern continent? ]

[ That's right ... It's true that the situation where a Hydra appeared in addition to a Griffon and the Gigases is no ordinary thing. ]

[ Klaus-san and Donovan-san seem to think that something is happening on the southern continent, so wouldn't it be better to confirm that? ]

[ I think it's as you say, but even if you do reconnaissance, the area is too wide, and since it is originally a land ruled by monsters, I don't know if you can detect abnormalities just by looking at it. ]

[ I see, for example, even if there are several Hydras, it means that I won't know if it's abnormal or normal. ]

There was a time when people lived on the southern continent in the past, but a war broke out with Resenburg before they were divided by the Devil's Forest, and after the Hero summoned in that case became a Demon King, he ruled it.

It was said that the Demon King spread a huge amount of magical power, causing the number of monsters to increase explosively, and the continent became ruled by monsters.

If an ordinary person set foot on it, they would become food for monsters, and it had been a long time since humans stopped approaching, so the current situation was completely unknown.

[ Better yet, how about blowing away the place connected to the southern continent with a spear golem? ]

[ Buhahahaha, only Kent-sama could think of such a thing, and it is possible to do it, but if the traffic to the southern continent is completely cut off, the number of monsters will decrease drastically. ]

[ If that happens, will there be a shortage of materials like magic stones? ]

Monsters were a troublesome existence, but at the same time they were indispensable existences in order to use the magic tools that were the basis of life in this world.

The magic stones that made magic tools work, and the materials that made magic tools were both dependent on monsters.

[ Come to think of it, I'm thinking of turning the Gigas' magic stone into money and sending it to Barshania as a reward, but does Landshelt's money work in Barshania? ]

[ Normally, you can use gold coins of the highest value without any problem, but other currencies are generally exchanged at border towns. ]

[ I see, so then, should I change the Gigas' magic stone into gold coins? ]

[ However, Kent-sama, I think it would be a bit difficult to handle a magic stone like that in Volzard. ]

[ I see, then, while I'm reporting various things to Master Reese, I think I should exchange it for cash at Bakkenheim. ]

[ The most expensive way to sell it is to sell it at the auction held in Bakkenheim, and the target is probably the day after the New Year holidays are over. ]

It seemed that there was a so-called festive market in this world as well, and in the first transactions after the year-end and New Year holidays, the main products were priced high.

I will have to go to Master Reese to greet her at the beginning of the year, so let's talk about it at that time.

Until the booster effect wore off, I spent three days at Klaus-san's mansion, under the care of the chairman, Manon, and Beatriche.

As I was finally able to move my body, sermon time naturally awaited me.

Even so, Reinhardt reported the series of situations in writing beforehand, and I was released in a shorter time than I had expected.

Having said that, I couldn't go against the three of them anymore because they took care of me.

Or rather, I couldn't go against them to begin with.

It seemed that Flavia-san delivered the dresses that the three of them had made for the New Year's party.

If that was true, they surely would have tried them on when they received them, but I had to leave it until the party.

Flavia-san must have made dresses that would make the three of them fascinating, so I couldn't wait for the party.

After the sermon was over, I decided to send Manon and the chairman home then go to the boarding house.

I hadn't been back for a long time, and Amanda-san and Meisa-chan might be worrying about me.

I apologized to Manon's mother, Noela, for worrying her, and I was still ignored by her younger brother, Hamill.

"I'm sorry. He doesn't like having Manon taken from him. He will always be a child ..."

"No, it can't be helped. But, please bring him with you to the New Year's party."

"Alright. I'm looking forward to having a party at the Lord's mansion because it's not easy to attend."

I invited Manon's family, so naturally I couldn't help but invite another family.

I finally had to go and greet the chairman's family, which I've been procrastinating on with the excuse of being so busy.

"Yuika, could you please tell me when would be a convenient time for your parents?"

"Yeah, alright ... But, isn't the time difference with Japan getting bigger? Will you be okay?"

"It can't be helped. I'll make the adjustments myself, so please prioritize your parents' convenience."

I thought I'd send the chairman to the garrison's temporary dormitory and then make plans for the next return, but I met Yagi on the way to the men's dormitory.

As soon as Yagi saw me, he quickly walked towards me with angry eyes.

"Kokubu! You sure have nerve to show up in front of me!"

"What is it, are you still angry about the mixer?"

"Not that! Don't joke around, didn't you feel sorry for Seitarou-chan!"

Yagi grabbed me by the collar.

"Ehh, Seita ... Who!?"

"Don't screw with me, if you went back to Japan for a little treatment, wouldn't they have been saved?"

"Yagi, I really don't understand what you're saying."

"Didn't you look at the information on the internet?"

"I was busy, so I didn't see it at all ..."

Escorting the Volzard Family's carriage, the bandit disturbance, the landslide, the Gigas subjugation, Camilla's assassination attempt, the Nibble Rat's attack, the Hydra extermination, and sleeping for three days.

Yup, I feel like I'm too busy every day.

While I had completely forgotten about contacting Japan, the turmoil began.

It seems that the beginning of things was a scoop article in a weekly magazine that was released about a week ago.

The contents of the article, which was said to be a confession by a certain hospital official, was a detailed description of the treatment I gave to athlete Fukuzawa.

Although my name wasn't written, being able to travel to another world, it was written as a boy who could use magic, and combined with information such as Kizawa-san's notes, they could tell from the content.

Rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament of the right knee, damage to the medial meniscus, injuries that would take half a year to fully heal under modern medicine, the content could only be thought of as a miracle, such a thing as being completely healed in just a few minutes, combined with the comeback drama of a nationally popular skater, it seemed to have become a big topic.

And there was a person who read the article and entrusted them with a ray of hope.

The mother of a five-year-old boy, Fujimura Seitarou-chan, who had been diagnosed with a serious heart problem and had no choice but to undergo transplant surgery, requested the Japanese government for treatment.

However, the Japanese government only replied that they were not providing such treatment, and no donor was found, and Seitarou passed away the day before yesterday.

After hearing from Yagi, I hurriedly took out the smartphone I was borrowing and turned it on, and there were more than a dozen messages.

All the messages were from Kajikawa-san, and the content was that the Japanese government did not recognize the existence of treatments using healing magic and refused all of them as agreed.

Regarding Seitarou-chan's treatment, since there was no actual contact, it was written that if I was asked something, I should answer that I had not been informed.

After Seitarou-chan's death, his mother wrote a series of responses by the Japanese government on SNS, and as it spread, it seemed that not only the Japanese government but also me had been criticized.

"What's that, Kokubu seriously didn't know about it ... Or rather, isn't it clumsy?"

"No, even if you say it's clumsy, I'll ask you what's wrong."

When I called Kajikawa-san's cell phone, he answered before it even rang.

"It's Kokubu. I'm sorry I didn't contact you."

"Kokubu-kun, where are you now?"

"I'm at Volzard."

"Do you know about the ruckus?"

"Yes, I just heard about it ..."

"As I said before, the Japanese government has a policy of not recognizing the existence of treatments using healing magic, so Kokubu-kun should keep that in mind. No matter what media you are dealing with, you can't approve of the treatment."

"However, Kajikawa-san, there are situations in Volzard where I have no choice but to use healing magic, so I have no choice but to say that it is possible here."

Volzard didn't have an established emergency medical system like Japan.

Just like with Camilla's assassination attempt, I never knew when I would have to use healing magic, and if I hesitated, it would affect people's lives.

"It can't be helped for people to receive treatment over there, but I hope you can be careful not to film yourself using healing magic as much as possible."

"Understood, unless it's an emergency, I'll treat them after paying attention to my surroundings."

"Also, it's better not to come back to Japan until the turmoil subsides."

"However, I haven't made any progress on the return of my classmates for a while, and if I send back a water-attribute person next time, I will be able to obtain all attributes, so depending on the situation, I may be able to use summoning magic."

"I see ... But, could you please refrain from doing that for at least a week? Because the criticism against Kokubu-kun is getting stronger for a while, I'll try to calm things down a bit, so could you please wait for me?"

"Is that so ... Yes, I understand."

After finishing the call with Kajikawa-san, when I opened the browser, I saw many negative opinions about me.

Even though celebrities were treated, I abandoned small children.

I'm sure they paid a lot of money for treatment.

Isn't he a celebrity, himself.

Just reading it made me feel depressed.

It was true that Yagi was right, and I felt like this was a bit clumsy.

Of course, the chairman's parents had heard these critical opinions flooding the internet, so I felt that their impression of me was getting worse.

Was it better to put off going to greet them for a while because of this situation, or was it better to go and greet them without running away because of this situation, both seemed to be correct, and both seemed to be incorrect and my head was spinning.

"Kento ... Kento, hey Kento!"

"Ehh, ahh, sorry ..."

"By any chance were you thinking of going to greet my parents?"

"Ehh, no ... Yeah, just a little."

"Would you like to postpone it for a while?"

"Hmm ... But then I won't be able to invite just Yuika's family."

"But, Kento didn't invite your father, did you?"

"Yeah, I'm already going to be independent from my father."

"Then, I'll be independent too. Then you don't have to go greet them ..."

"That's no good. Me and my father don't get along well, but I want to build a good relationship with Yuika's family. That's why I don't want to give up right from the start."

"I see ... Alright. For now, I'll try talking to my mother. So, if they're being too critical, let me think about it for a while."

"Okay, I'm sorry, I messed up a lot."

"Nope, that's natural. We decided to live together."

"Yuika ..."

"Kento ..."

Only the chairman was reflected in my eyes, and only I was reflected in the chairman's eyes.

When I tried to gently hug her ...

"Ahem! You know, is my presence so thin?"

"Tch, are you still here, Yagi ..."

"I'm sorry. Kokubu, did you forget that I attacked you?"

"Ehh, ahh, because that's a misunderstanding."

"Idiot, you really are an idiot. Even if it's a misunderstanding, it means that the people other than me are also misunderstanding."

"Ahh, I see ... That's right."

"Kokubu, shouldn't you at least explain the situation to the teachers?"

"That's right. Certainly so."

While heading to the boy's dormitory to explain to the teachers, I was reminded of the situation Yagi was talking about.

As soon as my classmates I met along the way saw my face, they had an unpleasant expression as if they wanted to spit, and some of them even started yelling at me.

"You miser, what about Japan, it doesn't matter to you anymore, right?"

"Along with Takayama, you were domesticated by the Lord, weren't you."

"That red-haired girl took your backbone, didn't she ..."

"Wait, Kento properly ..."

"Fuun, let's go ..."

The group of girls who sneered and walked away as soon as the chairman began to argue were probably people who were close friends with Sekiguchi-san, who committed suicide.

Even after entering the boys' dormitory, everyone in the reception area of the entrance hall frowned and looked at me with hostility.

A few of them walked up to me, but Yagi stepped in front of me.

"Maa, maa, wait a minute. I just heard about the situation, but Kokubu didn't get a call."

"What is that, did the government stop asking for medical treatment?"

"Maa, that's how it is, but it's impossible for Kokubu-kun alone to do this and that. Actually, this dormitory is still rented, and it's hard to refuse requests from people here."

"What's with that. Then again, are the media saying whatever they want?"

After hearing Yagi's explanation, my classmates softened their hostility towards me and looked a little embarrassed.

"Kokubu, I'll take care of the explanation for everyone here, so you go to the teacher's place."

"Thank you Yagi, please."

"Ou, in return, introduce me to a girl. Manon-chan, or Beatriche-chan's friend ..."

"Ahh ... In my heart, my feelings of gratitude towards Yagi are collapsing with a rattling sound."

"No, wait a minute ... Hey, Kokubu!"

After Oda-sensei returned to Japan, Katou-sensei, who was acting as a facilitator for the teachers, seemed to be out of the building.

"You, why are you wandering around! You, aren't you Japanese! Why are you not thinking about Japan first!"

"But, Sensei ..."

"Shut up! Don't make excuses! You, weren't you fine even if you were stabbed by a Resenburg knight, right? You can use healing magic, right? Then why didn't you help!"

Nakagawa-sensei, who was shouting and screaming, had dark circles under his eyes, his eyes were bloodshot, and it looked like his cheeks were sunken while I hadn't seen him for a while.

"You haven't even done any work to return to Japan. What are you doing? You can come and go freely with Japan, so I guess you don't understand other people's feelings! Everyone, how much do they want to go back to Japan, have you ever thought about it!"

It had been a long time since I was confronted with raw hostility, or rather, from my point of view, the words that seemed to be an accusation made me feel cold to the core.

"Sensei, Kento had some circumstances ..."

"Noisy, shut up! I'm talking now. Don't butt into the conversation!"

The way Nakagawa-sensei yelled at the chairman who tried to defend me was clearly strange.

He had always been sarcastic and tended to get his point across, but he wasn't this aggressive, and it didn't feel like he was losing his cool.

As we were one-sidedly being yelled at, Furudate-sensei came into the room as if my classmates pushed him in.

"Nakagawa-sensei, what happened?"

"Furudate-kun, it can't be helped. I was preaching to Kokubu and Asakawa."

"Was it Seitarou-chan, was it about that?"

"That's part of it, but I was just scolding him for neglecting to let the students return."

I thought it would help us, but I felt like Nakagawa-sensei's expression was even more stern because of Furudate-sensei's way of speaking that didn't have a sense of danger.

Wasn't he just adding fuel to the fire.

"Is that so ... I don't know about the return, but I heard he wasn't told about Seitarou-chan."

"What, don't like to me, Kokubu."

"Yes, there was no request for treatment from the Japanese government."

"Why! You, didn't you treat the skater?"

"Yes, but it seems that it was a government employee's personal decision ..."

"You can treat a skater, but not a child?"

"No, that's why, I didn't get a request ..."

"Don't make excuses! You have the power to save them, if that's the case ... that's, why ..."

As soon as Nakagawa-sensei's eyes started to look a little crazed, his body tilted and he fell down.

"Nakagawa-sensei!"

[ Kent-sama, this guy is mentally ill. I put him to sleep because he was unable to talk straight. ]

[ Understood, thank you. ]

When I told them that my genus were quick-witted enough to put him to sleep, both the chairman and Furudate-sensei patted their chests in relief.

"Nakagawa-sensei, he seems to be under a lot of stress, and he hasn't been able to sleep much lately."

According to Furudate-sensei, Nakagawa-sensei was able to get in touch with his family by connecting his mobile phone, and he was calm for a while, but there was a problem at home and it seemed that it was a big stress that he couldn't deal with it directly by going home.

"Furudate-sensei, are you okay?"

"Me? I'm fine. I'm single, and I have an older brother, so I don't have any problems with my parents' house. Isn't it great!"

Seeing him talk happily with sparkling eyes like a child, I was convinced that a certain percentage of Nakagawa-sensei's stress was definitely caused by Furudate-sensei.