Jujutsushi Wa Yuusha Ni Narenai

Chapter 228.2 - Relight And Various Spirits 1

It was thanks to them that the battery of my smartphone had always been fully charged, the illumination itself surpassed that of a flashlight.

My smartphone which crossed over with me from modern day Japan had evolved with the power of spirit.

「Shall we play a bit before we hit the bed?」

Since I had infinite battery, I could play my favorite game forever! The globally popular puzzle game where you erase and stack the heads of the world's most popular figures was also a big hit with me.

Though I had no idea why I got an internet connection when this world was supposed to have none of that was stuffed in the backburner of my mind as I played the game.

Anyhow, playing wasn't just for me, it was also for the spirits.

For some reason, they became really happy and even started to dance when I played the game.

Thus, playing games every day was my token of appreciation for letting me use my smartphone even in another world.

Maybe because Kinako had also become curious, he peeked at the screen of my smartphone. It was a bit of a hindrance when he tried to tap the screen every once in a while with his claws though.

「G'nite, RelIght.」

「G'nite, Kinako.」

Thus, I was having another pleasant sleep thanks to Kinako's fluffy body and hair.

The next morning.

After finishing our preparation, we walked along the riverside in great spirits.

ROAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR!

The forest shook along with that roar.

Both, goma and the red dog, had a loud roar. But, the one who roared just now was clearly on a whole different level. Its voice alone was enough to make me wonder just how big the size of the owner of that roar was.

My body was paralyzed on the spot due to the effect of that roar.

「Relight, HiDE! NOw!」

Seeing me stiffened, Kinako scolded me before he lifted me to get away from that place.

Just when I was wondering what in the world would happen, the thicket we were using to hide ourselves was also stirred by strong wind. Then that guy appeared in the sky along with a typhoon-like gale.

「Y-You must be kidding me… A freaking dragon!?」

A bright red dragon swooped down toward the riverside while flapping its wings.

It was our camping ground. The remnant of our bonfire got blown away by the flapping.

Could it be that we are its prey?―― But I heaved a sigh of relief as that notion turned out to be wrong when I saw that dragon suddenly poke its muzzle into the river and drink the water with gusto.

「Thank goodness, it just came to drink water.」

「Be CaRefUl Relight. We'Re GoinG To DiE if It FounD Us.」

Kinako was trembling from head to toe. Even his rabbit ears which stood proud in normal situations were lying flat on his head due to how terrified he was.

This was my first time seeing Kinako so terrified. I guess that was only natural when encountering a dragon. It was a kaijuu that fought toe to toe with Godzilla.

Grrr――

Suddenly, the dragon raised its face from the surface of the river and looked around as if scanning its surroundings.

Oh crap, we've been discovered!

「….」

「Pugugu…」

Kinako and I couldn't do anything but hug each other in fear.

Please, don't let it find our location.

As if sneering at my desperate plea, the dragon turned its face, sniffing toward the shrub we were hiding at.

Oh crap… Did it… Find us for real?

「Hide~?」

「Lu~rk?」

At that moment, the familiar voice of the spirit sounded in my head.

Just when I was wondering where they were, they suddenly appeared before me.

They're green spirits. They were different from the medicinal plant spirit who I was indebted to in the beginning.

It seems they were the spirit of the grass that formed this shrub.

「… Please hide us.」

I pleaded with a trembling voice.

And then, the shrub suddenly moved slowly as if trying to cover Kinako and me.

ROAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR!

And then, the next moment―― The red dragon flapped its wings again to take off, the wind pressure from its wings mowing down the shrub we were using to hide.

「Tha-That was a close call…」

「Yaay.」

「Man, I really thought it found us for a moment.」

「It dId FiNd us.」

「Eh?」

「It FoUnD Us. BuT, The GrEeN SpIrIt Gathered. And The DrAgoN, StoPpEd TrYing To EaT us.」

「Seriously? Meaning that it really was going to eat us had it not been for the protection of the spirit.」

Man, we were really saved by hair's breadth.

Haah, I'm really glad that I was a spiritualist.

「Thank you very much, guys. You really saved our bacon just now―― That's why I'm going to rely on you guys too next time!」

Thanks to that dragon I was being reminded again that this place was truly another world.

And this forest was a super dangerous forest teeming with monsters that not even Kinako could defeat.

That was even more reason for me to be very careful after this.

「――ReliGhT, You'Re ToO TenSe.」

「Well, I mean…」

After the encounter with the dragon, I suddenly got really scared of this forest.

The thing that we had to be wary about wasn't just the dragon, Kinako had already told me that there were more big monsters.

Both of us, human and bear, weren't at the top of the food chain in this forest of another world. This forest was bad news.

Ah right, since Kinako was only as strong as your average bear, he might have been living with his pack before. I mean, some monsters did hunt with their pack.

「Aah, I already miss the city, at this point, I don't even care if it's just a village.」

Safety was a luxury that triumphed over everythi――

「RELIghT! TheRe'S SOmEthINg OveR TheRe!」

「WEEEEEEEEEH!?」

Kinako glared at the thicket, ready for battle.

I readied my spear, lowering my height as much as possible.

Please, whatever comes out from behind the thicket, I wish it was a goma or something as weak as goma!

「… Let's Go.」

Kinako readied himself, then stepped into the thicket where "Something" was hiding.

Then, beyond the thicket was,

「"Wi~mp"…」

A dog.

「If it isn't just a red dog.」

「DoG, WeAK. ReAllY, WeAk.」

From Kinako's perspective, a pack of red dogs was no different from a small fry… I mean, compared to the one lying injured here.

「Surely, this fella looks really thin, and weak.」

Moreover, dogs were supposed to be moving in packs, and yet, this little one was left alone behind the thicket.

What was the reason? Was this dog by chance a lone wolf like Kinako who chose to leave his pack?

「Ah, ThiS FelLA's FeEt is InJUrED!!」

Though I failed to notice immediately since the color of its fur was red, upon a closer look, its hind legs were covered in blood clots. The blood had coagulated,  and this wound didn't seem to be something that happened today or yesterday.

「Could it be that you are… Abandoned by your pack?」

「LeT'S Go ReliGHt. ThiS FeLla Isn'T a Threat To US.」

Kinako, who judged that the dog wasn't a threat, tugged at my sleeve, urging me to leave.

But I couldn't move from there.

「Whi~ne… Whi~ne….」

This fella might die if I left him on his own. The end of the injured wild animal was obvious.

The dog didn't have a comrade to care for it. Since it wasn't a wound that healed by licking, there was no other way but to abandon it.

Maybe it wasn't that its pack was cold-hearted. It was just the law of the jungle.

But man… Humans were the ones who ignored naïve emotions such as pity or cruelty.

「Wait here, Kinako. I'm going to save this fella!」

What’s more, I had the power to heal this fella's wound.

In that case, there was nothing wrong with healing this fella!

「ReLiGht, WhY?」

「Call it pity I guess!」

「ThAt FeLLa MighT RuSh at YoU if You HeaL That FellA. It'S Too DanGerOUs.」

「I'll be relying on you to protect me when that happens, Kinako!」

I took out the marijuana-like leaf that I gathered along the way as I gave that extremely selfish reply.

I stuffed the leaves into my emptied lunch box and,

「The wOuNd, HeAlE~d?」

「ThE BlEEding, STOppe~d?」

Then the spirit residing in those leaves released the effect of the leaves immediately as if they were eagerly waiting for that.

「Yeah, I have a request for you guys! Please heal this fella!」

Then, I applied the leaves that were glowing green onto the wound of the dog.

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