No Fatigue: 24-jikan Tatakaeru Otoko no Tenseitan

It was approximately 1 hour after the firedrake Agnia flew away with her child.

Because the firedrake Agnias breath attack had opened a large hole inside the lair, we were able to return straight to the surface using the grappling hook.

I was fine of course, and the other four managed to ascend the rope without difficulty at least.

As I was finally scaling up the rope, using [Psychokinesis] to roll it up as I went, a sand-coloured figure jumped out from behind the cover of some rocks a short distance away.

Oi~!

He wore a mask so I couldnt see his face, but judging from the voice, its probably Gonzack.

Gonzack reached us after I had stored the grappling hook in my rucksack (or pretended to do so while having Melby put it in the dimension storage).

Are you okay, Fellow believer Orochi!

Yeah, somehow.

When I saw that breath attack just now, I was certain that you guys had died.

Gonzack said, patting his chest in relief.

After I explained the details to him, we took a rest there since the threat was gone.

As we rest, the emissaries of surround us, dismantling several wyverns that they had killed.

Wyvern flesh is tough on its own, but not only can the flavour be easily brought out when cooked well, its possible to preserve it for a long time if we smoke it, so it can be used as a valuable source of protein for without wasting any of it.

Apparently, their hide, teeth, claws, and bones also have their respective uses.

For some reason, our leader showed up as we rested and were drinking the water that Gonzack had supplied.

I rushed over when I heard that a firedrake appeared but it looks like I came for nothing.

Certainly, there was a limited number of people within the fighting force of the Nest who might be able to contend with a firedrake, so Gazaines arrival wasnt that strange.

Gazaine used a hand to direct the children who were attempting to salute him in a hurry with the exception of me, and then says,

You guys did well coming back safely.

Good grief, a firedrake residing beside our Nest is no joke.

At such an important time

As he grumbles, Gazaine calls out to the four children one by one.

Elemia, I heard you were the first to discover the firedrake.

You did a good job in your role as scout.

Miguel, apparently the one who proposed that you should investigate the firedrakes lair was you.

Good decision.

Donna, as the healer of the team, as well as the oldest member, well done in restraining your fellow believers.

Beck, it seems you risked your life as the tank, and protected everyone.

You endured as the firedrakes opponent nicely without faltering.

Each of them should have erred as well, but it seems he was praising their good points and thanking the four for their efforts for the time being.

Hes more conscientious than he appears.

Finally, Gazaine looks at me.

Well, I didnt think you would die to something of that level.

Oi, worry properly.

If I was worried, youd say that its disgusting anyway.

But seriously, thanks for bringing these guys back all alive.

Tell me one of your wishes or something.

Ill see to it as best I can.

Then, teach me [Pharmacy]

I cant.

Ive already told you that often though.

Tch. Well then right, send the best parts of the wyvern meat to the childrens group.

Are you alright with that?

Yeah. Its not like I have anything I want in particular.

Hmm In that case, Ill give you the wyvern wings and a stack of milk coupons. Split it as you wish.

Oh, how generous.

Somehow it seems like Gazaine is currently in quite a good mood.

He appeared to be happy about our return, but did this guy have such an admirable personality?

While I was wracking my brain, it was decided at Gazaines command that we would hold a barbecue to commemorate the victory against the firedrake (?) before we return to the Nest.

The wyverns thick meat was roasted on wire netting, turning into steak.

It was seasoned roughly with rock salt, but it tasted super delicious since we were eating it after such an intense workout.

Huh, speaking of which

Wheres Fellow believer Nebil?

Nebil, the supposed leader of the wyvern subjugation troops, was nowhere to be found.

I feels bad if I dont report to my superior after finishing a job, thanks to a habit formed back when I was an office worker.

No way, could he have been done in by the wyverns?

Gazaine answered my question with a sour look.

Ah, him.

Apparently he said something about unceasing hiccups or something and was taken to the infirmary but

The firedrake appeared and surprised him so much that he became unable to stop hiccupping, something like that?

Ive never heard such a thing before When hes recovered, Ill have to discipline him.

I-I see.

I know too much about the cause of the hiccups.

Sorry, Fellow believer Nebil.

While I, alone, was praying for Fellow believer Nebils happiness in the next world (not dead), a singing competition started in the barbecue grounds.

Elemia was playing the flute, Gonzack strummed a guitar-like instrument, and Miguel beat the drums.

The one singing was Gazaine for some reason.

He had quite a beautiful sombre voice and was enthusiastically singing a melancholic song that sounded like a folk song with a solid tremolo.

Looking at this scene, they seem to be a rather pleasant bunch.

That night, I visited a certain person.

The person resided in an exclusive underground space in a section deep within the Nest.

I opened up a duct in the darkness of the cave with the rail cars, then erased my presence with [Espionage Techniques] as I slipped into the underground space where that person lived.

From the direction of a living room-esque room, the sound of something being grinded could be heard.

As I was standing at the door of that living room, hesitating to knock,

Whos there?

!

A voice from beyond the door called out to me first.

From the size of that presence, lets see, is it the baby who joined recently?

Since couldnt do anything after that much was exposed, I resolve myself and open the door.

An old man was sitting cross-legged, hunched over the medicine producing tool spread out in front of a sunken hearth.

The elder, clad in a kimono that resembled the casual wear from my previous life, had white hair and lots of wrinkles and kept his eyes closed even when I opened the door.

The dog ears that grew out as if to cover his white hair were exactly like those of a girl I know well.

How long are you going to stand around for?

Its cold. Sit down by the hearth.

Being told that, I sit down opposite the old man.

Then, I stealthily use [Appraisal] on him.

I deliberately weaken the magic ping that the firedrake Agnia explained about, so that it became even harder for my [Appraisal] to be exposed.

Ganash Yashbarl (Medicine Master | Medicine Saint | Elder)

Age 73 Years

Beastkin (Moon Dog Tribe)

Level 24

HP 29/29

MP 33/33

Skills

Legendary

[Super Tactility]

[Super Hearing]

[Super Smell]

[Microscopic Vision] 2

Master Class

[Microscopic Observation] 9 (MAX)

[Sense Presence] 8

[Mana Detection] 7

General

[Mana Perception] 9 (MAX)

[Pharmacy] 9 (MAX)

[Eavesdropping] 9 (MAX)

[Tool Creation] 9 (MAX)

[Light Magic] 5

[Medical Care] 4

[Mana Manipulation] 3

[Telekinesis Magic] 2

Attention of the Medical God (Gained the attention of the God of Medicine, Norius. Small supplement to the acquisition | growth of skills in the [Pharmacy] system.)

While I was looking at his status, the old man ladled out a cup of hot water from the iron kettle hanging above the hearth, then transferred it to a teacup and passed it to me.

Im out of tea.

If youre fine with boiled water, go ahead and drink.

Thank you, I will partake.

I moved to take the teacup, but the teacup the old man was holding moved and I was unable to receive it smoothly.

By any chance are your eyes?

Oh, thats right. I am blind.

Im sorry.

I asked without thinking, but that was probably bad mannered of me.

As I was feeling ashamed, Old Man Ganash gave me a small nod.

No, its not all bad.

In exchange for my blindness, my other senses have sharpened.

Ive even become able to see both mana, and peoples presences.

Everything is thanks to the guidance of the goddess of samsara who governs skills.

Is that so Colours are something that cant be seen without light.

Hm? Colours and light Do those two have some connection?

Connection you say Ah, I see.

The information of how colours are determined by some aspect of light being reflected off objects was a premise in modern science.

Colours are light.

Light hits something and is reflected.

At that time, a portion of the light is absorbed by the object.

For example, red objects reflect red light and absorbs all the other light.

There might be a problem with me carelessly showing off knowledge from my previous life, but there shouldnt be any harm if its just this much.

This world should also have prisms at least, so researchers of this principle may know of it.

Presenting my knowledge is the easiest way to obtain the trust of this person is what Donna said.

Hoho It makes sense.

In that case, if I combine [Light Magic] and [Mana Detection]Oh!

Old Man Ganash raised his eyebrows in surprise.

I can see No, I should say I can tell.

I can tell that this light, which I only understood as bright and dark until now, is composed of various colours..!

Oh..Oh!

Old Man Ganash was shedding tears from his eyes in amazement, but the amazed one is me.

This grandpa instantly understood the mechanics of light and was able to apply it to magic just from the trifling bit of modern knowledge I spoke of.

Certainly, I never thought I would be able to regain colours at this age Well, to live and to learn.

No, half of that was your own ability.

By the way, how should I address you?

Oh, come to think of it, I never gave my name.

You seem to be aware, but I am Ganash.

Its fine to call me gramps too.

Even if you say that, I cant really call you gramps.

Then, Ill use Grandpa Ganash.

As for me, everyone calls me Orochi.

Today, Ive come because Id like to seek your guidance.

Right, Orochi.

As thanks for conferring upon me colours, Ill do anything for you as long as its within my capabilities.

Going straight to the point, can I ask you to teach me [Herbalism]?

Ohoh Where did you get wind of [Herbalism]?

Its because I became well acquainted with your granddaughter.

Oh, is that so.

It seems she was in your care during the firedrake strife the other day.

In regards to those events, it was mutual.

I shrugged my shoulders.

Isnt she a good girl.

Shes not a girl who should be made to play assassin and such in a place like this.

Oi, oi. Is it alright to say that?

What, I dont care if youre the one Im addressing.

Since youre a rebel emissary who sneaked into my place late at night like this, without permission from the higher ups.

Thats true.

More than that, I was told by the leader to never teach you how to handle drugs.

Wow.

That Gazaine, he even considered the possibility of me doing this and beat me to the punch.

But, why would that guy be afraid of such a thing?

Even though he said he would teach me other combat abilities without restraint.

When I grumble, Grandpa Ganash nodded in deep thought.

Mn. I see So you dont understand it.

What does that mean?

When it comes to assassination, do you know what the most challenging thing is?

Cocking my head at the question that came flying suddenly,

Its approaching without notice, right?

Thats also difficult for certain, but for emissaries who have received training in and gained experience, thats not something that would be a problem.

Naturally, this is when the opposition doesnt have people who can read presences or detect mana.

What Im talking about is something more direct.

Direct?

Let me give you an example.

You and Gazaineno, the conditions are bad with him If you were to plan to assassinate the other executives of .

Thats a suspicious example.

Its just hypothetical.

Im not saying to do it.

Then again, I dont intend to tell you not to do it.

Grandpa Ganashs lips curve into a broad grin.

And so, what were we talking about Thats right, assassination.

Since youve been cutting in, weve been getting side-tracked.

Uh Sorry.

Well, its fine.

Anyway, trying to assassinate the higher ups.

Theres probably no problem with getting closer.

Since you have the ability to stealthily sneak here to my retreat like this.

However, when it comes time to kill, what would be the hindrance?

Hindrance.

For me, I plan to bury them alive without further parley but

Thats no good.

Consider killing them with the [Assassination Techniques] learned in .

With [Assassination Techniques]?

But since its the top brass of , every one of them would be high levelled so

Oh, I see! I might not be able to kill them in one go!

Indeed. The biggest difficulty in regards to assassination is the targets HP.

If their HP is high, even if the amount of damage incurred is the same, the degree of injury would be relatively light.

This is something I learnt firsthand when I tumbled down from the second storey and hit my head in the estate in Corbette Village.

That being the case, if the assassination targets HP is high then no matter how many times I attack their vitals with [Assassination Techniques], its possible that I will be unable to take their life in one hit.

And if the other party were cause a commotion there, the assassination might end in a failure.

You will attempt to assassinate the top brass of the organisation that has Gazaine as their leader.

The difficulty level of the assassination will vary depending on whether or not you possess drugs at that time.

I see. No wonder they dont want to teach me [Pharmacy].

Then what will you do?

Will you really not teach me?

I will certainly teach you.

Not only did you return colours to me, you are my granddaughters benefactor.

In addition

In addition?

If its something Gazaine hates, I will do anything.

Muttering that, Grandpa Ganash furrows his brows in a grimace.

What happened between Gazaine and you?

Gazaine killed my daughter.

When he was kidnapping Donna, that guy killed my daughter to seal her lips.

Then he carried Donna off, training her into an assassin, and also had me help with poison making by holding Donna hostage.

Is that so.

Silence descended upon Ganashs living room (retreat according to him).

Anyway, if you want to learn how to handle drugs then Ill teach you all I know.

However, how much you can do with that will depend on yourself.

Even so, I will surely impart upon you the knowledge and techniques needed to avoid being taken advantage of by them.

Ill also include knowledge of the underground drugs that I have yet to teach Donna.

That would be appreciated.

Let me work hard to live up to your expectations.

Incidentally, theres just one thing Id like to ask first.

Oh? A question right off the bat, huh.

Thats a good thing, half of what you cant imagine with that mind of yours, I cannot comprehend either.

Its about countermeasures against poisons that induce abnormal conditions such as sleep, paralysis and poisoned, starting with Repchipa Grass.

How specific.

I suppose this is about how they used Repchipa Grass to abduct you.

.Something like that.

Repchipa Grass wasnt effective on me, but if that wasnt used then there would have been no need to be obediently abducted by Gazaine.

Although, since it doesnt seem like I would have been able to compete with Gazaine and win back then, it was also as if it was a narrow escape from death instead.

Its frustrating, but misreading both our capabilities was because I wouldnt be able to win no matter how much time passed.

Basically, youre talking about recovering from abnormal conditions caused by drugsin other words, those not caused by magicby means of using drugs that counteract those poisons.

Of course, it only works if theres corresponding medicine, but you should remember that this world also has poisons without medicine.

Oi, oi, then is it the end when those poisons are used?

Well, the poisons from my former world were also like that though.

I heard that there are also spells among the [Recovery Magic] used by high-ranking clergymen that have an effect on poison, but even for magic, you cant engage with it if you dont know what kind of poison it is.

That said, fortunately there are very few poisons I dont know of, and I am able to make antidotes for almost all of the poisons I do know of.

This is something that can be done when you combine not only my power, but the power of the medicine god, and the skills received from the goddess of reincarnation.

So its impossible for me?

Theres no need to be so disappointed.

All of that sounds interesting, but I guess there isnt anything like an elixir.

Its not like there isnt.

However, things like that require rare ingredients.

For exampleThats right, rainbow cactus sap and such, theres no way youd have any.

Rainbowcactus?

I stiffened at Grandpa Ganashs words.

Grandpa Ganash, what you see from this point, Id like you to keep a secret but

Its a bit late. Just meeting you like this would be bad if it were known.

Melby.

When I call out, Melby shows herself.

Medicine Master-sama.

I am the fairy Melby.

I am travelling with Ed for reasons.

Oh Ive had some suspicions since some time ago, but it was indeed a fairy there.

So you noticed.

In exchange for being blind, his other five senses and perception of mana was really sharpened.

Requesting Melby, I had her retrieve the cactus in questionthe rainbow cactus pot plantfrom the dimension storage.

I dont know whether you can see it but there is a rainbow cactus pot plant here.

Ooh! Is that true! Then the sap also

In response to Grandpa Ganash leaning forward in astonishment,

You cant! Because it was decided that I would raise Tushaaravati-chan!

Well, he hasnt said anything yet.

I retort to Melby, who was using her tiny body to cover the potted plant.

Or rather, she even gave it a name before I knew it.

Her big sister nature was fully displayed.

Nevertheless, couldnt you have given it a name that was a little easier to say.

Doesnt that sound like an Indian goddess or something.

Speaking of which, I wonder if the [Appraisal] result will reflect the name in this case.

Having thought of that, I had the sudden impulse to use [Appraisal] on the cactus.

Tushaaravati

3 years old

Rainbow Cactus? (tree form) / Magic Organism

Level 1

HP 3/3

MP 262/262

Skills

Legendary

[Growth Control]

([Dimension Magic] 1) (Inapplicable in tree form)

([Aurora Magic] 1) (Inapplicable in tree form)

Yeah.

Lets pretend I didnt see it.

This is an ordinary cactus. Theres no mistake.

No, all jokes aside, just what happened to this cactus in the short time I didnt see it.

No matter what, to have [Appraisal]-san use a ? in the explanation I had great faith in meant it had gone through an incomprehensible evolution.

Perhaps Melby putting it in her dimension storage was the cause but.

To begin with, it was an unusual plant that would absorb mana and bloom flowers in accordance with the attribute absorbed.

If its the size where it can be a potted plant then its a still-young specimen.

If you extract the flower nectar of a matured specimen, it can be used as a substitute for the sap.

In that case, youll be able to acquire the ingredients for an elixir without hurting it.

If so, shall I sneak out some other time and try searching for the place from the other day?

Good grief, I just keep getting surprised by you.

The refining of the elixir will probably be difficult if its not me.

You can bring it over when you obtain the ingredients.

Understood. Putting that aside, teach me [Herbalism] as well.

Of course.

Hearing Grandpa Ganashs words, I stood up from beside the hearth.

At the same time, Grandpa Ganash also stood up and took out a small porcelain bottle from a drawer alongside the wall, holding it out towards me.

If you want to know the truth about this religious organisation, you should take this medicine.

This is?

When the large mass with Gazaines presence is held, take that medicine before entering the chapel.

I thought to use [Appraisal] on it, but it was inside the bottle so only Porcelain bottle was displayed.

Lets look its the contents later.