Friendly Reincarnator Chapter 59: Holy Magic

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　I’ll go home, have dinner, and put a close to this quest.

　Tonight I decided to make fried Rock Hopper Horned Rabbit meat.

　If I think of it as rabbit meat, I can only remember cooking it in the oven with herbs at a certain wild game restaurant, but rabbit meat was like chicken meat, so it should be delicious when fried.

　The meat was cut into bite-sized pieces, coated with my own fried flour, and deep-fried in oil.

　I was able to make enough for about 20 people from one half of a rabbit.

　When I gave Huey a taste, he shivered and sent me a telepathic message saying, “Yum!”

　I tasted it too, and it was delicious.

　After finishing dinner with fried food, I sipped a cup of tea and reflected on this quest.

　I put the leftover fried food in storage.

　I was surprised at the appearance of the mutants, but the harvest this time was that I was able to use the non-attribute [Deceleration].

　I think [Acceleration] can also be used, but I thought it was intermediate-level magic, considering that it was more difficult than [Light] and [Magic Arrow].

　If this is the case, it can be expected that intermediate and advanced level magic can be learned by doing what comes to mind during the experience, such as fighting.

　The [Deceleration] idea came to me from fighting monsters, but are there any ideas that can be gained by repeating the quest with the Tiger’s Roar?

　I think safety first, but there may be some ideas that are born from being pushed into a corner.

　The answer to that question is to party up with someone else, or to add more monsters to the party, or…

　If I’m going to tame monsters, I want monsters that can carry me and run with me and participate in combat.

　Or I can find a party that will take me in, or I can invite someone to join my party…

　In the first place, is there a monster that can run fast and participate in battles?

　Raptors can be ridden and run fast, but they can’t be made to participate in battles.

　It’s a different world, so if there’s a Pegasus or a Unicorn or something, they’ll let you ride them if you tame them.

　It would be a horse with wings and horns.

　But since they are originally horses, they might be gentle animals, so fighting would be impossible.

　If all we’re thinking about is transportation, why can’t we just make a magic carpet or some other item…

　No, let’s stop before I wander off into a maze of thoughts.

　I thought to myself, “I should go to church since it has been some time,” and finished my reflection.

　The next day, I decided to take a break from my quest and buy a few more things at the market.

　I bought a large quantity of lemon for a new fragrance for my soap, and I also considered some fragrant flowers at the flower shop, but it would take a much larger quantity of flowers to refine them into a fragrance.

　It seems a bit difficult without growing them exclusively.

　I passed Hank-san’s bakery from the outside, even though the number of staff had increased, there was still a line of people waiting to get in.

　I was glad to see that everything seemed to be going well.

　I went to the church and prayed.

　I met with Jupiter-sama for the first time in a while and informed him of the current situation.

“It seems that you are having trouble using the attributes of magic I gave you. Please consult with the priest of the church where you are praying.” (Jupiter)

“Got it, I’ll meet him.” (Louis)

　After my encounter with Jupiter-sama, I donated a gold coin to the priestess who let me in and asked her about it.

“Is it possible to meet the church’s priest?” (Louis)

“Is there something special you need?” (Priestess)

“No, I just seemed to hear a revelation from God to ask the priest about something that was troubling me while I was praying.” (Louis)

“I understand. He is here today, so please wait here for a while.” (Priestess)

“Thank you.” (Louis)

　After about five minutes, the priestess showed me to the reception room in the church.

　I again donated 10 gold coins, which surprised her a little, but I was able to meet the priest in the reception room.

“Nice to meet you. My name is Louis, an adventurer. I was troubled by the magic of the holy attribute, and when I prayed today, God said to my heart to consult with a priest.” (Louis)

“Nice to meet you. I am a priest of this church and my name is Clifford. I am envious that you have received divine revelation. Perhaps God gave you a revelation because you are able to use the magic of the Holy Attribute.” (Clifford)

“I see that you are a devout believer, Clifford-sama. I have a background in holy attribute magic, but I can’t use any of the holy attribute magic. I was hoping you could give me at least one hint.” (Louis)

“Of course. I’m not going to disrespect someone who has received a revelation from God. I will teach you, hopefully, my knowledge is good enough. Pardon me, I can teach you images, but I cannot teach you the chants due to church rules. Also, it is up to you whether you will be able to use it or not.” (Clifford)

“Yes. Thank you.” (Louis)

　Unexpectedly, I was given a lecture on holy attribute magic.

　I am quite grateful.

“So, as far as I know, there are three things you can do with Holy Magic, one is [Heal] that can heal injuries and illnesses, one is [Cure Poison] that can act to detoxify poisons and the like. Finally, there is [Purification] that purifies spirits and the like.” (Clifford)

“Are there intermediate and advanced levels?” (Louis)

“The magic of the Holy Attribute is not intended to attack like the magic of the four major attributes. The magic of the Holy Attribute can expand the range of the magic by the quantity and quality of the magic power, and the degree of recovery can be stronger and faster by increasing the strength of the magic. This is the intermediate or advanced level of Holy Attribute magic. So you should learn beginner-level magic, and after learning beginner-level magic, increase the opportunities to use it, and as you gain experience, learn intermediate and advanced magic.” (Clifford)

“I see. I understand.” (Louis)

“Let’s start with a simple image of [Cure Poison]. You imagine grinding fruits and other ingredients and straining them through a piece of cloth to make juice, but if you think of the juice as blood and the strained fruit solids as poison, you should be able to use the image of straining blood to conjure [Cure Poison].” (Clifford)

　Hmmm, that’s a simpler image than I had imagined.

“Next, [Heal], when you received the revelation from God, did you feel any solemnity or majesty?” (Clifford)

“Well? It felt warm and soft, like love.” (Louis)

“Oh! Please put exactly that image into the magic and give it to the other person. As I mentioned earlier, intermediate and advanced levels are called so if you can increase the amount and quality of magic power you put into it to expand its range and increase the degree of recovery. Remember, however, that even if you can close a wound with a heal, the blood you lose will not return, so you will need to recuperate after the wound is healed.” (Clifford)

　I see. The Water Attribute [Heal] is supposed to create an image and give a drop of life to the image of that person, but for Holy Attribute [Heal] you’re supposed to put in that soft and loving feeling given by God.

“The last part is purification, or purification is done by putting an image into the magic power that leads the other person to heaven as if they have no substance. Some staffs, lamps, and other magical tools have purification powers attached to them.” (Clifford)

“Eh? On a staff? So that’s possible?” (Louis)

“Yes, if there is a person in every land who can use the [Purification], it would be ideal, but it is not, so it is given to staffs and other items and lent to churches.” (Clifford)

“Oh, I see. It was very helpful. Thank you for today.” (Louis)

“No, I hope you find it helpful. Please come to church to pray at any time.” (Clifford)

　I thanked him again and left the church.

　I had a tremendous harvest, but I understood that the time to use the magic of the Holy attribute is when there is a possibility that the other person or myself is in danger.

　Even if I am in a life-threatening situation, I would like to learn at least a way to resolve such a situation.