About Healing Magic
After finishing with the boss room on the sixth floor, we decided to end today's expedition a bit early. Our plan was originally to stay for three days and two nights, but we decided to head back without tackling the seventh floor tomorrow. Apparently, Captain Kyle and his team are also planning to wrap things up early.
However, the teleportation rooms only exist on floors 1, 10, 15, 18, 21, and 24, so we’ll need to climb the stairs back up to the first floor and then teleport to the exit in front of the tenth floor. So tonight, we’ll stay again in the plaza between the third and fourth floors, just like yesterday, and then head up to the first floor tomorrow.
Canal’s group also planned for a two-night, three-day trip and decided not to go down to the seventh floor. They’ll be staying with us for now. According to Mr. Salem, they had initially expected to reach the third or fourth floor, so getting to the sixth floor was more than satisfactory. Apparently, even though going down to the tenth floor via stairs would be quicker, you can’t proceed through floors you haven’t yet conquered. Since Canal and I haven’t cleared up to the tenth floor, we’re not allowed to go. This is all very educational.
We arrived at the plaza. Maybe because it was still early, there were fewer tents than yesterday. We pitched our tent in the same secluded spot as before. Mr. Salem warned Canal and me not to let our guard down just because there were fewer tents. If we were going to leave the tent, we were told to go with an adult.
Since it was a little early for dinner, I decided to ask Linka about healing magic.
Why is it necessary to control mana properly when using healing magic?
Apparently, if you completely heal everything, the body’s natural healing ability weakens, and next time, healing magic becomes less effective.
So, instead of fixing everything at once, you have to adjust the extent of healing depending on the situation.
In dungeons, you should only heal up to two-thirds. For illnesses, only about half. Even with fractures, you only make sure the bones are aligned and joined properly, but let the damaged muscles and nerves around the area heal naturally.
It all depends on the situation, but the idea is to let natural recovery handle as much as possible. That’s why it’s not called “cure” magic, but “healing” magic.
“If it were just healing magic, I’d be better off working at a clinic. But I wanted to make money as an adventurer. I have a little brother, five years younger, who’s really smart and I wanted to send him to a good school. There’s a scholarship system, but only a handful of people get it each year, so we didn’t know if he’d qualify. That’s why I learned barrier magic too.”
If you only know healing magic, parties might hesitate to invite you. But if your barrier magic is strong, you can protect yourself and your party members.
“Wait, does that mean you’ve cast a barrier around the tent too?”
“Yes, though technically it’s around the tent *area*. People still need to go in and out of the tent for night shifts. Even with barrier magic, you never know what might happen.”
“What are you talking about? Thanks to Linka’s barrier magic, camping outdoors has become so much easier. We can stay in the Great Forest longer and earn more money—it's a huge help.” Said Allie.
Also, since I have a lot of mana and it's hard for me to control it, she suggested I try learning barrier magic and practice gradually shrinking the area of effect.
Start with a large wall, then narrow it down to the area around a tent, then eventually just myself... That might be a more manageable way to practice.
The stone tablet told me to level up my healing magic, so I’d been focused on that, but now that I’m here in the dungeon, I’ve come to realize how useful barrier magic is. Practicing both might actually help me improve my healing magic faster. I’ll ask Commander Arcland about it when I get back.
Also, since I was curious, I asked Linka about her little brother. Turns out, he’s now attending Saint Arthur Academy in the royal capital—and on a scholarship, no less. Linka still sends him money for things like school supplies and daily necessities.
He really is smart, then.
Saint Arthur Academy is the top school for commoners in our kingdom. It’s highly competitive to get in because graduates never have trouble finding work. They get scouted from everywhere.
The school places a strong emphasis on practical skills—bookkeeping, business management, foreign languages, and more—so that students can immediately contribute after graduating. But even after getting in, you have to study like crazy or you’ll flunk out.
Being a scholarship student at such a school means he’s incredibly talented.
I wish we could have him come to our side... but that’s probably impossible.
Anyway, I’ll mention it to Father.
What do you think about this chapter?
