I Became an Unofficial Healer

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After receiving the slime subjugation request, Luna and I came to the outskirts of the city, near the area where slimes lived.

The area where slimes lived was like a meadow with lots of grass.

“Then shall we go hunt slimes right away?”

“Ah. Wait a moment, Jin-sang.”

“Yes? What is it, Luna?”

As I was getting ready to subjugate slimes,
Luna stopped me.

“Um… before we subjugate slimes. I want to see how well Jin-sang can handle a spear.”

“A spear? Hmm, to be honest, I haven’t had the spear for very long, so I’m not very proficient.”

I only bought it for keeping distance after all.

“I-It’s okay. The thing is… I-I’ve formed parties with spear users before. S-so I thought I might be able to help Jin-sang a little…”

“Wow, really?”

“Yes. S-so could you show me your spear swinging? I’ll tell you if there’s anything to c-correct.”

“Oh! Thank you, Luna!”

Advice from a veteran with experience?

That’s great for me!

I took my stance and shouted.

“Then I’ll swing it!”

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swish!

Since Luna said she would watch, I did my best to swing the spear and additionally tried some thrusts.

I continued swinging until Luna told me it was enough.

“J-Jin-sang. Y-you can stop now.”

“Oh, really? How was it?”

I swung it seriously, so… maybe I’d get an evaluation like “Jin-sang, you swing pretty well”?

Ahem.

“Umm… Jin-sang.”

“Yes!”

“It really shows that you’re swinging it for the first time.”

“Ah… is that so?”

Oh no.

It seems that no matter how hard I try, to a veteran like Luna, I’m just a beginner.

“What should I fix?”

“W-well. Jin-sang… doesn’t seem to use his legs properly yet.”

“My legs?”

“Yes. You’re only using your upper body to swing, so the power is greatly reduced.”

“Ohh.”

I became very interested in this expert-like explanation.

“When swinging, you need to put strength in your lower body, and power from your waist too. Otherwise, it won’t properly penetrate a monster’s skin or it will be difficult to pull out if it gets stuck.”

“Ohhh! Then how should I swing it?”

“Um… Ah! Jin-sang, can I borrow your spear? I’ll demonstrate!”

“Yes!”

I immediately handed the spear to Luna.

“By the way, Luna, you know how to swing a spear too?”

“I’ve seen my party members do it a lot, so I can do the basics. Advanced techniques… hehe, sorry, I can’t do those.”

“That’s fine. Since it’s mainly for keeping distance, what’s the point of advanced techniques anyway?”

“R-really? That’s a relief…”

After receiving the spear from me, Luna took some distance and began to demonstrate.

Swoooosh!

Swoooosh!

Swiiish!

Luna swung the spear powerfully and precisely.

Even to a beginner like me, it was clearly the kind of movement that showed “This person has experience!” – impressive movements.

Luna definitely used her legs and waist when swinging the spear.

And since Luna was a scout? Or something similar to a thief, she was wearing clothing that clung somewhat to her body…

“Ohh…”

When she swung the spear wide, her breasts bounced along with it, which was truly… oh, art…

No, I need to focus on the spear now! Focus!

Luna stopped swinging the spear and looked at me, saying.

“It’s like… this.”

“It definitely seems different from when I swung it. Ah, for reference, could you show me what I looked like when I swung it? I’d like to see it objectively.”

“Um… u-um. That’s possible, but. Um… hmm…”

Luna was hesitating and fidgeting.

What’s wrong?

“What’s the matter?”

“No, it’s… th-there’s really no need to see it… right? J-Jin-sang will surely be able to do well! So let’s start practicing now!”

“No, but to swing it well more quickly, it’s important to see my movements objectively. Please, Luna.”

“U-um. Okay… Then I’ll start.”

Luna swung the spear with a very reluctant expression.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swish!

And I could understand why Luna was reluctant to show me.

I… was absolutely terrible at swinging the spear.

Even to my own eyes, I barely moved my lower body and just flailed my arms, desperately trying… it was like watching children practicing for a school performance – such movements were unfolding before my eyes.

Luna… thank you for being considerate.

And I’m sorry for asking you to do this!

“Um… i-it was like this!”

“Th-thank you for showing me, Luna. S-sorry for making you imitate such a terribly incompetent movement.”

“N-no! No, Jin-sang! E-everyone starts like that!”

Luna comforted me in a flustered manner.

But right now, that kindness was very bitter.

I took the spear back from Luna and said.

“It seems I won’t be able to defeat even a slime if I don’t thrust properly… please watch me until my form looks somewhat decent.”

“U-um! I’ll watch! I’ll help you correct your posture too!”

“Thank you!”

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For about an hour,

I swung the spear according to Luna’s guidance.

Luna helped me swing it as best as possible.
This included directly pressing against me to correct my posture.

Luna pressing her breasts against my back to correct my arm position.

The sensation of her breasts at that time was…

Heh, hehehe.

A firmness different from Miriana noona’s voluptuous fullness…

No, no, no, I shouldn’t have such thoughts about Luna who is working hard to help me.

Anyway, thanks to Luna’s kind guidance, I became able to handle the spear decently enough to at least look like I knew what I was doing.

…I need to practice every day so I don’t forget this.

After finishing posture correction and practice,
Luna and I entered the area where slimes lived, and.

-Bloorp.

I could see a slime.

Oh, so this is a slime.

It had a light blue color with what looked like a nucleus floating in the center.

A fantasy slime.

A real-life slime, which I’d only seen in games before.

My heart secretly pounded.

I had seen them in books.

The slimes in this world are not very threatening, weak monsters whose attack ability is basically just sticking to the body.

Normally, they absorb and slowly decompose grass near meadows.

Almost harmless slimes, but after piercing the slime’s nucleus, the remaining residue is well-used in things like alchemy or as a substitute for mops in daily life.

I also use mops made from processed slime residue to clean up table remnants.

Those are squishy and quite nice to touch, honestly.

“Luna, with slimes, I just need to pierce the nucleus, right?”

“U-um. Right. G-give it a try, Jin-sang.”

“Is it okay if I attack first?”

“It’s f-fine! Slimes aren’t very d-dangerous monsters. If it looks d-dangerous, I’ll p-protect you!”

“Luna…!”

A veteran adventurer.
C-rank adventurer Luna saying she would protect me was very reassuring.

Trusting Luna’s words, I aimed my spear at the slime.

Bloorp.

The slime, unaware of the approaching danger, just wobbled its jelly-like body.

I thrust my spear with a stab! in one go toward such a slime.

“Ah.”

The nucleus flashed.

-Bloooorp…

The slime shook its body more violently after being hit by my spear.

Like convulsions right before death.

Why, somehow I feel sorry.

“J-Jin-sang! K-keep stabbing!”

“Ah, yes!”

Regaining my senses at Luna’s words, I continued to stab multiple times with my spear.

“Hah! Hah!”

Stab!

After stabbing multiple times, the spear tip finally hit the nucleus.

-Bloooorgh…

The slime suddenly lost its color, then spewed out its internal liquid, leaving only transparent residue.

Ah, this is the sight I often saw during my serving job.

“C-congratulations, Jin-sang! Y-you defeated a slime!”

“Thank you, Luna!”

Although I only defeated a pushover monster like a slime.

Thinking that this was my first step toward the great goal of defeating the Demon Lord,

Joy welled up inside me.

“Let’s ride this momentum and hunt more!”

“U-um!”

And for a while, Luna and I continued hunting slimes.

As expected, Luna defeated slimes much faster and more nimbly than I did.

Holding a dagger in reverse grip and precisely piercing the slime’s nucleus, she looked cool like a skilled adventurer.

“This should be enough.”

“Yes. We’ve gathered enough to complete the request.”

As we filled our backpacks with slime residue, Luna and I thought it was time to head back.

At that moment, I had one thing I was curious about.

“Oh right, Luna. Come to think of it, are there super strong slimes or something like that?”

The book I read only described monsters living in this area.

But for fantasy monsters, shouldn’t there be higher-tier individuals or special variants?

“U-um. There are.”

“Oh.”

As expected, it seems such monsters exist.

“S-slimes have… somewhat larger Big Slimes and… extremely large K-King Slimes.”

“I guess Big Slimes and King Slimes are strong, right?”

“Th-they’re not that much stronger. They can still be defeated by piercing the nucleus or attacking a lot. Even King Slimes only have a s-subjugation rank of D-rank.”

“I see. Luna must be able to defeat them quickly, right?”

“Hmm, K-King Slimes are large… so even I can only defeat one at most. Since I can’t reach the nucleus, I have to cut it down a lot.”

“Aha.”

With interesting and new knowledge continually entering my ears, my curiosity was piqued.

“By the way, what’s the difference between Big Slimes or King Slimes and regular slimes?”

“Um… n-normal slimes are omnivorous, but Big Slimes and King Slimes a-appear in places with high magical concentration. I guess they grow larger by absorbing a lot of magical power.”

“Oh really.”

-Bloorp

I looked at a slime bloorp-ing around the area.

Magical power…