"Fia?!" (Cyril)
Seeing me fall to the ground, the captain came running over to me.
Then, he called out to me with a worried look on his face, but I was in no state to reply.
Ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch!!
Oouch! Ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch!!
It's wrong. You're making the healing potion wrong.
How it works is different.
Ahh, I could understand why the black dragon Zavilia attacked me when I used the healing potion because it was in so much pain. By the way, what is Zavilia doing right now?
Oh no, my mind was getting confused. Who the hell made this healing potion?!
It was a complete failure that should never be released to the world!!
The captain muttered worriedly as he watched me writhe on the ground.
"Sometimes, there are people for whom healing potions don't suit them. Since you described this injury on your arm as just a scratch, I don't think Fia is particularly sensitive to pain, so perhaps healing potions just don't suit her." (Cyril)
...Yes, that's right. Healing potions were designed to heal wounds by forcibly increasing the user's healing ability, but this was the wrong way they work. This meant that the higher your healing magical power, the more pain you would feel. So, it hurt so much I could die!
"However, this is a problem. This pain will occur periodically until the wound heals. At this rate, it will be difficult to have her return to the castle with the Sixth Knight Order." (Cyril)
The captain muttered as he glanced over at the Sixth Knight Order, who were almost done cleaning up after their battle with Flower-horned Deer.
Despite the intense pain, I managed to get my voice out.
"No, I don't want to. I'm going home with the Sixth Knight Order. Today is the day of the Meat Festival..." (Fia)
"Yes?" (Cyril)
"If you clear your mind, fire will also feel cool! If you think it won't hurt, it won't hurt. But even if you want to eat meat, you can't if it's not there! Even if you try to extinguish it with your mind, the fire will still heat you up!!" (Fia)
"...Fia. Once your wounds have healed, we can talk at length, okay?" (Cyril)
The captain suggested, smiling in the kindest of ways.
"N-no. I feel the same pressure as Ardio-san when he lectures me. I worked hard today. Let me eat some meat!" (Fia)
I jumped up and took some distance from the captain.
Ah, maybe the pain was subsiding a bit...
"I'm cured! I'm cured! I'm no longer in pain, so I'll be returning to the castle with the Sixth Knight Order." (Fia)
No, really. Even though I might look like this, I was a former great saint. An injury of this magnitude would be instantly cured. I couls heal in the blink of an eye. Yes, since I drank the healing potion, it took a little more effort to heal the abnormal conditions, but it still took the blink of an eye.
"Captain Cyril, sorry to interrupt you." (Fabian)
I turned around at the interruption and saw Fabian standing there.
"If it's okay with you, I'll handle Fia. She's a size smaller than me, so I can carry her if necessary. I believe Captain will be guarding the commander, so if you don't mind, could you leave her to me?" (Fabian)
Although the captain seemed to think about Fabian's proposal for a while, he quickly agreed.
"...I see. I'll leave it to you then. I expect she will complain of severe pain several times, so please carry him. Never separate from the other knights." (Cyril)
Then, after hesitating for a moment, the captain spoke again.
"Each monster has its own territory. Reports have come in that one of the three great magical beasts that rule this continent is missing. As a result, the distribution of monsters is currently sparse. This land is quite far from the missing part, so we thought it wouldn't be a problem, but the fact that Flower-horned Deer emerged from the abyss may mean that it is affected to some extent. Therefore, there is a risk of encountering a monster that is not always there. Make sure you do not get separated from the other knights." (Cyril)
"Understood" (Fabian)
Fabian answered the captain with a serious face and took me away.
Oh, good. Now I could join the meat festival and sneakily use healing magic to escape this excruciating pain.
When I joined the Third Platoon, everyone called out to me.
"Fia! Your arm is hurt. Come here and I'll bandage it for you."
I approached him as I was told and held out my arm, but for some reason he ended up messing up my hair.
"You're amazing! You knew a lot about the characteristics of that strange monster!"
"That monster, it's seriously crazy! If you surround it, it'll emit flames and you have to move away, but if you move away, it'll put out the flames and attack, so you have to surround it again! If you hadn't timed your call, I would have ended up participating in tonight's meat festival as meat!"
"No, even if you become a lump of meat, you won't be allowed to participate as meat! As meat, you have no right to participate!"
"Hehehe, Flower-horned Deer is super delicious!" (Fia)
In front of the excited knights, I proudly showed off all the information I knew.
"It tastes so good you'll wonder what kind of meat you've had until now! It's amazing. It melts in your mouth. People will fight over it. It will turn into a big fight." (Fia)
"Seriously..."
Some of the knights were already imagining the taste of Flower-horned Deer and were gazing in ecstasy at the corpse of the monster.
Wow, that's tough. You're truly a knight, to be able to see living monsters as nothing but meat now!
I had one of the knights bandage up the messy wound and then we set off on our way home.
Then, after walking for a while... I suddenly crouched down in intense pain.
"Guuuuuuggghhh!!" (Fia)
Oh no! I forgot I had taken a healing potion!
"Hey, Fia, what's up?!"
"Did you get an upset stomach or something?"
The knights around me were worried and called out to me.
Because of the pain, I couldn't even speak, so Fabian answered for me.
"I think it's healing pain. She took a healing potion to heal the injury on her arm earlier, so I think the healing pain has come back." (Fabian)
"Ah—"
"Yeah, there's nothing we can do about that."
The knights, who had likely already tried healing potions many times, nodded sympathetically.
And he held the shield for Fabian and me.
"Because you're wearing armor, Fia, it'll be painful for you, if I hold you on my shoulders. It'd be better to hold you sideways." (Fabian)
Just as I was thinking that one of the knights was talking, an arm reached out and picked me up since I was stuck to the ground.
"...Argh!" (Fia)
Fa-fabian, you can't hold me sideways!!
You may think it's just part of your job, but what if he has ulterior motives?!
And...
"It's because of the armor! My armor is cursed to be heavier than normal armor. So, even if Fabian thinks it's heavy, it's absolutely true that it's the weight of my armor!!" (Fia)
I desperately tried to say something important.
The pain was still intense, but it's more important to emphasize the weight of the armor.
"Ah, well, I've never heard of such a curse, but if Fia says so, maybe it's true." (Fabian)
"Wow, you're amazing. You managed to find such a cursed item in the armor provided."
Unlike before, I felt like the knights were looking at me with lukewarm eyes, but I decided not to mind.
The key was to get them to commit.
Everyone, I confirmed the Cursed Armor. You heard me!
Then, once the pain had subsided, Fabian helped me off, and during the break I hid in the shade of a tree and secretly used the saint's power.
Naturally, the wounds on my arms and the abnormal condition of periodically feeling severe pain were instantly healed.
...You get injured, so you heal. It's a simple matter, so why should drinking a healing potion make it so complicated?