Chapter 38
If the goal is simply to raise an adventurer's rank, having a sister dispatched from the Church is quite advantageous.
It's easier to receive nominated requests from the Church, and even without them, having experts in healing magic accompany you greatly expands your range of actions.
Forming a party of adventurers is rare in the Faltarl Kingdom, but in the Orclura Kingdom, it's actually rarer to find an adventurer who doesn't join a party, so having a healer or not greatly affects a party's sustained combat ability.
After all, healing magic can't be substituted with skills, and magic can't be used like skills unless it's learned.
There are many adventurers who learn magic on their own and can use it, but attack magic inevitably takes priority.
Therefore, sisters and priests who are specialists in healing magic are highly valued.
I'll say it again, sisters and priests who are specialists in healing magic are highly valued.
"Sorry."
Shara Lansra apologized.
Four hours north by carriage from the town of Hekatai, or even faster on foot for adventurers.
The forefront of human territory at the edge of the Demonlands.
Adventurers simply call it the camp.
At that camp, Shara Lansra apologized.
"I'm a sister, but healing magic is, well, a bit of a weak point for me."
"I know."
"I'm aware."
What a thing to say now, I thought as I replied.
"I've seen that you can't immediately heal a wound as severe as a rib sticking out of the abdomen."
Hearing Erika's blunt assessment, Shara looked dejected.
"Well, yes, that's right. My skills are so lacking that even my seniors tell me to switch factions."
"Switch factions, you say?"
"I originally belonged to the Healing Faction, but... even as a sister, I became much better at attack magic than healing magic, so I was told I should switch factions."
Shara spoke with an obviously disheartened expression.
Being told by a senior in your faction to switch factions was more than I had imagined.
Or rather, it seems she didn't even want to switch, so in reality, she's essentially being kicked out of her faction.
"People have their strengths and weaknesses, their dispositions, so it's best not to dwell on it. The current Shara, who faced the Golden Ogre for the sake of the villagers despite being injured, suits this role better."
Erika comforted her with those words, but for someone from the Healing Faction who aims to save the weak through treatment, would that really be comforting?
By the way, the faction that aims to save the weak by assisting in the subjugation of monsters, like the current Shara, is called the Protector Subjugation Faction.
"Do you think so?"
"Indeed, I can't imagine you, who stands up to powerful enemies for the sake of the weak, using healing magic in a clinic."
"Can I do my best, do you think?"
"I guarantee it, Shara, you can do it."
"Erika, thank you. I'll give it a try."
"That's the spirit."
I couldn't join the conversation, and it felt lonely.
Watching the two of them get excited, I felt disheartened.