I Became an Unofficial Healer

What?

What… just happened?

The back of my hand forcefully stamped onto the table as soon as the starting signal sounded.

A tingling pain traveled up from the back of my hand.

While I was still trying to comprehend what had happened,

“Jin-sang~ Y-you put up a g-good fight, pfft.”

Miriana noona’s mocking voice reached my ears.

Feeling irritated with a snap, I immediately regained my composure.

“O-one more time!”

I requested a rematch.

“U-um. O-okay, Jin-sang. Is… is your hand okay…”

“Heal!”

I immediately cast healing magic on my tingling hand, then returned my hand to the starting position.

“Luna! You’re so quick! I couldn’t react. Amazing!”

Right, I already knew!

Luna is incredibly fast!

I lost because she moved quickly before I could exert my full strength!

“R-really? Th-thank you. Then sh-should I go a bit slower this time?”

“Yes, please.”

“Jin-sang~ You’ll just look more pitiful that way~.”

“Ah, noona, please be quiet for a bit! I may be, um, F-rank! And Luna may be C-rank! But it’s strange to lose so easily in arm-wrestling!”

“Yes~ Right~ It’s super strange~. Good luck~.”

Snap!

She’s completely making fun of me, isn’t she?

Alright, fine.

Luna said she’d go slower this time.

This time I’ll put up a good fight!

“Noona, the signal!”

“Okay~. Then… rea~dy, go!”

Woooaaah! This time I’ll show my true strength…!

Bang!

“…”

“Um… um… huh?”

“Pfft.”

After it started,

Once again, the back of my hand strongly hit the table.

“O-one more time!”

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Exerting a man’s persistence that refuses to give up, I challenged Luna again and again.

And,

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

I lost to Luna in arm-wrestling more than 10 times in a row.

My indomitable spirit, using Heal whenever the back of my hand stung, challenging her again.

Even using Stamina Heal to maintain my peak condition for each challenge.

But no matter how many times I tried, I was no match for Luna.

No, beyond that, Luna, who supposedly had low stamina, showed no signs of fatigue even after arm-wrestling with me more than 10 times.

And,

“Woooooaaaaah! Uaaaaaaaaaah! Uzaaaaaaaaah!”

Despite shouting loudly with my voice, not just in my mind, and even grabbing my wrist with my left hand to try to defeat Luna.

“Um, well. That… J-Jin-sang?”

Luna didn’t budge at all.

While I had no room to speak, conversely, Luna was so relaxed that she could make an awkward expression.

“Luna, it’s pitiful to watch, so please end it.”

“Y-yes…”

Bang!

“Hurgh!”

Crash!

Perhaps because I was exerting so much force, my body twisted when the back of my hand hit the table again, and I fell to the floor.

“Ah! J-Jin-sang! A-are you okay?”

The fall wasn’t really the problem.

The back of my hand was sore, but not seriously so, and this much could be healed quickly with Heal.

But,

“Urgh…”

My heart.

Is very.

Painful.

Ah, I feel like crying.

“Jin-sang.”

“M-Miriana noona…”

Miriana noona crouched down, looked down at me, and smiled brightly as she said.

“Did you think a C-rank was going to be a pushover?”

Ugh.

“No, that’s absolutely not it! But… this is a bit too much…”

Even using all my strength, not only did she not budge, but she wasn’t even slightly tired, which is really too much…

She’s supposed to have weak stamina…

Noticing the intention behind my aggrieved gaze,

Miriana noona leaned in closer and whispered in my ear.

“Would there be any stamina consumed when the strength difference is so great?”

“Kuhuk!”

Miriana noona’s words stabbed my heart even deeper.

“Jin-sang is already just a pushover F-rank healer, so of course you’d be no match for Luna who’s C-rank. Now do you understand your own abilities well?”

“Urgh!”

Miriana noona continued to stab my heart with her harsh truths.

“Ah, but Jin-sang being so confident was really cute. Pfft.”

“Kuhak!”

This is no longer harsh truth, just pure mockery.

My heart was completely shattered.

…Noona, I hate you.

Ah, I’m really going to cry.

“U-um, M-Miriana-san… p-please don’t tease Jin-sang too much. He… he’s F-rank. A-and I! I’m! An e-experienced adventurer! This i-is inevitable!”

Luna, with her low self-esteem, tried to comfort me by calling herself an experienced adventurer.

Is this… entering self-esteem recovery?

Is she recovering her self-esteem through an equivalent exchange with mine?

“But even for an F-rank, isn’t it your first time seeing someone who doesn’t even budge when you use both hands and struggle desperately?”

“…”

Luna turned her gaze away from Miriana noona.

Stop it!

My mental life points are already at 0!

Stop this Berserker Soul-like interrogation!

Miriana noona stood up, put her hand on Luna’s shoulder, and pointed at me with her other hand, saying.

“Look at him. That pitiful Jin-sang. Honestly, with so little strength, just imagine him going alone against goblins or slimes with that spear he bought not long ago for self-defense.”

“Uh…”

“He might manage one thrust with the spear. But once it gets stuck in the monster’s flesh, do you think Jin-sang could pull it out?”

“Um, well…”

“Rather, wouldn’t he panic, unable to pull it out, and end up in big trouble just from clinging to the spear?”

“That…”

“If something serious happens, Jin-sang would think: Ah, if only Luna had been in my party, this wouldn’t have happened. While resenting Luna, our poor Jin-sang would… Hic!”

“B-because of me…! Ah, aah…!”

Luna’s complexion turned pale, as if imagining that I might really lose my life.

No, even if I get injured, I can recover with Heal.

“Excuse me…”

“Jin-sang, be quiet.”

“Yes.”

When I tried to say something, I immediately became silent at Miriana noona’s restraint.

“Luna, you don’t want that to happen, right? You don’t want to abandon poor Jin-sang, right? Our Jin-sang is called a quack healer, so the only one he can truly rely on is Luna.”

“Th-the only one he can rely on is… me?”

“Yes. You are Jin-sang’s only hope. You are an extremely necessary existence to Jin-sang.”

“I-I’m hope… a n-necessary existence… n-need to be together…”

“Yes, that’s right! Jin-sang is only safe when Luna is by his side! Jin-sang, you don’t want to separate from Luna once you become party members, right? You don’t want to part ways, right?”

Miriana noona demanded an answer from me as if forcing me.

“Um… yes! Very much! I need Luna! Once we become a party, I don’t want to separate! I can’t even think about parting ways!”

“Did you hear that? Did you hear what Jin-sang said?”

“N-not separate… n-not part ways. Heh, hehehe. Hehehehe…”

Somehow, Luna was making a somewhat gloomy and dangerous-sounding laugh.

“So, Luna? Can you form a party with our Jin-sang?”

Miriana noona.

I said something similar to that… no, what she’s saying now is harsher.

But I said something similar, you know?

But Luna refused because of her low self-esteem.

So instead of asking, you should emphasize more…

“I-I will.”

Luna accepted forming a party with me.

Huh?

Wait, this works?

It didn’t work when I asked?

Miriana noona smiled brightly and clapped her hands.

“Oh my, great! That’s wonderful! Then from today, Jin-sang and Luna are officially a party!”

Um… it was formed so quickly?

Really?

The party that didn’t form despite all my efforts for a month, just like this…?

While I was happy, I also still couldn’t believe it.

Miriana noona put her hands on her hips and leaned toward me, who was still dazed.

Oh, I can see her cleavage.

Miriana noona’s breasts are really big too.

F-cup… amazing.

“Jin-sang! Why are you still sitting there! Get up quickly! And stop ogling my chest!”

“Uh… yes. No! I-I wasn’t ogling your chest!”

My gaze just happened to be directed where her chest was!

I hurriedly got up.

Miriana noona took both Luna’s and my hands, then guided them to shake hands with each other.

“Now that you’ve formed a party, greet each other by shaking hands and saying ‘pleased to work with you.’ Come on, start!”

Luna and I had our wrists forcibly grabbed and shaken by Miriana noona.

For now… I need to go with this big wave!

“P-pleased to work with you, Luna!”

Even though I’m extremely embarrassed after losing so badly earlier!

“U-um! P-pleased to work with you, J-Jin-sang!”

Luna and I, who had formed a party almost entirely due to Miriana noona’s pace,
greeted each other awkwardly.

“Kyaah! To think a new party is born like this~ It’s so touching~.”

Miriana noona, speaking deliberately in an affected manner, pulled our gripped hands to the side and then separated them.

“Well, it’s getting late. Luna, will you be heading back now?”

“Huh? Ah. Yes! I-I’ll do that. Um… th-the dinner was really delicious. Th-thank you!”

“It’s nothing~ Rather, I’m grateful that you became Jin-sang’s party member~. Ah, when Jin-sang comes here, come with him. I’ll treat you to something delicious again♪”

“Y-you don’t have to d-do that…”

“It’s fine, it’s fine. Delicious food tastes even better when shared. Jin-sang! You should say goodbye too!”

“Huh? Yes! L-Luna, take care! See you at the adventurer’s guild!”

“U-um! J-Jin-sang. T-tomorrow at the a-adventurer’s guild… heheh. S-see you at the adventurer’s guild!”

When leaving Miriana noona’s house, Luna smiled as if she was a bit happy.

And after Luna left,

“…Noona.”

“Hmm? What is it?”

I turned to face Miriana noona and said.

“The result is good, but wasn’t that a bit too much!”

Ah, I’m crying.