I Became an Unofficial Healer

“Luna, do King Slimes or Big Slimes’ materials sell for a high price?”

“Huh? Yes. Big Slimes and King Slimes’ residue contains more m-magical power… so they’re used as h-high-grade alchemy materials.”

“Ohh. …Luna, you said you could handle one King Slime, right?”

“Yes, why?”

“Hehe, I just had a really good idea.”

“A good… idea?”

Smiling at the brilliant idea I was about to execute, I told Luna.

“My magical power quantity is truly extraordinary.”

“Is that so?”

“Yes. So here’s what I’m thinking… I’ll cast Heal on a slime! And I’ll put in tons of magical power, lots of it!”

“Heal… on a slime?”

“Yes. Heal is ultimately absorbed by the body and takes effect, right?”

“I… guess?”

“Then if I cast Heal on a slime, it should directly absorb the magical power! Then the slime will transform into a King Slime, and we can catch it, don’t you think?”

I hereby name it the Slime Giga Max Operation!

“Um… W-well, Jin-sang. I d-don’t know for sure. Will a slime g-grow just from being h-healed?”

“Well, if it doesn’t work, it doesn’t work. We don’t have anything to lose anyway. Let’s try it!”

“O-okay, Jin-sang. G-give it a try. But only t-try it on one slime. If there are m-multiple, even I can’t handle them…”

“Got it, Luna! Then let’s try it on this one…”

-Bloorp

I stretched out my hand toward a slime that was crawling alone nearby.

“Heeeeeeeeeeeeal!”

Using Heal while shouting a long incantation and infusing it with plenty of magical power.

A pale green light enveloped the slime.

-Bloorp

“…”

But there was no change in the slime.

“J-Jin-sang! I-it’s okay! Y-you can fail sometimes!”

“No, this isn’t failure, it might be that there wasn’t enough magical power! Hrrm! Heeeeeeeeeeal!”

I am a man who doesn’t know the meaning of giving up!

How could I defeat the Demon Lord if I gave up so easily!

I used Heal with even more magical power.

-Bloorp

The slime just wobbled.

Ah, how embarrassing.

I shouldn’t have shouted so loudly.

“L-let’s go back, Jin-sang! W-we need to get our reward.”

“Yes. Sigh.”

“Ah, should we s-subjugate this slime too?”

“No. It’s a slime I gave plenty of Heal to, after all. Let’s leave it alone.”

“O-okay!”

Luna tried her best to match my mood.

Ah, Luna’s kindness seeps into my disappointed heart…

Luna and I turned our backs on the slime and trudged back toward the city.

“Hmm, I thought it would work…”

“I-it’s really unfortunate! B-but I think having such n-novel ideas is very good!”

“Really? Hehe, thank you, Luna.”

Luna’s comfort lightens my heart a bit.

Since Luna also says having novel ideas is good, I won’t be discouraged by this!

From now on, I’ll think of various ways to earn money and gain fame!

With this determined mindset, I looked up at the cloudless sky.

“Hmm?”

Huh?

Why is there a shadow when there isn’t a single cloud?

-Bloorp…

“Huh?”

“What’s wrong, Jin-sang…?”

At that moment of feeling something strange,

Hearing the sound of something huge wobbling behind us, I turned around.
Luna also turned around following me.

And there.

There was an enormous slime.

It was at least large enough to completely encompass two adult men stacked both horizontally and vertically.

“K-King Slime…!”

I heard Luna’s surprised voice next to me.

“Th-that’s a King Slime?!”

Did my Heal actually work!?

It didn’t grow immediately but after a time delay!?

“J-Jin-sang! Let’s create some distance first! I-if we’re too close, we can’t attack it! We’ll get sucked in!”

As Luna said, the King Slime was too close to us.

Just a step away.

If we got sucked into such a huge slime… we might drown without being able to escape.

“Y-yes!”

Responding, I immediately tried to run forward.

Swoosh!

Wow, Luna is incredibly fast!

While I was about to take one step, Luna moved forward at an amazing speed, about ten steps ahead.

This must be a dangerous situation for Luna to move like that?!

Surprise at Luna’s incredible speed.
And tension from realizing the urgency of the situation that required such speed, hit me all at once.

“Ah.”

Thud!

I tripped and fell face-first.

D-dangerous!

I need to get up quickly…

-Bloorp…

A sensation of being pressed by something huge, being sucked in, and a moist feeling like being submerged in water all hit me simultaneously.

Yes.

The moment I fell, the King Slime moved and was absorbing me.

Am I… going to be absorbed like this?

“Kyaaaaaaaaaaaah! Luna-saaaaaaaaaan!!!”

Facing a life-threatening situation, I shouted loudly for the first time in my life, calling for Luna.

“Huh? Kyaaaaaaaaaaaah! Jin-saaaaaaaaaang!!!”

When Luna turned around and saw me, she put both hands on her cheeks and shouted loudly.

“Help meeeeeee! I’m dying! I’m dyiiiiiiiiing!!! Uwaah! I’m being absorbed! Absorbed! Huh!? Huh, huh! Why! Why am I going up! Why! Uwaaaaaaah!”

I was not completely absorbed but suddenly being moved to the upper part of the King Slime.

When I reached about diagonally upward,

As if I had arrived at some kind of mouth position, my body, which had been absorbed up to the abdomen, was being sucked in further.

“Uwaaaah! I’m being sucked in! Help me, Luna-saaaaaaaan!”

“J-Jin-saaaang! W-wait for meeeee!”

Luna was quickly running toward me again.

That speed was much faster than when I first saw Luna’s speed.

But before Luna could reach me, I was completely absorbed into the King Slime in one gulp.

“BLAAARGLGLGLGLAAA!!!”

In such a sudden and terrifying situation, I couldn’t even think about holding my breath.
I ended up flailing and releasing air inside the King Slime.

Ah, breath…!

I, am I g-going to die here… No waaaay…!

Luna, help meeee…!

M-Miriana noona…!

If I had known this would happen, I would have accepted her proposal…!

“Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!”

While I was regretting my life choices,

Slash slash slash slash slash slash!

I heard the sharp sound of wind and something being cut around me.

-Bloooorp…

The King Slime’s vibrations intensified, which I could feel even from inside.

Wh-what, what’s happening…

With my breath cut off and unable to maintain full consciousness, I couldn’t properly grasp the situation.

Then,

Splaaaash!

Along with the sound of a large amount of water spurting out, the water surrounding my body drained away.

“Kaehak! Cough! Cough! Kuhuk!”

Having been inside the King Slime for only a short time, I hadn’t lost consciousness and spat out the water in my mouth.

Riiiip!

I heard the sound of something tearing, and the jelly-like feeling covering my body disappeared.

“Hack! Hack! Hrrm! Haak… J-Jin-sang! A-are you okay?”

“Cough! Cough!”

I raised my head after spitting out the rest of the water.

Luna, with her rabbit ears drooping, breathing heavily, and drenched in sweat, was looking down at me.

“L-Luna…”

At that moment,

I realized that Luna had saved me.

“Th-thank goodness. You’re alright…”

“Uwaaaaaaaaaan! Luna-saaaaaaan!”

I clung to Luna while crying.

I hugged Luna’s waist with my arms and buried my face in her embrace.

“Kyah! J-Jin-sang!?”

Having just felt the full terror of potentially drowning, I couldn’t control my emotions.

“Slimes are scaryyyyyyyy! Uwaaaaaaaan!”

“I-it’s okay, J-Jin-sang! I d-defeated the K-King Slime! I d-defeated the bad King Slime, so it’s okay!”

Luna stroked my head as if comforting a child who had burst into tears.

I felt kindness and relief from Luna’s gentle touch.

With relief and gratitude toward Luna, tears flowed again.

“Thank you, Luna-saaaaaaaan! Huwaaaaaaaaan! Luna is my lifesaveeeeeer!!”

“I-it’s okay! W-we’re in the same party. It’s n-natural to save you!”

Ah, isn’t Luna an angel with rabbit ears?

“Huwaaaaaaaaan! Luna, you’re such an angeeeeeeel! Angel Rabbiiiiiiit!”

“A-Angel Rabbit?”

My emotions were so intense that I was blurting out anything without thinking.

After about 5 minutes, I was able to compose myself.

“Thank you so much for saving me!”

Feeling extreme shame and embarrassment for crying like a little kid, I prostrated myself before Luna and expressed my gratitude again.

“R-really, it’s okay, Jin-sang! Yes!”

“And I’m sorry for showing such an unsightly appearance.”

“N-not unsightly! Y-you went through s-something like that. A-anyone would react that way! So p-please raise your head…”

Ah, Luna is a real angel.

LRT (Tenshi).

Even though I want to keep bowing,

If I did, Luna would be truly troubled, so I got up.

Wow, I’m completely soaked.

“Ah… Luna. What should we do with this King Slime residue? I don’t think it will all fit in our backpacks.”

I had no idea the King Slime’s residue would be this big.

Really, what should we do with this?

“Ah, if we report this to the guild, they’ll collect it separately.”

“Is that so? That’s convenient.”

“Yes. But that’s only for monsters that live nearby.”

“I guess that makes sense. Let’s go back then.”

Fortunately, although wet, the slime residue in our backpacks was fine.

“Um… J-Jin-sang.”

As we were about to head back to the city,

Luna spoke while sitting down and fidgeting with her fingers.

“C-can we leave a bit later? I think you a-also need some rest after that.”

“No. I want to leave quickly. Slimes are scary.”

Really.

I just want to go back right now, rest deeply in bed, find peace of mind, and overcome this.

“Huh, ah, um… really? Th-then let’s g-go!”

Luna stammered and tried to get up immediately.

“Hyaah!”

Thud!

But Luna fell as she tried to stand up.

“Luna?”

“…S-sorry, Jin-sang. Hic.”

Luna suddenly spoke with a tearful voice.

“C-can’t put strength in my b-body… I’ve used up all my stamina…”

“Oh.”

I felt very sorry toward Luna.
It wasn’t without reason that Luna suggested we rest a bit.

“I-I’m sorry, Luna.”

“Hic… sniff.”

Luna’s sniffling pierced my heart.