Chapter 265 Our Job Is To Clean Up, Part Iii
Maya-chan and I sat down cross-legged on the ground, lowering ourselves to the spot.
Together, we placed our hands together in front of the corpse.
"Hey, big brother,"
"What?"
"You know, you don't have to take all this on by yourself, right?"
"I know. In 2 years, we won't even be here anymore."
"Yeah. If you understand, that's good. ...Um, by the way,"
"Yeah?"
"Speaking of which, your magic is called 'Healing Attribute,' but it's worked on things other than just people, hasn't it?"
"Yeah."
"If it has that kind of effect, do you think it could work on these people? Just to make them look better, you know?"
Maya-chan might be right.
It should have some effect even on a corpse.
"Oh, right. Um... Goddess, if you're listening, please help us out. Just a little improvement in appearance, if you can. 'Regenerate (regeneration spell).'"
Suddenly, the magic activated.
The charred skin began to heal, restoring itself as if it had never been damaged.
"Whoa, no way! You're amazing, big brother..."
"Hmm, maybe I should try 'Resurrect (Resurrection Spell)' too."
I thought there might be a chance, so I cast 'Resurrect,' but it wasn't that simple.
"...No luck. No, why would I give up? 'Re...zurre-'"
Maya-chan grabbed my hands, pulling me away from the body.
She looked into my eyes, shaking her head gently from side to side.
"Listen, big brother. Maybe what just happened was..."
"Yeah..."
I understand.
"It might have been the Goddess's intent."
"Right."
It was probably just a coincidence.
If someone had been watching from above, maybe they were saying it was enough already.
"Maybe she just wanted to say 'thank you' to you?"
"Yeah."
"And you know,"
"Yeah?"
"System-wise, maybe this person's soul was already gone."
The concept of a soul hasn't been proven in this world, or any other world for that matter.
I don't even understand how I'm alive again, it's just beyond logic.
"Yeah, you're right.It's a little weird for me to be relying on Maya-chan, who's ten years younger than me, for so much comfort."
"Listen, to Mother (Privia) and the others, Maya and you are just the same."
"I guess that makes sense."
"You finally smiled, huh?"
"Yeah, thanks, Maya-chan."
I managed to fix the remaining body just cosmetically.
Of course, I stopped trying to use "Resurrect."
I realized that even with broken magic, there are limits.
"...Neta-san"
I called Dorchuneta-san.
"Yes, over here."
"Could you bring the people doing the disassembly here?"
"Understood."
I turned towards Jag-san, who was a bit further away, and told him it hadn't worked.
Jag-san seemed to understand from our expressions.
"Master, thank you."
"Since I'm calling people now, could we hold a memorial service? Please?"
"Yes, leave it to me."
The body, which I had managed to cosmetically recreate, looked like it was sleeping.
"Ber-san"
"Yes, Maya-sama"
Berberi-san appeared out of nowhere.
Like this, Berberi-san is a real ninja.
No surprise he's Neta-san's brother.
"Were there any other casualties?"
"Yes, I can confidently say that there weren't any."
"Then that's good. Thanks."
"You're welcome."
Before I knew it, Berberi-san had disappeared.
"Well, I guess we've done all we can here."
"About that, let's discuss it with my mother (Privia) and decide slowly. Mahiru-chan and I talk on the phone every night, and she says nothing has changed."
"Is that so? Does Oso (Dreadful element) Poison-related matters have no change?"
"You're right. I don't think it could get any worse. Ensgard and the Watterhills, as well as Swiglefen should be fine. Oh, I'm not sure about the dog's place, but I'm sure they'll be okay."
The dog's place is on the other side of the lake from Ensgard.
You mean the Wareels.
Still with the cat lover comments, huh?
So I guess the dog people are still getting the cold shoulder.
'Kuu'
"Oh, right. Should we head back and leave the rest to Jag-san and the others?"
"Yeah, is Ber-san around?"
"Yes, right here."
"There you are. I was starting to think Ber-san and the others wouldn't be able to land after Maya and the others took off."
"That's true. Neta-san is here too, right?"
"Yep. Always by my side."
"So you've been laying low, huh?"
We're currently descending with Centrena and Wilshion, aiming for the height of the Duchy Capital.
The Centrena folks are taking their time and maintaining a safe margin while descending.
So it's taking a bit longer than usual.
"Speaking of which, Maya-chan..."
"What is it, big brother?"
"It's a bit of a mystery, but..."
"Yeah?"
"How did the Celestial Race find women with holy attributes? And by the way, I've never seen a man with holy attributes, so I wonder why that is?"
"It's a bit much to throw both questions at me, you know?"
"Ah, sorry about that."
"So the first question: how did they find them? I think..."
"Yeah?"
"Maybe they had some complicated formulas or magical circles built in, similar to how they found us."
"Ah, I see. I should ask Jag-san about this later."
"Yeah. Now, the second question: are there only women like Maya with holy attributes?"
"Yeah."
"I wonder if that's just coincidence?"
"Really?"
"I mean, I do think there are attributes that show up more in women, right? Maybe there used to be men with them in the past? But we don't know anyone like that. How about we ask Jag-san, who's been around longer than us?"
"Yeah, that makes sense."
"You won't find any attributes listed that only women have."
"I see."
After descending to Duchy Capital, I saw Jag-san.
He mentioned that he had managed to return both the revived woman and the remains of the deceased to their families.
"That's good to hear, big brother."
"Yeah, it is."
While I had the chance, I asked Jag-san about something.
As far as he knows, there haven't been any cases of the sacred attribute appearing in men.
Maybe there's a chance that certain attributes are more common in women.
It just so happens that the sacred attribute is one of them.
Attributes like light and healing don't seem to have a gender bias.
But from a population standpoint, both light and healing attributes seem pretty rare.
"Big brother, it's starting to snow."
"Oh, really? I guess winter isn't over yet."
"Yeah."
As if to thank us for our hard work, white snowflakes began to fall from the sky.
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