Chapter 17

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After leaving the castle, I first headed outside the capital.

After walking around outside the capital for a while, I made sure no one was around.

I decided to conduct several experiments that I hadn't been able to do properly since the goblin incident, as I thought it was necessary to know my own capabilities to some extent, even if I were to sneak into the castle in the future.

First, I wanted to test whether "if the training in recovery magic really had that effect, could I actually use it?"

There are many monsters living outside the capital. At that moment, I found a small group of goblins. They seemed to be carrying something and stopped moving when they noticed me.

I faced the goblins and readied my familiar knife.

Gradually, just like that time, a sensation as if my hands were moving on their own began to come over me.

At that moment, one of the goblins attacked, but its body and arms were cut off by my knife.

I wondered if it only reacted to humanoid creatures like goblins, so I tried it on another monster, and I was able to cut off its arms and legs as well.

Thus, the first experiment confirmed that "I could use it."

Next, I wanted to test whether "that sensation would properly react to non-living things."

I picked up a rock of a certain size and threw it into the air.

... Thud.

The rock fell, but the "reaction" never came.

The result was that it didn't react to anything other than "living beings."

Next, I wanted to test whether "I could handle weapons other than a knife."

First, I tried using the sword that one of the goblins I had just defeated had. After a few battles with monsters, I found that I could use it, but the knife was more convenient.

Next, I tried using a wooden stick that was lying around. Although I thought it would be impossible without a blade, I stared at the goblin in front of me.

... What? My hand is reacting!?

Unaware of this, the goblin attacked just like the previous one.

... My hand moved on its own.

I thought I couldn't take down a goblin with a wooden stick, but there was a goblin lying behind me, its arms and legs cut off, dead.

I was genuinely surprised. I could do this with a wooden stick that had no blade.

I tried a few more times, and the result was the same. I could cut off the arms and legs of goblins and other monsters with a wooden stick.

Although I didn't understand the mechanism, the fact that I could fight with a wooden stick in an emergency was a pleasant surprise.

After that, I got a bit excited and went on a monster-killing spree...

The result of the experiment was that I could use other weapons, but the knife was the most convenient, and in the worst case, I could fight with a wooden stick.

Finally, I wanted to test "how much pain I could feel."

From fighting monsters earlier, I realized that while my "hands" could move, my body was not immune to attacks, and I had been hit several times.

Although I didn't feel pain at the time, I decided to conduct an experiment just to be safe.

First, I cut my finger, which felt a bit itchy.

Next, I cut my arm, which also felt a bit itchy. I also cut my leg, but it felt the same.

I was too scared to cut my head or neck, but cutting other parts of my body only felt itchy.

The result was that, except for my head and neck, I was fine.

With that, I had conducted the experiments I wanted to, so I used a healing spell to clean up and decided to return to the city.

I didn't know how to dispose of the monster corpses...