Chapter 11

Not knowing what would happen, I cast the purification spell, but it was a success and a failure at the same time.

The purification was successful, but it wasn’t thorough enough, and it failed... It’s quite a shock.

Well, I’m a beginner in magic, so it can’t be helped.

By the way, I remember there were levels in magic like beginner, intermediate, and so on.

I’m super beginner.

I’m just doing it my own way.

...

It seems that the living rock has a strong curse.

Hmm~ The purification I’ve done so far is weak.

I need to do a stronger purification.

...Stronger purification?... It’s too difficult for me, who doesn’t know much about magic.

Should I just make the image stronger than before?

So far, I’ve been imagining the dirt floating and falling off... like doing laundry.

This was easy to imagine because I’ve seen it in commercials.

But this isn’t effective enough for the living rock in front of me.

To remove the curse... I need to imagine a strong curse and forcefully eliminate it.

Various movies come to mind when I think of curses, but that’s not it.

The dirt from laundry floats in the water, a kind of vague, fluffy dirt.

For stubborn dirt, it’s like something that’s stuck... like oil.

Sticky oil stains, will this work?

I need to imagine encapsulating it and then either weakening it or scraping it off.

“Purification”

The living rock in front of me starts to glow white.

As I watch, the black cursed parts gradually peel off, shatter, and disappear into the air.

There’s a crackling sound, but is this the right way?

Well, as long as the curse is lifted, it should be fine... I hope it’s fine.

The last of the curse that peeled off disappears.

“Oh~ This is unexpected”

I was surprised; it wasn’t a cursed living rock.

In front of me is a blood-covered bird.

Maybe I felt the same way I did when I met the bird or the wolf because of this.

But this bird is sparrow-sized.

It was such a large mass of curse, but it turned out to be sparrow-sized.

I was surprised by the bird, but even more by its size.

And the fact that it’s covered in blood... This is more than just surprising, it’s scary.

Well, I hope it won’t attack me if I get closer?

The blood-covered bird flies unsteadily toward me.

When I tentatively extend my finger, it stops.

The blood-covered state is eerie. Too eerie.

Looking closely at the bird, I see a large wound on its chest.

Blood is flowing from it... I’m amazed it could fly so well.

... Could this wound be caused by my barrier?

If so, I’m sorry.

I need to cover the wound first.

Regenerating the wound... is difficult.

I tried to remember my own injuries, but I can only recall the image of blood flowing.

It’s not very helpful.

First, I need to regenerate the cells around the wound, and then imagine the skin healing and closing.

...I’m extremely anxious.

“Heal and Clean”

The wound on its chest is covered in a pale pink light and starts to disappear.

At the same time, the bird’s entire body glows faintly, and the dirt and blood are cleaned away.

Once the blood and dirt are gone, a very beautiful bird is perched on the tip of my finger.