Chapter 2

When I woke up, I was in a room at the inn.

Huh?

Was it a dream?

I was in the old wooden inn where I had spent a month.

The room was about four tatami mats in size, with a bed and a closet.

A small window was the only one in the low-ceilinged room.

It wasn’t dirty, but it was an old inn.

…………Was it a dream?

…………Was it?

My head felt fuzzy.

Ouch!!

I felt pain in my right thigh……

It was a burn……

There was a large burn, about 30 cm long, on my thigh.

As I became aware of the burn, the pain intensified.

Sweat started to come out.

The pain from the burn was unbearable.

Right, I had a dream of being in a hospital room and casting a fire spell……

I didn’t feel my body, but was fire coming out of my right hand?

…………I don’t know.

To begin with, which was the dream?

Is this world I’m in now a different world…………

Is this a dream……

No, if I’m awake now, then the hospital room was a dream.

Did I cast a spell in my sleep?

If so, I should have woken up before getting this burn……

Then, is this world and the other world both real, and I’m sharing the same body?

If so, I must have brought the injury from the other world to this one.

But if that’s the case, what about the injuries from the accident?

My body has only the burn and can move normally.

Damn!

Still…… the pain is intense……

I’m sweating a lot.

I might have a fever.

I have to do something about this wound……

If I want to heal the wound, I should go to the church.

The church can heal wounds for a fee.

But it will probably cost a lot to heal this wound.

Ouch!!

A sharp pain runs through the burn.

There’s a strange sensation on the burn.

It feels like something is touching it.

The pain intensifies.

What is it?

There’s a smell like disinfectant……

The burn is giving off a smell……

This……

Is disinfectant or medicine being applied to the burn?

Can’t be……

Is my body really connected to the other world?

If this burn is being treated in the hospital, then this phenomenon makes sense.

I can’t figure it out.

Facts and emotions get mixed up.

It hurts so much……

My HP must be significantly reduced.

!!

Right!

Status!

I need to check my status.

In this world, you can check your status.

Checking status is a kind of skill, and only you can see it, not others.

I called up my status.

Interdimensional Zone

【ーーーーー】

HP: 8/27 (↑+1)

MP: 10/10 (↑+1)

SP: 2/2

Strength: 7

Endurance: 4

Agility: 4

Dexterity: 5

Magic: 3

Holy: 3

【Magic Manipulation: Lv2】【Fire Magic: Lv1 (↑+1)】【Wind Magic: Lv0 (New)】

Huh?

Three stats have increased……

And I’ve learned Wind Magic.

That’s strange.

It’s clearly strange.

I’ve been training in magic in this world for a month.

I used all my time except for sleeping to learn magic.

The status increase over a month was only MP +1 and 【Magic Manipulation Lv2】【Fire Magic Lv0】.

This isn’t particularly slow growth.

Apparently, if you fight monsters, your status increases more, but if you train alone, this is about what you get.

And that’s not all that’s strange.

My MP is fully restored.

If I used my Fire Magic, my MP should be reduced.

In this world, there are almost no ways to recover MP.

There’s something called an MP recovery potion, but it’s extremely expensive and rarely available.

Also, MP recovers naturally over time.

It recovers over time, so you don’t usually use such expensive items unless it’s an emergency.

However, the problem is the speed of natural recovery.

It only recovers about a third of your maximum MP per day.

So, if I used my 【Fire Magic】 to get this burn, my MP should definitely be reduced.

But my MP is fully restored…………

I don’t understand……

This burn is probably part of the reason, but I’m as confused as when I first came to this world.

I’m sweating a lot……

Sweat is pouring out, regardless of the temperature.

It’s because of the pain.

I don’t want to move at all, but I have to go to the church……

“Ugh……”

I forced myself to stand up.

Ouch!

Naturally, pain shot through my thigh as I stood up.

It’s extremely painful, but not so much that I can’t walk.

This room is on the second floor.

I used the railing to go down to the first floor.

“Hey! Kid! What happened?”

As I slowly descended the stairs with a grim expression, the innkeeper, Dyeon, called out to me.

Dyeon has short red hair.

He’s a middle-aged, well-built man with a red beard.

I’ve been taken care of a lot since I came to this world.

“It seems I did this to myself with my own magic.”

I showed Dyeon my burn.

“Whoa, that’s bad.

What do you mean, you did it with your own magic?”

Dyeon put his hand on his chin and frowned as he asked.

“I’m not sure myself.

Maybe I was sleepwalking?”

“Come on, if you were sleepwalking, it wouldn’t be this bad.”

“But when I woke up, I was like this.

So I thought I’d go to the church to get treated.”

“Ah, the church is expensive.

Okay, wait a minute.”

Dyeon went to the back without waiting for my answer.

After a while, Dyeon and his wife came from the back.

“Look at this, dear.”

“Oh dear, that’s terrible.”

His wife, Kamira, is also a middle-aged, well-built woman.

She has long black hair tied up in a bun.

Because of her large body, the bun looks small.

“Let me see.”

Kamira rolled up her sleeves and approached my burn.

Her hand glowed faintly.

It’s a healing spell.

The pain gradually subsided.

“Wow! Thank you.”

“It’s just a temporary first aid. It won’t heal completely like at the church.”

Still, the pain subsiding was a big help.

“Stay in your room and rest today.

I’ll give you a discount on the treatment.”

Dyeon patted my shoulder and said.

They’re going to charge me.

Well, that’s to be expected.

“Thank you.

I’ll practice magic manipulation in my room today.”

“That’s good.”

Dyeon said with a look that said, “Not again.”

Indeed, since I came to this world, that’s all I’ve been doing……

I went back to my room and checked the burn.

The burn had shrunk, and the pain was almost gone.

Has my HP recovered?

I sat on the bed and checked my status.

Interdimensional Zone

【ーーーーー】

HP: 15/27

MP: 10/10

SP: 2/2

Strength: 7

Endurance: 4

Agility: 4

Dexterity: 5

Magic: 3

Holy: 3

【Magic Manipulation: Lv2】【Fire Magic: Lv1】【Wind Magic: Lv0】

Right, 【Wind Magic】.

I just learned it.

Let me try it.

I held out my right hand and focused on the wind.

Wind started to swirl from my palm.

It’s about as strong as a weak fan.

Still pretty weak.

With my magic power of 3, that’s about all I can do.

And

MP: 9/10

it became.

In my case, MP only recovers by about 3 points a day.

Training with 【Fire Magic】 or 【Wind Magic】 quickly drains my MP.

That’s why you’re supposed to do this kind of training in your childhood.

MP increases as you use it.

If you consume about 30% of your MP every day, by the time you’re 15, you can have around 200 to 300 MP.

This shows how weak my status is.

But I’ve been training hard for a month.

That’s why I have 【Magic Manipulation: Lv2】.

This skill allows you to move and release magic power within your body.

I can’t release it yet, but……

By circulating the magic power within my body and focusing on it, I improved my magic manipulation level.

This training doesn’t consume MP because you don’t release magic power outside your body.

I kept doing this until 【Fire Magic: Lv0】 appeared.

After that, I trained with 【Fire Magic】 three times a day and continued with 【Magic Manipulation】.

I kept trying, thinking I might have some special ability since I came from another world.

……So far, nothing.

My status is like that of a commoner in this world who didn’t make any effort as an adult.

My strength and endurance are even lower than a commoner who doesn’t do anything.

Commoners in this world probably use their strength and stamina in their daily lives.

I’m a high school student and haven’t done that……

Normally, without a way to earn money, I’d be completely stuck.

But I came to this world with a notebook and a mechanical pencil.

I didn’t expect writing tools to be so valuable.

I’ve been making a living by selling them, but I need to find a job soon……

While thinking about this, I continued my 【Magic Manipulation】 training.

If I can raise my level a bit more, I should be able to move a magic ball freely.

If I can do that, I can cast spells at distant targets.

I focused my magic power at the tip of my head.

Then, I circulated the gathered magic power clockwise.

Right shoulder, right arm, right elbow, right hand……

I can’t do it well with my fingertips yet.

I can’t make the magic power small enough.

After circulating it clockwise, I focused it on my eyes.

It took about 3 hours to do this.

At first, it took half a day.

Even though it’s weak, I’ve been growing.

When I opened my eyes with the magic power focused, I could see a faint mist.

This is magic power.

By absorbing this magic power from the air, MP recovers naturally.

Right, it’s a waste to let MP recover naturally.

So I cast 【Wind Magic】 until my MP was 3/10.

But this level of training doesn’t improve my abilities.

What was that in the morning?

Three of my abilities had increased.

Was that just a dream?

While thinking about this, I lay down.

Okay, I’ll keep practicing 【Magic Manipulation】 until just before I go to sleep.

Even while lying down, I continued my 【Magic Manipulation】.

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When I woke up, I was in a hospital room……