The Healer in a Japanese-Style Game World: Mastering Healing to Save My Favorite Character in a Brutal World, Only to Find Everyone Around Me Becoming Obsessed - Chapter 11: The Black Wolf's Gratitude?

Chapter 11: The Black Wolf’s Gratitude?

“Yomi-nii, you’re her master!?”

“That’s great, Makami! You found him!”

“…Womanizer.”

Among the children joyfully celebrating, I thought I heard a voice muttering something, but I had no time to dwell on it.

At the moment, I was being pinned down by her and couldn’t even get a clear look at her. More importantly, I had no idea what was going on. Plus, she was licking my face. What was I supposed to do?

“Um, could you stop licking me and get off? I don’t understand what’s happening.”

“Is that… an order, Master?”

“It’s more of a request.”

“Understood… I’ll listen to what Master says.”

Even though she might be mistaking me for someone else, she completely obeyed, which made me even more confused. What is this situation? What is being tested here? I wondered as I looked at her.

In front of me was a girl about fifteen years old. 

Her lustrous jet-black hair reached the ground, and her eyes, like lapis lazuli, sparkled with clear joy.

Her black wolf ears, a sign of her beastman heritage, twitched, and her equally black tail wagged vigorously. Her clothes, if you could call them that, were little more than rags and barely covered her.

Her revealing outfit made me feel awkward, but she didn’t seem to mind. I fervently hoped the wind wouldn’t blow as I turned my blushing face away.

“Waf, what’s wrong, Master?”

Who is she, really? 

I don’t remember being anyone’s master… And for starters, she should really wear proper clothes.

“Maybe you have the wrong person?”

“Your scent is the same, your presence is the same, and more importantly, your taste is the same.”

What does she mean by my taste?

I’ve never met a girl like her before, and what she’s saying is too weird for me to handle. But I need to understand what’s going on, so I need to keep talking to her.

“Um, so who are you?”

“Makami is Makami. I don’t like hornorifics.”

So her name is Makami. It sounds familiar, but I can’t place it.

“So, Makami-san…”

“Don’t use ‘san’. Just call me Makami. I don’t want to feel distant.”

“But we just met…”

“After you treated me so roughly?”

Her words made the children’s gazes turn cold and judgmental. What is this torture? I’m not the bad guy here. This is my first time meeting a beastman in this life, and I haven’t done anything wrong!

“Um, Makami-sama, please stop making misleading statements.”

“Drop that way of speaking.”

With an unchanged expression, the beautiful black-haired beastman girl insisted in a flat voice that I speak casually with her. 

But it’s rude to speak casually with someone you’ve just met. More importantly, she’s mistaking me for her master, and I need to clear that up. 

My reputation is taking a hit because of her words and this whole situation.

But the conversation won’t progress like this…

“Makami, right? So, why were you with the others?”

“I sensed Master’s presence in this town, so I had them help me search!”

“And that master is me?”

“Yes, the scent and presence are unmistakable. This isn’t our first meeting.”

She looked at me with a strong, unwavering gaze. 

Her confidence and the pressure in her eyes made me believe she wasn’t lying.

“Where did we meet?”

“In the forest… You healed me when I was in terrible pain and all alone. You saved me, so I came to repay you.”

“Was it the forest with the shrine?”

Cold sweat ran down my back.

There was only one forest I could think of, and the only wolf I remembered was from there.

“Yes.”

Wait, wait… seriously?

I remember it clearly… It was huge and emitted a divine aura; I never thought it would turn into a human.

“…Are you the wolf I helped back then?”

“Yes! I’m Makami, the Obsidian Fang Makami—the divine beast you saved! From now on, please take care of me, Master!”

So, she’s a divine beast… and she can turn into a human.

I was struck by how amazing this other world is, and my heart sank at the impending trouble this realization would bring.

TLN:
Actually, Makami’s title should be “Black Obsidian Big Mouth Makami,” but I decided to change it a little.

Or should it be, the Black Devourer Makami?