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 24: Yomi’s Power

Chapter 24: Yomi’s Power

“So—Tsukuyomi-sama, what is the way to save me?”

“Ah, that’s something I’ve been curious about too.”

I talked with Tsukuyomi-sama earlier, and she mentioned purifying the soul, but she didn’t explain the method. Can such a thing as soul purification even be done…? Just as I was wondering that.

“Heh, then let me explain!”

“Master… I think it’s about diving into Oboro.”

“Hey, explaining that is my role… No, before that, why are you here, Kuroyo? And Human, what kind of priest did you say you were?”

Before Tsukuyomi-sama could explain, Makami interrupted and came over to me. 

Only now did Tsukuyomi-sama seem to notice her, looking genuinely surprised.

Now that I think about it, Makami is quite well-known. Even Ryusui-sama knew about her…

“…Don’t worry about it now. We don’t have much time.”

“…Guh, that’s true, but there are too many things that bother me.”

“Let’s deal with that later.”

The god and my familiar continued talking to each other.

Watching them, Oboro-sama and I exchanged puzzled glances.

“Anyway, as Kuroyo said, this human will dive into Oboro’s soul with me. The circuit needed for that should be manageable with her help.”

Frowning a bit, Tsukuyomi-sama glanced at Makami and said that.

Makami seemed eager and dependable as usual. I remembered hearing that she had been alive since ancient times when I first met her in this form. I wondered if living that long allowed her to learn various techniques.

“You need to trust me, but that shouldn’t be a problem. As Kuroyo said, we don’t have much time, so Human, we will dive into Oboro right away.”

“…Understood. Do I need to prepare anything?”

“No, just wait a moment—I’ll handle constructing the technique, and Kuroyo will maintain it.”

“Leave it to me… it might be a bit complicated, but I’ll manage.”

With that, the two deities collaborated, and the mirror in the shrine dedicated to Oboro-sama began to glow. From their earlier conversation, I guessed I needed to enter it… I felt quite nervous.

“…Let’s do this.”

If I failed, I wouldn’t be able to save Oboro-sama. 

The responsibility was heavy, and I wasn’t sure I could handle it. But I had sworn to help her, so I had to do it.

“…Alright, Human, let’s go.”

So, I entered the mirror with Tsukuyomi-sama—and immediately, I started falling.

There was no ground, and the moment we entered, we fell. The only visible scenery was darkness, with no light at all.

Breathing alone caused me to inhale miasma, and if it weren’t for the skill [Food of the Underworld] I had, I would have died right there… The miasma was that thick. Worried about Tsukuyomi-sama, I glanced at her, but she didn’t seem to be suffering much.

“…We should be landing soon.”

Just as Tsukuyomi-sama said, the fall ended, and we arrived at a place resembling an altar.

A massive object, shaped like a full moon, stood at the back, with trees growing and many black miasma clumps scattered around.

“It’s terrible, to be corrupted this much… Human, let’s purify it right away.”

With those words, I understood my role.

I didn’t know if I could purify it, but I had to try. And I didn’t know if I had enough spiritual power to purify this amount of miasma. But I had no choice, so I steeled myself and started the purification.

“With the divine presence in Takamagahara—”

The moment I began chanting the purification prayer, an ominous presence filled the area, and the density of the miasma increased. Glancing at Tsukuyomi-sama, I saw a black beast resembling a fox heading toward her.

“―So, they’ve come. Human, I’ll leave Oboro’s purification to you!”

“What about you, Tsukuyomi-sama?”

“Even as a fragment, I am originally one of the three great gods. Leave this opponent to me, Human! You focus!”

Her words were full of confidence. Since I was warned, I switched my focus entirely to the purification process.

…Efficiency of purification, contamination by miasma, and Tsukuyomi-sama’s burden. Thinking about what I could do, I decided to believe in my own abilities.

“Even someone like me… was able to break Kagura’s curse. If I believe in that—”

―I can take risks.

Even if it means brute-forcing, I’ll purify everything here.

Until now, I had been purifying the miasma clumps bit by bit, but that would burden Tsukuyomi-sama. So, I decided to give up on limiting the area and poured my spiritual power into the entire space.

“―You’re truly exceptional, Human!”

With a tone full of joy, she said that. Looking towards her, the black foxes that must have been numerous were gone.

“Let’s move forward, towards Oboro’s soul—that full moon!”

“Understood!”

I started running towards the full moon, but the entire space began to shake at that moment. It felt like an earthquake, with the ground trembling and miasma and corruption overflowing from the full moon—and then.

“This is… the source of the corruption.”

What appeared was a massive black fox, even larger than Oboro-sama when we first fought. 

Made entirely of miasma, it glared at us and laughed. It looked down on us as if we were inferior creatures, or perhaps it was enjoying the thrill of hunting us…

“This is where it really begins—help me, Human!”

“Just to clarify, I’m Yomi, Tsukuyomi-sama.”

“I see… Then, Yomi, we will absolutely save Oboro!”

“Understood!”