There's No Way the Hot Girls Would Fall for an Ordinary 'Healer NPC' Like Me! ~About How I'm Just Treating the Beat-Up Heroines, But For Some Reason Their Reactions Are Getting Really Weird~ - Chapter 24-25

Chapter 24: Don’t Read This, Absolutely!

“Leon’s… um, can I touch it a little…?”

What the heck!?

Why is Elfina reaching her hand right there!?

“Y-yeah, sure…”

But I can’t just brush off Elfina’s request.

It’s already a win that she didn’t look at me with disgust…

“I knew it…”

Elfina’s hand feels warm, and it makes my whole body tingle.

It’s like being wrapped up safe in Mother Earth or something.

But while I’m feeling that, Elfina’s face turns serious.

“The World Tree is drying up… so that’s why you’re like this, Leon.”

What does that mean?

“We elves take in the World Tree’s blessing drops into our bodies to have kids, but… now that the World Tree stopped working, everyone in this country got their normal sex drive back as a side effect…”

Oh, so that’s why I’m hard.

I thought it was just because of Elfina’s naked body and her hand.

Wait.

Hold on.

Does that mean—

“Um… Elfina, are you… excited too?”

When I say that, Elfina looks down, a little shy.

“Yes…”

No way.

The heroine from Kinpuru shouldn’t be getting turned on by some regular NPC.

That’s how it should be, but—

Ugh…!

So the way Elfina’s hand is moving faster is because of the World Tree?

“Whoa, calm down please!”

“I’m sorry… just let me finish…”

A jolt runs down my spine.

Elfina keeps squeezing tighter.

No good…!

If this keeps up I’m gonna cum!

“Eh…?”

“S-sorry! I didn’t mean to…!”

Oh crap, I got it on Elfina’s face.

“…………♡”

There’s no girl who wouldn’t get mad after—

Ehhhhhhhh!?

Why is she licking it off with her tongue!?

Is this the World Tree’s fault too!?

The Elfina I know is a serious, pure girl.

But right now her face looks just like that ♡ expression they showed in the game.

All melted and wanting more…

No way.

If we keep going I’ll really cross the line.

Elfina isn’t doing this because she likes me.

If I take advantage of the World Tree’s effect and do it with her, she’ll get hurt later.

I can’t let that happen!

That’s right.

My recovery skill worked on status effects before.

If this symptom from the World Tree counts as a status effect, rubbing it should fix her.

So—

“Elfina… p-please wait!”

“…Leon?”

“Can you leave this to me…?”

“I understand…”

Good.

Elfina still has some sense left.

This is my only chance.

But there’s one problem.

Where am I supposed to rub?

“Elfina, is there any spot that hurts?”

“…it hurts here.”

“Huh?”

“…down there… it hurts…”

I see.

Just like I thought.

Since it’s messing with reproduction, that area’s affected.

Now that I know the spot—

“Okay, I’ll start rubbing.”

I put my hand on Elfina’s spot and slowly close my palm.

Then I add pressure little by little.

“…n… ah…♡”

Elfina’s body shakes hard.

What my fingers feel isn’t the wild heat from before.

It’s not just the surface.

Deeper inside—something tangled up, a weird feeling.

“…yeah, this is it…”

It’s not normal fluid.

The texture is clearly wrong.

I steady my breathing and carefully adjust my strength.

Too hard and I might hurt her.

Too soft and it won’t do anything.

“…I’m gonna press a bit harder.”

“…n… ah… Leon…”

Elfina’s voice shakes just a little.

But it sounds calmer than before.

The pain is slowly going away.

It’s working.

No doubt.

I keep moving my fingers slowly, searching for the center of that weird feeling.

Like I’m trying to untangle it.

“…right here.”

“…n… ngh… there…!”

Elfina reacts sharper.

But it’s not the wild urge from earlier.

This is the real healing reaction.

I focus on the spot I’m touching.

No wasted moves, just the right amount of rubbing.

“…almost there…”

“…please… Leon…”

Her voice doesn’t have that dangerous edge anymore.

Instead there’s a relieved sound mixed in.

—I can do this.

At the end I add a little more pressure.

Like pulling the tangle free all at once.

Then—

The weird feeling vanishes from my fingertips.

“With that…”

I gently pull my hand away.

“It should be calm now.”

“…ha… ha…”

Elfina lets out a small breath and sinks down.

Her breathing is peaceful, different from the wildness before.

The way the strength left her body shows she’s healed.

“Leon…”

She slowly lifts her face. Her expression looks totally different from before—quiet and close to the usual Elfina.

“Please… save this country…”

Elfina’s voice shakes weakly.

“Probably… everyone in the country is like how I was just now…”

I see. So that’s how it is.

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Chapter 25: Off to the World Tree!

Well, never mind how tired I am. The real problem now is how to save the elves.

Even if I say I’ll treat them, they probably won’t just let me.

After I showed that side of myself in front of Riesfina, there’s no way they’ll believe me if I say I just want to help everyone.

“Leon…?”

“…I-I’m fine.”

I’m not fine at all, you idiot!

I wonder what the protagonist would do in a spot like this.

He’d probably charge in, convince everyone with a big speech, and boom, problem solved.

…No way a regular NPC like me could pull that off.

“What should we do?”

Elfina looks at me with worry in her eyes.

Yeah, I get it.

The healer she called just got thrown in jail and then broke out.

No matter how you look at it, it’s not a situation you can feel safe about.

“Talking to them head-on would be tough, right?”

“…Yes. Mother almost never changes her mind once it’s made up…”

Just as I thought.

From how she acted, she probably won’t even listen to me properly.

“Then… maybe treat them in secret…?”

“That would be… dangerous too. If they catch us, this time they’ll really…”

“Execution route, huh…”

“…Yes…”

Game over right away.

My options keep disappearing one by one.

Elfina drops her gaze and stays quiet for a bit.

…This is bad.

If things stay like this, we’ll end up with nothing done.

“…Elfina.”

“…Yes.”

“You said earlier that the World Tree is the cause, right?”

“…Yes. All the weird stuff happening in this country comes from the World Tree…”

That’s what I figured.

In that case—

“Do you think I could heal that too?”

“…Eh?”

Elfina lifts her head.

She looks a little surprised.

“My recovery skill works on… status effects and stuff, you know.”

“…Yes… like what happened with me earlier…”

“Then isn’t there a chance the World Tree could work the same way?”

It’s just a possibility.

But it’s not zero.

Elfina looks down like she’s thinking for a while, then slowly nods.

“…It’s not exactly the same, but… logically… it could be possible…”

“Really?”

“Yes… We called you to this country in the first place to heal the World Tree…”

Then this is simple.

“Instead of trying to convince people first, we should fix the root cause.”

“…The cause…”

“If we heal the World Tree, everyone in the country will go back to normal, right?”

“…Yes… That should happen…”

Then—

“That would prove it.”

“…Prove it?”

“That I’m not doing anything weird.”

Well, it is kinda weird, but whatever.

We can ignore that for now.

“If we get results, they’ll believe us, right?”

Probably.

No, definitely.

Elfina opens her eyes a little wider, then her face softens.

“…Yes… That’s true…”

Her voice sounds relieved.

Good.

At least it doesn’t seem like the wrong direction.

“Shall we go then?”

“…Yes.”

“Where is this World Tree anyway?”

When I ask, Elfina looks down.

“…Deep inside the Royal Tree Hall…”

“…Yeah, I figured.”

Of course.

The most important thing wouldn’t be in an easy-to-reach spot.

It’s even deeper than where I got caught earlier.

Which means, for me right now, it’s the absolute last place I should go near.

…But still.

“We have to go anyway.”

“…Yes…”

Elfina nods without hesitation.

There’s still some worry on her face.

But stronger than that is her determination.

“…Let’s take a route where we won’t stand out much.”

“Is there one?”

“…There is. It’s a passage that’s usually not used…”

Elfina gives a small nod and takes my hand.

The hidden path Elfina mentioned has footing made of tree roots and branches. One wrong step and I’d probably fall straight down.

Plus, I can sense patrols here and there.

I walk as quietly as I can.

But—

I don’t know where to look.

The curve of Elfina’s butt as she leads the way is way too beautiful.

And it bounces with every step, boing boing.

Telling me not to notice that is asking the impossible.

Right now the World Tree’s effect has me in an easy-to-get-excited state, and I want to fix it quick so I can relax.

“…Leon?”

“N-nothing at all!”

Close one.

I almost got caught staring.

Elfina is my only ally here right now.

If she gets disgusted and turns me in, that’s the end for sure.

Elfina gives me a slightly puzzled look, then faces forward again.

“…We’ll come out behind the Royal Tree Hall soon.”

“Behind it…?”

“The front is always guarded, so…”

Yeah, makes sense.

No way we could just walk up to the front.

That would get us caught instantly.

After walking a while, the density of the trees changes a little.

Up ahead I can see the side of the huge Royal Tree Hall we saw earlier.

…We’re close.

Closer than I thought.

If we keep going, we might actually make it.

That’s what I was thinking when it happened.

“——Who goes there!”

The air freezes.

My body stiffens at the voice from behind.

I don’t even need to turn around.

I know.

This is—

Really bad.

I slowly turn and see an elf knight standing there with a sword in hand.

His sharp eyes pierce straight through us.

“…Princess?”

And then—

“Isn’t that man the one who was captured earlier…?”

Ah, we’re done for.