“Starting today, I will carry out Nagi-chan’s treatment, and announce it once the method is established. May I also enlist the cooperation of Grandpa and Ijuin-sensei? I would like the help of someone skilled in medical technology.”

 

“Ah, that guy is trustworthy and discreet, no problem there! Let’s call him right away.”

 

Saying that, the chairman calls for Ijuin-sensei.

I guess he must be important because he is the director, but he cannot oppose the chairman.

 

Then Aya starts acting as if she discovered something in front of Ijuin-sensei.

I know it’s hard, but please.

To be honest, I feel bad for throwing everything on Aya since it seems to be a lot of trouble.

I will make up for it later.

 

“That kind of treatment method… I think it’s worth trying. Providing magic power through a magic stone. Sure, it doesn’t seem like anything if you think about it. But gradually from the lowest rank, unranked stone? You came up with a good idea.”

 

“It’s a gift from years of effort. Okay, now I will grind the magic stone into powder, I still have a A-Rank magic stone at home…”

 

“Ah, Aya! Use this!”

 

I handed Aya the B-Rank and A-Rank magic stones.

They are both very expensive magic stones, but at the very least I want to be the one to prepare magic stones in order to cure my own family.

 

“Kai-san… I understand, I’ll accept it.”

 

“Kai-kun, you were unranked… what…”

 

“Uhm, a lot has happened.”

 

“Hehe, I see. You’re a special child… I understand, I won’t ask any further. But are you sure about this? Certainly, this treatment method feels very effective. But… it’s like a human experiment. I can’t guarantee anything.”

 

“It’s fine, I understand. We can’t get Nagi’s consent… but I’m sure she would want it. So please, Ijuin-sensei. Please save my sister who can only wait for death.”

 

I bowed to Ijuin-sensei. Ijuin-sensei takes my hand and says to leave it to him.

 

“By the way, Aya. How do you pulverize it?”

 

“I have succeeded in a recent experiment. It started from a failed experiment… A lower-ranking magic stone was forcibly supplied with magical power by an awakened person, thinking that if it was successful, we could get a higher-ranking magic stone. But the result was the explosion and crushing of the magic stone. The resulting powder was finely divided, so if we gather these crystals, surely.”

 

“It explodes…”

 

“Yes, well, I say explosion, it’s actually just a crack. Then I will make the magic stone powder at the Association’s facility. It’s… 12 o’clock now, I’ll hurry back at 15 o’clock.”

 

“Understood.”

 

The arrangement seems to be decided, and there is nothing for me to do from here.

I left the room with the chairman and decided to leave it to the experts.

 

“But I already understand from yesterday… what happened? The B-Rank Cube. Did you have it easy, Kai-kun?”

 

“Well, it was quite easy. But…”

 

I told him about the extra boss.

If I am the first in the world to fully clear the B-Rank Cube, then probably there have been people who were killed by the extra boss after unlocking the conditions.

If I thought I had cleared it completely by chance, it’s extremely unlucky that such a boss would appear.

 

“The Demon King in a B-Rank… That’s a middle-class monster in A-Rank. I also defeated it when I was active, but it was pretty strong. With you right now…”

 

“No, I really thought I was going to die. It was a close call. It was really dangerous. But I somehow won… Oh, I need to get checked out. I think my bones are cracked.”

 

“Gahaha… that’s just like you, Kai-kun, meet the absolute condition of a strong person. Wait, wait.”

 

Saying that, the chairman took out his smartphone and made a call.

Probably a healing magician; it seems like he’s asking them to treat my injury.

 

“Just so happens, there is a B-Rank healing magician from the association at this hospital. He’s my subordinate. I’ve told him to help you recover, so go and get looked at. Of course, it’s on chairman’s tab. You don’t have to worry about it.”

 

“No way, I’ll pay! I’m earning quite a lot.”

 

“Then I’ll take it next time, oh! Don’t be shy like a child! Go and get treated right away.”

 

I was forcibly made to walk by being slapped on my back.

It’s unfair that adults treat me like a child only at times like this.

Reluctantly, I agreed. I felt it would be rude to refuse any more.

 

I bowed my head and decided to get treatment.

 

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Kagetora watched his back and murmured.

 

“Really… he looks like a child, but he becomes an adult in an instant. Youth is like this… they say boys change in three days, but in your case, it’s one day. Gahaha.”

 

Watching his sturdy back, he overlaid the image of his own son.

A boy who is as old as his grandson is now very reliable, and he noticed that he has grown to love him.

 

~ A few hours later.

 

“Yes, the treatment is over. There was a crack in the bone, but it has already healed, so there’s no problem.”

 

“Thank you!”

 

I was receiving treatment.

This person, a B-Rank healing magician, is not a doctor, but works at this hospital as a member of the association.

She’s a very gentle older-sister type woman, and she smells good.

 

She’s a nurse, kind, beautiful, and busty.

Moreover, she’s a B-Rank healing magician.

Could she actually be a goddess?

I think this is what they call maternal charm.

 

“If you get injured next time, come to me. I can treat you… even in private♥”

 

Moreover, she’s quite suggestive.

The sexy nurse aimed her ample cleavage at me, somewhat tempting me.

 

“I’ll… I’ll keep that in mind!”

 

I stumble over my words in response, resist the adult allure, and leave the room.

I feel like I’ve been approached by women quite a lot lately.

 

“Am I… becoming more attractive?”

 

I strike a pose in front of the elevator mirror.

I have a good build, and my face… I’m Nagi’s brother, so I shouldn’t be too bad, right?

 

But I’ve never been popular in my life before.

 

Well, it probably started when I was classified as an unranked, when I became self-deprecating and gloomy.

Just as being fast, smart, tall, and so on, having high magical power is already a status. An insurmountable absolute difference.

 

It’s only natural for women to be attracted to strong men.

 

Nobody would willingly choose a partner who is overwhelmingly weaker than themselves. Being strong is not everything, but back then, I was also full of self-deprecation.

So, I had absolutely no relation to popularity.

Moreover, I was bullied by Sato, and even confessed to as a punishment game by a gyaru, which made me the laughingstock.

 

That was tough, and thanks to that, I hate gyarus.

I was made to understand that there are no such thing as gyarus who are nice to me.

 

But what about now?

 

“Has my first period of popularity arrived? Hmph!”

 

Like a bodybuilder, I strike a pose in the elevator.

 

I lift my shirt to my chest and cross my arms above my head, posing.

 

“Oh, I could grate radishes on my own abs. I’m ripped! It’s as if I have a heavy machine on my shoulders!!”

 

I exclaim loudly.

 

So engrossed was I in admiring my own abs, I hadn’t noticed the elevator had arrived.

 

And then, a familiar lady’s voice came from behind.

 

“What are you doing, Kai-san? Getting half-naked in the elevator…”

 

I could feel the blood drain from my entire body.

A separate space was created, where only the lady and I, who had been posing loudly in the elevator, existed.

 

“Aya… can you pretend you didn’t see this?”

 

“I’ll ask just in case… what is ‘ripped’?”

 

“… I don’t know either.”