Chapter Seven : Adventure Guild 2
"I am Lucien who made a request for Broad-san and received a request from Broad-san."
"Could you please lend me your adventurer's card? Lucien-sama it is. Broad-san is waiting for you underground. Thank you."
The conversation proceeded smoothly.
"Likewise, thank you."
I descended down the stairs as instructed and I saw something that looks just like an arena? It was a building that momentarily makes people mistake it for something else.
The training field was an enormous 100m square field.
"Sure is wide."
I murmured.
"It sure is. Fledgling? Let us begin immediately. I will begin from the basics so don't run away okay."
I turned back to look because I suddenly heard his voice.
So Broad-san was there. Since when? As I was thinking, I suddenly felt a pressure that I have never felt before and prepared a stance. And I wondered if it was a mistake to issue a request to Broad-san as he sent oppressive pressure towards me.
I think that there is no way I can ask my past self that.
And so my training started.
"Hey hey hey, run properly. You would be goblin bait if you have no spirit."
I ran at full speed around the perimeter while being bathed in jeers.
"Hey your body is too stiff. If you do that you will get injured."
I was gradually squeezed to my limit as he pointed out my flaws.
"Use your hands. Extend your feet. You are too slow."
While receiving strong comments I fainted again and again, just to have water poured on me each time.
I was thinking to myself.
Certainly he is teaching me necessary pointers for 「Taijutsu 」. But where was the polite guidance that I requested for?
While under constant supervision, I trained in accordance to Broad-san's training method. Training was very hard but at least it wasn't painful.
Although I vowed to concentrate and make an effort, I was puzzled as to why there wasn't much difficult contents.
Rather than running away I wonder if it's really okay like this? I repeatedly asked and answered myself as I followed his voice.
Broad established only one single rule on me.
That I cannot use healing magic on myself.
He explained that instead of using healing magic, relying on natural recovery to occur allows one to learn skills related to increasing the recovery amount of stamina.
I obediently obeyed after hearing that reasoning.
And so until I master the stamina recovery skill I decided to endure from using healing magic.
Instead of healing myself, I healed the wounds of other adventurers. I continued to use the healing magic「Heal」 , once I reach the magic depletion state I would resume my 「Taijutsu 」 training to improve my stamina.
I meditate whenever I could no longer move my body, promoting the recovery of my magical power and stamina, and then resumed the training to strengthen my 「Taijutsu 」.
At last such a long day was finally over.
"Kid. You have guts. Alright. From today onwards stay in the guild. We will provide for your three meals. It doesn't seem like you have any change of clothes so we'll provide you with some old clothes as well. Don't worry they have been washed. However, don't run away halfway okay?"
Instructor Broad said to me. Ooo! Bed and even three meals are provided free of charge. Extravagant luck-sensei really shines .
"Hahaha. Yes. Thank you very much."
After saying my thanks, I washed my body at the well behind the guild and was treated to a meal in the dining hall. Then I was guided to the sleeping chambers and lie on the bed as if I was made of mud … but I didn't sleep.
No, I couldn't sleep.
"I am tired but how could modern people sleep at 19:00?"
In this manner after alternating between training healing magic and meditation for three hours, I eventually decided to sleep.
The next day I was deep in thought while staring at the ceiling reflected in my field of vision.
"It's got to be the bad influence of novels for me to stare at the ceiling."
I murmured as I welcome the morning.
As I exited the sleeping chambers, the guild staffs were surprised that I woke up so early.
"Among the healers usually most of them are sloppy with time?"
As I conversed with the staff, I thought to myself [Do all healers oversleep?].
Just as instructed by Instructor Broad, I began running around the training field after doing my stretches.
Then, as I was making an effort to use magic while running, Broad-san invited me over for breakfast at the dining hall.
"Kid, it's breakfast. Come."
I came here yesterday and I suppose I'll be having my meals here in the future as well.
"Grulga. This is Luciel who I was talking about yesterday. Take care of his three meals a day from now on.
A dog beastman the size of a bear emerged.
"Understood. I'm Grulga. I've received payment from Broad so eat whatever you fancy. But apart from that, you must drink this disgusting drink that is good for your body after meals."
An issued drink? Wa, it has a strangely poisonous color.
"Th .. this is?"
I stare at the ominous object X.
"Simply put ,it is something that has the effect of helping your growth. It will raise your muscle strength, endurance and response speed (Or so I'm told)."
Is it a protein supplement? I tsukkomi-ed in my mind as I posed a question to bear-san in front of me.
"I have not heard of this substance before but what are the effective duration and demerits?"
"It is effective for 6 hours and the only demerit is that it taste really d.a.m.n bad so be at ease."
He grinned with a savage face.
I've finished my meal and after preparing myself, I declared while holding a cup.
"Then, I'll drink."
All in one mouthful. The moment it enters your mouth, it gives you a feeling that you should not drink such a thing.
As expected of object X for the taste and smell to almost make me lose consciousness but I was too afraid of the bear to spit it out.
The taste of bitterness like mud, bad odor, egg, spiciness and sourness moved about back and forth in my mouth. Somehow I managed to endure and swallowed it in one breath.
I felt a weird queasy feeling pervade my body.
"Ooo. Just like Broad described, you're a sturdy person to be able to drink that."
" ??? "
Bear-san murmured something that I couldn't catch.
"It's nothing. Come lets work hard to train 「Taijutsu 」today as well."
I was sent out after I was told so.
"So that was Lucien ? To be able to drink this completely. Man he seriously has guts."
Grulga murmured in a low voice unheard by Lucien.