Little Apostle Chapter 07
"Sacred Beasts"
The day after Minato formed a contract with Pipi...
When Minato woke up, he found Taro flipping through Sarakia Tome, While humming.
"Taro?"
"Kyūn."
Minato looked at the page Taro had opened.
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※ Minato is not at the level where he can make a contract with divine beasts. With effort, it might be possible someday.
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"...Wafu."
Taro looked dejected.
It seemed he had been secretly researching how Minato could make a contract with him.
"Even if we don't make a contract, Taro, you're special to me."
"Wafu."
Minato hugged Taro tightly. Taro slowly wagged his tail.
"I'll work hard too!"
"Wafu wafu!"
While they were doing this, Pipi was sleeping comfortably.
After a while, Pipi woke up and Minato went with him to catch river fish and collect rocora fruit.
Once they secured their food, they returned to the cave entrance to prepare a bonfire.
"Watch closely, okay?"
"Wafu~"
"Pii~"
Minato slowly pointed his finger towards the firewood.
"............Ei. Faiā."
Then, he gently produced a flame from his fingertip.
It was very small and a bit feeble.
"Ah, I did it! I did it!"
"Wafu wafu!"
"Pippī~~"
Both Taro and Pipi praised, "As expected of Minato!"
"Thank you, thank you!"
The flame Minato produced ignited the wood, gradually growing larger.
Recently, Minato flames had been too large, burning the wood in an instant.
"I understand a little bit of Taro hardships now~"
"Wafu~"
The power of fire magic had suddenly surged due to the rapid increase in its level.
Minato placed river fish and rocora fruit on the bonfire.
Once that was done, Pipi, the expert in fire magic, began his instruction.
"Pii~"
"I understand! I need to focus a bit more on the center of the flame! Right!"
"Wafuwafu"
The method of magic control could be applied not only to fire magic but to all attributes.
With the Apostle ability granting a positive adjustment to growth, Minato magic control continued to improve.
"Like this. Ei."
"Wafu~"
"Pippī~"
Under Pipi guidance, Taro magic control was also gradually improved.
After finishing their magic control training, Minato and the others ate the rocora fruit, which were even more sour than lemons, along with the fishy river fish.
"Delicious, isn't it?"
"Wafuwafu!"
"Pii~"
It seemed that Pipi didn't like river fish or rocora fruit very much.
However, since there was no other food available, he started eating them.
As Minato and the others enjoyed their tasty meal,
"Hmm?"
"Wafu?"
"Pii?"
A large boar approached from a distance.
On the right side of the boar, something like black mud was stuck.
Minato hurriedly put the river fish he was holding into his mouth and dashed towards the boar.
Taro and Pipi quickly followed Minato.
"Are you okay? I'll dispel it right away."
"...Bubo"
"You don't need to thank me. Haa..."
Minato touched the black mud with his hand and applied pressure, causing it to evaporate.
"Now you're okay."
"...Bubobobo"
"If it's easier for you now, how about some healing magic?"
"...Bubo"
"That's right. Go ahead and eat."
Minato persuaded the hesitant boar to take a little rest.
The boar was livelier than Pipi and could walk on its own, but it was still running low on energy.
"Bafu!"
Taro ran off, saying, "I'll go get some fish!"
"Thanks, Taro. Um, this one looks like it's cooked just right, so please enjoy."
Minato offered the cooked river fish to the boar.
"There are sour but delicious rocora fruits too, so don't hold back!"
"Bubobobo"
While slowly eating the river fish, the boar expressed its gratitude, saying, "Thank you for everything."
"It's alright. But you seem to have figured out where I am quite well."
"Bubobobo"
"Huh? Is this area all considered a sacred territory close to the divine realm?"
"Bubo~"
The boar looked around at the numerous Sarakia statues and Supreme Deity statues scattered about.
"Thanks to the statues of the gods."
It was written that they would become talismans, but Minato didn't know that it would turn the area into a territory close to the divine realm.
"Pii~"
"Eh, did Pipi also come here sensing the presence of the god statues?"
It seems that when Pipi was on the brink of death, he also sensed the sacred aura and flew here.
In Pipi case, he ran out of strength halfway and was saved by Taro when he fell into the river.
"It seems the making of god statues was helpful."
"...Wafu~"
Just then, Taro returned from the river, holding a large river fish in his mouth.
"Taro, thank you... And who's this little one?"
About ten mice were following behind Taro.
"Chuchu~"
"Oh, they're cursed too. Leave it to me."
The mice were less cursed than the boar.
It was mostly just some black mud on parts of their bodies.
"I can clear this up quickly. Haaaaa!"
Minato rapidly dispelled the curse on the mice.
"Chu~"
"Everyone, go ahead and eat. After the curse is lifted, you'll need to recover your strength!"
While saying this, Minato also cast healing magic.
To treat the mice, Taro hurried to get more river fish, and Pippi went for rocora fruits.
"Eat as much as you want~"
"Chuchu~"
Then, a cursed fox arrived.
"Kyuuun, kyun"
"Ah, I'll dispel it right away!"
The cursed sacred beasts were seeking help, forming a line to visit Minato.
Minato repeated the process of dispelling curses and healing for numerous sacred beasts.
"There! Dispel! There, heal! There, dispel! There! Heal!"
It had become a streamlined operation.
Meanwhile, Taro gathered plenty of river fish and rocora fruit to share with everyone.
"Pii~"
Initially, Pipi had been gathering rocora fruit, but now he was fully focused on dispelling curses.
Thanks to his contract with Minato, Pipi had gained the ability to dispel the curses as well.
"Wafu"
"Thank you!"
"Pii~"
During a brief break, Minato took a rocora fruit he received from Taro and munched on a grilled fish.
While doing so, Minato and the others continued to help the sacred beasts until sunset.
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