A Former Police Officer Who Died And Get A Second Life!-Chapter 113: Cari’s Wish

Not "I want to play," not "I want you to buy me something," but gathering medicinal herbs.

...Why?

"Cari wants to heal too."

...Heal what?

Question marks filled Qiong Xing’s head.

Cari looked at him seriously and repeated, "Heal!"

Qiong Xing could feel his sincerity, but he still did not understand what Cari wanted to heal.

"Isn’t he trying to heal you?"

Qiong Xing was surprised when Albe suddenly joined the conversation, but he was even more shocked by what he said.

"What? Heal me?"

For a moment, he seriously wondered if Cari had been worried that his mama’s head was not okay.

"That’s not it. Of course not," Albe said with an exasperated look.

Qiong Xing felt relieved, but then what did Cari mean?

Albe answered simply.

"He’s worried about your body. You were sick ever since you came back. Why can’t you see that?"

Qiong Xing had completely forgotten because he had already recovered.

He had not realized that Cari had been worrying about him that much.

He quickly told him again that he was fine, but Cari only shook his head and insisted that they go.

"He says he wants to go, so just take him."

"Hmm..."

Albe was right.

Still, it bothered Qiong Xing that Cari’s precious request was for his sake.

If possible, he had wanted to do something for Cari instead.

"I’m really happy about how you feel, Cari. But Papa and the others are working today. Can we choose something else?"

He tried to refuse gently, but Cari shook his head and said, "Then tomorrow."

It seemed he had no intention of giving up.

While Qiong Xing reflected on how much he must have worried him, an unexpected voice offered help.

"If you need a guard, I can go with you."

"Really?"

It seemed that Albe had the day off.

"I don’t mind. I’m not as strong as your mates, but I can use magic. I can at least protect the two of you."

That was reassuring.

When Qiong Xing asked Cari if that was okay, Cari looked at Albe and seemed to think for a moment, then nodded and said he wanted to go.

Cari truly had no intention of giving up.

Qiong Xing gave a small smile and informed Joa and the others that they would be going out.

They reluctantly nodded in agreement.

They did nod, but just as Qiong Xing was about to leave the room, he heard Joa’s very low voice directed at Albe.

"If anything happens to the two of them, I won’t forgive you."

Qiong Xing quickly apologized to Albe, but surprisingly, Albe did not seem bothered at all.

Instead, he said Joa was right.

"That just shows how important you are to them. Compared to what I once tried to do to you, this is cheap."

...Was that so?

It was true that things could have turned out badly before, but in the end they had not.

Now they were living together peacefully, so Qiong Xing did not think Albe needed to feel guilty.

"Yeah, it didn’t become the worst case. But that’s only because you forgave me. Your mates gave up because you did. They didn’t forgive me. If something happens to you again, I think they’ll really kill me."

"No way..."

He wanted to deny it, but remembering how they had looked before, he could not completely dismiss the possibility.

"From my point of view, being able to live with Caribert like this is already enough."

If Albe said so, then Qiong Xing decided to accept it.

After preparing, they headed toward the forest.

"Mama, I found one!"

"You’re right. Cari is getting much faster at finding them."

When Qiong Xing praised him, saying how amazing he was, Cari smiled happily looking very cute.

"Mayo~" 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

"Mayo, are you helping too? Thank you."

At some point, Mayo had picked several medicinal herbs and was holding them in his mouth.

When Qiong Xing thanked him and patted his head, Mayo happily rubbed his head against him.

"Do recovery potions work on you too, Albe?"

Since Qiong Xing still did not fully understand what demons were like, he asked if it was safe for them to drink.

"It works, but... probably not as well as it does for you. I’ve drunk it a few times before, but I didn’t feel a very clear effect. Though the ones I had were low-quality potion that was sold on the black market."

"I see."

In that case, it might not work well on Cari either.

Qiong Xing made a mental note to be careful so that Cari would not need to drink such medicine in the first place.

"We can’t use healing magic, but our bodies are made to be tough instead. We rarely get injured badly enough to be stuck in bed, so I think we’ll be fine."

When Qiong Xing praised Albe and said that was amazing, especially since he could also use body strengthening and defensive magic, he noticed a child beside him puffing out his cheeks.

"...Cari?"

"Cari wants to do it too."

"Um... you mean magic?"

"Cari will do it too."

Cari grabbed Qiong Xing’s sleeve and looked up at him, insisting that he wanted to try.

The sight was very cute and Qiong Xing wanted to grant his wish if possible.

However, there was a problem.

"If Cari truly wants to do it, I won’t stop you. But in that case, Albe will be the one teaching you. Is that alright?"

"... "

Qiong Xing could not teach magic.

He had never used it before and he did not even know how to use it.

There was no way he could teach something he did not understand.

If Cari wanted to learn, Albe was the only option.

When Qiong Xing explained that, Cari lowered his head and began to think.

Seeing that reaction, Albe also looked a little discouraged.

"...Would Mama happy?"

"Hm?"

"If Cari use magic... Would Mama happy?"

It seemed that Cari was not trying to learn for himself, but for Qiong Xing.