SELECT 
  CONCAT(u.firstname, ' ', u.lastname) 
FROM 
  cscart_blog_authors as b 
  LEFT JOIN cscart_users as u ON b.user_id = u.user_id 
WHERE 
  b.page_id = 42

Query time 0.00065

JSON explain

{
  "query_block": {
    "select_id": 1,
    "const_condition": "1",
    "nested_loop": [
      {
        "table": {
          "table_name": "b",
          "access_type": "system",
          "possible_keys": ["PRIMARY"],
          "rows": 1,
          "filtered": 100
        }
      },
      {
        "table": {
          "table_name": "u",
          "access_type": "const",
          "possible_keys": ["PRIMARY"],
          "key": "PRIMARY",
          "key_length": "3",
          "used_key_parts": ["user_id"],
          "ref": ["const"],
          "rows": 1,
          "filtered": 100
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Result

CONCAT(u.firstname, ' ', u.lastname)
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