Volume 8 - Chapter 10 – Medical Treatment (1/2)
08-10 Medical Treatment
Mine was seriously injured and on the verge of death. To begin with, Jin used healing magic.
“[Cure].”
Anyhow, it looked like there wasn’t a moment to waste. It was good that the knife stuck in her abdomen hadn’t come out. If it had come out in the river, there would’ve probably been major bleeding due to the added water pressure.
“[Cure].”
Jin gave first-aid by piling up healing magic.
He confirmed that Mine was still breathing and,
“Is there a doctor…A healer around this area?”
He asked the curious onlookers that had gathered.
“There’s a place a bit downtown from here.”
One of them said, and,
“Excuse me, but could someone go over there and call that person to help?”
Jin then said, but,
“Oh, I’ve got errands to do though.”
“I’ve got to be home soon.
“I can’t.”
And so forth, everyone said, leaving Jin by himself. Actually, just the middle-aged woman who had told Jin about the healer’s location stayed behind.
“What a heartless bunch…”
Jin muttered and,
“That was to be expected. From the start, the people living on this street are a mixed bag, you see.”
The woman said.
“But more importantly, we ought to take out this knife.”
As soon as she said that, she pulled out the knife in one go.
“!”
It must’ve been painful, as Mine who was thought to be unconscious spasmed a little.
“What are you–!”
“[Heal].”
But without a moment’s delay the woman chanted Shouro Empire-style healing magic, keeping bleeding at its minimum.
“If you let something long like that stay in for a long time, it becomes unremovable, you see.”
This was because the muscle tissue would twine around it and stick to it.
“You are?”
Jin was impressed by her skills.
“Oh, I’m that healer, Sally Milsson.”
It turned out that luckily the healer had been among the onlookers.
“But this is a problem. It’ll be tough carrying this wounded fellow with just the two of us. Tough mainly in the sense that it’ll impact her health.”
“Leave it to me. …Reiko, go over there for a bit and call ‘Elm’ and ‘Ash’ of the SP here.”
“Yes.”
As removing [Stealth] here would be too suspicious, the invisible Reiko gave a short reply and went behind a tree growing on the riverbed where she summoned Elm and Ash.
“Sister, you called?”
At first, the SP also called Jin ‘Father’ and Reiko ‘Elder Sister’, but while on duty they had been made sure to call Jin ‘Chief’ and Reiko ‘Sister’. This was one of Jin’s strange ideas.
“Please act according to Father’s instructions for the time being. Thank you for your hard trouble.”
“Yes, Sister.”
Then Reiko came back along with Elm and Ash.
“Good work. Elm and Ash, please carefully lift her up and carry her. For the destination, just follow us.”
“Yes, Chief.”
Sally Milsson was surprised seeing the two golems obeying Jin’s orders.
“You’re terrific, huh. Having two golems as fine as these. But it’s a big help. Well then, please raise her gently.”
Elm and Ash put their hands under Mine’s unmoving body and carefully lifted her. It was imperative that they carry her while maintaining as much as possible a posture that didn’t affect the wound in her abdomen.
“That’s right, now follow me please.”
Following Sally they crossed the riverbank into downtown. Although Elm and Ash could be said to be unusual, in a town where plenty of golems were used daily they did not catch many gazes from the passers-by.