Chapter 506: Runaway (2/2)
“I’m sure it must still hurt quite a bit.”
After using a painkiller spell, Elsa twisted the woman’s leg back to its natural position. By doing this, her next spell would be most effective.
“A-Ahh!”
“‘Heilung’”
Elsa cast healing magic immediately after roughly repositioning the woman’s leg. A faint light emerged from Elsa’s palm and was absorbed by the affected area.
“…It’s healed… Oh, thank you very much!”
The wound was literally healed in the blink of an eye. The woman bowed her head as she rubbed her healed leg.
“Thank you very much! B-But… I don’t… I don’t have any money…”
“That’s fine. I didn’t heal you because I wanted money from you. Take care now.”
“Oh… Thank you! Thank you so much!”
The woman then began to leave while bowing gratefully over and over.
Elsa’s words soon caused a commotion in the surroundings.
“Hey… She did it for free…!”
“I can’t believe it… But wait, those clothes… Ah, they’re foreigners… Now I understand.”
“Those foreigners are so generous.”
It seemed that the act of tending to someone’s injuries for free was quite the rare sight in this town.
Meanwhile, Jin was investigating the carriage that had fallen on its side.
The surroundings were crowded with curious onlookers, but none offered to help move the carriage out of the way or to look for its occupants.
“Ah…!”
An elderly woman was still inside the carriage. Her appearance was hard proof that she was an aristocrat.
Jin carried the woman out of the carriage. Since she had a small build, Jin still managed to carry her by himself despite not being too physically strong. Reiko said she would help out, but Jin asked her to let him do it.
The cobblestone road would have been too rough to have the woman lay on, so Jin first took off his coat and was about to lay it there, but then…
“Here you go, Father.”
Reiko had found a blanket in the carriage and laid it on the road. After that, they had the old lady lie there.
“Reiko, Edgar, move the carriage to the side of the road.”
“Yes, Father.”
“Yes, Master Jin.”
He had asked the two of them to do it because he saw no need to display Reiko’s strength in a place like this.
Still, Edgar looked like a young lad, and Reiko looked like a petite young lady. The curious onlookers still stared in awe as the two of them moved the carriage away almost effortlessly.
Jin then asked Elsa to conduct a medical examination on the old lady.
“‘Diagnose’… She’s fine, only a few bruises and scratches. She should wake up soon. …’Behandern’.”
Elsa treated the old lady’s bruises and scratches.
“This should be enough.”
“Thank you, Elsa.”
Shion and Lucas approached Jin and Elsa.
(Oh, look at that! As expected from the Magi Craft Meister’s sister.)
Shion was noticeably impressed. She wondered if they had heard her whispering.
“Step aside!”
“You’re in the way! Move!”
Six soldiers wearing armor came running, making a clattering noise.
“I-Isn’t this…!”
The soldiers seemed to realize what house the old lady was from by looking at the carriage’s coat of arms.
“You! What happened here! Explain yourself!”
One of the soldiers, who seemed to be their captain, yelled at Jin.
“Huh? …This carriage went out of control, the horse fell, and the carriage fell with it. So I helped this person out of it. That’s about it.”
“Are you sure? You don’t want to be lying to me, you hear?”
The soldier glared at Jin. At that moment…
“You there, could you stop being so rude? This man is telling the truth.”
The old lady had regained consciousness and interceded in a dignified voice.