Chapter 72 (1/2)

Ch. 72: Worried After Waking

“I think we should do something about ending up in the hospital every time Loren, don’t you think?”

As Lapis told him as she sat down next to a hospital bed, peeling a fruit with a knife, Loren let out a growl, complaining that is wasn’t like he wanted to be sent to the hospital, as he sat up.

They were in the hospital in Kauffa, and it was a place that he became familiar with ever since he became an adventurer.

Loren wouldn’t have been surprised if had waken up in the hospital where the training school was at, but he was bewildered when he woke up to find out that he was at the hospital in Kauffa.

“I left Klaus and Ange back at the school. They have to report what happened during the exam, after all.”

The transport gate on the floor where Volf’s legacy was stored was set to transport the user to a room within the school, but Lapis explained that she had messed with the settings to be able to transport people to other locations.

Telling Klaus, Ange, and Parme that she had to take Loren, who was unconscious, to a hospital, she sent the three of them to the surface, while she took him and jumped to the city of Kauffa.

“You were in very bad shape. You were covered in slime and unconscious, while your arms and legs were shaking, just like a newborn fawn.”

“How did you explain to Klaus and the others about being able to mess with the transport gate settings?”

“I told them it was because I’m a priestess of the Knowledge G.o.d.”

Thinking that the expected quality of priests of the Knowledge G.o.d just got even higher, Loren decided not to think about it, and tried to imagine what he was like based on Lapis’ description, but immediately stopped.

When he thought about it, it probably wasn’t the prettiest thing to imagine, and imagining a man covered in slime, even if it were himself, wasn’t the best thing to do.

“So, how’s my condition?”

Loren knew that he had been close to death every time he had been taken to the hospital.

He had a feeling that this time was no exception as he asked Lapis but c.o.c.ked her head with a frown.

“Strangely, it wasn’t too bad this time.”

Lapis put the fruit she was peeling onto a plate that was on top of a stool next to her, wiped the juice from her hands with a cloth, and picked up a piece of paper that was spread on top of it.

“Your injuries this time is a dislocated shoulder and damage on the tendons of every joint. On top of that, a few pulled muscles and internal bleeding here and there.”

Loren was aware of the symptoms she listed.

Usually after the sensation of something fitting into the corner of his mind, he would fall into a strengthless state, but this time it seemed that Shayna had compensated what he had spent by channeling the energy drained from the black slime using her energy drain.

But on the other hand, the energy was too much for Loren’s body to handle so as a result, it was damaged as if he had severely overworked it, especially around his arms.

“It will take a few days for it to heal completely.”

“Isn’t that a bit too fast?”

From what he had heard, it wouldn’t have been surprising if it took twice as much as Lapis had said, but Lapis puffed out her chest and told him.

“You have an excellent divine arts user right here, after all.”

“Sorry about that. I’ll be in your care.”

“But to put it the other way, it means that you’ve suffered injuries that’s going to take a few days to heal, even with a divine arts user like me. You understand that’s quite severe, right?”

Loren honestly nodded at Lapis’ glare.

He did think that his injuries were a lot lighter than he had expected, but he understood that his injuries were still quite severe.

On top of the, he couldn’t move his body like he wanted to, so he had no way to tell her wrong.

“So, how long was I out?”

“About three whole days. Klaus and the girls finished the reports and are already back.”

She said that she went to ask them about how everything ended just a while ago, as she reached for a different piece of paper on the stool.

“Al, who was the prime culprit, was sent back to his parents, and seems like he was sent straight to a monastery. He probably won’t be able to come out under the sun his whole life.”

Lapis explained that in aristocratic society, monasteries were used to send off those who couldn’t be shown in public.

There was no way for outside people to know if they were actually sent to monasteries or if they were sent to someplace darker, but apparently those who were never walked under the sun again.

“On the books, Feim has dropped out of the school, but in fact she was expelled. I’m not sure where she is now. She isn’t a n.o.ble so she wouldn’t be sent to a convent, so she there’s a chance she actually became an adventurer.”

There was no need for a license to become an adventurer.

With her lightness, Loren thought it wouldn’t be surprising if she became one.

But what would happen after was beyond his imagination, and she wasn’t someone that Loren wanted to meet again.

“Cloud…is treated as killed during the exam. His body…since it was swallowed by the slime, and because of what Loren did…what was left of it was gathered and buried. Ain is treated as retired from exam, and what to do now is up to him.”

Putting Al aside, since Ain was very close to the other two, Loren wasn’t sure if he could deal with the fact that one of them betrayed for money and the other got swallowed by a slime and died.

It would be quite a shock and coming back from it was completely on his will, so all Loren could do was pray that he could find rest.

“Parme failed the exam and will have to take it again. All I could say that it was unfortunate that her whole party was wiped out, and it can’t be helped.”

“What happened to them?”

“One of them died. We saw her. They probably won’t be able to retrieve her body. The other two are missing. The school has sent down search parties, but chances of their survival are very slim.”

Three nameless students had died in the dungeon, but apparently it wasn’t that unusual to the school.

It was unfortunate that they got caught in the appearance of the slimes due to the revival of an evil G.o.d, but adventurers losing their lives due to unlucky circ.u.mstances wasn’t an unusual thing.

“Klaus brought a message from Parme. It says, ‘I will make sure to repay you. If you ever travel close to my home, please come pay a visit’. You’re so lucky Loren. It’s an invitation from a pretty girl, you know?”

Lapis joked around, trying to lighten the mood, but Loren murmured under his breath.

“Blonde rolls aren’t my type.”

“Oh, that’s unfortunate for her. Then do black hair ponytails suit your tastes?”

Loren frowned silently as Lapis asked him, pointing at her own hair.

If he said it did, it would be somewhat strange, and if he said no, it would get awkward.

No matter which he chose, it wouldn’t be the best answer in the situation, so he could only give her silence.