Chapter 109 (2/2)

While he spoke, he began to finely stitch up the wound Max recoiled bodily as if her back had been stabbed with a needle

“If we close the wound like this – one stitch and then tie it off, another and then tie it off, it is very easy to remove the thread later Would you like to try it once, aze did not leave his work

Max shook her head like a rattle She hated looking like a coward, but she absolutely had no nerves at all to sew up human skin with a needle!

“It’s not that different froe her

Suddenly the guard who had been reduced to a leather shoe, roan from his position face-down on a pile of straever, Ruth continued to seounds without paying any heart Max, Like a diligent apprentice, soaked so alcohol and wiped it cleanly every time some blood trickled out, and cut the thread with scissors that had been sterilized over a flame when a knot was tied

“Now, finally, if we apply this ointe it up, we’re all done”

After Ruth has tied off the last stitch and the thread is cut, he applied a sticky ointment to the wound It seeuard, who had been drooling and lying quietly on his stomach, couldn’t stand it and made a cry

“S-sir W-wizard… Can’t you just use your healing ainstin pain, pleaded

“I’ic anyical power, you see” Ruth replied as if he was talking about the weather

“My God…” The guard gasped

“Just put up little while longer, I’ the oint cloth

“If you apply the ointe, it will heal cleanly within 10 days,” he said, then put the ointuard

The guard thanked hi as he accepted the bottle of athered up the equipment and followed Ruth to the next patient While he itching the wound, Max helped with little tasks, like feeding the wounded person water steeped in es, covering the thread and needles in strong alcohol and handing it over to hih it was the first ti such work, Max was able to carry it out well thanks to Ruth’s instructions Whenever Ruth rearranged a broken ar, she applied a splint and fixed it securely with a cloth and wrapped hot towels around the swollen ankles

Finally, when all patients were treated, she was so tired that bending her fingers seemed difficult and like hard work Max sank down beside the brazier and let her body melt away by the heat Before she knew it, the sun was completely set and the darkness fell outside