Episode 14.12-13 (1/2)
That day was work at the medical center.
They had a lot of patients again.
Surprisingly enough, five patients asked for <Recovery>.
A rumor had been spread about Lecan going away in the near future, thus many people took the chance while they could.
Most of those couldn't afford to pay five silver coins in cash. Proof of Lecan's <Recovery> being seen as worth shouldering a debt.
That fact didn't make Lecan any more enthusiastic in particular, however. He just casually kept casting <Recovery> as instructed by Norma.
Lecan had a huge interest in the act of examining a patient's body by wrapping a wand with mana. He would ask Norma whenever something he didn't know came up. Most of his inquiries were cleared up right then. Norma would tell him the things that couldn't be answered on the spot later. Which were mostly things that shouldn't be heard by the patients in question.
”At the rate this is going, the majority of patients that couldn't be cured by my power alone should finish their treatment in a few days.”
Norma was delighted.
So did Lecan. He believed the stuff he learned here would prove very useful. Just not in the meaning of saving others, but for the sake of saving himself from crisis and for inter-personal combats.
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”Eda. What's that man doing inside here.”
”Eh? I mean, Arios-kun hasn't got a reply from you about his apprenticeship. I can't decide that on my own, can I? So I thought, why not have him help me out with the cleaning and dinner then.”
”Didn't you see me kicking this guy's sword away.”
”Un. I thought that was horrible. But Arios-kun was moved by that. And when I heard why, I was moved too, like, Hee, so that's how it was.”
”Moved? What was so moving about that?”
”Lecan-dono. I've made a huge mistake.”
”Mistake?”
”I implored you to take me as your apprentice in order to break free of my shell and grow up as a warrior. And yet, your act of kicking away the sword I offered took my by surprise, numbing me from taking any action.”
”That's a normal reaction.”
”By the time I heard the door closing behind me, I realized that was your way of teaching me.”
”What?”
”Unpredictable situations may arise during a battle. You have taught me exactly that.”
This guy is a big pain in the ass, thought Lecan, but then he realized he could make use of this reasoning.
”That was a test. You failed. Go home.”
”Eh”
”Eh”
Eda was also surprised for some reason.
”Le-Lecan. Isn't that just way too cold?”
”What's this got to do with you?”
”U-unn. I mean, like, I've got nothing to do during the day while you're out training at Norma-san's place, right.”
”Weren't you going to Shira's house.”
”Yeah, I went there today too. She said I'd be able to cast the magic soon.”
”Good to hear.”