Chapter 20 Treating Those In Need (1/2)

I went to the doctor's house to start my last task from today. There were mostly patients with some sort of flu or with fatigued muscles. Sometimes there would be more severe injuries, like broken arms or legs but that was mostly kids as they had stupid ideas and sometimes broke an arm or a leg.

I was responsible for taking care of the flu and fatigued patients, while more serious injuries were take care by Nick. I would still help him by bringing necessary stuff, so the doctor had a lot of free time and only rested in his chair. It was also because of this work not being physically demanding, I could restore more of my strength.

When treating a patient with light illnesses, I was wondering whenever I should accept the offer that my new roommate proposed. Running away alone would be much simpler and that was in case they wouldn't let me go after a year. If they did let me go I wouldn't have to run away but the skills that I developed would still be there.

To me right now it didn't matter whenever they released me or not. I would still take my revenge. I wanted all of them to suffer. The wedding was only just the beginning. There were warriors in this world. People with very strong bodies that specialised in fighting. Although I never met a warrior like many other people living in these type of villages, it could be said that the village chief and his granddaughter were kind of fake warriors. It was all due to their strength being couple of times higher compared to the common people.

But to most people that would be categorised as a strong hunter. There were hunters as strong if not stronger than Rand, it's just that most villages maybe had one or two of such people. Of course more if the village was very large. It was also usual for these type of people to be in the chief position. Due to their strength they could protect themselves better but also provide protection to the village.

I didn't know much about warriors and as you may expect not many people did. All I knew about hunters and warriors was from my parents telling me. I was kind of lost in my thoughts and I could hear some profanities coming from the person I was supposed to treat. Apparently I was spending too much time on treat him. I wrapped up with the treatment and waited for the next patient.

I noticed a burly man dragging something behind him then threw it at me. When I saw what it was I was not only surprised but also astonished. It was her, my roommate. She was all bloodied and had her arm and leg broken. Her face was swollen with couple of teeth missing. I furrowed my brows but said nothing. I laid her down on the bed and went for the doctor.

Nick was in the room next door resting as usual. I came closer and said ”Doctor, we have a patient with very severe injuries”. Nick opened his eyes and got up from the rocking chair. I followed him to the treatment room. He saw the woman on the bed all bleeding and with broken limbs. When the burly man that threw her inside saw the doctor come in, he said ”She broke the rules, You can treat her or not. We don't care”

To which the doctor replied ”I won't treat her”. I was amazed at his answer. I thought doctors should help those in need. He then faced me and said ”If you want boy, you can try treating her yourself”. I furrowed my brows 'Is he for real? Me? an amateur? Treat that kind of injuries?' The doctor said ”Today the visitations end here” and went back to his rocking chair.

I was left alone with my roommate in critical condition. I decided to try and help her, I still needed her skills and if I could save her life maybe she will tell me how to practice. I've seen doctor doing it many times, I therefore had an idea on how to take care of broken limbs. I started the procedure. She was passed out which was her luck because the pain she would feel would be something one cannot imagine and she would pass out anyway.

I tried to stop the bleeding. This was the easiest part of her treatment as I just needed some medicine and bandages. She had stab wounds on her stomach and so I applied the medicine that would stop the bleeding and applied the bandages.

Next I cleaned her bruised and swollen face, then applied some medicine. I could do nothing about the lack of few of her teeth. Maybe some real doctor could implant them but not me.