episode_0063

Jules, who runs seriously, is so fast that he was able to return to the village in less than an hour. These people have a very good sense of smell. Most of the Ramrats were looking at me due to the smell of blood and wounds.

It’s scary to see everyone throwing things at me like it’s a scene from a horror movie. Still, to see if it was a ghost, most people started to get out of the way, and it looked like a car giving way to an ambulance.

“Seolrang? What…”

“Later.”

Juul passed by Elvin and ran to the small medical center on the ground floor.

“What happened?!”

It seems that Elvin suddenly followed suit because he sensed something was out of the ordinary.

Blood seeped into the bottom of the mushroom, turning it red. ···I guess I should dig that up, right? Are you going to curse at me while you dig it up?

“Wait! I’ll open it! There are other patients inside too!”

When Jules tried to kick down the door to the medical center, Elvin took the initiative and opened the door.

“Doctor?!”

“I just saw you going out to buy herbs. I will come find you, so please put the slave on the bed and wait a moment.”

Elvin, who came running after me, ran off somewhere without even a chance to catch his breath. The medical center was not that small.

An elf wearing bandages, a sick Ramrat, and Elysia.

“Jwiyul?! What happened to your slave?!”

“It’s urgent. To die───.”

Jules interrupts and glances at me.

“Some…! Please give me some water…!”

Like Jules said, I feel like I’m going to die.

Because I’m thirsty. Juul left the medical center with the nearby containers. Elysia came to me, even limping.

She opened her eyes wide and looked down at me with confusion.

“You, how is this──?!”

“I was hit by an arrow.”

The senior patients in the hospital bed are also looking at me with wide eyes. In the case of the elf in particular, his face was as pale as a person suffering from PTSD. The elf appears to be the elf who was said to have been shot by an arrow from the watchman.

“I’m sorry. Because of me…!”

Before Elysia could finish speaking, the door to the medical center burst open. Just then, Jules brought a bowl full of water.

2 liters is probably a rip off. It’s so big that it’s hard to even put it in your mouth. Jules looked around, found a cup, poured some water into it, and brought it to her mouth.

I could move my hands, but that didn’t mean it didn’t hurt, so I just took whatever was given to me. It’s mushroom sap that grows underground.

The area below my throat is so swollen that my throat hurts every time I drink water. By the time I finished drinking the glass of water, Elvin and another male elf entered the medical center.

As soon as the elf man, who appeared to be a doctor, saw me, he frowned and let out an obscene groan.

“Is this an invoice? Let me tell you in advance, even doctors cannot save a dead person───.”

“We were attacked by looters. There is no poisonous smell, and there are six arrows stuck in the body.”

“Yes? Are you alive? That? ······Let’s take a look at the situation first.”

I guess they thought I was dead.

Or maybe he was scared by the look in Jules eyes. The doctor quickly came over and started cutting off my clothes with scissors.

Underneath the cut clothes were full of big and small wounds.

Looking at the wounds on my body, I don’t know how they came about. The elf turned me around to check the remaining wounds.

“Huh?!”

“──────!”

Elysia turned blue and could not open her mouth.

…There was definitely a lot of flesh torn off. My skin has been torn that much, and I don’t know how to treat it.

Does skin grow from muscles? Or do you remove the skin for transplant? ······There is no way that people here know something that I don’t know either. If you do it wrong, you could really die.

“···Half of the back was torn off.”

for a moment. what?

“I can’t guarantee that you can be saved. It’s too late. It is a set process for wounds to fester. There is a better chance of stopping the bleeding and treating the wound by burning it with fire.”

“Yes?! Are you crazy?! Burn the wound with fire── Ugh─?!”

No no no no no no no no no no no no!

it’s crazy?! Burning wounds with fire?! Are you going to use something like a soldering iron on my back where the skin has peeled off and my bare skin is exposed?! Without any anesthetic?!

I’m sure I’ll die of shock while receiving treatment!

please! We have to find something different!

What is there? Is there any way? ···Red pill, alcohol, salt? Fucked! I can’t think of anything helpful!

“Things like salt──.”

“Salt should not be used. If your life is precious, grit your teeth and endure it.”

Oh my God, please God.

Please help that quack suddenly go crazy and get amnesia.

“I will bring the soldering iron, so please wait.”

A crazy quack elf runs out of the medical center!

I’m sure I’ll bring some jigimi as soon as I get back! There is no such thing as anesthesia in a world like this! Bare skin! If you touch the flesh from which the skin has been removed with an iron…!

“Jul! This is crazy!”

“I have no choice if I want to live! I have to endure it!”

“···I’m sorry! Because of me!”

If you’re sorry, find another way!!!

“Something different! Huh?!”

God, Buddha, Allah, Jade Emperor, Dangun, Dragon King, Virgin Mary, Jesus, please give me strength…!

“No…! Absolutely!”

“Don’t move! No matter how painful it is, you have to live!”

Jules pushes me down with brutal force.

Bones, bones break! I touched the arrow stuck inside!

“It hurts…! It hurts! Arrow, arrow! Arrow─?!”

“Oh, I’m sorry.”

that’s right.

There is nothing I can do if I want to live. Now when the quack comes with the soldering iron, it’s all over. ······no. Amor once said that one of the drugs I took was poppy.

Isn’t poppy juice also used as an anesthetic?

If you anesthetize the area with something like poppy juice, the pain may be less. Poppy is Claudia───.

“I’m here.”

The quack is back.

The soldering iron was nowhere to be found. Did you find some other way? You didn’t leave it outside the door for a moment or something, right? Did you turn your head and forget about it?

Following the doctor, Han In-young entered the medical center.

“······.”

Dragonia?

Neither Elysia nor Jule questioned Dragonia as to whether they had already met each other once.

“Hello.”

I burst out laughing at her first greeting.

After leaving me there, he said, “How are you?”

“Ah, yes. Hello…?”

[Wonbok]

I feel a refreshing sensation in my throat.

The swelling that had been blocking my jaw and making it difficult to breathe went down, and I returned to normal. I said my words didn’t sound like Ain’s words. Have you been paying attention to what happened yesterday?

The pain has subsided considerably.

I checked the wound just in case, but it didn’t heal. It’s tantalizing. ······While you are treating me, can’t you just do everything like you did yesterday?

“I’m sorry I couldn’t help you yesterday. I came here with a question for you. Are you okay?”

“···What are you curious about?”

“Where and how did you obtain the medicine that your owner’s friend, Elisia, took orally?”

I thought they would ask me about my identity or Amor, but they were exactly right.

“This is a panacea I received from someone I know.”

“Did you force it?”

“No. I received it as a gift.”

I remembered my first meeting with Amor.

I asked if Dragonia was trying to take him with me. Coincidentally, it is also Dragonia who is asking about medicine.

Could it be that there is some correlation between the two?

In the beginning, Amor called Dragonia by an honorific name, which meant that Dragonia was not hostile towards them.

“Can you know his name?”

“I don’t want to talk about it.”

“Why?”

“He died. Wouldn’t it be better if you brought him back alive and asked?”

“Not possible.”

uh?

I turned it around and stabbed it, and an unexpected answer came out. They must be close friends, right?

“Impossible? Why?”

“Because he is a person who cannot and should not be saved.”

“So, why?”

“I can’t tell you.”

What is the reason it can’t be saved? Could it be related to that unusual constitution?

“That’s it. If you don’t want to tell me.”

“And, I would like to take this opportunity to explain the unfortunate accident you experienced due to the magic tool.”

“Later. Let’s get treatment first and then talk.”

“Treatment is also my duty.”

Despite Zul’s refusal, Dragonia reaches out to me.

[restore]

The arrow leaves the body, and begins to return to its usual state. I was less surprised because I saw it yesterday, but the other three opened their eyes wide and couldn’t take their eyes off the arrowhead that was creeping out.

All five arrows lodged in the body fall out and the wounds heal────

“Ugh──?!!”

My back is burning! side! Wow! The chest···!!

“Aaaagh──?!”

It’s like being set on fire!

“What did you do!!”

“Treatment progress. Spilled blood or body defects do not return. As treatment progresses, the defect will return to its initial state.”

“What the fuck!!!! What kind of shit is this… Wow!!”

I ended up vomiting out red stomach juice.

it hurts!

It feels like my whole body is being stabbed with a knife! It feels like my back is being held with a soldering iron and being hacked with a knife! What on earth was I thinking yesterday that made me want to step up and fight instead?!

My eyes hurt from the sharp pain, and tears streamed down my face. If this continues, I might actually die, regardless of treatment or anything!

“Sihyeon! Stay still!”

“I’m dying! You’re going to die! Let go—! Let go──!!!”

Dragonia begins to mumble something.

Elysia is looking at my shoulder with a blank expression.

[Copy Index]

[Special Copy]

[Designated Play]

The pain went away in an instant, and my back and gums started to itch at the same time as I felt refreshed.

Elysia opens her eyes and looks at Dragonia.

“···A different type of Dragonia?”

“This is the third brother.”

In an instant, the other shoulder began to feel cold.

The dizzy feeling of pain disappeared in an instant. Why was I struggling? So much so that I want to. It was like a dream.

“What on earth is this───.”

“I am anemic. You may faint if you stand up. Severe malnutrition will soon set in, so we urge you to consume food and plenty of water while your body is active. Meat is recommended.”

“What, what…what…”

I tried to ask him to explain what happened, but he was silenced. This person could really bring a dead person back to life. That’s what I thought.

“Elvin! Bring me something to eat right now! With meat!”

“Yes…? Yes!”

Elvin suddenly started running out of the medical center.

Dragonia glanced at Ervin running out, then turned his head again to look at Elysia.

“Do you mind if I explain now?”

“······I don’t know what happened.”

Jules took his hand away from my body and sat down on the chair with a sigh.

Then I look up at Dragonia.

“Please listen to the explanation.”

“As a result of the confirmation, it was revealed that the Drekkar side’s humans used magic tools, but the intentionality could not be confirmed. Therefore, we cannot punish them.”

what? Intentional? Do you think that makes sense?

“I don’t understand what you mean. Are you saying that it was not intentional that the Drekkar military forces crossed the Great Wall, walked a distance of over two hundred rubits [100 km], came to the village where Yunaira Ain lived, fought them off, and then used magic tools?”

I laughed at Jules’ poignant explanation.

“That’s right.”

crazy.

“···I’m going crazy.”

Jules showed his fangs.

“Are you going around pretending that we are the same person? The opponent is not a looter, but a wall guard. He’s a demi-human hunter belonging to the Great Wall.”

He looks like he’s going to draw his sword at any moment.

However, Dragonia is a person who has no emotions and is incapable of negotiation, so it flows like water without any change of pace.

“The reason we couldn’t find any traces must be because of your magic tools, so are you saying it will end like this?”

“Sorry for not being able to help you.”

Dragonia, who answered in a sentence-like tone, bowed her head. And then those indifferent eyes turned to me.

“The Tower of Horus will always welcome you. If you have any trouble, please come to me at any time.”

“···Yes?”

“If you need my help, show this and find Etheline Grace.”

Dragonia held out a ring too big to fit me. A copper ring with an eagle engraved on it. Juul was looking at Dragonia with a dumbfounded expression, but Dragonia continued to look at him as if he didn’t care about the stares.

If you don’t get it, I’m the kind of person who will stick it out until you get it.

In the end, I had no choice but to accept it. Jules and Elysia’s expressions weren’t that bad, as it wasn’t something they really shouldn’t have received.

“···Yes. If you remember.”

To begin with, Dragonia is a messenger of angels.

The devil once warned me that if I were captured by an angel, I should rather commit suicide. My identity is also a problem, but I still remember the devil’s warning.

But Dragonia, the angel’s servant, is friendly to me right now. Why are you favoring me?

If you have that ridiculous power, you can capture me no matter whose slave I am or how strong Jules is.

You had a chance to kill me in the first place.

Otherwise, do you not know that I am an irregularity?

No, yesterday Dragonia heard my voice and blurted out that my words were not the words of Ain.

What is it if you don’t look like a human and speak like a human? It’s a monster. There’s a good chance that he has an inkling that I have some connection to the devil or something.

Are you planning to roll me over to Horus, catch me, and hand me over to the angel? ······If these people catch you, it’s obvious that you won’t be able to commit suicide.

“I brought it!”

Breaking my thoughts, Elvin returned with a large piece of grilled meat that looked like something you’d see in a cartoon. The size is like a cartoon, the size of my torso. As a bonus, I brought a lot of vegetables and fruits, such as stir-fried mushrooms.

“Not something like glue, but meat───.”

“Oh please! Thank you!”

You know that meat contains all the nutrients!

Elvin was directly accepting Jules’ dissatisfied gaze. Jules glances at my meal with a dissatisfied expression and makes room for Elvin to enter.

“Eat a lot and shake it off quickly.”

As Alvin tries to place the large tray on my lap, he looks up at me, wincing at the blood stains on the bed.

“···Are you okay?”

He’s like a deer.

“Yes.”

I’m going to eat it anyway and think about it, but this is so filling. ······Can I eat it all? I took a bite of it with a fork and ate it.

“Now, I would like to explain some special details.”

“Special details?”

Juul glares at Dragonia in a very distressed voice.

“They breed humans. From a young age, we create a habit of using magic tools and isolate ourselves from society so that no one can suspect anything. For example, applying soundproofing material regularly or spraying deodorant on all traces of yourself.”

A man who seemed to have a screw missing flashed through my mind.

“They were brainwashed for a long time. Just like sheep gathering for hay when the lunch bell rings, we are simply engaging in conditioned reflex behavior.”

The others had puzzled faces, but I knew right away what that meant.

······It means that we have become like Pavlov’s dogs.

“You can develop such habits, but since you are human, you can look back on your actions and question them, right?”

Dragonia shook her head at my question.

“There is a spell placed on it so that you cannot be aware of it. The Magic Tower cannot hold a person guilty if he or she does not recognize his or her own sin.”

Magic?

I guess magic is something Dragonia uses?

“Does being enchanted mean that Dragonia defends Drekkar? Mental magic is not elemental magic.”

Elysia frowned and pointed at her temple.

“Of course, the Magic Tower is not involved in the conflict between the two alliances. Perhaps there is a dragonia on the human side that can chant one or two types. We plan to report this to Horus and take appropriate action.”

In other words, they said that no action could be taken right now.

“What nonsense…! How can there be a variant Dragonia on the other side?! Isn’t that only possible with the dragon’s direct blessing?”

“We need to find out about that too.”

Ervin’s eyes become as bright as a lantern and he asks Dragonia in a harsh manner. I don’t really know what that means.

“So, are we sure that we have suffered damage from an opponent using magic?”

“Yes.”

Dragonia answered Zul’s question in the affirmative.

Then the victim────.

“Then can you revive the victim?”

Elysia asked urgently, as if she had found a ray of light.

“Yes. However, proper resuscitation is impossible.”

“Why?!”

“In the case of Ramrat and Terub, each individual has a different appearance, so parents or children must be referred to when reviving. However, in this case, since there is no skin, hands and feet to refer to, it may not be possible to return to the way it was before.”

In the end, it is impossible to properly bring a dead person back to life.

“If you admit that you are at fault, isn’t it a principle that you have to save them somehow?”

Elvin protests, adjusting his glasses.

“That’s right. But since they are without sin, their spoils…”

“Do not call human skin a trophy───!!!”

Zul was furious and glared at Dragonia.

Even though it’s not even looking at me, my spine feels numb. If it were me, I might have kept my mouth shut and stuck my head in, but Dragonia kept a poker face.

“I’m sorry if my words and actions made you uncomfortable. But I have no right to rob them of what they have.”

“······Is it possible if I bring it with me?”

“Yes. The body has been treated so that it does not decompose, so all you need is the skin and the severed hands and feet.”

Jules stood up with a blue glow in his eyes and strode out of the medical center.

“···Let’s catch them all.”

There are several people with injuries on their bodies.

It would be easy to track.

“Have a nice trip.”

“Rest well.”

Juul glanced at Dragonia with an evil look in his eyes and walked out of the medical center.