The Church.
Even though they are a religious group, their influence was beyond the scope of just a religious organization.
When an emperor or a king of a country was chosen, the Church too would present them their royal staff and crown, officially granting them the authority.
The fact that Falma was only a second son of an Archduke, who was only the Chief Apothecary employed by the San Fleuve Empire, didn’t matter to the church, as they simply didn’t care.
There are a total of seven Inquisition officers riding on their horses. It was a gathering of Divine Art users from all 4 attributes.
Since Falma was feigning to be a Divine Art user of both water and wind, he was fighting back with ease without exposing his secret.
The ice barrier that contained Falma’s divine power was much tougher than any metal, as it withstood the brunt of fire attacks and was fully insulated from heat.
They could only monotonously and simultaneously attack using the 4 basic attributes in a cross fire battle formation. It was probably the first time the seven knights weren’t able to exorcise a heretic.
“Wait, this is…”
Rather, the divine power was swelling up inside of Falma, the officers suspecting that it might be flowing in from somewhere else.
Since a little while ago, let alone having no shadow, Falma’s body began to glow in reaction to the excitement of the divine power.
However, Falma was still continuously receiving successive attacks, only barely able to take a breath. The situation was getting nowhere, and the end doesn’t seem to be in sight. Therefore, Falma decided to threaten them.
At the beginning, it was just a line studded with small ice crystals. Before it became enormous with amazing speed along with a roaring sound. In a flash it became an iceberg, so big that it shared the same space as the sky, making it impossible for the them to escape anywhere.
If the boy decided swing his fingers downwards, there was no doubt anymore that everyone would be squished to death by the iceberg.
“Ah… Uwaaaa…!”
Ah, now I am completely the bad guy.
The Inquisition officers were Divine Art battle experts that the Church are proud of. Everyone of them realized it now, in the face of overwhelming difference in ability that they were already resolved to die. Their fate now rest upon Falma’s fingertip.
He called out to them with a well projected voice.
He was granted a second life, and when he obtained numerous abilities, he was aware of his mission. Falma didn’t have a wand. He was grasping tightly on his medical bag, since he didn’t bring it to protect himself. He truly believed that there was a patient here, and he came alone for that reason.
Both arms of Falma were emitting a pale blue light. Also, it could be clearly seen over the long sleeves of his white gown something that closely resembles the divine crest of the Medicine God. As someone belonging to the Church, there was no way they wouldn’t know.
“Inexhaustible divine power, divine crest of the Medicine God, and a body with no shadow… I see.”
“We made a mistake. We have eyes but can’t see Mt. Tai Our eyes were clouded, why weren’t we able to see…”
One after another, the men realized it too.
With that, Falma was bewildered as the men began to greatly mistake him for a god. It seemed that the lightning scar with Lichtenberg pattern was clearly visible, it was also the same case for Ellen and his father too. But for Falma, it only looked like lightning scar or fungal infection.
It seems that their guilt began to heat up towards Falma.
“Wha?, wha whaーー!”
Because they said it while weeping,
They didn’t hear what Falma said and ignored him, while they aimed their wand into their forehead to kill themselves. It seems that it was in their manual that if they commit a mistake that they should commit suicide.
Falma stopped their reckless behavior.
“Just don’t tell the Church, if you all don’t meddle with me in the future, then everything is fine.”
“Will you be able to forgive us!?”
“I don’t really approve of reasons such as sacrificing your life to atone your sins of blaspheming against a god.”
“After becoming injured like this, it won’t take long anymore.”
When he fell from the horse, he was probably unlucky to have broken his bone.
Falma examined the man’s lower limb with Diagnosis Eye.
Falma held his breath. If a red light burns after the diagnosis, Falma won’t be able to manage it. However, the light that glowed… Was white. In addition, the opened section wasn’t that large, the wound wasn’t dirty, the main arteries weren’t damaged, and if the contamination was low, there was still a chance. If there was sufficient treatment in this case, amputation will not be needed.
The light was red. If he amputated it, it might lead to sepsis and infection.
The light was white. It seems this can be a treatment.
However, Falma was in the midst of a conundrum.
As a pharmacist, they are allowed to measure and visually inspect vital signs, examination by stethoscope and at most by palpitation. They are only able to cure what medicines could cure, but anything beyond that was not allowed. It was a criminal act that was prohibited in Japan.
However, does the Diagnosis Eye say “Falma can heal it”? It doesn’t really give out instructions like “It can only be healed by a surgeon or an orthopedist.” It can be healed in theory, but without knowing that it should be done in a certain way, was completely different than just being able to do it. Falma was a complete amateur when it comes to surgery, and the other person hasn’t gone through a procedure either. Falma was just a pharmacologist. To ascertain the medicine’s potency, it wasn’t always necessary, but he had used animals to test it. He had abundant experience in operating surgically with animals only.
Even in agony, the expression of the leader of the Inquisition was rather refreshing.
Falma created a board of iron on the ground, laid the injured person on top of it and applied anesthesia.
“Forget everything you are about to see.”
“Get a carriage that will transport an injured person.”
Grabbing his medical bag, Falma gave a few words to the Inquisition officers, and he took out a clean vinyl sheet inside the bag and pitched a tent, he made a simple treatment room and went in.
Lastly, he examined the wound with Diagnosis Eye.
“God of Medicine, even though we had aimed at taking your life and it’s only justified to kill us for that, yet we received such compassion from you.”
He doesn’t know whether or not that person will die, as he can’t see the level of infection. But, he thought it was better than doing nothing. He patted himself in the back but… Him wanting to dabble in surgery without the proper skill was a crime, was Falma thought.
Who can administer antibiotic during surgery, thoroughly wash the wound, and can close the wound while considering for possible infection?
Falma had seen the latest surgery data of the physicians of this world from the performance records out of Nova Root Medical University. For open bone fracture, they amputate the limbs without hesitation, cover the wounds with gauze and resigned themselves to fate.
He was worried if the last line would effective at threatening the people of the Church,
He said it with a dominating voice and a straight face.
The Inquisition officers trembled violently, it seems that attempts to reveal what had happened had been completely discouraged.
However, Falma didn’t thought that he already assumed himself as the Medicine God with those few words.
“Gentlemen of the Church, what business do you have to the Chief Apothecary of our empire?”
When Noah was going to investigate,
Falma, who had finished tidying up all sorts of tools into his medical bag, responded in a cheerful voice.
“Why are you here Noah?”
One of the Imperial Guards was pulling Falma’s horse.
Falma’s horse had received training to tell about the danger and come back to the previous place as soon as something happened to its master. Because only the horse returned to the pharmacy, Noah found something was amiss and rushed with the soldiers.
Noah asked the Inquisition officers sharply, but they denied it vehemently and swore in the name of the gods of heaven and earth. For a while they were arguing back and forth, but Falma saw that the sun had begun to wane and suddenly remembered the pharmacy.
Don’t move the injured person as much as possible.
“Well then.”
Noah and the Imperial Guards were surprised that the Inquisition officers were prostrating and rubbing their foreheads to the ground as they bid Falma off. It was an unprecedented story, the Inquisition officers lowered their head and prostrated to the ground to a mere noble, despite being only a son of an Archduke.
Noah tilted his head in contemplation. The Imperial Guards also looked in wonder.
Everyone was awfully frightened.
After that, in the report of the Guardian Church in the parish of San Fleuve empire, it said “In the diocese of San Fleuve, there was no heretic or boy with no shadow”, and that was then submitted to the Great Church.
Flowers bloomed beautifully there, lush grass grew thickly, it overflowed with small life, it became a healing spot for visitors.
So what else happened there? There was nothing to talk about anymore.