T/N: This is in Aldo’s perspective. First person’s point of view will look like this: ‘italicized’. Third person’s point of view will be in normal text font. Also, I’m changing my publishing schedule again. From now on, it’ll be one chapter every Sunday 4 PM PST. Take advantage of this information so you don’t be like “It’s already Sunday 4 PM PST, I don’t see a new release on NU”. You can instead be like “NU takes time to add new releases. I know the translator’s specific schedule so I can just go on their blog and read the new release without having to wait for NU”.
“Here. You’re cured. You can go back now.”
The young knight made a sharp expression while lying on the bed with a healed shoulder. It is a face that looks miserable. In other words, it means that the knight gets injured frequently.
“Mr. Aldo, you’re a cold person……You really make me nervous….”
“I cured you gently. What are you complaining about?”
Indeed, this young knight had been transported in a terrible state with many lacerations and bruises. However, the internal organs are fine, and the treatment worked. ‘I treated him gently, so my work ends there.’
The treatment space in the healing room is very wide, but if a burly man is occupying the space, it feels narrow. This young knight is slender among the other knights, but his size is too big for a simple bed.
‘Because the space is too occupied, I am glaring at him to leave the place early, but he shook his head like a little child.’
“The healer is supposed to care for their patients, right?! Wouldn’t it be better to be more gentler? To show more care?”
The Grandmaster is scary, and since the knight is now healed but making a fuss, Aldo quickly wanted to kick him out.
“I don’t care to heal people like you.”
‘I’m not going to do more work than necessary. I used another gesture to drive him away and he said, ” Terrible!” He started raging in a theatrical tone.’
“But as you’re a good healer, there’s no other choice than for you to heal me! Wow, how come there are only a few women in the healing profession?!”
“Because a lot of them have already retired.”
Just six months ago, a woman who was a junior healer retired. There are many people who don’t just want to focus on their profession but on their personal life, and because of that, female healers are rare, as they usually retire early due to their love affairs.
‘Oh, I want to be healed too.’
Even Aldo who is a healer himself wants to be healed from someone.
Even if you know that it will never happen, it’s nice to have hope. It can be considered pathetic.
‘Although my body gets heavier every year, I still have a lot of work to do, so I don’t feel like retiring. However, I envy my colleagues, friends, and the junior girls who get to retire from work.’
‘How does it feel to be healed from someone?’
‘I can’t imagine.’
When Aldo sighed a little, the Knight said,”What’s wrong?” and looked at Aldo with a worried look.
“Nothing. Anyway, you need to reduce your injuries.”
‘When I stroked my head, I felt a little better, and the knight slowly raised his upper body up. He seems to have enough physical strength and magical power to receive my healing magic, but it is not for sure safe, so it’s better to not be injured in the first place.’
‘It’s best for him to not return to training yet, and to not try getting off the bed.’ Although Aldo’s attitude is quite informal, he began worrying whether or not the patient has been properly treated.
“Nicky, I told you to come back home after the treatment!”
“Oh, Commander! I’m sorry!”
The Commander of the knights yelled while opening the door vigorously. The knight trembled on the bed, and fled very quickly. He went through the window, avoiding the doorway to the healing room where the Grandmaster is.
‘I think I heard a sound from the landing, then I heard, ” Wow!” The Commander may feel offended due to the knight escaping so quickly, but Aldo doesn’t know much about that.
The knight ran away, and the commander started cursing. But his expression only appeared to be a carnivorous beast hunting down its prey, and Aldo became sorry for the young knight.
“Well, you can beat him up a little bit.”
It’s fine as long as the knight’s injuries don’t increase. The Commander pointed his mouth out in a snarl just like his subordinates.
“It’s because this is training, so there’s no other choice. It’s important to train to increase your survival rate.”
‘It’s not my fault.’ While thinking over such a troublesome matter, it’s not repulsive because it’s a calm argument. By how seriously you train, you can build a foundation that can demonstrate the power in practice. There are people who are naturally strong, but Aldo knows that training is important for a solid victory, because the Commander also uses this method.
‘However, I want the commander to have a little more control over his timing.’
‘A few days later, there will be an actual battle to hunt a demon beast. It seems that my workload will be increased, I sighed.’
Even after driving out the commander out of the healing room because he got in the way of work, the knight visited often and Aldo was seriously worried about whether or not his body was ready for the day of the battle.
‘At last I took a break, and looked at the garden out from from the window. It has beautiful scenery.’
Healers’ robes are said to be healing green, but it’s not similar to the trees or to the shade of deep green.
The color of healing green and the bright color of flowers are mixed in with the color of black in the garden. *There’s someone wearing a black robe. If you look closer, you’ll see Kieran Fillis rocking his long dark blue hair and walking lightly.
*Black robes = Royal Palace’s powerful magicians, Green robes = Royal Palace’s healers
He is famous as a talented man, but he is also famous as a *brocon who often goes home between work.
*Someone who loves their brother too much, like in an unhealthy way which is basically low key incest. Although Kieran and Nikola aren’t actual brothers, they’re as close as one.
“I feel that Nikola is in danger today,” and with a distinctive sense of danger, Kieran seems to be troubled.
Since teleportation magic uses a huge amount of magic, it shouldn’t leisurely be used.
It seems to have become common for Kieran to use teleportation magic to visit his *younger brother about once every two weeks at most, then he’ll come back for a little, but he takes care of his entrusted work well.
*So people think Nikola is Kieran’s actual brother, hence “younger brother”.
‘The reason why I know about him is from the rumors that I heard from the others because it’s rare to meet Kieran at work.’
Kieran never gets injured. On the contrary, there has never been an upset in his magic.
Kieran is a popular topic among the other healers because he doesn’t get any injuries or illnesses at all. In addition to his overwhelming amount of magical power and talent, his figure is well equipped, so it’s natural that people are envious. Even if Aldo is not very interested in the rumors of others, Aldo hears these rumors so much, they’re now imprinted in his mind.
‘If you’re as powerful Kieran, is your magic circulation also good? I also want these benefits, due to my hardened body.’
It sounds like a good body. Every day, the grudge towards the Commander starts growing.
‘On the day of the demon attack, it’s clear that things will be terrible. It can’t be helped because it’s apart of my job, but this is just really sad.’
“Aldo. Hey, your face is all blue. Are you okay?”
‘He has a neat appearance when he keeps quiet, but when he opens his mouth, it’s somewhat rough. That was my first impression of Kieran.’
There’s a lot of breeding of the demon beasts this season, so there’s a group of magicians that are required to deal with this situation.
The first part of the operation is that the magicians release a long-range magic attack so the magicians other than Kieran would suffer from some side effects due to the mass-release of magic. It is like muscular pain after intense exercise. It is not as terrible as poisoning, but the situation can result in deaths sometimes.
‘Magicians other than Kieran are lying down on the ground, while Kieran stands up with his cool face. I envy him, and during the treatment of the other magicians, it was appreciated that the knights did not come disturb the treatment process.’
“Even if you’re not okay, you still have to do it. If you’re hurt, it’s still your job to treat them.”
Kieran said,”Being the lifeline of Sugaria must be hard,” as he began applying techniques to the magicians.
Compliments and flattery are often heard, but they are rarely sympathetic. It was unexpected.
‘I have never been in contact with him before, so I’m interested in him. I usually concentrate on my work, so I don’t interact with others much, but I wanted to talk a little bit, because the treatment is going pretty smoothly.’
“You’re as good as ever, and you’re not injured.”
‘I’m trying to not sound sarcastic, but I don’t know how he received my message. I wanted to tell him that he’s strong and amazing, but I wonder if my message got transmitted well.’
Kieran slightly frowned, then snorted.
“I am always in perfect condition due to manipulative surgery. Routinely maintenance is important.”
“Manipulative surgery.”
‘I thought that he’s a guy who doesn’t ever get sick, but it seems he depended on manipulative surgery. It was a little surprising, but I was convinced. Otherwise, there is no reason why Kieran could still shoot mighty magic with a cool face.
“Hmm.”
‘Kieran raised the end of the mouth satisfactorily. I frowned without knowing the meaning of the smile. It seems a bit weird, and it seems a little unpleasant.’
“There’s a lot of people out there who make fun of manipulative surgery compared to healing, but you don’t.”
‘It makes me feel amazed that what I am saying is in an impressive voice.’
“My manipulative surgeon is a healer who can treat anyone with a small amount of magic, and also a natural enemy of healing magic. I don’t think he’ll make a fool out of me.”
‘Rather, it is even with some respect. There may not be any other person who’s longing for manipulative surgery as much as myself.’
Healing magic isn’t versatile. There are many people who can not heal because their body either lacks physical strength or a large amount magical power. There are many people who aren’t as strong as the healers who work in the Royal Palace. Even if there’s a good healer, there are only a handful of people who can be saved by the healer.
Even healing is hard for Aldo.
Kieran, who looked at the face of Aldo, groaned, and then thought about it for a while, and then opened his mouth.
“Hey. Is it hard?”
“Of course it is. I feel like giving up sometimes.”
Aldo nodded without a pause, he kept on treating the magicians during his conversation with Kieran. The magicians are suffering from fatigue, which is different from using healing magic to heal one’s injuries, and it also makes the body heavier.
“…… That’s right. Ah, I wish I could help you, but I do not want a tired look.”
‘Scratching his head, Kieran groaned. I think that he uses magic on his hair because his long dark blue hair is still not disturbed.’
“I will introduce you soon to my manipulative surgeon, the best manipulative surgeon in Sugaria.”
After looking around at his colleagues who haven’t been completely healed yet, Kieran said, “Thanks for the cure,” then he smiled faintly.
“It’s Nikola. He’s my supreme healer. I wasn’t going to introduce you guys at first, but you’re not a bad guy, and you need to get healed. If I abandon you, Nikola will be sad.”
“Nikola……. I think I heard it’s your brother’s name.”
‘I remember hearing this name from the rumors about Kieran, he growled.’
“He’s not my younger brother, he’s my childhood friend.”
‘It seems they’re not blood related. But Kieran’s famous for being a bro-con. If you are already like this, I wonder how long would it take for it to progress into love.’ It was a little scary for Aldo to think about.
“Lord Kieran! Can you return to the Magic Knights’ Corps?”
Someone rushed towards Kieran. It was explained that the supposed boss of the flock of demons had been found, and that they need a magician with powerful magic to finish the boss off. Upon the request, Kieran had set off.
“Well, you may be at work, but I’ll say it again. Don’t overdo it!”
“No, I’m at work.”
Without hearing Aldo’s reply to the end, Kieran with his black robes had disappeared in the wind.
It’s impossible to rest during work–two days after the Demon Beast Conquest was completed safely, Aldo was in the middle of suffering due to his body’s bad magic circulation again. Aldo, who was called over by Kieran, went together with Kieran to see “The Supreme Healer”.