Life in Another World as a Maid Mage

It was not easy to say that the village would be temporarily sealed off to secure the merchants who started this disturbance. As long as it is covered with an outer wall like a territorial capital, there is only a simple fence that has been formed with the boundary pile of the evil beast. If it bothers you, you can escape as many as you want.

In addition to that, we still needed a significant number of people if we were to take measures against fire thieves and snow wolves (Snow Very). With knights and adventurers as captains, the village's youths were divided into several teams, and they were placed on guard. The only class A team, including Alec and the Knights, patrolled the area facing the more dangerous green forest.

Even though I recruited someone who remembered me in my arms, immediately after I saw a herd of beasts that were superior to the body length of two methells, I saw some people who were pretending to be normal but were still unable to wipe out their fear.

Originally, there were many beasts coming down to the woods. At least I've never been attacked by such a herd in the last few decades. At best, it was enough to hunt the beast that jumped out a few times a year.

It's not impossible.

Alec smiled bitterly. Nevertheless, I need you to be more or less useful. There are many more people who can fight than before who have been wounded in raids. In this situation where the whole village is showing a lack of manpower, you have to do your best.

Although there was some dissatisfaction from the travellers when the village was blockaded, there was no major confusion, and everyone seemed to have obeyed. Some people said they would refrain from going out unnecessarily and help secure the status of "suspect" merchants. I accept cooperation, including saying never to imitate a lynching or witch hunt. This will allow us to lift the blockade before evening. For those who wish to travel to neighboring villages and territorial capitals, it seems that they have decided to hire a carriage from the village and issue a temporary carriage for one flight.

I think Siori's escort was involved in the incident.

That's when I was thinking about it while watching my surroundings.

I heard someone rushing in a hurry.

"Adventurer!

A young knight rushes in.

"Are you sure you're with Theoli?

I had a bad feeling about his unexpected state of breathing.

"--yes, but... did something happen?"

Lord Theoli is wounded.

I have a bad feeling that my heart will be caught by an eagle.

"Are you hurt, at the ambulance?

"No, he was wounded during the raid. During the rescue operation, I got in trouble with the subject of the rescue."

Alec accidentally slapped his tongue. Not a snowwolf, but a target for rescue. What happened during that raid?

"What do you mean?"

"I want to know more - anyway, please go to Shiori. It looks like a pretty bad wound. I'll take your place here. Ask him at the ambulance."

"Okay. Please."

Putting aside a few words, Alec ran out of sight.

An ambulance was set up in a slightly empty suburb. When asked where to rush into the headquarters, one of the tents was shown to receive the seriously wounded as close as possible to the headquarters.

(--for seriously injured persons......)

The knight who was standing guard at the entrance stopped him as he rushed to kill his inner anxiety.

"Wait a minute. Are you sure he's with Lord Theoli?

"Oh, it's Alec. Where is she?"

"I'm in therapy here. But before I show you around, I need to ask you something."

"What the hell? Hurry up."

If you throw up without hiding your frustration, you will be prompted to enter. As he stepped inside, Caspar and two knights were waiting in front of the drawbar, which seemed to be partitioning the treatment room. I stopped my feet in such a state.

"... what's going on?

"Sorry, I found something suspicious about her body during the treatment. Furthermore, before treatment, I was severely disturbed by the unusual appearance and refused treatment, so I had to use sedatives. That's why I want to ask you a few questions."

"--Something suspicious to your body? Are you upset?"

I am puzzled by the unusual nature of the said contents. Caspar kept seeing us silent.

"First of all, are you and Ciori fiancées or equivalent?

"... no. I'm a colleague. I hope so."

"... I see."

Caspar smiles bitterly and continues.

Well then, next. In the process of approaching such a relationship (...), I have never been involved in violent rumours or acts of violence against wounded women. "

"What do you mean? I don't know why."

A voice like crawling through the earth in disturbing words. There was a tingling feeling of nervousness around, and the knights on both sides reacted tingly.

"Last question. The fact that she was bought from an illegal domestic slave trader or from a brothel offering illegal services."

"Fuck off!

I couldn't stop the angry curse. It was too vague a word.

"Who would imitate such a thing? I've never been involved in such an unpleasant business. As far as I know, I've never heard of him, and I'm not a woman who can easily entrust herself to such a business."

"- But she's exotic. Whether you want it or not, it is a reality that many women are forced to work in such places. Unfortunately."

Caspar dropped a big sigh and apologized briefly.

"I had to restrain and listen to your response. Come here, please. The treatment has already been completed. I'm still asleep, but whatever you look at, be sure to be careful."

Invited to the other side of the tent indicated by the jaw. Caspar's disturbing words attacked me with an unknown sense of agitation, but I stepped in while remaining calm on the surface.

In the smell of disinfectant and the soft light of magic lamps, she slept on a simple bedding. The bloody face was enough to make me think I was dead if I didn't see my chest slightly up and down. As he approached, there were traces on his face that looked like he cried. Wet eyelashes, red eyes. When I touched that cheek, it was a little cold. You're crying - you're cold.

On the bedside, at Shiori's feet, Ruli was sneaking apart. It seems to be dented. I thought you would regret overlooking her injury. Just once, you're trembling without strength.

Let's start with this injury.

The garrison doctor beside him rolls up the sleeping Shiori's left arm. After removing the wet cloth, which smells like mint, she drank her breath as she saw the marks on the smooth milky white skin. elongated, blue-black discolored, swollen marks that clearly appear on the skin tone.

"This is...."

A familiar scar passed my head with an abominable memory of an imperial infiltration. I even remember nausea and suppress my mouth area.

"... a whip mark?"

That's right.

The military doctor said severely.

"Fortunately, there seems to be no abnormality in the bone, but the swelling is terrible. Muscle tissue may also be damaged. Even if I was a therapist, I could repair the damage immediately, but unfortunately, in today's environment, I can't cool it down."

Many of the Knights' healers were sent to refugee camps in the border zone, and the rest were packed in the territorial capital. If they were sent to Brovito, it would still be after evening. I have no idea when I will be treated if I see other seriously injured patients with severe bleeding. I hope you will send me to the union (guild) when you notice the noise.

While listening to the military doctor's words, I gently touched Shiori's bloody lost fingertips. I am afraid to entangle my fingers that even a slight touch will damage the wound.

"... according to a witness, he was assaulted after he had a fight with a merchant for handling a wagon. There have been testimonies that he fought with the Knights for similar reasons during the snowwolf raid, so they will be charged with obstruction of official duties as well as injury to Lord Shiori."

Caspar's words don't get into my head well. Why should Shiori be wounded so far? No, why...

"... why don't you let your surroundings know about this kind of injury..."

Neither myself nor Lori noticed. I didn't let anyone else understand. Terrible patience. Why do we have to hide it so far?

"Looking at Shiori's words and other wounds when he was disturbed about this point, I can generally predict it. Nevertheless, I'm afraid her patience has hidden all this damage."

"Other... scars?"

I looked away at words I couldn't abandon.

The military physician rolls up Siori's sleeves further and peels off his gorgeous arms. On your soft arms that seem different from yours...

――

There was no word. Stretch out your trembling fingertips and gently stroke the place. Several unnaturally uplifted scars on soft, smooth skin. I knew this one, too. The laceration is blocked. The scars of battle left on my skin.

"... you didn't know either."

"... ahh"

"If you're a knight or an adventurer, it's not that strange to have a scar on a woman's body. However, in her case, it was unnatural for the wound to remain. Brilliantly focused on your upper arms and knees. Fortunately, I didn't see it on my body, back, forearms, or under my knees, but it was unnatural. I'm worried that it's only concentrated in discreet places."

The military doctor supplemented Caspar's words.

"From what I've seen, it's not a sword wound, it looks like it was caused by a beast. It is also presumed that it was all attached in the past year or two. There is nothing suspicious about the wound itself, but it is highly questionable when and where the wound occurred."

"That's why I suspected that they might have been exposed to some kind of abuse at a particular time. Some brothels don't dare to run away and take away their places by hurting them. It seems to be a popular hand for immigrant women who are incapacitated by the language and customs of this country. A woman with a scar on her body is somehow hated in this country by proof of her past life's sins. Do you understand?"

"- Yeah, I got it."

It has been worn for the past year or two.

I found myself in an environment where I could be mistreated.

Steal the destination.

--There is only one fact that points to such a thing.

"--What did he say when he was disturbed?

I can't imagine it from a normal Shiori, such as disturbing it. It was always calm, and all the painful things were covered up under the smile, and I never showed a crying face in public.

Caspar looked at Alec and then turned his gaze to Theori.

"... 'Never tell Alec', 'Please, don't throw it away', 'I can't live anymore if they know it's a wound'..."

"... I see."

Whatever the scratches are on it, it doesn't change the value of Shiori. She must have been planted with a strong sense of compulsion that couldn't be wiped out, even though she was already aware of it because she was smart. Someone.

Caspar exhaled a long sigh and looked to the military doctor to get him out of the room.

"I'm not going to tell her right away, but if she wakes up and feels calm, I'd like to talk to her a little bit. We can't miss that there was some sort of criminal activity."

"... I can't allow a very burdensome hearing."

The knight nodded at Alec's words.

"If there's anything you want to know - the Tris branch and possibly the Knights of the Reichstag may have a record. I don't know the details because I wasn't there at the time, but there were a lot of things I didn't know. I don't think they had anything to do with the wound."

"... I see. But just tell me the story. I promise to take care not to be burdensome."

After that, Caspar slapped Alec gently on the shoulder, lowering his hips to a simple chair on his side to collapse.

"Please, rest with me for a while. You've been working your whole life. I will pay for it. If anything happens, you can tell the knight outside."

Words of concern came down, but no more. Tapping his shoulder again to cheer him up, he left the tent.

--- Later, silence remained.