Life in Another World as a Maid Mage

How many hours have passed?

The noise that could be heard leaking from the outside was subsiding. It can be seen that there is no more sunlight that seemed to pass through the tent, and the book of the night is falling.

Theori didn't wake up yet. The effect of the sedative was supposed to have been cut off already, but the sleep seemed to be deep because of the fatigue accumulated by repeated magic cuts in a short time. Grab her hand and squeeze. I couldn't say another word, and now I have nothing more to do than this. The bracelet on your left wrist feels terribly empty.

Caspar told me to rest with him, but I couldn't feel comfortable resting.

A few people stopped outside the entrance drawbar and heard voices talking about something. The sound that comes in after that.

"--Alec"

When I raised my face to a familiar voice, there were familiar glances.

Nils, Ellen, too.

Nils and Ellen laughed gently as they quietly walked to the bedside and quickly started to prepare for the treatment.

"The Knights of the Territorial Capital are still short of men. The Guild asked me to do it quickly. I was escorted to a carriage with relief supplies. Some of us are here."

"There are a lot of patients I still have to see, but I wonder if it was Mr. Caspar - be careful, I was told to see this one first."

When Ellen handed over the place for treatment to the two of them, Ellen started seeing them quickly. I have the qualifications of a physician who specializes in the surgical system. Nils must have had some medical credentials. A man who saves many patients from a wealth of knowledge, not just as a pharmacist. I'm glad you both came.

"It might hurt a little. Can you hold it?

Nils and I were told to hold down Shiori's shoulders and arms. Ellen palpates the affected area to confirm the abnormality. Did it still hurt? Without consciousness, Shiori raised her eyebrows and slightly moaned, forcing her body to stretch. It's painful.

"It's a lot of bruises - it certainly doesn't appear to have any abnormalities like deformation or crushing on the bone. That's good. We can fix it right away."

"Above all else. Then you don't need my medicine."

If a broken, misaligned or deformed bone is treated as it is, it will be repaired as it is distorted. So a therapist with the right knowledge and the right medical qualifications to do the right thing is invaluable.

Ellen put her right hand over the affected area. Warm milky white light overflows and discolored skin returns to normal color. Slightly, the right hand was removed. There are no more painful whips left. It just has smooth skin.

Alec exhaled relieved. I felt relieved and tired, but I wanted to make sure.

"--Can you repair the old wound? It's a relatively new scar a year or two ago."

Nils seemed to have guessed, but Ellen leaned her neck slightly and looked suspicious. You don't know this one, do you?

"I'm afraid the scars have been blocked for a while, but they won't heal. As you get older, it fades little by little... It seems that you can make it slightly less noticeable if you spend a lot of time in therapy, but it's not very realistic because it's only about taking a break. I honestly don't recommend repeated therapies for less effective treatments."

"I see....."

Can you erase it after all? I have to give up.

"You know, therapies use the patient's health to heal faster and heal the wound. Shiori also used her physical strength in the current treatment, so maybe she won't wake up for a while. Let him rest slowly."

"... ahh. Okay, thank you."

Nils stayed here saying he wanted to talk a little, but Ellen told him to call me if anything happened and left in a hurry. They must have returned to treating the wounded.

--A moment of silence came down.

"A scar a year or two ago, you saw it."

Nils cut out the story. I will nod instead of replying to it.

"- I didn't know. Nothing from Zach."

The sound of squeezing out was strangely scattered.

"I can't say. I can't believe my sister's body was scratched."

Yeah, I suppose so. Is it possible to say that my sister is actually injured even if her mouth is torn? I felt like I knew why the man insisted on saying, "Don't touch me." Maybe you didn't want to show it to me.

"Even if there were so many unnatural wounds, it would have been difficult to file a case."

"--The wounds themselves were not all man-made, but caused by the beast. I remember it very well because I was present at the medical examination at the time. That's definitely the mark of a laceration caused by a beast's claws and fangs. Theoli testified that she was too, so I'm sure she's right."

That's why Nils said he couldn't sue the wound for casualty. Even if there was something unnatural about the rest of the scar.

"I also kept some records of being taken by my friends and treated at the hospital. All of them were hands, legs, back, etc. - a prominent spot or an obstacle to work. Otherwise, it seems she was hiding her wounds from her people... maybe it was hard to say."

If you look at what's going on, the sigh returns.

"... the doctor in charge remembered the last time I came to the treatment. At that time, he was caught in a laceration on his back that protected his companion's girl, and his companions blamed him for his severe injuries. It didn't look like I was angry because I was worried, but I was impressed that it was an extra expense or a straitjacket, and it was a lot of rhetoric for people who were seriously injured. Even though I was injured trying to protect my people. If you were to blame me like that, it would have been difficult to say even if you were injured. It seems to have been overpowering by taking care of itself."

Heavy silence fell. If I think of the word I used when I was disturbed, I think it was never just that.

There was something else that bothered me now. When I saw the scar, I noticed it.

"... you said you were there to see Shiori."

"Yeah? Yeah."

"All of it?

"Yes, but... is there anything that bothers you?"

"... I need to ask you something."

I wondered whether I should ask at the moment. But I really want to ask.

"Siori..."

I sat there and murmured.

"What?

If you hesitate, you are prompted. I never followed words with my heart.

"--What are the signs of Siori... being humiliated?

He took a breath. I patrolled and was able to swim a little. Slightly open the mouth.

"... I couldn't find any luck in my misfortune. At the very least, it was the doctors in charge and the midwives they summoned who said that there would have been no such behavior since they came to Tris."

"I see....."

Unexpectedly exhales relief.

"I knew it, because of that situation, Zach and the doctors in charge looked into it like they were worried about the same thing... but if they were assaulted, even if there was evidence, I don't think they were safe. It was tough. I can't stop Zack when he finds the scar. I was so angry that I could just kill people with my temper."

There must have been anger against them, but I wondered if there was anger against myself that I had overlooked without realizing the situation. Although it was arranged behind my back to avoid contact, I was angry with my unworthiness that I did not realize the anomaly of the woman I loved.

Now that I was so frustrated with the feeling of helplessness that I didn't notice the scars left over from Shiori's wounds, I can't help but notice how Zack felt when I saw several vivid scars that didn't heal for long.

"- Lord Nils. Sorry, it's about time."

The entrance curtain was raised and a voice rang. A knight on the lookout. I think you want me to go back to the site.

"Oh, I see. I'll be there in a little while."

Nils replied briefly, asking him to return the word. The drawscreen closes again.

Looking at him blurrily packing his medicine box and baggage, he turned a little bit of an exploratory gaze.

"Alec..."

……

"It's been a rumor lately, but what's going on?

Though I thought Nils was listening to a lot of intrusion, I smiled deeply that it was so conspicuous as to become rumored.

"... I'm still whispering."

I see.

Nils smiled and pushed several bottles of medicine.

"Drink this and cheer up a little. She looks as bad as Shiori. With that look, she'll worry the other way around."

"- Oh, sorry."

As soon as he received it, he shook his linen hair and smiled small.

"Maybe Alec is closest to her now. She changes a little when she's with you. [M] So please give her my regards."

That said, I shook my hand and walked out. I'll drop it off and look back at Ciori.

"... everyone is worried about you. I didn't neglect it. You're so cared for."

She strokes her dark hair to the edge of her pale face.

"That's all everyone likes. So take care of yourself more."

I touched the area with the scar from the top of my clothes. It was not just a wound of the mind. If you look at the wounds left in visible form, you'll remember them even if you don't like them. Instead of healing, the wound is just spreading.

- The scars left behind. There were just a few places on the left arm that I saw, which is too much for a rear guard position. It's only six months. There must have been four avant-garde parties. Couldn't you protect it while you were there?

"... ah..."

Theoli moaned slightly and moved. After a tingling reaction, Louis quickly moved to her pillow.

"Ciori?

Looking into his face, his eyes remained tightly closed. His eyebrows were frowned in agony, and his lips leaked bitterness. Shizukuzuku overflowed my eyelids and fell.

"... don't leave me. No....."

It is frightened.

Theoli

I slapped her in the cheek wheezing in a nightmare. Ruli also stuck to her body.

Wake up, Theoli.

He squeezed his hand and shook his shoulders slightly. Your eyelashes tremble and your tears open. Her eyes, which had been staring at us blurrily for a while, were shaking badly with confusion and fear in the next moment.

I panicked to support the body that rises up momentum, wondering if it might be an obstacle to the body that has just healed. But his body trembled badly. Her luxurious hands squeeze her arms like a trembling body. Hold down your arms that will have scars.

"--I 'm sorry I got caught up in this."

"... Shiori"

"Injury, because it's no big deal."

Theoli

"I won't bother you, so..."

Don't abandon me.

The words squeezed out by a trembling voice sounded like a scream, and the luxurious body was scratched hard on her chest with too much pain.

"Who will abandon it? I promised you I'd go out with you."

Leave one hand on pale cheeks and raise. I didn't feel like I was looking at my wobbly eyes. Maybe he hasn't woken up from his dreams yet. Your eyes shaking between your dreams and your present narrow spaces are out of focus.

"Shiori. Whatever the wounds, your worth remains unchanged."

The wandering gaze was tangled with my own gaze. Drop your lips on that eyelid. The hugged body trembled. He wept with his lips, slipped his cheeks several times, and finally pressed it against his soft lips.

I heard a tiny moaning voice from the back of my lying throat, but I ate my tiny lips many times as if I were pecking. Finally, I licked it up gently at the tip of my tongue to trace the edges, and then quietly released my lips. The body that fits in the arm is no longer trembling, and the eyes that returned to the light of reason looked up at themselves.

"- Are you calm?

When asked, she leaned red with confusion and shame.

"... I feel restless in a different way."

The tone and tone are the same. I feel relieved about that for the time being. Still, I didn't loosen my arms. She remains held in her arms.

When I noticed it, I was wandering around looking for a gap where Louis could get in. Unexpectedly, the two of us burst out. Siori stretched out her arms and made a water polo while still sitting in her arms. Once Lori trembled, she swallowed it. Then gently stroke her left arm to stretch out her tentacles.

"... ah"

"Doesn't it hurt anymore?

"... yeah"

"Ellen just cured it. Nils is coming."

"... I see. I have to thank you later."

I can keep my head gently on my chest. I stroked the glossy black hair. Be gentle as a child, many times.

"I'm sorry. Try to be inconvenient."

After a while, the apology is dropped like a murmur.

"... I don't think it's annoying."

I let go of my stroking hands and hugged them again with both hands.

"You couldn't tell me."

Instead of answering, I shaken my head small. You must have nodded.

"... were you meant to be unable to tell me?"

This time, after a period of silence, he agreed to it again in a small way.

"Have you been threatened with any injuries or scars?"

"... everyone was worried at first, but they started pointing it out tightly in time. I was told there were too many injuries, and it was true."

"As far as I'm concerned, it's strange that there are four front men and the back men are wounded to this point."

I can't figure it out.

"I was told it was more efficient to concentrate on the attack than to fight while defending the rear, so I was tasked with protecting Rachel."

"Rachel?"

"... the girl who was at [Dawn]. I'll be her escort while I sing as a summoner."

"Did you have an assistant escort?"

It's not moderate.

"If everyone in the vanguard turns to attack, I'll be the only one left free, so if I can't fight, I'll be able to do that."

"Normally, however, we don't leave escorts to auxiliary positions. Even if you could use the magic of defense. There will be many beasts targeting the weak like snowwolves."

Instead, it may have become more aggressive.

"... that's right. I know now. But I was desperate to follow everybody back then. I was glad to be protected because all the people who had attended the parties so far were occasionally kind, but I was told that it was only natural for me to be able to do that kind of auxiliary work, so there was a trace that I could only do housework...."

His shoulders trembled as he lay down. I smiled slightly.

"We were all in a hurry. I was as old as I was when I joined the union (guild), so I wanted to get promoted faster, worried that my rank was much lower than that of people my age. So I was forced to accept a difficult request, and it didn't work out, so..."

"... you were being held responsible?

"Yeah, now I think it was a little uncoordinated party. Maybe that's the only way I could have fought it. That's why I think Rachel and I need an escort. Still, Rachel was able to fight with Summon Magic, so I was the only one who got caught up. I wanted to ask my brothers how to fight auxiliary positions at that time, but I didn't have a chance to meet them in the middle, and if I came back to study, I would be busy with my next job and I couldn't afford to take up time, and I did my best to put my free time to sleep so that I could work."

It was a story of a low-ranking party anxious for promotion. As long as I was willing to learn from my predecessors, it was no surprise that I even spared the time to learn and was forced to accept requests, repeatedly failing, and hitting the weakest in the party with its frustration and responsibility. Of course, there are a lot of parties that get over all of them and come up.

In the case of Shiori, being Gentile might have made things worse.

"--When I finally had time to talk to my brother, Rachel told me." In this country, it is thought that a woman with scars is a dirty woman, so please be careful because it will be difficult to find her. "I didn't know what would happen if other people knew about it, so I definitely couldn't find it, and they said that maybe it was because they realized that I couldn't see my brothers very much, so I was afraid to get close to them. Even if I got hurt, I was afraid of seeing other scars, so I couldn't say more, so I hid everything."

A woman with scars is a sinner and a filthy woman of the past life. It's been over a hundred years since I've been scorned for saying that. A bad idea of his country that was believed when the Empire, which was still powerful, had a strong influence on the surrounding countries. There are very few people who talk about such things now. Only older people with too old a head or physiologically unacceptable scars.

I don't know what a woman named Rachel thought and breathed such a thing into Shiori now. Besides, those scars should have left a mark on the clothes and gear. No one would have noticed. Did you leave it because you knew? I wonder if I made her an interesting halfway house.

Holding her tightly, Shiori exhaled slightly.

"If you calm down, I know all these people are saying is weird. However, when I was tired and unable to think well, I got caught up in my feet and knew that there were a lot of wounds, and the filthy woman just stayed with me and said," I can't help but remember being left behind. "

The chest pressed against my face felt slightly moist.

"The request I received at that time - I didn't really have to go. I went by carriage from Tris to the labyrinth, and all I wanted was a pair of legs to carry out what was stored in the labyrinth's hidden room. I used the Adventurer, not the carrier, because I was also a little escort. Because the limit in the labyrinth is reached, and if you carry me, there will be less luggage to take with you - oh, the beast has arrived, it's dangerous if you don't escape - because you're a filthy woman, and there's no one to grieve for the leftovers, that's fine -"

I stroked his back to forgive him, while somehow suppressing the anger that was sprouting into the disgusting story, and then put my hand on his cheek again to raise him up.

"--You talked to me a lot. That was tough."

Wipe wet cheeks with fingertips.

"But if Zach knew about the wound, he wouldn't have abandoned you, would he? Everyone else was desperate to find you."

"... yeah. But I was scared."

"... the feeling of fear once planted is not something you can wipe out."

Especially if you are abandoned in a situation that leads directly to death, the fear is considerable. It will certainly take time to get rid of it, which is deeply rooted.

"I saw your wound, too, but I won't abandon it."

……

"--There are a lot of things that I don't want to remember and things that are scratched. But when I fell asleep and had a bad dream, you were by my side all the time, and you told me it was okay, so I was saved a lot. At that time, I already decided that you belonged to me. So, Theori."

Trace the soft lips with your thumb.

"You can count on me, too. Stay as close as you can. I'll be where you want me to be."

There was no reply. Instead, a small nod comes back.

Hands touching lips were pulled from the cheeks behind the ears and placed on the back of the head. Keep pulling and gently mouth it. Feeling the thin walls of her heart beginning to melt softly, she eventually turned it into something deep and intense. With the tip of her tongue, she opens her lips, and tangles her plunged tongue with it. While loving the glossy breath leaking out of the gap and trying to respond to his tongue with awkward movements, he swallowed his mouth until he was satisfied, obsessed with each other.