Life in Another World as a Maid Mage

Evening, Ellen quietly opened the shop door as the people who had finished their work and shopping walked home. The customer was neglected due to the close of the store. Nils, the owner of the store who was running the books at the back counter, raised his face. Walk to the counter, looking back at him with a soft smile and a flickering hand.

"Hi, you're coming at an unusual time. What's wrong with you?"

Next to him, Allaune, who had just become a magician the other day, raised her tentacle in a careless manner. Even so, it seems to be a greeting.

In addition, Nils seemed to think that there was something embedded in Ellen's slightly stronger expression, which she returned with a smile of affection. He suggests a chair next to the counter and tends to lower his hips to it.

"... I need to ask you something about 'patients'. May I have a moment?

"Yes, of course. Can you wait till the store closes?

"Yeah."

Ellen distracted herself from him when she had a light chat with the customer while accounting. There are lots of empty shelves lined up with medicines and portable medicines, indicating that some have sold.

Until a few decades ago, medicines and the like were not something that the general public could easily buy, but now they can be bought as a matter of course in ordinary households.

A result of the efforts and research of our ancestors.

Among the reasons for the dramatic improvement in the Kingdom's average life expectancy are the improvement of living conditions and a rich diet, including the reduction in injury and disease mortality due to the development of pharmacy, medicine, and therapeutic magic. You can now easily go to a healthcare provider and buy medicines at a low cost - it would be great if you could get early treatment.

(... but there's still a lot I can't do...)

For example, to clean up the scars left behind.

― ― Nils lowered the closing tag to the door after the last customer left and dropped it off to the door. After lowering the cloth on the window and closing the shop, she sat facing Ellen and said, "I made you wait."

So, what do you want to ask me? You said you were a patient. "

"Hmm...."

It was nice to come out with all my heart, but I was hesitant to ask if it was really okay to ask again. Because there is an implicit understanding that information about patients should not be disclosed to third parties.

But Nils might have figured it out.

"--I 'm talking about Shiori."

When I cut it out, I nodded "I see" without even looking surprised.

"I'll answer as far as I can. There are some things you might want to share. As a healthcare professional close to her."

"I don't ask many questions. However... I think she will have more opportunities to bathe with someone on the expedition in the future, so I think it would be better to hear your opinion."

--That unnatural scar on both hands and feet is still fresh and I can see it's been there for the last year or two. I didn't have to think about when and under what circumstances it arrived.

But that's all there is to it. The fact that she had never been on the edge of the rumor or was probably because she was trying to hide it herself. In fact, she didn't hesitate to bathe with anyone until then, but she began to refuse to bathe with somebody stubbornly because of her work efficiency. Take that case to the border.

It's been about six months since Ellen started partying with her to work. That's why I didn't notice the scar. I took a bath with him on the spot the other day during the herbal harvest - the first time I noticed that scar.

Nils was present at her examination at the [Dawn] incident. I should have been the attending physician along the way. I'd like to know how to treat that scar if it bothers her first. Exposing the scars she had hidden to the public meant a change in her mood, but she still didn't know what was causing her troubles.

― ― The era that also affected marriage as an indication that physical injuries may have caused some humiliation is a story of the past. Although still somewhat important in some nobility classes, it is not uncommon for a noble daughter to become a knight or adventurer, and now it is becoming a thing of the past. At least, the former knight queen is publicly known to have some scars, and no one publicly points it out as a flaw.

Still, there are so many scars. Apart from marriage, there will be people who point it out in some way or rumor. I was worried that she would not get hurt again at that time.

"Maybe I care too much, maybe I just want to convince myself... but I'll ask. That wound... that was there, wasn't it?

"Yeah, that's right. But it wasn't artificial, it was all caused by the Beast. She admitted it."

"... yes"

It's a wound from the middle of the incident, but it wasn't intentionally inflicted. But I don't know if that's a good thing. It was so many wounds that were unnaturally attached. And from the fact that she had hidden it, it seemed that it was a heavy burden on her heart.

Nils did not deny it.

"... the meaning of what Alec asked me at Brovitte's ambulance. I wondered what happened suddenly, but this is what happened."

"Yeah."

Ellen looked at the man in front of her. A man with a soft face is smiling softly as usual. However, his eyes were only slightly shaken by the magic lamp lights.

"... that scar is a scar on her heart. She's been hiding that scar ever since, and she exposed it herself."

That must be a sign of her determination. I'm seriously about to get out of what happened in the past when I was being held captive.

"All we can do is keep an eye on things as usual. If you take extra care and the burden is reversed, there will be no original or child. But it wasn't like that. You'll never miss it again. If she thinks it's hard, I'm not gonna miss it this time."

Nils' words, which he had always regretted having missed while first noticing, were heavy.

"That's right...."

Slowly nodding, Ellen smiled thinly.

Pharmaceutical and medical fields have developed dramatically in recent decades, but research in the field of psychiatry has only just begun. It's still hard to figure out how to deal with the patient's wounds as a healthcare professional. Still, I don't want it to end just by healing my illness and body wounds. I never want to leave you alone as a doctor.

More than that, she is Ellen's colleague - a friend.

"I won't miss it either. I know how many doctors have missed your friend's weirdness."

"... my ears hurt."

"It's each other."

His face smiled bitterly. Too much suffering to laugh at.

Patient abnormalities are not missed. It was never easy, but the 'failure' that we experienced in that incident certainly weighed heavily on Ellen and Nils.

--A corner of a pharmacy sunk in the night. If they don't make the same mistake again, the two doctors will carve their determination into their hearts.