Chapter 3: Recovery Center

Shortly after Michael left, Rebecca turned to Hilda, and with a serious expression instructed "Report this to Reinhardt, don't leave anything out."Hilda, whose expression turned blank, completely devoid of emotion, nodded at Rebecca "Yes miss" and disappeared into the shadows. Not even making a single sound.

Rebecca returned to her seat and flicked her finger, suddenly all the fallen documents floated back to her desk.

Sighing, she thought 'Why did you have to awaken now..'

The orphanage was the only one in the entire city, yet it was big enough to house all of the orphans and still have room left over.

Though just because it was watched over by the higher ups, did not mean corruption was impossible.

Rebecca had been brainwashed. Ever since she was young, her ambition was to become the head of the orphanage, though that was not entirely her will..

Once she became the orphanage's head, her brainwashing slightly wavered, and due to that, her powers were able to dispel it completely.

Her mind was like a blank canvas. All she knows and remembers revolves around the orphanage. She didn't know who cast the mind control on her, the only clue she has is the person named Reinhardt.

Hilda was one of Reinhardt's people, so Rebecca could not avoid reporting Michael's awakening to him.

She is close to finally meeting up with him, and when she does..she will kill him.

Rocking back on her chair she thought 'I don't know if I can protect you Michael..'

Rebecca loved the kids, but it was more of a superficial type of love. Deep down, she wanted to free herself from the clutches of whoever was lurking in the shadows.

Though there was one kid in particular whose company she enjoyed the most, it was Michael. 6 years ago she found him sprawled out on the sidewalk, he was heavily malnourished so she took him in.

Ever since then, their bond has gotten stronger.

But now..it was being tested. By the misfortune that she has yet to completely erase...

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Michael was outside, walking to the recovery center. Along the way, he saw multiple kids and even some adults.

Michael grew a bit curious so he mumbled a question to the system "Is it really going to be this easy to level up? All I did was heal a bruise."

You can only get experience from the same person once per day. However with the number of people in this orphanage, it definitely won't be hard to level up. And yes, as long as the person lost even a singular unit of HP, healing him would give you EXP.

Michael pondered for a moment, before asking another question "What happens when I reach level 10?"

You will gain a new skill. Every 10 levels you get a random skill that is attributed to your class.

"Right, class, is it going to always stay common?" Michael followed along with yet another question.

You will be able to increase its rarity and effects once you reach Level 50. After that, every 50 levels you are going to be evaluated and given a task to complete in order to increase the rarity of your class further.

"I see, thank you" Michael expressed politely and continued walking towards the recovery center, already seeing the outline of the building.

After a couple more minutes of walking, he finally arrived and stepped inside the building. it looked like a simple hospital, though magic was involved, making it way better than the hospitals of his previous world. seaʀᴄh thё nôᴠel Fire.nёt website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

Walking up to the register, Michael was greeted by a neatly dressed receptionist who asked to see his identification.

Michael passed over the piece of paper that Rebecca gave him, immediately earning a look of understanding from the receptionist.

The receptionist started dialing a number and told someone to come, signaling for Michael to sit down and wait.

Michael did just that. He found himself a comfortable seat and sat down, preparing to wait for hours, hospitals tend to be like that most of the time he thought.

However he did not have to wait long. As 5 minutes later, A person wearing a doctor's coat appeared and walked towards Michael, before stretching out his hand and introducing himself "Hello Michael, my name is Salus, I am the head healer of this facility, come with me."

Michael shook the man's hand and followed him. Going inside of an elevator and arriving on the 4th floor, where they walked further until they reached Salus's office.

The office was spacious, with all sorts of lab equipment lying around, the desk being completely spotless, a stark contrast to Rebecca's desk.

Salus pointed at the seat near the table and told Michael to sit down, while he himself went behind the desk and sat down on his comfortable office chair.

Salus looked Michael up and down and then asked "Why do you want to join the recovery center?"

Michael was taken aback a little. He had expected to be questioned, but he did not expect this kind of a first question, there are certainly wrong answers.

If Michael were to say 'I only want to level up my skills', he would undoubtedly get kicked out.

Michael decided to formulate his inner desire into a more favorable anwser "I want to improve my healing skills in order to save more people."

The answer was something that Salus did not expect to come out of an 8 year olds mouth. He was expecting something childish, but this was anything but.

Salus looked at Michael and asked "Are you planning on attending the academy?"

Michael simply nodded "Yes."

Salus seemed satisfied. He took out some kind of marble ball out of his pocket and handed it to Michael.

Holding the marble ball in his hands, Michael couldn't help but flash a confused look. What was he supposed to do with this?

Salus noticed his confused gaze and chuckled "Put it up to your clothes."

Michael did just that, and his current regular clothing turned into a coat, similar to the one the head healer in front of him was wearing.

His clothes seemed to have merged with whatever that marble was, though there was a single odd pin, located near his wrist.

Michael tried lightly pulling it out, and surprisingly it worked. The white coat disappeared into the pin, and once again became a marble. His previous clothing reappearing.

Salus looked amused and asked Michael "Do you want to start working today?"

Michael was about to say yes, but he had just remembered something "Am I going to get paid?"

That sentence shocked Salus a little. Though it was only natural to ask something like that given the circumstances "We provide food and other necessities, the pay is based on the tips your patients might give you, this gives everyone an incentive to try harder."

'Stingy' Michael thought. Though he didn't express it aloud, at least he had the potential to get paid at all.

He was glad Salus didn't take offense to his question. It might have seemed a little insensitive, given the fact that Michael did say he wanted to improve his skills to save more people.

'Though tips in a hospital? Seemed unlikely' Michael thought.

Salus stood up and walked to the door, before turning to Michael and saying "Put on the coat"

Michael did just that and followed after Salus. Going back down to the 1st floor of the recovery center.

Along the way many people stared at Michael, all of them sporting a curious expression.

They finally arrived in front of a room that had 'Emergency Room 3' written on it.

Inside the room were a couple of patients. Some with broken bones, others with horrid expressions on their faces.

Salus turned to Michael and instructed "Watch me, afterwards you will try."

He walked up to a patient with a broken leg and cast a healing spell, though unlike Michael, whose heal covered the entire body, Salus's only covered the broken portion of the leg.

Before Michael's eyes, the bone popped back into place, then quickly mended itself together, finally the area which the bone had popped out from was healed, looking like it was never injured in the first place.

Salus turned towards Michael and asked "Any questions?"

Michael nodded "Why did you only target the area where the bone was broken?"

Salus quickly explained in detail "Using mana to heal the whole body is wasteful. As a healer you must conserve as much as possible, you will be dealing with patients for most of the day after all."

He then pointed toward another person with a broken leg before saying "Try."

Host, whenever you say Heal, focus on the part of the body you wish to heal, it will generate a new skill.

Michael nodded at both Salus and the system. He thought the only way you could acquire new skills was through the random pull the system talked about that happens every 10 levels. Though it appears Michael was wrong.

He walked up to the patient and focused on the broken leg, then said "Heal."

As he did so, the light covered the entire body of the man with a broken leg, however, it quickly concentrated on the part Michael was focusing on.

-DING

A bell rang out in Michael's ears and once again a familiar blue interface appeared in front of his eyes.

[Focus Heal +15 EXP]

+--+

[New Skill Generated] [Bonus: +1 INT]

Focus Heal [Level 0 15/100 EXP] [Common] [Active]

# Heal the target's injuries in the area focused / Restore 50 HP

Cost: 15 MP

+--+

Michael looked a bit stunned. He knew that the skill would be generated, but a question arose along with it. Though before he could ask it, the system answered, as if already knowing what Michael wanted to ask.

Yes, this is the power of the system, even if you focus on that area you still restore 50 HP, meaning you now have a cheaper full body Heal with the same effectiveness. Congratulations.

Salus walked up to the man who had just been healed and exclaimed "Wow Michael, you are a prodigy!"

The men with the now healed legs left the emergency room after thanking both the healers. Neither of them tipped even a single cent though.

Salus gestured for Michael to pay attention, as he now moved towards the people who didn't have any visible injuries.

Salus walked up to one of them and asked "What seems to be troubling you?"

The patient pointed at his neck. There seemed to be a little bump on it "This appeared over a week ago, only recently am I starting to feel pain."

Nodding and closely examining the bump Salus turned back toward Michael and explained "This is a cyst. They appear when regular humans are exposed to too much mana. They could appear anywhere on the body and are dangerous if left alone."

Salus then pointed his finger at the cyst and used a focused heal on it, suddenly the cyst enlarged and popped. Michael expected pus to come out, but nothing did, it just disappeared.

Michael was instructed to try the same thing on another patient, and so he did, successfully.

[Focus Heal +15 EXP]

Salus once again praised Michael for his prowess and explained his role in this room "From here on out, you are in charge of Emergency Room 3's healing. Most patients that come here can be treated with simple healing magic, much like the ones currently here."

He then went on to say "When I determine that your healing skills are up to par, you will be moved to Emergency Room 2, and if you are qualified, maybe even Emergency Room 1."

Michael kept nodding, this was a great opportunity for him to level up. Though he was still left a little salty 'Tch a big shot better give me a tip' he grumbled.

Host, while I don't expect you to be a monk, please refrain from being shameless.

Michael ignored the system's words and went around healing the others. There were 5 people left, injuries ranging from deep cuts to broken bones, and even a single patient with yet another cyst.

By then Salus had already left after informing Michael that he is to work for only 4 hours a day. From 1PM to 5PM, currently it was 1:30PM so he still had some work left to do.

After healing all of them Michael was left with 5 blue holographic boxes in front of him. Though as he focused on them, they all combined into one.

[Focus Heal +75 EXP]

Michael thought that it was finally about time he leveled up his skills, though no message came.

Host, until you reach level 10, you have to level up manually. To do that you must go into your status and press the little plus button next to the skills you want to level up. The same goes for your general level.

Michael nodded, looked around to make sure that no one else was in the room, and whispered "Status"

+---+

Name: Michael

Age: 8 years old

Race: Human

Class: Healer [Common]

Level 0 [120/100 EXP] (+)

Titles:

-Born anew [Unique] [Temporary]

# Increases experience gain by 50% until level 10

-Stats

HP: 110/110 / Regen 2 HP Per Hour

MP: 0/155 / Regen 11 MP Per Hour

STR: 4

END: 2

AGI: 2

INT: 10 -> 11

CHA: 5

-Skills

Hand to hand combat [Level 5 0/2500 EXP] [Common] [Passive]

# Increases STR by 5% when fighting using only your hands

Discipline [Level 4 0/2000 EXP] [Uncommon] [Passive]

# Mental magic has a 4% reduced effect on you

Shooting mastery [Level 6 0/3000 EXP] [Uncommon] [Passive]

# Any kind of projectile has a 6% increase in velocity

Heal [Level 0 15/100 EXP] [Common] [Active]

# Heal the target / Restore 50 HP

Cost: 25 MP

Focus Heal [Level 0 105/100 EXP] (+) [Common] [Active]

# Heal the target's injuries in the area focused / Restore 50 HP

Cost: 15 MP

+---+

Michael noticed that even more options were added to the system, such as health and mana regeneration. Previously he was not able to see it, now he could.

Hovering his finger right above the (+) button, Michael pressed it and a louder than normal ding followed.

-DING

[Level up! 0->1 20/1000 EXP]

[Health and Magic Points fully restored]

[5 Unassigned Stat points obtained]

Michael then pressed on the other (+)

-DING

[Skill: Focus Heal Level up! 0->1 5/500 EXP]

[Restore 50->60 HP]

[1 Unassigned Stat point obtained]