Chapter 2

2. A certain healer 2

“It’s late, but you’re working hard, Ms. Julia.”

The man greeted the waiter and entered the room. At the same time, I looked at Ruth who was lying on the floor. With a face that said, ‘I knew it would be like this.’

“You must be very tired, so leave it to me from here on out.”

“i look forward to.”

The waitress, named Julia, smiled and left the room.

Now, the only people left in the room are Ruth and the man, who are about to die from a sore leg.

“Oh, I saw you earlier and see you again.”

“...”

“So, did you get better after receiving the healer treatment?”

“You can see it when you see it! Shut up!!”

Ruth couldn’t even respond to the man’s taunt and pointed at her leg.

As you can see from the outside, the legs are discolored. Even the terrible pain that came without rest there. Instead of getting better, it got worse.

I said it’s no use You just wasted money for nothing.

The man said in a very sorry tone.

It was self-employed. The man kindly warned her, but Ruth herself didn’t listen.

“Are you... a real healer?”

Ruth said in a cold sweat.

There is no doubt now. It wasn’t anyone else, he was brought by the village inn employee as a healer.

More than anything, I knew Ruth’s legs were going to be like this.

“I’m not an official healer because I can’t heal, but for now.”

“I was sleeping, but my legs suddenly became like this!”

The man nodded, and Ruth cried out earnestly.

“I really didn’t do anything! I think I’m going to die like this, so what can I do quickly...”

“The treatment cost 300,000 gold. Please pay in advance.”

“what?”

The man didn’t care if Ruth was desperate or not. Instead, he smiled and held out his hand.

“Oh, wasn’t it 150,000 earlier? Why double up?”

“Drink if you don’t like it.”

“It makes sense that the price doubles in a short amount of time... Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!”

Ruth rolled on the floor from the growing pain. The man glanced at Ruth and continued talking with a face of course.

“Because the situation is three times worse than before.”

Actually, when I heard the sound of 150,000 earlier, it wasn’t this far.

Anyone can see now that he is in critical condition. 300,000 gold is rather cheap.

“I see you are still less sick. If it’s expensive, call another healer.”

“Ah Okay! all right!! I’ll pay!”

Unknowingly, Ruth’s words of honor came out.

When a person is driven into a predicament, politeness that was not there comes out.

“But I’m saying that I don’t have money right now...”

“I heard that?”

Ruth gritted her teeth and pointed at her knife.

“If I sell this guy, 200,000 gold will come out... How can I not do that?”

“That one? 200,000 gold?”

At first glance, a worn-out knife that looks like scrap metal. However, if you look closely at the scabbard or sword handle, you can see that it is not an ordinary sword.

“I’m in bad shape because I was fighting monsters earlier, but he’s the only one I can give you right now...”

Ruth’s armor is cheap and has little value. Items that could make money were sold before coming to this town.

Literally a situation with only one sword.

“I will definitely pay you back later, even if I draw blood and sell it, so please save me... Sir!”

Ruth now began to cry and beg. I thought that if I lost this man here, I would really die.

The man walked away and picked up Ruth’s sword.

“I handled it roughly, but it seems like a knife I cherish quite a bit.”

For a swordsman to sell his sword, not to anyone else, is the same as selling his soul. It must sound so desperate.

The man shouted something, and the sword disappeared in the light.

“Originally, I said I would get 300,000 gold, but I will do it in 20. If you bring the money later, I will return the sword.”

“Thank you thank you!”

“The poison of black bilberry itself is painful, but not enough to kill people. But if you get involved with a monster there... it becomes a poison that kills people.”

Even strong monsters use poison, so there’s no way they can withstand it.

“In addition, they deliberately watch and fight in an attempt to pass the time until the prey is poisoned.”

The unsuspecting adventurers feel the black maned wolves formidable, and instead of running away, they fight to the end.

“Why are such dangerous trees planted around the village? Should I just pluck them all out...”

“Although black lingonberries contain poison not only in their twigs but also in their roots and leaves...”

The man took something out of his pocket.

A small, black, round fruit. It is black lingonberry, the fruit of the black lingonberry tree, without a question.

“The fruit is not poisonous, so eat it.”

Ruth looked at the black lingonberry held out by the man.

Who would eat it if I told them to eat it while explaining the dangers of the black bilberry tree?

“No poison?”

“Then would you like to eat something poisonous? I’ll feed them if they need anything... but they don’t have this.”

“....”

“I don’t know why a person called an adventurer is so timid.”

“No, common sense, if I were like you, would I eat it?”

“Looks like this chick isn’t sick yet.”

The man muttered softly so Ruth couldn’t hear him and swallowed the black lingonberry.

“Have you seen it? There is nothing wrong with eating it, so shut up and eat it quickly.”

I did this, but if I didn’t eat it, I would go away without treatment.

Ruth ate the black lingonberry with a puzzled face. Overall, it is a strange fruit that feels sour but slightly sweet and salty.

“Uh...”

At the same time, the pain in his legs slightly disappeared. It’s not completely gone, but to a tolerable level. It is said that now it is not enough to scream while rolling around.

“Could everything be better...?”

“Of course not. There is no pain reliever or healing, so I gave it to you.”

Black lingonberry has the effect of detoxifying the poison of trees. A freshly poisoned patient may be cured by eating just one or two berries, but there are few cases where the poison has spread like Ruth’s.

Instead, it can soothe the pain, so once you feed it, it’s comfortable.

“Can you give me some more? This is delicious.”

Ruth ate all the black lingonberries and licked her lips.

When are you arguing that you won’t eat?

“Go and pick it up yourself. Because they are all around town.”

“It’s a poison tree, but I can see why you leave it alone.”

“Without it, people starve to death.”

Heukjin lingonberry has many fruits and is rich in nutrients.

It is delicious to eat raw or steamed, but if you dry it or make it into jam, you can eat it throughout the winter.

“Nobles don’t even touch it. Only hungry commoners eat.”

Even so, Dokdo is poisonous, but black maned wolves roam around the black bilberry trees.

It’s not delicious enough for nobles who have plenty of food to take the risk. After all, it is a fruit that ordinary people eat for one reason or another.

“If black bilberry is consumed regularly, resistance to black lingonberry poison is developed.”

Not only the villagers who regularly eat black cranberry, but also monsters such as the black maned wolf have poison resistance.

“Even if you stop eating, the poison resistance will disappear from your body.”

So, nobles who do not eat fruit or adventurers who have just arrived in the village do not have poison resistance.

“Then can I continue to eat the fruit...?”

“If you eat three full meals throughout the month, you should be able to move.”

“Ah, you have to eat it all month... Say it again for a second.”

one month?

Ruth nodded and came to her senses.

“If you eat it consistently for a month, you can use your legs.”

“So you can walk in a month?”

“yes.”

The man smiled and said, but Ruth seemed to be going crazy.

The money to be repaid right away is over 600,000 gold. But to lie in bed for a month?

“No, I’m going crazy... Teacher, is there any other way? Now I can’t play for a month because I don’t have a penny! If you’re an adventurer too, you probably wouldn’t know how I feel...”

“I have it? When did I say I didn’t have it?”

The man took a potion out of his pocket.