The Underground Therapist
Dr. Elias Vance is a clinical psychopath and a licensed modern therapist. When he transmigrates into Oakhaven—a grim, gas-lit fantasy metropolis choked by industrial smog, corrupt cults, and blood-magic syndicates—his soul-bound "System" does something unexpected. It constructs a pristine, sterile, modern psychiatric clinic right in the middle of the slums.
To the broken and desperate, the clinic is a glowing psychic beacon of absolute safety. But to Elias, the city's terrifying, magic-wielding horrors are just extreme cases of workplace harassment, codependency, and severe diagnostic abnormalities.
Armed with a notepad, a flat monotone voice, and complete immunity to fear, Elias starts treating Oakhaven's most dangerous figures:
- A blood-magic Maw Priestess suffering from Shared Psychotic Disorder? Elias prescribes boundary-setting and a sleeping pill.
- A high-society poisoner with Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy? Elias has her confront her toxic relationships.
- A ruthless gold-weaving cartel merchant? Elias treats him for sociopathic corporate greed.
He hands his patients simple therapy exercises and tools—like cheap foam stress balls, latex gloves, or an EMDR light bar. Yet, in this magic-suffused world, his patients manifest these mundane tools as terrifying, god-tier artifacts capable of manipulating gravity, severing mind-links, and dismantling empires.
"Do you have an appointment?" Elias asks. Because in a world of dark gods and corrupt watchmen, mental health is a serious business. And the session fee is fifty silver shillings—no collateral accepted.