The Lord is Healed

Since Alfred had never been to the capital, he was going to need to walk there. But he wanted to go get his adventuring badge. He figured at the capital he would be able to convince everyone of his ability easier. In the end Alfred settled on the capital as his destination. Once that was settled, he went over to talk to the village chief to let him know he invited his Blacksmith uncle and his wife who had become the closest family he had ever had, in this life and the other.

After gathering the chief, elder and their respective wives and his two family, he started telling them of his plan. "I know I look young but remember when I told you about being an 80-year-old man? Well, I have my magic and my short sword. I took something called kendo in my last life so I know I can fight and I have unlimited mana to cast an infinite barrier so there is no need to worry about me." Maybell still had that worried look so I reminded her about the mail box system. "I also have the direct way to contact you all and I will send the extra food I make and won't need. Ill send you letters about how I am and ill use the gate I set up to visit once a month when I can." At that Maybell looked a bit more relieved. She was now more willing to let me go on my adventure, especially after telling her in private with George about my teleportation skill. Leaving the mini village was tiring so after traveling about an hour away from the village Alfred checked the area for people and turned into his little fox form and ate some food from his storage with Kiri. Talking with their mind link was convenient for a fox with no human vocal cords so they continued on their way. Three days passed. By the time the three days were over Alfred had collected a lot of the low tier and mid-tier heling potion ingredients. "hey Kiri, I think its best for the people if I sell the potions I made instead and become a member of the alchemy guild as well as the Adventure guild, what do you think?" "I will follow what ever you decide to do and protect you the whole way." 'well, that doesn't help me' thought Alfred'. 'it didn't not help you either' since Alfred and Kiri had a mind link, he responded while grinning at Alfred. "thanks" Alfred replied back, "ill stay as a vampire form while in the city, I think it is more believable that a 4-year-old boy with a fox is running around than a 4-year-old human" the fox only hummed in agreement. The city walls were now visible to the duo. Alfred climbed upon Kiri's back and they headed to the gate. The sun was just starting to come up behind the wall when a fancy carriage nearly killed the boy and fox. The driver stopped to check damages while the person inside started making a lot of painful noises. Alfred had fallen off Kiri at the time of impact and the driver only just noticed the boy laying on the ground. "oh, gracious saints, I hit a boy!" the Aged looking man ran to Alfred while thinking 'I hope he's alive.'

Arriving at Alfred the man checked the boys' pulse and sighed in relief. The boy lived. But as to the condition of the boy. He was passed out. The driver picked the boy up. As the driver was running to the carriage the boy thought to his partner 'Kiri, I am fine. Please go into my shadow and heal yourself, I sense no malice from the 3 in the carriage or from their reckless driver. Ill be asleep till noon while I recover' the man got to the carriage and knocked on its door asking for his master. "master, I seem to have hit a young boy. I wish to take responsibility for the boy till he wakes up. He seems to have a recovery skill from the skill page. But can he lie down inside. Its dangerous for him out here." The master of the carriage opened the door and said "place him down next to my wife and I. we will help you look after him till we arrive to the manor. After that you may set a maid to take care of him while getting your updates to his status. When we get home have a healer drop by to see the boy first then me." The driver set Alfred inside at their side, closed the door and got back to driving. Arriving at the gate the guards had the family put Alfred's hands on a crystal ball to check if he was a criminal. Most people who were not deemed criminals after killing bandits were deemed that way by the crystals check on their mentality. Basically, a mind check. If they were only a threat it would be a yellowish color. The gradient color based on bright white for a pure person all the way to black for an evil rotten person. Those people were sent to interrogation chambers where a truth serum was fed to them. Crimes were punished. The grey colors were still let in. Alfred had a Pure soul, which was reflected back to the Crystal. The rest of the family seen the Childs' Pure Glowing white and thought even a 2-year-old child has other colors mixed in to the Crystal. The family's driver paid for the boys' entry and the family continued to the Mansion. About 15 mins and they were going through their gates. The family all walked out of the carriage and the Lords wife came out last with the boy. The maids who were not busy and waiting for their arrival were all shocked. The Lord and lady had only 3 boy children themselves and even as young as they were, they did not expect the Lady to carry a child out of the cart. Shocked and speechless. The butler was at the ready. He offered to carry the boy but the madame wouldn't have none of that. "I will carry the child to a spare room close to ours. We will watch over him. William, go get the Closest level 6 healer and bring him by carriage." The driver names William left the entry way immediately in search of a healer. "Head maid, please bring a few towels and a basin of warm water you will bathe the child carefully and put him in light Wear." "yes Madame" was heard from the Head maid. The room close to theirs was a spot saved for the most respectable guests. So, the rumors would spread. Theirs was a fighting family directly under the king and queen. The women in the family fought and were all a wielder of some weapon with a mastery of 6 by the time they were entering the academy for 12-year-old. Most children only reached a 4 the other families sometimes only manage to get 5 on the rare occasions as this family of theirs was putting out geniuses.

The Healer came in and gave the boy a pain reliever and told the family he was near completely healed and would be able to wake himself between noon and dinner. The Healer was told to visit the Lord of the mansion for treatment and left. He knew the case already. The lord's phantom pain must have started up again. The Lords leg and are had been wounded in the war with the empire next to theirs. He beheaded the enemy in a fit of rage for killing his oldest son I'm battle but came back severely wounded. Reaching the chambers of the Lords office. He greeted the lord and got to work. My lord, your wound my need to be amputated. Its degraded over the past 15 years. The only way to heal this is a high-grade potion that only the church's highest priest can make 3 of. Find a potion or the arm need to be taken to relieve the body of pain." The Madame was outside the door when she heard the Healer. She broke the door down, ran to the lord and bawled her eyes out on him. He was her only love. And she was the only woman he would take and love for his house and position. The elders of the house always were trying to convince him to take a second wife or concubine to further the line, but every time he refused. While she was crying the butler took over watching the boy. After about 4 hours of waiting and noon had arrived the boy was starting to stir. He felt the pain meds which had kept him under about an extra hour starting to wear off and by 1 he opened his eyes. "good after noon Young man. My name is Tomas. I am the butler for the family who had hit you with their carriage. The healer said you were to be fully healed by about noon. It is now a bit after 1 pm. The Lord and lady along with their driver will be with you momentarily. Would you like some bread and stew?" Alfred looked to the butler when he had started talking. "yes please." Alfred was taught to respect his elders. And life taught him the lesson of respect is earned. With both lessons he figured polite was a good method. While thinking, the door was opened and the lady and lord entered. The lord hobbled slower than the lady who seemed to sprint with the wind the 10 feet to the bed. "my Spirits, you're a vampire boy." The lady seemed to have said it rudely but the look in her eyes were that of adoration. "yes mam. I am a third vampire. But I don't need the blood like normal full-blooded ones though I do still need a bit every week or I start to feel constantly tired." Alfred could see the soul from his skills. The souls color of the woman in front of him was a pale yellow. She was good. Or at least mostly good. "my apologies, I'm fawning over you but I have not introduced myself or my husband. I am Lady Lavine and my husband is Lord David. Our driver here hit you with our carriage. We have taken responsibility over your healing and entry to the city. You can stay with us for a while. Your young appearance will make it hard to take residence in an inn or with the guild." The driver had already said sorry and gave him a few pieces of gold for the troubles. He looked guilty when mentioned. "My name is Alfred; I have the appearance of a 4-year-old the age of an 80-year-old and the mental capacity of probably a 20-year-old. One of my many skills is seeing the soul tone. From while to black. As well as seeing the past and future pains of close-knit families. You lost someone close to you all and had to say a temporary good bye to a second. I can fix the physical pain the Lords in, but the method must stay in this room and never leave it. At least until I get my Apothecary membership. And I will also take you up on that offer. I came from a village a few days away. They have no name but their village leader gave me this recommendation so I could pass the gates." The recommendation letter Alfred handed over only said the boy's skills were beyond the Royal mages and magic towers abilities. The lord looked at the letter and once to the bottom of it Said "ooohh" in excitement. (I don't remember naming the village elder) the lord saw his friends name who he looked up to. It was his trainer back from when he was in the king's army. "Willhem personally wrote this letter. It would get you into the castle I bet." The shocked looks coming from the two boys were funny. So much that the Lady giggled. Once she did the boys were next. "Willhem trained me and my self-study increased my sword mastery. Boy, no, Alfred, I will take you up on that healing thing and agree to secrecy, if asked by anyone but the king who I follow I will say I made a fortuitous encounter near my fief. And on my way to meet with my Healer I ran a boy over and took him with me. They won't suspect you I think." Alfred nodded in agreement. I will as that only your most trusted aide and yourself are present for the healing as a few traits of mine will be present the aide is for your peace of mind that no harm will come to you and for me, because after I heal you ill pass out and will need to be caught." Soon the aide was called in as the family left, I was introduced to a gruff looking man named Zill. "I'll explain so I'm not killed on sight. When healing your leg and arm along with the nerves and organs in your body that were damaged, the pain you felt will be double from when you received them. I can only dull the pain by sharing it and the appearance I hold will change. Mister Zill please let no one interrupt the treatment or it will fail and the Lord will lose his use of both arm and leg. Let's begin, please assist the lord with laying down, it is the best way. Ill go shut all the curtains. My lord when you feel the magic rippling through your arm and leg please do not fight it or the pain will triple for the both of us." Setting the room in a nice darkened way. I started to cast my magic. "pain suppression" "Reduced movement"' the two magics worked right away. The lord was surprised but sat still. The aide Zill was silent. Interested in my appearance that I was slowly releasing. Soon my dragon wing and Fox ears seen. Spreading my wings an effortless task. I stretched them and my ears seemed to twitch. "I see why you were not so forthcoming about the other 2 races you were mixed with." The lord whispered seemingly to himself. My hearing had increased due to letting my ears out. "shh" all was silent after I shushed him. The loppy grin on his face was apparent. he was not mad. The healing skill I picked up from the healer's job class was easy to use but I did not know the language yet. Gibberish was heard. The only words I understood had me braced for the pain "...…by the gods of healing and nurturing be well…" once the spell was said the circuit required constant mana till the healing was done. I had fibbed when I said I couldn't do it again. I didn't need more of a target. The mana in the air around me started a mini slurry of sparkling dust. That was the mana and I could see is. I had started to float so I left my wings out. The pain was only just bearable. I couldn't imagine that man could bear the full brunt of the backlash from 15 years of the wounded places pain. This was the only way the man was going to be healed. A potion wouldn't reconnect dead tissues and nerve ending. An hour went by and the healing was done. Kiri had got scared when the man Zill started for Alfred almost aggressively. Kiri came from his shadows and wrapped Alfred lowly wining. Zill could hear the whine from the fox and slowly backed away, waiting for his master to awake from his feint. Alfred was first to awake from the execution. The pain causing him to sleep 2 extra hours. Alfred got up and Zill said "I know the Fox is bound to you. He may stay with you in the house but I do not recommend walking out side of this property with him. I will set an area in the hedge maze in the garden for him to rest and relax. There is a gazebo to rest under for when ever you want to play outside with him." While Zill talked, Lord William woke up. Looking at the places his old injuries were, he grinned. "it is best if you use my recovery method to heal your mind. The body may heal but the mind will lag behind at times. A set of exercises that you can do with your family and knights will be completed and given to your butler. Please use them every day for the next 6 months. You can take a single day in a week to lighten the exercise, but it must be done every day. Even though I will sleep here I still need to go into town and shop and to the guild to register and then to go on missions. It seems like its late. I'm tired so I will go to bed now. Good night and thank you." Not giving them any time to respond or to see the rest of my appearance I bolted to my room. My ears, tail and wings becoming easier to conceal with the passing of the hour. Getting to my room I wrote to the village and my family separately about my day and that I would bring the lord and his family in the next few days to the springs. As I lay down, I feel wetness coming from my eyes. It had been a while since I cried, I was sad to leave my new found family behind, but I was extremely happy to be able to help them. I feel asleep thinking of my family, both the past and present.