Chapter 5a - The Scarlet Healer

A girl named Famby was bandaging my arm as we watched Farlan arrange the recruits and explaining the qualification tournament.

As it's name said, the classification tournament placed them in strength order, and the top three will have a personal training from Farlan, Dorian was not participating, since he was holding number 1, which made me think of the unfairness of Farlan to send me with the best in class as I was a rookie weapon user.

Dorian had used the same movement when we resumed our fight, but thanks to the extra speed that the weapon gave, I managed to dodge it and launched several thrusts with the sword, aimed at his body and face, although all of them were blocked with his metal glove, another disadvantage as I had no equipment or armor for defense.

Famby started bandaging my head, she already finished bandaging my arm, ribs, wrist, shoulder and left leg, they were a bunch of bruises and blood was leaking over some of the bandages.

In the end I hadn't managed to give Dorian a single hit, but after watching him fight the other recruits, I saw that he gave me too much of an advantage.

Farlan had laughed at me when he came back after 20 minutes.

After my fight several screens came out and many of my talents or skills were rising.

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'Level 4 sword technique, exp 45%'

'Shock resistance, level 8, exp 67%, hit percentage absorbed 8.67%'

'Learned cut resistance, level 4, exp 33%, cut percentage absorbed 4.33%'

'Farlan technique learned' / 'Attack Mode, Defense Mode, High Mode learned'

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The lady finished bandaging me and with a smile she gave me advice.

-Your wounds are somewhat serious young Hero, you should go see the village medicine woman, maybe some potion can help you, or some medicine -

-I should go then, thanks Famby, where is it? - I asked

-Get out of the stables and go down the path by the stream and you will arrive at a house with hanging decorations, she will be there, we call her "Lime", you can call her that- and with that she got up and walked away.

I got up with what little strength I had left and headed towards Farlan, he had concluded the tournament and the 3 plus Dorian would stay in the extra class.

-So the first day was hard boy, come tomorrow when the rooster crows, I will take pity on you and give you a class so you can defend yourself a little bit more- Farlan said laughing while hitting me on the shoulder with his hands.

- Now I have to go, come tomorrow do not skip, remember that it is a week- and he walked away accompanied by the recruits.

Dorian turned to me, and said - You are a novice, but it was not so easy to beat you, you have talent - and he also left.

I smiled at Dorian's honesty, saw them walk away. I turned around too and walked towards the exit, «maybe tomorrow I will fight better, after observing how he moves, maybe I can use a little of self defense techniques».

I was going along the stream, after a while of heading towards Lime's place, realized that I had no place to spend the night, and I would have to find some hotel or inn for it, also I had no money, the medic also may charge for her services, maybe I could put a tab in Farlan's or Vivy's.

When I reach the house, I knocked the door and after hearing a lot of movement inside, a soft and nervous voice. - who... who is it? If it's for medicine I don't have anymore, come tomorrow-

I was disappointed that there were no medications, with a big sigh I answered -Oh excuse me Miss Lime, I am Elliot the one called the summoned Hero, excuse me for coming so late, tomorrow could you save me some medication? I promise to come early-

The door opened instantly and a girl in long white clothes and a pink cap was looking at me, her hair was deep red and she had freckles in the shape of a star on each cheek and his nose was full of them, she should not be more than 1.60 and she had a curious look, I blushed when she approached me and she was looking at me too intensely.

-You are tall, your skin is a little brownish, your hair is black, you must be more suitable for weapons than for magic- she said touching my face and pulling my hair.

I could not move, I was stunned her curiosity overwhelmed me, she looked and touched what she wanted, unconsciously I took a step back and she stopped, she gasped and ran to hide behind the door.

-So… so… sorry Elliot, I did it again, I always do that without permission, you are a new person, and my curiosity is very strong, and... and... and I am sorry for touching you- she said to me with a nervous voice, still hidden.

-No… ehem... Don't worry, I was just impressed, no problem kid- I answered her as calmly as I could.

-I'm not a kid, nor a little girl, I'm already 19 years old, I could have been married more than 5 years ago - she answer angrily, - But it's okay, I accept your apology because you accepted mine, come in and make yourself comfortable, I see that you're very hurt, I'll prepare a concoction for you- she went inside with a huge change in attitude.

I entered the cabin and sat in a chair with armrests in the shape of human arms, the place was strange, it looked more like a witch's lair than a medic, when she returned with a black pot, I couldn't help but laugh and comment on it.

-Where I come from you, anyone would say you're a witch, hahaha, oh... or are you a witch?, or do you know how to do magic? - I asked excited.

-I'm not a witch, although people accuse me of being one and that's why I'm far from the center of the city, and yes, I can do magic, but people think that magic to cure someone goes against the teachings of the great priest- she answered depressed.

-Woah woah, wait Lime, do you know how to do healing magic? - I asked her while holding both her hands.

-Do it! heal me! I want to see white magic!, do you use mana for it? Or do you absorb the magic particles? Will you take it from my regeneration cells? Or is it temporary? Does the tissue recover naturally? Or do you use spirits to do it? - And I continued asking questions while she tried to break free, with tears in her eyes.

In the end I released her and apologized for my outburst of questions, to which she laughed, and told me that I was just like her when she was curious.

-Sit down Elliot-

Suddenly an aroma filled the room, and a white glow appeared in her hands, her eyes turned scarlet, and touching my head she exclaimed, 'Cure', I felt a liquid falling through my head and the pain disappeared, then towards my arms, and my body, soon the pain had disappeared and the wounds had healed, even my knuckles were okay now.

When Lime finished, she fell to her knees and with a tired expression, raiseded her, I got up and was going to help her sit down when a screen appeared in front of me.

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'Level 1 White Magic, Prana Recovery, activation Word 'Cure'.

Want to learn magic Yes / No? '

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