"If healing costs were lowered, wouldn't it help more Adventurers?"
When Amid heard Keare's confusion, an indescribable emotion enveloped her heart. She looked at the boy's determined face.
From his brief words, she could feel his gentleness.
Lowering the cost of healing physical disabilities would give Adventurers whose conditions were so severe they couldn't even live independently more options.
From a Healer's perspective,
if she herself possessed such an exaggerated "Recovery" method, Amid would probably do this to increase the Dian Cecht Familia's influence in Orario, and it would also help more Adventurers. This matter would only benefit both sides. But this was from her own standpoint.
She couldn't ask Keare to go to such lengths, especially knowing that healing such severe injuries also required empathizing with the patient's experience.
"This matter…"
"If it's from a Healer's perspective, of course, I hope you can do that."
When the girl said this,
her voice paused, and her slightly raised slender eyebrows symbolized her mood: "We… should be considered friends, right? From a friend's perspective, I actually don't hope you do that."
"The side effects of using 'Recovery' magic will need to be borne by you, and it will also reduce your income…"
"But the result is good, isn't it?" Keare retorted.
"At least it can give the injured Adventurers in Orario more options, and lowering the cost doesn't mean not charging anything."
"This is already enough for my and the Familia's daily expenses."
Through his words, Amid could feel the boy's sincerity, which deepened her already good impression of Keare. The eyes are the windows to the soul.
She only found unprecedented purity in the boy's light brown eyes.
"Keare… as a fellow Healer, you are truly more outstanding than I imagined. This isn't referring to your healing methods, but your purity."
"Sometimes, truly…"
"I was even thinking about how to persuade you to transfer Familias, but now it seems there's no need for that."
"A kind person, no matter which Familia they are in, what they do… will never be bad. If Dian Cecht finds you later,"
"I will… I will explain the situation to him."
Kindness.
After hearing such an evaluation from Amid, Keare's mood was still somewhat complicated. Even if he helped heal and lowered the threshold for fees,
he still had selfish motives in the end.
But at this time, of course, he wouldn't say anything to spoil the mood.
"After mastering healing methods, Miss Amid, you are my goal. I hope… to be able to catch up to you on this path."
"Moreover,"
"Miss Amid, haven't you always been doing the same thing?"
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Is this admiration?
Or is he expressing something else?
The sudden declaration made the girl's fair cheeks blush a little, but looking at Keare's serious expression, it was also possible that she had guessed wrong.
Amid's smile remained gentle, but her light purple eyes brightened considerably.
"Let's work together."
"I look forward to your future, Keare!!"
"Speaking of healing, actually, right now… there really is a patient whose condition is a bit serious. He lost an arm while exploring the Dungeon."
"I've already controlled the injury."
"I thought that at this level, wearing a prosthetic limb would allow him to return to a normal life, but since you've made this decision, would you like to offer him treatment?"
"Of course."
"But Miss Amid, you need to explain the situation to him first. As for the fee, you can decide it for me."
Keare nodded decisively, "And is there any… medicine that can make the patient sleep? I don't want to reveal my identity yet."
"No problem."
Actually, the Dian Cecht Familia could provide shelter.
But it required the consent of the God, so Amid didn't act on her own in this regard, which was also a small help she offered to Keare. After a short rest,
the fatigue in her body could not be cleared in a short time. Amid didn't continue to rest but got up and went to the corresponding patient room.
She knocked gently and, after receiving permission,
she entered and looked at the male Adventurer lying in the hospital bed, now in new clothes, but with his right sleeve empty.
He had already regained consciousness.
Even though he forced a smile at this moment, Amid could still see a hint of loneliness in his smile.
"Miss Amid."
"How many valis will it cost to make a prosthetic limb… I only have a little over 520,000 valis on me right now. If it's not enough, I'll need some time to borrow money."
"And also…"
"If I wear a prosthetic limb, can I continue to explore the Dungeon?"
Facing the patient's string of questions, in the past, Amid would have definitely struggled with how to answer, but now she had Keare's help.
She didn't put on a stern face to avoid making the patient anxious.
Her smile was as gentle as water, and she explained seriously: "Actually, right now, there's a better solution that can allow you not to wear a prosthetic limb."
"To restore a complete body, are you interested?"
"That goes without saying!"
Sitting up abruptly from the hospital bed, the male Adventurer didn't hesitate at all.
He looked at Amid with excitement and disbelief: "Miss Amid, you… can even heal injuries like missing arms now!"
"Well… I guess so."
She had promised Keare to help him keep it a secret.
The girl could only bite the bullet and answer, not forgetting to remind him: "But this healing method will have relatively significant side effects."
"I must ask for your opinion…"
"…Can you tell me about it?"
The side effects were like a bucket of cold water poured over the patient's head.
But on second thought, it was also very normal. This was about restoring his body to completeness. As long as it wasn't particularly strong, he could accept it!
"Your ability scores will be slightly lowered."
Keare didn't explain the reason in detail. As a Healer, Amid could still guess roughly: "Because it's helping you reshape a body part, this aspect is unavoidable."
"That's it? Ability scores can be slowly compensated for by exploring the Dungeon, can't they? I thought the side effects would be much stronger."
The male Adventurer readily agreed.
He didn't even need to calculate to know which was better: "How much is the fee?"
The decision on the fee was hers, but Amid also didn't want Keare to suffer a loss. As the fee for healing a disabled right hand, she carefully deliberated.
"500,000 valis."
"No problem."
Even if the fee was more expensive, it would just mean borrowing some money. The male Adventurer nodded in agreement without hesitation. Spending money and losing some ability scores in exchange for a healthy body and the ability to continue developing in the Dungeon.
He had no reason to refuse!
"What do you need me to do now?"
"Hmm,"
"It's simple. First, drink this bottle of potion…"