Beneath the Dragoneye Moons by Selkie Myth

Author:Selkie Myth [Myth, Selkie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Royal Road

Chapter 123 – Medical Manuscript

The classic problem occurred – I had no idea where Markus was. However, he had to be something of a feature, and the courier station was always ridiculously well-marked. Most towns had three to five, on the sheer basis of inter-town communication being made easier that way – nobody would walk halfway across town to get a message delivered when they could simply walk to the destination to do so.

The capital had a bunch more, by sheer virtue of how large it was. I wandered around, enjoying the sights – I was in no rush – until I saw a sign indicating a courier station. I poked my head in, waiting in a short line until it was my turn at the counter.

"Hi! Delivering a letter? Dictation, or do you have it ready?" The man behind the booth asked with brisk efficiency.

"Hoping for directions actually! Looking for Healer Markus and his clinic."

"One moment." The man said, standing up and walking back. I heard some muttering and the clattering of scrolls – probably trying to look up where he was.

Fortunately, there was more than one counter, and I wasn’t holding the line up.

"Right – which Healer Markus?" The [Clerk] asked me after some time.

I blinked. Wow. There was more than one?

"Markus the Pyronox?" I said, with a question. "Has a bunch of apprentices? Well, he did last I knew him."

"Yeah, got it." The [Clerk] said. "You’ll want to go down fisherman’s street, then make a turn at cobblers…"

He proceeded to give me the directions, and I left him a small tip. Least I could do for taking up his time, and they all needed to eat as well. Nice of them to not charge for information, even though it took time.

Then again, he was probably paid by the couriers directly, regardless of how much they made. Oh well.

I made my way through the city, only for [Bullet Time] to activate on a particularly crowded stretch.

I looked down – in slow motion, [Bullet Time] didn’t help speed me up, just gave me more time to think – and saw a short, tiny thumb-knife heading for my pouch strings.

I was in love with [Bullet Time]. I had time to think! Although I could see the knife still moving at a steady pace towards my pouch. Clearly the world kept moving around me, and if someone was fast enough, [Bullet Time] wouldn’t save me. Like against Night.

Hmmmmm. I looked over, to see a short, fierce-looking girl at the other end of the knife, face screwed up in concentration.

Blasted high-level [Healer] tag making me look tasty.

[Veil] it is! I threw a careful one up, just around my pouch, right at the tip of the knife. I started to move my hand, and time resumed as normal.

She was faster than I was – no great accomplishment – but the combination of the surprise [Veil] stopping and deflecting her attempt, moving her hand in strange ways, along with my pre-emptive movement, allowed me to slap her hand shortly after my perception turned to normal.

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