The Brilliant Healer's New Life in the Shadows: Volume 2 by Sakaku Hishikawa

Author:Sakaku Hishikawa [HISHIKAWA, SAKAKU]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Published: 2024-02-28T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6: The Great Noble’s Daughter

“I’ve been asked to treat the daughter of one of the seven great nobles,” Cress lamented, looking like he was about to cry as he explained the situation to Zenos in the shadow healer’s dorm room. “You’ve heard of hag tumors, right? Well, apparently Lord Fennel’s daughter has one. Don’t tell anyone!”

And yet here you are, telling me the first chance you get, Zenos mused. But never mind that. “Hag tumors are benign, so it’s not like it’ll kill her to just leave it.”

“Yeah, I know that! But this is the daughter of a great noble! People in high society socialize a ton. She can’t show her face to people with that thing there.”

“Surgery, then.”

“Like it’s that simple! Hag tumors burrow deep and wide. If even just a fraction of it remains, it’ll just grow back. And the surgery leaves awful scars, to the point that some textbooks say to just not bother treating them.”

“And scarring would be a problem?”

“Obviously! This is the daughter of a great noble! If I leave so much as a tiny scar, I’m done for!”

“So...don’t leave any scars.”

“Dude, talking to you is making me question my damn sanity. Normal healers have a hard time not leaving scars, okay?!”

“Huh...”

Umin, who’d ended up tagging along, spoke up in shock. “Wait, but why would you be entrusted with something so important, Cress?”

Cress fiddled with his wavy bangs as he answered proudly, “Well, see, Professor Goldran has finally recognized how truly talented I am!”

She stared at him in silence.

“Fine! I lied, okay? Don’t look at me like that! We’re peers!” he said in a whiny voice, his face practically a revolving door of expressions at this point. Just how unstable were his emotions?

Cress went on to explain that the professor had requested his help after hearing about the incident with his beloved dog.

“And that was Mr. Xeno’s doing, not yours, right?” Umin asked, glaring at her colleague.

“Y-Yeah,” Cress admitted, ashamed. “It was...”

“Hmph. So you’re taking credit, just like you did with the zombie king.”

“N-No! I told the second secretary about the zombie thing! I said it was the special trainee who did it!”

Apparently, however, that information hadn’t been correctly conveyed to Goldran. The second secretary had told the professor the zombie king had been taken down by both Zenos and Cress, to save his own face. It’d been that secretary who’d referred the two to Goldran, so reporting that they’d both done something would’ve reflected better on him than being honest and saying Cress hadn’t done anything.

“Then you should explain it to the professor yourself,” Umin retorted. “Tell him how incompetent you are.”

“Hey! Why am I the only one of our peers you treat like this?” Cress protested. “I’m not incompetent! Also, I can’t just tell him now! The second secretary would have my hide!” Cress rubbed his face and both hands on the table. “So please, I’m begging you! I have permission to bring another person! Help me, brooo!”

“I’m not your bro,” Zenos deadpanned, exasperated.

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