The Brilliant Healer's New Life in the Shadows: Volume 4 [Complete] by Sakaku Hishikawa

Author:Sakaku Hishikawa
Language: eng
Format: epub

Upon Zenos and Pista’s return to the underground waterway to report their results, the woman at the reception desk—who had a tattoo covering half of her face—smiled in amusement.

“Huh. Look at you go,” she said, looking over the pair’s report. It included the completion of the request to heal the small magical beast plus the delivery of the death spider’s steel web as per the hunt request. “By the way, the death spider request excluded rookies,” the woman added.

“We completed the healing request first, so we’re not rookies anymore,” Zenos countered.

The receptionist laughed. “I guess so, huh? All right, then.”

Seemed like Zenos’s lousy argument had worked. The Adventurers’ Guild would never have been this lenient.

“Yay! We have our reward, meow!” Pista exclaimed, reverting back to her old self as she rubbed her cheek against the fingerprint-smudged gold coins.

As she idly watched Pista shower the coins with affection, the amused receptionist said, “You know, for a group with such a weird name, you guys sure can get things done.”

“Really?” Zenos was certain he’d written down the name “Physician,” which should’ve doubled as their faction name. It didn’t seem that weird.

“I mean, look at this nonsense. What even is this name?” the receptionist continued, holding back laughter as she waved the paper with their faction name.

Written in large letters was “Mistress Carmilla’s Merry Minions.”

Pista blinked. “Um... What is this, meow?”

“Wait... Huh?” Zenos muttered. The handwriting was different from his. Most glaringly, considering the name, there could only have been one culprit. “That floaty snake! She switched the papers!”

The healer’s shouts echoed throughout the underground space, but alas, it was far too late. The name had already been registered everywhere, and could no longer be changed.

“Keep at it, Mistress Carmilla’s Merry Minions!” the receptionist said with a wink.

Zenos’s shoulders slumped as he walked away.

***

Two weeks later, beneath the early summer sun, the pleasant symphony of cicadas once again filled the air. In the clinic’s examination room, Lily placed a glass of honey-sweetened iced tea on the desk.

“Are you okay, Zenos? Aren’t you working too hard?” she asked.

“Thanks, Lily,” Zenos said, rubbing his shoulders. “I’m pushing myself a bit, but I don’t have a choice.” He picked up the glass and drank it all in one gulp, letting the cold sweetness wash over him.

Lately, his life had involved completing as many requests from the Black Guild as possible and returning to the clinic in between to see his patients. His achievements in the guild were steadily piling up, but truthfully, they weren’t at a level that would allow him to reach the top. He’d been avoiding requests involving assassinations, blackmail, theft, and the like, as they would weigh on his conscience. Instead, he’d focused on requests for healing or those that had found their way down from the Adventurers’ Guild. Occasionally, he landed a high-paying request like the one for the death spider, but with his faction limited to just himself and Pista, they were limited in how they could make money.

They couldn’t afford

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