The Brilliant Healer's New Life in the Shadows: Volume 1 [Parts 1 to 2] by Sakaku Hishikawa

Author:Sakaku Hishikawa
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter 2: The Big Shots of the Slums

“Sure is slow, huh, Zenos?” Lily said, resting her chin on her hand.

She sat at the reception counter, bathed in the gentle afternoon sunlight. Several days had passed since they’d opened for business, but given their location in the ruined part of town, no one walked past their door, let alone a single customer.

“That’s good, though, isn’t it?” Zenos replied, looking around the tidy room with a satisfied look on his face. “We got a lot of cleaning done.”

The dust had caked onto every surface so thickly that it’d looked like millennia of unearthed stone. By scraping all the layers off and fixing the damaged floors and walls, the place felt like a proper home.

A bed made from scrap wood now sat in pride of place, along with an examination table, shelves lined with bottles of medicine, and books on healing. Since they didn’t have a license and, as such, couldn’t get an official supplier, everything had been obtained through the black market.

Still, the place looked like a proper clinic now, at least to some extent.

This new environment was profoundly moving to Zenos—even if the place was technically borrowed from a wraith.

Sitting quietly on a chair, an uneasy Lily mumbled, “Um, yeah, but...maybe I should go outside to advertise?”

The young elven girl wore a white apron and a white cap adorned with a cross. Lily had heard most clinics had something called a “nurse” and, wanting to emulate that, she’d bought a length of white cloth and made the outfit herself. Not that she’d had the chance to show it off to anyone just yet, what with the lack of customers and all.

“Hmm,” Zenos mused. “Doing so carelessly could alert the Royal Institute of Healing.”

In this nation, the Royal Institute of Healing had immense influence, and oversaw all regional clinics. The last thing Zenos wanted was to become a target before even having the chance to start working.

“But we’re never gonna get customers at this rate,” Lily lamented.

“Don’t worry,” Zenos assured her. “Someone’s bound to come soon.”

“Really?” the young elf asked, lifting her head.

No sooner did she say that, the entrance door slowly opened.

A man poked his head in. “Is this the clinic of Zenos? The shadow healer?”

Lily rushed toward him in a hurry. “Wow! Someone really did come!” she exclaimed. “Welcome to—huh? I’ve seen you before.”

It was the same lizardman who had showed up at the restaurant the other day with severe burns.

From the back of the room, Zenos spoke to the man. “There you are.”

“You knew I was coming?” the lizardman asked.

“Those burns you suffered were from a magical gun,” Zenos pointed out. “Not the kind of injury an ordinary person would incur. And people of the less-than-respectable variety have all manner of circumstances preventing them from visiting an ordinary clinic.”

This was something Zenos was well aware of, having grown up in the slums. There were those who couldn’t afford a doctor visit. Others could afford the fee, but not being out in the open.

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