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

Author:Sakaku Hishikawa
Language: eng
Format: epub

Alone in the inn’s dining hall, illuminated by the refreshing morning sun, Umin rubbed her sleepy eyes and let out a long yawn.

Her body felt heavy, her head foggy. She couldn’t sleep well the night before, concerned about the mysterious, wraith-looking spirit she’d seen. “Well, this isn’t good,” she mumbled. “I came here to get some rest, and yet...” She stretched wide, then took a sip of the amber-colored soup filled with chopped vegetables and dried meat. “Oh, this is tasty.”

Despite its simple appearance, the soup was deceptively well seasoned. This inn might’ve looked a bit decrepit from the outside, but the food was certainly excellent. She took a sip of warm tea and inhaled in content.

Suddenly a loud, rumbling noise echoed, and the building shook violently.

Umin stood and rushed out of the dining hall. “Wh-What’s happening?!” Looking around, she saw that the door at the end of the hallway was damaged, having conspicuously fallen over. “Whoa!”

Past the door was the kitchen. Burnt ingredients and utensils were strewn across the floor, and part of the wall was scorched and singed. It looked like the aftermath of an explosion.

On the floor, a man lied face-up, badly injured.

“Darling! Darliiing!” screamed the inn’s landlady next to him, her face white as a sheet.

“Is he all right?! What happened?!” Umin asked, kneeling next to the woman.

The pallid landlady trembled as she spoke. “Wh-When my husband came into the kitchen to prepare the meals, there was a loud noise...”

“Perhaps a fire manastone malfunctioned and went off?” Umin said quickly, taking a look around and spotting scattered fragments of a kitchen-use manastone.

The man’s burns were severe. His right half was red and swollen, and the bottom part of his right arm was carbonized.

“Oh, I told him to get rid of that old stone!” the landlady wailed, shaking the fallen man. “Darling, please! Say something!” But he barely so much as twitched. “R-Right! There was a healer doing their rounds here!”

“That would be me,” Umin said.

Taking her hand, the landlady pleaded, “You’re the healer?! Please! Save my husband! It’s always been just us two running this place!”

“I’ll do what I can.” Umin immediately began to chant, activating her healing magic. As a faint glow enveloped the man, his expression of agony softened a bit.

This was just emergency first aid, however. Minor burns could’ve been healed with just this, but severe burns took time and effort. It was best to take him to the Royal Institute in the center of the village, which was equipped with a powerful healing magic circle, while using magic to minimize the victim’s pain and the spread of the damage.

“Doctor,” the landlady said. “How is he?”

“I think he’ll live,” Umin replied.

“Really?! Oh, thank you!”

“But—” It would take a considerable amount of time for him to recover fully. Not only that, his carbonized fingers might never recover, making it unlikely he’d ever hold a knife again.

As Umin pondered how to tell his wife this, a carefree voice echoed as a relaxed, black-haired man walked into the kitchen, wearing a black cloak that seemed like it would blend in with the darkness.

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