Chapter 5: The Wandering Healer

Taka POV

“Taka my sons do you already awake?” My mom Miriam shouted from outside my bedroom. “Help your father tending the wounded soldiers please.”

“Yes mom.” I replied.

I hate war and bloodsheds that also the reasons I maxed out my magic power and magic attacks. Instead using my magic to attack people. I used this high powered heal magic to help people. My family life a nomaden lifestyle. We move from one place to another place.

It was a perfect life that I want. With a free lifestyle, and I free to do anything I want. After washing my face. Bringing some medical potions I going to our makeshift hospital tent. When we wandering around here, the human military general ask us to help heal his wounded soldiers since his medical team are limited.

What the points healing them and they will go back to war again? I want to let them die, but I remembered my father advices always help someone in need and be kind to everyone.

“Dad, I bring the medical supplies you need. Do you need my help?” I put the wooden crate next to him.

“Help the soldiers who lose their limbs. There’s still a time that we can save and reattached their limbs.” My dad, Wu replied. “Double checks on them who can be saved and who are not.”

I’m going to the heavy wounded sections where the soldiers are. When I started tending their wound. A scream echoes, the sound of cavalry charges struck. I watched silently in horor as our tent, my home are burned by the soldiers.

My father and mother stand to protect the wounded. But the humans enemy didnt care. I forgot this world was a dark fantasy world. No such things as a war crimes or Geneva Convention here.

I play it smart, using the wounded soldiers blood and smears it all over my body and drop playing dead. I heard the screams of my parents slowly dying. With enough cautions I managed to crawl out from this burning tents before it collapse and burning me alive.

The raiders managed to leave, they such a cowards attacking wounded person. I run towards the forest and crying in silence here.

“Where I have to go now? I havent meet Miyuki big sis yet.”

After managed to calm myself down and searching for loot in the burned area. I choose to go wandering alone and live of forage that I found. I managed to grab a fruit and some money from the ashes of my home.

“My parents said we will go to Sarigig Border Fortress. I remember they said if I follow the rivers nearby I can safely arrived there.” I said after giving the remnants of my parents a proper burials.

With renewed vigor and guts I packed my belonging in my small bag and going to the rivers. Maybe following the rivers are a good things since I can craft a fishing spear to hunt fish. I meet looks like an human adventurer party resting on open space near the rivers.

Should I join them? But I see two of them are badly wounded. I want to help and heal them.

“Are guys adventurer?” I asked.

“No, we’re deserters.” They answered.

“Your friends are badly wounded. Do you want me to heal her?” I offered. “For free in exchange if you guys know the roads to nearest elf city not a human city.”

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“Sure, thanks Brother Elf.” One of them answered. “My name Tuckers.”

“Taka.” I replied and going to the wounded one that lie down near the campfire. From their badge and uniform they from Holy Eturuks Empire. The same soldier we helped lastly.

“Do you have any knife? If you do please heat it inside the campire until feels hot enough that make the skin burns.” I asked.

Tuckers grab his pocket knife and do what I told him. I take a look at her wounds. “What happened to her arms?”

“As you can see, we’re deserters. We get caught once and tortured.” Tuckers replied. “Youre not going amputate my sister hands right?”

I touch her right arms that badly wounded and broken. After arranging her arms bone back to the place. I cast blood stop magic on her shoulder and start making incisions at her arms using my own knife. I was a gruesome things to see, but I’m doing this so her hands can be restored back.

Using my healing magic I started to reattach the broken bone and healing them. Her upper arms bone now perfect and I start casting regenerate magic on her open wound. I took the heated knife from Tuckers and put it on her wounds to disinfect another open wound that not healed properly making a new clean wound that can healed by my magic.

I opened my bag and took a dry cloth and bandaging her arm. “Okay with this in three days her arms should recover.”

“Can you heal me too?” the woman who sit near bonfire asked. “Tuckers, Sammy, Netz please look another way.”

“Dont peek!” she said again.

She started to undress and many bruises in her body. In was a small case for me, a bruise can be healed by normal healing magic. She was happy that her body not in pain anymore. She gave her thanks with a hug.

“Please start dressing again.” I said and giving her clothes back.

“Anyone wounded too?” I asked.

All of them said yes and I do a quick check one by one. Most are bruise and open wound from torture device. Tuckers shook my hands off excitement. “Thank you Taka. Now with this we can be back at our village and back home to our families.”

“The nearest human city Kuaradma. Elf cities are still 2-3 weeks travels called Sarigig the border fortress that must be under siege now. We like elf and human be friends that why we deserted from the Holy Eturuks Army.” Tuckers said. “Or do you want to go with us going back to our village? It maybe take 1 weeks to go there.”

“Are they friendly to nomadic elf tribes like me?” I asked.

“Dont worry! Everyone in our village already be friends with elf from Ithurga Forest. Maybe you can meet your friends here.” Netz said.

“He’s nomadic elf Netz. That means they dont have a good relationships with elf live in the deep forest, The Orthodox Elfs Tribe.” Said Noa the girl with badly broken arm that I heal.

“Mmmm, okay I’ll go with you guys. Since my parents died I dont know where I want to go. I’m also searching for my girlfriends called Miyuki.” I replied.

“Are she elf too?” Noa asked.

“Yes.” I answered.

“Based on that name maybe you might go to eastern side of Nekalma Elf Federation. That roughly three year travel if you go there by foot.” Noa said. “If you come with us to our village. I can give you one of my farm horses and teach you how to ride one.”

“Alright. I’ll go with you.” I decided. “Please take care of me from now on until we arrived.”

“Also that girl that you heal her bruise are Seele.” Tuckers said. “She the leader of our group. Do you agree with this Seele?”

“I’m agree with this. Our percentage going home in a good condition will go high if he join us.” Seele said.

“Also I didnt know any offensive magic. All of magic that I learned are healing spell and defensive one. My tribe forbids a healer learning an offensive spell expect for attacking undead.” I said. “Sorry if I will be a burden.”

“Dont worry! We will work together as a team!” Tuckers said and laughed. “We’re the one who will be need your protection most.”

“Lunch ready guys.” Seele said after looking at skewered grilled fish meat. “Fortunately we have enough food to share. Eat with us too Taka.”

“Thanks.” I sit down near the bonfire.

“So what your girlfriends like?” Tuckers asked.

“She strongs an always protected me. I’m grateful that I meet her and saved by her.” I replied. Ah right they are didnt know that I from earth yet. I must lie about this. “When she want to enter knight academy we separated.”

“Based on that maybe you want to visit Nekalma Federation capital city of Kerak. If she really joining knight academy she must be enrolled to Kerak Knight Academy.” Noa join in. “Eat more Taka, we catch too many fish today.”

When I eating I saw them enjoying my face eating. “What’s wrong with my face? Why you guys look at me so weirdly?”