Lyria entered the room a couple of minutes after Viviane left, not knocking obviously, pretty sure she does that just to piss me off since I told her repeatedly but whatever. Going back to a previous subject that has been bothering me, I was tired of being constantly caught off guard by how this world works, so first things first, I will ask Lyria a normal question:

  Claudio: Lyria, how many days are in a week?

  Lyria: Oh God he has lost it…

  Claudio: I'm fine girl just humor me.

  Lyria: Listen Claudio, there is a healing mage that lives on the nobles turf, I will take you there and pay for your treatment.

  She walked up to me, holding her hand up as if she was going to pick up a child.

  Claudio: Pay for it? You can't even afford a pair of panties, humble yourself.

  Suddenly all of the guilt she has been showing in her face vanished and turned into a blinding rage. I'm pretty sure that if I kept my eye contact she would’ve popped my head like a balloon. After she walked away from committing her second blunder, I waited until she was calmed down again before asking the same question again:

  Claudio: So? You haven’t answered.

  Lyria: There are seven days in a week Claudio, are you sure that your head is working fine?

  Claudio: Okay, next question, how many months are in a year?

  Lyria: *sigh* There are 14 months in a year Claudio, what next?

  14 months?! I could not even hide the shock from my face, so many new variables opened up in my mind, I mean DAMN, humans here are not identical to me, even the months are different as well? Doing some quick calculations in my head, my age in this world would be 19, not 22. So back on earth Masha would be 13 years old, Sasha 15, and Lyria would be 33 years old.

  I got up, put on my shoes and left the sanctuary to go to that depressing place, since I was limping, I had all the time to ask Lyria more questions about this place.

  Claudio: So Lyria.

  She replied with an annoyed "What?", she was already sick of me.

  Claudio: I'm assuming that you know Lady Brenda, is that correct?

  Lyria: Yeah, almost everyone knows about her, why are you asking that?

  Claudio: Do you also know her age?

  Lyria: If I'm not mistaken she is 97 years old now, what's with you and your questions today Claudio?

  oh my god, I expected her to be a rough 53 at most, but 97?! Her chest was not even that saggy? What the hell?! She looked to be in prime health as well.

  Claudio: Lyria, who was the oldest person ever recorded in history?

  Lyria: That would be the crown prince of Herathia, Constantine E. Herathae.

  I stopped in my tracks, my heart skipped a beat when I heard the real name of that tyrant, I was on the verge of a panic attack for some reason, I leaned down and held my chest as I was having some trouble breathing. Lyria didn’t know what to do, after a very long 5 minutes of internally panicking I calmed down and came back to my usual self.

  Lyria: You still haven’t recovered kid, don’t forget that you heal slower than us, I'm pretty sure that hideous guild leader would understand.

  Claudio: I'm fine, anyways, how old was that fucker?

  Lyria: 'Why does he have pure hatred against someone from so long ago? I swear this kid keeps on confusing more everyday'.

  Lyria: He lived to the age of 241 years old before he was executed, however if you want to know about someone more recent it would be the previous Queen of Volquis, she lived till the age of 151.

  Claudio: Thanks for being patient with me.

  Lyria: Anytime.

  'Claudio knows about every right he has over me and still keeps his services to a minimum, if anything, he is the one who is doing me a favor so I will intended to keep him alive for as long as possible, or until he eventually runs out of groshen.'

  ***

  I arrived at the guild, gave a nod to the adventurer who was holding the door for me and met up with a crucified Fabian, the adventurer who I fought with yesterday. He didn’t look too bad so far.

  Vuram: Finally, what took you so fucking long.

  Vuram was standing at the second floor of the guild, it was as if he was holding a concert.

  Vuram: Now everyone! I made a promise to make an example of whoever fucks with me, before you feel sorry for poor Fabian, remember that he did this to himself.

  Crowd: YEAAAH.

  The guild was crowded much more than before, what the fuck does he mean by that anyway?

  Claudio: What is going on here Vuram?

  Vuram: don’t worry about it, just enjoy the show.

  Fabian was pleading with his life as 5 red hot rods were slowly protruding towards his crotch and abdomen by some mechanical gears, this was too cruel for absolutely no reason, I pinched Lyria's arm and told her head in there and save him and she quickly dashed towards him before I could finish my sentence.

  Crowd: WHOOOO LOOK AT THAT BOOTY.

  Crowd: I wish I was that cripple.

  Crowd: Wait what is she doing?!

  Her arms glowed orange before splitting the hot rods in half on one swift motion, which was honestly overkill; just free the poor bastard woman! The rods were a couple of feet away from him for fucks sake. She removed his bindings before letting his body drop on the floor like a dead fish, she does not like physical contact at all.

  Vuram: YOU BITCH! WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU JUST DO?! DO YOU WANT TO GET RAPED?

  Claudio: Calm down man! I'm the one who ordered her to do that.

  The whole building shook when he shouted like a child throwing a tantrum.

  Vuram: Why?! And how is it any of your business anyway?

  Claudio: you said that Fabian fucked with you, how did he do that?

  The crowd murmured in confusion, Vuram raised an eyebrow before asking:

  Vuram: What the fuck are you talking about kid? Have you looked in the mirror recently?

  Claudio: Yeah, and? How is that any of your business.

  Vuram gripped on the wooden fence until it turned into dust, before rubbing his eyebrows aggressively, then he turned on his business friendly attitude, which indicated that I was going to be on that crucifix if I kept pissing him off.

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  Vuram: You see, I told those monkeys that if anyone laid their hands on the new physician, that they would face a fate worse than death, so I intend on punishing that worthless FUCKER RIGHT FUCKING NOW!

  Claudio: But he didn’t do anything to me? I don’t know where you heard that from.

  The crowd exclaimed, even more confused than before, and Vuram was more confused than angry right now.

  Vuram: Wha… what the hell are you talking about? Explain your injuries then if Fabian was not the cause then?

  Claudio: I fell down the stairs.

  Silence… I've never been in a more quiet place like that in my life, excluding the libraries, and when I faced Constantine, and when I said that the reason for stepping on the gas pedal was to aura farm, and… you get the picture.

  Vuram: Do you think I'm stupid?

  It's time to gamble, either Fabian lives right now or not.

  Claudio: Not at all. Did Fabian confess to harming me?

  Fabian: Wha… huh? I didn’t confes…

  Vuram: SHUT THE FUCK UP.

  Claudio: So he didn’t confess, next, did I tell you that he harmed me?

  Vuram: *SIGH* Kid, even if you didn’t confess, there were multiple witnesses who saw your fight, explain that then, SMARTASS.

  Man he really needs a second can of serocola, every time he screams I could feel my whole body vibrate.

  Claudio: Witnesses? I've been here all day yesterday, all of the adventurers were shit-faced drunk, so you want to torture someone with such a weak witnesses?

  Vuram's face turned white, he did not know what to do next, so I spoke again.

  Claudio: Lyria here witnessed me falling down the stairs, and Fabian's sister wasn’t drinking so she can testify…

  Before I could finish my sentence, Vuram leaped off the second floor before landing right in front of me, he hunched down to my height and stared me right in the eye, well shit, sorry Fabian I did as much as I could.

  Vuram: So, tell me Claudio, did a fight happen between you and Fabian?

  I stared right back at his eyes and said:

  Claudio: No, a fight did not happen between Fabian and me.

  After a moment, Vuram's blood left his face as he kneeled to the ground in defeat; he placed his hands on his face before shouting:

  Vuram: HOW?! how, HOW?!

  The hell? What does he mean how?

  Vuram: You, I know you just played a trick on me, don’t think this is over Claudio, I will find the truth.

  Crowd: WHAT?!

  Everyone was talking very loudly, discussing what just had transpired, Vuram stood up before heading out of the door for a breath of fresh air and I had to throw a real complain that has been bothering me, I followed him outside and said:

  Claudio: Vuram, I have a complaint now that you are here.

  Vuram: Don’t push it kid.

  Claudio: I am serious, yesterday, a lot of adventurers kept entering the lounge for no reason at all, depriving me of a well deserved break.

  Vuram: What do you mean no reason?

  Claudio: As you can see, the majority of the adventurers here are women, I'm pretty sure you can piece out the rest of the problem.

  Vuram: Oh, well what do you want me to do? Do you want me to burn your face or something?

  Claudio: Simple, let me leave before the adventurers start drinking at night, you can cut my pay for all I care, I don’t like my time being wasted by some ugly drunk smelly disgusting abhorrent dis…

  Vuram: ALRIGHT, alright I get it, you can leave earlier and I will not cut your pay, you deserve it after not letting a single person die yesterday.

  Claudio: People here are tough, I'm surprised that they die at all, how often did they die under the supervision of the previous physician?

  Vuram: If William was alive, then 22 out of 56 adventurers would’ve died at best, and that was at his best that is.

  There were 4 code reds yesterday, 13 code orange, and the rest were some tough bastards so they needed minimum care compared to their peers, you know I would understand if 12 of them died under William's care yesterday, it would not be uncalled for, but almost half of the adventurers?!

  Claudio: Are you serious? I'm assuming that you read my report yesterday that is?

  Vuram: Of course I read it, do you think I'm that incompetent kid? Anyways, nothing serious should happen today, so come to my office when you are done and pick up the groshen that I'll give you so that you can buy more supplies.

  Claudio: Sure, one more thing, I want help, yesterday I was lucky but I really needed some hands, how do I assign someone to be a nurse here?

  Vuram: *sigh* you can ask them and train them but know that you're going to have to split some groshen their way.

  I waved him off before he pulled out a huge cigar and limped my way to the lounge, Fabian and his sister came to dramatically cry and apologize but I just gave them and walked away before they could even talk.

  The only explanation that I could come up with was that I was able to manipulate what my soul conveyed when Vuram stared directly at my eyes.

  Entering the lounge, Lucia was now awake, scratching at the needle that supplied her with saline all night, she looked much better than yesterday that's for sure, and so did Jenna and the two adventurers who were at deaths door previously.

  Claudio: Good morning, how are you feeling today Jenna?

  Jenna was a young girl, maybe a year older than Sasha, she was the oldest in her family and she signed as an adventurer recently to provide for her two brothers and three sisters, at least that is what Oliver told me yesterday.

  Imagine being mauled to death by a bear at 14 years old, well she would be 16 years old back on earth but the humans here age differently, doesn’t take off the fact that she should be reasonably traumatized now anyway. She was in the worst condition compared to the other adventurers

  Jenna: Thank yo-u Claudio, I uh… probably need to rest for a little bit.

  Claudio: Do you have a headache, or maybe nausea?

  I reached my hands towards her cheek to check if she had a fever. So far it looks like the potion helped so much with the blood loss and life threatening injuries, so far so good, now for the big reveal.

  Jenna: I don’t kn…

  Lucia: Oy! When can I get rid of this thing! Ts annoying.

  I'm patient today since it was early before noon

  Claudio: Can you wait for your turn please? Thank you.

  Jenna: I think I'm nauseas because I'm hungry, or maybe it's because of the smell of the alcohol I'm not sure.

  Claudio: It's probably both don’t worry. Now, I will remove the bandage to check on your left eye.

  A bear dug its entire canine into her left eye, so I can't be blamed to see if her vision was back from the healing potion. I swiftly unwrapped her bandaged head and to my surprise, her entire eyeball has reformed! I got close to her face to properly inspect her cornea, unfortunately, it had a tiny scratch but still, that was a huge improvement.

  Claudio: Jenna close your right eye with your hand and tell me how many fingers am I holding up.

  Jenna: Uh, you are holding thr…

  Lucia: OY! ARE YOU TREATING HER BETTER BECAUSE SHE IS PRETTIER THAN ME?

  My God someone shoot this bitch already.

  Claudio: Yes, now stop interrupting me or you can leave.

  Lucia: AH! THIS IS BULLSHIT WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE YOUOKMAWDIKAS…

  This is horrible, she sounds like nails on a chalkboard, there is no benefit for me to antagonize her any further so I will have to deal with it for now.

  Claudio: Congrats on your recovery Jenna, your left eye needs to be cared for, I will apply some drops of salt water and cover it up until it fully heals.

  Jenna wasn’t so enthused about this whole predicament but she was glad that she lived for another day, I reached for my bag and pulled out a sandwich that I took from the sanctuary and a couple of cookies and gave them to her.

  Now onto the witch.

  Lucia: Took ya long enough.

  Claudio: anything bothering you miss?

  Lucia: Yeah this fucking needle!

  *sigh*, I placed my hand on her exposed cheek and was surprised to see that she was burning up quite a bit, it makes sense since she lost a lot of blood.

  Lucia: OY! KEEP YA HANDS TO YA SELF

  Claudio: You lost a lot of blood Lucia, so I'm not sure if this fever was the consequence of that or if you had an infection, you need to rest today as well.

  Lucia: Well ya should’ve given that potion to me then!

  Claudio: You are a big girl I'm sure you can go by just fine, here drink this.

  Lucia: Ya think ya can win me over by buttering me up? Hah! Good luck with that.

  Why is it always the hideous ones that show this kind of confidence?

  I passed by the male adventurers and I was surprised to see that they were doing so much better than both Lucia and Jenna,

  Adventurer 1: Thank you for letting us rest here Kid.

  Adventurer 2: Yeah I'm sure if it was old William he would’ve kicked us outside as soon as he wrapped some dirty bandages around us! Haha.

  Lucia: And don’t ya forget about his bloody favors! Blegh.

  Adventurer 1: Lucia… you were the only girl that was safe from that man.

  Lucia: The FUCK DID YA SAY?! DO YOU WANNA DIE YOU BASTARD!

  Well at least everyone was lively today.

  ***

  8 hours had passed, the male adventurers recovered enough to walk on their feet at the end, Lucia was still struggling with her fever even though she didn’t show it, I handed her so many fluids so that she can recover. Both of the girls refused any kind of help with the bathroom so I guess that is where they draw the line, well less trouble for me.

  Today was very tame, the worst thing that happened was a man who lost his leg to a goblin trap that was meant for animals, it was unfortunate that he left it at the forest unlike Oliver, poor guy.

  I wanted to leave before the adventurers started drinking but at the last moment I remembered what the book had told me a couple of days ago. Since you can help someone recover greatly or become a whole different person just like the kids by boosting their morale then maybe, a big maybe, I can help Jenna recover from her depressing state?

  Claudio: Jenna, I have an offer for you.

  Jenna: Uh wha ha? What? An offer?

  Claudio: Yes, I want some help around the lounge and as you can see, I'm shorthanded here, how about you work for me?

  Jenna: I don’t know… I uh, I have no idea about how I can even help you?

  Claudio: Don’t worry about that, I will teach you everything, but remember that since I'm not a member of this guild, I cannot give you any merit points. So how about this, if you work for me, I will pay you 220 groshen every fortnight.

  Jenna shot out of her bed as if she was stung by a scorpion.

  Jenna: 220 groshen?! Are you messing with me?!

  Claudio: No I am serious, that is if you passed my tests first.

  220 groshen was a little more of a quarter of my pay here, since I'm not really that reliant on it I wouldn’t mind sending some of it to a little girl who can barely defend herself, so it's a win-win for the both of us, she gets money and I get some good karma.

  Jenna: I don't care about any of the merits Claudio! Please teach me everything I promise I won't disappoint you!

  Claudio: Yeah, focus on your recovery first. I will see you tomorrow.

  Jenna: Thank you!

  For the first time in a long while, little Jenna had something to look up to.