chapter 20
Episode 20. Do I need to take off my clothes?
Medicine is not just about treating diseases and wounds.
Preventing a disease from occurring in the first place, as well as nursing care to ensure that a condition does not worsen, can be broadly considered to be within the category of medicine.
“Now, ah, try it.”
But this is the first time I see someone doing it professionally.
The followers, including the black saint of Heide, had time to observe, albeit from afar, the self-professed doctor making a diagnosis.
“This bronchus doesn’t look good. You’ve been getting a lot of phlegm lately, right?”
“Heh heh, do you know that when you see it?”
“You can see as much as you know. Why, when it rains, do you have a moment when something comes to you?”
“That’s right too. It’s so strange that your sock hurts when the weather is bad.”
“There are so many things in the world that you might know without knowing why, even if you don’t know the cause.”
Seine takes out something from her luggage while talking to the old man.
What she held in her hand was a sprayer-type device that sprayed the contents using a simple mechanical device.
“Now, please do it.”
“If you want to do it, you have to do it. Ah~”
Chik, a drug that is sprayed with sound. As it wet the inside of her throat, the old woman’s body shrank slightly.
“How are you feeling?”
“Eh, that’s pretty cool and nice. Did you pour cold water on it?”
“The mint added to the medicine gave it a refreshing feeling. I’ll leave the medicine here, so you can use it once every time you feel short of breath.”
“This is my first time using something like this. Isn’t that expensive?”
“It’s not that expensive. You can easily get it just by going to a pharmacy in the school district……. If it is difficult to get to the city, dig wild mint in the nearby forest and drink it. You will get a similar feeling.”
“Heh heh, that’s really good advice.”
“Do you have any other uncomfortable places? Just in case, let me look at the bones.”
A woman who continues to do this and that for the elderly even after that.
The act was very cumbersome compared to the treatment using divine power, but the face of the old man, who had been calm even when exposed to light, was brighter than before.
A spectacle that is considered surprising by the watchers.
It was the same for everyone else in town.
“Hey, could you look after me?”
A young man from a village approached after the diagnosis was completed.
Unlike the old man, he doesn’t have weakness due to aging, but his legs were still limping as he approached.
“I haven’t been able to move my legs since before, but even with holy power, it doesn’t seem to improve much.”
“Well, there are cases in which congenital disabilities cannot be resolved with divine power. If it’s light physical therapy, we can do it here.”
Saying that, Seine started the examination while checking the man’s legs.
Even though her eyes were still wet with fatigue, a serious color was turning in her eyes only the moment she continued the diagnosis.
On the one hand, you can even feel the passion in the atmosphere.
“In the past.”
While the believers watched with bated breath, the saintess of Heide spoke quietly to Vincent.
“It is said that there were many people who denied even light treatment like that. A body that could not accept divine power was considered to be doomed by itself.”
Actually, healing by divine power is to “Restore” The person to the original state in which he or she should proceed.
Therefore, in the case of congenital disorders or diseases, there is no choice but to be excluded from treatment.
On the contrary, in the past, people with congenital disabilities were considered ‘cursed’, and in extreme cases, they were accused of being demons or witches and even executed.
In fact, less than half a century ago, in the empire, it was said that there was a case of receiving the Inquisition for treating a nobleman suffering from asthma, an incurable hereditary disease.
‘Thinking back then, the fact that the present scene unfolded itself is a miracle in itself.’
Although there is not a lot of opposition, it is an act that no one can hastily stop.
Watching him do it proudly, I started to feel a part of my chest squirm.
Maybe.
I thought that maybe that person might be able to give me all the answers to the questions I’ve been looking for all along.
“Then I will go alone.”
“Thank you, young lady. Thanks to you, I have the will to live a little longer.”
“If I get a chance later, I will ask again.”
The villagers who see Seine off with satisfied faces.
Seine, smiling happily at them, soon began to approach Vincent, who wanted to lead the followers.
“I’m sorry~ I must have been working overtime a lot, so I looked ugly as soon as I joined.”
“…… You must be aware.”
Vincent reveals his uncomfortable planting towards the woman who makes her apology, albeit frivolously.
But as if acknowledging her virtue in caring for her patients, Vincent silently urged her to join her group.
“Today, I plan to make a pilgrimage to the border line and perform rituals and treatment for patients. We will probably head to the academy sometime tomorrow morning.”
“I had that in mind to some extent, so it’s okay. If you need anything, feel free to call me. Compared to Heide’s believers, it’s an insignificant skill, but I’ll do my best in what I can.”
Seine knocks on Vincent’s armor with a good laugh.
Vincent was about to say something, but then he let out a small sigh and withdrew his attention from her.
Even if it’s not clear, let’s watch it for now.
Yes, it was something that had to be finished right away.
“Saint?”
But at that moment, the voices of the believers were heard.
The one present in the place where I turned my gaze was a saintess who should have gotten on the carriage with protection before anyone else.
Not paying attention to the careful restraint, as if possessed by something, he pushes away the followers and approaches the woman in the white robe.
“Seine-san. Can we talk for a moment, just the two of us?”
What came out of her mouth was a proposal that no one present expected.
***
Rumble, rumble.
With the sound of the wagon shaking, my body shakes along with it.
Feeling that vibration made me aware again.
Right now, I have said goodbye to my new friend, the unicorn, and am in a carriage prepared to ride her saintess.
“Nice to meet you. I am a follower of Heide and a priestess representing Heide’s will……. She is called Josephine.”
Who is the saint?
As a priestess who is invited to negotiate with the gods in large-scale churches… That is, to welcome the ‘God’s Halo’ created over thousands of years as their representative, she is considered the second most important being in the church after the Pope.
Of course, the carriage prepared for carrying the saintess was decorated with just as much care.
Summarizing the inside, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a small temple, so it is full of religious mystery.
-Rumbling.
Even so, my gaze was still directed toward the lower part of her face.
I could see her heart beating even as her carriage was rocking.
If her breasts were that big, would they be shaken by the vibration of the wagon?
f*ck, why did I only know that now?
“…… There?”
“Oh, yes. Sorry. Stop without me noticing.”
But even if it’s shocking, it’s still not polite to stare at her breasts in front of people.
By the way, what did you just say?
I must have introduced myself……. Did you say your last name was Jo?
“Yes, um. As you may already know, I will introduce you again as a courtesy. My name is Seine Velvet, and I am currently the health teacher at Maris Academy. I look forward to seeing you in the future, Mr. Sepin.”
“Sepin…?”
“Ah, didn’t you say your last name was Jo and your first name was Sepin?”
“…… ?”
Saint Joe Sephine staring at me with her eyes wide open.
It wasn’t until that time that I regained my senses that had been sold to her chest and properly checked her face.
The veil taken off after entering the wagon.
Inside it, you can see neat black bobbed hair and black eyes, but the skin is very white enough to contrast with it.
And there is hardly any emotion on her face. Should I say that she is beyond blunt and lifeless.
“…Sorry.”
As I faced the emptiness I felt from him, I began to feel intimidated for some reason.
Because I was overcome with anxiety that I might have stepped on a landmine.
“No, that’s fine.”
However, as if the saintess would soothe my anxiety, she put her hand on her chest and spoke kindly.
“Any relationship can begin with a leaf reaching a flowing river. Just as it depends on the will of the person who finds it, whether it will serve as a fertilizer or decoration, the baptismal name given to the church as a refugee may also be accepted as more than a name or other meaning to someone.”
“Uh, um… …. Yes. Is that so?”
A truly poetic yet elegant expression.
After all, if it was a saint, I thought it was a saint, but more than that, her generosity was as wide as her chest.
“I wouldn’t know if it’s a public place, but in a private place, it can be said that the correct answer is to not be bound by each other’s roles and positions. So please, Mr. Seine, please call me at your convenience.”
Saying that, the saintess placed her own arms on her lap.
Her eyes are still so empty that they can’t focus, but what’s drawn on that mouth is what I’d call a smile.
“Yes. Then, to Mr. Sepin…….”
“Yes, thank you very much. Mr. Seine.”
It’s a normal situation to exchange greetings like that.
Even so, I couldn’t say that I felt comfortable when I met her.
Judging from the fact that the believers around him showed signs of embarrassment about him, it must have been her own will that she wished to have a private meeting with me.
So why did she call me to this carriage alone?
Because the church also expects something from me?
“Seine-san, the reason I asked for a private meeting with you is…”
The answer came out of her mouth soon after.
“I want you to look at my body.”
“…… Yes?”
Wait.
What did this lady just say?
“Like I did with patients before.”
“Ah. Yes. Did you mean the examination?”
What else can I say?
Certainly, at that time, rather than stopping me from examining me, the believers were silently watching with some curiosity.
My saintess also called me to experience it. Yes, if it is only to that extent, I am willing to fully follow.
“By the way, do I have to take off my clothes?”
If only that was enough.
“Yes?”
“This is my first time, but…”
It’s been a while since I couldn’t understand the words and put on a blank expression.
Soon she placed her hand on the protruding shoulder of her nun’s garb.
“Still, I’ll do my best in what I can.”
Sureuk, the clavicle exposed with the sound of cloth rubbing.
Underneath it, a weapon I had never seen before in my life was dancing to the vibrations of the wagon.