"Graham, I see you are finally free from the spell of Malchitas.
One day Maricka visited the in Florenz, in the Kingdom of Elias.
Of course, it was to visit Graham Darby in the hospital.
Accompanying her are Hanako, an automata, and Rhodes, who has agreed to be her guide.
Sonya Banaka, an apprentice healer who had become acquainted with Rhodes on her previous visit with Jin, welcomed the two and one of them.
"Doctor, ......"
"Oh, you don't have to get up. You don't have to get up. Just lie down.
Malicka stopped Graham with a hand when he tried to raise himself from the bed at the sight of his teacher.
"You look good."
"Yes, this healing center takes good care of me."
Graham glanced at the empty bottles of Persian juice that Jin had left behind.
"Oh, yes, here's a souvenir," he said. I'll leave it with you. ...... Sonya, right?
It was the Persian juice that Jin had given her.
"I'll take it."
Sonya gratefully accepted it. She knew well the effects of this juice.
Over the past week, Graham Darby's health had improved dramatically. There is no doubt that this Persica juice has helped.
Healing magic is basically a way to increase the healing power of a living organism to the utmost limit. Therefore, it basically consumes the patient's own energy to heal.
However, there is a limit to this. Patients who are physically weak are less likely to be healed.
A skilled healer is able to inject the energy for this purpose not from the patient himself, but from an external source. They fill the patient's cells with energy via the maggi-mitochondria.
However, the healing magic cannot restore the lost muscles. It must be done by the patient's own metabolism.
The Persica juice left by Jin had a positive effect on the patient's metabolism and helped him recover at a rate many times faster than usual.
(Hmmm......... I guess Elsa's theory of healing has been lost somewhere along the line. (...... or perhaps the is responsible for this, though.)
Erza, Jin's beloved wife and a rare healer, must have passed on most of her research results to the training schools for healers all over the world.
(Once, after Jin-sama's death, we were not so interested in the affairs of the Laurentian continent. ...... Maybe it was that time.)
There was no point in mourning, Marikka decided to look to the future.
"Did you say Sonya?"
"Yes, yes.
I'd like to say hello to the director of this clinic, is she here?
I thought that since this was the Roseka Healing Institute, there should be a director named .
However, what came back to me was a surprise.
"Well, uh, the director is not at ......."
"What?"
"He left ...... about six months ago and we haven't heard from him since.
"Is that so? What about the other healers?"
"No one ....... I'm the only one."
I asked him about it, and he told me that Graham Darby is the only patient he has at the moment.
"...... I'm so disappointed."
No wonder it was filthy the last time Jin and Rhodes had visited. Marikka thought for a moment.
"You, Sonya. Are you going to move out of ......?"
"What?"
"I think it would be better to move Graham to a better facility than to keep him here."
"Yes, ...... that's true, but..."
Sonya looks a little worried. She looked a little worried,
Sonya. This man is my mentor. You can trust him with your life.
Graham added.
"...... got it. Please take good care of Mr. Darby."
"Oh, you're coming too."
Sonya looked sad, and Marikka realized that she must have misunderstood that she was taking only Graham with her.
"Yes. I hate to say this ......, but it's a bleak future for a healing center whose director has disappeared. Wouldn't you like to learn more about healing magic?
"Yes, of course!
Sonya replied with enthusiasm in her voice.
"Then come with me. I'll come to ...... tomorrow to pick you up and make sure you have everything you need."
Graham thanked Marikka for her hospitality.
"Thank you,...... sir."
"No problem. It's for the sake of my students."
* * * *
The next morning, Marikka came to pick up Graham and Sonya as promised.
I borrowed a from Jin.
< to carry Graham, Sonya, and their luggage to the . Then we headed south.
"Wow ......, that's a great airship ......."
Sonya is surprised by the <. Her reaction reminds Marikka of her old self and she feels a little nostalgic.
"Doctor, where are we going?"
"To the island of Electra.
Graham knows, of course, that <> is the headquarters of <>.
"...... So you mean it was recaptured and ...... no, it was?"
Yes. < is that you will be placed in custody."
"I see."
The wise Graham guessed roughly from that.
"Certainly, there are many people in the Nostalgia group who have been brainwashed like me, so it would be easier for them to accept you.
I see.
I guess that's how it is.
"Mister Elena, I'm sure that I dealt a lot of blows to your Nostalgia when I was a member of the , but you still expect them to accept me?"
"Work for the future, to clear the past."
Thus, Graham Darby became a member of <.
* * * * * *
"Hmmm, there is still room for improvement in the format of this document..."
Graham Darby, who was checking the documents at the headquarters of the <>, looks up.
Ahead of him is Elena, the .
"Oh, what part?"
"Oh, what part? When we are recording the budget, this way of writing is too much work and makes the calculations more tedious.
"I see. It's a good thing you're here.
Graham's comments were not the only ones that drove the company to make improvements in everything from the way information was communicated within the organization to the way forces were allocated at each level, from the smallest detail to a complete overhaul of the entire organization.
"That's quite a feat."
"You were the chief administrator of <>."
Even the executives such as Arietta Aeolial and Wattes Schrezza recognized his ability and praised him frankly.
Graham was brainwashed and used by Markitas, but since some of the members of <> are in the same situation, there are no complaints from anywhere or anyone.
And .
"...... how are you, Sonya?"
"Yes, Elena. Every day I am amazed!"
Sonya had also become a member of Nostalgia, and was absorbing advanced knowledge, especially in healing magic, on a daily basis.
"I'm glad I came!
"I'm glad you came, too.
Sonya had high potential in healing magic as well as in other fields. In particular, she had a high aptitude for engineering magic, as Jin had discovered.
Elena was relieved to have more talented people in her team.
The successes of these people will be shared with you in the future.
I will write more about their activities when I have a chance.