“I can feel my legs again…is such a thing… Thank you so much, pharmacist! And you too, Phillip!”
“No, I’m just glad that you’re better.”
“What a relief!”
Now that he could feel his legs again, and there wasn’t even a scar, the man jumped to his feet and cheered.
He seemed to be pretty close with Phillip. Perhaps he was one of the villagers Phillip had gotten drunk with after hitting it off.
Which meant he was one of the people who suggested Phillip drink that wine… Well, I suppose it was a good thing, as we discovered the glass sphere because of it.
“Next is…”
And so with Sebastian and Phillip, and the help of those who were healed, we went around and treated the wounded with Loe.
Upon seeing the villagers recover, Rosalie hugged Leo with tears of joy streaming down her face.
She must have been incredibly worried. What a gentle child.
Leo enveloped Rosalie in her fur, as if to soothe her.
“Phew… There was enough Loe after all.”
Loe could not be used more than once.
Sebastian did say that they were still somewhat potent, but they were covered in blood and grime…
And I didn’t want to take any risks of spreading diseases now.
I thought it would be safer to just use one Loe per person.
We treated nine people in all.
There were others with mild injuries, and there was no need to use Loe on them.
Unless they were in danger of losing limbs or being paralyzed, they should be fine.
In the end, considering how many orcs we had been up against, the damage had not been great.
…Though, it didn’t make me hate the merchants any less.
No part of me felt merciful, like I had once with Nick…
“Mr. Takumi, thank you so much.”
“I would like to thank you as well, as a representative of the duke.”
“No, but…”
“If you weren’t here, Mr. Takumi, this village would have been destroyed by the orcs. And there would not have been a single survivor.”
“On behalf of my master, Lord Ekenhart… Thank you for saving Range village, Mr. Takumi.”
After all the work was done, we had gathered in the living room of Mr. Hannes’s house.
Just as I was about to drink the tea that his wife poured for us, Mr. Hannes and Sebastian bowed their heads and thanked me.
…As for the tea, it was not quite as good as the tea Ms. Lyra made at the mansion.
Such rude thoughts flashed in my mind, but it was only to escape reality.
…Because it was a little awkward to be thanked by people like this…
“So, Sebastian. Why did you come back with Leo?”
Once all the uncomfortable business of gratitude was over, and things relaxed again, I asked Sebastian why he was here.
While both he and Leo had helped in arresting the merchants and dealing with matters in the village, I was still curious.
After all, he was supposed to be busy with matters related to the store. And so I couldn’t help but wonder.