Chapter 68

𝕾𝖔𝖓𝖌 𝖙𝖔 𝖑𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖊𝖓 𝖙𝖔: 𝕯𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖍 𝖇𝖞 𝖆 𝕿𝖍𝖔𝖚𝖘𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝕮𝖚𝖙𝖘 𝖇𝖞 𝕿𝖆𝖞𝖑𝖔𝖗 𝕾𝖜𝖎𝖋𝖙

***

I shouldn't have done that in the past, if I didn't, then I would have still seen the shiver of sunshine whenever I woke and a voice that would caress my heart in a senseless way.

Until then, if I should have let her stay with me...

"A lot of people were already worshipping you as if you were the temple itself," Oratio managed to say while his hands were already gripping the hot tea.

I could only narrow my eyes, then I put the tea down. As I stood from my seat across from Oratio, my eyes lingered on the window glass with my hands just as there were many shadows within the market those shadows were already entering the same building, a creation of my own.

They were happy and some were already having a lot to handle from their arms.

"Who would have thought that you would give away some medicines for free, but would the resources last if you would always do these things?"

"You know I always have my ways besides, it will not only be within the market but I would also like to help every person within every village, and you know what that means, right Oratio?" by the end of my words, I knew he would respond if the door wasn't opened and Lexus came in.

He had this always narrowed eyes look when it came to Oratio but it would always be softened when he would gaze at me.

Then he proceeded without even greeting our master.

"What did I tell you about, Lexus?" Oratio spoke as if he could read Lexus' next move and there, he came to exude a sigh even longer than the previous ones he had.

"I would greet you if you were not the one who did something wrong..."

"Oho, what did I do something now?" I could see how Oratio shrugged his shoulders and even raised one of his eyebrows but then Lexus showed him some papers from his pocket and there, Oratio's eyes narrowed.

"You did this, and the group of men you even recommended went out to hunt this person"

"Well, that's because he was needed for the training"

"Needed for the training? Of what?"

With a snap of his fingers, the papers got burned and immediately turned to ashes, Lexus grabbed Oratio's collar but when she looked at me he immediately sighed and let go of Oratio's collar as if the man chuckled enough making Lexus' veins pop.

"You think this is funny?" Lexus asked with gritted teeth but then Oratio shook his head.

"Your actions are. Besides, there's nothing wrong with finding some person I've asked them why. Do you have plans for today with them?"

"That's none of your business, old man"

"Oho, as far as I've known you're also one of my pupils and everything you do after getting you agreed was already part of my business, young man," Oratio said and Lexus couldn't help but grit his teeth and when his eyes landed on Oratio, Oratio's eyes narrowed and Lexus immediately backway with a click of his tongue.

"Besides, shouldn't you be with your lady's opening clinic?"

"I am but knowing that they didn't show up for my task just because you own them just doesn't feel right that you recommended them"

"We'll talk about that a bit later since----" but then again his words got cut off because the moment that he turned towards the door, the door already opened having another pain in the head come within my room.

"So what's up for me this time? I guess Berton's already on his way to seek Lady Grenda..." his voice was a bit wavy but when he saw the three of us looking at him, he raised both of his eyebrows.

"What? Oh, and who was this person?"

"Person?" Oratio asked with both of his raised eyebrows and this time, I could see that Hellier seemed to annoy Oratio just by his appearance compared to Lexus he would just pass it off as a child's play.

"Do you even know who I was?" Oratio spoke and there, Hellier's eyes narrowed as if inspecting everything about the man that asked him.

"No, so who are you again?" Hellier's actions with Oratio's reminded me of how Henry would always argue with Claudius and by doing so, I couldn't help but feel a little bit heavier with my gazes turned to the blue sky.

I just couldn't know what more change I would do, besides changing the way I wanted to act right to them.

"Vestia, are you all right?" Lexus suddenly came to my side and I could feel his creased eyebrows while he asked those words.

I nodded with a smile.

"Of course since it's already my clinic's opening, by the way, what happened earlier with Oratio's men?"

"You know, they have something to do and besides that, I should have ordered them to find the black horn, so that I would be immediately free from Hellier's grasps as well"

I forgot that one but I knew that Hellier also had a say to Lexus other than Oratio but looking at the two of them, they couldn't even stop bickering as if they'd already known each other from a very long time.

"So how would you manage to run this clinic if everything was free, Vestia?"

"No, not everything will be free, Lexus"

"Then would you put a price on them in some time later?"

"No..."

"What then are your plans?"

"Do you really want to know? Then I guess by saying this there's no turning back,"

***

"Here is the Lady, Lady Grenda," the one who said those words and bowed with a hat on his head exactly looked like Hellier, but he was indeed Berton, Hellier's assistant.

But that was the least of my concerns right now because as I continued to help the people in need and send them some bottles of medicines, Berton introduced Lady Grenda to me.

"L-Lady Agnes?"

I could see how her eyes widened, both of her hands went to her mouth as they took a gap, and that's when I realized that she immediately hugged me.

The bottles of medicine I managed to hold were already in the hands of the old man who caught them before they got broken through the floor.

"Lady Vestia managed to recommend something, and it's about a mysterious lady who was helping people with medicines in the market and because I got curious I finally saw you as my paragon!!!" The lady shrieked and the people within couldn't help but widen their eyes.

They thought I was being attacked by a noble but I assured them with a smile as I patted Lady Grenda's back.

"Oh, thank you, Lady Grenda," I said with a voice that I managed to manipulate with my magic.

"Then Lady Agnes, would you be able to be all right if I helped you? From now on, I will be going to your clinic every day. Please from now on as well, would you be willing to employ me?" I couldn't help but widen my eyes but instead, I couldn't help but feel her dedication to the job since I knew her from the past.

She's the type of person who would do everything to help people that's why she would always do things that her father didn't think of but since her father knew what hard work was, he allowed her daughter to help people.

"Lady Grenda, may I ask if it's all right with your family?" that's when I could finally breathe again as he took some distance from us and she smiled.

"They would be gladder that I'm helping people than spending things on unnecessary things set by the noble society... You know how they could manipulate and control some people's minds?" Then it made sense that from the moment I laid my eyes on her, was already the time that I knew she would do the things that kept her passion alive.

"Then welcome to the Tree Clinic, Lady Grenda. I hope you can help as many people as you like..."

"Thank you, Lady Agnes!!!"

Then just by that, we heard some people cheering for us and some were smiling while the others were looking at us with lights in their eyes.

At that time, I never thought of finding a strong ally.

***

Right at that moment, I could see the paradise place where full of white cements and columns with vines and green grasses, it's as if the time was a never-ending rise of the sun.

Even though in normal times, it's already night.

"So the next thing we'll learn was through the books. I've handed you two some books to read and keep that safe. Besides, you're levels are still at the weakest, I could even snap my fingers and you two would faint..." Oratio said and I could only narrow my eyes.

In the previous lessons he had managed to teach us, he saw that we were still barely improving our level because every wizard as he stated was born from the lowest until they unlocked their capabilities to the fullest or unless the wizard couldn't improve their level because that's already their highest level.

"Aside from that, I guess I have to tell you something, Vestia, regarding your family's tradition. Didn't you mention that you'll meet the guild by tomorrow?"