Chapter 8: Critical Confidentiality.
“Don’t be ridiculous. All knowledge of the human body and each magical technique are important secrets that Maple Leaf has accumulated. It’s not so simple to…”
As he was speaking, Cameron’s face suddenly changed.
“…I see. So that’s what it is.”
Cameron seemed to have realized something.
“What is it?”
Cameron raised his eyebrows and looked straight at me.
“You were secretly using a magical tool, weren’t you? That would be a national treasure-class magical item. Is that how you’ve been gathering information on each country’s magic?”
It seemed I had already given Cameron a big misunderstanding. He thought I was completely a fraud.
So, I raised one hand.
“Then, I apologize, but could we return to the special room from earlier? I’ll show you my own magic, different from before. If you think I worth listening to after that, that’ll be fine.”
When I made this proposal, Cameron froze with a difficult expression. Eliza and Straus, who had been watching our exchange from a distance, looked at each other and then anxiously at us.
When we returned to the special room, a new seriously injured person had been brought in where the young man from earlier had been.
Hearing that the most severely injured were brought to the far right, I was again guided there. Unable to refuse due to the flow of events, Straus, Court, and Alabaster were also brought along. Eliza, Shenley, and Aile seemed to have decided to wait at the entrance.
I focused my attention on the screams and groans coming from beyond the white curtains.
“Then, let me show you in practice. I apologize, but please remove all the curtains. Even if it’s just from one direction, I’d appreciate it if the visibility was good.”
Upon hearing this, Cameron hesitated for a while with a stern face, but eventually looked at the students and spoke.
“…It seems that Aoi from Fidic Academy will demonstrate healing magic. Please temporarily open all the curtains. Of course, if it’s difficult, I’ll manage somehow. You two, please convey this to the other students.”
As Cameron gave instructions, the two students looked alternately at me and Cameron before responding and running off.
Although his wariness and doubts hadn’t cleared, it seemed Cameron wanted to see what I would do. He surprisingly cooperated quickly.
“Thank you,”
I said properly before looking around the special room.
The curtains were opened one after another from the front and tied to what appeared to be short pillars set at regular intervals. It seemed the curtains had been hung using these.
Even from a distance, Eliza and the others could now see the seriously injured people lying on the examination tables, causing them to huddle together and tremble.
The students waiting by the examination tables directed various emotions along with their gazes towards me. Anxiety and impatience were predominant, but some students were also directing anger straight at me. Those opening the curtains around us were probably students studying other types of magic.
Feeling the gazes of the people in the room gradually gathering on me, I checked the injured people. It didn’t seem like anyone had injuries as severe as the young man from earlier.
Thinking this would work, I concentrated my magical power while keeping everyone in the room in view.
“Life Wind, Vent de vie.”
I spread my magical power thinly like a wind, choosing the targets to treat and enveloping them. The magical wind gradually gained momentum and entered the bodies of the injured people. The magical power that entered their bodies repaired them according to my knowledge of a normal human body.
It ended up being simultaneous treatment of ten people all the way to the far end of the special room on the opposite side. However, from what I could see, there didn’t seem to be anyone in a critical condition.
Everyone’s bodies faintly glowed, and I was able to heal everyone’s wounds in about a minute.
While everyone looked around at the healed injured people with dumbfounded expressions, I turned back to Cameron.
“The treatment is finished. Fortunately, most were light injuries such as deep lacerations, minor internal organ damage, or fractures. However, the large man who was unconscious in the middle had severe internal organ damage, so it was a bit dangerous. I think all his internal organs should be normal now. As for the method, I imagined normal bones, internal organs, muscle fibers, skin, and even blood, and used magic to shape the missing parts to match. Even if the stomach was completely lost, if the esophagus and intestines were connected, that area would become the stomach. By imagining the wounds or missing parts and infusing them with magic, most injuries can be healed. However, in the healing magic I’ve heard about so far, such detailed content wasn’t incorporated into the incantation. I think if you add a phrase about such details to the incantation, the effect would greatly increase.”
After saying all that, I silently asked Cameron, “How was it?”
Cameron looked back and forth between the healed injured people and me with wide eyes. Then, he walked over to the injured people in silence. Straus and the others watched this scene wordlessly.
Cameron called out to the students and began checking the condition of the healed people. He confirmed their breathing, heart sounds, pupils, and used other methods that seemed in line with modern medicine. I felt that medical knowledge was indeed being properly studied here. However, Owen had studied the human body to a degree that seemed comparable to Earth doctors. Thanks to that, I was able to thoroughly learn about the bodies of beastmen and elves as well.
After watching for a while, Cameron returned, looking somewhat exhausted.
“…Indeed, the treatment seems to be completely finished. It’s unbelievable, but I can’t deny what I’ve seen. Simultaneously treating multiple injured people over a wide area… This is high-level magic that only the highest-ranking healing mages, called saints or holy maidens, can perform. To think that someone from outside Maple Leaf could do this…”
At those words, I shook my head left and right, denying Cameron’s statement.
“No, my magic is a spell that treats injured people within visual range. If saints or holy maidens can use healing magic that treats an unlimited number of people over a wide area, that would be magic researched in a different way from my thinking. If it could be verified, I’d like to do so.”
Hearing my answer, Cameron lowered his chin and looked down.
“…The current holy maiden is not good at wide-area healing magic. The same goes for the saint who is the court magician chief. Even so, they can treat five or more severely injured people simultaneously. Focused healing magic for individuals can completely restore not only eyes and ears but also lost arms and legs. However, both of these consume a large amount of magical power, so they can only be used once or twice a day, I hear…”
Cameron spoke about the holy maiden and saint in a low tone, completely different from when we first met.
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[SIDE: Cameron]
Holy maiden and saint are titles given to the highest-ranking healing mages in the Holy Empire of Maple Leaf. Their healing magic is certainly considered the best in the world. This is a source of pride for Maple Leaf’s healing mages and one of the most important advantages for Maple Leaf.
That’s why when I heard that a teacher from Fidic Academy was coming to visit, I assumed they had come to learn healing magic at our academy. Although Fidic Academy is said to be the world’s top magic academy, that’s in overall terms. When it comes to healing magic specifically, our academy is far ahead.
However, this mage called Aoi didn’t show much reaction to the special room that always surprises people from other countries, and furthermore, healed the injured people in an instant. She even used healing magic to treat multiple people simultaneously, just like the holy maiden.
The current holy maiden is said to be the youngest in history, but she’s still supposed to be in her late twenties. Yet this Aoi, who could be mistaken for a student, who is she?
“Please teach me Maple Leaf’s knowledge of the human body,” Aoi said, as if that was the first order of business.
I thought there were many nobles from various countries at Fidic Academy, but does she understand that she’s trying to access another country’s secrets?
I looked to the others for help, but neither the other teachers nor students showed any sign of stopping Aoi. No, even Alabaster seemed to be silently approving.
Certainly, with magic like the fire magic from earlier, there might be much for us to gain by learning from Fidic Academy. But the reason Maple Leaf is called a great power is because we have saints and holy maidens who can use the world’s highest-level healing magic.
Even countries militarily stronger than Maple Leaf don’t become hostile to us.
This is because if royalty, prime ministers, or top military officials in their countries are severely injured, Maple Leaf’s cooperation becomes essential.
That’s how valuable the healing magic of saints and holy maidens is.
If it were an extreme general or someone else here instead of Alabaster, it’s possible they might try to eliminate Aoi, who could be seen as a danger to our country, by making it look like an accident.
Alabaster, who belongs to the Royal Guard, must understand this.
“…This is not something I can decide on my own, so the response to this proposal will have to wait until I inform the academy headmaster…”
I said this, thinking to at least buy some time, but Aoi nodded as if it was nothing and replied.
“I understand. Then, could you tell me the headmaster’s schedule for today? Around what time would it be possible to meet?”
“T-Today…!?”
Faced with such a sudden request, I couldn’t respond immediately.
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