"Father!"
Cree tried to ease his father's pain by untying the bandage.
Before he could touch it, Raisa grabbed Cree's hand.
"Stop, Cree. If you touch it carelessly, there's gonna be an infection."
She looked serious and her words sound firm.
She's not acting like Raisa that Cree knew.
Her silver eyes always emit warm feelings now cold and lifeless.
Raisa used her ability right away.
She examined Cree's father's condition and opened her mouth.
"Cree."
"Y-yes!"
"Do you have warm water?"
"Yes...thanks to noona. It's easy for me to buy charcoal and matches this winter."
Raisa rummaged something in her bag.
She grabbed a fluffy white towel and give it to Cree.
"Drenched this in hot water."
Then, she grabbed another towel to put it under the father's wounded thigh carefully.
Cree hurried went outside to lit the charcoal on fire to boil some water.
As he step outside, he still could hear his father's grunt.
He tried his best not to cry.
Out of a sudden, he could hear stable breathing instead of a painful moan.
"Everything is gonna be alright."
A calm and warm voice could be heard.
It's the same voice that save him 5 months ago.
Cree continued walking away from his house to complete his task.
Raisa on the other side used her second ability.
Delay.
This ability had manifested when she just joined the Healer Team. It's really helpful for her as she doesn't have any healing type ability.
Also, at that time when society just started to build, the amount of anesthetic is really low. So the price for 100 ml for it is really expensive.
However, her ability could be used as an anesthetic in some way. To be accurate, she just delay the pain the patients felt.
When it comes to a combat situation, she can delay the monster's movement. Of course, depends on what type of monster she's dealing with.
Unranked monster, 1-2 minutes.
Grade 1 monster, 5-8 minutes
Grade 2 monster, 10-20 minutes.
Grade 3 monster, 30-40 minutes.
That's how much time she could delay for certain monsters.
She looked at the old man who was drenched in his sweat with relief.
'Thank goodness, he's calm down.'
She untied the bandage carefully without touching the wound.
Her eyes shook.
"What's going on here? Last time, there's no wound on his thigh...."
She looked at the pale old man who coincidentally staring at her.
"Mr. Buck, how the hell you got this wound?"
Jung Yeon Hwa's personality came out unconsciously.
She gladly blames the way she speaks all because of Team Leader Lee Soo Hyuk.
After a few years, she's been in the Healer Team, she's been appointed by her former team leader to become the next team leader.
She's been working with Team Leader Lee Soo Hyuk for several years until he died.
The way he used crude words with shameless face and cool behavior really sometimes tick her off but at the same time, she admired him.
That's how he influenced her speaking way.
"Cough! Huff...Raisa, it's not ladylike to use those words."
Raisa shrugged her shoulder.
"Do you mind answering?"
She turn her attention from Mr. Bruck's face to his wound.
She focuses on her ability to her eyes to observe more clearly.
"...2 weeks ago, on my way to go home, I met a drunken adventurer. He was sitting near my house, so I tried to wake him up as it's getting cold."
Raisa who listened to him quietly can't help but have this thought.
'Mister, you are too nice.'
"As I am getting close to him, he suddenly sheath his sword and it cuts my thigh..."
Raisa just lightly massaged her forehead in response to his story.
"Ouch, what a headache."
She turned his silver eyes to look at the patient.
"And then?"
"Cree came and helped me."
"How about that bastard?"
"One of his friends found him and apologize for that adventurer's mistake."
"Just an apology?"
"The friend gave those medicine, bandage, and ointment. But, its not..."
Raisa nodded in understanding.
"It's not working."
'Isn't it obvious? He needs to be treated by a doctor. I am sure he stubbornly refuse as always by saying it was a waste of money.'
Then, the door opened revealed Cree who was out of breath.
"Noona!"
"Good job, Cree."
She walked towards the boy and patted the dark green-haired of his.
Then, she took the bucket of hot water with a drenched towel in it.
She increased her 'Delay' ability on Mr. Buck's wound.
'I think it's enough.'
"Cree."
"Yes, noona."
"Crush those herbs into liquified form."
The boy nodded his head and follow her command.
"I am sorry about it, Raisa..."
"If you felt sorry, you should see the doctor in the first place."
"..."
"It's a waste of money? Full of nonsense. If you get hurt, who's going to take care of Cree?"
The father silently looked at his 12 years old son's back.
"Noona, I am done."
"Our Cree doing a good job."
"Is father gonna be okay?"
"Don't worry. I will try my best."
Raisa smiled reassuringly at the young man.
She carefully grabbed the warm towel and cleaned up the wound.
When the wound is cleaned, apply a thin layer of herb that Cree crushed to prevent infection.
'It's quite a deep wound if you looked at it in one glance. Fortunately, I don't require to stitch it up.'
She dressed the wound with a clean bandage.
She sighed in relief.
"Phew~ Finished. Now you need to rest like 2-3 weeks to make sure the wound is not open again. Cree, if your father's wou-"
She turned her head to see Cree but was shocked by what she sees.
The little boy was crying silently.
"T-thank you, noona. Hic. I don't know what to do if it's not because of you...Hic."
"O-oh, Cree."
When someone was crying, Raisa, no Jung Yeon Hwa really sucks at comforting them.
By seeing Raisa's troubled face, Cree burst in laughing.
She just pouted and continue her explanation.
"Cree, if your father's wound opens up again, do the same thing I did just now. Got it?"
"Yes, noona."
She's now turned her head to see the father.
There's only one thought that crossed her mind at that time.
'Like father, like son.'
There are tears in his eyes.
"...Raisa."
"Y-yes?"
"Thank you very much. You helped us a lot."
"..."
Like before, she doesn't know how to deal with this kind of situation.
"Maura must be proud of you if she's here."
Upon hearing that name, Raisa smiled bitterly.