Chapter 87: Windfall.
Slurping the turtle blood was even more disgusting than eating the Ashland's stew, but Lee forced himself to swallow a few mouthfuls. The two devils murmured something about the crazy witches, and forgot about the incident right after. Lee wasn't so lucky – the fishy aftertaste never left, but there was no way around it.
"The sun is about to set." Lee said, trying to take his mind off his own discomfort, "We need to decide where and how to spend the night. Are we going to the forest over there or should we return and stay close to the caretaker in case Lunax opens the rift sooner than expected?"
"No need to go back." Arax said, "The Lord never changes the schedule. He'll open the rift the day after tomorrow. Let's go to the forest, but can you take a look at Thorax's leg first? He got a nasty burn earlier."
"Sure." Lee said, and went over to the big guy.
His left leg below the knee was indeed burnt, and even after it was healed, the burn would surely leave a nasty scar in the size bigger than a palm.
"Sorry, brother!" Thorax said, and one could clearly hear the guilt in his voice. Apparently getting the tortoise's spark didn't lift his mood, "I messed up again."
"Don't worry, Leaxa will heal it. I bet a small wound like that won't even leave a scar." Arax said and expectantly looked at Lee who for some reason stood there, staring at Thorax's leg with a silly expression.
'Oh, my god! What the fuck have I done!' Lee suddenly realized the position he had put himself in, 'The politeness of everyone in the city, invites to the squads ... the witches ... witches are the healers! They all think I'm a motherfucking healer! No wonder everyone wanted to recruit me! What the hell I'm supposed to do now?!'
When Tess tutored Ingrid those years ago, not only he didn't try to learn the healing craft, he purposefully ignored them and sabotaged all Ingrid's attempts to make a healer out of him. And now there sat an unhappy giant who looked like a sad devil, and expected Lee to fix his leg!
And he couldn't just stand there! At least he had to pretend to care before figuring out how to get away from them! To become a member of a squad turned out to be a trap!
But Lee has experienced complicated situations before and despite the shock, managed to quickly recover, at least outwardly.