Defected Dark Healer’s Rise to Wealth
Riding in a cart pulled by a skeleton horse, our mobile medical unit is leaving the magic city, Delmond.
Of course, our destination is Westwood, the location of the Western Elf Front.
“Heh heh heh… In the end, I didn’t learn anything, Orthodox…!”
I can’t help but laugh.
After days of research, I couldn’t gather much useful information for conducting mobile medical operations. I heard some examples of mobile units, but unfortunately, we’re not heading out to attack.
“I’m sorry I couldn’t be of more help…”
Shes, who’s in the same cart, slumped her shoulders, clearly disappointed.
By the way, the others are riding in separate carts, three people in each.
I can’t afford to show weakness in front of my subordinates, except Shes. I know my place, at least in that regard.
“It’s not your fault, Shes. It’s simply a lack of skill on my part.”
Well, there’s no helping it.
After all, I’m a Dark Healer. Strategy isn’t my specialty. Even the Demon King, Lumac , should know that. Still, I’ve been entrusted with this task, probably because I’m trusted to handle it… but this time, it’s a bit too much.
“Well, I’ll just do what I must. Heal the patients in front of me. That’s what we Dark Healers do.”
I muttered this to myself, as a reminder.
The reason I say “again” is that I had said the same thing before departure in front of Swan and the others.
‘Dr. Alaya , what kind of operation will our unit carry out?’
When asked, I had ended up giving that vague answer, as no real plan had been formed, and they were all so eager.
‘…I see! Understood, we just have to follow Dr. Alaya ’s lead, right?!’
They responded with shining eyes.
It was just an excuse, but they took it seriously.
Not knowing what else to say, I simply replied with a safe, ‘…Well, do your best.’
“I feel like I’ve been coated with unnecessary polish lately. Especially since becoming a high-ranking official in the Magic Nation.”
“Do you think so?”
“I do.”
I had originally fled here to work as just a simple town Dark Healer.
Earn money modestly, use it for Dark Heal research, and use the knowledge I gained to earn more money… I wanted to create a perpetual motion machine of knowledge pursuit.
“But that excessive polish will probably come off in this operation.”
In fact, I’ll need to be careful not to make any mistakes.
If I can just make others think, ‘Well, this is about what you’d expect from a unit led by a Dark Healer,’ then I’ll be freed from any further expectations.
“…I just want this war to end quickly.”
I’d like to quietly return to my daily work at the Alaya General Hospital.
I sighed quietly.
【Side: Swan】
“That said, it’s quite a thrilling thought that our unit has been personally assigned a ‘special operation’ by His Majesty the Demon King!”
Inside another cart, heading towards Westwood, Swan was talking with Goliath and Pignetz. They had brought up this honor several times, reminiscing.
“Yeah, it’s true. We’ve been on the battlefield for field training as military doctor candidates, but this is our first time officially working as military doctors.”
“This is all thanks to Dr. Alaya ’s trust from Her Majesty. We need to make sure we don’t hold him back!”
“Yeah, of course.”
Goliath looked out the cart window as he spoke.
“Has it really been three months? Back when we were riding in this cart for field training. At that time, I was all fired up, saying ‘I’m going to be a battlefield hero like Dr. Alaya !’”
“Yeah, it feels like it was just yesterday.”
Pignetz, the orc, nodded in agreement, a faint smile on his face.
“I never imagined the training would be so brutal, but thanks to that… maybe this time, we actually have a chance for such an opportunity.”
“What opportunity are you talking about?”
“I mean, the chance to become a ‘battlefield Dr. Alaya ’.”
Pignetz grinned boldly, and Swan blinked, surprised.
She hadn’t even considered that.
“Pignetz? I’m telling you, don’t act on your own, alright?”
She thought it was risky.
Pignetz was one of the more battle-hungry of Alaya ’s direct military doctors. There was always the chance that he might rush ahead, trying to become a hero on his own.
However,
“Hey, hey, that’s unfair. Of course, I wouldn’t do something like that. What I’m saying is, it’s the whole ‘unit’ that has a chance to make a name for itself.”
“Huh?”
Swan tilted her head as Pignetz proudly spoke.
“We, the ‘Alaya Mobile Medical Unit,’ have a chance to shine and become heroes as a team, not just as individuals.”
“Oh, I see. Glad to hear it’s nothing like that.”
“Hah, there’s no benefit for me to rush ahead on my own.”
Pignetz said with a touch of self-mockery.
“Dr. Alaya deliberately gave us vague answers about the plan, right?”
“It seems that way. But I believe not revealing information is part of the plan. He told us to just do what we need to do.”
“Yeah, that makes sense. So we just need to do our best and follow Dr. Alaya ’s lead.”
“…That’s right.”
Swan nodded firmly.
“Right now, we just need to follow Dr. Alaya . If we do, I’m sure he’ll show us a whole new world.”
