Chapter 99

"Damn it, you still hate us, huh!"

(---Damn it, at this moment!)

Leda inwardly clicked her tongue.

Meanwhile, Neksen appeared in the dining hall, witnessed the situation, and sat down on the spot.

"Ah! Where is it safe!"

Ziel gave Neksen, who was shouting, a puzzled look and pointed his sword at him.

"Who the hell are you?"

"Stop, stop, I'm just a healer."

"Huh. Just like Leda... I hate healers. You took quite a bit from me for treatment, didn't you? I have to thank you!"

For Ziel, who had gone bankrupt due to treatment fees, healers were targets of attack.

Neksen, with a sword pointed at him, turned pale.

"Stop, stop! What have I done! If you receive treatment, it's only natural to pay! We do this as a business!"

"To be able to argue back even with a sword pointed at you, you've got some nerve. But, the treatment fees are too damn high!"

Ziel's shout was, in a sense, what many people thought.

Treatment fees were exorbitant.

Not only could they instantly heal injuries that would normally take time to recover from, but they could even heal fatal wounds with rare recovery magic.

However, if you didn't have money, they wouldn't treat you.

Those who wanted to be saved or save others would cling to healers.

But, even if they did, they wouldn't be treated without money.

In severe cases, they might even receive merciless bills after being treated, burdening them with debts they couldn't bear.

As Neksen said, healers were not in the charity business; they were in business.

However, they were taking too much money.

The reason for this was the rarity of healers and the fact that many people still relied on them despite the high fees.

Moreover, many healers held an elitist mindset.

"The treatment fees weren't decided by me! They've been the same for a long time! Why should I be blamed and threatened with a sword? Isn't that unreasonable!"

"Shut up, damn healer. Seeing a money-grubber like you makes me irritated!"

Ziel's attention was completely on Neksen.

(This is my chance!)

Leda didn't miss this opportunity.

Reaching out to Mina, who was looking at her for help, she kicked the floor.

She pushed away Ziel's hand, which was gripping her daughter's hair, and grabbed Mina's arm, pulling her close.

(Yes, I got her back!)

"That won't do."

"---Ah."

Just as Leda felt relieved to have Mina back, Ziel's sword pierced her abdomen.

"Dad!"

"Dad!"

The girls screamed.

"Damn it, I've had more practical experience as an adventurer. Even if my attention is diverted, I can still stab you without hesitation."

"---Haha."

"What are you laughing about, you? Are you going crazy from the pain?"

Leda laughed.

She wasn't going crazy or losing her mind from the pain.

Compared to the fear of losing her daughter, being stabbed in the abdomen was nothing.

"Now you can't use your sword, right?"

"---You! You didn't!"

Leda took a step closer to Ziel.

The sword pierced deeper into her abdomen.

She reached out to grab his armor as he tried to pull the sword out.

"Let go!"

"No way."

Then, with all her strength, she headbutted his forehead.

Blood splattered.

"Ah! You, you!"

Ziel's forehead split open, and blood dripped down.

He fell to the floor, glaring at Leda with hatred.

But Leda was bleeding as well.

"Dad! Dad!"

Leda reassured Mina, who was crying and worried about her injury, with a short "I'm fine," and handed her to Luna, who was also in tears.

Leda grabbed the sword that had been released from Ziel's hand after the headbutt and quickly pulled it out.

"---Aaaaaah!"

She placed her hand on her bleeding abdomen and cast a recovery spell.

"---Recover."

The blood was lost, but the wound on her abdomen disappeared, and the pain was gone.

She then cast a recovery spell on her split forehead.

"---Recover."

"What a ridiculous way to use recovery magic."

Neksen, with a stunned voice, was dumbfounded by Leda's reckless actions.

Even though she could heal, deepening her own wounds was abnormal.

"You did it, Leda! But it's not over yet! I'll call my friends and have them beat you to death!"

Ziel, spitting out these words, jumped up from the floor, turned his back, and ran away.

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