# 15
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“What? Special treatment?”
I couldn't believe what I heard from the Hilderius knight who came early in the morning.
I must have heard wrong.
I asked the knight again:
“You mean I've become Mr. Lloyd's personal therapist?”
The knight also seemed surprised, so he scratched his head and nodded in the affirmative.
No, impossible! Say that's not the case!
I asked him in a pleading and concerned tone:
“Sorry, knight! You know better than me, Master Lloyd wiped out the herds of monsters with one blow a week ago. Why would someone as strong as him need a healer?”
The knight replied with an expression that suggested that he understood Lloyd's strength better than I did:
"I don't know. It's just Mr. Lloyd's orders. He seems to have liked your treatment yesterday. You have to act as a special healer for the duration of his stay in Durkan only. The meeting starts at eight in the morning, so report to the master's tent. Goodbye!"
The knight quickly left before I could respond.
I stood in front of the door in amazement as I watched him disappear.
I didn't feel like Lloyd would kill me now, but regardless, I was still afraid of him.
His supernatural strength and huge body give me a prestige that makes me feel like I would fly if he hit me lightly.
A rabbit in front of a lion? No, I felt like a squirrel in front of a dragon.
But even if I wanted to refuse, Lloyd is a noble and I am just a commoner.
If the order is given, I must implement it.
I closed the door desperately.
There are only thirty minutes left until eight o'clock.
I quickly started getting ready for work.
I arrived at Lloyd's tent panting.
The large tent bearing the crest of the Hilderius family was sturdy, luxurious, and very huge, unlike the tent in which I lived.
Is this why people say that power and money are good?
I rested for a while while contemplating the splendor of the tent, then I approached and said in a shy voice:
“Hello sir... I am Kai....”
A voice came from inside telling me to enter.
I entered hesitantly, and when I felt Lloyd's sharp gaze, I turned my head and scanned the tent.
There were many people preparing for the meeting, and among them was a familiar face.
"Oh? You, medium healer. How dare you come in here?"
The advanced healer with disheveled hair approached me, furrowing his eyebrows.
You don't seem to know about it either. I answered calmly:
“Mr. Lloyd has appointed me as his personal therapist.”
He asked me disapprovingly, as if he had heard something unbelievable:
“What? Mr. Lloyd’s special treatment?”
A look of disbelief was clearly visible on his face.
It makes no sense for the powerful Lloyd to take an intermediate healer as his special assistant, and if he had done so, it would have been better for him to choose an advanced healer.
“What nonsense are you talking!”
He shouted at me, then paid attention to those around him, looked at me sharply and returned to his seat in the corner.
I looked around, everyone in the tent was VIPs.
Yes, you can't raise your voice here.
Since I was in the same situation, I decided to curl up in a corner and remain as quiet as a mouse, until the damned Lloyd opened his mouth.
Lloyd said as he sat proudly on the most luxurious chair:
“Is your name Kai?”
As soon as Lloyd spoke, silence fell in the tent that was bustling with words.
Although their tongues were silent, their gazes were all directed towards me.
I ignored those looks and bowed to Lloyd politely and said:
“Yes, sir.”
Lloyd ordered me:
“Come closer.”
I followed his command and walked towards him feeling like a rabbit willingly entering the mouth of a lion.
My legs trembled from the pressure close by, but I tried not to show it to the intense stares behind me.
As I approached and bowed, Lloyd said:
“You heard about me hiring you as my therapist, right?”
The tent buzzed with whispers at Lloyd's words.
Why does the powerful Mr. Lloyd need treatment?
Even if he needs it, how can he have intermediate treatment in the presence of advanced therapists?
The world became dark in my eyes because of that noise.
Me too...I don't want this position!
"… Yes."
Lloyd smiled lightly after hearing my response and continued:
“Today we will go on an expedition to the Holy Land north of the Dark Forest. Get ready for it.”
The handsome man said this while smiling, but the content of his words was not funny at all.
The Dark Forest was an area where monsters abounded, and I heard that the Great Orc army had appeared in the Holy Land to the north.
And I will go there?
Not only me, but even the others rose in horror and said:
“This is dangerous! Mr. Lloyd, please think again.”
Even the advanced healer in the corner shouted in astonishment:
“This girl is just an average healer, and her skills are not enough! She will undoubtedly be a hindrance. Leave her here.”
Oh, thank you, Advanced Healer. If I become your boss one day, I will torture you just a little.
“If you need a healer, there are Healing Priests of the Order of Tirena and advanced healers.”
“Please think again, this place is dangerous.”
Well done! amazing! Keep it up!
Make him retract his decision!
But Lloyd said with a stiff expression in response to their objection:
“Do you disagree with a decision I made?”
There was suddenly silence at Lloyd's cold words.
Lloyd was the main force here, and if he got angry and returned to the capital, the monsters would destroy Durkan City.
Lloyd looked at the silent audience and said:
“I understand that everyone agrees, I will now go on the campaign with my special healer. The campaign will consist of me and the special healer, only two people.”
What? Two people...just two people?
I am not part of a large group, but I will go with him alone?
I felt that this curse would not leave me easily.
He must 100% intend to kill me.
Does he want to cut off my head in a place where no one can see it?
I couldn't even say goodbye to Mika. My life would end in the terrifying forest of darkness.
People's looks at me were full of pity after Lloyd's words.
One of the priests even made the sign of the cross and prayed for me while looking at me.
❁*Safa: I imagined😭😭❁
“Everyone, get ready, we will leave immediately.”
Think, Kay! intellectual! I was looking for any logical excuse not to go, so I quickly said:
“Ah...excuse me, sir, suddenly my legs started to hurt.”
Lloyd got up from his seat and responded quickly.
His huge shadow covered my entire body.
He said while putting his great sword behind his back:
“If your legs hurt, I will pick you up and go.”
He asks the villain to be carried in the hero's arms?
What a crazy person.
I prefer walking on my feet.
I shook my head and said:
“I...I decline the offer. Despite the pain, I think I can walk.”
The people coming out of the tent looked at me with looks of pity and sympathy.
I secretly prayed: “My mind, I have fainted. Please faint.”
I repeatedly prayed for someone to hit me on the back of the head to make me lose consciousness, but time passed and I found myself in front of the gate leading to the Dark Forest from Durkan's Wall.
I looked behind me and saw the people who had come to say goodbye.
I saw Mika crying.
Oh, newcomer... I'm sorry I thought you were a burden at first.
You're the only one who cares about me here.
While I was feeling sad and sad looking at Mika, Lloyd said coldly:
“Follow me.”
I followed Lloyd into the dark forest with a trembling body, praying that I would faint at any moment.
The Dark Forest was not as terrifying as I had imagined as I followed Lloyd.
Maybe because we are still at the beginning, where Durkan's Wall is easy to see?
The road was easy, like a hiking trail in the mountains.
My tension gradually began to disappear, and I began to walk with light steps behind Lloyd.
Lloyd felt my gait change, and he said coldly as he walked in front of me:
“Don't relax.”
“Yes...”
This man definitely can't stand me.
He scolds me just because I walked a little briskly.
I lowered my head and continued walking quietly.
Hours passed as we walked behind each other without Lloyd uttering a single word after alerting me.
My legs started to feel numb.
Lloyd looked at me out of the corner of his eye and asked:
“Have you heard about the Holy Land in the Dark Forest?”
Of course, who does not know the Holy Land?
“You mean where Rua fell?”
The fall of Roy.
This was the most famous story in the theology lessons I took in the temple to become a priestess.
Among the many angels in heaven, there was an angel who was most loved by God “Tirena.”
The name of that angel is “Rowa.”
It is said that she was very beautiful and possessed great strength.
But that angel, who received all of God's love, had one problem.
That she loved humans.
She loved them so much that she gave her strength to them.
The power that Rua granted at that time was “mana” and “magic.”
But the power of an angel is the power of God.
Giving the power of the god to other beings without permission was a great sin, and because of that she incurred the wrath of the god Tirena, so she fell from heaven to the holy land here in the forest of darkness.
It is said that the Holy Land still retains great sacred power that emanated from the god Terena as a result of the collision that occurred when Roa fell.
However, the fallen Rua relied on the humans to whom she gave her power, but the greedy humans betrayed her.
Rua despaired and opened the gate to the world of demons in the Holy Land. She became the queen of demons and began killing people. The god Tirena became angry and sealed Rua in this place.
The problem is that the gate to the Demon Realm is not closed tightly, and because of the leakage occurring from the gap, monsters appear from time to time.