The Brilliant Healer's New Life in the Shadows: Volume 3 [Parts 1 to 8] by Sakaku Hishikawa
Author:Sakaku Hishikawa
Language: eng
Format: epub
Chapter 4: My Childhood Friend, the Mastermind
Many people benefitted from what happened in the orphanages of the slumsâthe children, however, werenât among them. They were seen as little more than laborers, fed minimal meals, and crammed into small rooms with iron-barred doors and walls stripped down to rough stone.
In one such cramped space, several children had been sleeping, curled up against one another. With no room to even stretch their limbs and surrounded by darkness, the children were chilled to the bone with nothing more than the cold stone to sleep on. In the back echoed the sounds of a childâs sobs.
Zenos, wrapped in a paper-thin blanket, turned to the sound. The crying came from Gina, a girl still far too small for the harsh environment of the orphanage.
âIs someone crying?â another child by the wall asked.
âItâs Gina,â Zenos replied.
âTheyâre gonna get mad at us for making noise.â
âI know that, Velitra. Are you okay, Gina?â he whispered, but Gina only carried on sobbing softly.
âMaybe sheâs cold. Here, use my blanket,â a child further back suggested.
âMaybe,â Zenos agreed, wrapping both blankets around Gina. âShe can have mine too.â
With the warmth from the extra blankets, Gina finally calmed down, and her breaths steadied as she fell asleep. But...
âWho was making noise?!â
One of the adult supervisors roughly yanked the metallic door open and slammed his club against the wall. The twisted object, used for nothing but domination and punishment, sent a dull sound echoing throughout the room. âRule number fifteen of the Dalitz Institute! Private conversations are forbidden! Violators will be punished!â
In the face of the supervisorâs menacing presence, the room fell completely silent.
âWho was talking?! Give me names!â
âUm, there must be some sort of mistake, instructor,â said a girl with purple hair, timidly, as she stood up. The children were expected to address the adults at the orphanage as âinstructors.â
âLiz, yeah? Youâre the leader of these brats?â the instructor replied. âWhatâs this âmistake,â huh?â
âThey were just talking in their sleep.â
âYeah?â
âYes. When weâre tired, we tend to talk in their sleep more often. But thatâs only because of how hard we work during the day.â
The instructor flipped through a stack of papers and snorted in disdain. âI guess this groupâs work isnât bad.â
âAnd weâll do even better tomorrow.â
âBe more mindful of sleep talking in the future.â With that completely unreasonable warning, the instructor left the room.
Once the adult was gone, Zenos whispered quietly to the purple-haired girl, âThanks. Liz.â He appreciated that Liz, their leader, was always covering for them.
âNo, no. As her older sister, I should be the one taking care of Gina, but I was worried that talking to her would get us all in trouble. Thank you, Zenos, and Velitra too.â
Her gentle voice was so soothing.
***
And today, laying on the bed at the clinic, was that same purple-haired girl. Well, more woman than girl now.
âZenos,â she said, her eyes wide open in surprise. âYouâre really that same Zenos?â
âYeah. And you have a different air about you now, so I wasnât sure I had the right person, but youâre definitely that same Liz, huh?â Zenos replied happily.
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