(A/N: Bonus Chapter).
As the evening was quickly approaching in this cold town, the recently acknowledged healer closed shed and walked away from his make-shift establishment from the back, hiding from the many who still sought him.
“Pheww….” Skullius breathed out as he rushed away and slid his hands into his pockets.
His hair which had grown to pass his shoulders in the past two days kept getting in the way of his vision, making him constantly have to swing it away by swaying his head from time to time.
Frankly, it was quite annoying but from the side, to those who looked at his slightly bulky figure hidden under the thick, sand-coloured jacket he wore, this action of his looked kind of… ahem.
‘It seems UNCoddled isn’t as dangerous as I thought it was. Well… it is dangerous but as long as someone doesn’t get to express that they want to help me, they won’t have to die an agonising death! Kek!’ Skullius thought as he wore a smug grin.
The Discount Human had learned from the time with Ginie and with Terian that him helping people didn’t cause any problems with UNCoddled!
Him healing the gaping hole from when Guissepo sted the little girl open and him patching up Terian in his most recent big fight had not caused him any issues.
Then what?
Skullius decided to take more risks! If he could mitigate the consequences, he could gain many benefits, such as levelling up his skills while using the pretence of kindness!
Humans really loved that sort of stuff.
Especially the poor.
And in the case that many people melted to the ground… well that wasn’t exactly his problem, especially in this town.
‘[Luminous Healing] is already at level 8. Better yet, I learned a lot of its applications aside from regenerating limbs…’ Skullius thought as he viewed his guidance field.
Many would ask why Skullius had chosen his sole healing skill as the first thing to tackle.
Well… that would be exploredter.
Ever since he came to Harifrast this morning, Skullius had discovered it to be a more pleasant ce to rx in for several reasons, despite the obvious detriment of the terrible cold which contrasted the heat he wasing from.
When he entered this region, he had cursed with each bone expletive he could expel from his mouth!
It was terrible!
It horrible!
It was fleshed up!
And yes, he could FEEL it now!
Who made this weather?!
It had taken some time for Skullius to even decide to continue on as it wasn’t of his own will toe here.
“Tomato flinger, are you going to take me to that ce or not? It won’t take that long. I just need to see it! You promised! I helped you get yourself out of trouble back then! Don’t you dare back out!” S who had be tame with his volume sted the inside of Skullius’ mind with ring emotion.
“Rx, you sockethole. It hasn’t even been a day since we arrived here. Give me some time, alright?” Skullius responded.
‘You aren’t going to that ridiculous establishment again, are you?! You just went there a few hours ago!’
“So what? I’m not allowed to have fun now? Especially when I actually can?! Well flesh your ass bro! I’m going there anyway! Wait! Gah! This again!”
‘What?’
“Nothing! Just don’t talk to me about this anymore!”
Skullius huffed as he stomped ahead, the voice of S merely grumbling as he said no more about this matter.
In truth he just hated to see Skullius rxing while he was stuck in a bubble that disallowed him any sensations at all.
Tch.
Skullius passed through the town streets were everything was still as lively as ever.
As opposed to most towns he had seen, this one had many visitors from foreign cities and viges.
Some were wealthy visitors that brought the town astronomical amounts of coin which gave this ce with better standards than most.
Aside from it being a simple cold town, there were a variety of frozen sights to see that many woulde to see, such a frozen pool at the very centre of the city which constantly emitted a haze of cold while maintaining the shape of arge ssh.
This pool also had a unique trait besides its beauty alone.
Apparently it could grant a beautifying effect to anyone who stood still a meter from it for an hour. The limit was roughly a single person a day and the effectsted up to a year, which was artively attractive effect.
Naturally, this was something the rich would hunt for as opposed to the less fortunate but still, this icy construction caused a stream of the rich to regrly waddle into the town.
This wasn’t the only site however, as there were many other ces around the town with an equal or grander built and beauty, some restricted to ess but powerful Knights.
On top of these visitors, at the current time, there were many individuals who had poured into Harifrast while fleeing from the Clusters that gued everywhere on Feinheath.
Some were injured and hoping for help as they ran away from their viges in search of closer ces that could offer them help.
Skullius had taken advantage of such with his arrival which had limited his exploration of the rest of the city.
Before he knew it, he had strategically opened a free medical service booth that was flooded with customers in minutes.
After walking for quite the distance, the Discount Human finally arrived at the ce he desired.
An expansive wooden cabin with enticing woodwork that teased the services provided inside appeared in view.
A neat pathway of masonry led into the ce that Skullius sought once more with a grin.
It was indeed as one would think, a hot bath establishment which went by the name ‘The Hot Swan’.
On entering into through the door, Skullius saw the familiar wood and stone interior that had dozens of people walking about in the steamy space as they headed to the great number of pools tens of meters ahead.
‘Ah…’ Skullius felt a wave of excitement but he hurriedly calmed himself.
Things were different now. He couldn’t just get too excited.
Still though, thefortable heat fondled his body as he removed his jacket which he had stol- bought from a kind hawker along the road when he first arrived.
This was the stuff.
He walked a few steps in and found the familiar booth where one would pay for the service they wanted but before he could rush up to it, a curvaceousdy with blonde hair bordering on harsh gold sauntered up to him and wrapped herself around his arm.
She wore only a long towel over her body, her short height being a strategic advantage on her part as it forced men taller than her to look down and fall into her glistening cleavage made by two plump breasts that rested over said man’s arm.
Skullius looked down at her with a quizzical look.
“Hello sir. Wee to our humbly hot establishment. Uhummm~. I’m sure you’vee for a very nice time. I can guide you to the best baths and even personally get you heated up if you’d like. Hmmm~. Would you prefer a more tame service, or…” thedy said as she loosened her towel, her eyes remaining steady as she stared into the Discount Human’s.
Skullius raised his brow and was about to give a reply when…
“H-huh?”
The woman suddenly found herself rising into the air and being pulled away from Skullius forcefully!
Something gripped around her waist lightly.
Something she couldn’t see.
“Huh?! What?! W-what’s happening?!” the woman panicked as she couldn’t figure out what was happening, her eyes looking to Skullius who opened his mouth and closed it again after finding no appropriate words to speak.
Right then, the woman was flung away towards the steamy ponds beyond Skullius’ vision, disappearing into the waves of steam with a loud ssh!
Skullius sighed helplessly.
“You don’t have to be so overprotective, you know. I’m not sure how to feel about this personality of yours, bro…” Skullius said as he recalled to the mad flurry of events that had happened two days ago.
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[Author’s Note]
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