Chapter 81 – Change

A week passed in the City of Lugenstan. It was fall already, and in particular, winter is coming yet again. The city is as normal as it gets. But, in the Fighter’s Guild, the death of certain member made the whole guild gloomy. The member who died was a friendly well-known member who served as the middleman for everyone who joined the guild. He was friendly, sociable and tolerant. Newcomers adored the old man for his wisdom when it comes to the guild. So hearing the death of this man made the whole guild this way.

His death was announced a week ago, but even so, the people were still cheering for his soul to go to heaven. If it was some other man who died, such thing wouldn’t happen. People die too easily in this world. And only those who etched themselves in the heart of the people are remembered.

They remember the old man as a warrior. The Guild Master made his death known, that he died fighting a ‘savage’ monster fought it bravely to his death. The members of the Guild accepted this reason. They just know that the old man won’t die other than a warrior.

The Staff of the Fighter’s Guild knows different though. They knew what happened to the old man, and the way he died brutally. They covered it up, to the point that even the eyes and ears would not know the truth. It was a painstaking task that the staff worked on for a week.

They covered up the fact that he was murdered. The staff succeeded in doing so, now the whole guild thinks differently. The Guild Master also disallowed it to say anything bad to the old man. He would drown out the news, making the lie that the old man died valiantly, the truth.

That truth got accepted.

Thus the members now do not say otherwise. And those would say otherwise that he died differently would be treated with scorn and disrespect. It took time for the Guild Master and the Staff to do this. It was odd, because of a single mistake, that they would do such thing.

It was the fault of the Guild Master. He accepted the responsibility and made a big lie about it. Now, no one will know that the old man, the initiator, the middleman, and the beloved ‘mentor’ of some, died other than the being brutally killed by a staff member of the guild.

Because of this accident, the guild changed. Anyone who would join would be now publicly tested. It was no longer a secret, mainly because of what happened. Some took this as a new ‘era’ for the Fighter’s Guild. They thought that with the old man’s death, no one would take the role that he somehow did for years.

Most of the guild members misunderstood it at as the guild master honoring the old man’s role. Not knowing that it is a cover, a way for the guild master, to cover the mistake that was made by the Guild Master’s poor judgment of character.

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As the death of a member came, a new one also joined. This new member was quite weird, he applied for the position of the doctor, yet he wouldn’t stay in the guild all the time. So most of the time, when the fighter guild’s member need healing they would come to his house located near the walls of the city, where it is a land controlled by the fighter’s guild.

The House of the new doctor was just right in the last section of the land. The land had trees covering the area. There are also farms that the guild cultivates. His house is more of a cabin, unlike most of the houses in Lugenstan, the houses in the fighter’s guild were different for various reasons.

The Fighter’s Guild members, who seek the house, would then meet the new doctor. The new doctor was a young man. He would occasionally be seen holding a roll of tobacco, or a gourd of ale. But even with that, the new doctor would heal up anyone that comes.

It was his job, but the members of the guilds quite liked that he was welcoming to the members. Though they think that way, the real reason why the new doctor was welcoming is that he was just trying to be stoic. The first visitors heard the new doctor say ‘I expected this’ when they visited. So it gave the impression that he was welcoming person for a reason.

The New Doctor would heal them, and then after that, he would tell them how to take care of themselves. Most of the female doctors liked the attitude of the new doctor. He was quite young too, so it wasn’t that bad for them to talk with him. The male members also like his straight-no-bullshit attitude. He would do what he needs to do without a single complain or whine.

But even so, the members still would try to ask why he isn’t in the guild. But the new doctor would tell them that it was his request and that even the guild master agreed to it. So with that, no one really tried to question why he isn’t in the guild all the time, unlike the other staff members.

Of course with how things work, the doctor would be called when an expedition group would return or something big happens. So when an event happened during the week, most of the guild members saw his limping, as a result most of the guild members misunderstood that he just have a bad leg. So it all worked out for them, and they concluded in their heads that the reason why he is always in his house is that he has a bad leg.

It worked for the New Doctor well, that explanation that is. So with that reason, he was now allowed to spend most of his time in his house. He would come out to deal with at-home-in bed patients, and sometimes deliver letters to various injured members of the guild.

Currently, this new doctor is just staring at the trees in the sky. His face basked in light, with some shadows of the leaves from the trees, making patches on his face.

“Hello...”

A black-haired, docile woman entered the vicinity of his house. Seeing her appearance in his new house, the new doctor, Ramiel, stood up and kept a stiff upper lip.

“Let’s go then.”

He said as if he expected Dall’s appearance. He heard something from the loud farmers awhile ago, so he expected that soon will be called back the guild.