<~> Chapter 115The lobby was mostly quiet at this time of day. There were a few girls sitting around and chatting with each other but all of the girls I had seen st night were gone. An unfamiliar woman was standing at the front desk and waved us over wheiced us. She was a tall e beastkie her long floppy ears, her sharp features and pointed muzzle gave her a rather regal look. Her clothes looked quite a bit higher quality than what most of the other people here wore, even Madame Oe. She wore a white ruffled button-up blouse over her rge bust and a dark blue knee-high skirt, giving her a bit of a sexy teacher look. She was a bit older than most beastkin I've met but was likely middle-aged and youhan Oe if I'm judging their ages correctly.

  "Good m, the Madame asked me to keep a for you and yroup. Is your healer ready to heal more of the girls?"

  I nodded. "Yes, I'm Lilith and this is Torien."

  "Ah, excuse me." She bowed slightly. "My name is Grace. I am the bookkeeper here at the Ruby Vixen. I handle a lot of the ating and business operations of the brothel. The Madame and I talked at length st night about the service you offered to one of irls. Let me personally thank you again." She bowed once more. She looked pretty stiff overall but not in a way that made her look unfortable or judgmental or anything, she just seemed like a very methodical person.

  I nodded. "It's our pleasure, though Bel is still upstairs at the moment, she's the one who actually deserves the praise. I just wao make sure someone was awake before all of us came down."

  "Prudent. I am usually awake and up at the front desk for the first few bells of the day. If you ever need anything please do not hesitate to ask. While many of irls would normally be asleep right now, I am sure they wouldn't mind being woken up a bit earlier if it was to receive healing. If you would like to get started right away I lead you to them once you're ready."

  "I think that would be a good idea, we were going to go out with Raya today to help her look for some food."

  Grace smiled. "The help would be wele. Oe told me Raya had been stabbed yesterday and may have perished if it had not been for your party's intervention. That would have been tragic, Raya is such a good girl. I would try and dissuade her from going out at all, but I am sure she would not listen. Especially uhe circumstances, food is so scarce right now we have already run through the month's entire maintenance budget seg barely enough to make it through the week. The situation is truly dire and Raya is always eager to help in any way she ."

  I returhe smile. "I've e to like Raya quite a bit in the short time that I've known her. She seems like a good person, maybe a bit too much for her own good. I'll go up a Bel now and be back down in a mi was nice meeting you."

  "Of course, it was nice meeting you two as well. I will find a voluo watch the desk while you go retrieve your healer friend. Though if you would like to wait lohat would be fine as well. Raya is uo be down before noon."

  I shook my head. "No, I'd rather take care of this now. It will also give Bel a ce to rest after healing, assuming it doesn't take too long."

  "Not a problem. I will be ready for you when you e back down then." Grace smiled as she slightly bowed once agaie her sharp, somewhat unapproachable atmosphere, she seems like a very nice person.

  The two of us walked back upstairs to go grab the rest of our party. When I opehe door I could see the four had been talking. I was actually rather happy to see Mimi had been included while we were go a gnce Silva still seemed a bit wary, though I could already tell she was quickly being more fortable with time.

  I gently knocked on the door frame. "Hey girls, looks like we get started with the healing. Their bookkeeper Grace said she would lead us to the people who still need healing, I assume Oe and Raya are sleeping right now. Grace said Raya probably wouldn't be ready until at least noon so that will give us some time to rest after healing people, assuming there aren't too many patients."

  Bel smiled and stood up. "Great, that sounds good to me. I've actually been a bit anxious to get started actually."

  Mimi stood up and stepped closer to Bel. "Would it be alright if I went with you today? If we split up I want to protect you."

  Bel pulled Mimi closer and gave her a pe the cheek. "Sure, that would be great Mimi." Mimi's form shifted and she flowed into a pretty gold neckce that hung from Bel's neck.

  "What should we do?" Man asked. "It might be weird if all of us go a everyohat's hurt in the brothel. Maybe it should only be you, Bel and Mimi for now. Unless you think there's some way we help?"

  Bel turned and looked at Torien. "Er, I'd rather have at least Torien with me. She's the least squeamish about helpih dressing wounds."

  Torien ughed. "Sure. I don't mind helping out some more."

  "Will you two be alright alone up here?" I looked bad forth between Man and Silva.

  Man smirked and looked at Silva. "Sure assuming my sister's girlfriend is able to stop herself from kissing me again."

  Silva stiffened before replying awkwardly. "I told you it was an act. It was dark still..."

  Torien sighed. "Silva, my sister is just messing with you. Don't take her that seriously." She put her hands on her hips "But no making out!"

  Silva looked awkward but the ent just made Man snicker more. "I wouldn't dream of it! This is the first time you've ever been ied in romahere's no way I get in your way now!"

  Torien just huffed and looked away, her cheeks were a bit rosy. "Lets get going." She turned around a out the door, not waiting for any of us before she stood in the hallway on her own.

  I looked at Man. "Don't give your sister too hard of a time now."

  She waved me off. "I know, I know. It's just hard not to, it's just so cute. ...and in a way I'm really happy we both like girls. I... I was so scared when I told her. Now that I know she likes girls too I don't feel worried about her... I don't know... secretly having a problem with it? I know that's kinda dumb..."

  I shook my head. "It's not dumb. I uand." I turo Bel. "You ready?"

  "Yeah," she said with a smile.

  The three of us went back down and found Grace waiting for us. She smiled as she saw us approach. "Ah, you must be Bel. It is o meet you." She bowed again before straightening up and looking up and down her clothes. "That dress looks very good on you. It really brings out your beauty."

  Bel's ears went pink and she swayed from side to side. "R-really? Thanks."

  She nodded aured towards the bas. "Shall we go ahe first girl who needs attention?"

  Bel he embarrassment quickly faded into professionalism. "Yes, please lead the way."

  Grace led us back to the girl's dormitories, not too far from where we had healed the st woman. When we reached the door she turo us. "This is Nadia's room. Let me go in first and make sure she is presentable and ready for treatment. I will only be a moment."

  She knocked on the door aered when she heard a mumbled reply. The three of us waited outside for a couple minutes befrace opehe door for us again.

  A young looking mousekin woman with bright white fur sat on the edge of her bed. Her right arm utated about half her upper arm. The wound didn't look like it was treated very well and the entire area looked rather red. She also seemed lethargid depressed but it was impossible to know if it was because of the time of day, the mental impact of her wound, or a possible iion.

  Bel gently sat dowo her. "Hi, my name is Bel. Would you be alright with me using some magi you? I'd like to diagnose any issues before I do my best to heal you."

  The mouse girl nodded. "Sure." She looked down at the floor, despo.

  Green motes of magic floated in the air as Bel's mana flowed through the young woman. Bel's brow furrowed in tration but it wasn't long before she released her magic.

  "It seems you're a little sick from when you were treated." Bel g me for a moment. "An iion, after that I ease some of the pain in the wound and perhaps redue of the scarring. ...I'm sorry but I'm not able trow your limb, it's not nature healing's stro suit and I'm not powerful enough to force it trow."

  "It's okay..." Nadia teared up. "Th-the medic that pulled me out told me that it's really expeo get a limb regrown. I w-wouldn't be able to pay for it anyway."

  Bel stroked the girl's hair. "It's not a matter of payment sweetie. I would do it if I could... unfortunately it's not something I do."

  The mousekin nodded but didn't speak again.

  Bel gripped her scepter and her magic flowed through the young woman. Afterwards her plexion looked better and the wound no longer looked as red or scarred but the healing didn't even phase the woman. After Bel was finished she just rolled over and curled up under her b.

  The four of us quietly left. Grace was frowning and her eyes looked wet. "I am... sorry that Nadia didn't thank you for your service but I hope you uand how much her injury has affected her. She has been... quite out of sorts since we fou one of the medits."

  Bel nodded and wiped her own tear from her eye. "I uand. It be quite a challeo deal with this kind of injury."

  Grace sighed. "I just hope she's able to recover some of her zest once she... adjusts. She was always aid happy girl. It is a little difficult to see her this way."

  Grace led us to the door but the woman inside was much more chipper and happy. Eira, the demi-catkin was quite eic despite looking terrible. She was covered in bruises, cuts, and scratches, like she had fallen out of a moving car or something. She had the remnants of a bck eye and rge parts of her body were skinned as if she had road rash. She must been thrown a distand skidded to a stop. There were parts of her body that had already been bandaged and many of them had some kind of salve applied to them too but a lot of her wounds were still visible and raw.

  Bel sat o her. "Are you feeling alright? You seem rather... eic despite how bad your wounds look."

  The woman smiled and looked down at the floor. "I would be lying to say that I'm not in a lot of pain but... When I almost died it made me realize how good my life is. One of the huge demons held me in one of its hands. Despite looking like this, I'm lucky it threw me rather than just crushed and ate me. Even if I end up scarred and ugly, and it makes it harder to make money here, I'm just... so happy to still be alive."

  Bel smiled and gripped her scepter. "Then I'll do my best to remove as much of the scarring as I ." Her scepter glowed and the green motes of her magic filled the room once again. Bel closed her eyes and furrowed her brow as the magic focused ohing at a time, first easing the pain before ing up as much of the skinned flesh as possible, after that most of her scars faded too. In the end the woman looked great, pletely unmarred as if nothing had happened.

  Eira beamed and hugged Bel. "Thank you! I feel a lot better now." She looked over her body, iing all the pces that had been hurt and where the bandages had once been. "I was really scared when it happened but... In a way I'm happy. I don't think I'll ever fet that feeling, hoy I was when I woke up still alive. I thought I was going to die but I didn't. And now I'll always appreciate it in a way I never had before." She smiled and looked up at Bel. "And now I don't even feel like crap!" she said with a ugh.

  Our little group left the room after Bel who now had her vigor renewed. I could tell that the experieh Eira had really helped her. The positivity was something Bel needed after our first patient.

  Bel turo Grad smiled. "Alright! On to the patient!"

  Saine

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