The Doctor Cured the Villainess and Ran Away

13 – 13. Knight Commander (1)

“Compression, reinforcement, synthesis.”

After returning to the mansion, he made a large amount of rose candy.

It’s not too much to prepare a few for myself.

Thanks to the repeated work, [compression] had risen from E to D in skill rank.

“Now we’re running out of candy. I have to ask Sivus to order more.”

It’s not too stimulating or too sweet, so it’s good to eat for a long time.

“The doctor’s exam is only five days away.”

Guttenberg said that he and the knights and healers from the training center would go to the Northern Forest to subjugate demons.

The Duchy of Hujakryeong has high walls surrounding it. This is because there are many demons in the unexplored lands of the northern empire.

The Guttenberg Mansion is located at the forefront of the region, indicating confidence in its safety.

In fact, it is said that the walls have not been pierced once in the 200 years since the founding of the Guttenberg family.

“There aren’t any major demons in the forest.”

Carelessness is prohibited.

With my current stats, I can be beaten to death even by low-level demons.

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Strength: 6

Endurance: 6

Magic: 1

Mana: 14 (UP)

Divine Power: 22

Faith: 100

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“My mana has increased as I’ve been using spells.”

It’s natural to increase anything with practice.

However, my magic talent is hopeless because I lack magical power.

“My divine power will steadily increase, but I won’t use it.”

I’m blessed with good lineage, but even that has a limit of about 50.

From ten years later, my growth was slower from there on.

Without talent, stats and skills reach their limits at a certain level.

My current talents are alchemy and medicine.

“In other words, it means my mana has no limit.”

Alchemy is a spell skill based on knowledge and mana.

But I don’t have an accurate understanding of medicine. Is it just what I know?

“To chase after the knights in the exam, I need more strength and stamina.”

I need to improve a little more.

Efficiency would be much better if there was someone who could train me.

“Fortunately, there is a suitable candidate in the family.”

I’ll ask him tomorrow.

“And for achieving high scores in the exam, I also need a healing performance…”

The weapons I have now are rose candy with a healing effect and emergency treatment skills.

“They’re not enough.”

The healing effect of the candy is continuous, so I can’t feel its effects immediately even when I put it in my mouth.

Emergency treatment is the same. It can prevent injuries from getting worse, but it doesn’t treat them on the spot.

On the other hand, although the efficiency of healing magic may be lower, the effect is clearly visible, and people understand exactly what happened in this world.

This difference is significant.

“It’s a powerful healing technique with impact. It would be nice to have such medical skills, but there is no guarantee that I will rank up within a week.”

Above all, I don’t think I can win against the ace of the nurturing center with this stat by relying only on healing spells, nor do I want to use them much.”

Then there’s one way.

“Let’s make a strong impact potion.”

I thought using alchemy would be quick.

“Now, where can I find some useful ingredients….”

Since it’s a mansion, the materials are limited.

I open the window. The once-yellow rose garden in the backyard is now almost bald. Of course, I’m the culprit.

With so many candies piled up like a mountain, my heart feels at ease.

-Swish…

A gentle breeze blows, making the sound of leaves brushing against each other.

It was the sound of bird tree leaves swaying, densely planted near the annex.

“Bird tree?”

An idea popped into my mind.

I grab a dagger and immediately jump down to the courtyard.

I carve out a sheath at the base of a nearby bird tree and gently peel off the bark.

“This is it.”

The bark of the bird tree has pain-relieving effects.

Although it may not exist in this world, it has been used as an ingredient for wrapping wounds since ancient times.

“If we extract beta glucoside and use compression and reinforcement, we can create a healing potion.”

In simple terms, we can make an analgesic.

I bring it back to the room and start the experiment right away.

I stack the bird tree bark and evenly sprinkle mana like sprinkling seeds.

“Compression.”

The tree bark makes a creaking sound and transforms into pill-shaped tablets.

I check the status window.

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Bird Tree Painkiller (Enhanced)

Effect: Slightly alleviates pain for 5 minutes.

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It’s a success.

Now, let’s draw the enchantment.

According to what Ashella taught me, the more vertices a shape has, the better the effect of the spell.

The shape needs to be a regular polygon. If the lengths of the sides are different, it has the opposite effect.

So, a circle is the best.

They say that having no vertices is no different from being infinite, but I’m not sure.

Since I’m still practicing, I’ll go with a square.

“Enhance.”

Light emerges.

The magic circle slowly starts to rotate.

“…It’s taking a while, isn’t it?”

Unlike the Rose Potion, casting this spell takes quite some time.

Mana travels along the outer edge of the magic circle at the speed of a crawling worm.

It’s like loading an unoptimized game.

“It’s taking a long time.”

It seems that creating a good item requires that much investment of time.

My focus is slipping, so the speed slows down even more.

Ugh, I’m tired of circles.

After concentrating like that for two hours, I barely managed to complete the first casting.

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Enhanced Bark Medicine (Transmuted)

Effect: Eases pain significantly for 5 minutes.

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“The word changed, didn’t it?”

Does that mean the effect is good?

Without hesitation, I put the medicine in my mouth and swallowed.

“Hmm.”

I bite my finger.

“Ah.”

It’s like when I had partial anesthesia at the dentist. Only a slight numbness remains, and I can hardly feel any pain.

“Great. This should have an impact.”

Healing magic can’t eliminate pain completely.

Therefore, due to the pain that comes from the healing process,

Well, even a painkiller made of willow bark wouldn’t have this level of efficacy.

“Alchemy seems useful.”

The enhanced skill showed a performance beyond common sense.

At that moment, an alert appeared on the status window.

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· Skill rank has increased.

· Synthesis E → Synthesis D

· Nature Change E has been unlocked.

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“The next skill in the Alchemy skill tree has been unlocked.”

This is it, this is it.

It feels rewarding to work hard.

After reading the description of the nature change skill, another idea came to mind.

Medicine, it’s not representative if it’s not like that.

It’s a very familiar potion for men.

“I won’t be satisfied without it.”

***

The next day, I woke up early before sunrise and started moving.

That knight was known for being diligent, so if I didn’t move early, he would surely be busy.

“It’s here. The knights’ barracks behind the mansion.”

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I searched for the knights’ camp behind the mansion.

As the personal corps of the marquis, it was quite well-established.

The accommodations were quite luxurious, and the training facilities were modernized.

However, the troops themselves were not numerous.

Marquis Gotberg mainly focused on nurturing healers, and the imperial court prohibited local nobles from operating large-scale knight orders due to concerns about rebellion.

I know that during the season when monsters occur in large quantities, they mainly cooperate with guilds to hire adventurers.

“It’s quite a coincidence that such talented individuals have come from this land.”

When I tried to enter the knights’ training ground, a sentinel knight who was patrolling saluted me.

“Young master? What brings you here since dawn?”

He openly wore an expression of annoyance.

It was a natural reaction, considering I had never shown up and been in a good state.

“I want to exercise inside, so please open the door.”

“Exercise? That’s something the young master does at the estate. It’s not time for the knights to be active yet.”

“This is my estate too. Don’t worry, I won’t do anything unreasonable.”

As I tried to move, a knight blocked me with his arm.

“Oh, how annoying. You’ve been drinking again all night, huh? Are you going to bother the lady again?”

“I told you I didn’t. I had a good sleep. Oh, I nearly forgot.”

I took out a candy bar from my pocket and tore open the wrapper. As I put it into my mouth, the sweetness spread throughout.

“Ha, this is driving me crazy.”

“You won’t go crazy if you step aside. Move.”

“No…”

“What is it?”

A serious voice spoke up and intervened between the guard and me.

‘He’s here.’

A familiar face.

However, he’s much younger than I expected.

Burning passion was evident.

His facial features were calm in contrast.

She, who had a agile-looking body, appeared to be in the middle of training and had a drop of sweat rolling down her cheek.

“Good morning, Tanya Danjang.”

“Young master.”

The commander of the Göthberg Knights, Tanya, lightly gestured with her eyes to acknowledge my greeting.

She is now only twenty years old, but she has already reached the level of a sword expert.

She will soon be scouted by the Imperial Army and rise to the level of a Swordmaster.

‘Her eyes are different, so it’s a bit awkward.’

Tanya was implicated in unfair suspicions during the extinction incident of our family.

At that time, she belonged to the Imperial Knights, not our family, but she chose to resist out of loyalty to the past connection.

She has a personality that cannot tolerate injustice. She might have known that our family was wrongly accused.

In ten years, she will be in hiding, playing the role of assisting the heroes as a hidden master.

“I see a very promising person in front of me, so there’s no harm in getting close with each other.”

“What business do you have? The operation time for the knights is from nine in the morning.”

“You know, you need to sweat to feel good. That’s why I didn’t get up even though I was supposed to be getting dressed up as the leader, was running instead?”

“…You’re right.”

Tanya looks at me suspiciously.

“My stamina has been bad lately. I’ve been looking maltreated. I even went on a monster hunting trip for five days.”

“I understand. You’re taking a doctor’s exam.”

“Can you train me a little bit to prepare for it? It would be great if you could teach me swordsmanship.”

“Swordsmanship?”

Tanya’s expression became cold.

She always takes swords seriously and shouldn’t bring them up lightly.

But for my own sake, I must become stronger.

“Sure. I won’t blame the leader.”

“The problem is before that.”

“If it’s a problem before that?”

Tanya replied coldly.

“The young master is not physically prepared. He needs to run before he grabs the sword.”

“You can’t show your back to monsters during exams and run away.”

“Run if you have to. If your life is in danger.”

I can’t even explain it to her by speaking.

I must somehow make her understand what I want.

“Tanya, you probably already know who I am engaged to.”

“I know, but why did you suddenly bring that up…?”

Certainly, people from rural areas are weak in political calculations.

I decided to point out everything she didn’t realize one by one.

“Let’s say I became the personal physician of Princess Asella III and entered the royal palace. This is a special situation. “

“Special?”

“Nobles above viscounts can bring their bodyguards to the palace when they gain a job. Up to two people.”

Tanya’s eyes widened a little at my words.

**Tanya** is someone who is greedy for the pinnacle of swordsmanship.

Therefore, even when she was scouted by the Royal Knights, she accepted it with the goal of improving her skills.

“Of course, as the best swordsman in our viscounty, shouldn’t you be in charge of my escort? What do you think?”

“…I have a duty to Knight Commander Gothberg.”

“The Commander also needs to experience the whirlpool of power, don’t you think? By any chance, you know, my fiancée could scout the Commander, and if I mingle with the skilled warriors of the Royal Knights, I might even reach Swordmaster.”

Whispering provocatively to her, I added:

“If you are confident in your sword.”

After pondering my words, Tanya finally gave an order to the guard.

“Bring me my longsword.”