Esoterico: A Hidden Land

Chapter Eleven: The Search For The Cure

Owing to the injuries caused by his own attempts, Rudy was too weak to walk all by himself. So Ryan assisted him all the way until they were at the medical chamber. The small group consisted of Rudy, Ryan, Ulysses Armædéone, Nico Clesterfield, and Gregor Cindley. 

Ryan wondered what this Cindley was doing here, but soon he astonishedly discovered that there was no other doctor in the chamber and that Cindley was actually the doctor. Ryan hasn't gotten to know much about him yet, as he was still left to take a class.

The chamber was called a chamber but was large in size. Rows of beds went till the end; and the beds were all hidden behind curtains.

After they were all inside, Gregor Cindley acted like a professional doctor. He put Rudy in bed and removed the blanket to examine the cuts. He frowned, looking at the cuts, and mumbled, "Hmm, medium level." Then he called the nurse," Maggie! Are you done?"

"Yes, sir—her dressing is almost complete," a female voice answered from a nearby bed behind the curtains. Ryan easily guessed that Penny was treated and Jean was probably with her. 

"Fine." Cindley sighed, "Does it hurt?" He asked Rudy. 

"It does. But I didn't notice it all along; I was in so much pain mentally." Rudy replied abruptly.

"I understand. I have a knack for mental health too." Cindley said softly. 

At this moment, Ryan couldn't find the man he'd seen in the admission test or the man Li Huan was talking about in this Cindley. Ryan wondered if this same person would change his personality in the classroom… Into a person whom students don't admire.

After a while, the nurse appeared. Cindley said to her, "Bring me the potions required for medium-level wounds." 

"Yes, sir. Wait a bit." She strode off.

Cindley smiled, "I'm the doctor, yes. But I have so much on my plate already apart from those that I don't even know where my medicines are."

The nurse was back in a minute. Cindley took the jars and bottles of potion and said to her, "You go take care of the girl; I'll be enough for him." 

"Okay, sir." The nurse strode away.

It didn't take more than 10 minutes for Cindley to finish dressing Rudy's wound. Ryan watched all the remedies he used—several potions, enchantments, and more magical tricks. Cindley really was a doctor. 

After Rudy's wounds were managed, Ulysses Armædéone was back in action. He said, "Now, dear. You must tell me all the happenings with you since you arrived here in Magicademia." 

Ryan had nothing to listen to as the incidents Rudy narrated were the same he narrated to Ryan before, only this time it was a bit more detailed. Ulysses turned grim and thoughtful after listening to everything. 

He hinted something to Cindley and he said, "It's time for the medical examination. Come on, be prepared."

"I'm already prepared, sir." Rudy said, bracing himself.

Cindley did the medical examination for fifteen minutes by several enchantments and charms. He scanned everything inside his body and tried to make out the problem Rudy had but still after the examination was over—

"Nothing special or significant. Everything a typical werewolf has." Cindley said. Then he asked Clesterfield, "Can you make out anything, Nico?"

Nico said, "The significant aspect is that while every other werewolf transforms only on full moons; this boy transforms every day." 

Cindley said, "Any time of day. Last night, he transformed after midnight. And today he transformed two hours prior to midnight." 

"Can you make out anything, sir?" Nico asked Ulysses.