The Light Over The Horizon [Arknights]

Chapter 3

Breathing out the cold air that escaped from his lungs, he treads forth with the rest of the group. Although he was accompanied right by Patriot and Yelena's side, much to the girl's displeasure as their relationship hasn't been built yet. The reasoning for why he's by their side is because of business matters.

"We've heard that you're not planning to stay for much longer." Patriot spoke as he nodded in confirmation.

"I wouldn't like to overstay my welcome here. And I have my own plans that differ from all of you."

"And what would that be?" Instead of Patriot who spoke, it was Yelena. It wasn't a question that can be ignored, her tone though neutral had a pinch of judgment that left no room for ignoring her.

A light laugh escaped from him as Yelena felt quite annoyed at the action. "Well for starters, all this constant traveling has been wearing me down a bit. It's been quite tiring I'll admit. I've been thinking of buying a building."

"A building?" Patriot understood to an extent the reasoning behind why F/N would leave the group. The words that came out of his mouth were heavy, tiredness was heard through his voice just from speaking about his consistency in traveling from one place to another. He is confused about why the young adult would want to buy a building.

Yelena stared at F/N as if he had grown two heads. "Why would you buy a building? I don't understand..." Their new ally truly is odd. "What I don't understand is how buying a building relates to being tired from your travels."

"For starters, it does relate to being tired of my travels. It's also an important part of my plan which requires a building in the first place." F/N answered Yelena. "I came up with the idea of opening my own clinic in the meantime." He revealed as he suddenly felt the feeling of two pairs of eyes staring right at him.

"I see. Now it makes sense why you were gonna buy a building."

"For the time being, if you know where the clinic is and the overall area that I'm staying at, you can easily locate me for when the time comes to collect your supplies of elixirs. It's beneficial for you really that I'm staying in one place for a while. If I wasn't as exhausted as I am then having some of your people meet up with me will be a pain because who knows how far or close I will be."

"That is true. This is why for the current moment, staying in one place is a benefit. Should you need any assistance my men would be yours to handle. I take it that running a clinic might be quite difficult. But where will you have it exactly?" Patriot asked.

"I've spoken a bit with Katenka and she told me about the things that happen around Chernobog. Such a dystopian place." F/N frowned at the information that she gave him during the night he saved. From my understanding of this world, Ursus is the equivalent of Russia. It seems like our worlds are quite parallel to one another. "Setting up my clinic in a place like that will surely be of help to the ones who need immediate treatment and can't receive any. Once I have everything set, I can also give you the location so that you can find me. Another thing is that I'll have to apologize, until I settle down I'm not sure when I can fully begin sticking to my end of the deal and supplying you with elixirs."

"Your apologies are not needed. I understand that it will take time to make such a valuable medicine."

F/N can only smile at the response as he's glad to see that Patriot understands. "At the end of each month once I'm settled down should be sufficient." He told Patriot who nodded with understanding.

"If I may ask. How is it that you came up with such a medicine that's able to heal wounds in an instant?"

"Would you believe me if I said it was on accident?" He looked at Yelena as he waited for her answer.