Twilight of Shepherd and Calamity

Ch. 2 Nostalgia

Since Sorey and Velvet arrived at the clinic, the old doctor work over the night to heal them initially. 

Now the doctor finally gets a moment to rest, he takes off the scrub and sits on the sofa."It's a hard day, here." The old woman brews a coffee for the doctor.

"It has been a while to see you working hard like this." She added.

"Thanks. They are unexpected, but it is not like they are chasing after me and come to hurt us. Besides, I am a doctor, I will help anyone in need." The doctor took the coffee and comments on the two sudden clients.

"Even there are people looking for your skills, you haven't changed."

"Oops, my mind is too old to change." The doctor made a joke for his stubbornness.

"That's why I love you, dear." The old lady laughed.

"My pleasure, did you get their identity? The female looks similar to the one I saved in the lost tower but they have different iris color."

"Better to think they are not related. I haven't got them, they seem not having any identity documents, hard to believe. One thing to be sure, they went through a lot before arriving here." She commented based on their unhealthy condition and the serious injury on the girl.

"Suspicious but safe, maybe." The doctor commented.

"You can't define in such early stage." The lady suggested.

"I won't, we will have to observe."

---------------------------------------Velvet POV--------------

None known of time, no longer the shaky carriage, I woke up in a place in white color style, I guess it is the same place as my previous wake. I can feel my body is heavy as if some metal poured into it and the pain remains to keep me awake now. More to doubt, I actually feel a bit cold in here and felt the warmth from the stranger back then, this should not be possible as long as I am a daemon.

"Good morning, lady, you finally awake.

" sound like I pass away for a long time and I have just noticed there is an old man standing next to me.

"......Where am I?" I searched the answer directly from this old man, it is dangerous to me if everything keeps unknown to me. I don't know what does he need from me so I can't trust him completely.

"A clinic, you are lucky that a boy sent you here. You lost your left arm with the body condition of malnutrition and defatigation, the wound of your left arm cut left unprocessed for numerous years. I just don't understand how you lived still. You should expect a serious pain during the processing of wound." He stated he is a doctor and he described my conditions with a little vicious tone, but I suppose he warned me for my sake.

The doctor said the "left arm cut", then I noticed my arm is gone. I am not used to it, the left arm just brings too many things to me, it recalled the worst memory from me.

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Arthur pierced Laphicet's chest before me and he fell Laphi into the endless pit in the shrine.

I had to stop this, at least I had to try to save Laphi from this, there has to be hope, there must!

To run and grab Laphi's hand, I even managed to struggle out from the flaming constraint of the unknown magical power. I don't care, I have to save Laphicet, he is the meaning of my life.