Chapter 8: Appearance
As I was lost in thought, the door opened and Georg walked in, he seems to have just returned from the fields, thinking about it the whole villager life sermon he was giving was probably to keep me awake, he certainly knows about how the beast hunts, its been here for generations after all.
As I stare at the door, Georg approaches the bed then looks at Thomas, the healer, then at me and says. ''Merchant, I see you are awake, my efforts were not wasted after all, what was your name again''. He forgot my name, it's fine I should thank him for his help.
''I am called Caspian Season a trader from afar, and I have to give my thanks for all the help you have given me Georg, I now know how it hunts and what it did to me, without your help I would be lying in a ditch somewhere''.
Georg then nods and points at Thomas ''Thank him, merchant, sir Thomas told us he will get rid of the beast as long as we help him understand it, seeing as you got attacked by it I brought you to him in order to see what happened''.
Well he is not quite the kind old man I thought he was, he had an ulterior motive, still, he hid no information and just told me outright he didn't help me of his own will, did he do it to give all the credit to the healer or because he is too naive.
''Still, it is good to see you still live, when I found you next to the road you looked like one of the undead, truly fearsome all covered in blood like that if you hadn't called out to me I would have run away'' How bad did I even look, I have no mirrors and the screen on my phone is broken so you can't see any reflection on it, my supposedly awful appearance explains the villagers stares.
''Did I truly look so horrifying as to be confused with one of the undead, you must be exaggerating, do you have any mirrors I could use to see my injuries? ''Let's hope I have not been disfigured.
At my words Thomas, the healer, lets out a soft chuckle and says '' You truly seem to be a merchant, a wealthy one at that, for you to ask for an expensive item such as a mirror, shame the are none outside of major cities such as Westerngrad nearby, still do not worry, while my abilities are humble i am a certified healer named so by the college of Tuland''
No mirrors, oh boy I wouldn't be surprised if mirrors are polished plates of metal, seeing their tools they most likely can't make anything like that, still, I should keep it in mind, mirrors are not that expensive to make, I may still become a merchant after all.
Georg interrupts Thomas by saying '' Sir Thomas do that one trick you once showed me, with the water, you can see one's reflection on it'' Trick with water, what's that?
Thomas then nods and heads outside leaving me alone with Georg that then asks me '' What did it cost you merchant, the treatment I mean, sir Thomas is not from around here and he demands to pay, I can't help you as I myself can not afford the most basic of aid, and your injuries looked far from simple'' He does not call me by my name but by my title, how odd, maybe he really dislikes merchants.
I frown a little as I answer him with another question '' What could he take away from me, you know I lost my wares and coin, I have nothing of great value, do you believe mister Thomas would leave a wounded man for dead?''
''Aye, he did it before, poor folk come to him asking for help yet he refuses most of them, said something about the price of his mana'' Mana, is there magic in this world, that would explain the beast, no normal animal would do this. Still, it's hard to believe, maybe mana is a herb of some sort, no need to start imagining magic as real.
As I was thinking about the possible existence of magic Thomas walks back in with a bowl of water, he probably wants me to look at my reflection in the water, I don't know if it will work but its better than nothing.
Still to my surprise he puts the bowl down and with a hand on his bearded chin he kicks it over, I expected for water to spill onto the floor, but no, it starts floating up and forming a circle in front of me, one that reflects my current appearance in it.
God im ugly, I look pale as a ghost and my eyebags are black and surrounding my eyes, I look like I haven't slept in days/
Surprisingly there are none of the cuts the healer told me about, at least on my face, but there is a bigger problem, I am currently bald, and in my 25 years of life I had never even thought I would one day go bald, I was quite proud of my hair.
How did this even happen did they shave me in my sleep, there are no injuries so why would they even do it, maybe they needed to take off my hair but then why is my beard still there, haven't shaved in about 4 days now so it is pretty much covering my whole lower face.
My eyes look fine, at least they aren't missing, I can see red veins in them, they are also still light brown, same with my beard so I am guessing my now missing hair is still brown.
I push off the bed in order to get up and see the rest of my body, it still hurts but it's a lot better than earlier.
What I see makes me realize the severity of my actual situation, my torso is naked and I am not covered by any bandages so I can see the bruise, it covers almost a quarter of my body, I knew that I was injured but I never imagined it would be this bad.
As I try to move in order to check the injury that the creature left on my upper back the floating water mirror moves first and gets to an angle that allows me to see my back, I nod towards the healer, he doesn't respond so I look at my back, and it is bad.
It somehow scabbed even though the injury is about as thick as three fingers put together and extend from my neck to my middle torso, I imagine that's how thick a claw of that thing is.
It seems healing magic is real.
Back to the important part, how did I never notice it before, my shirt should be ripped and sticky, is it some sort of local anesthesia, I did put my backpack on as soon I woke up so probably covered the wound so it wasn't noticeable, I'm just glad I didn't bleed out with this on me.
With the inspection done it is time to see what the good healer requires in exchange for treating my wounds.
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