
The expedition sent by Claude today was their departure. Veronica had also left with her group to do the work given to her.
Despite seeming reluctant and sometimes complaining a lot, Veronica's response always ends up accepting without a lot of words.
Like me too, it was after Veronica went my activities today was to visit every orphanage to do charity work.
There were four districts where the orphanage was located it was a four-way breeze.
Now I was on the eastern side of the district by horse carriage and was accompanied by two more expert senior Paladins. So Yohan could not come along, as she was personally not a legitimate Paladin. He had to wait to graduate.
“Saint Alvius, we have arrived.” Paladin's bodyguard opens the carriage door and declares. When I came down the woman wearing ordinary yet clean clothes greeted me.
“Welcome Saint. Sorry if the place is a little shabby.”
“No, I'm here happy to have been welcomed.”
To do charity let's put on an expression that can give an impression. Must be polite and humble.
Then this woman let us in, I was with two paladins behind me without saying much straight through the door.
The beauty of this place can indeed be said to be a little less worthy. The building is a little old and under-renovated, the interior inside is second-hand, but since all here is family, this place I stepped on was a clean place. There was almost no dust around.
There I saw children from a young age to teenagers working.
I first opened my mouth.
“Did the kids always clean this place?”
“True, we schedule this cleaning job like our routine activities. Sorry if it looks like something less pleasing, but because we can't hire a waiter so at least we did it ourselves.”
With the street guide, the answer of this woman is a little less pleasant to hear. But it's real, thanks to the routine of these kids this place can at least stay well. I honestly disagree that young children have to work like this even if it's a small job. They need to learn and play.
‘I was expecting this to happen. Does Claude not know about this?’
A little bit angry for that I continued on the road.
“Disini.”
The woman had brought me in one room that was spacious enough for her aura. And there lay the sick children, sleeping on the bed of blankets.
Without much linger I directly forward “Let's start.” and do my job.
One child has experienced painful feelings. There is no such thing as a doctor in this world. However, there is someone who is capable of using Healing abilities with holy power like the Priest and me.
But, the power of a Priest was too different. They can't do charity work like this every day. It saps their strength when it transfers it to those in need
Therefore, there was another person who could use Healing. Those called Adventurers are the owners of Hybrid abilities.
If it is described. Priest used his abilities from his heart. But, Adventurers use their brains. Cells in the brains of Adventurers could potentially constantly duplicate and work to gather magic power. Meanwhile, Priest, if they did the same to their heart by gathering magic, they would die.
“Next.”
One by one I cured them of their critical state.
“Help me to hold it.”
There were Azmontez virus and the plague of Croctales Air Poison that was once in my body. It is difficult to describe and cure this disease a little complicated.
Had I not been a Saint, I would have risked death.
“Are you awake?” Ask me gently to the child I just healed.
Slowly the boy opened his eyes and his lips went up and down. A person's shadow was painted on his retina and the child spoke in a weak voice.
“D-God..” then he fell asleep.
It was a little surprising to hear that. I gave him a blanket and whispered, “I am not a god.” bitterly.
After that my task continued like this and continued to do it for a number of children who needed my holy power. Assisted with the orphanage caretaker woman and the guard Paladin, at least my work could be completed quickly.
When I saw that the children could breathe freely and comfortably to come out of the critical period, there was a feeling of emptiness that I felt was something hard to witness.
Then I'll continue this in the next place.
“Saint I say thank you very much.” with sobs the caretaker bends up to the waist and does that repeatedly.
“No, this is my duty. At least sick children can now feel the peace of their lives.”
Their lives have been difficult since they were born.
True, for this female caretaker to ask the Adventurer for help to cure the children at least need a lot of money. The orphanage doesn't have that much money. So who do they rely on.
“More their time to play and learn. Don't let them work too hard and end up falling into a state of regret.”
I bowed and said goodbye, then got on the train and continued on my way.
For a moment the train moved something knocked on the car's glass window.
“Saint, do you need anything?”
Turning my attention towards the window, the face of the Paladin riding its own horse spoke to me from outside.
“No, I'm fine.”
“Does anything make you uncomfortable?”
For that I did not answer it directly. Yet...
“True..”
The paladin was a little tense hearing that. After that I smiled bitterly at him.
“...There are so many.”
I would lie if I said there was none. All, everything that I have witnessed all this time is something that makes my life uncomfortable. To see the lives of such children is something I could never have imagined.
Is this the era of civilizational warfare?
Well, if it's medieval then it means yes. Because this is a world full of unexpected things.
“Let's continue this and return, Mr. Paladin.”
“Y-ya.”
In the end I really did. First, second, and third districts. Out of all the orphanage places I visited there were no words that could express happy feelings.
All lives are the same. Until here it was the same, I did not see a single child who was even smiling or cheerful. Everyone, just look moody.
In that instant I gritted my teeth and thought hard not to sympathize too much. But, I can't.
“Saint better you break.”
I looked at him, he was the Paladin who helped me. When I just looked at her without responding back, she suddenly introduced herself.
“Ah, I'm Roy. And Saint, you look pale.”
So that's the name, I'm a little unwell for being disrespectful for not knowing the people escorting me, then another Paladin looking at me with a gaze that has no particular expression.
“I Theo.” just by that, yet he nodded respectfully.
They are good people, at least that's what I can value.
However, that second also a message from the monitor appeared.
[Skill ‘Speed Reverse (M)’ has been activated. This activation requires a lot of magic power.]
At the time before I could clearly study the contents of it. My body seemed to be sucked in by something and absorbed my strength quickly.
Ah, only one person can do this.
Soon after, the side effects of the message appeared.
“Blurgh!?”
A glass of blood came out of my mouth. It was suddenly so my white clothes were dirty splashing blood and my hands were covered in blood.
My face is getting paled. The paladin next to me panicked.
“Saint Alvius!?”
After that, I fainted.
A little more of this charity work is over. Veronica, what's going on there?!