Learn one small skill every day

2:20 PM.

"Ding dong!"

The doorbell rang again.

Bai Miao walked to the gate and said in a lie, "Do you have an appointment? If not, come back in forty days!"

A clear female voice rang out from outside the door: "An appointment? I never made an appointment when I came to see the doctor last time."

Oh, it seems you're here for a medical checkup, not to cause trouble.

What illness do you have?

"Who are you? Where's the doctor? Open the door right now and let me in to find him!"

“I’m your assistant. The doctor is busy. If you need anything, you can talk to me first. If you barge in, he might be unhappy.”

"What can I do if I'm unhappy? The last time he stitched up my wound, the stitches came undone. I'm going to file a complaint against him!"

Hearing the other party's exasperated tone, Bai Miao curiously peered through the peephole, and what he saw almost made him wet himself.

Although the voice outside the door sounded like a woman's, it had an insect-like face with countless compound eyes reflecting the yellow light from the doorway. Its lower body had eight slender spider legs, but its upper body had a human appearance.

It's daytime now... The notification says I can decide for myself whether or not to make contact...

"Will you let me in or not! If you don't let me in, I'll go out into the streets and spread rumors that the plague doctor is a quack who can't even stitch up a wound properly!"

"Click."

Bai Miao opened the door and bowed slightly: "Please come in, madam."

"Call me Delis."

"Yes, Ms. Delis."

Delis entered the room, her mouthparts moving slightly: "Where's the doctor?"

"The doctor has been quite busy lately. If your stitches come loose, I can take care of it for you."

"That quack doctor was definitely afraid I'd come looking for him, so he secretly ran away!"

Delis roared, a hint of ferocity creeping into her gaze as she looked at Bai Miao: "You're his assistant, you must know where he went. You'd better tell me honestly, or I have plenty of ways to make you talk."

“I had no idea about the owner’s schedule. I only opened the door for you because I saw that you really needed help. Our clinic never refuses any patient who needs help.”

Bai Miao wanted to make contact with everyone who came to his door during the day. At least he wanted to figure out where he was and how he got in.

If they come knocking at night, then forget it.

However, Delis was a little different; she didn't immediately ask if she was human.

This made Bai Miao quite fond of her.

Finally, there's someone who doesn't dwell on their human identity.

"Then can you solve my problem?!"

Delis's voice rose several octaves, becoming sharp and somewhat shrill.

"I try my best."

"Please follow me to the consultation room on the second floor."

Bai Miao led Delilah to the second floor, but Delilah remained highly skeptical of Bai Miao's abilities.

"You, a mere human, want to heal my injuries?"

Just as Bai Miao was about to perform his eyeball-slipping trick again, Delis sighed and said, "Well, humans it is. It won't hurt to try. I have a leg injury. Can you see if you can stitch the wound back up? Let me make this clear: I will not give you a single Bloodstone! This should have been healed by the Plague Doctor in the first place!"

"Don't worry, don't worry, I won't accept your bloodstone..."

Bai Miao examined the clothes on Delis's upper body; they were made of a very soft fabric that perfectly hugged the curves of her body.

It does look rather thin, old, and tattered, and it's also very short, not even covering her navel.

He must be a poor wretch...

Bai Miao didn't bother to care whether she gave him money or not; he just wanted to be friends.

Lying on the operating table, Delis raised one of her severed spider legs.

"Look, this is the Plague Doctor's suturing technique! I only ran a few steps and the stitches came undone! I paid three bloodstones for treatment back then!"

Bai Miao ignored Delis's words and began to carefully examine the fracture surface.

The fracture surface was very uneven, as if it had been cut with a saw, and charred marks could be vaguely seen in the exposed flesh.

"How did this injury happen in the first place?"

Delis abruptly stopped her tirade against the Plague Doctor, her voice trembling slightly: "Yes, it's the Hunter."

Chapter Six: Practicing Medicine Without a License

"hunter?"

"It's those people who operate at night and slaughter Abyss Street. They all have strange weapons and unpredictable movements. In short, I don't want to run into them again."

Bai Miao discovered slight traces of sutures in another location on this fracture surface.

So, this is a newly added wound?

“Ahem, Ms. Delis, I think you may have misunderstood something.”

"what?"

"The wound on your leg isn't the one the doctor stitched up earlier; it's from another place..."

"what?"

Delis paused for a moment, then stretched her legs out in front of her; her three leg joints made her exceptionally flexible.

"This……"

After confirming that the wound was indeed fresh, she asked with some curiosity, "Why did it only appear now?"

"The hunter's weapon must have contained a flame-like substance. Your flesh was burned away by the flames, which is why the wound was fully exposed... However, it is our responsibility that we did not detect the potential problem beforehand. I will clean it for you free of charge."

"real?!"

Upon hearing that it was free, Delis's voice became somewhat excited, but she then feigned composure and said, "Since that's your request, then there's nothing I can do."

Delis then asked, "What's your name? I think you're very nice. If you're ever bullied, you can say my name."

"My name is White."

That is indeed the assistant's name.

"Okay, I've written it down."

"I'm going to clean and stitch up your wound in a bit, so please remember not to move around."

"I know, I know, I... Ah! Why does it hurt so much!"

Before Delis could finish speaking, she felt a series of excruciating pains from her wound, and Bai Miao was almost stung by the spider's legs as well.

"Please be careful, Ms. Delis. If you kill me, this wound will corrode your entire leg!"

"what?!"

Delis immediately tensed her legs: "Assistant White... I'll be careful from now on, good luck."

"Then I'll continue."

Among the many useless skills Bai Miao drew, one of them was needlework.

[Needlework LV2: You can use needle and thread to sew up some tears]

It turns out that Bai Miao only used this skill to sew clothes and quilts.

Looking back now, I realize that I have indeed lacked skill development and have only ever scratched the surface.

Bai Miao felt it was necessary to organize his skill set and discover the potentially amazing skills within it.

Bai Miao first scraped away the charred flesh with a knife, and then, with the help of his skill, quickly stitched up the wound.

Disinfection and similar processes do not exist.

Bai Miao felt that the most troublesome thing for Delis was the tiny sparks stuck to her wounds, which would constantly erode her wounds and prevent her from healing properly.

Once the flames are cleared and the wound is stitched up, Delis will recover quickly.

"It's all stitched up, Ms. Delis."

"Oh... I do feel much better... Your skills are amazing! You're definitely more than just an assistant; the Plague Doctor must have taught you medicine!"

"you flatter me."

Bai Miao answered modestly.

"I live right next door to you. If anyone bullies you, just tell me!"

"Thank you for your kindness, Ms. Delis."

I guess I've successfully dealt with an NPC?

“Ms. Delis, I actually have a question I’d like to ask you.”

"Go ahead and tell me, I'll tell you everything I know."

With the pain of the flames no longer lingering on her wounds, Delis's mood improved considerably.

How did those hunters come to be?

"This... I'm afraid no one knows. They appear out of the mist and then disappear back into it before the next morning. Don't even think about contacting them. They're a bunch of lunatics who only want your spine as their trophy."

"Oh...it seems your knowledge is indeed much broader than mine, as an assistant who has always stayed in the clinic. Do you know the neighbors around here? I'd like to get to know the area better."

Delis thought for a moment: "As for the neighbors... there's a butcher there, he's disgusting."

"The woman living across from you is Ms. Luna, who sells flowers. She likes to listen to classical music, and her flowers also enjoy listening to it. If you want to buy flowers, it's best not to interrupt her when the music is playing."

"Mr. Wolf is in the fur business. His stuff is very good, but it's too expensive. I can never afford it."

"The house next door is empty; no one has moved in for a long time."

"There are only a few households in our area, and the Plague Doctor is the most skilled one among us. People from even more distant neighborhoods come from far away to seek his medical treatment. But I suppose you will become as skilled as the Plague Doctor in the future."