I opened a clinic in the Abyss World

What I fear most is the sudden silence in the air.

The two looked at each other, just like their encounter at the corner yesterday.

Yesterday he was a garbage collector, she was a robber.

Today she has taken off her veil and become a respectable young woman.

And standing in the clinic, he became a refined and cultured doctor.

Charlotte never expected that the girl who committed the crime so clumsily yesterday would reappear in front of him so soon.

Then all the lies he told yesterday would have been exposed!

Could she have killed him in a moment of impulse?

Charlotte nervously gripped the magic charm, knowing she had to nip any dangerous behavior in the bud.

Vivian looked at Charlotte, who was standing at the clinic entrance, dressed impeccably, and was equally bewildered.

  

"Isn't this guy supposed to make a living by collecting garbage and catching bugs? Doesn't he have a lame daughter? Why does he look like a doctor at this clinic?"

Vivian felt her mind was a complete mess. After a moment of stunned silence, she suddenly realized that she might have been scammed yesterday.

So his disheveled and pitiful appearance yesterday was all an act?

The contents of that package weren't something he grabbed; they were materials for making potions.

Was the story of the lame daughter who moved her also fabricated?

Vivian's round face gradually turned red; she felt that all her pity from yesterday had been wasted on the dogs.

The feeling of investing emotions only to discover that you've become a joke is no less shameful and indignant than being played and abandoned by a scumbag.

Charlotte felt a chilling murderous aura. She felt bitter inside, but dared not show it on her face. She calmly said, "The clinic is closed today. If it's an emergency, you can go to another clinic."

Yes, he pretended not to recognize the other person.

Now that she has torn off her disguise and revealed her true colors, it means she wants to reform herself.

"Young lady, you don't want others to know you were once a robber, do you?"

Charlotte looked into the girl's eyes, her meaning clear.

"Huh? He's pretending not to know me!" Vivian's pupils dilated, and her anger flared up even more.

However, she quickly understood Charlotte's gaze.

She felt humiliated.

But as Charlotte made it clear, she knocked on the clinic's door to find a job.

After being brutally beaten by society for several days, she realized that she could not survive by robbing.

For example, the man standing in front of her is enough to nail her to the pillar of shame!

She wanted to find a job as a doctor. There weren't many clinics in the Abyss, and she ruled out the three larger ones because they had too many patients and attracted too much attention.

This small private clinic, which only sees about ten patients a day, became her best choice.

But she never expected that the person who opened the door would be the same person she had robbed the day before.

"I...I..." Vivian's well-developed chest heaved slightly as she tried to control her emotions. "I'm not here for a medical consultation. I'm looking for a job."

After saying that, she lowered her eyes, not daring to look at Charlotte, and her face flushed red to the roots of her ears.

Yes, she could only pretend not to know Charlotte.

"Looking for a job?" Charlotte looked at the blushing girl in front of her and her first thought was to refuse.

A seemingly gullible, pampered young woman, who is also a magician with healing abilities, suddenly finds herself stranded on the streets of the abyss.

If you said there wasn't a story behind this, Charlotte would feel her intelligence had been insulted.

But when the words were on the tip of his tongue, he hesitated.

The clinic is indeed in dire need of an assistant, and although the girl in front of him has an unknown background, she meets his requirements in every way.

If he had an assistant with healing abilities, treating trauma patients would be much easier.

If she knew cleaning magic, she could save on cleaning solutions, which would cost a lot of money.

In the abyss, never fantasize about finding an employee with a clean background who is kind and lovely.

You even have to be constantly on guard against the other party taking advantage of you while you are asleep to steal your money or kill you.

Even the original owner was a "medical butcher" officially recognized by Kalva, a criminal who was imprisoned for a year and then expelled.

The girl in front of me, who looked like a little white rabbit, had clearly just arrived in the Abyss, this great melting pot.

He was just tested yesterday; he's not very calculating and is easily moved by emotions.

This is much easier to control than the succubus older sisters at the club.

"If you were to become my assistant, what would your expected salary be?" Charlotte asked Vivian.

Vivian thought about it seriously for a while after hearing this.

If she had just arrived in the Abyss, as an intermediate healing mage who had received elite education at the Imperial Medical Academy since childhood, she definitely wouldn't accept a monthly salary of less than ten or twenty thousand.

But after being repeatedly beaten by the abyss, all she wants now is a stable environment where she can eat her fill, get a good night's sleep, and not have to worry about waking up to be sold to an old man's house.

Humble...

"I...I need room and board included, and a thousand copper coins a month." Vivian carefully stated her requirements, glancing nervously at Charlotte.

Although she had been deceived by Charlotte just yesterday, in this abyss overrun by demons and monsters, Charlotte, being human, unconsciously evoked a sense of closeness in her.

After all, she was the one who first conceived the idea of ​​robbery, so it's not incomprehensible that he lied to get away with it.

What she's worried about now is whether Charlotte really didn't recognize her, and whether she'll reject her because of what happened yesterday.

Charlotte's eyes lit up. A thousand copper coins to hire a healing mage as an assistant? Not only was it cheap, it was a steal!

He was very satisfied with how the girl had been "trained" by society.

I even want to sing a line: "I love you, walking alone through dark alleys; I love your unassuming appearance!"

Even if you hire a cleaning lady to help with the housekeeping, you won't lose 1000 copper coins.

Although she was satisfied, Charlotte didn't show it on her face. She looked at Vivian scrutinizingly and said, "Describe your abilities briefly. I need to determine if you are capable of working at the clinic."

Vivian perked up. Charlotte hadn't directly rejected her, which meant she still had a chance. She said in a serious tone, "My name is Vivian, a mid-level water mage. I know Cleansing, Hemostasis, and mid-level Healing spells."

"A mid-level mage?" Charlotte was somewhat surprised. This girl named Vivian looked to be only fifteen or sixteen years old, but her strength had already reached the third level among mages, only one level lower than his own back then.

He truly deserves the title of genius!

The three magical skills are the most basic and practical skills for a doctor, sufficient to handle most patients' conditions.

"With your abilities, you could easily run your own clinic and earn more money. Why would you want to come to my small place and make yourself suffer?" Charlotte stared at Vivian and asked directly.

Even if he was very attracted to Vivian, he still needed to keep an eye on her situation.

Vivian's face clearly showed a hint of panic as she bit her lip, trying to avoid Charlotte's gaze.

"If you can't be honest with me, it'll be hard for me to trust you to join the clinic," Charlotte said, shrugging.

Vivian hesitated and struggled for a moment, then looked up into Charlotte's eyes, took a step forward, and whispered, "I won't hide anything from you. Someone is hunting me down, and I hope to have a safe place to take refuge. You should know very well the attention that would be drawn if a new clinic opened in the Abyss, and the doctor was a young human girl."

Charlotte understood; it was close to his expectations.

"You come from the capital of the Lance Empire?"

"Yes." Vivian nodded firmly, and when the capital was mentioned, her gaze regained focus and became resolute.

Although the girl looked somewhat disheveled, her neatly tied-back hair and clean face stubbornly maintained her dignity.

The capital city is thousands of miles away from the abyss. It's hard to imagine how she managed to get here alone. She must have suffered a lot along the way.

Charlotte felt a pang of pity.

"Come in." Charlotte took a step back.

"You agree?" Vivian's face lit up with joy. She took a deep breath and stepped into the clinic.

Charlotte glanced at her neighbors on either side. It was lunchtime, and no one seemed to notice what was happening. She quickly closed the door and bolted it shut with a heavy iron bolt.

Vivian's hands were clasped together behind her back, looking somewhat uneasy, while her eyes secretly scanned the clinic.

The clinic was very clean; the floor, the walls, and even the stone bed and benches for consultations were all kept spotless.

It was completely different from what she had seen in other parts of the abyss over the past two days.

This made her like Charlotte even more.

Her gaze fell on the cabinet, where various organs were preserved in bottles and jars, which surprised her somewhat. However, as a medical student, she was not alarmed. She just couldn't understand why Charlotte would collect so many organs.

My gaze moved upwards and fell upon a dozen or so bottles of various kinds of medicine.

Her gaze was quickly drawn to the white cat nestled in the cupboard. Its pink paws were crossed, and its long, snow-white fur was so soft. In particular, its golden and blue heterochromatic eyes captivated Vivian instantly.

"What a beautiful cat!" Vivian exclaimed softly.

The lion cat seemed curious about the new guest. It stretched, jumped from the cabinet onto the counter, and then walked gracefully to the edge, looking Vivian up and down.

"Her left front leg is limping a little." Vivian keenly noticed the cat's unusual gait and, looking at Charlotte, instinctively asked, "Is she Anna?"

"You still say you're not a bandit!" Charlotte found it amusing, but didn't expose her, nodding slightly and saying, "Yes, her name is Anna."

Vivian realized the problem with her words, and her face, which had just recovered, flushed red again.

"Why are you blushing like a teapot?!" Charlotte exclaimed, speechless.

If his enemy were to issue a bounty, simply adding the phrase "habitually blushes" would significantly reduce the difficulty of finding him.

"According to what you said earlier, you want to keep a low profile and avoid being searched by your enemies?" Charlotte continued the conversation.

"Yes, the other side is very powerful, and I'm worried they'll find their way to the Abyss." Vivian nodded.

"Aren't you afraid I'll sell you out and collect a hefty bounty?" Charlotte sneered.

"You won't." Vivian shook her head firmly.

How can you be so sure?

Vivian pointed at Anna and said seriously, "I believe you wouldn't sell me out for a little reward if you treated a cat like your daughter."

She now believes that Charlotte wasn't lying yesterday; he does indeed have a hungry elf at home.

How could such a loving person be a bad person?!