I opened a clinic in the Abyss World

The girl froze on the spot, her smile gradually fading into terror.

The sword resting against her neck was icy cold, just like her mood at that moment.

The black lion standing to the side was also suppressed by the powerful aura and dared not move.

This doctor is amazing!

The sudden turn of events also caught Vivian and Kasha off guard.

When the black lion cub grew into a giant lion and made a contract with the girl, they were still somewhat afraid.

The situation reversed in the next second; Charlotte suddenly drew her sword and defeated her enemy in one move.

"Please state your choice," Charlotte said, looking at the orc girl again.

"I...I want to go home," the girl said weakly.

"Going home?" Charlotte narrowed her eyes slightly. "What's your name? Where are you from?"

  

"Masha is from the Lion Tribe. My father is the former tribal chief, Schumacher," the girl replied obediently.

"predecessor?"

Martha's eyes dimmed as she said, "A year ago, my uncle Scarface colluded with a necromancer to kill my father. It was at that time that I was cursed, but with the help of my people, I managed to escape the tribe."

Charlotte looked into her eyes, trying to tell if she was lying, but according to her, everything formed a closed loop.

The Lion Tribe is quite famous, so verifying this information is not difficult.

"You want revenge?" Charlotte asked.

"That's right!" Martha's eyes lit up as she looked at Charlotte and nodded firmly. "I will kill Scar to avenge my parents and the people he harmed."

"So you willingly became a necromancer."

Martha didn't back down. Looking at Charlotte, she said, "This is my choice. I don't think there's anything wrong with it. I'm taking in the undead of magical beasts, which is different from other necromancers."

"The undead of Warcraft?" Charlotte was somewhat surprised.

"That's right, I've mastered the method of refining the spirits of magical beasts. I can become stronger by refining beast spirits." Martha nodded slightly. "Every night of the Red Moon, I collect the spirits of magical beasts to nurture this black lion."

How can you prove it?

Martha reached out and gently patted the black lion's head. Suddenly, spirits emerged from his body, including cheetahs, deer, and eagles. All sorts of magical beast spirits appeared, but there was no spirit of any intelligent race present.

Charlotte lowered her Judgment Sword, took a step back, and nodded slightly, saying, "The delivery will cost 1200 copper coins. Once you've settled the bill, you can leave."

Martha was taken aback, not expecting Charlotte to let her go so easily. However, a troubled look quickly appeared on her face as she lowered her head and clutched the hem of her clothes.

"You...you don't actually have any money, do you?" Charlotte had seen too many patients who acted coy and pretentious afterward, and she saw right through them.

Martha said with an embarrassed expression, "I escaped from the tribe and wandered outside for more than a year. Except for the Abyss, I almost never went into towns or had any contact with people, so..."

"Do you have anything valuable on you that you can use to pay off the debt?" Charlotte asked.

"Something valuable..." Martha looked down. The cloak she was wearing was stolen, and there was nothing of value in it.

Judging from Charlotte's attitude, if she doesn't pay the bill today, she probably won't be able to leave this clinic.

She couldn't understand how a knight could be a doctor in this world.

"I...I..." Martha clutched her clothes, her face flushed, and whispered, "Can I give you sex to pay for this?"

"Huh?" Charlotte exclaimed in surprise.

"This!" Vivian looked at Martha in shock.

Kasha's expression was much calmer, after all... she had said almost the same thing back then.

For a poor girl, the only valuable thing she possessed was her virginity.

Of course, not everyone deserves it.

Generally, only handsome men are willing to repay kindness with their bodies; otherwise, they would have to be reborn as slaves in the next life.

"No, the clinic does not accept sexual favors as payment," Charlotte firmly refused.

Martha is too young; he's not that kind of beast.

Moreover, she was a new mother who had just come off the operating table!

How could he do something like this? Shouldn't he at least consider Vivian and Kasha's feelings?

"Then... what should I do? No one will give me a job to earn money, right?" Martha was completely bewildered. She had mustered all her courage, but she never expected to be rejected.

"A part-time job." Charlotte sized her up. "A lion, you must be a strength-type, right?"

"Yes, I can carry a hundred of you." Martha nodded.

"Can you put your black lion away?" Charlotte asked, looking at the tall, black male lion beside her.

"Shrink." Martha patted the lion's head.

The latter immediately shrank, turning into a small black cat that nestled at her feet, looking completely harmless.

After shrinking, the eerie aura on its body also disappeared, and it became no different from an ordinary kitten.

Charlotte nodded in satisfaction and looked at Martha, saying, "How about this, since you don't have any money, you'll work for me for a month to pay off your debt. Any problems?"

Martha asked, puzzled, "At a clinic? But I don't know how to treat patients."

Charlotte shook her head: "No, it's the potion workshop. I happen to need a laborer, and you seem quite suitable."

"A laborer? I'm a lion! The king of the savanna!" Martha immediately retorted defiantly, like a lion with its mane bristling.

"Then pay me back." Charlotte just looked at her calmly.

Martha deflated and said weakly, "Then it's a deal, just one month, and you'll let me go."

"No problem. To prevent you from running away beforehand, let's sign this employment contract first." Charlotte took out a contract, wrote down the agreement, and handed it to Martha.

"Do we need to sign a contract for something like this?!" Martha was on the verge of tears. Escaping in advance was indeed one of her plans, but this contract effectively blocked that path.

After the contract was signed, Charlotte's attitude softened considerably.

After the black lion was removed, Martha lost her undead aura and would not be easily identified as a necromancer, which was why she was allowed to stay and work.

Martha, however, was rather sullen. Having grown accustomed to her freedom outside, being suddenly bound here by a contract was truly unbearable.

"Welcome to the Potion Workshop. I'm Vivian, and also the secretary of the Potion Workshop," Vivian greeted them.

"Hello." Martha nodded slightly, looked at the animal ears on Vivian's head, and asked in confusion, "You're not an orc, so why do you have animal ears?"

"For some special reasons, I need to hide my identity," Vivian explained with a smile, but didn't say anything more.

"Hello, I'm Kai'Sa." Kai'Sa also stepped forward and greeted him in a friendly manner.

"Mermaids? So mermaids really exist in this world." Martha looked at her in surprise.

"Gurgle~~"

Just then, Martha's stomach suddenly growled.

"Are you hungry?" Charlotte asked, looking at her.

"Mmm." Martha nodded. She hadn't eaten for the past two days because of her limited mobility. Now that she had finally dissected the black lion, hunger was creeping in.

"Kasha, go make her a pot of noodles," Charlotte said to Kasha, adding, "And make sure you add two eggs."

"Yes, Master." Kasha nodded and turned to go upstairs.

"Boss, where is Martha staying tonight? Will she be staying at the clinic from now on?" Vivian asked.

Charlotte thought for a moment and then nodded, "That's right, let her stay with you tonight, and we'll arrange a new room for her tomorrow."

He wasn't entirely comfortable letting Martha stay at the apothecary workshop; whether she was trustworthy remained to be seen.

"Martha, let me take you to take a shower first, then we can eat." Vivian took Martha's hand and led her upstairs.

Meow~

Just then, Anna strode in from outside the operating room with an air of authority. She glanced at Martha first, then slowly walked up to the little black cat, looked it up and down, and then swung her hand over a large fist.

The once arrogant black lion was slapped to the ground by Anna's claw, lying there trembling, completely devoid of its previous imposing manner.

"What...what is this?!" Martha's voice trembled. She seemed to feel a suppression from her bloodline on this white cat.

"What's going on?" Now it was Charlotte and Vivian's turn to be a little confused.

Isn't this just a lame kitten? What bad intentions could it possibly have? How come it managed to subdue those two lions the moment it appeared?

"Meow!" Seemingly feeling a bit bored, Anna raised her tail, turned around, and left the operating room, looking like a victorious cat general.

Black Lion then dared to get up from the ground and immediately clung to Martha's leg, clearly terrified.

"This is Anna, the boss's cat," Vivian said with a smile.

"His cat?" Martha looked at Charlotte with increasing apprehension. It seemed she had underestimated him. What kind of cat was this? Was it some ancient mythical beast?

Vivian took Martha upstairs to take a shower. Charlotte came out of the operating room and fed Anna a small dried fish. She couldn't help but wonder what breed of cat Anna was, and how she could bring such a strong sense of oppression to a level three black lion.

"Meow~" Anna meowed, tilting her head to chew on a small dried fish, looking quite pleased.

Charlotte turned and went into the alchemy room to begin refining intermediate-level hemostatic and cleansing potions.

We hired a laborer tonight, which has solved the manpower shortage in the potion workshop.

However, Martha will only stay at the potion workshop for a month, so he still needs to find a local employee to reduce employee turnover.

Charlotte finished concocting the potion and came out, only to see a figure shrouded in a black cloak crouching in the corner of the stairs, startling her completely.

"It's me..." Martha pulled down her hood.

Charlotte said speechlessly, "I mean, couldn't you have changed your clothes? Who wears a cloak indoors?"

"I don't have any clean clothes to change into," Martha shrugged.

Charlotte was speechless for a moment. She felt a little sorry for her, but not much.

"Okay, I'll buy you one tomorrow."

"Oh," Martha replied, without showing any particular joy.

"Is there anything else?" Charlotte asked when she saw that Charlotte wasn't prepared to go upstairs.

"I can't sleep, I want to go for a walk." Martha looked at him and asked, "Is that against the rules?"

Charlotte shook her head: "It's not against the rules, but it's the middle of the night. The Abyss isn't exactly a benevolent place, and there's been a guard patrolling there recently. If you go out dressed like this, you might not make it back."

"I've been wandering in the wilderness for a year. Is this abyss more dangerous than the wilderness?" Martha asked rhetorically.

Charlotte: "..."

For a complete novice who has only ventured into the wilderness once, this young lady's actions are rather shocking.

Is it possible for a human being to wander in the wilderness for a year?

"On a night of the red moon, you were also wandering in the wilderness?" Charlotte asked tentatively.

Martha nodded as if it were the most natural thing in the world: "Of course! The night of the Red Moon is a good day. There are monsters and undead everywhere. One day of collecting them is worth more than a month of collecting them at other times."

Look at you, you're not very strong, but you're really good at spouting nonsense.

"You don't believe me?" Martha looked at him.

"I find it hard to believe you when you say that," Charlotte nodded.

Martha hesitated for a moment, then said, "Perhaps it's because of the curse. On the night of the red moon, those magical beasts seemed to treat me as one of their own and didn't attack me on their own initiative."

"Hmm?" Charlotte's interest was immediately piqued.