I opened a clinic in the Abyss World

Lois exclaimed, "The antidote she developed is truly amazing. Even my master praised it highly and said he would promote it in the Elf City."

"Speaking of which, how's the potion trading center going?" Charlotte asked.

Lois said, "The location has been chosen. It's property under the temple's name, so there are no concerns about rent. It can be demolished at any time and built according to your ideas. Recruitment is almost complete; we've recruited ten employees so far, which should be enough for the initial stage. However, I don't know what kind of building you plan to make, so construction hasn't started yet. We're waiting for your consultation this time."

"You're really capable," Charlotte praised, surprised that Lois was so dedicated and had almost gotten the potion trading center all set up.

Lois's smile grew even brighter, tinged with a hint of smugness.

"Let's go take a look at the site later, and I'll draw up the blueprints for you tonight," Charlotte said.

"Okay, we'll go over after we finish eating." Lois nodded. "As for trainees and staff, I've found a few for you. I can take you to meet them this afternoon. If you think they're suitable, recruit them. If not, you can choose more yourself."

"Okay, the person you chose must have something special about them. It's much more efficient than me searching for a needle in a haystack." Charlotte asked the boss to add a fried egg to Lois's plate as encouragement.

Although it was just a fried egg, the girl's smile visibly increased, and even her gaze towards him softened considerably.

Charlotte sighed inwardly, thinking how easily this girl could be bribed; even adding a fried egg would make her grin like an idiot.

The group of people arrived at the noodle stall one after another. The three foodies were the last to return, but they all had satisfied smiles on their faces and their bellies were round and full.

Evelyn was the most outrageous. Not only was she full, but she also packed a chicken for herself and carried it on her back. She ate a chicken leg with her chubby little hands as she swaggered over, looking adorably clumsy.

"Is this paradise? Is it?" Evelyn asked, looking up at Charlotte.

"It's probably true that this is a foodie's paradise." Charlotte nodded.

Evelyn asked earnestly, "Can I stay here and never leave? I love it here; it's so much better than the Abyss."

"Then you'll have to ask Lois."

Evelyn looked at Lois with pleading eyes: "Sister Lois, can I stay here? I like you so much."

"Of course, you can stay as long as you want." Lois nodded with a smile, reaching out to pinch Evelyn's chubby little face, which was super cute.

"Goodbye, Uncle, don't miss me." Evelyn stood next to Lois and waved to Charlotte.

Maria returned after circling around, seemingly in a rather pleasant mood. However, after glancing at Charlotte, she immediately stopped and instinctively moved away from her.

She wasn't going to take the fall for Charlotte; it wouldn't be a good thing for Lois to become hostile towards her.

Fortunately, Charlotte didn't seem to intend to continue teasing her and didn't cling to her again.

"This is the shortlist. Two of them have stalls in this Baiyun Market. One sells sweet stalks, and the other sells sweet soup. Why don't we go and check them out first?" Lois handed a list to Charlotte.

"Okay, I'll follow your arrangements." Charlotte took the list and glanced at it; each name had a basic introduction.

Small vendors make up half of the workforce, and they are all young people, with an equal number of men and women, making it relatively balanced.

This list leans more towards elves with strong practical skills, as can be seen from their professions, most of whom require surgical skills.

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Lois did indeed put in a lot of effort, finding people based on the criteria Charlotte used to recruit students last time.

After walking a short distance, Lois stopped and pointed ahead, saying, "That's Bernie, the guy selling sugarcane up ahead. He has two children, and his wife is too weak to do heavy physical work, so she stays home to take care of the kids. The whole family depends on him. But the sugarcane business isn't very good; it's just enough to support the family. Every night, he also helps people move goods to supplement his income."

Charlotte looked in the direction she was pointing and saw a stalk vendor a hundred meters away. A muscular man, a rare sight among elves, was peeling stalks for customers with a big smile on his face.

The so-called sweet stalks are somewhat similar to sugarcane, with a hard but thin husk.

A short knife moved like a butterfly flitting among flowers in his hand. With a swishing sound, the thin, long piece of leather fell down and landed precisely in the small wooden bucket next to him.

In the blink of an eye, a sweet potato stalk was peeled, and the peel was smooth and round, without a single piece of skin falling to the ground.

Charlotte nodded slightly. This muscular elf's strength was considerable, so his hand holding the knife was very steady. What was even more remarkable was his excellent control over his strength, which could be seen from the way he peeled the skin; the skin and flesh separated perfectly with almost no waste.

These hands are indeed very suitable for surgery. With a little training, they would be quite good at incisions.

Moreover, his strength allows him to handle larger patients more effectively without needing additional strength training.

Bernie chopped the sweet stalks into even pieces according to the customer's request, then packed them in a purple leather bag and handed it to the customer, receiving ten copper coins in return.

"Thank you for your patronage. Welcome back next time," Bernie said with a broad smile.

The customer simply nodded slightly, picked up the sugarcane, and left.

After the customer turned away, Bernie carefully put the ten copper coins into his purse, then stuffed them into the inner pocket of his breast pocket for safekeeping. Looking at the remaining sweet stalks beside him, he couldn't help but sigh.

Sweet stalks haven't been selling well lately. Sometimes I can't even sell ten a day. If I order too many, they'll sit for two or three days and then be even harder to sell. Throwing away the sweet stalks means a huge loss.

I could have earned some extra money by working part-time moving goods at night, but I twisted my back while moving goods the day before yesterday. Although I didn't break any bones, I really couldn't use any strength and had to rest for a few days before I could go back to work.

His two children were at the age when they were growing, but he couldn't even afford to feed them meat.

Maggie was already in poor health, and she often saved food for her two children, which made her even weaker.

If he still can't sell a few sweet potato stalks today, he'll have to go and move the goods tonight, even if it hurts.

"Give me a sweet potato stick," a voice rang out.

Bernie quickly looked up, his worried face immediately breaking into a smile, but he was still taken aback when he saw that the person standing in front of the stall was a human man.

"I want a sweet potato stalk, peeled and chopped," Charlotte repeated.

"Okay, okay, please wait a moment, I'll pick out a good one for you." Bernie nodded quickly, selected a long and thick sweet potato stem, and picked up a peeler to start peeling it.

Charlotte observed the details of his peeling up close; his muscles were solid, the result of hard work, not just for show.

When peeling, I use a slight force with my wrist, controlling the force very well, separating the skin from the flesh, and I can cut all the way through in one go every time.

In no time at all, a sweet potato stalk was peeled.

At Charlotte's request, he chopped the sugarcane into small pieces, put them in a brown paper bag, and handed them to Charlotte with a smile: "Ten copper coins for one sugarcane."

"This is such a big stick for only 10 copper coins, you're going to lose money on this business." Charlotte laughed as she took the sweet stalk and handed her a silver coin.

Bernie took the money, and while giving change, he smiled and said, "It's a small business with low profit margins, so it's definitely not going to lose money."

"I don't think you sell many sugarcane stalks a day. How about I introduce you to a good job?" Charlotte said.

Bernie paused in his work, hand holding the change, and looked up at Charlotte: "What kind of job are you talking about? Do you think I can do it?"

Charlotte looked at him and said, "My judgment is always very accurate. I think you can do it, but I don't know if you dare to go."

"I'm willing to do anything as long as I can make money." Bernie nodded, but then quickly added with a somewhat naive smile, "You haven't said what you'll do yet."

"To be a doctor," Charlotte said with a smile.

Bernie was taken aback, then lowered his head to continue counting the copper coins, and said in a low voice, "So you came here to laugh at me. What kind of doctor can a sugarcane seller and a hauler do?

Charlotte's smile faded, and she said quite seriously, "Your hands are very steady, and you control your strength very well. They're the hands of a scalpel. Come with me, and within a year you'll become an excellent surgeon."

Bernie handed Charlotte a large handful of copper coins and said with a wry smile, "Please stop joking. I have two children and a wife to support, and I really don't have time to play with you."

"Do you think you can support two kids and a wife by selling sugarcane here?" Charlotte asked, taking the money.

Bernie lowered his eyes and said softly, "I've tried my best. It's true that I'm not capable, but things will get better, won't they?"

"Life only gets better when you make the right choices." Charlotte shook her head. "How long have you been buying sugarcane here, how long have you been moving goods? Has your life changed since the beginning?"

Bernie looked up, staring blankly at Charlotte, his eyes filled with fear, anger, and above all, helplessness at being toyed with by fate.

Charlotte looked at him, her voice slightly deep, and said, "I am Dr. Charlotte, invited to the Elven City by your High Priest to recruit medical trainees. Now I'm offering you one of these opportunities. Do you want it or not?"

Bernie's eyes widened as he looked at Charlotte with disbelief.

The young human in front of him was probably around the same age as him, yet he claimed that he had been invited by the High Priest to the Elf City to recruit medical trainees, and that he had been chosen.

"Is this... really true?" Bernie swallowed hard, still unable to believe it.

He lost both his parents at a young age and grew up in a slum, doing manual labor. Then one day, a doctor told him he could become a doctor, which sounded like a scam.

"Dr. Charlotte is right, Bernie. I know about your situation, and I recommended you to him," Lois said as she walked over to Bernie.

"Saintess." Bernie bowed respectfully upon seeing Lois, his eyes filled with shock and joy upon hearing her earlier words.

The saintess would not deceive him, so what Charlotte said must be true. He could become Charlotte's apprentice and then become a doctor!

Doctors, what a noble profession!

They are not only respected, but also have a very high income.

If he becomes a doctor, then the two children and Maggie will no longer have to worry about having enough to eat.

The vendors and customers around him watched this scene with curiosity, casting envious glances at Bernie.

This kid is all muscle, I never expected him to have such luck and have the opportunity to become a doctor.

With Lois's endorsement, naturally no one would think Charlotte was a fraud.

"Excuse me, where do you plan to study medicine? My two children are still young, and my wife's health isn't very good. I need to take care of this family." Although he was excited and overwhelmed, Bernie didn't nod directly. Instead, he looked at Charlotte and asked.

"Go to the Abyss, near Calva," Charlotte said.

"Kalva? So far away..." Bernie's eyes dimmed, but he quickly regained his composure, saying with a mix of disappointment and helplessness, "I'm sorry, I can't leave the Elf City. I'm grateful for the opportunity you gave me, but I've let you down."

Charlotte's gaze held a hint of admiration; this was a responsible and family-oriented man, down-to-earth and steady.

Sacrificing one's career for family is not an easy choice.

Lois looked at Bernie and said, "This is your chance to change your destiny. As long as you are willing to go, the temple will provide assistance to your family. While you are studying medicine, the temple will arrange for your two children to attend the Elf Academy, provide medical care for your wife, and arrange a comfortable job for her so that they can live without worry, until you return."

Bernie slowly raised his head, looking at Lois with some shock.

The saintess's offer was so irresistible that it made perfect arrangements for all his concerns.

If he were to study medicine, the temple would arrange for his children to attend the Elf Academy, treat his wife's illness, and provide her with a job. Such a life would be far better than their current chaotic situation.

These words came from Lois's mouth, so he had no doubt about their truthfulness.

"I'll go, I'm willing to study medicine." Bernie nodded solemnly.

Lois nodded slightly: "Okay, deal with these sugarcane first, then go back and explain this to your family. Meet at the square below the temple tomorrow at noon."

"Say goodbye to your family properly. This departure might last for a year or two." Charlotte smiled and patted him on the shoulder.

"I will, thank you, Dr. Charlotte," Bernie said, bowing to Charlotte in gratitude.

Charlotte nodded slightly and continued walking forward with Lois.

"Congratulations Bernie, you've finally made it!"

"Doctor! That's a very good profession. If you become successful, don't forget us."

"Come, come, I'll have two sweet potato stalks; I want to soak up some of the good fortune."

"I want two too."

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Bernie was surrounded by the stall owners next door, and all twenty or thirty sugarcane sticks were sold out in no time.

"Boss, so this is how you recruit people? That's quite interesting." Vivian and the others followed up, smiling as they said, "Observe their abilities first, then test their character. This whole process is quite professional."

"A muscle sprite, an extremely rare existence. Judging from his knife skills, he's quite skilled, and his stamina is also excellent. He'll probably be another surgical maniac," Martha commented.

"I agree with that view. If things continue like this, my position in the emergency operating room is in a bit of a precarious situation." Vivian nodded in deep agreement, her face showing a hint of worry.

Everyone was talking at once about Bernie, the new trainee, since they were about to become colleagues.

Maria followed behind, finding it all rather strange.

She knew that Charlotte ran a clinic in the Abyss, where she also sold potions.

She had initially thought Charlotte's primary identity was that of a pharmacist, but Benjamin seemed very interested in his identity as a doctor, even giving Lois the authority to help him recruit students in the Elf City.

This is somewhat strange, considering that the Elf Medical Academy is renowned throughout the continent of Aesop, producing countless healing magic doctors every year, making it far stronger than the Karva Medical Academy.

The Elven race has a large number of mages, and since nature magic makes it easier to practice healing spells, there are many doctors.

Although Charlotte was once a genius at the Calva Medical School, her highest achievement was only that of a high-level mage, and she had also lost her magical essence, so she could no longer cast healing spells.

Under such circumstances, why would Benjamin attach so much importance to Charlotte's clinic?

Judging from the stalk-selling elf he recruited earlier, he wasn't even a magician, but a power-type elf.

A knight recruiting a strength-type elf to be a doctor—this combination doesn't seem very reliable at all.

But Lois didn't see anything wrong with it, and the clinic's staff also thought it was reasonable.

"Interesting..." Maria watched Charlotte's retreating figure with curiosity. Something was definitely amiss. She wanted to see what kind of students Charlotte was planning to recruit to become a doctor.

The group continued walking, and after about 500 meters, Lois pointed to a small cart selling sweet drinks in the corner ahead: "That elf selling sweet drinks is Eunice. Her life is quite difficult. She attended the Elf Academy for a few years, but dropped out due to her family's decline. Now she sells sweet drinks to supplement her family's income."

"Okay, I'll go take a look first." Charlotte took the lead and walked towards the sweet water stand.

The sweet drink stall was a small wooden cart with many bottles and jars neatly arranged according to size.

The stall was very clean, even the pushcart was spotless, and the words "sweet soup" were written on a wooden board as a sign, but there were no customers at the moment.

Standing behind the stall was a petite elf girl, not very tall and very thin. Her brown hair was yellowish due to malnutrition, and the ends were split due to dryness.

However, upon closer inspection, she was very sweet and lovely. Her small, round face was about the size of a palm, with cherry lips, big, round eyes, and long eyelashes. When she saw Charlotte walking straight towards her, her eyes lit up, and she immediately gave a sweet smile with two dimples, making her look even sweeter, as if she had given someone a sip of sugar water.

The sight of such a cute and sweet girl smiling at him made Charlotte feel even sweeter; the only thing that could rival it was Ino's energetic smile.

"What would you like to order?" Charlotte asked softly as she approached the stall.

Her voice is very soft, a natural, delicate tone; it feels like she could whine for a long time after being punched.