I opened a clinic in the Abyss World

Wasn't the High Priest's purpose in sending them to the Abyss to study medicine precisely so that they could return to the Elven City in the future and bring affordable medical care to the Elven City?

Although it was only an afternoon, it wasn't a bad thing to let the residents of the Elf City experience the new treatment method early.

These children are all wonderful; they don't care that their days off are taken up, and they always keep their people in their hearts.

"I'm fed up with these workaholics, let's just go have some fun ourselves," Martha said with a helpless smile.

"They're doing something meaningful, and they deserve encouragement. They shouldn't let us hold them back," Kasha said with a smile.

Betty quickly brought in two carriages, one of which was used as Lina's operating room, with a wooden table set up as the operating table.

She then led Martha and the others away to find Ino.

"It's still early. Go back and bring the patient here. We will do our best to treat him," Lina said to the elves watching from the carriage.

The elves who needed the items immediately dispersed and went home to fetch people.

"Lina, do you think the teacher will scold us if she finds out?" Myron asked in a low voice.

"Why are you scolding me?" Lina asked, puzzled.

"We performed medical treatments and surgeries on patients in the City of Elves without his consent."

"I don't think the teacher will scold us, because we haven't done anything wrong. We're just using what we've learned to benefit our people." Lina smiled and shook her head. "When the teacher took us to the abyss, he already told us that we were to return to the elven city to benefit our people. We're just a little ahead of schedule now."

Myron nodded thoughtfully: "You really understand life."

Soon, patients were brought here one by one.

The news that they set up a medical stall here, offering excellent medical skills at low prices, quickly spread.

At first, most people thought it was a scam.

The sight of two carriages from the temple being used as an operating room still stunned everyone.

As patients were led onto the carriages and then safely disembarked, the fact that the fees were only about one-tenth of those at other clinics completely silenced all doubts.

More and more elves came to see the spectacle, and many patients also came after hearing the news.

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"Kathrine, welcome to the Abyss Medical Center." At the entrance of the paper-cutting factory, Charlotte extended her hand to an elven girl.

The girl grasped Charlotte's hands with both of them, and said excitedly, "Thank you for the invitation. How should I address you?"

"You can call me teacher, just like they do," Charlotte said with a smile.

  

The girl smiled and said respectfully, "Yes, teacher."

"Oh dear, Kathleen, you can't leave! What will happen to my paper-cutting factory if you leave?" Factory manager Pang stood at the factory gate, slapping his thigh, his face full of worry. "You're our pillar, the whole factory depends on you to keep it going. If you don't leave, I'll give you a raise."

"Boss, you can go back now. Your factory will still be able to operate even if I leave, just earn a little less," Kathleen said with a smile. "However, I'm going to realize my life's value. Paper cutting is too boring for me. I like novel things, and I'll leave sooner or later."

Charlotte chuckled and said, "What can't be kept will never be yours. Boss, just give up."

The boss gave Charlotte a somewhat resentful look. This guy had brought the saintess to his factory to poach people, and he had managed to poach the factory's best paper-cutting worker.

"Pack your things, and we'll meet at the plaza below the temple tomorrow at noon," Lois and Kathleen instructed.

"Okay, I'll be there on time." Kathleen nodded earnestly.

Charlotte and Lois turned and left.

"You're so sure she'll go with you if you just say you want to take her as your apprentice?" Lois asked with a smile as she walked beside Charlotte.

"I can see from her eyes that she wants to leave. But she still has a passion for her work, which is especially precious." Charlotte smiled slightly. "I chose her, and I think she'll choose me too. Let's not waste time and get straight to the point."

"You know what, these industry elites are pretty great, but they're prone to conflicts with their bosses. If you hadn't been with me today, the boss might have gotten into a fight with me."

"If that's the case, then the person we're going to meet next can be considered an industry elite, the head chef's chief assistant."

"Do you have enough face?"

"That should be enough."

"Alright, let's poach some people then."

The two boarded the carriage and headed to their next destination.

The carriage stopped at a rather large restaurant, which occupied a vast area and had an eye-catching sign.

It wasn't mealtime, so the store wasn't open. Only one door was open, and a young elf was dozing against the doorframe. Hearing the carriage, he instinctively opened his eyes, and when he saw the person getting off the carriage, his eyes widened immediately, and he respectfully bowed, saying, "Your Highness, Holy Maiden."

Lois nodded slightly: "I need to go to the kitchen. Take me there."

"Who...who did you arrange to meet?" the elf asked cautiously.

"Yes, I want to see Hattie." Lois nodded.

"Hati?" The elf was a little puzzled, but seeing Lois's face turn cold, she didn't dare to ask any more questions. She quickly led her inside, saying, "Please come in."

Charlotte followed them inside. The restaurant was quite large; it took them a while to reach the kitchen.

The elves she encountered along the way all bowed respectfully to Lois and looked at her with suspicion as she walked toward the kitchen.

"Is Your Highness here for a meal?"

"It shouldn't be, right? It's not mealtime, and she looks like she's going to the kitchen?"

The doorman elf led Lois and the others to the kitchen. Just as he was about to go in and announce their arrival, Lois raised her hand to stop him.

"Thanks, you can leave now," Lois said in a cool voice.

"Yes, please feel free to call me if you need anything," the elf said respectfully, then turned and left.

Charlotte and Lois stood at the kitchen door. It was supposed to be the restaurant's break time, but it was already close to dinner time, so the kitchen was in the peak period of food preparation, and it was quite busy and lively.

"That's Hattie in the corner over there," Lois whispered.

Charlotte followed the direction she pointed and saw an elven girl carving flowers in the corner. With a swift, deft motion, a radish was transformed into a beautiful flower using a cleaver.

The girl looked to be about seventeen or eighteen years old, with delicate features, a slender and tall figure, and light brown hair tied in a high ponytail. Her pretty face had a few cute freckles, and she looked very energetic and capable, like someone who was ready to work.

"This knife work is quite impressive." Charlotte's eyes lit up. Carving flowers with radishes is a delicate craft, and it requires a high level of knife skills.

That's not all. Not only flowers, but also auspicious beasts, landscapes... The knife in her hand is quite skillful. She can carve various ingredients with great care and in no time, she can carve an extraordinary object, which is truly amazing.

"With her skills and aesthetic sense, isn't it a bit of a waste for her to become a doctor?" Charlotte asked in a low voice. "After all, you can't embroider on a patient's wound."

"The potential for a kitchen helper is very limited. Even if you reach her level, your salary won't exceed 5000 copper coins," Lois said, shaking her head slightly.

"Can't she become a chef? This restaurant is so big, there must be a lot of skilled chefs here, right? Find a mentor to learn cooking skills and then become a chef, wouldn't that be a good career path?" Charlotte was still puzzled.

"A chef doesn't easily pass on his culinary skills to others, and you don't even know that?" Lois looked at him in surprise.

"I see..." Charlotte smiled awkwardly. The chefs he had met before were all very nice and taught him how to cook, which helped him develop his excellent culinary skills. It seems that this is not the case on the continent of Aesop, where chefs do not easily pass on their culinary skills to others.

After carving a plate full of various objects, Hattie started chopping vegetables.

With swift, sweeping movements of the narrow-bladed cleaver, the vegetables sliced ​​were as thin as paper, almost translucent.

Turning around, he began to slice the paper into thin strips, each one as fine as a hair.

"This is exactly what a chef dreams of! This student is amazing." Charlotte nodded repeatedly, beginning to change her mind.

He usually spends a lot of time cooking and preparing ingredients. If he brings Hattie back, she can be in charge of preparing the ingredients.

Moreover, it's definitely not a bad thing for chefs to have an aesthetic sense. After meeting basic medical needs, who knows, they might even be able to develop in the field of medical aesthetics later on?

For example, getting double eyelid surgery, nose implants, or chin reduction.

This really tests a plastic surgeon's aesthetic sense; most people couldn't do this job.

Don't underestimate this niche market; women are incredibly willing to spend money to become more beautiful.

"Let's go in and talk to her. The boss should be here soon," Lois reminded her.

"Okay." Charlotte naturally had no objections and entered the kitchen side by side with Lois.

Guests are generally not allowed to enter the kitchen freely, so if a stranger enters, an elf immediately speaks out to stop them, saying, "Excuse me, sir, the kitchen is not allowed to..."

When he saw that the person who came was Lois, his expression changed slightly, and he stopped talking abruptly, saying respectfully, "Your Highness, what brings you here?"

The once bustling kitchen fell silent. Dozens of kitchen staff looked at Lois standing at the door, put down their work, and respectfully greeted her: "Your Highness."

Everyone was puzzled as to why the esteemed Holy Maiden would come to their kitchen.

Lois nodded slightly and said, "I need to speak with Hattie about something. You guys continue with your work."

Hattie, who had been admiring the saintess's stunning beauty, paused, pointing to herself: "Were you looking for me?"

Everyone looked at Hattie with confusion. Although she was an excellent kitchen assistant and the head chef's personal assistant, how did she get involved with Her Highness the Saintess?

Lois nodded: "That's right, Hattie, come out for a moment."

"Ah? Okay...okay." Hattie quickly put down the knife in her hand, wiped her hands haphazardly on her apron, and walked nervously toward the door.

She didn't know why the saintess had come to find her. Her daily work consisted of chopping vegetables and carving decorations in the kitchen, day after day, for five years now.

She had seen Her Highness the Saintess before, like most elves, at a festival celebration, gazing upon her from afar as she stood atop a high platform.

This is the first time I've seen it up close like this.

What made her even more at a loss was that she had actually come all this way to see her today.

"Be careful what you say, lest you offend the Holy Maiden," an older woman whispered to her.

"I don't dare either..." Hattie thought weakly to herself as she followed Lois out the door and into the small garden next door.

"Your Highness is here to see Hattie? Has Hattie gotten into some trouble?"

"Hati is usually such a well-behaved person, she shouldn't have offended Her Highness, right?"

"I think so too. Hattie is usually very diligent at work and doesn't interact with customers, so how could she possibly get into any trouble? Maybe the Holy Maiden wants to see her for something good."

The employees who were taking their lunch break were no longer sleepy and all came to the back kitchen. When they saw Loy leading Hattie toward the small garden on the side, they immediately started talking.

"What's going on? Why are you all crowding here?" A rather gentlemanly-looking elf walked over and asked, looking at the elves gathered in the kitchen.

"Boss, Her Highness the Holy Maiden has arrived," an elf said.

Upon hearing this, the shopkeeper's expression changed slightly, and he quickly asked, "The Holy Maiden has arrived? Where is she now? Has she been properly received?"

"As soon as the saintess arrived, she went straight to the kitchen to find Hattie. Now she's taken Hattie away and headed towards the small garden."

"Hati? What does the Holy Maiden want with Hattie?" The boss looked towards the small garden with a puzzled expression.

All the elves shook their heads; none of them knew why the saintess had suddenly come to see Hattie.

"Hello Hattie, I'm Lois." Lois stopped by the pond in the small garden and smiled at Hattie.

"Greetings, Your Highness," Hattie said respectfully, not daring to look Lois in the eye, for fear of disrespecting the Holy Maiden.

"Do you know why I've come to you?" Lois asked with a smile.

Hattie shook her head, looking slightly nervous. She went through all the bad things she had done over the years. The worst thing she had done was steal an orange from the old man next door's tree. She thought it shouldn't be enough to alarm Her Highness the Holy Maiden to come and settle accounts with her personally.

If that's the case, she'll definitely buy ten oranges and send them back to the old man tomorrow; she'll never dare to do it again.

"Don't be nervous, I'm not here to cause you trouble." Lois looked at the trembling Hattie and comforted her with a smile, "I'm here to introduce you to a new job."

"Introduce me to a new job?" Hattie paused, looking up at Lois with an incredulous expression. "I think my current job is great, why would you want to introduce me to a new one?"

Lois's words shocked Hattie, but also relieved; it turned out the saintess hadn't come to settle scores with her.

"Are you planning to spend your whole life as a prep cook in the kitchen?" Lois asked, looking at her.

Hattie thought about it seriously for a moment and said, "The boss said to watch closely, and in fifty years he'll make me the head of the kitchen."

Charlotte: ...

This boss is really daring to make empty promises.

He dares to draw up a pie in the sky fifty years from now. At most, he can only draw up to three years from now. He's afraid people won't believe anything further.

"So you'll just stay here and work as a cutter for fifty years?" Lois asked.

Hattie nodded: "The Maupassant restaurant has been open for 1,800 years, and the owners have only changed twice. It's very stable. If nothing unexpected happens, I think I can work here for the rest of my life."

Upon hearing this, Charlotte suddenly understood why the boss's fifty-year-long pie-in-the-sky promise had worked.

The elves' long lifespans have made them less sensitive to time.

This nearly two-thousand-year-old shop has only been passed down to the third generation, which is reassuring given its stability.

"What can I do? All I can do is chop vegetables and carve decorations, I can't do anything else." Hattie shrugged, not showing much regret or resentment.

Lois was touched by her optimism and began to reflect on whether she had taken it for granted that Lois wanted to live a different life.

"Do you want to live a different life?" Charlotte asked, looking at Hattie. "Leave the kitchen of this restaurant and see the world outside."

Hattie had just spotted a human male standing next to the saintess, something extremely rare to see in the elven city, especially for someone like her who spent her days in the kitchen.

Unlike the pot-bellied human merchants she occasionally saw, this man was tall and handsome. He had broad shoulders, an upright posture, and a very dashing appearance, much more attractive than the elves in his tribe.

His eyes, in particular, are clear and sincere, making it easy for people to trust him.

"A different way of living?" Hattie looked at Charlotte and asked curiously, "Where could we go?"

"Come learn medicine with me, young lady," Charlotte said with a smile. "I've seen your knife skills. It's a waste for you to be a kitchen helper. Your hands should be used to save patients' lives, not wasting hundreds of years in this restaurant kitchen."

Hattie's mouth gradually widened as she looked at Charlotte in disbelief: "You mean, you want me to become a doctor?"

Charlotte nodded: "What, you don't want to?"

"I... I just find it a bit strange. I'm not even a magician, so how can I be a doctor?" Hattie found it absurd and even thought that this handsome human uncle was very likely a fraud.

She worked in the kitchen for five years. The boss and the chefs all praised her for her excellent knife skills and exquisite carving skills, but no one ever said that she could study medicine and become a doctor based on her skills.

This completely contradicted her understanding.

Although she's a bit of a homebody and has a relatively simple job, she's not really stupid.

However, since this man was with the Holy Maiden, she naturally dared not speak carelessly.

"Hati, let me introduce you. This is Dr. Charlotte. He runs a clinic and has been invited by the High Priest to recruit students in the Elf City. The first batch of students are already able to treat patients independently." Lois said solemnly, "He's here to recruit the second batch of students. I recommended you to him. You can think about it carefully before making a decision."

Hattie was stunned by what she heard, feeling that Lois's previous words had revealed a lot of information that her brain couldn't fully process for a moment.

Dr. Charlotte, the handsome man in front of us, is not only a friend of Her Highness the Saintess, but also someone invited by the High Priest to recruit students in the Elf City.