I opened a clinic in the Abyss World

The knight became anxious: "The city lord is looking for you urgently. I have been guarding the abyss for five days. Now that you are back, you should come with me to Karva to see the city lord immediately."

Charlotte's face immediately turned cold, and her voice deepened: "Right now, I'm in a hurry to see my patients. Their safety is of paramount importance. The days you've spent guarding the Abyss are none of my business. If Anderson wants to see me, either cancel the expulsion order and I'll see him when I have time, or let him come to the Abyss to see me himself."

Charlotte was a legendary knight, a level above the guard, and her aura completely overwhelmed him.

The knight instinctively took a step back, his expression changing slightly as he realized his lapse in composure. Seeing Charlotte's cold demeanor and resolute attitude, he could only nod and say, "Yes, I will convey your words to the city lord."

Charlotte nodded slightly and left with Vivian.

"Boss, why did Lord Anderson suddenly contact you? Is he regretting breaking off the engagement?" Vivian asked in a low voice as she followed Charlotte.

"No matter how you look at it, I'm still not good enough for Elizabeth. What does he have to regret?" Charlotte sighed. "She's a Star Knight now, she could take on ten of me."

Vivian glanced at him: "Then you're overestimating yourself. Someone like you could take on at least twenty people."

Charlotte didn't argue with her, but she was secretly figuring out Anderson's intentions in looking for her. He was in such a hurry, it was probably related to nettles. She should find some time to ask Benjamin about it so she would have a better understanding of the situation.

Anderson was in a hurry to find him, so he took the opportunity to bring up the matter of the pardon.

Although he had visited Kalva a few times during this period, being on the deportation list was ultimately inconvenient, making it difficult to enter the city openly and conduct business with people.

Moreover, a pardon means that he is found innocent after investigation, which can wash away his previous shame.

As a doctor, it's not a good thing to be called a "medical butcher" or "the shame of Kalva Medical School".

If the City Lord's Mansion grants him a pardon, it means that the City Lord's Mansion has chosen to stand on his side in his dispute with the Physicians' Association and is going to overturn his case.

There are quite a few things involved here.

This is why Constantine and Benjamin have repeatedly approached Anderson, yet Anderson has not granted him a pardon so far.

The medical association has always regarded him as a heretic, associating the treatment method of "surgery" with the devil.

More than three years ago, he was convicted and imprisoned, and the city lord's mansion was clearly on the side of the medical association.

  

Charlotte had few memories of the city lord who almost became her father-in-law.

However, he is the true power holder in Kalva, one of the very top-level figures.

Charlotte didn't want to antagonize him, but appropriately demonstrating her backbone would be beneficial for future interactions.

When Charlotte and her companions returned to the new medical clinic, there were already more than two hundred people queuing in front of the door, and the number was still increasing.

Of course, many of them came to buy medicine.

Charlotte entered through the side door carrying bread and distributed it to everyone for breakfast, along with a glass of water for each person.

While having breakfast, Charlotte said, "I've checked, and based on the patients accumulated over the past few days, I estimate there will be seven or eight hundred patients today. We'll issue 800 appointment numbers today."

In the past, most people would have shuddered upon hearing that there were 800 votes.

But after three days of baptism in the City of Elves, seeing 800 patients a day doesn’t seem so difficult.

After a quick breakfast, it was only 7:30, so Charlotte didn't let everyone rest any longer and instead chose to open for business immediately.

"We're having a lot of patients today, so we're opening half an hour early. Patients should take a number in the queue. Seriously injured or emergency patients, or their families, should raise their hands to signal. After confirmation, they can use the fast track for treatment." Charlotte looked at the three long queues at the entrance and announced loudly, "Customers buying potions, please enter through the leftmost door. That door leads directly to the potion trading hall. Please queue at the window in that order to purchase your potions!"

Myron led Clara to distribute number plates to the patients and confirmed the conditions of those with acute or severe illnesses, instructing them to go directly to the front row for treatment as soon as possible.

"Dr. Charlotte, where have you been these past few days? Everyone's saying you took the girls and ran away to open a clinic somewhere else," an old customer asked with a smile.

"Some say you went to the capital, some say you went to Eisenburg, and some say you went to the Elf City."

"That's right, with your excellent medical skills, you can find a good job anywhere."

This isn't something the old man made up; it's been circulating among patients these past few days, and it's really worried many of them.

"To call it a rumor is an understatement; there's some truth to it. I did go to the Elf City, set up a temporary clinic there for three days, treated over three thousand patients, and even recruited a few new students," Charlotte said with a smile. "But don't worry, the Abyss is my base, the headquarters of the Abyss Medical Clinic, and that will never change. My new clinic has only just been completed and hasn't even been used for a day. Do you think I'd run away?"

Everyone laughed upon hearing this, and the somewhat resentful atmosphere instantly dissipated.

"Alright, everyone, please follow the staff's instructions to see a doctor and buy medicine. Don't make a scene or cause any trouble. In the Abyss Medical Center, the doctor is the most powerful. Keep your tempers and personalities in check. If you're impolite, I won't be either." Charlotte smiled at everyone and said, "We will do our best. The rest is up to Miracle."

Charlotte turned and went inside, followed by the patients who were holding number tags and flooding into the clinic.

"Wow! This place is huge!"

"Yes, this lobby alone is bigger than the entire clinic before, and there are even chairs so you can sit and wait for your number to be called. It's really nice."

"This new clinic is really impressive, even more impressive than the other clinics in the Abyss."

As the patients entered, they were immediately captivated by the clinic's environment and exclaimed in admiration.

"Do you think the prices will go up now that the clinic is new?"

"Well... it's hard to say. After all, with such a great environment, how many more people would we need to hire?"

"Probably not, after all, Dr. Charlotte isn't that kind of vulgar person."

The patients quickly became worried again.

The good news is that the prices of potions in the adjacent potion trading hall have not changed.

However, after the Red Moon Night, the business was closed for five consecutive days, and many mercenary groups had run out of stock. Today, the adventurers who came to buy goods were very generous, coming with the mindset of stockpiling, in case Charlotte suddenly closed for a few more days.

When you don't need potions, you don't really feel anything. After all, you're just risking your life in the abyss, your head is hanging by a thread.

After using it, although the gains didn't increase much, having a bottle of various medicines on me always made me feel safer, as if my life was being protected in some way.

Once you've used it, it's hard to leave.

Minor injuries are treated on the spot with a first aid kit. If you have medication, the wound can heal immediately without affecting your mobility.

Antidotes are life-saving medicines. During this period, adventurers often heard of people who were bitten by venomous snakes in the wilderness, took antidotes immediately, and were fine afterward.

Even more outrageous, some adventurers were bitten by venomous snakes in the wilderness and had no antidote on them. With the poison taking effect and no time to leave the wilderness, they offered several times the price for the antidote, allowing the owner of the antidote to make a fortune.

These cases have made the antidote extremely popular among adventurers, even reaching the adventurers of Kalva, and some have even come to the Abyss specifically to buy it.

The potion trading hall is open with three windows today. Kathleen and Hattie are in charge of assisting Kasha in selling potions.

It was the two of them's first time selling medicine, so they weren't very skilled yet. However, the customers showed great patience, waiting patiently for them to collect the medicine.

It seems that Charlotte's earlier warning had worked, or perhaps they simply couldn't bring themselves to say anything harsh in front of the beautiful elven girl.

"I need thirty bottles of antidote," a knight said as he approached the window.

"Thirty bottles?" Kasha looked at him and asked again to confirm, "Guest, you said you wanted thirty bottles of antidote, right?"

"Yes." The knight nodded, then confirmed, "This antidote, is it the one that's been all the rage lately?"

Kasha shook her head slightly and said, "I don't understand what you mean by fire. The efficacy and price of this antidote are written here. See if it's what you need, and then confirm with me again how many bottles you need."

The knight glanced at the small blackboard, his eyes lighting up: "Yes, that's the potion! I need thirty bottles of this antidote."

"Okay." Kasha nodded, took a small wooden box and put thirty bottles of antidote in it for him, then asked, "Do you need any other potions?"

"I'd like twenty more bottles of Golden Stamina Potions, ten bottles of Deep Blue Magic Potions, thirty sets of Intermediate First Aid Kits, and thirty bottles of Healing Potions. That should be all."

"Okay." Kasha took another medium-sized box, packed all the potions the knight had ordered, sealed the box, and smiled, "It's 126,000 copper coins in total."

This kind of big customer, who is obviously from Kalva, must be a medium-sized mercenary group of about thirty people to be able to get goods from.

"Okay, I'll come back if it works well." The knight placed the money on the counter, picked up the potion box, and left.

Such big spenders are rare, but when it comes to purchasing for mercenary groups, the amount can range from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of copper coins, with very high average order values.

Kathleen and Hattie watched in astonishment; the potion was selling incredibly well, completely overturning their understanding of the world.

Hannah and Rachel went into the operating room with Charlotte today. Kathleen and the others had already witnessed the bloody scenes of hundreds of surgeries and were completely used to the operating room environment, but Hannah and Rachel were about to undergo a baptism.

The first patient brought into the operating room had his left leg bitten off by a monster. Unfortunately, his companions only managed to drive the bear away but failed to retrieve his leg, so amputation was the only option.

Charlotte's leg was bitten to pieces, and blood kept gushing out, but she calmly treated the wound and stitched up the blood vessels.

Hannah and Rachel stood to the side, their brows furrowed, but they both consciously moved closer to the operating table.

This was something Hattie and the others had secretly revealed during breakfast earlier. The teacher hoped they could be braver and confront the bloody scenes and wounds so that they could treat patients with a clear mind.

Charlotte was indeed quite satisfied with their performance; at least neither of them showed any obvious physical discomfort or any signs of aversion to blood.

After seeing five or six patients in a row, the two began to actively assist Charlotte with tasks such as fetching medicine and blood transfusion bottles.

Miranda is now Charlotte's personal surgical assistant, and with her abilities, she can handle Charlotte's needs and pace with relative ease.

Connie is currently working closely with Lena, mainly because the two of them work together a lot and have a good understanding of each other. They even had their C-sections together, so Charlotte simply made Connie Lena's personal surgical assistant.

Lina and Connie were both very happy with this decision.

Myron triages Clara and also treats some minor injuries that don't require surgery.

For example, an older woman cut her finger while chopping vegetables in the morning. She had heard many stories of people dying from minor injuries that weren't treated, so she rushed to queue up halfway through cooking.

Mylen used a cleaning agent to disinfect her wound, then applied some healing medicine, and the small wound healed immediately.

"Alright, Auntie, hurry back and make breakfast. Don't let the pot burn," Myron said with a smile.

"Oh dear! Now that you mention it, I just remembered there's still porridge cooking in the pot!" The old woman turned to leave, but only at the door did she remember, turning back to look at Myron and asking, "Doctor, what about the medical bills?"

Myron said, "You're only taking 10 copper coins. It's such a tiny wound; you'll only need a little medicine."

"You little doctor, you're honest and capable." The old woman chuckled, counted out ten copper coins and handed them to Myron, then jogged away, seemingly indicating that there really was porridge cooking in the pot.

The waiting room hall has 500 seats, and it's almost full now. The waiting experience is much better than just standing and waiting outside the clinic.

"The Abyss Medical Center is getting better and better; it's a real blessing for us poor people."

"Good news! We moved to a new clinic, and not only have the prices of medicines not increased, but the medical fees haven't gone up either!"

The patients chatted with a sense of relief.

……

"Miss, Dr. Charlotte and the others are back, and the new clinic has opened for business today," Buddy said to Diana, who was having breakfast.

"Oh? When did you get back?" Diana asked, looking at him.

"It seems to have been early this morning," Buddy replied. "He also brought back ten elves, who are said to be his new students."

"Another elf. Looks like he's going to the Elf City again." Diana smiled, put down her knife and fork, and stood up, saying, "Prepare the carriage. I'm going to the Abyss Medical Clinic."

"Okay." Buddy quickly went out.

……

"Dean, good news! Charlotte and the others are back, and the hospital overload we're facing has been greatly alleviated." Andrew walked into Roland's office. "The bad news is, our business has also worsened; there are far fewer patients queuing up today."

"This is a good thing. If there are too many patients in line, our doctors simply can't handle it all, and it would only waste their precious time." Roland smiled as he got up and walked out. "It's time to prepare to open for business."

"By the way, two more doctors from the Duru Clinic contacted me privately yesterday, asking if I could help them transfer to our Fran Clinic. What do you think about this?" Andrew secretly observed Roland's expression.

Roland said calmly, "Wait a little longer, this is nothing."

"Okay, then I'll politely decline their offer." Andrew nodded.

Roland said, "Tell them to wait another month. If they are willing to come then, the doors of the Fran Medical Clinic will be open to them."

"I see."

……

Karva, the city lord's mansion.

"This Charlotte..." Anderson couldn't help but laugh in exasperation after hearing the guard's report.

"Lord, those are his exact words. I have repeatedly emphasized to him that you have urgent business with him, but he said that saving the patient's life is the most important thing, and then he refused me," the guard said helplessly.

"I understand. You may leave." Anderson nodded slightly, his expression turning serious.

He waited for Charlotte for four days, thinking that he would see him as soon as he returned and discuss the nettle defense system with him. Unexpectedly, Charlotte turned around and threw him a difficult problem.

Constantine and Benjamin took turns talking to him about putting Charlotte on the pardon list, and he had indeed been considering it.

However, unlike the others on the list, Charlotte is involved in more people and things, and he is still seriously considering it.

Now that Benjamin has simply dumped the nettle issue on Charlotte, he's forcing her to make a decision.

It's understandable that Charlotte harbors resentment. Back then, he was a proud and promising young man, but because of the surgery, his magical abilities were destroyed, and he was expelled from Calvar.

Now his Abyss Medical Clinic is gaining fame in the Abyss, and he was even invited by Benjamin to open a clinic in the Elf City for three days. It is said that he treated more than 3,000 elven patients and received great praise.

He has proven that the "surgical" treatment is effective and reliable, a fact endorsed by Benjamin and the Elven race, making it very convincing.

Benjamin himself is a top-tier healing mage, yet he sent Charlotte to the Elf City to recruit students, which speaks volumes.

This was undoubtedly a resounding slap in the face to the medical association's accusations and the police station's handling of the matter.

Charlotte has proven them wrong through her actions.

However, he had followed up on the handling of this matter more than three years ago, and out of consideration for his family background, he wanted to help him out.

But when he saw the condition of the patients after the surgery, the dismembered corpses, the festering and horrific wounds, and the patients suffering unbearable pain, he also felt that the medical association was right.

Charlotte's so-called "surgical" treatment was far too brutal and utterly chaotic; it was more like torturing and killing the patient than treating them.

With irrefutable evidence and widespread public outrage, he had no way to protect him and could only let the police station handle the matter impartially.

Given his crimes at the time, he should have been hanged.