5.
After a few hours of riding in the carriage, Alice and Alex arrive at the Gotwald estate. It was not until Alice stepped outside that she realized how many guards were escorting them. There must of been 2 other carriages and about a dozen other men armed with katanas with short blades (about half a meter in length for the blade) kept in leather sheaths hanging from the left-hand side from their waist and attached on top of the sword held a holster can be seen holding a shiny, silver service revolver and extra ammo was held along the belt. They were all wearing green camo military uniforms with body armour, helmets and metal plates going down their arms and legs. Most appeared to be in their late teens to mid-twenties and were all well-built men. They on horseback and motorbikes. *This just isn't a medieval fantasy world, their technology has advanced quite a bit. But how far? These bikes look like they're from World War 1, sounds like another Light Novel I read.*
One of the men, who's uniform had a few medals hanging from it and had a more modern looking pistol in place of the 6 shooter that the others held, started to walk towards the girls before facing Alex and standing in attention.
"Nothing new to report to you, ma'am. I will be giving my report to Sir Gotwald now. My men will take your belongings to your room. Where shall we put the young ladies belongings?"
"Thank you, Klien, have Alice's bags taken to a spare room, she may need some rest."
"Of course ma'am I will have my men on that." Klien salutes before turning around and walking towards the house and speaking into a handheld device which looks similar to a radio.
"If father asks, I'll be at the hospital!" Alex shouts over to Klien.
The mansion was 4 stories tall with the red bricks that still retain a clean colour and a slated roof still looked new. The house had 7 columns of windows on each floor apart from the first floor which only had 6 to make room for a grand marble archway in the centre leading to a set of white double doors with gold coloured handles.
"Come on, doctors this way." Alex starts to walk to the right where a large barn house.
"Right" Alice starts to follow close behind holding her bandaged arm.
The girls continue to walk towards the barn house and soon are walking through the front door. The inside of the barn looks like a hospital and as they walk on a bit they are greeted by a young woman in her mid-twenties. She was slightly chubby and had long blond hair tied in a ponytail. Her eyes were hazel and wide.
"Ah miss Gotwald I see you've returned home for the summer, how was school." Her voice was lively.
"Another hard year is over so I'm just glad to be back, oh right can you please can you get doctor Stevenson to give Alice here a check-up, her arms burnt and it looks bad."
"Of course, come with me." the nurse turns around and starts leading Alice down the hall.
"Thank you Jannise" Alex shouts down the hall.
Doctor Stevenson's office is clean and orderly with a window in the back allowing for natural light to pour through and a large oak desk pushed in the back right corner with a chair tucked in as well as another chair for patients. On the left a bed can be seen and at the foot of the bed lies a cabinet and stool. Just left of the door a large filing cabinet can be seen with the doctor himself sorting through the files.
"Ah Jannise, got a new patient with you it looks like" his voice was fairly quiet and husky. The doctor is an old man who looks to be in his sixties and is short. He's bald and his face is wrinkled to the point that you can't tell if his eyes are shut or if it's just his face. He wears a crisp white lab coat over a buttoned-up shirt.
"Yes doctor, this here is Alice, she has some burn marks that need to be treated."
"Well then my dear, come and sit down" the doctor gestures over to his desk and Alice goes to walk over and sits down.
"I'll leave you to it doctor." the nurse exits the room closing the door behind her and soon doctor Stevensons closes the filing cabinet and walks over towards his desk. "Now, let's see those burns"
Alice removes the bandage from her right arm and slowly stretches it out. The burn stretched from her to her elbow and had a faint glow of orange to it. Upon seeing this Alice's face turns into a look of horror.
"I see, this appears to be just a case of Lifeforce overuse. Nothing a minor dosage of Hanryoku can't deal with and some aloe vera" he pulls a bottle from out of his pocket and gently pours a small amount onto a piece of folded cloth before saying "This may sting a little and it may make you a bit drowsy so just know that it's normal to feel that way" and starts gently dabbing the cloth across the burn mark. "Would you like to lie down? Let me help you over."
"Ouchy, that stings." Alice lies down on the bed and soon she drifts off.
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