“Nana?!”

Nona’s sister, Nana, approaches us enraged. She grabs Nona by the hair and takes her out of the room while scolding her.

“What are you doing there?! How did you open the door?! Do you want to die?!”

“I’m sorry!”

“Shut up, pig!”

Should I help her?

“B-but she wanted to-”

“What?! Are you telling me she stole the key and unlocked the door so you could do your disgusting things with her?!”

Nana punches Nona’s head until she cries. Seeing how furious Nana is, I stay silent.

From what she said, I think she locked the door to prevent Nona from coming in. I guess Nana went out for a bit and her sister sneaked here to have sex with a woman. This means she’s like everyone.

I know the difference between wanting love and wanting pleasure. When they want to make love to me, they do their best to get me in the mood and know each other before having sex. When they only want pleasure, they don’t care about me at all. Cassandra was like that. She even told the people she brought home to shut up and strip. She wanted to receive pleasure, and it didn’t matter to her who she did it with or their feelings.

I see Nana returning with a worried expression on her face.

“I’m sorry about that. I know it’s much to ask, but can you forgive my sister?”

Forgive?

“It’s okay. I told her I was fine with having sex with her.”

“Really? She didn’t threaten you, right?”

“She didn’t. Can I ask what’s going on?”

“Well… Okay, but first I need to check your health. How do you feel? Um…”

“My name is Uzziye Bakker. I’m feeling better. Thank you for taking care of me.”

“That’s an unusual name. I’m Nana Cliff. Do you feel pain anywhere?”

“My legs feel funny. I had a lot of pain while walking during my trip. It never happened before.”

Nana touches my legs and puts pressure on them.

“Does it hurt?”

“No. But I can barely feel your touch.”

“That’s no good. I’ll touch all your leg and you tell me how it feels.”

She touches my feet, but I can’t feel it.

“So?”

“Nothing.”

“And here?”

“I feel it slightly.”

Nana continues touching me upwards. Above my knees, I feel her touch normally, but the lower she touches, the less I feel.

“Can you move the fingers on your feet?”

Mm? It’s hard. I won’t lose my legs, right?

“I believe you broke your muscles. Could you try to walk?”

“Okay.”

I stand without a problem. I don’t feel any difference, so I step with confidence.

“Agh! Ouch!”

“Are you okay? I’m sorry.”

I, I, I can’t walk?! This can’t be! No! Oh, Goddess Hala, please bless me with health so I can walk again.

“Here, I’ll support you.”

“Hey, Nana, you’ll help me, right? You can help me walk again, you’re a healer after all.”

“Yes. Calm down. Breathe in.”

I breathe.

“Exhale.”

“Fuu~.”

“One more time.”

“Haa~. Thank you.”

I feel much better after Nana hugs me.

“I can heal you. But I’ll need money; you can pay me after I treat you.”

“Thanks.”

“So, what happened to you? Tell me everything, from what you ate to the surrounding plants.”

“I left my hometown two weeks ago. I ate mushrooms all the way until three days ago when I ate a bird. I ate berries too. The plants were the same all the way.”

“Is that all? You didn’t fight or fell to the ground? Did you run?”

“No. I didn’t encounter any trouble at all.”

“I can’t heal you if you don’t tell me what happened.”

“Nothing happened.”

Why is she acting like that? I’m not lying.

“Then what’s this? There’s no way these cuts are from two weeks ago.”

“Eh?”

I look at my body and see many cuts across my body.

“Who did that to you? There are bruises on your back and arms too.”

“…”

“Are you okay?”

What’s this? What’s going on? Is this a twisted prank?

I stare at Nana with a questioning look. I also raise my guard against her.

“No way. You have no idea?”

Agh! My head.

“Okay, calm down. Focus on your breathing. We’ll discover who did this. Just lay down and relax. Why don’t you sleep? I’ll stay here watching over you.”

I rest on the bed and close my eyes. Sleeping seems too tempting, but I just woke up. I don’t want to know what happened and want to forget about these cuts, so I chat with Nana.

“About your sister…”

“What?! She didn’t do it. I’m sure of it. She’s an idiot and a disgusting pig but she would never do that.”

“I didn’t mean that.”

“Oh. Well, in case you wonder, a friend found you outside the village, so they took you to my house and your cuts were there already. I also cleaned some dried blood. How could you not notice your wounds?”

“I don’t know. I don’t know, okay!”

“Okay. Sorry. My sister is obsessed with breasts. She touched almost all the women here, so they avoid her. You’re not the first patient she tries to take advantage of. I have talked with her and beat her a few times, but she doesn’t understand how grave it is. I don’t want her to make a mistake and end up executed.”

“But she didn’t threaten me and apologized after waking me up.”

“That changes nothing. If you weren’t kind enough, or grateful for saving you, you would denounce my sister to the security force.”

“But why? It isn’t a crime to want sex. Everyone does.”

Nana stares at me, raising one eyebrow. She sighs and smiles.

“I guess she’s learning. Still, don’t be soft with her. No sex for her until she apologizes properly. You’re a patient and need rest. She shouldn’t try to have sex with you no matter what.”

A patient, eh? Um? Where are my things?!

“Nana, where are my things?”

“In my room. Don’t worry, I won’t take your things away. I’ll just keep them until you pay me. Ah, that’s right, I’ll bring you clothes. Of course, you must pay for them too.”