Returning to the capital DAWCHESTER, three hours after the tragedy in Eatogias...

At DAWCHESTER General Hospital, 1:45 p.m.

-: "...sniff; it rained a lot today, I was starting to worry about the press, and at the same time I had three surgeries to perform today; and I've been up since 4 a.m. I'm really at the end of my rope. I thought that being far away from the violence of the draugr would give me a beautiful life full of rest, but I was wrong. Luckily it's the weekend, otherwise I would have been better off..." said NISHA, a lady with grey eyes and long red hair, approaching forty with a slim waist, smoking her cigarette while contemplating the stormy sky above her.

-: ‘Doctor, I was looking for you. You disappeared! Luckily, I knew I would find you up here,’ said Nanaba, a 19-year-old woman with caramel-coloured hair who was a trainee nurse and had burst into the place where Dr Nisha was sitting.

-: ‘Wow, congratulations, you found me. Now all that's left is to give you a medal or an award for best archaeologist?’

‘We say “investigating inspector” instead. Besides, you're smoking, which is harmful to your health. You're certainly talented at caring for others, but if you continue to kill yourself slowly,’ Nanaba reproached him, trying to disperse the smoke screen in front of her with her hand.

-: ‘Nanaba, sometimes you have to be gentle with me. When I checked the weather forecast before going to bed, it didn't predict even a shower, let alone this rain, so I was cold and needed to warm up a bit after hours spent in the operating theatres, followed by the cold brought on by this rain, and we don't know when it will stop.’

-: ‘You always find excuses. All these patients will have almost no one left to care for them, and even if your three successful operations today were once again praised by your superiors, you still need to talk to the patients' families about the condition of their loved ones,’ Nanaba challenged him.

-: "There will always be others, and I'm not the only doctor in this hospital " replied Dr Nisha

. "You always like to dodge the subject. If you really felt that cold, maybe you should have made an appointment and spent more time with your so-called friend who is also in the army. And actually, it's a good thing that he's in the most dangerous section too, so you have to look on the bright side of things, either by enjoying spending as much time as possible with him or... since you always seem to be a rebellious woman, with all the battles he has to fight and the risks he faces every day, there must always be soldiers he has to accompany to the hospital, and during that time, he can take it easy in the emergency rooms and... ‘ said Nanaba before being interrupted mid-sentence by her superior

-: Shut up, you can be weird and perverse sometimes, you know, if it weren't for DOROTHY recommending you to me, I would have kicked you out already.

-: ’Hey, but..." exclaimed Nanaba with a cold look.

‘Yes, my dear, so stop worrying and acting so confident and familiar with me,’ said Dr NISHA with an air of satisfaction and confidence towards her intern.

- ‘Lady DOROTHY also told me that you were sadistic behind your innocent, sweet appearance and your devotion to your work as a doctor,’ Nanaba recalled aloud.

- ‘Hehe, keep that up and you'll get an E or a D on your report card,’ said Doctor NISHA with a Machiavellian smile.

- ‘Hmmm, with that, I'll fail the academy and won't get my medical licence. I don't want to die on the battlefield, big sister, please,’ said Nanaba, crying as she held onto Nisha's jacket.

- Nisha: Hey, I'm not your big sister, let go of me.

-: ‘Speaking of him, he must be on the battlefield all the time. Haven't you ever tried to dissuade him from being so close to death?’ asked Nanaba.

-: ‘The best thing for him would be to listen to his loved ones. He's stubborn,’ replied Doctor Nisha curtly.

-: ‘You're not lucky on this one, DOCTOR, and I haven't even mentioned his name yet and you've already answered, hehe.’ Her intern said with a sly look

‘Shut up,’ she said, pulling his cheek, and with an embarrassed look, the DOCTOR exclaimed as she went down the stairs and threw away her cigarette, then went to the lower level of the hospital buildings

-: ‘And besides, I think that these days he is in charge of training young people, at least five of whom, according to the army, have the potential to become Daimyo.’

-Nanaba: I see, if that's the case, he's out of danger for at least the next four or five years.

-NISHA: I see, that's a good thing in that case.

As she descended the stairs, she heard a baby crying.

-: ‘Whose baby is that?’ wondered Doctor Nisha.

- ‘Hey, keep your voice down,’ Nanaba whispered to her superior. ‘It's the sister of your third patient, the one you just operated on. It might sound bad if you talk like that, DOCTOR.’

- ‘Oh, sorry, I didn't know. And don't call me “you”, little one,’ whispered the doctor in turn.

‘His name is ASLAN,’ replied the child's mother.

‘Oh, ASLAN! A beautiful name for a beautiful baby,’ replied Nisha.

‘He's so chubby,’ said the doctor, trying to touch the baby, who immediately began to cry loudly.

- ‘Oh dear, sorry, I've obviously lost my touch with children. It's as if he doesn't like me,’ said the doctor, quickly removing his hand from the baby's cheek

. ‘No, I think he likes you, and so do I, for that matter. You've saved my fiancé's life many times,’ replied the child's mother.

‘Your fiancé?’ the doctor asked aloud.

‘Yes, LIDE has told me a lot about you and your medical skills, even saying that once during one of your expeditions, you treated a soldier in a carriage while being chased by draugr, and you saved his life.’ The child's mother reminded him.

- ‘LIDE? The one who spends his time playing the brave, putting his life on the line to save his teammates? I must admit that he is too strong to always want to remain under TAMAYO's command, especially since his first impression is that of a person who is far too cold. So you are his fiancée and LIDE's future wife? Then you must be...’ ‘ she replied, remembering exactly who she was dealing with

- ’AMANDA!!!!! The pretty blonde lady with golden eyes, who is also kind and graceful?" exclaimed the doctor aloud.

‘Graceful?’ ‘That's not very discreet of you, big sister, and it won't go down well with LIDE,’ warned Nanaba, referring to her superior's lack of discretion, who was far too fond of thinking out loud.

- ‘Oops, my sincere apologies, Miss Amanda.’

-: "No need to apologise, Doctor. You've already done so much for us. I would even say that we owe you our lives, Doctor. Sometimes he tells me that no matter how badly he's hurt, even if he's on the brink of death, you'll always know what to do to get him out of serious situations. I even think that it's because of your talents and skills in medicine that he allows himself to take so many risks to save his teammates and friends. Amanda replied calmly and admiringly.

- ‘Hohoho, I'm not as good a doctor as he claims,’ said THE DOCTOR with an air of flattery... "Otherwise, given your condition, you must have been here for a long time. Haven't you been given permission to go home yet? Everything seems to be going well for you and the baby, though ‘ asked the Doctor.

- ’Yes, I was supposed to leave the hospital two days ago, but my fiancé and the child's father would like to come and see his child himself and take us back to our home, so I'm waiting for him

NANABA: Okay, ‘Mr. Cold in the eyes of the public’ wants to be charming and romantic with his muse

. "You could say that, even if it doesn't always seem like it, but he's romantic with me. That's a side of him that only I know. The first time we met, one evening when he was returning from an expedition, he had brought back with him a white arcane stone with a slightly frosty appearance. When he bumped into me, he knocked it out of his hand. He got angry and grumpy, and when I tried to pick up the stone to give it back to him, we bumped heads because he wanted to do the same thing, and we locked eyes and boom, we both felt it that night..." said Amanda, lost in her thoughts, so much so that even the doctor and his intern became jealous of her life and romantic encounter.

-NISHA & NANABA: Okay, we get it, ‘love at first sight’.

-NISHA: Otherwise, you two were made for each other.

-: Yeah, I agree; said NANABA with a desperate look.

-: ‘And I never would have thought that LIDE would find a woman as joyful and beautiful as you. Surely when he returns, he will be the happiest man alive when he sees you and your child,’ said the doctor cheerfully, because the brief encounter with this woman and her child had calmed her and made her happy.

-AMANDA: Do you think so?

-NISHA: Of course, I'm 1000% sure of it.

*The three of them started laughing.

-: "Come on! I have to go, my break is long over. See you next time, and in case he comes to pick you up while I'm away, I'll be eagerly awaiting your wedding invitation,‘ said the Doctor

. ’Hahaha! Okay, definitely, and it will be an invitation for a couple, so make sure you come with the Colonel," replied Amanda with a smile

-: ‘Ohhhh, but... not knowing how to respond to that because Amanda had touched on a sensitive subject and she felt embarrassed,’ Nisha

-NANABA: ‘Oh dear, we've talked a little too loudly.

-AMANDA: ’Maybe a little too much, yes.

-: ‘Come on, NANABA, let's go downstairs. If we hang around here because of your big mouth, I'll take it personally and give you a bad mark. Have you forgotten that you're still an intern?’ She took her intern's hand forcefully to quickly leave the place, as she was shy and embarrassed when Colonel Tamayo's name was mentioned.

-NANABA: Er, you're worse than DOROTHY.

-: I'm willing to turn a blind eye if you pay for my dinner tonight after your internship. She gave him a sly smile.

-NANABA: Hey, what you're doing to me is called exploitation, and besides, you're not brave enough to ask the colonel to invite you.

-NISHA: I'm going to kill you after all...

-NANABA: My apologies, boss, I'll pay for your meals as often as you like.

NISHA: Let's get out!