Chapter 236 – Checkup.

“Stay still boy, this isn’t going to take long.”

“Awoof!”

“I didn’t know that he would be afraid of healing magic that much, I’ll hold him down…”

Roland had to go down to one knee and keep Agni steady while Kassia performed her healing spell. Surprisingly the large dire wolf had a fright of divine magic, perhaps it was some kind of innate fear as he was still a monster. Luckily Roland was able to hold him down until the priest was done with her spell.

“I don’t think he has any either, can tamed monsters also be a host to those creatures born of vile magic?”

“I’m not sure, I’ve only seen them take over people as hosts.”

This brought up an interesting question but not one that was important. After spending twenty minutes in the church everyone had been dosed with holy energy. This is what he expected to see as no one showed any signs of discomfort when venturing into this chapel. Roland expected some kind of reaction from the abyssal creatures even though the concentration of divine energy was low.

Sister Kassia went through everyone one by one while focusing her divine energy on their heads. There was no feeling of discomfort for anyone in their small group. Loreena from the golden order went through the same process and there the reaction was quite visible. Either the monsters would try to crawl out through an orifice or black smoke would rise from the infected person while it perished. This holy energy was extremely deadly to these tiny creatures thus they were obviously not in any danger.

“AWOOO!”

Agni jumped back while wrestling out of Roland’s grip after he loosened it up slightly. He was quick to run behind Elodia while whimpering. There was no damage that he received from the healing and cleansing spells so his behavior just made everyone confused.

“Your fluffy friend doesn’t seem to like me too much…”

Kassia cat ears flopped down slightly after her last patient seemed visibly shaken. Perhaps it had nothing to do with the healing spell. Maybe it was the age-long conflict between the canines and the felines that was making Agni behave like this. Now was not the time to speculate about the relations between cats and dogs, there was more work to be done.

“You have my gratitude, Sister.”

“Aye, I give you my thanks as well.”

“If what our bossman is saying is correct, then we owe you one.”

Everyone started thanking the feline priest which made her cat ears spring back to life. Her frown turned back to a radiant smile as if it was never there to begin with.

“I just did what the lady of radiance has entrusted me with, her blessings are meant to be shared with the people!”

On one hand, Roland was grateful that the lady priest performed the treatment fast but on the other hand she was getting into preacher mode. If they waited too long she would start praising the sun and now after she did them a favor they might have to stay and pray along with her.

“Her radiance has blessed us with another…”

“Uh… Sister Kassia… I think you probably have enough work on your hands now that you know about this affliction…”

“The affliction…”

Roland managed to cut her off before she could continue babbling about Solaria. The moment he mentioned the parasites again she became quiet. In reality, she didn’t have any information from the church so she would not be able to act on her own accord. They had a strict hierarchy in this church and Kassia was not the leader.

“You are correct Mr. Wayland, I need to consult the head priest! We will have to postpone our discussion about the radiant lady for later.”

‘It was more of a one-way discussion though…’

“Before we leave, would it be fine with you if we brought over more people later?”

“There is always a place in the church for the afflicted!”

“You have my gratitude then, If you ever need runic items you are welcome to come to my shop.”

Roland knew that it wouldn’t be fair to just let the woman leave like this. She had allowed them access to her healing spells without taking any payment which was somewhat uncharacteristic of a Solarian priest.

“Oh? I will be sure to take you up on that offer if I require anything but for now, I will have to excuse myself.”

They had gathered outside to take care of Agni so Kassia was the only person returning to the church. While she was a high-level tier 2 priest she was not the person making the decision.

From his perspective, Kassia would probably be forced to stay silent until the top brass decided to make a proper decision. There was no way of knowing how people would react to this knowledge. This small temple that they had created here could probably not manage too many people clamoring for their services at once.

“There she goes…”

Commented Elodia while Roland just nodded and was about to turn away.

“…”

“Hey, what are you looking at?”

There he noticed Bernir’s head moving at an angle as he was trying to take in the view of Kassia’s behind. Dyana noticed this and delivered a smack to the back of her husband’s head which made him do a nice flip to the side.

“Ey, what was dat fo?”

“You want another one?”

“Uh, sweety please calm down…”

“Don’t you sweety me!”

“I uh… how about you two take the rest of the day off, it’s already late, I’ll see you tomorrow at the workshop.”

Roland turned to Elodia who started chuckling and nodding. It was already the middle of the day, even if they returned there wouldn’t be much time before the sun went down and the two were allowed to turn in for the day.

“No boss, help me.”

“Sorry, you’re on your own with this one, let’s go Agni we need to get your documents renewed.”

While Bernir was getting chased by his oversized wife, Roland and Elodia headed towards the adventurer guild. Finally, he could start to relax. Everyone close to him was doing fine but this wasn’t quite over. Even though the ones closest to him had been examined this was not true for everyone that he knew. Elodia was still part of the orphanage and they were also others.

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“When you were talking to the priest, you mentioned others, do you mean?”

“I don’t want to worry you but you have probably realized by now.”

“Lobelia and Armand…”

Elodia leaned in towards Roland while also grasping his visibly larger hand. He could see the concern in her eyes and it was justified. The probability of the kids at the orphanage of being infected was close to zero. None of them ventured out of the city much and the only place some of them visited was his own workshop.

“Those two have been taking missions outside of the city for years, we need to get them to the church fast…”

Elodia nodded while also grasping his hand harder when he mentioned both of her adoptive siblings. Armand after achieving the gold rank had been adventuring through the entire island. With Roland being in the city he had someone that she could rely on and thus he could focus on his progress.

Lobelia was part of the thieves guild, the places she visited were unknown to him but she had also made her rounds around the continent. Sometimes she would even vanish for a month or longer before appearing as if nothing had happened. Roland noticed one fight between the two sisters when the half-elf had not shown herself for a while.

“Do you think they will be at the guild or are they out of town?”

“I think Armand should be there, he came back from a trip recently, he never leaves for too long…”

“That’s true, he does seem to go back to that place a lot…”

“Hey!”

Elodia jerked her head towards Roland who mentioned Armand’s little addiction to the redlight district. It seemed that he had grown accustomed to some of the girls there. With not having to worry about the orphanage with Roland in the picture his expenditure there had only increased.

“Well… if Lobelia isn’t there, I’ll check the other guild, her two fans might know where she is.”