Hearing Belen's question, the old elf couple's expression became sad. The male elf sighed, "He is better than before. We appreciate your concern, young miss."
He was grateful to these saviors of theirs. Not only did they save them, they even showed concern for them. He couldn't help but think, 'Maybe not all humans are villains.'
"Don't worry. He'll recover soon." Belen said reassuringly.
"Thank you, young miss." The elf couple bowed slightly and said, "Please inform us when that young hero has awoken."
"Okay. I will do that." Belen nodded. The elf couple returned to their room on the first floor while Belen went to Rima's room after notifying Leticia about it. By now, Max wasn't quivering as much as before.
Just like this, four days passed in the blink of an eye.
Belen and Leticia were having lunch in Rima's room. There was another person apart from them here. It was the little elf who had informed them about the dark mages' whereabouts.
"Big sisters, how long would big sister Rima and that big brother take to wake up?" She asked, looking at the unconscious Rima. Unlike before, she wasn't stuttering and was more cheerful.
Belen and Leticia were surprised by her talent. In just a few days after interacting with them, this little elf was speaking like a native.
Most surprising of all, she could use healing magic. But because she was too young and weak, her healing magic wasn't potent enough, but still, it was able to heal small scars from a person's body. She had healed all of Rima's scars that weren't deeper than one inch.
Hearing her question, Leticia also looked at Belen. She was also getting anxious after seeing that neither Max nor Rima showed any signs of waking up, even after so many days had passed.
Belen frowned slightly and said, "Rima should wake up anytime now as almost all the medicinal energy has been used up, and her vitality has recovered to almost 90%. As for Max... I don't know what's going on." As Belen mentioned Max, her frown deepened, and she finished her statement with a wry smile.
Although she wasn't a doctor, her master back in her hometown was one who was not only a powerful mage in her prime but also a well-known doctor. From her, she had learned quite a few things about medicine.
However, because the things that can heal a damaged Mana core were very rare, her teacher had never touched upon that topic, but even then, Belen knew that once the medicinal power was used up inside a person's body, they would wake up within at most a day.
The doctors here were almost the same as the doctors back on his home planet and knew how to cure various kinds of illnesses that even a powerful mage would be helpless against.
It should be known that after a person become a mage, even if it were a novice mage, they would rarely fall ill like ordinary human beings. However, there were still some illnesses that would be deadly to them, and only doctors knew how to treat them.
However, unlike on earth, doctors were very rare in this world, and therefore, they were respected by the masses, no matter whether they were strong or not. However, most of the doctors were proficient in wood magic or light magic, and as a result, they were quite strong.
"Oh!" The little elf nodded, and seeing that the atmosphere had become slightly gloomy, she cheerfully said, "I'm sure they would wake up very soon. Cheer up, big sisters."
Belen and Leticia could see that this little girl was trying to cheer her up, so it wasn't possible for them to continue being so glum about it. Therefore, they smiled at the little girl and nodded, "Yeah, they will."
...
While the ladies were having lunch in Rima's room, Max finally opened his eyes.
Hu!
The moment he opened his eyes, he desperately gasped for air as if his life depended on it.
After a while, his breathing rate became normal, and he mumbled, "Why do I feel that there wasn't even an ounce of oxygen in my body?"
"Argh!" When he tried to move his body, he let out a low grunt. His body was too stiff to move.
In the next moment, Max felt that his lips, mouth, and throat were completely dry. Moreover, his skin was also dry. It seemed that his body was also lacking water.
"Fuck, what has actually happened to my body?" Max cursed in a low voice.
[This is a side effect of using a high-grade healing pill when the host isn't strong enough to endure its tyrannical medicinal energy.] The system's replied in a slightly gloating tone.
Hearing this, Max asked in anger, "Why didn't you remind me before?"
[Tch, so what if I had reminded you about it? Wouldn't you have eaten it all the same?] The system scoffed.
Max was stunned after hearing it and thought that what the system said was indeed true. He would've eaten it even after knowing about the side effects. After all, healing his core was the most important thing right then.
As he thought of this, his expression suddenly changed as he asked, "Hey, is there only one foundation healing pill in the system shop like other items?"
[Yes, host.]
"Damn it!" Max couldn't help but curse after hearing this. When the shop appeared in the system, he had decided that he would save enough LPs and buy the medicine capable of healing an injured Mana core for his father. However, now it was gone.
He then forced himself to calm down and asked, "Is... cough! Is there some other medicine that can heal an injured Mana core?"
[No, host. There isn't.] System replied.
Max's expression became dejected. The system took the initiative and asked, [Why does the host need it?]
Max was speechless at this question. Why would he ask for such medicine? Wouldn't that be to heal a Mana core?
However, he understood why the system asked this and said, "I need it to heal my father's Mana core."
The system went silent for a moment before saying [If that's the case, it isn't impossible to find such medicine in the outside world.]
