Chapter 17

Chapter 17

"Wowit's a healing spell!"

"They've really cast a healing spell!"

"Garrett, you're amazing!"

The hall buzzed with excitement. Children of five, six, seven, eight years old, half-grown boys, farmers and their wives, all pushed eagerly to get inside. Garrett's three comrades, Raymond the spearman, Tom the archer, and Vali the shield warrior, had to link arms to form a half-circle, trying to keep the audience from crowding their captain.

Young priest John's face was lit up with excitement; his freckles seemed to sparkle. In contrast, the knight Roman's expression grew darker

Divine favor could be boasted about, but divine magic couldn't be faked. When a real healing spell was cast, the teenager in coarse linen garb standing before them was truly blessed by the divine.

Among the clergy, at least in name, everyone was equal. As the priest Donald had said earlier, "We are all servants of the gods." Especially among those serving different gods, no one had authority over another. The idea of temple knights overseeing priests was ludicrous.

It was a shame; they couldn't confront that disrespectful commoner lad anymore...

He slowly lowered his hand from the sword hilt. Meanwhile, Garrett, with his back turned, remained oblivious, completely absorbed in his thoughts:

The Hippocratic Oath.

From ancient Greece until today, passed down through generations for nearly 2500 years, tens of millions, perhaps hundreds of millions of doctors had sworn to uphold it.

In the realm of health, entrusted with lives.

Since 1991, generations of Chinese medical students had entered the gates of medicine reciting this oath. Healing became their duty; in times of great disaster, donning their white coats like warriors, they fearlessly marched forward.

Year after year, this accumulated faith held immense power

If possible, if feasible, if even a drop of that belief fell upon me here in this unfamiliar realm, it would be enough to establish my footing.

Thanks to Hippocrates, thanks to the predecessors and mentors, thanks to the doctors who had fought in the past, present, and future...nove(l)bi(n.)com

Garrett's thoughts soared. In the next moment, he forcibly brought himself back, focusing his attention on the wounded:

The healing spell he had finally cast must be directed precisely, not wasted in any way!

Sterilize and disinfect the abdominal wound!

"Hahaha! The captain farted!"

"The captain actually farted!"

The soldiers laughed heartily. In the midst of the laughter, Garrett opened his eyes excitedly and jumped up. It was akin to when he, as a resident doctor, heard a patient's first fart after an appendectomy:

"He's passed gas!"

He clenched his fists, raising them high, vigorously waving toward the sky. The surgery was successful! Recovery was on its way! His visualizationlet's call it thatseemed to work!

"Uncle Karen, your intestines are healed!"

Captain Karen seemed a bit dazed. It wasn't until Garrett repeated it a second time that he seemed to snap out of it, still somewhat incredulous:

"Really?"

"It's healed!"

"It's really healed?"

"At least it's started functioning! Passing gas means your intestines are moving again, Uncle Karen, you can eat now!"

"That's fantastic!"

Captain Karen was thrilled, the soldiers were thrilled, and even more thrilled than them was Edmund, the former comrade of Captain Karen, now a farmer. The moment Garrett announced that eating was permissible, Edmund immediately turned around and shouted:

"Kids! Bring out the food! Good wine, good food, big chunks of meat, bring it all out!"

Uh...just a moment. Garrett hastily jumped up to stop him: "Wait! He can only have some milk! At most, thin porridge! He can't eat anything else!"

"What? Didn't you say it's already healed?"

"The area that just healed can't take much stress..."

The calls to bring food, the attempts to stop, the explanationsit all turned into chaos. Amidst the uproar, the knight Roman crossed his arms, looking coldly at Garrett, his gaze icy.

---------------

Here is a theCharacters List.Your invaluable feedback and ratings mean the world to me. Please take a moment to rate this novel at Novelupdate.If you come across any mistakes within this chapter, kindly notify me in the comments below, so that I can make the necessary corrections.