Doctor Player Chapter 3
Raymond nodded without hesitation.
“Yes, it is quite possible.”
“ah!”
Their eyes widened as if they would tear.
“But there is one thing the guardians have to follow. Whatever treatment I give you, trust me and follow it.”
“…!’
It was an unexpected request.
But they nodded.
It was a car that was waiting for death every day anyway. I was not in a position to cover it if I could save it by any means.
“I will, therapist. Please save my husband!”
Raymond nodded.
“All right. Then prepare clean water boiled at high temperature. It should be boiled and cooled as much as possible.”
“Yes, I will prepare it right away.”
“And please prepare a sharp knife that is as clean as possible.”
“A knife?”
The mother and daughter made puzzled faces.
A knife to heal?
“Heated it with your fire.”
“why…What kind of treatment are you trying to… …?”
Raymond was silent for a moment at the question.
I was worried about what words to describe this treatment.
He immediately came up with a suitable word.
“I am going to have an operation.”
Surgery.
It was an unfamiliar term here in Raypentaina, and it was a word that would shake the foundation of the entire continent’s treatment system in the not too distant future.
* * *
The preparations for the operation were over in no time.
‘I’m going to have surgery.’
In fact, abscess drainage of this level was a simple procedure embarrassing to call it surgery.
Still, standing in front of the patient, Raymond’s heart was pounding.
“It’s an arterial hemorrhage. Stop the bleeding!」
「Secure your view! Arrest if you don’t hurry!」
The scene I saw in my dream the other day passed by.
As if becoming a doctor in a dream, sharp tension passed by.
“Then, thank you, therapist.”
“Please save my father!”
The mother and daughter asked with trembling voices and left the room.
They trusted Raymond.
Still, I couldn’t hide my anxiety and nervousness. Because the life of a precious family is at stake.
“I will do my best.”
Raymond thought silently, feeling their feelings.
‘The head is cold, but the heart is hot.’
It was a phrase included in the knowledge of ‘general medicine’.
I repeated the mindset that a therapist should have.
First of all, I wiped the sacrum with the herbs I brought from the treatment center.
It was an herb with a paralyzing effect. In addition, the incision was cleaned with herbs that had antiseptic effects.
After that, I picked up a knife.
Coincidentally, there was a small hand knife that had never been used at home, so I sterilized it by heating it over a fire.
It was a knife similar in shape to a roughly primitive scalpel.
It was the moment when the feeling of the knife was transmitted to the hand.
My heart pounded again.
‘open.’
Jjiik.
As the knife pierced the skin, blood gushed out.
“…!”
I was prepared, but when I saw the red blood, I couldn’t help but feel dizzy.
‘Wake up, Raymond!’
Raymond gritted his teeth and moved his hand.
According to the knowledge of ‘surgery’.
The flesh, red and swollen from inflammation, was drawn in a straight line.
The blood flowed and at the same time, bright yellow liquid poured out.
It was pus.
Raymond’s hand moved incessantly.
The pus-filled pus was primarily wiped off with a clean cloth, and the inside of the abscess was washed with boiling sterile water.
I washed until no pus was visible to the naked eye, and this time, I removed dead tissues one by one with a knife.
‘Concentration. I can’t make any mistakes.’
It was a simple procedure, but Raymond felt as if he was undergoing a major open surgery, where life came and went.
I don’t know how time flies, I don’t know how I moved my hands.
Sweat beaded on his forehead.
After moving like that without hesitation according to the knowledge of ‘surgery’ engraved in my head, the breath inside the flesh that was rotting in pus was opened.
‘it’s okay!’
Seeing this, Raymond let out a cheer inwardly.
Fortunately, the treatment was completed safely.
The inflammation was still full of redness, but since the cause was removed, it should subside soon.
Raymond applied a potion made from extracts of herbs he had prepared for the last time to the wounded area.
It was a herb known to be effective against infectious diseases, and it was a herb that Raymond assumed based on his knowledge of ‘medicine’ to contain ‘natural antibiotics’.
After such a simple operation, Raymond came out of the room and met the mother and daughter.
They were waiting for Raymond with worried faces.
“How was it, therapist?”
Raymond let out a long sigh.
It was a sigh of relief that the big job was completed safely.
“Good.”
“ah!”
“The fever will start to drop now.”
Tears welled up in the mother and daughter’s eyes.
“thank you! thank you!”
They bowed and greeted each other almost as if bowing.
Raymond shook his head, taken aback by the excessive expression of gratitude.
“it’s okay. I just did what I had to do. You don’t have to do that too much.”
However, the mother and daughter did not stop expressing their gratitude.
“It’s the right thing to do. No one has done it like a therapist.”
“…!”
“I don’t know how many treatment centers I’ve been to. Everyone just scoffed at me for not having enough money, but they didn’t even try to take good care of my husband.”
The middle-aged woman wiped away the flowing tears.
“Thanks to the therapist, I was able to avoid losing my husband. The therapist is a benefactor to our family.”
It was the moment I heard that.
Raymond’s heart jumped again.
It was a different kind of heartbeat.
Something warm filled my heart. It was an unbearably overwhelming feeling.
‘This is it…’ ….’
The joy of treating patients.
It was the first time I tasted that joy.
That’s how Raymond treated the first patient.
* * *
“…You treated the patient?”
Raymond felt delighted at the disbelief on Lens’ face.
I finally gave that unlucky bastard a shot!
“Yeah, I just got back from making sure it was all ten. It looks like he will fully recover in a few days.”
“What nonsense!”
Lens raised his voice abruptly.
“Don’t lie nonsense! What kind of treatment is it with the healing power of a speck of dust!”
It was a natural reaction.
By Hill’s standards, sacral infection is a very serious disease.
A B-class advanced healer went and healed it when he was in a state where he was worried that it would get better even if he poured all his strength into healing?
‘It’s because of the properties of the heel.’
Hill, like other stories in the novel, was not an almighty power that could heal any disease with just a touch.
Here in the world of Leifentina, Heal is the force that promotes life force.
As it promotes vitality, it exerts a useful therapeutic effect on various diseases, but there are many diseases that have no effect.
A representative example was the abscess in the buttocks that Raymond treated this time.
If the pus is seething, you have to squeeze the pus out. What’s the use of just promoting vitality with healing? It was the pinnacle of inefficiency.
‘It’s not just a butt abscess. There are too many messed up treatments here at Ray Pentaina.’
Raymond thought of it as ‘medical’ knowledge.
Hill is obviously a great power, but the problem was that he was overconfident.
There were many diseases that were useless even if you tried to promote vitality, but it was over with only healing.
I was thinking about how to sharpen the heel more, but I didn’t study other treatments properly.
“If you’re lying… ….”
“I am not lying.”
Raymond opened his mouth cautiously, noticing Rance.
“Fortunately, heaven helped me, and I was able to succeed in treatment.”
“….”
Lens glared at Raymond with blazing eyes.
‘What am I going to do by staring at her?’
Raymond shook his head and straightened his shoulders as he reflexively shrank because of his past where he had been bullied for being ugly. This time he did nothing wrong.
“I’ll go check it out myself, so wait. If it’s a lie, you’ll have to pay the price, so be prepared!”
bang!
Raymond shook his head when he saw Lence who had violently closed the door and left.
‘anyway.’
If you go and see it for yourself, you’ll know it’s not a lie.
Anyway, the important thing now wasn’t the reaction of that narrow-minded Lance.
Raymond blinked. Then a phrase popped up in front of my eyes.
[Quest completed!]
[Reward given!]
[Level rises!]
[Acquires 10 skill points!]
[Level up: When experience points are accumulated beyond the standard value, the level rises. You can increase your stats (ability points) when your level rises.]
[You can upgrade your class’s grade when you reach level 40.]
‘Rating?’
[Class: Surgeon (SSS)]
[Occupational grade: Novice resident]
This seemed to indicate the occupational grade.
‘Then, as the level goes up, that grade goes up? From a novice resident to an experienced resident?’
It seemed like that.
‘Then, since I’m a resident now, can I upgrade like a specialist professor if my level goes up a lot later?’
Then, in addition to the quest reward, an additional message popped up.
[A special bonus will be given to commemorate the first patient treated!]
[Level up!]
The level has risen again.
Then the status window changed to this.
[Player Status]
Name: Raymond
Class: Surgeon (SSS)
Job Rating: Beginner Resident
Level: 3
EXP: 10/50
Skill Points: 15
Title: Dirty Bastard
Assistant Occupation: Not Activated
[Stats]
Stamina: 3
Sense: 2
Intellect: 17
?? : 1
Extra Stat Points : 2
‘Extra Stat Points?’
The level rose to 3 and there was something called an extra stat point.
‘Can I raise my stats by 1 each time the level goes up?’
It seem to be like that.
‘But what are these stats?’
Then a simple explanation came to mind.
[Stamina: It means the overall ability of the body, including endurance and muscle strength. If you have strong stamina, you will have an advantage when treating patients.]
[Sensation: The ability to fine-tune the body. The more sensitive your senses are, the smoother you can perform delicate movements when treating patients.]
‘Sense! This ability is useful for surgery!’
At a glance, stamina is literally the physical ability of the body as a whole.
The senses seemed to be fine motor skills.
In other words, to raise the surgical skills that require delicate hand movements, the sensory stat must be raised.
‘Use stat points. All 2 points increase sensory ability.’
Raymond, who had been sweating because his hands didn’t move as he wanted while treating an abscess a while ago, immediately raised his sensory stats.
For the time being, I was thinking of investing in the sensory side whenever the level went up.
‘What is intelligence?’
[Intelligence: It is an ability that allows you to use your academic knowledge more efficiently.]
‘So you have the ability to use your brain. When treating patients, making accurate judgments based on medical knowledge is just as important as surgery. What’s the question mark?’
An explanation came to mind.
[?? : Unable to open because the criteria are not met. It is opened when certain criteria are met.]
Raymond said, ‘?? I was wondering what the stats were. For sure ‘?? The ‘stat’ will also be an ability that helps heal patients.
Anyway, Raymond realized one thing at that moment.
‘I have to raise my level! Then I can become the best healer.’
There was only one way for him to become an outstanding therapist with an F-grade or lower failing talent.
To hone the skills of surgeons.
To do that, you had to level up.
That is, the patient had to be seen.
Having judged that, Raymond immediately moved.
aid station.
In terms of medicine, ’emergency room.’
He volunteered to work there, which is the number one place to avoid therapists, where all kinds of rough patients flock.
