Honest Man Form

Feeling the sharp blade sweeping back and forth in front of him, Chopper's fur practically stood on end with fright. He hurriedly shrank beside a cabinet behind him, cautiously sizing up the strange masked man before him, then nervously swallowed and explained in a small voice.

"I... I'm just a doctor..."

"Of course. I know that very well." Yaen answered with a smile.

Then Chopper nervously stated his philosophy. "As a doctor, isn't learning how to save people enough?"

At the end, Chopper noticed that Yaen's gaze seemed to change, and his confidence immediately faltered.

However, Yaen did not fly into a rage as Chopper feared, much less chop him down with his knife on the spot. Instead, he sat on the small sofa behind him and calmly said,

"That's true in principle, but..."

Yaen watched Chopper and asked, "If the enemy doesn't give you the chance to save the patient, what use is even the most brilliant medical skill?"

Chopper hesitated for a moment before asking, "S-So?"

The corners of Yaen's mouth curved upward as he half-jokingly stated a fact.

"So naturally, you can only cut down the enemy first. Once that's done, whether you want to save your relatives and companions—or even treat the enemy lying on the ground—will be entirely up to you."

Essentially an animal at heart, Chopper sensed the terrifying undertone in Yaen's words. His fur stood up again with a whoosh, and he wailed inwardly.

H-He's terrifying... Why would Doctor Kureha make me work for this man...

However, after Yaen stopped paying attention to Chopper and leisurely reclined on the sofa to sip his tea, Chopper thought carefully and somehow felt that Yaen's words made a certain amount of sense.

A moment later, Chopper's timid voice rang out from the corner.

"Hey, um..."

"What