Request for Protection
"Nothing serious?"
Gauss casually asked Theron after watching him finish examining the injured.
The three people before him were the unlucky ones they had encountered while clearing out the kobold lair. They had not been injured in battle; they had been hurt by a landslide in the valley.
"Their recovery is going very well. The cracks in their bones have already begun to heal."
Normally, injuries to the muscles and bones took a hundred days to recover from, and fractured bones could not possibly heal so quickly. But the group had both a doctor and a potion-maker.
"Captain, I feel like I could pick up a weapon and fight right now."
"I feel incredible."
Apparently worried that Gauss might think them useless, the three injured members hurriedly declared that they had already recovered.
They did not want to leave Gauss with the impression that they were weak and frail.
Compared with other adventurer groups, the Red Dragon Group offered especially good treatment and protection.
People had hearts, after all, and everyone had seen how Gauss treated ordinary members.
If they had been in another adventurer group, how could the leader possibly have come personally to care for and comfort insignificant members like them after they were injured?
In other places, the rule was simple: if you could work, then work; if you could not, then get lost.
There was no shortage of ordinary adventurers in this world.
Thus, after staying in the Red Dragon Group for a while, they all wanted to remain there for the long term.
"Don't move around recklessly yet. Rest and recover."
"Report it immediately if you feel uncomfortable anywhere."
How could Gauss fail to see that they were putting on a brave front?
Theron's medical skills were excellent, but they had not