Visit to Sutherland (15)

“Captain Curtis!”

I shouted Captain Curtis’s name.

Captain Curtis lay collapsed on the ground, his eyes completely closed.

Perhaps he had lost too much blood; his face was deathly pale.

Leaving him like this could be dangerous...

I crouched beside him and touched his body, healing his injuries while leaving only the superficial wounds so it wouldn’t look unnatural.

I could have brought him around, but decided there was no need just yet and waited for him to wake on his own.

Keeping my hand on Captain Curtis, I turned to look at Aerial.

“Aerial, it’s true that Captain Curtis was the first to draw his sword, but you went too far! No matter how much you wanted to protect the sick, that was excessive self-defense!”

When I glared at him and scolded him, Aerial’s eyes darted around as if he were flustered...