The knights have separate quarters for the executive class, platoon commander class, and the soldier graduates. The medic's quarters also served as the visitor's lodging, and it was better built than other soldiers' quarters.

　There is a courtyard inside the city walls, where the soldiers' quarters were built. The white-painted building beyond the trees - a structure that is similar in construction to the magic academy's school building - makes you feel a little nostalgic.

　Forty-eight medics, including Katie, live in the two-story apartment building. The total number of soldiers in the fortress is three thousand, and there is only one fortress of this size, one on each side of the kingdom, east, west, north and south.

　However, not long ago, right after Zirconia's attack, a single medic was said to be in charge of treating ten people, a situation that was truly a shura. There were many medics who were recuperating from overwork or illness, and sixteen of them were new recruits.

　The person who showed us around was one of the oldest of the medics, and was a year older than Captain Katie. He told me that many of them would be able to stay on active duty for a long time if they could make it through the recruits' period.

Mr. Glass," he said, "you're the only one here, but to be honest, we're still a work in progress. There are many wounded men in the medics' wing who will probably take a month to heal. The next time the enemy attacks in this way: ......
...... How is your former military doctor doing now?
They can't heal themselves in the fortress, so they're recuperating in a nearby town. They bring food and supplies to this fortress, to a town called Wendell.

　There was a town we passed by a short time after we left Portoro, and it seemed to be the most prosperous in the area. Perhaps that was Wendell.

'Well, I was in town, alone, and I wasn't feeling well. ...... The Preciousha attack captain was a friend of hers, so I go to pick her up sometimes. We'd take a walk in this garden and stuff. As long as that's all you're looking at ...... nothing is the same as it used to be. ......

　The woman who looked wispy is moistening her eyes and wiping them roughly. Mr. Lendl has also turned his back on me - apparently, I've gotten him to cry.

...... I might be able to do something for you. I hope I can visit you once.
I'll be here at least once a month. Could you ask the Prisha attack captain then? She doesn't like men, though, so it's best to stay away from her if she's in a bad mood.

　If I told Mr. Presha-san that I'm called 'Dr. Glass', he probably wouldn't believe me. And Mr. Presha-san said that his subordinates were afraid of him.

　The former doctor. I will now begin to use her written diagnostic records as a reference for policy, and I'll be a military doctor.

　But I had one possibility in mind. By touching a person, I could identify the nutrients and other factors that they were deficient in and recall the plants that possessed them.

　In other words, even if the cause of a disease is unknown, I can get a clue to a cure. As long as the recalled plant is located in a place where it can be obtained.

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　The room that was shown to me was a double room, but it was built with one living room that could be moved to two bedrooms. Even if more than one visitor came together, there would be a problem if there was only one bedroom, so it was said that the rooms could be divided even if they were small.

　When a person of high status came to inspect the fortress, there were times when the master and a few attendants would come together, and in that case, it was especially necessary to accommodate such a situation, since the master and the attendants could not, as a rule, sleep in the same room.

Is it safe to occupy the visitor's room if it is occupied by ......?
Well, if it's empty for the time being, that's fine. There's a desk in the living room, and you can write in here and do things like that ...... There's also a light in the room.
...... Mr. Glass is a learned man, I'm told. But I hope you won't be too hard on yourself. As Katie said, he's looking a little fatigued.
'Oh yeah, ......?　I still have a lot of energy left over, though. I'll go through the diagnostic records as soon as I can. Isn't it about time Mr. Lendl took his hat off?
Then I'll take it off. May I have the use of your room?
'Oh, you can make that one into Mr. Rendle's bedroom. I'll take the other room.

　I take Alraune from Mr. Lendl. After he closed the door to his bedroom, Alraune woke up - but he looks like he's sleepy.

'...... Summoner-sama...... it looks like it's time to return to the spirit world......'
What's up with you all of a sudden? I think there's a lot of magic inside this fortress: ......
'This is a power I shouldn't be using just to be here. The truth is, it's dangerous to have ...... so full of it. ......

　Alraune's figure faded away - and then there was a vision of the petals scattering on the spot. Later, the bulb I used as a medium is left behind.

　There are no mages in this fortress other than me. In other words, no one has been able to detect that the amount of magic in the atmosphere has increased just because His Highness Astina is there.

　I was also so overwhelmed by her presence when we were face to face that I didn't recognize the abnormality as an anomaly. It's the constant overflow of magical power that gives her a sense of mystery.

　I would love to hear how His Highness Astina obtained the magical power that she has now, right now. But I was kept away from her and did not become a direct follower.

(...... Now, it's not that His Highness Astina is physically challenged. She did not show any of her health problems. If there is anything, do you hide it from those around you ...... or does Raquel not know ......?

...... Dear Mr. Glass, how can I help you?
"Geez. ...... Oh, oh, Mr. Rendle. Sorry, I was just thinking about something.

　For some reason, I had a neutral impression of Mr. Lendl when he was hiding his face with his hat and glasses - but when I took off my hat, took off my glasses and looked at him, he had a boyish but firmly masculine look to him.

'When you take your hat off, you get a different impression. It's more like a different atmosphere: ......
'I am often told. I personally feel more comfortable wearing glasses or a hat.

　Really, he's a different person. Can I say that the air around him has changed - if it were Rendle-san now, Arlaune would call him 'big brother' without half a doubt.

　His chest, which he said was pigeon-breasted, also looked quite thick, but not so much when he took off his coat and only had his shirt on.

'Which way would you like to see it, Master Glass?　The diagnostic records appear to be compiled in the order of the names of the injured and sick.
In the meantime, can you bring it all to me? I'm going to go through it all today.
...... I hope you won't be too hard on yourself," said Mr. Glass. But Mr. Glass is not one to listen to you. The best I can do, as your secretary, is to make it as easy as possible for you.

　Mr. Lendl, who said that, was, to put it mildly, the very 'ideal secretary' I imagined him to be.