After taking a nap in the bedroom for a while, I noticed that the setting sun was shining through the window.

　Lendl woke me up and we headed to the mess hall. There are so many lower-ranking graduates that they are supposed to take turns eating every hundred people.

　We were added to the medic's table and ate our meals according to their manners. There was bread with a hard crust and little moisture, and a soup with shreds of smoked meat and a few vegetables. A piece of goat's milk cheese was also served, and the drink of choice was wine or water.

　In the capital, the main meal, main dish and side dishes were served at every meal, so I didn't have to worry so much about the nutritional imbalance - but as a military doctor, I had to decide that this situation was not good.

　After we finished eating, we went to the medical wing to talk to Katie, who said she was still working.

'Good work, Dr Glass. After all, is it about the food ......?
'Yes, ...... right. Can I talk to you for a minute?

　Katie said she had been allowed to bring and take her dinner, and a tray with a dinner on it, which had only been touched up a little, was on the table.

'I was just working on the nursing schedule for tomorrow. Things change from one day to the next, so we need to decide who to put where. Depending on the condition, some patients can be very difficult to take charge of on their own. ......
I mean, it's a big deal: ...... I'm sorry, can you tell me if you can?

　It was always written down in the medical records I was looking at earlier - a finding about the mental condition.

　Sometimes mental symptoms are more difficult to deal with than physical injuries. I haven't seen a lot of patients either, but I've been shown the course of treatment.

　What is needed is 'healing' and improvement of the physical factors that affect the psyche. I'm about to discuss this with you, but nutrition through daily eating is also very important.

'I don't want to say it's hard, but we struggle to deal with patients who have mental sequelae. As long as this is a fortress and our stronghold that is visible to the enemy, they will still attack us in the middle of the night ......, but some patients get frightened when the bell rings to let them know .......
You mean to tell me that ...... could cause a depression. I understand. I've had experience with emergency responses to those symptoms.
...... Ho, really?

　Katie, who had always appeared calm and had a gentle smile on her face, as I suppose she tries to do as a medic captain, was the first to show her agitation on her face.

'Firstly, you should always have a method of calming your patients in case they become out of control or frightened by external factors. This also means that the medication and other substances used must be chosen precisely according to the symptoms. Painkillers that relieve the pain of wounds also have a calming effect, but if you rely on them alone, you may become dependent on them.
'Oh ...... my God. We haven't been able to think that far and take care of the wounded ...... and the frightened patients, and all we can do is encourage them .......
It's very important and necessary. But depending on your symptoms, you may want to consider recuperating in town. You don't need to insist on completing everything in a fortress: ......

　--I've just told you that much.

　The high-pitched ringing of the bell could be heard. And the inside of the sanitary building suddenly began to get noisy.

(Is this ...... the crafting of zirconia soldiers that His Highness Astina was talking about ......?)

'I can't believe this is the time for a hostile attack. ...... Sorry Dr. Glass, we're going to be on alert. We need to calm the patient down, so we'll consult with you later at .......
'Let me help you with that. Don't worry, I won't do anything to confuse the patient.
Captain Katie!　Please close the door to the sanitation building, one of you can run away ...... yikes!

　One of the patients pushes past the medic and runs towards us.

　He has bandages all over his body and his injuries have not yet healed - the enemy is coming, and he can't stand the horror of it all, and he's trying to escape to a place that is safe for him.

'Get out of the way ......, I'm going to get to my mom and dad ......, yay, let me go!

　A confused patient can be incredibly powerful. It's the same even if it's not on the battlefield, and doctors and those involved in nursing are often injured when they struggle with patients.

Stick ......!

　I manage to catch the patient. I don't know what unit the soldier is from, but it's an amazing force - depending on the person I'm dealing with, I might not even be able to hold her back like this.

　But the moment I touch her, I know what state she's in. What I needed to calm her panic - one of the medicinal herbs I grew at the academy, brought here, and carry around with me.

(O green herb, pass its healing power to me: ...... "Green Heal (Green Heal)" ......!

What the hell are you doing at ......?

　A herb that has a sedative effect - I can convert its medicinal properties into magic and draw it out and send it to the patient.

　Sedatives as substances take time to enter the bloodstream and show their effects. However, with the "Green Healing", the effect appears on the spot when it is sent. Not every medicinal effect can be converted into magical power, but the sedative component is relatively easy to convert.

''.......''

　The tension is removed from the patient's body, which was flailing in my arms. The strength was also released from the hands that gripped my arms.

'Okay, ...... it's working. Katie, can I take care of the other patients? I think I can be of some help.
'Yes, yes ...... Dr. Glass, please ......!
'Mr. Rendle, when this patient has calmed down, I want you to grind up this weed and give it to him internally. Once he's intensely agitated, he's prone to nausea and such ...... and we need to keep it under control.
I'm sorry, sir.

　It's still very helpful to have someone to assist me. Katie will also follow my instructions - if I'm recognized for what I just did, that's fortuitous, but right now, my priority is the patient above all else.

　I go upstairs to the hospital room, where the patient is shivering in his bed, his head in the corner of the room - a glimpse of what happens when the horrors of the battlefield come back to haunt him.

　Reassuring the patient, that's my role now. I continued to look around at each one of them and give them encouragement, trusting that Deite and the others would be able to fight off the enemy.