I looked down at the ground after getting out of the carriage.

Faint footprints remained on the ground where it had rained not long ago. We had to move before those traces were completely washed away by the rainwater.

Roger took the lead in place of Yurik, who had been at the very front originally. He lowered his head and carefully examined the ground.

“Tsk, it’s not easy to see like this!”

“Will it be alright? Roger!”

“What wouldn’t be alright?”

After checking my tightly held hand once, Roger started walking. We walked for about ten minutes through the wind and rain. The dirt road ended and a gravel path followed. The rain-soaked ground had long covered the footprints. We could only rely on our senses to proceed.

Since there was an accident, they wouldn’t have gone far.

“Lize, over there!”

Yurik, who was behind, stopped. Narrowing my eyes in the direction he was looking, there was a large willow tree in front.

It was the largest and most gigantic tree we had seen so far, so its grandeur was extraordinary. Thanks to that, it stood tall with little shaking no matter how much the wind blew.

I thought we could take shelter from the storm there, but then I saw the figure of a person under the tree. It was not clearly visible, but something kept moving.

“…I think there’s a person.”

“What?”

Instead of answering Roger’s question, I moved towards the tree. As I pulled them without warning, the two boys followed without using much force.

The closer we got, the more certain I became that the person ahead was the Duchess’s party. Roger, who had been suspiciously following me to the end, must have also become sure, as he stuck close to my side.

“Mother! Yune!”

“…Yurik?!”

As soon as the Duchess’s face was revealed, Yurik let go of my hand and ran forward. Due to that, Roger and I staggered greatly once.

“Hey, what if you let go of the hand without a word like that?”

Roger complained. Yurik, who had gone alone, entered the inside of the tree safely without getting hurt. Roger glanced at me, unable to move due to the wind, and swept my messy hair up over my forehead once.

“Lize, let’s go too.”

“Okay!”

Thanks to Roger pushing my back, I safely reached the tree.

The inside of the tree, shielding us from the wind and rain, was safer and cozier than the outside.

Turning my head, I saw Yune, wrapped in a blanket, suffering in pain. Yurik and the Duchess were extremely worried as Yune’s condition had not improved but rather worsened.

“Why on earth did you come here? Lize, Roger! What if you had gotten hurt?”

The Duchess scolded me and Roger, who had come here with Yurik, upon discovering us.

“More importantly, the Duchess’s leg…”

I noticed the wound on Duchess Penton’s leg. It seemed she had scraped it somewhere, and the wound was quite large and deep, exposing the epidermis underneath. There was also a lot of bleeding, staining even the Duchess’s shoes completely red.

“I’m fine. More importantly, we need to go to the hospital quickly…”

“We can’t go to the hospital in this weather, Mother.”

“Then what should we do? Yune is in a lot of pain.”

Yurik touched Yune’s forehead. Seeing how serious the fever was, Yurik pondered for a moment before opening his mouth.

“Let’s return to the villa. Right now, when we don’t know when the storm will intensify, even this place is not safe. Yune’s body is also shivering abnormally.”

“But…”

Duchess Penton looked at the coachman sitting against the tree. One of his legs seemed to be broken, and the coachman was sitting down, even sweating. Duchess Penton was also in a situation where she could not move freely due to her injury.

“Yurik, Roger. I will support the Duchess, so you two help the coachman.”

As Yurik said, this place was not a reliable one as the weather could worsen now.

The distance from here to the villa was not far either, so it was right to return before Yune’s condition deteriorated further. That was even more so considering the Duchess’s wound and the coachman’s leg.

There would be a medical kit somewhere in the villa. We had to treat the injured people with that.

“…Right. It would be better to go to the villa.”

After staring at the sky for a while, the Duchess seemed to have made a decision and handed Yune, whom she had been carrying on her back, to the maid. Then, with my support, she got up from her seat.

“Lize, I’m sorry.”

“No. It’s something I should naturally do.”

Roger and Yurik grabbed the coachman’s arms on both sides and walked slowly.

It was a road we had passed once, so the way back was relatively easier. We passed the carriage that had fallen to the side and the trees that were shaking loudly.

Even though it was a familiar road, it was not entirely comfortable. The coachman, who had misstepped a few times, let out groans of pain. When we stopped walking in surprise, the coachman said he was alright, trying hard to endure the pain.

“I, I’m fine. Please don’t mind me and go on.”

It was difficult to distinguish whether it was rainwater or sweat that had thoroughly soaked the coachman’s face. He couldn’t even step his injured leg on the ground. If his foot even slightly touched the ground, he would frown or swallow a groan.

It was painful even for those watching. We could see how much the coachman was enduring.

“We’re almost there! Just hang in there a little more!”

As Yurik said, the villa we had left was visible ahead. The maids, who had the fastest pace, entered the villa first while holding Yune. Next, the Duchess and I entered in turn, and finally, the coachman.

“Phew.”

As soon as the door closed, everyone let out a sigh of relief. And we all took off our wet outerwear to avoid catching a cold.

“Yune?”

The Duchess asked the maid who had come down to the first floor.

“She’s lying on the bed. I think we need to monitor her condition.”

“I’ll have to check her condition.”

“Please put your hand on my shoulder, Mother.”

The Duchess went upstairs with Yurik’s support.

“Ugh.”

Beside me, I heard a sound of someone enduring pain.

Although supported, unlike the Duchess who could walk, the coachman’s condition was severe.

The coachman, leaning his back against the wall and only looking intently at his aching leg, was shivering. Roger, who had already gone in front of the coachman to examine his leg, was standing with a serious expression.

“How’s the injury?”

“I think it’s not broken but dislocated.”

Roger looked at the coachman’s bare leg, which was severely swollen below the knee.

There were no other deep wounds or scratches, but they say the pain that can’t be seen from the outside is the scariest. Roger gently placed his hand on the swollen area. The coachman twisted his head to the side, gritting his teeth.

“The bone is indeed protruding.”

“You mean it’s displaced?”

When I asked, Roger nodded.

“I think I’ll have to set the bone with my hands for now.”

“…Who?”

“Huh? Of course, me.”

At Roger’s audacious words, not only me but also the coachman who had been still turned pale.

“What? Se, set the bone?”

“You just need to grit your teeth and endure it once.”

Easier said than done.

The coachman clenched his fists tightly. It was natural. Even slightly touching the injured leg that ached terribly, and now a ten-year-old small boy whom he met for the first time today says he will set the bone.

If it were me, I would also be shocked and run away. This is not some child’s play…

“Even if the bone is set, it will be difficult to move for a while, so we need something to immobilize the leg.”

“…Roger?”

“So bring me some wooden boards and cloth, Lize.”

“What are you trying to do?”

“Me? …Well, anyway, could you please bring me some wooden boards and cloth? Please.”

Roger avoided my question.

The coachman looked at me with a tearful expression and shook his head. It meant to please not go anywhere and stay here. I wanted to stay put as the coachman wished, but Roger pushed my back. He urged me to go quickly, assuring he wouldn’t do anything dangerous.

“You really, really won’t do anything dangerous, right?”

“Ah, how many times do I have to say it! Go quickly!”

Trusting those words, I left. I found the wooden boards unexpectedly quickly, and lastly, I entered an empty room to find cloth. Without needing to search the room, I pulled out the curtain hanging on the small window.

“Aaagh!”

Then, a sharp scream of the coachman was heard from the direction of the entrance.

“Ugh!”

It was so loud. Startled, I yanked the curtain hard and just tore it off.

“Roger! What on earth are you…”

When I went to the entrance, I saw the coachman hanging his head down and panting heavily. His face, dripping with cold sweat, was the same as before, but his expression somehow looked relaxed. He couldn’t have died, could he?

I quietly approached and placed one finger under the coachman’s nose. Fortunately, he was still breathing.

“He’s not dead.”

Roger spoke nonchalantly.

“Are you crazy?”

“Oh, you found everything. Give it to me.”

“Are you even listening to me…!”

Before I could finish my sentence, the coachman raised his head again.

“Young lady…”

“Are you alright? You, you’re not hurting anywhere, are you? What did Roger do?”

“…It doesn’t hurt anymore.”

“What?”

“My leg… It doesn’t seem to hurt anymore.”

Huh?

What is this all about? Looking at his knee, the bone that had been protruding was now back to normal.

‘Really? Did he really set the bone?’

Roger did?

Unable to believe it, I looked at Roger, but he was skillfully tying the wooden boards and cloth to immobilize the coachman’s leg.

When Roger asked if it was comfortable, the coachman nodded several times and expressed his gratitude. Roger finally looked at the bruise that had not healed yet and opened his mouth.

“The bruise will go away with time.”

“Yes, young master.”

“The leg may swell more, but don’t worry too much about that.”

“Yes.”

“It wasn’t severe in the first place. For that degree of protrusion, it’s usually faster to directly set the bone. Even if you went to the hospital, the doctor would have done the same.”

Roger shrugged and said.

What on earth is this kid?

“By the way, Lize, where’s the medical kit?”

“Oh, I saw it on the she, shelf in the dining room.”

“Let’s take that and go upstairs too. We need to treat the Duchess’s leg as well.”

Roger got up from his seat and headed to the dining room. I examined the face of the coachman, who was breathing slowly. From the outside, it really seemed like Roger had cured his condition.

“Are you really… alright? Does it not hurt?”

“Yes. It only hurt when the bone was being set, but now it’s fine.”

“Is there any discomfort anywhere?”

“Compared to before, I feel like I’ll live now.”

Did he use magic? Or did he put him under hypnosis?

If not, did he perhaps read about a method to set bones in a book somewhere?

However, it was much harder to actually apply what you learned from reading a book than you’d think. If I could solve things easily just by reading a book once, I would have long become the top wealthy person in this empire.

“Hey, Lize. I’m going up first.”

“If you feel uncomfortable anywhere, call for me! Got it? I’m coming with you! Roger!”

I chased after Roger.