As soon as Sky found out about the giant cockroach, he narrowed down his searching range, and within a few minutes, he found another clue that is left by that giant cockroach.
"Hmm... Look at these weird 'hairs' that stuck on the vine, they look like trochanteral hairs from an insect's legs." said Sky as he examined some hairs on the remnant of the parasitic vine he just crushed earlier.
"Mmm... And they look quite new, whatever it is, it probably just escaped this vine not long before we reached here." said Junior.
"Judging from how aggressive these vines are and how rare animals are in this deep forest, these hairs are probably from the cockroach we are looking for." said Sky.
Junior nodded as he agreed with Sky's word, while Maria is totally confused with what those two were talking about.
"I believe that giant cockroach is still nearby, with an injured leg, it probably won't be able to move so much, let's look for any trace it might have left behind." said Sky.
"I think I found the trace you are talking about, look at there." said Junior as he pointed at a random direction where it has no obvious difference than the other area, at least not for normal people's eyes.
"Yes, indeed. It seems like something had walked across that area." said Sky as he stared at the area pointed by Junior.
Maria stared at those two, he is totally impressed as he is one of those who can't spot any difference.
"Let's follow this trace and see if we could find that cockroach." said Sky.
"Oka... Hold on, it's not necessary anymore. I think we found it." said Junior as he slowly walked towards a tall grass bush.
Sky turned his eyes to that tall grass bushes and indeed saw a shiny object that is hidden in the bushes. After Junior slowly and carefully approached that black shiny object, he confirmed that it's the giant cockroach they were looking for. Then both Sky and Junior started using some unique hand signs in order to prevent startling the cockroach. After a short communication between the two, Sky decided to use sleep magic on that cockroach so they can catch it without further harming it...
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Meanwhile, infirmary.
"Eh? I have to study all these books?" the healer exclaimed as Ben took out a whole pile of medic books from his work case along with some of his old handbooks.
"Yes, these are for the basic." said Ben in a casual tone.
"Heh? Basic? But that will take me at least a whole year to study all of these." said the girl.
"Mhmm... That's pretty much more or less the time needed to study these basics." said Ben.
"Uhm... Dr. Ben, may I know how many years does it needed to reach your standard?" The girl asked in a careful tone.
Ben did not say anything but give her a bitterly sweet smile, the girl soon understood what he meant.
"Ah... I see... So this is totally different from what those jerks said..." said the girl, she sounds rather upset and lost.
"Well, there are a lot of things that aren't as easy as how you see it, or rather there isn't a single thing that is totally easy, even a person's existence is a hardship." said Ben, in a serious tone.
"Ah..."
"But still, this so-called 'traditional medication' is definitely much much harder than what all those new generation healers think of, and especially harder than those mere basic healing magics. Just saying." said Ben, who unconsciously started his ranting.
The girl silenced for a few seconds before burst into a short laughter.
"Pu... Haha! Dr. Ben, you are really a funny person. But seriously, I really need to reconsider my own path. Maybe I am not suitable to be a healer after all." said the girl, rather down.
"Ah... Uhm... If healing magic works better for you, I could teach you a more effective way to use it." said Ben, who sounds a bit guilty.
What a rare sight...
"Heh? Dr. Ben, you can even do healing magic?" the girl asked, rather surprised.
"Well, of course I do, just that I didn't show it quite often." said Ben.
"Oh my! That's amazing! Are you sure you would want to teach me?" the girl asked, rather excited.
"I don't mind about that, I am quite free right now." said Ben.
"Yippee!" the girl exclaimed. Seeing the naivety of the girl, Ben can't help but recalled his own past... Yes. Past.
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"Dad, is it even necessary to read all these books just to be a healer? Hoshe had been studying his books for days and nights." said the three years old Ben to his father, Shiya.
"Well, it depends on the person who studied it, some need more effort and some need less. Are you interested in studying these?" Shiya asked as he gently patted his son's head.
"I am not particularly interested but I don't mind studying it." said Ben.
And so, Ben started learning the art of healing and medical knowledge at the age of three. Despite not being very interested in that field, Ben is very talented and only used five years to successfully passed the level of Hoshe who is nine years older than him. This caused an imbalance in Hoshe's mind, he doesn't understand why a little kid like Ben can do better than him, thus causing him to desperately trying to prove himself in front of Shiya.
After noticing the abnormality of his brother, Ben told his father the fact that he is not interested to be a healer, he only learned it for fun, Shiya accepted it with an open heart as he never planned to force Ben to do things he doesn't like and decided to teach everything he knows about the art of healing to Hoshe. However, that was not enough to soothe those imbalances in Hoshe nor prevent that tragedy...
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*Something out of the story
Sky: "Dear readers."
Chris: "Hmm?"
Sky: "This chapter is meant to be released for webnovel.com."
Chris: "Oh! This matter. Yes, if you're reading this chapter on another platform than webnovel.com, know that it's an illegal copy diffused without the Writer's authorization."
Sky: "As what Chris said. Right now, this story is free on the authorized platform, so please read it from authorized platforms as mental support for the writer."
Chris: "Mhm... There are two authorized platforms. One is webnovel.com. And another one is that messy and half-dead Weebly site that she uses for draft and backup... But not recommended."
Sky: "Ah... Haha. Yes, as Chris said."
Chris: "But look out, those scums might change this note to their own website link. So, be cautious.
Sky : "By the way, if the cover page is the old cover page that shows two stickmen, stop reading it, it's cursed and might caused the writer to stop writing."
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