The first thing Lucio did was to go the to the apothecary. Although he had [Inspect], it didn't tell him what to do if he wanted a specific medicine.
Lucio walked into a shop that looked well maintained and aesthetic, with pots and climbers decorating the exterior.
A young man sat on a chair as he grinded a few nuts leisurely. He looked up at the kid who looked like he had just walked out from his deathbed, wide mouthed.
"Umm… can I get something to heal my injuries please?" Lucio asked as he looked around.
"Yes, you can. You will have to show me your injuries before I prescribe you medicine." The young man said after recovering from his shock.
"Sure, but the wound on my torso is still kind of fresh so it might bleed. Same with my thigh." Lucio replied
"You're walking when your thigh has been cut?" The man asked, somewhat angry.
"Um, yes. I was stabbed though." Lucio said as he looked at the man in front of him, who looked like he would explode.
"THAT'S EVEN WORSE!! YOU SHOULD'NT BE WALKING WITH AN INJURY LIKE THAT!" The man said seething in anger.
Lucio raised his eyes 'This guy's too passionate…'
"I don't feel pain. I used some wild plants to cover the wound." He said as he looked at the man who was about to facepalm himself.
"Sigh… come with me." He said before guiding Lucio into one of the treatment chambers which most apothecaries used to treat or check up on patients who had serious injuries or symptoms.
Lucio simply followed him before lying down on a mat made by sewing thin strips of bamboo together.
The young man looked at Lucio for a few seconds as he stared at his nose, torso and thing before walking out of the chamber.
He came back a few minutes later with a huge basket full of different herbs and sterile cloth (Cloth that's boiled in hot water). The man then took out a large bowl and filled it with warm water before dipping a cloth in it.
"Don't move." He said, as he started wiping Lucio's face that was full of dried blood. His nose seemed a bit crooked and his lips were swollen.
The man sighed as he took some kind of greenish paste and applied it on Lucio's nose. It smelled weird, but Lucio ignored it as the apothecary cut off the tight wraps he had made over his torso.
Luckily, he did not bleed and the man redressed the wound properly before moving on to the thighs. The process repeated and soon, Lucio felt comfortable and sleepy.
The man looked at Lucio before speaking "The plants that you used, help in nullifying pain. That was probably the reason why you did not feel much pain when you walked everywhere like an idiot."
"I used the same plants on my torso too but it hurt a lot…"
"That is because your internal organs were also pierced. It isn't life threatening if you just consume the medicine that I'll give you."
"Sure." Lucio said as he was about to wake up.
"STOP! You will be staying here until you recover properly."
"Eh? What if I don't have the money?" Lucio asked as he lied back down.
"….. umm I forgot about that, one silver per day. You will get three healthy meals that will aid you in your recovery and I will be redressing the bandages every day."
"That… seems okay to me, albeit a bit costly. Anyways, how long will it take to recover?" Lucio enquired.
"It depends on your physique… It might take you from one to two months for a full recovery, maybe even three."
"That is literally thirty to ninety silvers." Lucio said as he stared at the apothecary like he was looking at a scammer.
"You will be staying here for two weeks only. I will give you the medicines and it is your duty to redress the bandages and eat healthy. Also, no work that will strain you physically." He said before leaving.
"You might feel sleepy now. Don't worry those are just some side effects from the medicines and all they do is help you recover faster." He said from behind the door before walking off.
Lucio sighed as he slowly drifted off to sleep.
Two days and one night quickly passed as Lucio got his bandages redressed, ate the meals given by the apothecary that were mostly red meat and slept.
He lived through the cycle of eat, sleep and repeat, until the seventh night when he logged out.
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The first thing Lucio did after waking up was stretch.
Not moving for two days made him feel sick as there was no way for him to pass time in Oscuro.
He looked at his cute little siblings who slept on his huge bed. Emiliano slept normally while Emilia looked like she was trying to climb a mountain in her sleep, her arms and legs in different positions unlike the other kid who slept peacefully with his hands on his torso.
He walked out of the room, to the back yard. The whole space was huge, covered with green grass that was neatly cut.
Lucio wore his shoes before jogging in circles. Although he wanted to go out on the roads, he was wary of a neighbour's dog that didn't really look too friendly.
Although Lucio's looks were better than Samael's, he couldn't compare to the other's fitness and physique.
He jogged for twenty minutes before walking as he panted heavily. He continued doing a cycle of twenty minutes of jogging and ten minutes of walking.
He only stopped when he spotted Georgia walking to the kitchen, which gave a clear view of the backyard. He walked inside, panting softly.
"Morniiing!" Gloria said cheerfully as Lucio looked at her, tired.
"Morning…" He replied before heading off to the shovers with his towel and clothes. He always liked wearing a hoodie and he had a lot of them but he felt like he wanted to wear something different today, so he chose a fleece tracksuit and a pair of shorts.
After a nice hot shower, Lucio walked out to see everyone awake. George and Georgia made breakfast while Emilia and Emiliano tried helping them out by doing small tasks that Georgia took the responsibility to give them.
Lucio smiled subconsciously as he looked at them.
While the breakfast was being prepared, he looked at the forums. The response he had gotten for the two new features was crazy as many people either called him a greedy cow or a great administrator.
He closed the forums after scrolling through various posts, which were not too many as only the beta testers were allowed to post.
After he was done with the forums, he checked up on Gloria's progress in recruitment, which had apparently gone pretty well and the lawyer had only asked for one grand as he was someone Gloria knew.
He sent a text thanking her before asking her the stats of the headset productions.
Contrary to his expectations, he received a text in a few seconds.
Gloria: I've sent it to your mail.
Lucio: Okay, thanks.
He quickly opened his mail to see a huge amount of spam mails and only one from Gloria.
Sender: Gloria Sanders
Subject: Headset production statistics
I've made a contract with seven small companies that do mass 3D printing as it is more efficient.
All the companies together, can give us an output of five hundred headset skeleton structures made of plastic.
I have also hired fifty freelance electricians at a pay of five dollars per helmet and they have signed the contract. Most of them claim to be able to finish ten in an hour and the rest claim a maximum or two hours.
Expenses:
3D Printing = 10 dollars per headset
Total = 5000 dollars per day
Circuits job = 5 dollars per headset
Total = 2500 dollars per day
Total expenses per day: 7500 dollars
Thank You,
Gloria Sanders
Lucio looked at the expenses and was quite pleased as Gloria had got him everything for a lot less than what he had expected.
'One headset will be sold for about five hundred dollars… or maybe I can put it up in an auction.'
He quicky texted Gloria to hire any random person or even a student for part-time as there was one final thing that was left to do and that was to insert the micro-SD card, which had to be filled with data to get the headset running.
Gloria said that it would be done before asking him to send the main copy of the data that had to be mass copied.
Lucio asked the system, 'Can you send me the code to the headset? I'll be making others do it so I can't have you directly install it into the chips.'
[Downloaded to your phone. Folder name: Oscuro]
Lucio sighed inwardly, 'Thanks…'
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