Claude look at herbalist,"Why you are acting like this, why everyone is acting like this."
"I didn't do anything."
"Claude you been in coma for one week."
Claude was shocked to hear this, he thought he just woke up next day after feeling little bit down but he was actually in coma for one week.
Before Claude could ask more questions herbalist start speaking again.
"Please, stay at where you are now don't come any closer or go away."
"Follow me back to medical hut for now."
"We have to check up your condition first."
"Please try to understand the situation Claude."
After seeing that she asking him to say something now Claude asked her what's was in his mind, "You said I was in coma for one week but I'm completely fine and I don't have any medical situation or anything like that."
"Claude you were sick, you had really high fever and the symptoms that appears were something we never saw before."
Now, Claude more confuse tf is going on here, Is this some kind of new bullshit they come up with to mess with him.
Behind herbalist village chief trusted man were also standing now.
Claude now softly says, "I guess, I have no choice." and walked towards the medical hut.
Herbalist came into hut wearing air tight clothes like bear.
(Wtf is that I never saw anything like this before here, what she's trying to do by cosplaying bear.)
(It doesn't even look like bear, they didn't even put efforts into cosplaying.)
Muff voice came from inside bear. "Claude remove your clothes for check up."
Claude look around the room and those 4 bulky vikings and removed his clothes and lie down on the bed.
After that herbalist check up his eyes, mouth and his body.
After 10 minutes of inspection herbalist sigh in relief and removed the bear mask from her head, her face was covered in sweat and inside mask was full of herbs.
"Just wait for a minute, I will be back."
She comes back in minute after changing back to her old clothes.
"Now, tell me what do you mean by my symptoms were something you never saw before."
"You had really high fever Claude, even healers couldn't heal you. We thought you won't make it."
"Your skin was really soft like new born baby that isn't possible and then it become more soft and you were sweating a lot like you are bathing in your own sweat."
Hearing this Claude look at his hand and touch his skin but it felt normal unlike what herbalist Mia just said.
Seeing that Claude isn't trusting her words, "Look Claude this is hard to believe for you. So, is for us."
"We thought you have rare disease that isn't curable or you are cursed by witch.
In both case people wanted to throw you out of settlement, if you had disease that isn't curable if it spread with in settlement it would completely disaster for everyone and if you are cursed by witch then everyone in settlement would die by witch curse."
Claude doesn't know what to say at this moment and he wasn't good in talking to being with, Claude just look down at floor.
"Well, that's it for now I will come to check on you tomorrow after that you can go home."
"You are saying I have to stay here for tonight?"
"Yes"
"You can't go outside till we are sure, you are okay."
Claude just look at the floor and next day in the morning herbalist check on him and allow him to go outside as he was perfectly fine except for his stiff muscles.
Claude was lying on his bed when one of the village chief man came knocking at his room.
"Why knock in first place when you are just gonna enter it whether or not I allow you inside."
"Ohh, well you talk a lot for the little shit you are kid and I didn't come empty handed this time."
" Look I got you magic wand this time."
Claude look at Wooden stick in Gilliam hand.
"Are you sure that's magic wand not just some random stick that you found lying on the ground and came here to fuck with me this time by using this stick as excuse."
"So, you think I'm lying to you." Gilliam look at Claude with calm expression.
"I don't know if you give up on eye sight for those big muscles of your but I'm pretty sure normal human being can see with their eyes that this is just normal stick not so called magic wand bullshiybyou are trying to sell me old man."
Gilliam let out sigh and bent over to Claude eye level and look straight into his eyes.
"You believe it or not, its not my problem but this one in my hand is real deal and if you don't believe it I can put in your ass to make you believe all the time that this one is genuine magic wand not fake."
Claude look at the floor again hearing his words.
Gilliam seeing this laugh and says, " aren't you going to say as same when you first started talking shit."
"Stick and stone may break my bones but they can never hurt me."
"I really loved hitting you with sticks and stones at that time little shit."
Remember what happened in past sweat start to drops from his head and Claude legs started to shack now.
"Now, tell me who's the little pussy here "
"Me"
"Who's the little pussy here."
"Me" Claude said with his head down.
Gilliam with bit frustration and force in his voice this said, "I said who's the little pussy here."
"Its me, Claude Vedh."Claude said that with almost tears in his eyes.
"That's good." Gilliam saw that kid was just about to break out in tears, seeing this he chuckled little bit then Gilliam throw magic wand at Claude feets.
After that, he left him by his own.
Claude look at Wooden stick lying at his feet after thinking for while he finally pick up wooden stick.
Claude inspect stick for while, "No matter how I see it it's just wooden stick not magic wand."
"I saw other using magic wand before, even toddlers play with better sticks than this."
"What they all taking me for a fool."
"This stick kinda looks like spear but it also failed to be wooden spear."
"Spear blade is kinda curved from where it it coller should be."
"I still can't deny the fact that one who made this stick really gave good edge too woodern spear head."
What Claude doesn't know is this is one is genuine magic wand not a stick or wooden spear but it just that it's lowest quality magic wand they have and all this years no one has used it.
It always lying in dust and few days ago while clearing out supplies from storeroom they stumbled across the magic wand, someone must have made mistake otherwise no matter how insignificant weapon is they always placed it in weapon storage room.
"Its about time I should meet granny,I hope she doing okay." As Claude was about to go he look at stick and wonder to himself.
"Maybe I can use this as walking staff as I can't walk well for right now this stick is good support better than nothing at all."
Using magic wand as walking cane Claude walked around in settlement other saw that he's walking with stick they also thought it's walking staff not the magic wand.
On his way Claude plucked some viola lily flower from ground and use his credit to buy waffles.
Knock knock....
Grandma Mary heard knocking sound on knocking sound on door, when see lift up her eyes to see who's knocking on door she saw Claude standing there with viola lily flowers and waffles in his hands.
Grandma Mary had sweet smile on her seeing Claude in healthy condition.
"How you feeling Claude." Grandma Mary ask gently as she talking to her own grandson.
"I'm good, doing perfectly fine and kicking." Claude said with chuckle.
"Why you are holding walking staff Claude, you said you are fine but then why you need walking staff for than?" Grandma Mary as with concern in her voice.
Claude smile seeing she care's about him and worried for his health. "Its long story and it would be bit boring too but if you have time I can tell you all."
"I hope you are still young boy not turn into old man and need stick to walk with now like people around my age."
"Hahaha," grandma Mary laugh while saying this.
"So, you also think its long stick right."
"Yes"
"You won't believe it but it's actually magic wand."
"Gilliam was the one who gave me but enough with that all I bring some flowers for you and waffles too."
"What's up with this, old woman like me don't need flower at this age anymore."
"Its because I feel grateful to you for looking after me."
Grandma Mary eyes turned waterly hearing this.
(He knows I was taking care of him all this days and nights.)
" Even if so I didn't what I thought was right there's no need for you to bring flowers and waffles for me."
But Claude next word made her realise, he still doesn't know that.
"You always take care of me and teach me how to use needle and threads."
"When no-one trusted me, you were there for me."
Grandma shook her head with smile.
"What's wrong grandma Mary."
Grandma look at cute nervous and silly boy infront of her who is just like her grandson. She put flowers on tables.
"Its nothing Claude, let's eat waffles first."