Offered to the Triplet Alphas

Chapter-38. Healing department

[Xanthea]

As soon as the door of the elevator opened, a whole nother world of healers opened up to me, bustling with activities and filled with a diverse assembly of students, staff, and uniqueness of the Infernal pack. "Where the hell did you teleport the patient, Karima!?" I almost bumped into a man who rushed into the elevator.

A student followed him closely, sobbing continuously.

"I don't know, professor... he wanted to go to the mountains," she said, weeping loudly. "I was thinking of the rainforest and then I was in the desert." Weep. "A mountain in the rainforest amidst a desert..." Karima hiccoughed, panicking and shaking badly.

"Calm down Karima!" The professor snapped, which made her jump as the elevator door closed on them. "Gather yourself-"

My eyes and mouth were wide open as I stared at my reflection in the closed door of the elevator.

"Such accidents are common here, meow!" Zosha brought me back to reality. "In cases like these, they never find the patient."

"They don't? W-what happens to the patient then?" I asked, shocked.

"Oh! I don't know," Zosha shrugged, as if it was normal here. "They either get hunted and eaten by the wildlife or die because of their disease trying to find their way out of the foreign place. Few do find their way back home, but they are too traumatized to report back to the hospital."

"And what happens to the student who caused this mishap?"

"They learn the biggest lesson of their life as a healer."

"And what's that? Don't listen to everything your patient says."

"They... aren't expelled?" I asked.

"Nope."

I nodded, trying to absorb the absurdity.

This university mesmerized and scared me at the same time by the diversity that filled every corner of the Healing department.

The schedule for the classes, experiments, and various other events flashed on the large digital bulletin board in glowing words and pictures on a black background.

Students checked the board before hurrying to their lectures.

As far as my eyes could see, the walls were covered with announcements, event flyers, and research and internship opportunities. Bulletin boards provided a glimpse into the various extracurricular activities and volunteering works for extra credits.

As I walked ahead, I came across life-size anatomical models and displays placed at intervals. I gasped at the grand dragon's full body skeletal model, which was ceiling-high.

"It's real, meow," Zosha said. "There is a first year ritual where the first-year students try to steal a bone from this dragon's skeleton. Dragons, from their blood to bones, have outstanding healing properties. They are known as the healer of all healers. But even after their death, it's almost impossible to steal their healing abilities without their permission. So no one has ever been able to steal even a small bone from this dragon's frame." "Woah... that's... woah..." I mumbled, failing to believe my own eyes.

My heart was pounding again and as the healing department unfurled itself even more, the pounding just got wilder.

in their human forms in one half, while the other half showed the anatomy of wolves as an analogy.

so much in at the same time. The ambiance of this place had completely

adorned with medical illustrations, diagrams,

students dressed in black medical coats to nursing students dressed in scrubs, to pharmacy students wearing lab coats and lab goggles, they

department was filled with a vivid arrangement of sofas around the dragon's giant model. It was

to come across glass doors revealing simulation labs

the excitement in my veins. I

licensed subjects. They earn a living by allowing the healing students to experiment on their bodies. Their bodies

gaze at those labs again. "Practicing on

intently. Several students passed by us, too busy in their own world to notice anyone else. Out of them, a student with dark

words from a twelve-year-old was more painful than watching students practicing on live

labs transitioned into lecture rooms filled with students. There were lectures in progress

room's back door and peeped

spotted Kieth, who was attending the

up. She was

clossseee the

the way as a python slithered into the lecture room towards the last seat. A yellow canary was

the seat had shifted into a girl with glowing scaly

perching itself on the

closed the door, glancing at Kieth with sad eyes. She lifted her head and looked at my face, pale

the full experience.

serpent before?" Zosha looked

shook my head, staring at the

wish I was her healing partner," Zosha pouted. "Vish just looks scary, but is the most well mannered and a kind-hearted lady. Although she's mostly late and has a frightening serpent accent. The first time

the door and the professor's voice drowned

rooms are soundproof and a mix of technology and traditional methods of teaching. I attended a few lectures in the

them now?"

She shook her head.

for students enrolled in a fast course, Kieth never took me

"Why not?" I asked.

overheals, meow," she

"Overhealing?"

again, streaming down her freckles cheeks as she

fast course?"

the cuff of her black shirt

nothing about this place?" she sniffled. "Do

is why

you enroll alone. But if you enroll here with a healing partner like me, the course is shortened. The course period then depends on how fast you can, with the help of your healing partner, complete it. After the graduation, the healer and healing partner can either stay together or practice healing separately. Only rich people can

is an ungrateful brat! Meow! Meow!" Zosha hissed, stamping her feet angrily on the

going?" I asked. The busy corridors became more and more

one who can heal your bruise, meow," she said. Lifting her hand, she held my finger with her tiny fingers. "We are almost there.