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Chapter 14 by Switchchris Switchchris

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Finding a Healer

Since I now need to find a Healer my first priority is to get a Map so I know where I might find one of those.
I head to the big building that says Adventurer's Guild on it and go up to the front desk to talk to the guy behind the front desk.
"How much would a map cost, im new to this city and have no idea where things are."
"Well, for people who are signed up with the guild, maps are free, otherwise it will cost 5 gold." He says with a fake looking smile. That seems expensive for a map, but I guess their goal is to drive up the number of people signed up with the guild.
"Then I would like to sign up with the guild. I was planning to do that anyway after a day of exploring."
"Well okay then, the entrance fee to sign up is 3 Gold and you will need to sign this Paperwork. After that we can get you a Proof of membership card and that Map you wanted. We do require new members to do at least 1 quest within the first week, but from then on its only at least 5 quests a year to keep the membership going. You can take quests from any Adventuring guild you find on this continent."
I nod and give him two gold and look over the paperwork. It asks for all the basic information like my Name, Age, Race, etc... I put down Tamer as my class.
"Oh so your a Tamer huh, we do require you to also put down what your primary tamed creature is. Since you don't seem to have it with you at the moment, you will have 24 hours to show them to us to confirm your level of ability. We can't have a person with a horned rabbit tamed to go taking on Giant Serpents now can we." He says with a chuckle, a smug look on his face, obviously not expecting anything good from somebody with my level of gear. I can't wait to see the look on his face when he sees Izzy.

I pick up the map and see that there is a Temple that the front desk guy tells me will have healers, so I make my way over.
The Temple is almost as big as the adventuring guild, but a lot more funded by the looks of it. The entire building looks like its made of marble, lots of beautiful looking landscaping done around the building. I go inside and see a lot of people milling about, many wearing some kind of white and gold robes.
I look around trying to find somebody who isn't to busy to talk to, and after a few minutes a large portly man in very embellished white robes walks over.
"Hello my boy, what has brought you to our grand temple." He says, his face devoid of all emotion, almost creepy looking.
"Hello sir, I have a friend who is in need of healing, she has a puncture wound on her arm right below the shoulder and one on her thigh, the leg one needs the most attention. Is there a way we can get a healer to come to our Inn to heal her, she isn't in a state to do much walking at the moment."
"I'm sorry to hear that, but as you can see we are quite busy at this time, we simply can't waste the time to send somebody across town. If you can bring her here we might be able to spare a healer." He says, I catch a hint of a smirk on his lips that pisses me off. I stay calm and don't let my growing anger show on my face.
I use my connection to Izzy to ask her to bring Lily here, telling her what the building looks like.
"Then she will be here shortly, maybe 10 minutes if nothing gets in my Partner's way." I say, showing them my tamer mark. The man's slight smirk disappears and his face goes back to showing no emotion.
"Well then, once they get here we can try to find somebody to heal her, if you have the coin. We don't offer our services for free after all. The healing you require will cost 50 Gold." He says, a slight smirk appearing for a short moment before disappearing with my reply.
"We have 50 Gold to pay you for the service, im well aware that you charge that much for healing. I came prepared for that much at least."

After about 12 minutes I hear a commotion outside followed by Izzy letting me know she was here. I start walking outside, followed by the portly man and a few of the other robed people. The look on that man's face when he sees me walk over to a purple dragon to retrieve Lily is priceless.
Lily looks almost sick to her stomach from the ride, since she is to big to fly on Izzy she must had had to ride her while she ran through the city. I help her off Izzy and over to the man.
"She is the one who requires healing, here is the 50 Gold." I say while handing him the pouch of gold. The man takes the gold and hands it off to a person on his left, a flustered look on his face as he didn't expect that the person he was rude to, to be a Dragon tamer.
"Find this girl a healer, quickly." He says to one of the robed people before turning around to walk away.
About a minute later a younger man in plain white robes comes over to us and tells us to come sit down inside. I sit Lily down in one of the chairs and the man pulls out a wand. He starts chanting a incantation and once its done I see the wounds start to close up and the stitches disappear. The young man looked very drained from just this one healing, and judging by the robes he was probably along the lines of a Intern or Trainee.

Lily looks rather tired, so I help her up and we go back to the Inn to rest for the night, the sun already starting to go down.

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