Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 1740 1712. Feelings Hurt
Foltest and John Natalis waited for two days, but they were no longer willing to wait for the scattered troops to gather further.

Once the army has regrouped to a certain extent, they will break camp and leave without hesitation.

During these two days, things in the military camp were still far from peaceful.

"You should take a break, Shani." Lan En spoke from outside the field hospital tent. "This is for you and for the wounded you have treated."

This tent was spacious enough to accommodate many wounded and stretchers, but if someone of his size came in, it would still take up too much space and greatly affect the doctors' movements.

As fate would have it, four red-haired doctors were crammed into this field hospital.

It has been a while since the day of the war, and even on that day, only the wounded were sent here in the first half, and no one was sent here in the second half.

The vengeful ghosts continued to expand in darkness, leaving no lives unharmed. Those who could not run and had no one to help them were all enveloped in it.

The number of injuries was therefore far lower than Milo van de Beek had expected.

But this does not mean that field doctors can have nothing to do.

On the first day on the battlefield, wounded soldiers kept coming in, and they could only rush and provide emergency treatment to the best of their ability.

But when the battle was over, the sense of responsibility of the four red-haired doctors forced them to continue to provide follow-up medical treatment and care to the wounded.

Even if the military camp only stays for two days, medical treatment and care will still be provided for two days.

The tents that were pristine white and smelled of alcohol and formaldehyde before the battle began were now covered with large, old bloodstains, as well as torn and smoky black spots caused by sharp weapons.

On the day of the Battle of Xiaoyu River, in a corner of the tent, the arms, legs and feet of wounded soldiers from the battlefield piled up into a small mountain. They were all the remnants of emergency amputation operations.

In order to save lives, amputation surgery is indeed a common consideration under the pressure of time and speed.

The small hill of limbs on the first day was shoveled out and buried, but a smaller hill was built the next day.

That’s when further limbs were removed from people who, after emergency treatment on the first day, were in poor condition the next day.

To this day, the screams of the wounded and the mumbling of the unconscious can still be heard near the field hospital.

"Lane is right." The halfling called 'Rust' did not move his eyes. "You go and rest, Shani."

Just as he finished speaking, he called out to the person beside him: "Use some magic to keep him unconscious, Mattie! I'm sawing his bones here! If he wakes up now, the pain will be so severe that I can kill a wolf with one punch!"

"No..." Shani was re-bandaging a wounded man, "I don't need to...rest."

But her head was nodding and her hands were moving slowly and quickly, and it was obvious that she was already confused.

"Don't throw a tantrum like a child. This is not school! You should be more professional!" Milo Van der Beck turned around and scolded him, then turned back and said calmly, "Aurora, you should rest soon. Let's take over."

Hearing someone taking over her position, Xia Ni stood up unsteadily and walked out of the tent.

Her body was sour and smelly because she had to accept a steady stream of wounded soldiers and cut off limbs on the first day of the war. The huge psychological pressure made her and Airola vomit.

Even after vomiting, there is no time to wash or change clothes because there are always more important things to do.

Xia Ni had dark circles under her eyes and bags under her eyes. She walked out of the tent in a daze.

After coming out, she was stunned for a while before realizing that Lan En's movements outside were much faster than those of several of them working together.

The wounded were piled up outside the tent, and many of their bandages had been changed.

The demon hunter, with whom she had communicated in Novigrad, came up and said something.

But Shani's brain felt like it could no longer focus.

She only remembered being gently pushed out of the field hospital tent and walking towards the tent where the doctors were resting.

"These words are not suitable for the wounded to hear." The witcher whispered, "I called for help, but there are too many of them... I can't save them all. You are a doctor... You should get enough rest, otherwise..."

Xia Ni heard it intermittently and was basically pushed into the rest tent.

It didn't matter that she didn't hear everything because her concentration was distracted. After all, it had been said many times, both Rust and Lan En had said it many times to her and Aurora.

But she just…lay on the straw, too tired to close her eyes, but still couldn’t fall asleep.

The first time I served as a military doctor was in a large-scale battle involving more than 100,000 people.

Even if Xia Ni could close her eyes now, she would only see piles of severed limbs, and the eyes of the wounded who could not be saved despite all efforts, before they died...

But she fell asleep soon after she lay down. After she fell asleep, Triss came out of the tent and extinguished the light of the sleeping magic on her hand.

Foltest was in a hurry to leave, but at least he did not abandon the wounded.

The army doctor still has to follow, and the wounded are now gradually being taken over by doctors recruited by Vizima.

If he ignored the wounded, his reputation as the King of Temeria would be ruined.

Lan En saw someone he knew in the field hospital, so he came over to help out for two days, so Triss was here too.

"It's just that this acquaintance seems a little too familiar." Triss complained in her heart.

Sure enough, when she walked to the tent of the field hospital, besides the wailing of the wounded, the voice of Marty Sodergren could be heard.

This sorceress, who is as experienced as Milo van der Beek, perhaps even more experienced, is now using playful jokes to try to relax Aurora II, who is returning to work after a rest.

But what she said could only be described as very 'sorceress'.

"Including Lady Triss, we now have five red-haired people here." Rust jokingly sighed, "Fate! Or do the gods really exist? They made us so similar."

"Similar?" Mattie Sodergren smiled. "Among the five red-haired people here, three of them have slept with the same witcher, Geralt of Rivia. And if we only count the ones who have slept with witchers, that's four... but you're not one of them."

Aurora II, named after Sister Aurora of the Temple of Meliteli, who slept with Geralt while he was recovering in the temple, and through this connection she channeled prophecies for him.

Shani, when she followed Kalkstan in Novigrad, I don’t know if she was curious about the witcher or what, but she had sex with Geralt shortly after they met.

Mattie Sodergren was in the coup on Thanedd Island shortly after. Geralt was in a coma due to a concussion, and Ciri and Yennefer were missing. He was confused and heartbroken, and he and the frightened Mattie happened to vent their emotions through sex.

Lan En shook his head outside the tent and wrote down the information of the wounded on a form, ready to wait for the doctor from Vizima to arrive so that he could take over.

The psychological pressure on field doctors is too great. Under this pressure, the four red-haired doctors, especially the three red-haired female doctors, basically talk about everything, which can be regarded as a way to vent.

He had no reaction to Mattie's wild words, because he knew how much psychological pressure they were under at the time.

But as Geralt's friend, he only knew about Aurora and Geralt from the Temple of Meliteli.

Shani and Maddie didn't know about what happened with Geralt.

But if you think about it, this world is very open to love between men and women. Besides, female college students, female sorcerers, apprentice priestesses in temples...they are not traditional women.

It's just that the three of them had sex with the same witcher one after another, which makes it feel strange.

The remaining red-haired girl walked past the witcher who was sleeping with her and stuck her head into the field hospital tent.

The smell here made Triss frown, but she still looked at the busy Aurora and spoke.

"Little Elora, do you remember what Nenneke told you?"

The girl hesitated for a moment, then finally turned her head and nodded to Triss.

The worry in the sorceress's eyes remained unchanged. She brought this girl from the Temple of Meliteli, and she wanted the girl to return in the same condition as when she came.

"War, fear, murder, and blood, these things can corrupt people's morals, but sometimes they can turn into aphrodisiacs." Triss looked at Aurora seriously, "Once you feel your body reacting, find her immediately, understand?"

Triss pointed her finger toward Maddie Sodergren.

"She hasn't had time to find a man to vent, Triss." Mattie shrugged and said, "A pure priestess, she keeps herself busy like an ascetic. I guess when she can't hold on any longer and wants to find a man to comfort herself, she'll be so tired that she won't even be able to open her legs."

"Shut up, Mattie!" Triss growled, "Mind your own business first!"

"Me? I'm fine, didn't I tell you? I found a Redanian officer in the barracks. He always works hard at night."

"You haven't told anyone other than us." The red-haired halfling raised his head. "But from what you said, it seems that you only regard the relationship with that officer as a physical release? This is not good."

"What, Rust? Are you going to start criticizing the sorceress's lifestyle?"

"No, I have no problem with your lifestyle. But I feel that the officer is serious about his feelings, Mattie." Rust said seriously, "Don't tell me you don't feel it."

"You are enjoying the carnal desires, and he is obsessed with emotions. It is dangerous for the two of you to be together despite this cognitive bias. This is a piece of advice. Emotions can hurt people. And he just came down from the battlefield, and his hands and heart are still stained with blood."

The sorceress, who was bold and eloquent, was silent for a long time.

Finally, she sighed and said, "I understand. I will find a chance to talk to him about a peaceful breakup."

Rust agreed with this: "I feel that the officer is not in deep trouble yet, so let's take advantage of now."

Soon after, the doctor from Vizima arrived at the field hospital. Lan handed over the information about the wounded that he had recorded, and the camp had already set off.

Standing on the hillside, Lan and Triss looked at the troops stretched into a long line heading west.

"The hard battle is over. They won't be in any danger, right?"

Triss leaned against Lan and asked absentmindedly.

The witcher knew very well at this time that he had already explained to the sorceress the logic behind this war... It's not that she didn't understand, she was just confused because of her concern.

So Lan En just encouraged her firmly again.

"Come on, Triss. If we move quickly, we'll be back when the negotiation meeting is called."

Lan patted her shoulder.

"I called Cassandra to help in this war. Now, it's my turn to return the favor."

(End of this chapter)