"It's going to itch like hell"

"What happened to her, master?" Tiana asked once Theo returned to the tent and knelled down by the side of the bed. 

Theo didn't even raise his eyes from the bag. 

"Those damn crusaders, that's what," he replied, pushing his hands inside the bag to thoroughly check its content. 

The few times he spent studying alchemy for the sake of backing the growth of his disciples with various pills, herbs, and elixirs now proved to be quite the boon. Instead of trying to guess the use of the medicines Juvia provided or reading through the labels they were marked with, Theo could discern most of the items with just a single look. 

Done with the quick check on the medicines, Theo finally raised his eyes to the beaten-up body on the bed… Only to realize that rather than skin, he was staring down at the sheets that he and Tiana slept under just a few hours prior.