Holy Attribute Magic , The Price Of Treatment 2

Chapter Twenty : Holy Attribute Magic ,The he Price Of Treatment

" … The contents in the letters are in a way the facts."

"Ho. Are you pleading guilty?"

A surprised look floated on Granhart's face as he didn't expect me to admit to it.

"What am I guilty of? Just after I became a healer two years ago, I received 「Taijutsu」 training at the Adventurer's Guild in exchange for carrying out treatment within the Adventurer's Guild. Is this a crime?"

"No it isn't."

"Moreover at that time I could only use 「Heal」 but they not only provided me with three meals, bedding and clothes, they even paid me salary. Is this a crime?"

"Nope."

"This was my action status for a whole year since registration. From the second year, I was dispatched to the Adventurer's Guild as a temporary staff. Thanks to the hard work from my first year, I raised my Holy attribute magic skill level and memorized some magic. Is this illegal?"

" … No, these were all legitimate behaviors for healers."

He is a little bit confused.

"In the second year, I was grateful for the salary and equipment from the Adventurer's Guild and adventurers that was even more than the first year."

"I find no problem with your actions. But the problem seems to be that the cost of your treatments was too cheap. What do you have to say regarding that?"

" … What do Granhart-sama think regarding the current situation? I did not say that it is bad to obtain money for recovery magic or rather I think it is legitimate to charge for treatment as it was my work."

"Yup. The Healer's Guild is such an entity."

"The person who sent you that letter, I do not intend to pry to find out who it was … But I heard that the Meratoni healer clinic uses 「High Heal」 to treat wounds that can be treated with 「Heal」 and 「Middle Heal」. Due to the exorbitant prices charged by the clinic and practitioners, the patients fall into debt and become debt slaves … I heard that there were such cowardly clinics.

Comparatively isn't this act more of a problem? I even heard that they said that it was cumbersome to display their fees in advance and sometimes they even charged additional fees. How does the Healer's Guild manage clinics that do not do such obvious things?"

"Are you lashing out against the Saint Schull's church Healer's Guild Headquarters?"

"I would like it if you do not switch my words. Instead of ranting, I am asking if Granhart-dono thinks that there is negligence in the teaching of ignorant healers like me of what should be done."

"Such as the ideals of the Healer's Guild?"

"Yes. At the time when the Healer's Guild was founded, I heard that the fee was not determined by lofty people. As time passed the healers began to ask for money. So far there's no problem."

Granhart-san folded his arm and closed his eyes.

"Continue."

"I'll return to the story. How do you price magic? One copper coin? One silver coin? One gold coin? A hundred gold coins? I think that what's expensive and what's cheap varies from person to person. As long as the guild does not specify a rough pricing, don't you think the rest is up to the marketing efforts of the healer?"

Currently there's no fixed price so it won't become a problem no matter how high or low the price is.

" … Then the healers would determine the price range depending on the various kinds of magic.

Is that what you are saying?"

"That's also slightly wrong. There is a difference in the recovery amount of a novice who had just memorized 「Heal」 and a veteran healer. Obviously the veteran would heal more."

"I don't understand what you are trying to say.

Say it briefly."

"This time the problem written in the letter is a problem born from the ambiguous pricing."

"Okay."

"You must first look at the degree of injury then present an appropriate fee. If the charges were presented beforehand then there would be no problem. Well of course this can't be done if the injury is a life-threatening one."

"Yup."

"The healers belong to the Saint Schull's church Healer's Guild. Paying a donation, we are allowed to memorize Holy attribute magic and exercise the magic. Is the Healer's Guild selling the spell books just for the money? No right?"

"But of course. It is used to develop new talents and pay for the Healer's Guild maintenance cost."

"That's right. That's why, by making a guideline for the prices and presenting the price beforehand, the healer profession would get more respect and people will think that it is honest work."

It's because there's no insurance in this world.

"Hmm. But in the end that is just your own thoughts?"

Oh, this guy is the stubborn type.

"Just for an example, Granhart-san is going out to get food. Price wasn't stated but you thought that according to the food's taste, amount and materials it would cost 10 copper coins but you were billed for 10 gold coins.

What would Granhart-san do?"

"Naturally I would complain."

"At that time, "It is expensive because plenty of premium materials were used. You will become a slave if you do not pay for the portion you ate.", is said. If Granhart-san only had 9 gold coins at that moment, then you will fall into slavery. What do you think about this?"

"Even if it's objectionable I can only say "Yes.""

"You would ask "Why me". It was because you didn't know the price in advance. Not only for restaurants, if the price is presented in advance such problems would not occur."

" … "

"Even in Meratoni, only healers in a few stores display their charges in advance. If people knew how much it would cost in advance, I think more people would surely visit the clinics."

" … "

"But, if the situation remains as it is now, it is possible for the healers to collude with slave dealers to mass produce slaves. Now, was my healing magic too expensive? Too cheap? I do not know. But I paid for the donation each month."

" … "

"So just who will decide on the prices?"

" Nu~ … Understood. I will look into this together with the other priests and bishop-samas."

Granhart-san was already tired.

"So what should I do?"

"For starters I'll call somebody to guide you to Lumina-dono's room."

Thereafter, Granhart-san weakly returned to the corridor. The guide was worried about Granhart-san's haggard appearance but still guided me to Lumina-san's room.

"I was surprised when the Meratoni branch Healer's Guild sent me this letter. You harmed the interest of other healers and made the revenue of the Meratoni branch fall. That's what was written in the letter. So I want to confirm the facts."

Oh~ So it's like that. I can excel in these kind of business talks where I can speak logically and don't need to pack all the information together.

I remembered those working days from up until two years ago.

I recalled all the memories up until right before my promotion.

I stopped recalling, opened my eyes and began to talk.