I Secretly Healed the Illness of the Twin Princesses While Wearing a Mask, and Now the Entire Kingdom Is in an Uproar ~Please Stop Trying to Expose the Street Healer~ - Chapter 31

Meanwhile.

On the ground, the shaking from the sinking land had caused nearby houses to collapse, leaving huge damage behind.

Franc, wearing a plague mask and a black coat to hide her identity, gave orders to the “Nightingale: Healers With No Restraint.”

“Everyone, stop pretending to be Faceless!! Clear out the rubble! Rescue every single person trapped alive!!”

“““Hyahahaa!! Time to heal all the injured!!”””

Those who had been muttering about the wind a moment ago now shouted and sprang into action.

“There’s someone buried over here!!”

“We’ll get you out soon!! Stay still!!”

“Time to disinfect the wounds!!”

“This building looks like it might collapse, move away quickly!!”

“Don’t panic, stay calm, and evacuate!!”

Some dug through the rubble, others treated the rescued, and some guided the civilians to safety.

The Knight Commander was left speechless while leading his squad.

“Vice-Knight Commander.”

“Ah, yes, W-what is it?”

“Even after the ground collapsed, they started rescuing people and guiding them without much confusion. They’re worthy of praise, almost a model for knights.”

“I don’t think using people who scream like maniacs as a model is a good idea.”

“And how about the knights?”

“…Most are still frozen in place.”

The Knight Commander’s hair stood on end as he raged.

The knights had a duty to protect the people, and they would fall behind those who had no duty at all.

This was a serious problem.

“You lazy fools!!”

”””!!?”””

“How long are you going to stay frozen?! Move already!! Gather all knights in the capital and start rescuing and evacuating people!!”

“B-But without Princess Christina’s order…”

“This is an emergency!! Even Princess Christina would order saving lives first!! If you don’t want your butt kicked, hurry!!”

“Y-Yes!!”

The knights were shocked by the usually calm Knight Commander’s anger as they straightened their backs.

“But what should we do to help…”

“Faceless… no, should I say the Mysterious Healer Man? No, never mind that. Just help them!!”

“Let’s find the people buried alive!!”

“Bring the beast men with good noses!! They can smell humans underground!!”

“Let the person from the magic academy’s discipline committee help guide people to safety!!”

The kingdom’s knights, though clumsy and hesitant, joined forces with the “Nightingale: Healers With No Restraint.”

Seeing this, the Knight Commander spoke to Franc.

“Excuse me, are you Faceless-dono?”

“Huh? …Ah, y-yes. Well, not exactly, but yes.”

“Thank you for starting the rescues and guiding evacuations ahead of us.”

“You save your thanks after it’s done. Though it’s not honestly needed.”

Franc adjusted her voice with magic, making it sound as close as possible to her cute little brother’s.

Just then.

“Hm? That’s…”

Franc’s eyes fell on a collapsed house that the “Nightingale: Healers With No Restraint” and the knights hadn’t reached yet. Several figures were swarming around it.

The Knight Commander frowned, and Franc showed her displeasure beneath her plague mask.

“Heheheh, look at all this fancy furniture!”

“The owner must have been really rich.”

“Don’t bother with big stuff. Go for the jewels and gold.”

“With this, we can live comfortably for a while!!”

“Thanks to Faceless stirring things up, haha!”

Trash appears everywhere. These people were looters, digging through the collapsed house to steal valuables while everyone else was busy rescuing people.

“Looters in the middle of a crisis!!”

“Exactly because it’s a crisis. The knights are busy saving lives; no one has time for thieves.”

“That may be true, but I can’t just watch this!! I’ll catch them right away!!”

The Knight Commander drew his sword and stepped toward the looters, when suddenly.

“Looters at a time like this… shame on you!!”

“W-who are you?!”

A girl stood in front of the thieves. A crossbow glowed with a golden and divine light in her hands.

She announced her name.

“I’m Ridiel Leendiel, second-year student at the Rudelhardt Empire Hero Academy, ranked second among hero candidates!!”

A transfer student from the Hero Academy, it was Ridiel.

Hearing her name, the looters froze and exchanged nervous looks.

“…Wait, who are you?”

“I’m the girl who will become an even greater hero than the first hero in a few years!! Remember that, idiot!!”

“Y-You called me an idiot!?”

The moment the looter angrily lunged at Ridiel, a bolt from her crossbow pierced the ground at his feet.

“I’ll teach you something useful.”

“Huh?”

“Instead of spending money you got by doing bad things, it’s much more fun to earn money honestly, by working hard, and then playing with it!!”

“W-What are you talking about!?”

Ridiel moved to take down the looters.

Watching her, Franc muttered softly to herself.

“…She’s just a good kid. I could trust her with that child if she’s that kind.”

“Faceless-dono?”

“Mm, excuse me… By the way, Knight Commander, there’s something I’m curious about.”

“Hm?”

“Where’s Princess Christina?”

“The Princess should be in the tent we set up in the square… t-tent…”

The Knight Commander turned to look, but the square now had a huge gaping hole. The tent where the princess was supposed to be was gone.

“…”

“Knight Commander?”

“Umm, haah.”

The Knight Commander took a deep breath.

“In, what the heck do we do now? This is bad.”

“K-Knight Commander?”

Thinking about his daughter’s birthday tomorrow, the Knight Commander broke into a cold sweat as he was completely overwhelmed.

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Afterword

One-Point Story

Author: “Ridiel is well-endowed.”

F: “She’s the enemy basically.”

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