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If you apply acupressure, you won’t be able to move
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Before I knew it, the world outside the treatment center was covered in darkness.
“Wow, thank you for your hard work.”
The blue-haired healer, Finley, offered me a leather flask. Without hesitation, I took it and gulped down its contents.
Maybe it’s because I’ve been sweating so much, but the water inside feels like it’s melting into my body.
Meaningful work.
Is it really this refreshing to drink water after sweating meaningfully?
“You did a good job for your first day. Is it because you’re in good shape?”
Finley slaps my shoulders and back with his palm. It’s quite strong, but to me, who’s trained by Elfriede’s whip, it’s just a ticklish skinship.
Actually, my body was quite strong.
Growing up on the honey of capitalism, my height and physique stand out in this world where food and nutrients are scarce.
Finley said.
“Are all Samaritans like that? The Samaritan adventurer I saw before was also very large.”
“In my hometown, there were many people with a similar physique to me.”
“Ah… Still, Mr. Hassan is a quiet person. I thought all Samaritans were eccentric and noisy people.”
In fact, I think comparing myself to the barbarians of this world is as rude as comparing Chinese and Koreans to each other.
But from the perspective of these foreigners, Chinese and Korean people would all look the same.
So I had no intention of really clarifying that I was not a Samaritan but a foreigner from another world.
It only becomes more annoying to talk about it, and the gazes directed at me become harsher, as if they are looking at a madman.
It was around this time that I was having a light conversation with Finley.
“Come to think of it, Mr. Benellis really liked it. He said his back pain completely disappeared. How did he do it?”
“Venus?”
“The adventurer who came during the day. His face is sallow and-.”
“ah.”
I remembered the face of the man who had thrown me a silver coin and left.
He had an ordinary appearance that would be hard to recognize if he were to wander the streets, but the sparkle of the silver coin he gave me was so special that it remained in my memory.
I treated that man’s back pain.
I can only guess that it might be because of my newfound dexterity, which I have somehow acquired. My head can’t think of anything more plausible than that, sob!
“How did you do it? It’s hard to cure a chronic disease that has become ingrained in your body even with healing magic.”
“Is that so?”
I was a little surprised to learn about the limitations of healing magic, which I had previously thought to be fraudulent.
In fact, the very idea of magic and grace is still something unfamiliar to me as a foreigner, and even though I have been here for two years, I have not had many opportunities to encounter them, so there are many things I do not know.
I said.
“Can’t healing magic fix everything?”
“That’s true for wounds that haven’t been there for long, like cuts or bruises. But deep-rooted karma or chronic illnesses like that require long-term treatment. In some cases, there are many things that can’t be cured.”
I don’t know what this karma that’s so deeply embedded in the body is, but according to Finley, it seems that healing magic isn’t omnipotent.
Could it be that this newfound grace I have received is really something great?
It was around the time I was thinking that way.
“Um, uh… Could I possibly learn that special massage technique?”
Finley, who had been hesitating for a while, asked me with a firm expression as if he had made a deep decision. I woke up from my deep thoughts and looked straight at the face of the woman sitting next to me.
“Are you learning?”
“Yes, I want to do my best for those who are in pain….”
Even if it’s not a panacea, you can use healing magic five times a day to cure most injuries at once, so why bother trying other treatments?
It was a truly remarkable achievement. For me, who was used to Elfriede’s whipping, it was so moving to see a woman show such selflessness.
But is this something that can be learned through learning?
It was a time when I was hesitating and unable to answer easily.
“I’m willing to pay a reasonable amount for some great secret technique. Medical knowledge is extremely valuable…”
“How much?”
“Yes, 10 silver… .”
“yes?”
“It’s 20 silver.”
“No, just a moment.”
I felt like my thoughts were not keeping up with the situation that was unfolding so suddenly. The amount of 20 silver that I heard out of the blue was a significant amount of money to me.
I had a strong feeling that I had to swallow that money right away, but I also had a strong feeling that I shouldn’t be defrauded by some mysterious power that I couldn’t even tell him about.
More than anything, I wonder if it’s okay to exploit the kind and gentle Finley’s money.
“Then I’ll give you 30 silver. It’s all the money I have right now. How can that not work?”
“No, that won’t work. Then try lying down on the bed over there.”
It was too much money to compromise on. I didn’t have to worry or worry about it because I could get the entire amount of money for my freedom right away.
“Are you lying down?”
“Yes, you have to experience it yourself to understand the feeling.”
The most basic thing to learn about massage and bodywork is to understand the sensations and feelings yourself.
You need to feel for yourself how and where you need to press to feel good and cool, so that you can convey that feeling to others.
Finley lay face down on the empty bed.
“Oh, I feel a bit embarrassed.”
She buried her face in the pillow and made a sound that sounded uncertain.
Although the sight was quite cute, I kept my composure as I was afraid that excited emotions could cause accidents during this treatment.
“I’m going to feel it with my hand for a moment. I’m telling you in advance so that you don’t get surprised.”
“Yes, yes. It’s okay.”
With Finley’s permission, I put my hand on her back. Even through her thin fabric, I could feel her slender back and waist.
I ran my fingers along her spine and said nonchalantly.
“Your axis is slightly tilted to the right.”
“Huh!? Is that not good!?”
“No, as we live, we all tend to lean to one side. Mr. Finley, you’re not that bad. But I’ll correct you for a moment. Now, take a breath.”
“after….”
“Huh-.”
I placed both palms on Finley’s back and gave him a quick push with a short breath. Then, a loud cracking sound resonated through the room, which was unexpected for coming from his slender back.
“Eungiiiiit-!”
But what surprised me was Finley’s strange scream.
“Hey, Mr. Finley? Are you okay? It might hurt a little at first.”
“Oh, no… It hurt more than I thought, so I was just a little surprised. Is it over?”
“Not yet. Exhale again.”
“after….”
Knock knock, knock knock.
“Eek-! Eek!”
Only after I had firmly corrected the area around his waist and pelvis did I take my hands off Finley’s back.
Finley whimpers like a beaten dog and then slumps down on the bed as if he has lost all his strength.
“are you okay?”
“Joe, please let me stay like this for a little longer… .”
“It’s painful at first. But if you keep doing it, you’ll feel better. To see the real results, it’s best to do it consistently two to three times a week.”
“Is that so? Now that I think about it, it feels good… .”
Finley didn’t seem to have any strength left in her body and didn’t even think about getting up from the bed. I sat down on top of her waist.
“Mr. Hassan? W, what…?”
“As you are receiving 30 silver, I must teach you thoroughly. I will teach you simple acupressure techniques and their effects. Feel it for yourself. There are areas in the human body called acupoints.”
I placed my thumbs on both hands, one on each side, parallel to each other on Finley’s long neck.
The part where the neck and the back of the head meet. I pressed the hollow part with my thumb and turned it in a circular motion, and Finley started to flop around underneath me.
“Hiyaaaa… .”
“Are you sick?”
“Oh, no, it’s just that my body feels creepy… What kind of effect does that have?”
“It’s effective for insomnia.”
“Dude, can’t you sleep…? Huhu.”
I remembered that Finley suffers from insomnia, which is why he sleeps so little at night that he volunteers to be on night duty.
Thanks to that, dark circles appeared under her eyes that didn’t suit her pretty face.
But unlike when Benilis’s back pain was cured, stimulating the acupoints on the back of his neck didn’t seem to help Finley’s insomnia.
what-.
Am I pressing on the wrong area?
I sat up on Finley’s waist and looked at her entire body as she lay face down. The first thing I saw was her palm.
The hand is like a miniature version of the human body, so most acupressure techniques are concentrated on the palm. And the second thing to check is the sole of the foot, which is called the second body.
“What, what are you doing now!”
The moment I took off Finley’s sandals, he screamed in surprise, startling me as well.
“Huh? I was just trying to look at your feet for a massage.”
“T-Thou wilt do something like that! That is not right!”
“Yes? No?”
“No! No! It’s taboo to touch a woman’s feet!”
Damn, I didn’t know there was such a taboo.
It was honestly the first time I had heard that. So I started to feel uneasy, like I had been unintentionally accused of being a sexual harasser or a sexual predator.
“I didn’t know there was such a rule. It’s not like it was done on purpose.”
In my head, a newspaper article was appearing: ‘Savage slave. Sexually assaulted female healer. Sentenced to castration.’
Of course, there is no such thing as a newspaper in this world, but in any case, raping a woman indiscriminately is a great sin, whether in this world or the world we live in.
“I really didn’t know!”
“Well… If you’re a Samaritan, you might be unfamiliar with the rules of the Gaia continent. Anyway, please be careful. Touching a woman’s feet is, after all, extremely embarrassing.”
Finley adjusted his sandals with a flushed face.
At that very moment, the white soles of her feet that she had tried so hard to protect came into my sight.
Slurp-.
In the center of her tiny sole was a red dot that looked like ink smeared across it.
It resembled the mark on my middle finger joint that I had once pressed to relieve a headache, or on my lower back that I had pressed to relieve Beniris’s lumbago.
if….
A thought flashed through my mind and I grabbed Finley’s ankle. It was so thin that it was barely enough for my large hands.
“Mr. Hassan?”
“But it is absolutely necessary as part of the treatment. If it is a treatment, there is no shame in it, right?”
“Therapeutic action…?”
“Yes, it’s a therapeutic act. Mr. Finley also changes the clothes of patients who have difficulty moving, right?”
I thought back to the work I did with Finley today.
A healer is someone who can use healing magic, but they are not someone who simply uses magic in a noble manner and ends there. They are someone who does not shy away from all kinds of difficult work, just like a therapist or nurse on Earth.
When dealing with people who are ill or have difficulty moving, you often unintentionally witness embarrassing scenes, but healers including Finley act as if they are not concerned about such things at all.
“You can think of it as an act of healing an injured foot.”
“But I, my feet are fine… .”
“That’s what I mean. Since it’s absolutely necessary for the magic I use, I’ll take it off anyway.”
“Okay, just a minute. Phew… .”
Finley sits on the bed and takes a few deep breaths.
For her, the act of showing her bare feet to others seemed more embarrassing than caring for naked patients.
His face turned red and he looked extremely nervous, which made me feel nervous and very strange.
Just taking off my shoes makes my Juji look magnificent. Of course, with the baggy and long flowing clothes typical of the treatment center, my Juji will never be noticed.
“I… , , , Then just a little bit.”
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