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The next morning, he wakes up all of a sudden, as if spooked to death by something.
He opens his eyes and all the nightmarish memories from the previous night come back to him, as vivid as ever. It's as if it had happened a minute before, even his heart is still bearing super fast.
The pain is still there too, especially from the wound on his belly.

He slowly pulls himself up, clinging to everything he can reach, then reaches the bathroom. He needs to clean himself from the blood and also to change the bandages.
He doesn't think he should get into the bathtub with all those opens wounds, so he just uses a cloth and some enchanted water to wash himself as much as possible without touching the wounds.
He almost faints twice while struggling to renew the bandages. The one around the wound on the belly is soaked to a sick level, it doesn't look good at all, the bleeding doesn't seem to slow down. It's too deep to heal on its own and in a too delicate part.

After managing to be done, he wears some clean clothes and throws the dirty bandages in the fire, as well as the stained outfit, to avoid anyone could find it.
The sight of the wound scared him enough to decide he must go to see a doctor.
Although the very thought of leaving the house makes him terrified, he forces himself to.
There is only one doctor in the capital.that he knows where to find, so he decides to head there just because he knows how to reach him.

He is terribly pale and moves very slowly, feeling so cold despite it being a rather sunny day.
To reach the doctor he has to walk by the Imperial Prison, he didn't even know before he found himself in front of it.
Even from outside he could hear some screams coming from there and very unsettling noises. It terrifies him beyond any limit, enough to totally make him change his mind about seeing the doctor. He can't end up in there, he just can't risk.

He turns around and starts to walk back, but has soon to stop due to the pain. He bends down a little and holds the wound. It sends such pain bursts...