The Brilliant Healer's New Life in the Shadows

In the Kingdom of Herzeth, healing is a respected profession—one that typically demands a hard-won license and years of formal training. Zenos, raised in poverty and guided by practicality, learns the craft on his own and proves so gifted that an adventurer party takes him in. Even so, he’s later cast out, and a chance encounter with an elf slave named Lily gives his life a new direction: building a discreet clinic for people the system overlooks.

With Lily at his side, Zenos begins treating patients in the shadows, only to be swept into rising tensions among lizardmen, werewolves, and orcs. His skill at mending bodies helps settle the conflict and bring the groups together—but word of his deeds reaches the royal knights, who don’t welcome an unlicensed healer operating beyond their control. To keep helping those in need, Zenos has to protect his underground work without betraying the values that led him there.