At the End of the Hunting Season
Alice wiped her blade and stepped into the crowd.
{A person lying on the ground surrounded by three people: Alice, Zhizhe, and Yuren}
"We must check," Zhizhe spoke first.
"No, you have to trust the human body! Doing this will harm him."
"Normal state."
Yuren said.
"Oh? You think a person lying in the street is 'normal'?"
"Then we are 'abnormal'," Alice said.
"Stop joking! Fainting must have a reason!"
{Zhizhe leaned close, pressing his ear against the person}
"What's wrong with him? How long has he been lying here?"
"We should wake him up, let him tell us."
"Hey, wake up!"
*Slap—slap—*
Person on the ground: ...
{Zhizhe moved his ear away}
"A foul smell."
"His internal organs must be rotten."
"Hmm, maybe we should cut him open."
"I have a knife."
"Stop! This goes against Galen's theory."
"I've only heard of Gade!"
{The two of them fiddled around, stripping the man completely naked}
"Oh, there's a wound here. It must be the wound causing this."
Alice drew her knife, pointing at the blackened leg?
{Alice picked at the scab-like thing and released a wisp of cold air}
"It's all your fault. When I was watching, he was still warm!"
{The nearby feces froze solid}
"Hmm… uh…"
Alice withdrew her knife, wiping it clean.
Beside the man's leg was a piece of feces, crushed flat.
The cold air scoffed at them…
...
...
Three doctors saved the crushed feces…