บท 103: Reputation

Serenica picked a total of six courses. She had one about the basics of oral medication, one about natural medicine, one about contagious diseases and three courses that concerned anatomy. While she dreaded her own ignorance about the human physiology, the medicine courses excited her greatly. She considered herself an innovative user of herbs and she had both generational knowledge and more conventional wisdom about the subject.

The janitor showed her the room in the dormitory she was supposed to sleep in. Even the illiterate man walking with a broom in one hand and a set of keys in the other seemed to respect her somehow, perhaps even fear her. She thought that was a bit awkward. The staff was well aware of her background as an outlaw and they treated her accordingly.

Serenica fell down on her hard mattress, too tired to even wash her face.