Episode Title:
An Equal Price
Episode Description:
The illegal underground healer Zenos lives with his assistant Lily the elf and the ghost Carmilla in the slums of the Herzeth Kingdom. Herzeth is famous for its healers who train at colleges, yet Zenos is unique in that he taught himself healing magic ministering to the sick and injured of the slums. He is frequently visited by the three top gang-leaders Zophia, Lynga and Loewe, who respectively lead the Lizard-kin, Beast-kin and Ogre gangs. While on his rounds Zenos encounters an ill Beast-kin slave named Til being abused by her master into grave robbing the slum cemetery. The girl becomes possessed by a spirit and attacks her master. After curing the girl's possession Zenos also heals her master, but takes all his cash and the girl as payment. After the man flees, Zenos diagnoses Til with gallstones which he uses magic to remove painlessly. On the basis that all work deserves fair payment, Zenos has Til lead him to wild herbs needed for Lily's cooking, after which he sets her free as her payment. Til leaves to find her life's purpose and promises to visit Zenos one day to show him her success. Zenos returns home and finds Zophia, Lynga and Loewe cooking his dinner, having eaten the dinner Lily cooked earlier and bringing her masses of new ingredients as an apology.
