Chunji stared silently and nodded at Emelie. Emelie's concern had unnecessarily caused her to spill out her character. That was fine. It allowed him to understand his peers better. However, there was a problem with this. She is projecting an entirely different scenario onto him. While he knew his understanding of societal norms was lacking, he didn't understand how Emelie attributed his practice to self-harm. Did he say something that sent her off? Regardless, Emelie seemed to understand the situation far better than he and backed off. This was good; they were strangers and should be kept that way.

His gaze lingered back to the pile of knowledge in front of him. Cleaning off the scalpel from his blood, Chunji decided it was time to return to studying. Unfortunately, he would have to find a different place to learn healing, though it wasn't like coming to the library would be fruitless. 

Alchemical remedies. Unlike the practice of healing, alchemy operates on a different level. While it was considered a branch of magic, alchemy involved physical objects imbued with essence to be mixed and create a potion. Or, that's at least how he understood it. There was a lot more than potion that alchemy had to do. He'd need an alchemical set and a few ingredients, but that could wait until.

A new branch of medicine would be open to him. Opening the tome, Chunji studied the contents within. First, familiarize him with the fundamentals. It was essential to understand how the processes work before engaging with the practicals.