The Villainess and I, her Zombie

Since all was resolved and the wounded were carried away and treated with healing magic the relative peace returned to the outpost.

Shanks who thanks to his detection skills knew that the group of monsters arriving was led by the blue undead knight, never even left the headquarters' building, and was the only completely unharmed person from not only his own party but the entire fort's crew.

As for the outcome of the battle...

Uresha ended up with a few large bruises and an indented shield from fighting the armored centaur, Coconut.

In're ended up with sprained ankle and wrist, mostly because the black and green arachne, Pawpaw, didn't particularly care about the state of a person she was turning into a cacoon.

Out of the Dandelions, Lairs was the one who was hit the most, with few broken ribs and a leg, coupled with bruises, cuts, and wrist strain - all because of the initial encounter with Coconut - except the strained wrist since that she got from trying to get her crystal ball back from Pawpaw's webbing without using fire magic.

Rotte ended up with a few sprains, a broken rib, and a whole lot of bruises - he even was found out to suffer a concussion but he was holding up surprisingly well and without Tangelo's expertise, they would not have even realized that since their main healer didn't arrive in time.

From the Brave swords...

Avocado the tank - his state was unknown but the special artifact that Cherry, their party leader had, was showing that his HP was full so it was only a matter of time when he and Sumac the harpy will return...

...although according to Cranberry's book knowledge supported by the helpful relation of the few villagers who interacted with the harpies, that might take some time because their species was well known for having a good memory but a terrible attention span...

As for Cherry himself, the warrior and the leader of the group was only slightly bruised and had a sprained elbow from taking the initial rock spear without any preparation and was up and running about the fastest out of all the injured people.

The twin spellcasters of the Brave Swords, Lime and lemon were merely strained and had little bruises around their eyebrows from bumping heads, as Safou the naga's snake body wrapping around them didn't leave any traces whatsoever on their bodies - mainly because spellcasters rarely trained their bodies and Safou's ability - dispell - blocked the spells from being conjured, cutting of the girls only real chance of fighting back.

Lychee...

Well, Lychee was hit the hardest, she suffered damages to her throat and her ribs ended up broken - thankfully it all was healed, still, it took a lot more time than some of the previous injuries...

...but that also left the two defenders with the worst injuries...

The first one was Xavi - more widely known as Banana.

She was the agile person attacking Coconut from above - the same one who got swatted like a bug with the massive tower shield that the armored centaur wielded with overwhelming proficiency.

She ended up with a concussion, broken ribs, broken wrist, broken leg and a sprained and was knocked unconscious before Pawpaw managed to immobilize her with her webbing.

The last one was Laura.

Laura, the ex-adventurer who was the friend of Zombie's real parents, the woman who had taken him in to provide guidance that would lead to the right path...

...which definitely didn't work out at all, but at least she tried...

Laura ended up in by far the worst state, her old gear provided to be insufficient - especially her helmet - which lead to her skull getting cracked coupled with a serious concussion and multiple other broken bones.

Without a certain overpowered healer, it was highly improbable that she would be healed up and ready to move around in less than two or three months even with the healing magic of all the healers combined.

...but who said that the healer was necessary in the first place...?

A completely separate room that was prepared especially for Laura's long-term stay got flooded by a violet light before everything returned to normal.

"..."

Laura's eyelids shook...

"...?"

And after a short while, she opened her eyes and started blinking in confusion.

"Hello there, Laura. How are you feeling?"

Zombie resting his chin on the mattress right by the woman's hand asked, observing the woman with a gentle expression.

He was prepared for her to start shouting after finding out an undead like him by her bedside...

"...Zombie...? Ugh... my head feels so weird... what happened?"

...but instead of a shocked reaction like that, Laura merely moved up to a half-sitting position and massaged her forehead - surprised to find bandages all around her head...

"One of the new friends that I brought went a bit too hard on all of you... you got me scared you know? I never expected you to be here. Let me help you with that - it's no longer necessary."

Zombie shrugged his shoulders and got up, offering his help after seeing the woman struggling with taking the bandages off.

"That armored centaur was your friend? Warn me the next time you will be bringing back such reckless ones - I will make sure to stay home!"

Laura smirked and joked around, which made Zombie breathe out in relief - if she could laugh things off like that, she really must have been fine and his overpower used on Tangelo's healing spell must have worked as intended.

"Whoa...! Look all those gray hair! You're a grandma now, Laura!"

The blue undead removed the last of the bandages and Laura's hair was released.

"Hey, I picked you up from your parents sixteen years ago, are you expect a lady in her late fifties to still have lush colorful hair?"

She furrowed her brows but there was no anger in her eyes when she looked over at the blue undead knight.

"No. But I also didn't expect a lady like that to be running about trying to stop a centaur's attack."

Zombie responded with a smirk and sat back down by Laura's bed.

"Yeah... well... someone had to do something, the elven girl was about to get stomped and her friend charged in without thinking, to help her - and the centaur looked really strong - too fir him to handle alone."

The woman pointed out.

"True. Coconut is the strongest monster amongst the group we gathered. But seriously, acting like a hero at your age? Think of your health a little bit."

The blue undead breathed out and shook his head.