Staring at the pond, Lin asked, ‘Then how did the feller get in?’
Lin and Kelf proceeded towards the mountains at a brisk pace while Xel was rushing there at full speed. The medicine to be taken for the kid matched the description of those that Kelf was going for. Of course, both parties had not come into contact with each other and did not know they were after the same thing.
A boy in Xel’s orphanage suddenly became severely ill. Unable to walk, unable to talk properly, and vomiting all the time, despite having nothing left in the stomach, not even water. Nobody knew what kind of illness that was. It was not a normal sickness like fever or cold. Shivering, as if he was outside on a winter night with little clothing. That little boy, his pain was almost unbearable to him. And at the same time, he looked so weak as if he could die anytime.
You loved me when nobody else in the world did. And in return, I will sacrifice the whole world just to see your smile.
Lin and Kelf decided to stop at a nearby village for a rest. Now that they had some money, they could search for what they had wanted without many worries, at least for the moment. Lasting a bit longer became the least of their problems. When they arrived there was a large commotion. Kelf ignored it and continued to walk on, but Lin dragged him to the crowd.
After that Melissa stood up and walked towards the door. A few more streams of blood appeared from behind her back and wrapped around the bodies and the heads, and she dragged the bodies towards the door to the outside with her. She was shaking from head to toe due to her injuries and from the weight of the clumps of bones and flesh she was dragging.
Zeth took a bowl of porridge and a glass of water and put it in front of her when she awoke once again. Without saying anything he took one mouthful from the bowl and the glass to prove it did not contain any poison. He felt that there was a definite need to do that, since she was so suspicious of everything around her. Then he went out of the house, leaving her alone.
Melissa was sitting on a grass patch at a riverbank staring at the river. The water was flowing along slowly. Through the clear water she could see the fishes swimming in it. The sun was setting and the rays of the sunlight dyed the land and the surface of the water with a beautiful orange.
Xel and Xue returned back to the orphanage, along with their new companion Yan. The children were inside running around and playing. None of them were training and studying. That was to be expected. Without anyone to supervise them, no normal children would give up the rare chance to play without restraint.
