Chapter 43: Strong
"Where's Sister Anna?"
Nanawa heard the sound of footsteps on the stairs and hurriedly ran to the door to peek, only to be disappointed to find that it was His Royal Highness the Prince.
"She's still working, so I'll probably come back later." β
"Work?" Nanawa had heard from the prince lately, "do you mean burning those gray powders?"
"For now, that's right. β
Nanawa pouted and returned to the table, I have a job too, she thought, stay here, treat those who have been injured in the defense of the town.
"Why, Anna isn't there, bored?" Roland smiled, pulling out a chair and sitting by the fireplace.
"Hmm," Nanawa replied, propping her chin on. It's not that she doesn't want to treat those who are hurt, it's just ...... It's just, it's terrible.
She remembered the first time she treated Brian, the man looked like he had been soaked in blood, reddish-brown blood clots clotted in his chest, and his mouth was like a dehydrated fish, spitting out red and white blood foam one by one. And then...... I fainted.
It's a shame.
Nanava looked up and glanced at Roland to see that he was already leaning back in his chair and snoring. It seemed that the prince was tired too, and she thought that it would be his job to build walls, train soldiers, and protect the town from evil beasts.
When he asked him to come here, although she hesitated for a long time, she did not refuse after all.
"You're going to encounter things that make you want to live, even if you're struggling to survive. Nanava didn't quite understand the meaning of the words, but when she closed her eyes, she remembered Anna's appearance - those blue eyes like a lake, slowly enveloping her, which was why she agreed to Roland.
She wants to be as strong as Sister Anna.
Suddenly there were footsteps downstairs again, and Nanawa jumped out of her chair to see if Anna had returned, but was stopped by an invisible hand.
"Wait, there's more than one person. β
Nanava patted her chest and said dissatisfiedly, "You've scared me, Sister Nightingale. β
The door was quickly pushed open, and it was Brian, who was in charge of guarding the first floor, "Miss Pine, please come down, someone is burned." β
This is, it's going to work, right?
Nanava took a deep breath, "I see. β
She walked downstairs, and two guards were busy carrying a screaming man to bed, and next to her stood a small man with an anxious face. Brian stepped forward and neatly tied the wounded man's hands and feet to the bed, and the guard then set up the little man and walked out of the room, closing the curtain that served as a partition.
"What's going on?" Roland asked, rubbing his eyes, as he walked downstairs.
"Your Highness, a seriously injured person has been sent from the North Slope Mine, and it looks like he was burned by something. β
The prince walked over and glanced at it, "It's a steam burn, so there won't be a problem with the first machine, right?"
"In the foyer," Brian pointed in the direction of the door.
"I'll ask you about the situation, and I'll leave it to you," Roland said, walking towards the exit.
Nanawa slowly rubbed next to the man, aiming at it with her peripheral vision. I saw that the facial features on his face were all confused, and the skin that should have been red turned a miserable white after dehydration, and wisps hung on his face like rags. The neck was full of bowl-sized bubbles, some of which had burst, and the oozing mucus soaked the pillow with blood. In the light of the flickering fire, his appearance was even more terrifying than the devil in the nightmare.
She took two steps back, closed her eyes, and opened them again, where her father was looking at her with concern.
"Are you alright?"
Nanava nodded, thinking about what Roland had told herβ"Treat the wounded like a small animal," and walked over to the bed, holding out her hands.
Incredible sensations surged from within her, gathering little by little in the palm of her hand. She saw wisps of glowing green liquid flow out of her palms and drip onto the wounded's face. Even though the fluorescence was so obvious, everyone else ignored it. Then the wound changes, the burned skin keeps peeling off, and new skin grows at a rate visible to the naked eye.
The wounded's painful moans gradually stopped, and his breathing became steady, as if he had fallen into a deep sleep.
Nanawa sighed, her performance this time should have improved a lot compared to last time, right?
"Oh my God, is this what Your Highness is talking about healing powers?" I have seen for the first time," exclaimed Tigou Pyne, "good girl, you are amazing!"
"It's the power of the gods," Brian said, "Thank you so much for helping Miss Nanava when I was hurt." β
Ah, this idiot, Nanava covered her face, didn't he know that it was Sister Nightingale who smuggled her out that day?
"When was that," said Tigu curiously, "how did I not know?"
"Ahem...... Her power has nothing to do with the gods, it belongs only to the witch herself," Roland lifted the curtain and returned to the room, coughing twice to divert the subject, "How is the injury of the person who sent it now?"
"Basically healed," Brian said excitedly, "It's like being completely uninjured!, Your Highness, with Miss Nanawa's help, everyone has a chance to survive the battle in the Demon Moon!"
"As long as you don't die on the spot, it's not a big problem to save your life," the prince nodded, motioning for Brian to wake the man up, "Your name is Iron Head, aren't you?"
The man known as the Iron Head sat up with a confused expression, "I...... Is this a dream?"
"No," said Roland, "you're alive." β
"You're ......! I've seen you in the square!" the man seemed to suddenly wake up, rolled off the bed, and fell to his knees, "Your Royal Highness the Fourth Prince, did you save me?"
"It was this eldest lady of the Pyne family who saved you, she is a witch with healing powers. β
Nanawa's heart tightened, can she say that she is a witch so directly? Sure enough, the other party's eyes changed when they looked at her, "Woman...... Your Highness, they are not devils......
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Tigu stepped forward and cried out in displeasure, "My daughter has nothing to do with the devil, but she was the one who saved your life. Do you think the devil will help you?"
"No, no, please forgive my faux pas," Iron Head immediately lowered his head deeply, "thank you for saving my life, Miss Pine." β
Nanawa suddenly felt inexplicably uncomfortable, and she wanted to rush out of the room immediately, but a voice in her heart repeatedly reminded her, "Be strong."
After the iron head was sent away, Tigu asked worriedly, "Is this really good, Your Highness? β
"On the bright side, Mr. Pine," reassured the Prince, "it is only in this time that the deadlock is broken, and Nanawa may be truly free in the future." Otherwise, as she grows older, she will be exposed one day, and then I am afraid that she will only be able to live a life of isolation. β
Real ...... Nanava didn't know, she felt that she was also free now, but if Her Highness said that it could be realized, Sister Anna would be able to walk out of the castle and return to Teacher Karl's academy like herself, right?