Re:START/If {Book 1.0}
Chapter 45: Mutual-Evit 5 of 10 “Red Rot” (Part 04)
Starting in the afternoon, the redness began to shine on the ravaged settlement. Because the temperature is slightly higher than usual, the fog does not appear and make the settlement show its damaged form quite clearly.
Inside the main building, Lisia chose to help the people to take care of the injured. Distracting his mind, busying himself and trying to forget the sadness in the mind.
Take a basin filled with water, change the bandage and give a simple concoction for the burn. Not many have injuries. But in addition to physical injuries, mental Klista people also need to get treatment by talking and diverting their minds from sadness.
Tidying up the gauze from the bandage, the red-haired woman sat down with a grim face and her gaze looked blank. His men no one dared to talk to him since the woman was arguing with Odo, Iitla Lots or the people who used to rebuke Lisia did not come with him this time. They were busy preparing for the execution of the bandit leader, Tox Tenebris, in the city of Mylta.
Vil walked into the hall while carrying a wooden box containing dozens of Potions belonging to Odo that had previously been stored in the Dimension Bracelet. Being the center of attention, the blue-haired Great Spirit loudly said, “This is the cure! Who was the worst hurt? Said Odo the priority of it that must be cured first!”
A pale-faced Klista woman approached, then said, “Nona .... My sister! Almost his entire body was burned .... Please ..., please my sister ...” He kneeled down before Vil.
Putting on a light smile, the Great Spirit said, “Of course, Odo is expecting that too.”
Vil immediately placed the box containing bottles of potions near the door, then took one and brought it with the woman to the sister he mentioned earlier. Arriving at one corner of the hall room, Vil was stunned to see the condition of the boy with burns all over his body.
His face, hands, stomach, waist, and left leg, almost 55% of his body suffered severe burns. The child's breath was panting, his eyes could not open due to the meat being stuck together, even the folding mattress where he lay dirty was full of cooked meat that was stuck and began to emit an unpleasant aroma. Purify and make Vil a little reluctant to approach.
“A-Is my sister able to recover?” ask the woman with the pale face.
“Of course ... Will myself work on it.”
Vil sat down next to the miserable-lying boy. Placing the Potion onto the floor, the Great Spirit fused his two little fingers and index fingers together, then began to activate magic to amplify the effect of the potion.
A magic circle appeared under the Potion, the medicinal liquid within the glass bottle started to float out and emit a glittering light. The liquid Vil took control of with his water magic and increased the effect used with the healing magic, then slowly aimed it at the skin of the boy whose body was full of burns.
“Akh!! Pain ...!! Sis! Pain!!”
He groaned in pain, convulsing withstanding the pain of the medicine as it touched his wound. The pale face woman who saw that was anxious. But after a few seconds, the screams stopped and a calm face appeared from the boy. The existing wounds did not heal instantly, but the recovery process went dozens of times faster and the burns suffered by the child dried— So that the meat does not stick to each other and cause infection.
The boy opened his eyes, stared tearfully and began to cry. With a slow voice, he called, “Kakak ...”
“S-Thankful .... Syukurla—”
Vil stopped the woman and said, “Do not hug her first, the wound has not completely dried.”
“A ..., te-thank you Miss. I'm really very grateful to you. What can I give to And—”
“Tak need nothing,” cut Vil. Smiling lightly he said, “Odo does not expect anything from helping others. It is the duty of a leader to help his people.”
The pale-faced woman was instantly stunned, the figure of Vil before her was like a savior in her eyes. Immediately prostrate, full of gratitude he said, “I will never forget your kindness and Mr. Odo ...”
Vil who got the word did not change his expression at all, only putting on a light smile that seemed unnatural. The Great Spirit felt that indeed the Klista people were exactly what Odo had revealed, they tend to be too fixated on customs and rarely get bad or good treatment from others because of their closed attitude with outsiders.
Immediately wake up, in Vil's mind said, “If treated badly they will reply worse, but if treated well they will always remember kindness, but if treated well they will always remember kindness, that's one of the hallmarks of a reclusive tribe from the outside world, yes.”
“Then I stay first. There are still others.” Vil turned around and left the woman and the boy.
“Thank you! Miss ...! I promise I will definitely return this favor ...”
When the Great Spirit was about to take the Potion to heal the others, Lisia stood up to him. The red-haired woman stared grimly, unhappy with what Vil was doing.
“What ... this is Mr Odo's order?” asked Lisia with a dark look.
“Hmm, all those Potions have Odo. He said just give everything to the Klista people so that the recovery of the settlement is quickly completed.”
“Even in a situation like this he wants to find wrath and honor ..?”
Vil was a little surprised to hear such a saying coming out from an heir to a noble family. Sighing with insinuating intent, he said, “Nona Lisiathus Mylta, it seems like you misunderstood Odo. The man ... absolutely does not care about a noble's self-esteem or achievements.”
“Then why is he in this place? Why did he even know that the Moloians were going to attack this settlement he did not report? Surely he wants to get per—!”
“Odo had absolutely no idea about attacking this village before reaching Rockfield territory,” cut Vil.
“Then what are you guys coming here for?”
“We just want to complete a task that you can't complete these few weeks.”
“Hah?” Lisia stared in wonder, feeling the woman before her always twitching and starting to get annoyed.
“Bandits .... When you are busy with political issues about city relations, Odo is more worried about bandits who can develop because their leaders are still around. Because it .. we came here. Odo is worried that innocent people will be looted and slaughtered again. Do you care about that kind of thing, Miss Lisia?”
“Te-Of course!” The answer came out from Lisia with doubt, slightly stepping back and starting to tremble. Staring as if looking for the faults of his opponents.
“Long ...” Vil stared flatly, intimidatingly and said, “As far as you know, the eyes of a leader who cares for the people will not be like that.”
“What is it that you seem to know everything? You're not Shieal like Miss Fiola or Miss Julia, are you? What right makes you talk like that?!” said Lisia in a high tone.
“Hak, yes .... I do not have any rights regarding this Real World, the only rights I have about the kingdom of Felixia are only as the weapon of the Light Witch.”
“Ah, I have not introduced myself properly, yes ... Sorry, Miss Lisiathus Mylta. Myself is the Great Spirit of the former Lord of the North Sea of the Astral World, Vil.”
“Ro-Spirit Supreme? Kenap—? So the news of Mr. Odo bringing the Great Spirit with him is true .... She ... did a Soul Contract?”
“Salah .... He did not reduce his lifespan to maintain my form in this world. I am in this world because we are bound. Not because contracts coerce each other like that, but on Mutualism between us.”
“What ... do you mean?”
“You don't need to know more than that, Miss Lisiathus Mylta. From the very beginning you were a stranger, with absolutely no connection to Odo. Sure ... it's better for you.”
Vil walked past the red-haired female and towards the wooden box containing dozens of Potions. Smiling lightly, the Great Spirit was back to offer, “Who else next?” Some people immediately replied and asked to be healed first. There were also some Klista women who brought the potion so that Vil did not return.
Lisia was just speechless in place, in the mind feeling like a bad person who could only blame others without being able to do something. Proud feeling because the plan to eradicate the bandits managed to disappear completely. Things like the feat of defeating the Ancient Demon King who also raised his family name no longer pleased him, Lisia started to hate herself and felt useless.
In the midst of her inner cloud, someone patted her on the shoulder from behind and said, “Nona Lisia, can you ask for a minute?”
“Hii ..!” Lisia flinched and turned around, stepping back while giving a frightened look to the young man in black hair. “A-What's up, Mr Odo?” said daunted.
“You don't have to look at me until you are ...” Odo approached and immediately grabbed the woman's hand. “Huh, let. Come with me for a while, the funeral is over and they are confused about what to do after this,” the young man said as he pulled Lisia out of the hall.
“Tu-Wait ...”
Arriving at the front porch, the woman was surprised because her subordinates began to tidy up the collapsed buildings and sort out the wood that could still be used again. There are also Klista women who help, of course, not heavy work such as lifting wood and just cleaning debris.
“For a while I ordered them to tidy up after burying the victims. Later that night, the elder said, it looks like there will be a release ceremony. Yeah, I don't understand stuff like that, anyway.”
“La-Then for what you ask me? Isn't everything done? You suda—!”
“I'm not their leader,” cut Odo. Removing the red-haired woman's hand, she looked straight at her eyes.
“...!” Lisia simply fell silent, turned her eyes away and increasingly felt useless.
Seeing that Odo understood a little that everything would not work if Lisia was still moody like that. At first glance closing his eyes and looking for the right way to use Perception Speculation, the young man opened his eyes with the answer of the choice he had obtained.
“Do you want to throw this responsibility, Miss? I understand you're still hit. I'm amazed you're still standing here to help the survivors .... Inedible with anger and commanding your subordinates to pursue the Moloians. If something similar had happened to the people in my residence, I would have been consumed by anger and chased them to the ends of the world to judge those bastards.”
Lisia did not dare to look Odo in the eyes, added turning her eyes and saying, “You overestimated him too much, I am just a coward.”
“Not,” firmly Odo. Holding her shoulder and forcing her to look at each other, she firmly said, “You are not a coward. That coward is a person who knows something and can do something but just stand still without even fighting back! Miss Lisia chose to be here, providing assistance to them with the soldiers that Miss brought. It was already more than enough for those who now had no men as almost all of them were victims. Even ... parents.”
Subjugating face, Lisia again reasoned, “Even though you say like that .., what can I do? People like me ...”
“Miss heirs to the Mylta family, should Miss be able to make a decision for this settlement.”
“Kepu ... susan?”
“Nona could choose, to build this settlement from scratch again or make the Klistas urbanize to Mylta. Continuing settlement without enough men .. I don't think it's the right choice.”
“If they move to the city ..., where do they want to live? There ... no suitable place for them.”
“Ak—” Odo's words came to a halt, turning his eyes away and hesitating to reveal his suggestion.
“Do you have any suggestions?” ask Lisia.
“Build only .... Just build a new settlement near Mylta. He, the Tribal Elder is Miss's relative, isn't he? There must be a good reason to give him land rights and build a new village. I also talked to the Elder, he said he didn't mind.”
“So, yes .... You have prepared everything.”
Lisia stared flat, just like the look she had previously shown when arguing with the young man inside the main building. Odo understood the woman felt controlled and disliked it. However, other options did not exist for Odo because the women themselves did not take the initiative.
“If Miss doesn't want to, it doesn't matter. You, hate being controlled, ‘kan? Then just do what yan—”
“I don't mind .... Before, that didn't mean I objected or disagreed. It's just that it's sad to always follow Mr. Odo's advice and never take big decisions. When I wanted to make my own decision, it happened and I can only blame Mr. Odo .... I ...”
Odo was silent. Lisia's mark said her heart was enough to make the young man feel relieved.
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Note:
I don't know why further and further from the word finished Arc 02.
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