Chapter 30 – Chapter 3: The Beginning of Everything
Gwaaagh-!!
The huge lump of fur began to retreat hesitantly.
Blood drips on the dirt floor.
Numerous wounds were visible on the bear’s skin.
The fur was soaked because of the blood leaking from the wound.
Gueoung-!!
The beast roared fiercely, but did not rush in willingly.
From the other side.
Because the girl is staring at the bear.
Tia’s voice was low.
“… Come on.”
Who can you trust?
This scene where a small girl is holding a knife and confronting a bear.
Tia frowned and raised her sword.
There was no fear in those red eyes.
It seemed to contain only her murderous intent, ‘I will kill’.
It’s overwhelming spirit.
So much so that she made a bear that was much bigger than her stand behind her.
Grrrr… !
The bear howled in pain.
One eye was lost due to a long tear around the eye, and blood was dripping from the neck and chest.
The ‘Rose Saber’, a sharp short sword that has pierced thick leather and stabbed dozens of times, is soaked in blood and shining.
Sigh-!
The moment when Tia swings her sword.
Gwag-! Wow-!
The bear immediately turned back and ran away.
Bright red eyes stare intently at the fleeing animal.
Sweat dripped down like rain on my rapidly heaving chest.
“…”
I could have chased him, but I didn’t.
Tia stayed still until her bear disappeared completely.
As the bloody smell of the unpleasant beast fades.
Cheonggang!
The short sword fell to the floor.
Tia immediately turned her head and looked at the bottom of her ridge.
“Ritz-!!!”
Ritz had collapsed there.
It’s miserable.
The sight of the thick blood rising from her chest staining her clothes red… Anyone could see that her death was imminent.
Tia’s voice trembled.
“… Ritz, no…”
There is no consciousness.
Breathing is also irregular.
Tia instinctively realized that the person she loved would soon die.
Sigh-!
I tore Ritz’s clothes.
The wounds on her chest and abdomen were exposed.
The cut was deep enough to fit the tip of her finger.
Blood continued to flow from her wound.
We must stop this bleeding immediately.
Tia put her hands in her pockets.
She had a bandage ‘made by Ritz’ in her pocket, as if she had always brought it with her for this moment.
I burst into tears with fear.
“Huh…”
With her trembling hands, she takes off the bandage.
I rolled it up into a fist and stuffed it into Ritz’s open wound.
The pure white bandage was instantly stained with blood and turned red.
“Please… Please live…”
Take out another bandage and do the same. It closes the bleeding wound.
His tight lips and heavy breathing were filled with the will to save Ritsu.
Fortunately, the bleeding stopped.
But I couldn’t carry it like this.
As Ritsu’s body shakes, the wound will become more open.
We need people’s help.
“I have to live…”
First, I dragged Ritz into the bushes.
To prevent the smell of blood from spreading far, he chewed a strong-smelling herb and spit it out to those around him.
Next, he covered the bear’s blood on the blade with a cloak.
Even if animals were attracted to the scent of blood, it was to prevent them from coming after smelling the bear’s body.
“Do not die… Please…”
Tia left those words and ran towards her village.
Time passes helplessly.
When it was almost dark.
A rumbling sound began to be heard from afar, and the elders came rushing in with Tia.
As soon as they found Ritz, they fastened his body tightly to the stretcher.
“Ritz! Damn it, how did this happen… !”
“I’m still breathing! Let’s go!”
People ran at incredible speed.
It is no exaggeration to say that I flew. I came down the mountain in one go.
As soon as I arrived in town, I laid Ritz down in Sherry’s bedroom.
And when the lamp was turned on, the terrible devastation was finally revealed to the people.
“…”
At that moment, everyone realized.
This can never be saved.
Ritsu’s breathing was becoming shallower.
The wide open wound on her chest, the bruises all over her body, and the messy dried blood… It was just like a corpse.
Everyone looked at each other with scared eyes.
“What should I do? Did you report it to the village chief?”
“Yet…”
No one wanted to come forward.
How can you say to the supreme chief, ‘Your son is on the verge of death’?
It is a serious situation.
Even so, it’s confusing because the village chief has collapsed, and his son, Ritz, the village doctor, is also dying.
It is a desperate crisis where Brisden’s future will disappear entirely.
Who on earth made Ritz like this?
Bear?
No.
That is nothing but a terrible disaster happening in this sacred Dragonez.
There is a person who created this division.
“… Tia.”
The elders looked back.
Tia was standing there with a scared face.
“Why did you do that?”
“…”
“Why! She asked me if I had taken Ritsu to that dangerous forest!”
Everyone knew.
Ritz is not the kind of guy who would go that deep into the forest.
Because he was a boy who always prioritized the peace and safety of the village. Because he didn’t go on any adventures.
That’s why I was able to entrust Ritz to ‘watch’ Tia, who was like a fearless kitten.
However, Ritz had one fatal weakness.
It was that he was particularly weak to Tia’s requests.
It’s obvious.
Tia must have provoked Ritsu and taken him to the deep forest.
Like the grim reaper.
The same goes for the ‘Behemoth Incident’.
Ruyev explained that he had brought it all on himself, but people did not believe him.
Because I knew that Luyev, who was as indifferent as a megalith, couldn’t even think of such a reckless bet.
Everyone realized early on that Tia was the culprit.
However, she had turned a blind eye so far for the sake of Ritz and Luev’s reputation.
The villagers endured for a long time.
I feel sorry for her because she doesn’t have any parents, and I also miss Helena, who died giving birth to Tia.
She did not dare to touch Tia, who had grown up safely.
Still, hold a baptism ceremony and when you grow up.
She waited quietly, thinking it would at least get better than now.
In the end, this is the Ritz.
If it resulted in the death of ‘the village chief’s son’.
Now it has become a problem that cannot be ignored.
“Do you even know what you’ve done!”
“…”
“Okay. Even if you have ten mouths, you should have nothing to say.”
The old man’s shout rang loudly.
“Scram. “Go out now and somehow save Ritz!”
“… !!”
Tia’s eyes widened.
In Brisden, no one shouted at Tia.
Who hated this pure baby angel who always smiles lively and lively?
However, once the arrow of criticism flew, it tore the pure white wings to shreds.
All these tragedies and all disasters.
The look in the eyes of people who are certain that it came from the mouth of the ‘devil’ who pretended to be innocent.
In the eyes of hatred that I have never felt since I was born.
Tia got scared and took a step back.
It was that time.
“Where is the patient!”
Taildon’s doctor has arrived.
The doctor went straight into the room to check Ritsu’s condition.
There was not just one doctor.
A woman came with him, and she identified herself as a ‘royal doctor’ and entered the room together.
People go outside.
Only the doctor and the woman remained in the room.
“Oh my.”
The Taildon doctor closed her eyes tightly.
“All my skin was gone. My whole body is cold, and my skin is pale. “This is going to be difficult.”
“… No. Not yet.”
The woman shook her head.
“I don’t know who it was, but fortunately, the initial treatment was appropriate and he is still alive. “If you stop bleeding, you can survive.”
“Are you saying you want to save this now? I have been to many wars and seen patients, but if you are injured to this degree, it seems like there is no hope…”
“I know. But I have to do my best.”
“What is the reason why your precious body wants to do this?”
“This child. “He is the son of Amon.”
“Yes?”
The woman said only that much and did not go any further.
She gave instructions in a stern voice, as befits her high position as a royal doctor.
“Keep the room moderately cold… Talk to this villager and bring him a pig’s skin, and the doctor will give him clean purified water. And please make enbus using the recipe I gave you.”
“If it’s ‘Enbus’… “That poison?”
“There is no way. The blood needs to harden quickly.”
Time passes again.
The royal doctor began the surgery with a cautious expression.
The work was done carefully and carefully.
The bandage that had filled the open wound was removed, and purified water was carefully poured over it.
As soon as the enbus was made, I poured it into my mouth and measured the time.
Afterward, they selected pig skin, cut it into small pieces, covered the wounds, and sewed them one by one with thread.
It was a very long task that took an entire day.
When the next day dawned.
Dr. Taildon said blankly.
“Oh my god. In the end, you saved me.”
“Fortunately, we overcame the crisis.”
“Woah, as expected, you are the miracle…” …”
“No. I just helped. “The miracle was created by that child’s earnestness.”
The woman pointed out her window.
There was a girl curled up with her face buried in her knees.
The two doctors knew.
Even though it was fall and the nights were quite chilly, the girl sat in front of the house and waited all day.
She didn’t even eat.
All I could see was her holding her necklace and continuing to pray.
“Now I have to tell that child the good news.”
The woman approached Tia.
He gently tapped her shoulder and let her know that Ritsu was still alive.
At that time, Tia hugged her woman and cried.
I cried so sadly that I had to pat my back for a long time.
Another day has passed.
The royal doctor summoned Tia aside.
“… Dienbus?”
“Okay.”
The woman explained calmly.
“There is poison in this child’s body right now. The medicine is causing her blood to flow very slowly. She’s breathing properly now, but that won’t last long. The blood will gradually rot, and the waste will accumulate, rotting her from the tips of her feet.”
“Huh?!”
Tia’s body trembled at the frightening words.
“Even if the people here take good care of it, half a year is the maximum. I’m not sure. The younger you are, the more dangerous it may be. So, we need to feed it ‘Dienbus’ as soon as possible to remove the poison.”
“That medicine… How do I make it?”
“I’m sorry, but it’s impossible to make it here. “You have to get that.”
“Where?”
“In Deseo, where everything is gathered.”
“… !”
The woman gently held her girl’s shoulder.
“Maybe she won’t be available there either. Because it is a very precious medicine. But when I saw your eager appearance waiting outside… I thought it would be possible for you somehow. That’s why I’m asking you this.”
“Ah…”
“To save that child. “Can you do it?”
Just getting from here to Deseo is difficult.
Moreover, we went to Deseo, which had become a hotbed of desire, completely different from this friendly and simple countryside.
It was not at all easy for the girl to rescue ‘Dienbus’ by herself.
Nevertheless, I was asked very seriously if I could bring medicine.
Tia answered without any hesitation.
“It’s because of me. Because of me, Ritsu almost died… I have to go. I am… Please let me go.”
The woman nodded her head.
Then she stood up and handed me something bright red.
She was a bandage stained with blood.
“This saved your friend’s life. She did a great job staying calm in that situation. “Has she ever studied surgery?”
“No… “All I saw was a little bit of it in a book she had in her medicine cabinet.”
“You’re smart. So much so that I want to make him my disciple right now. “You can become a very good and courageous doctor.”
“…”
“Hehe. I just tried it. “You have your own path.”
The woman smiled happily and placed her bandage in Tia’s hand.
“It’s definitely going to be difficult. If it’s too hard… When you see this bandage, think of your friend. “I will rely on that strength to advance to the end.”
Zech.
A sealed letter was given to Tia.
“Finally, this will be helpful when we reach Deseo. Please… “Have a safe trip,”
“Yes. Thank you.”
Tia took her bandage and her letter with care and looked down at her sleeping Ritsu.
There were tears in her hazel eyes.
“Ritz.”
She slowly approached and kissed his forehead.
“Sorry. I’ll wake you up. I’ll be back soon… A little bit… “Please wait a moment.”
And that day.
The Brisden girl left town.
