Chapter 3 – 3. Hilda (3) [Edited]
“Wow. Gasp.”
Hilda ignored her pounding heart and ran towards the village. Hilda, who was carrying Arthur, was fortunately able to arrive home in time.
Hilda quickly laid Arthur down on the bed, seeing Arthur’s face turning pale and the faint sound of breathing as if he were going to stop breathing at any moment.
Hilda immediately took out a potion from her subspace pocket on the table. It was a particularly small potion compared to other potions. The contents were also full of dark purple liquid, unlike other potions.
Its identity is [Elixir], Which cannot be compared to even the highest-quality potions and is known to exist only in legends.
She, Hilda, did not believe in its existence until she saw it with her own eyes, but from the moment she found it in the Demon King’s treasure trove, she had no choice but to believe.
The effect of the elixir taught by the warrior was simple.
‘Returns non-dead creatures to their most perfect state.’
At that time, when deciding on the owner of the elixir, the hero said that he had Elin and that Hilda was the only one who did not have the means to recover on her own, so she became the owner of the elixir that day.
Hilda poured all the elixir into the wound on Arthur’s chest. The effect was immediate, and Hilda was relieved to see her wounds healing quickly.
Seeing her color returning, she looked at Arthur’s right hand. She said the clear effect would be to restore it to perfect condition. She hoped that then her right hand, which was missing, would be restored.
But the reality was harsh. No matter how much I looked, my right hand did not come back. The moment I thought it was strange.
Excited! Excited!
“Uh. Uwehhh. Uwehhh”
Suddenly, Arthur started throwing up blood.
“Huh.?”
The embarrassment was short-lived. First, Hilda checked Arthur’s chest again.
It was clearly a wound that had completely healed, but it was opening again, and her blood was leaking out.
Feeling that she had to do something, she took out all the potions she had in her subspace pocket and sprinkled them on Arthur’s wounds, both the highest and lowest, and poured them into her mouth.
Arthur was soaked in her potion for over 30 minutes.
Fortunately, Hilda was able to see Arthur breathing and sleeping quietly.
When the situation calmed down, the only thought in Hilda’s mind was ‘Why?’ Clearly, the effect of the elixir is absolute.
‘Why isn’t everything cured? When I think about it again, there are more than one strange thing.’
In addition to the elixir, I used ‘dozens’ of potions on Arthur. That amount was enough to save about 100 seriously injured people.
The cause was quickly found out. Because there was only one reason that came to mind. It was a ‘curse.’
My only guess was that Arthur was under some type of course that greatly reduced the effect of recovery, preventing him from receiving the full effect.
* * *
Three days have passed since that day.
Fortunately, Arthur came to his senses.
“I’m so glad… Is there anything that hurts or feels bad?”
“Nothing… Rather than that, was it Hilia who saved me?”
“Yes? Yes. Now that you’ve come to your senses… Okay. Would you like to go back to Milia’s house?”
“I don’t like it.”
“Hmm? What did you just say-“
“I don’t like it.”
“Yeah, really? Uh… Then I’ll help you as much as I can, so call me if you need anything, and I’ll be out, so get some rest. “
She opened the door and tried to go out, but Arthur called Hilda out, and she said.
“Thank you so much for your help.”
* * *
Hilda opened the door at the sound of a loud knock.
“Milia?”
The person who came was Milia. Looking at her expression, it seemed like she came because she was worried about Arthur.
“Hilia.? Maybe.”
“Yes. Fortunately, Arthur came to his senses. And there doesn’t seem to be anything else wrong.”
“Thank god. “Where is Arthur now?”
“… I’m inside the house now. He said he was having a hard time getting out of bed. “I’m going to let you get enough rest for now.”
“Yes. Then, tell Arthur that Jade has prepared a lot of delicious food for him, so he can come back when he’s feeling better.”
“All right. “Then I’ll just go back.”
Hilda, who informed Arthur of her condition, went back into her house, cleaned up the used potion bottles, and began to tidy up her house so that Arthur would not be inconvenienced.
Knock.
While I was cleaning, I heard a knock on the door again.
I wondered if Milia had come back,
“Hilia! This is Aris. “I came to see Arthur!!”
“Come in, Aris.”
This time it was Aris.
Hilda took Aris, who had come to visit her, to the room where Arthur was.
“Arthur, I’ll go in.”
Upon entering her room, Aris approached Arthur with a worried look on her face.
“Arthur.? Are you okay? It doesn’t hurt anymore, right? I was really worried because you kept saying you couldn’t get up. It’s so nice to see it again like this. Hehe.”
“… “
“I’ve already thought about what you’ll do when you wake up! Let’s have fun like last time!!”
Fortunately, Aris was relieved to see Arthur looking okay and placed her hand as usual on Arthur’s face, who was sitting against her bed.
Tak!
But Arthur struck Aris’ approaching hand away with her left hand.
“Uh.? Oh, Arthur? Why. Is that so.?”
“…”
“I. Is it because of me? I apologize. Can you please forgive me?”
“Aris.”
“I’m sorry for that time… I was so scared too… Of course, it was nothing compared to you-“
“Aris.!”
“Uh. Huh?”
“I’m having a really hard time. Could you please not come visit me for a while?”
“Ah. I understand!! You disturbed me while I was resting. “I’m sorry. I woke up today… Well. Then I’ll go!”
Aris ran out of her house as if running away. Since it was a fight between her children, Hilda did not intervene, but Aris looked so anxious that she followed.
“Aris are you okay? Arthur probably did it because he was having a hard time right now. “Do you understand?”
“… Of course, it’s all my fault. “Arthur saved me, but I just watched him die.”
“Aris, it’s no one’s fault. It wasn’t something Arthur and you could handle from the beginning. First, you’re probably tired, so let’s go home and rest. Arthur, I will speak carefully. “Don’t worry.”
“Yes. Thank you.”
After returning Aris to her house, Hilda returned to the room where Arthur was. Arthur was sitting on the bed with a frown on his face, as if he was dissatisfied with something.
“Arthur?”
“Yes.”
“Do you hate Aris by any chance?”
“No.”
“Of course, it doesn’t mean I don’t know your feelings. Maybe she was disappointed that Aris didn’t help her. But there is probably no one else your age who would have courage in the face of such a monster other than you.”
As Arthur’s expression slowly relaxed, Hilda continued her praise.
“Rather, I feel like you are even more amazing. In such a situation, she would think of protecting Aris. It would be difficult for adults to do the same as you in that situation.”
“But… I’m not like that… I’m just scared of Aris getting hurt…”
“Hehe, Arthur. “You like Aris?”
Arthur heard Hilda’s words and her face turned red.
“You like it!? “We’re just friends!!!”
“Okay? Hmm… I don’t think so, but do you know what your face looks like right now? “It’s a face completely in love.”
“Oh, no!!! And I am lacking a lot. My hands are like this, I can’t see in one eye, and my body is weak… On the other hand, Aris is strong and popular… I don’t get along with Aris.”
“I don’t know why you think that? None of that matters. What is important is the heart. Aris won’t care about that either. “Don’t you know best how considerate and kind you are?”
“But… I…”
“It happens again. Arthur you are so unconfident. Look in the mirror here. Where else can you find a boy as handsome as you? “If I were Aris, would she even have thought about marrying you?”
“… Really?”
After a while, Arthur must have felt that her face was still getting hot, so he covered her head with the blanket and went in.
“Anyway, you’re shy. “I’ll be in the living room, so get some rest today.”
“Yes…”
* * *
“Haa…”
Hilda was sitting at her living room table sighing. Because she didn’t have much time left. Due to the effects of her curse, her mana continued to decrease, and she could now feel that her vitality was also decreasing.
She thinks she probably has about 10 years left to live. But this is also a story when she didn’t use any of her strength. I think she might die right away if she uses her full power even once. Of course, that shouldn’t happen. Unless it is a really dangerous situation.
Hilda began to recall when she had killed a wolf a few days ago.
No matter how much I thought about it, that wolf was clearly a “Monster.”
Monster.
It meant an animal that accepted demon energy. Of course, there are monsters made entirely of demonic energy, but let’s exclude this.
Considering Hilda’s experience, this case of the wolf was not an ordinary problem. When normal animals receive demonic energy, they are unable to adapt to the change and become engulfed in madness, destroying their surroundings until they die. But what she heard from Aris was completely different.
-It was like a person… He was tormenting Arthur and watching my reaction.
Of course, there are a few ‘monsters’ who succeed in adapting. Such monsters’ intelligence also increases, and they sometimes have intelligence similar to that of humans. But it happened to appear near our village? Even Magyeong is on the other side of the continent.
“Ha. I wonder what’s really going on.”
Hilda, exhausted, decided to just forget about this incident. She is the type of person who doesn’t normally think about complicated things like this. Why would she take a test if all she thought about was the answer? With that head she would have just gone to the magic tower and made me a wizard.
* * *
Arthur sat in his room and thought about what had happened to him. After losing his mind to a wolf, he briefly came to his senses during treatment. At that time, Hillia didn’t even know I was awake, and I was still trying to stop the bleeding and pouring some liquid into her wound.
At that time, Arthur thought to himself.
Is it a potion.? The village chief said it was very precious, and that ordinary people couldn’t get it…
This is my first time seeing Hilia’s crying face. A very pretty face is still pretty even when covered in tears.
Why am I doing this to you? Why are you looking at me with that expression?
After thinking about this for a moment, Arthur lost consciousness again.
Before losing her mind, she wished that Hylia was her mother.
