Book 16: Chapter 26
Mom crouched down. She gently pressed her hand onto the girl’s wound on her abdomen. The girl’s scrunched up face relaxed as the pain eased up. Mom moved her hand. The wound on her abdomen had vanished. Frowning, I asked the girl, “Your mana doesn’t seem to be poor, so why can’t you heal yourself?”
The girl weakly replied, “I… Frankly, I can’t use healing magic.”
While her wound had been healed, the girl was weakened due to excessive loss of blood.Mommy Vyvyan surveyed the surroundings then coldly said, “The forest has returned to normal, so we’ve shown you the utmost magnanimity. Obediently stay and recover. Once you’ve recovered, leave on your own.”
The young girl tightly clung to my leg and cried, “No… I… I can’t leave in this state.”
We were covered in blood as a result of what happened last night. The wolves in the forest had temporarily left, but they might’ve returned at night. The young girl was so weak that she couldn’t budge at the moment. Once night fell, the wolves might mistake her for a corpse at night and eat her. The forest wasn’t a safe place for a wounded elf.
“Please, please take me back… I won’t do it again. I beg you… Please save me… I don’t want to die yet… Sorry, sorry… I shouldn’t have done that… I don’t want to die. I don’t want to die… I really don’t want to die!”
Her bravado from last night was nowhere to be seen anymore. She was just a kid when it came down to it. After almost being killed by Mom, she developed a fear of death, which was why she cried and pleaded for me to help her when she was abandoned and potentially faced with death.
“I won’t mention it! I won’t! I won’t mention a word of what happened between you two… Please save me. Your Highness, Your Highness… Please, please save me!”
Mom indifferently stated, “The dead can’t speak. If I was truly worried about people finding out, it would be best just to kill you now. I don’t believe you will keep a lid on it. However, I know for certain that my son will. Plus, you’re not the only dark elf our tribe has killed. We’ve killed plenty before you.”