Chapter 252: The Cave of Sacrifices
252 – The Cave of Sacrifices
My partner looks around the cave. The girls who are being sacrificed are split into two groups: those who are staring at her with looks of incomprehension, and those who are sitting in languid uninterest… It doesn’t look like they’re happy to see us. Far from it, in fact.
“Keho keho”
While I’m wondering what to do, the girl in front starts coughing. Based on how she was speaking with my partner earlier, she seems fairly mature. The girls around her look at her in concern, but none of them call out. They might not have the energy to.
It seems there’s at least some food for them in the cave. Dried meats and shrivelled vegetables wrapped in dirty cloth are piled in the back, flies gathering around them.
There are five barrels of water lined up, but no cups in sight. They must all be scooping the water out with their hands. Their hygiene condition isn’t good at all.
To wash their bodies, all they can do is scoop the water over themselves. There’s no way that’s something they can do readily. Plus, they’re all living together in such a cramped space. It wouldn’t be strange if some disease were to spread.
…Is there nothing we can do,? They’re a small tribe after all, so it would have to be like this. Rather, it seems like this would be strengthening their disease resistance. I just wish I could summon the ball rabbit and have it use [Clean] until it would run out of MP.
It’s unfortunate, but I don’t have the time to be worrying about their living conditions. I need to be thinking about how to get away.