Chapter 83
Ivona was a fair bit surprised that Michelle wanted to see her wounds, but she still pulled up the hem of her skirt so Michelle could check them.
Michelle squatted down and carefully inspected the small wounds to check for poison. In the rats’ mouths, she found glands right next to their teeth, which probably
contained poison, so she wanted to check Ivona for poisoning.
First, she checked the small wounds themselves before taking the pulse from Ivona’s both legs to check for any differences. When that was the same, she took her pulse from her wrist, too, and only when that was the same did she relax.
"The rats have poison in their teeth?" Ivona wasn’t stupid, so she could easily guess why Michelle was acting like that.
Michelle nodded a bit. "It seems they didn’t poison you this time, but be careful next time!" she said as she stood up lazily.
As it was still too early to tell if the rats really hadn’t poisoned Ivona, Michelle was planning to check on her one more time after a while. Meanwhile, she could use the time to analyze the rats’ poison, so if Ivona was really poisoned, she could quickly make an antidote for her. Being prepared beforehand wouldn’t harm anyone.
So, a very strange scene appeared in the cave. By the long path leading from the cave entrance to the wider part stood a young girl with bleeding bite marks on her legs, while a girl who looked to be completely fine was decapitating corpses of rats, not caring one bit that blood was getting all over her. Luckily, the cave was shrouded in darkness, so even Ivona couldn’t see the ridiculousness of the situation. She could just smell the blood of the rats, accompanied by the sound of bones being broken and flesh being cut.
"What are you doing back there?" Ivona asked, a frown on her brow, when she felt her skin crawl from the sounds reaching her.