Chapter 15: Gospel of Painkillers (2)
Ragnar and Merlina strolled toward the crying boy and his mother.
"What happened?" Ragnar asked in a caring tone.
The woman looked up at him, sadness in her eyes, and replied, "He was running away when I called him for his morning bath and slammed into the walls of the house, hitting his stomach really hard."
Ragnar found her story quite amusing as he could picture the scene of the naked little boy running and slamming into the walls.
Nevertheless, he kept a calm face and squatted to examine the body of the wailing child.
"Ahh, my stomach, it hurts," the little boy cried even louder. "This is all because of stupid morning baths! I hate morning baths! Waaa!"
"Do you want to grow up to become a stinking monkey?" Ragnar asked in a soft tone.
"No, I don’t wanna."
"Then don’t skip your morning bath. If you do, you would grow up to be an ugly monkey, and none of the ladies in the village would agree to marry you. Do you want that?"
Hearing Ragnar’s reasoning, the boy cried even louder and promised he would always take his morning bath. Both Merlina and the mother could not help but chuckle.
Nevertheless, he continued crying as the pain in his stomach did not subside. Both women felt pity for him.
While everyone’s attention was fixed on the wailing child, Ragnar swiftly opened his inventory and brought out a painkiller.