Chapter 159: Lawrend Got Angry (1/2)
”Oh, yeah… You might be right.”
Daisy agreed with him in her smooth and soothing voice.
”Anyways, I got to save this guy. He's still breathing, but he's not dead. I think that means the poison he ate wasn't lethal.”
Lawrend said to her. He then dumped the pouch of sweet nectar that Humility prepared for him into the stream.
”What a waste.”
Daisy said to him.
Lawrend ignored her. He washed the leather pouch and made sure it was free of any residue of Humility's nectar.
”This should be enough.”
Lawrend lifted the filled leather pouch in his hand. He brought it towards Logan who was unconscious a little bit far away.
”Drink up.”
Lawrend sat him up and poured water down his throat. Logan's gag reflex kicked in, and he drank a mouthful of water together with the ball of grass Lawrend placed in his mouth earlier.
”Wait, should I have ground that grass first?”
Lawrend realized that he made a mistake.
”It should still be effective.”
Lawrend shrugged his shoulders. He wasn't a physician to worry about such details.
Lawrend waited for a while. He rested his back against a tree and looked up at the night sky. He observed the beautiful moon. He wondered if people could reach it similar to the people in his previous life.
”Cough!”
Logan suddenly coughed loudly. He sat up holding his chest in pain.
”You're awake.”
Lawrend said to him with a faint smile on his face.
”W-What happened?”
Logan could barely see Lawrend's silhouette under the bits and pieces of moonlight that landed on his face.
”I came to find you. You were unconscious. Did you eat a berry from that bush over there?”
Lawrend explained to him before he pointed his hand behind Logan.
”Y-Yes…”
Logan looked at the berry bush and nodded his head slowly.
”Well, I already knew. I was just confirming. Let's go back to camp.”
Lawrend replied to Logan and stood up. He headed back towards the camp without waiting for Logan to follow him.
They silently walked for a while. The sound of the rustling leaves was ear-deafening in their silence.
”Um… I'm sorry…”
Logan suddenly spoke up in a quiet voice.
”You know your mistakes, right?”
Lawrend asked him without turning back. They just continued walking.
”...I do.”
Logan shook his head while he followed Lawrend.
”Why are you participating in this special mission?”
Lawrend asked him.
”I… I won a duel with the strongest mage in our class. That's when I received the invitation from Instructor Joseph.”
Logan replied to him with a stutter. He was feeling shameful talking to Lawrend right now.
”Then? What's the reason you want to complete this special mission?”
Lawrend continued asking him.
”It may sound ridiculous if it came from me, but there's this girl that I've been wanting to impress.”
Logan explained to Lawrend.
”... What?”
Lawrend was shocked inside. He didn't expect that this strict and unlikeable guy was doing all of this just to impress a girl.
”What a simp.”