Chapter 492 (2/2)
The liquid that had the effect of recovering Mana was given to the two children little by little.
About 1 minute later…
“…”
The girl’s eyelids started to tremble, and she finally opened her eyes.
Then, she became stiff the moment she noticed Nurse Gamma staring at her.
“…Eek!”
“Ah, it’s okay. Don’t worry.”
The girl turned to the voice she heard, and found Sally’s smiling face.
“H… Hu…”
The girl’s complexion became even more pale than usual.
“Oh, don’t overdo it. Take another sip.”
Sally offered her the cup, which still had more than half of its contents left. The startled girl held the medicine in her mouth.
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“…Um… T-Thank you… very much…”
After calming herself down, the girl thanked Sally.
“Don’t mention it. How are you feeling? Are you hungry?”
“Ah, yes…”
Upon hearing that, Sally went to the kitchen. It was almost as if she was in her own house.
“It seems the boy has regained consciousness.”
Gamma’s words urged Jin to look towards the boy, who seemed to have finally opened his eyes. The boy slowly moved his head, looking around the room.
“Young lady! Oh, I’m glad…”
The boy started coughing, probably because he started to speak too loudly all of a sudden. Gamma helped him lay on his side and rubbed his back.
“Ah, Lucas, I’m fine. These hu… people, are nice.”
The girl then turned around towards everybody else and respectfully bowed her head.
“Thank you very much for helping us. My name is Shion.”
A second look at the girl that had introduced herself as Shion revealed that her silver hair was waist-long, and her skin as white as paper. She also had impressive-looking eyes, as blue as the winter sky.
On the other hand, the boy named Lucas had short dark-brown hair, dark skin, and black eyes. They contrasted so much with one another that they were like light and shadow.
“Well, you shouldn’t force yourself to speak too much. First, eat this.”
Sally had brought a pot of stew from the kitchen. It wasn’t too hot or too cold.
“T-Thank you very much.”
“Thank you very much.”
Lucas and Shion thanked her and began to devour the stew. They seemed to have been very hungry.
“That stew isn’t going anywhere, you know? Besides, there’s plenty more of it in the kitchen.”
Smiling bitterly, Sally couldn’t hide her delight about how energetic her patients seemed to be.
Since the children had been advised not to speak too much for now, Jin and the others left the room.
“So, Doctor, do you think maybe I could have a word with them tomorrow?”
“Hmm. Well, they should be better by tomorrow.”
“Understood. I’ll come back tomorrow then.”
Jin decided to return home for the day.
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「老君、引き続きカイナ村の厳戒態勢維持を頼む。但し極秘裏に」
“Laojun, please put Kaina Village in an ongoing state of high alert. But also keep it in absolute secrecy.”
“Understood. There is a high possibility that those two are demons. Measures against Gravity Magic, Enslavement Magic, and the like will be put in place. Also, I’ll prepare means to neutralize them, or even kill them, if necessary. We will not allow any harm to come to the people of Kaina Village.”
“Thank you.”
Laojun armed 20 Army Golems –Land Units 1 to 20– with countermeasures to Gravity Magic, Plasma Swords, Paralyzers, and so on, and sent them to Kaina Village.
Also, five Falcons were set on standby over the skies of Kaina Village.
Jin stayed at his house next to Martha’s house and left Covert Units to stand close watch over the surrounding area. Reiko never left Jin’s side.
Then, after the day went by without any incidents, night came, and then the morning of August 5th began.