Chapter 2: Arrival (2/2)

Remote and poor, the villagers kept to themselves and rarely strayed or moved away from the village, and no one entered the remote village as well, except for when intermarriage happened between them and the surrounding villages.

There have been some youngsters who had traveled to big cities with big dreams and stars in their eyes. However in this xenophobic society, these youngsters who had no special skills other than hunting had to return miserably to the village, continuing to live in danger and poverty.

That was the case, until a special guest arrived in the village three days ago.

Twelve-year-old Eleena trod through large expanses of barren potato fields, her steps light and sprightly as her silver twintails swayed in tandem with her movements. Arriving at a small stone cottage out of the village, she knocked gently on the door.

After a while, the faulty wooden door creaked open.

Appearing at the door was a thin and lanky young man. He did not seem to be in good health, his cheeks pale and lacking color, making him look weak and sickly.

“Hello, Mister Xi Wei,” the girl greeted, bowing her head politely.

“Ahh if it isn’t Eleena. How is your uncle?”

The young man was naturally Xi Wei who had just descended to the mortal realm.

However since the divine energy he had left was sparse, he couldn’t waste too much on creating an avatar for himself. Finally he decided to use one point of divine energy to create a low budget avatar of himself, using what he looked like in his past life as a blueprint.

He came to this village as a priest, and temporarily lived in this stone cottage through the village elder’s arrangements.

The day before, Eleena’s uncle had been grievously wounded when he went out hunting. Xi Wei was the one who stood out to heal him, bringing him back from the brink of death.

“He’s almost completely healed! Grandpa Elder said that your Sacred Healing Arts are even stronger than the clerics from the Brilliant White Church!” She chirped happily.

‘That goes without saying. I’m a deity after all…’ he thought.

“This is the tiger meat that my uncle hunted for earlier! He especially had me bring it to you—it’s already cooked,” she said, handing the basket in her hands to Xi Wei, gulping quietly.

“My aunt’s technique is superb, please try it!”

Xi Wei accepted the unseemingly hefty basket. It seemed that there was quite a lot of roasted meat inside.

Looking over at Eleena who could hardly hide her hunger, he could not help but smile, but his smile gave people a feeling that he had kidney deficiency1. “I can’t finish all this by myself, why don’t you help me finish this?”

“Really?!” She asked in surprise—eyes sparkling like a hungry cat. However the next moment she lowers her head and fidgets a little, remembering her how her family had warned against doing so. “Wouldn’t I be bothering you?” She asked tentatively.

“Oh, then I have to finish this by myself then…” Xi Wei sighed, shaking his head.

Eleena let out a downcast whine, lowering her head and pouting cutely.

“Now now, turn that frown upside down and come in. Let’s eat.”

“Yay! …Ah, I mean, thank you Mister Xi Wei!”