27 Chapter Six - 4 || Resolution (2/2)
”Speaking of safety, you got injured.” Akari nervously examined the girl's wound on her right leg. After seeing it wasn't serious, only about a millimeter deep, the fox exhaled a sigh of relief.
”Next time, you need to be more careful battling beast demons. I know this is your third time, but demon wounds get infected easily. They can also develop nasty afflictions which turn the flesh into soot, much like when beast demon bodies dissipate.”
Essairyn internally shuddered at the thought of her body deteriorating away into ash. ”Thankfully, my body mostly healed itself while I was fighting. Now, I can probably finish healing it myself.”
She placed three fingers at the top of the five-inch long slashes and pressed downward, swiping her hand slowly across their length. Lavender light flushed beneath her fingers, and the skin seamlessly repaired itself.
Healing oneself took much less concentration than healing others, even for white mages or green elementals. Essairyn figured she could've easily willed the injury to heal without bending down and following through the gestural motions.
”How deep was the wound initially?” Akari was curious about the speed of Essairyn's self-healing abilities. When regular m'u and magical ability was high enough, usually D-ranked mages or higher, the body would self-heal when injured.
”Yeah, that wolf got your leg good. I was worried that you'd be pulled down, and I wouldn't know what to do then,” added Darren with a slight wrinkle to his forehead.
Essairyn chuckled mirthlessly and drew her forefinger and thumb close together, gauging the original depth to be about half a centimeter.
Akari didn't know whether to grouse on the girl's literal inhuman regeneration or skin toughness. She had only received half-centimeter deep lacerations from a falling wolf that seized her leg with two centimeter claws.
If it was a regular wolf, Akari wouldn't be surprised if Essairyn had only gotten a third of a centimeter, but under possession, wolf claws were enveloped in black magic which made them razor sharp.
Nevertheless, the fox only huffed in disgruntlement. Perhaps getting injured would make Essairyn wake up to the harsh reality of possibly taking on more than she could manage.
It never hurt to be extra careful, but Akari couldn't determine whether Essairyn was unassumingly arrogant or compassionately courageous for jumping straight into dangerous situations. She settled on a mixture of both.
”Well, now that's over, I guess it's just a matter of cleaning up and figuring out how to prevent this from happening again.” Essairyn struck a pensive pose, leaning on one leg with a hand on her hip and her head tipped to one side.
The Welforts looked anxiously at one another. They had only wanted to live tranquilly on their farm for the last half of their lives. It had been that way until now with the appearance of demons.
The trio understood the anxiety on the older couple's faces. Darren directed that they first clean up like Essairyn had suggested and then discuss over dinner. By now, the stew was probably overcooked.