Chapter 7:The Injured Man
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"Any last words~"The person spoke with a faint voice near Avila's ear as Avila just stood still and still tried to struggle.
Why can't she pull away from the grasp?!
Why is the grip so strong despite of the fact that the person's body is obviously injured?
Is she too weak or is the person's strength more than a human?
Without thinking,Avila blurted coldly."Hehehe...F*ck y*u."
She really has done it.WHAT ON EARTH DID SHE ATE THAT SHE SAID SOMETHING LIKE THAT!!
Although,(earlier) she did ate something but it was not related to this kind of situation she is in.
Poor Avila,she was just trying to make a metaphor.Even though her life was now near death.
"Hmph.Even in this situation you can still talk like that.You really surprise me...You are interesting but too bad you have to die-"
Avila."!!!"
"Clang!"Unexpectedly,the dagger slowly slipped from the person's grasp and the person behind her passed out.
Avila hastily move back,away from where the body was and subconsciously she pulled the dagger away from the person who has passed out by kicking it backwards.She was afraid that she might go through that situation again.
That was close!I thought death was gonna fetch me there!She thought while caressing her neck that was still bleeding non-stop.
Avila."..."
"There is no choice then..."She mumbled.
"Pishk!"Avila recklessly ripped some of the cloth on her skirt that almost revealed all her thighs.
She picked up the cloth and ripped it into smaller pieces.When she was done,she carefully used the cloth in which she just ripped it from her clothes seconds ago,just so she can wrapped it around her neck like it was a bandage,trying to stop the bleeding at least and it did a little.
When she was done,her gaze turn to the person who was lying down in the cold-hard ground.
She bent down her knees and carefully observed the person's body but now with a distance apart from the person.She really and never wants to do that ever again.
After her eyes explored more,she had realized something.
Avila thought that the body was a "she" because of the long gray hair but when she looked closely it was a "he".
"Ah!What a lovely face."
His skin is oddly paled-white and it seems to be smooth even without touching it.
She never has seen anyone handsome as him before!
Why is there such a handsome face born with a cold and cruel personality as him?!
He almost killed her,too!How could she have an audacity to admire his looks like that?!
"Hmph!"She pouted.While crossing her arms in front of her chest.
Despite being in a weak position he still has the strength to make her his hostage.
His abdominal area has been seriously damaged and he is also bleeding a lot yet he is still alive!
"Maybe today,I am not the only one who is blessed by the God after all."
She was pondering if whether she should save this man or not.
If she leave him be,her guilty consciousness will never stop annoying her and maybe this will even haunt her for life!
"Agh!"She whined as she scratched her hair hastily,making it a mess.
If truth to be told,this person over here is really not a good person.
He comes and go.Kill anybody,even the innocent and maybe including the children.
She doesn't know why but if she saved this man,there's a gut feeling that she has made something very terrible that she will later regret.But still she doesn't have any other choice,does she?
She sighed restlessly and helped the man treat his wounds.She did not entirely opened his clothes but just wiped his injury and tried to stop the bleeding by wrapping a long white cloth around his abdomen with his clothes on.
And a few minutes later she was done.She placed the man in a comfortable position so that the bleeding won't get any worse while she sat lazily while leaning in a tree.
She was dead tired and her clothes were even in a mess.The moon was still out but the sky was getting lighter.There's no doubt that it's almost morning.
"Hah~...I never expected that my stroll has become an adventure!"She embarrassingly said to herself.
She stood up from her position and stumbled a little while keeping her balance intact.
She has to go.
She has to go back to her room first and wear another sleeping night attire before this man wakes up and before anybody wakes up.She really doesn't want to get caught!Because if she did,there's no doubt that her life will become a living hell.
She looked at the man one last time, who was sleeping in a barely peaceful state as she hesitantly turned around and walk towards to where her room was.
It was good enough that her room wasn't as far as she had gotten into.She really ran deep into the woods,huh?It's fortunate that her room was near in the woods while being far from her family's.
She even tripped on a man's leg that almost made an end to her life.
If she was hallucinating now,then it is a good thing but if not then she is really doomed.
Avila betted for herself that if she was now,hallucinating or not she has to go back to where the man was lying now.
She seems like a really crazy person... but who knows!
Even if she was not hallucinating then there is also a good thing.If she was,then currently,she has no 6 petals of snow lotus in her pockets,right?
These are all a gamble of life to her!
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"Finally made it!"Avila panted heavily while trying to catch some air.
She arrived at her room,with a haggard face.She should really fix herself up first.
"Now where is my other night attire~"
Before she went to her closet she first grabbed the petals of snow lotuses from her pocket and gently placed it in her bed.
And when she was finished changing,she lazily flopped in her bed.She lied down and rested for a bit.
She slowly closed her eyes while carefully listening to her surroundings.
As usual,all she could hear was the wind blowing the tree's leaves,birds chirping and crickets singing.
These all makes her peaceful but there is no time to do this!
There is still a man waiting for her in the woods!Or rather her waiting for all of this to just be a hallucination!
"I have to go back."As she said that,she quickly sit up and before she could get off her bed but something suddenly stopped her from moving.
She froze in her bed while clasping her chest.
It hurts!It's like something was crushing Avila's heart that she can hardly breath!
It was unbearable yet an oddly familiar pain.
"Agh!Cough!"She coughed up blood.Her hands and the bed was now dirty but she didn't mind that.She was still clasping her chest and her body felt hot.
What is this feeling again?The pain was worse than before.
"W-where is the snow lotus again..."She mumbled as she struggled to move,looking for something.
She looked side to side while her hand was searching around her bed sheets.
Then,when she felt something from her hand she hastily grabbed it,without a second thought.
It was soft and smooth.But when she saw it with her own eyes,she was very glad!It was a petal of snow lotus.
Without hesitation,she stuffed it in her mouth and gradually swallowed it.
It was an instinct that if she ate this she might get better?...
Avila brushed her thought off as she shake her head.
The unbearable pain in her chest slowly dissipated and her hot body was refreshen.
She lied down in her bed while panting heavily.Her sweat was dropping non-stop from her forehead.And mostly her complexion was very pale.Her lips became dry and purple.
What on earth was that feeling?!
Is Avila's body having a heart attack!
Or is Avila's body really weak!
She pondered while lying down.She really doesn't know what had happen back there but one thing is for sure is that Avila's case wasn't simple.
Avila's thoughts was mostly holding a fact and some of it are not.She pondered making wild thoughts that she didn't even notice that something unusual had happened to her body.
Her face...became beautiful.The ugly birthmark was gone but it's not like Avila can suddenly realize that without looking in a mirror,will she?
She sit up from her bed with her legs crossed,while spacing out.
She almost forgot that she still has something to do.She still has a bet against herself!The man in the woods was still there if she truly believed that.How could she forget!
And with that she got off from her bed and her complexion was barely getting better.But she didn't mind that at all.
She really has to go back and first she needs things that she needed.
She needs something that can help for the man's treatment and also something for survival.She needs a knife!
It's not like she needs to kill but just in case...she has to be ready for everything no matter what is the outcome!
To be continued~
- Writer
