The Abysmal Territory

[43]

“Cute! I can be cured just by looking at this!” Teiko said.

“Hey, Teiko-nii? You’re just having a lewd thought, right?” Saki asked.

Teiko was flustered after seeing the remaining clothes of Mia.

“Hey, beastwoman. Turn yourself back and put on some decent clothes first. You’re ruining my Teiko-nii’s eyes,” Saki said.

Mia turned back to human form and walked towards a room.

“You’re so cold, Saki-chan. I have a feeling that your Teiko wanted to see my original form,” Mia said.

“Saki-chan? Are you two close?” Teiko asked.

Saki smiled. She said, “That’s why your name is very familiar. I never thought that you will be staying with human beings. You’re already grown up, Mia!”

Saki rushed towards Mia and hugged her arms.

“Hmp! Don’t hug, you didn’t even recognize me in five years,” Mia said.

Mia struggles and makes Saki let go of her shoulder. Mia gets inside the room and shuts the door.

“Mia, you’re cruel!” Saki shouted.

After Mia changed her clothes, she walked out of the room to give Teiko a medicine that could help him regain the blood he loses.

“Mia!” Saki said then hugged Mia.

“I cannot move properly if you stay like that, Saki-chan,” Mia exclaimed.

“You’re still angry at me, Mia? I’m so sorry, I just didn’t recognize you because you became a lot cuter,” Saki cried out.

“Fine, fine. I accept your apology, but don't you have the skill to cure all status effects?” Mia said.

Mia started brewing and took out a lot of materials from her cupboard.

“Yaaaaay! Mia already forgave me, about that skill, I already used it on his friend so I can’t use it again after six hours,” Saki said.

“So his friend is more important to you than the son of this village hero?” Mia asked.

“Teiko-nii is still more important since I met him before Akeiko-nee and we spent more than 2 years together, but I know that Teiko-nii could endure the pain more than Akeiko-nee,” Saki explained.

“I see, so they fought the Savage Bears without you? If my instinct is right, you can annihilate those bears by yourself, Saki-chan,” Mia said.

“Well, I didn’t join them since I didn’t detect any threat from the area I can cover,” Saki said.

“And they went out of your detection, I see. I’m confused that no one warned them about the Savage Bears. Well, I know that Silica is not aware of this since only the adult knew about this,” Mia said.

“Enough of those bears, I’m curious how the two of you meet each other,” Teiko interjected.

“Ohhh, you really want to know? Fine, I’ll tell you the story of the beast and the Demigod,” Mia said.

The night is very dark since the moon is on the other side of the world.

“Come out, you ugly beast!” one of the humans said.

I’m afraid, why are they looking for me? What did they do to my mother and my father? Mia thought.

“Hey, you should find that child, she’s beautiful and we can sell her at a nice price,” one of the humans that was hunting Mia said.

“Yeah, we messed up with their parents, we should be careful not to kill this one, too,” another one said.

Mia was shocked and accidentally stepped in a dry branch and made a sound that signals her hunters.

“Found you,” said the hunter.

It was a bush beside Mia, Mia became more nervous that the hunter was so closed on finding her.

“Just kidding! You thought I messed up?” the hunter said after clearing the bush where Mia hides.

“No, please don’t hurt me,” Mia cried out.

“Don’t worry, we’re not gonna hurt you. In fact you’re going to enjoy what we will do,” one of the hunters said.

“Hey, stop that. Her price would decrease if you’re doing something like that,” another hunter said.

“Ehh? You’re fine by letting others do it to her, you think that something like this would happen again? The pleasure that we will get is better than the money you’re talking about,” one of the hunters said.

“Oh, I see your point. Then, what are we waiting for?” another hunter said.

“You evil beings!” Saki said.

“Hey, is it me or the surroundings are getting brighter and brighter,” one of the hunters said.

《Starblitz Chain》

Light was created from Saki’s hand and rays of light came from it and passed through all of the hunters.

All the hunters' heads were decapitated from their bodies. Bloods from the hunter flooded the area.

“A pixie? Thank you so much,” Mia cried out.

“No need to cry, baby girl. The threat is already gone, I’ll be here to take care of you,” Saki said.

“That’s how I met Saki-chan,” Mia said.

“I see, so you killed human beings before, Saki,” Teiko said.

“Yes, she has a great hostility towards human beings, I never thought that other people could not see her. That's why I said earlier that I was surprised that no one is scared of her,” Mia explained.

“Well, the humans in your story are really one of the worst but since Saki is interacting with me, does that mean that she’s changed or not?” Teiko asked with a scared look at his face.

“Don’t worry, Teiko-nii. That thing happened five years ago and I changed completely,” Saki said.

“Anyway, after that thing, Saki healed me and I asked if I can also use that ability,” Mia said.

“Like I told you, I can’t simply teach magic, that's why I tried to share my knowledge about alchemy instead,” Saki added.

“That’s why you become an alchemist here?” Teiko asked.

“Yup, after I said to Saki that I can take care of myself. She left me without even saying anything and that’s the last time I saw her. I found a way to hide my beast identity and then humans from this village took care of me. They discovered that I’m a beast after I messed up my transformation but they didn’t change how they take care of me. That’s the reason I’m the alchemist of this small village,” Mia explained.

“Good for you, Mia!” Saki said.

“Anyway, I feel the nervousness of everyone outside the laboratory so I need to make this quickly,” Mia said.