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Chapter 18

Vol . 13 Ch . 18




 

A scrubbing sound woke me the next day . I slowly opened my eyes . The refreshing sunlight shone on my face and a fragrant gentle breeze whisked past . I rolled over . Underneath the morning sun, a girl in a white robe slowly swept the scattered flower petals . She had her back to me . Her black hair swayed gently as though it was a time keeper .

Flower petals were scattered all over the ground . After she swept them up, they formed a fragrant mound of flower petals . Detecting my eyes on her, she turned around and looked indifferent as usual . Her expression was different to Nier’s initial expression . Nier wasn’t expressionless; she made her hatred apparent . However, this girl didn’t have any expression .

Ying looked emotionless despite a rain of flowers overhead . There was no sadness or happiness on her face . She emotionlessly looked at me . In saying that, her red eyes weren’t dull . She finally broke her silence: “You’re up . Good morning . How are you feeling today?”

I replied, “Yeah, I’m fairing all right . ”

There was the sound of the wind and an empty space between us; but nonetheless, the two of us could communicate without any hassles . She gave a slow nod: “I’ll go prepare breakfast for you . You aren’t a resident of this place . How was the food last night?



“Very good . Thank you . ”

I wasn’t being courteous . The food was very familiar, though . I had a light porridge and a small plate of salted vegetables . The light taste was particularly nostalgic . It was the same dinner I had when I fell sick as a child . Mom said I had to eat lighter meals when I was sick, and that was exactly what she gave me .

I wasn’t too accustomed to sleeping on the floor as I did last night . That being said, the gentle sound of the wind, as well as the scent of the wooden floor, calmed my mind . I gradually fell asleep in spite of being worried about my two wives . I slept all the way through the night and only woke up the next day .

“I shall go and prepare breakfast for you, and then give you a check-up,” said Ying . She tidied up and placed the broom underneath the tree: “Don’t force yourself to stand up . You can’t recover that quickly . I’ve checked you . You don’t have any spirit energy . You’re just an ordinary person, aren’t you?”

“No… Even if I can’t use it, I can still use mana, right…? After all, I’m a hybrid . My mom also has an abundance of mana…”

“Mana?”

Ying tilted her head . I froze for a moment before suddenly realising there was no mana on the island . That meant elves didn’t exist on the island .



“But she mentioned spirit energy . What’s that? Is it something similar to mana…? How are we able to communicate?” I wondered .

I could communicate with the anthropoids in the North thanks to mana . As long as there was mana, we’d be able to communicate . I guess that was a nifty use for mana . Humanity used a universal language, which was the Rosvenor Kingdom’s language . I seemed to be able to naturally speak humanity’s language after being reincarnated, so I presumed Troy knew it .

“So, how am I communicating with Ying?” I asked myself . In a serious tone, I asked, “Ying… Can you understand what I’m saying?”


Ying didn’t reveal a, “what are you talking about,” look . Instead, she maintained her emotionless look and solemnly replied, “Not everything; I can understand the majority of it, nonetheless . It feels as though we speak the same language but have different pronunciations . ”

“Wait . What?!”

It finally struck me .  I wasn’t speaking to her in humanity’s language or the elven language, but the language I virtually hadn’t spoken since being reincarnated – Chinese!! Ying could understand, though . She spoke Chinese except with a different pronunciation!

Ying looked at my shocked and speechless expression . She waited for a moment before asking, “Is something the matter?”

I came back to reality and everything in the past welled up in my mind . I never expected to have the opportunity to speak my own language here . I had given up on it, but Ying spoke the same language . Everything I thought I had forgotten returned to my mind . A surge of emotions surged up to my throat, choking me .

Ying turned to leave; she wasn’t interested in why I was emotional . I lied on the ground and looked at the lines on my palm . My tears welled up in my eyes, as a product of my emotions . I decided I needed to take a good look at the village I missed .

A short while after, Ying returned to my side and placed a tray down . There was a bowl of white porridge just as last night . The only difference was that there were two additional steaming small fishes . She placed the tray next to me then carefully helped me up . Then, she picked up a pot by the side with my medicine ready . She opened the fireplace and added firewood as well as wild teasels . Once the fire was hot, she placed the clay pot over it .

The small fish tasted average . It wasn’t a new taste . I couldn’t understand why it was stale despite this place being by the sea . I speculated if they had to salt their fish . With that said, I still ate everything . Ying slowly brewed the medicine by my side . Suddenly, she stated, “A few corpses were washed up to shore today . If my conjecture is correct, they shouldn’t have anything to do with you . ”

I placed the bowl down, and then hastily inquired, “Were there women? Was there a girl with black hair and green eyes?!”

“I don’t know,” replied Ying, shaking her head . “I can’t leave the shrine, so I don’t know how the corpses on the shore look . I only heard it mentioned . The villagers placed the corpses in the centre of the village . Go and take a look once you’ve recovered . ”

“I’m going there now! I’m going there now!!”

I hastily tried to stand up, but Ying pressed her hand down on me . She pressed her hand on my chest and explained, “You can’t get up yet . Your ribs are broken, and your back is injured . If you get up and move around now, you may never be able to stand again . ”

“I still need to go!! I need to go, and take a look!! My wives were on the ship! I’m worried about them! I must ensure that they’re safe!!”

Ying emotionlessly tidied up the bowl and plate in front of me: “But is there a point to you going there now? Can you ensure your wives are safe if you see the corpses? Seeing corpses doesn’t prove they’re safe and sound . If they’re among the corpses, then you don’t need to worry . Thus, there’s no need for you to go and see . After drinking your medication, you should be able to move a little tomorrow . Then you can go . ”

“Take me there now!”

“I told you I can’t leave the shrine . ”

She stood up and went to the door . She didn’t turn around regardless of how much I called out . I struggled with all my might to stand up, but it felt as though I was restrained by a hand and couldn’t budge .

“Fuck!” I loudly cussed in my mother tongue language and then slammed my head onto the pillow . I looked at the roof . Despaired, I shut my eyes . However, my wives appeared in my mind…

 





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