Skadi, returning to infinity

"If we don't deal with this guy, he'll keep coming back to cause us trouble."

Artoria glanced at Loshia, then offered a reminder.

"I know, but now I actually hope it comes looking for trouble."

Hearing her say that, Artoria remembered the radiance she had absorbed after killing those lesser demons.

It was originally very faint, almost invisible.

But because there are so many of them, they come together and become starlight.

Artoria isn't stupid; she immediately guessed Skadi's words, considering the previous situation.

"Yes, killing them will give me energy, and absorbing it will be good for me."

"If you kill it, it will also count as my killing it, and I will also benefit."

Skadi doesn't shy away from this matter, because it's difficult to cover it up later.

It's much better to admit it openly than to let people misunderstand.

"Hmph." Medea didn't speak, she just snorted.

Moreover, she didn't just hum once; she hummed once every now and then.

He snorted, glancing at Losia and Skadi, then snorted again.

Even a fool could see her reaction, and Skadi naturally sensed it too.

But she didn't say anything, nor did she dare to say anything.

In situations like this, it's better to pretend you don't know.

As she gained more emotional maturity, she began to understand how to handle certain situations better.

Of course, understanding this brings with it distress: how can I avoid these things in the future?

"Hmm? Something strange is happening over there."

After dealing with the horde of lesser demons, and with the Thunder Beasts retreating again, they smoothly entered the territory of Yan Kingdom and headed towards their target.

Fly over.

But as they passed a high mountain, Skadi suddenly realized that something seemed to be happening there.

This made her stop in her tracks...

PS: This chapter has 4100 words, update 17500/20000.

Chapter Twenty-Seven: Crying won't solve anything, I've always known that.

"Whoosh~" An arrow flew from afar, piercing the head of the beast that was pouncing on the girl.

"Aaaaaah..." The girl, already terrified, didn't notice anything amiss; she only saw the beast pounce, and then screamed...

He fell into a coma.

"Eh..." Three handsome white horses landed, and Skadi and the other three rolled onto the mountaintop, looking at a man carrying a bamboo basket containing several kinds of herbs.

The girls all breathed a slight sigh of relief.

"Have these Originium-infected beasts become this rampant?"

He reached out, grabbed the hoof of the Originium-infected beast whose head was pierced by an arrow, and threw it dozens of meters away.

Skadi then bent down and placed her hand on the girl's forehead.

The Holy Spirit Healing was activated, transmitting into her body, calming her fright, and incidentally healing her fatigue.

Thanks to her treatment, the girl slowly opened her eyes after only ten minutes of unconsciousness.

"Huh? I'm not dead?"

She frantically touched her body, finding no missing limbs or pain, which relieved her.

"Um?"

Then she looked up and saw standing in front of her, girls of different figures and appearances, but all very beautiful.

Bathed in the afterglow of the setting sun, the four of them stood there, looking like fairies from a legend.

"...Are you...are you fairies? Did you save me...?"

The girl's previously calmed emotions tensed up again. She looked at Skadi and the others, stammering, unsure of what to say.

"We saved you, but we are not fairies, just passersby."

Skadi shook her head, then looked at her after speaking, and pointed to the Originium creature that resembled a giant bull but was covered in a thick layer of metal and had a ferocious face.

Infected beast.

"Was it here from the beginning, or did it follow you here?"

Skadi didn't leave immediately, wanting to ask the girl some questions.

Moreover, leaving her unconscious here would be too dangerous. Skadi doesn't know where she is, so she can only wait for her to recover.

"It wasn't here to begin with."

The girl shook her head. She glanced at Skadi, then at the giant bull in the distance.

My position was just here, wasn't it?

Her memory was somewhat hazy; after all, she was in the most dangerous and frightening situation before she lost consciousness, so it was perfectly normal that she didn't remember the specific details.

"So you were gathering herbs when it spotted you and started chasing you?"

Skadi pointed to the bamboo basket on her back and asked.

"Yes... gathering herbs... my herbs..."

Hearing her say that, the girl finally realized what she meant.

She picked up her basket and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that the medicine was still inside.

"Ah... the wild ginseng is gone."

The girl rummaged through the contents for a moment, and her expression immediately changed drastically.

She muttered to herself, repeating the same phrase as if she had lost her soul.

"Auntie...Auntie's illness..."

"Waaaah... Waaah... I'm sorry... Auntie..."

As the girl spoke, she suddenly burst into tears, seemingly feeling extremely sorry for her aunt.

"Think about it, where did you lose it?"

Skadi and the others looked at each other in dismay. They hadn't even gotten the questions they wanted to know before this happened.

"I...I think...after I finished picking them, before I even put them in the basket, it started chasing me..."

"We had to navigate around rocks and trees to avoid being caught by it..."

"I don't remember where I dropped it."

She spoke through sobs, her face already soaked with tears.

"Okay, okay, stop crying."

Rubbing her head, Skadi felt that if this matter wasn't resolved, she probably wouldn't be able to help them.

"What's your name?" Skadi walked over, bent down in front of her, and wiped away her tears with a tissue.

"My name is Zhao Yun'er. My aunt likes to call me Zhao Zhao or Yunyun."

Miraculously, when Skadi touched her face, her emotions calmed down.

My emotions have calmed down, but it will take a while before I stop crying.

She sobbed as she said her name.

"Then I'll call you Zhao Zhao."

"Zhao Zhao, what illness does your aunt have?"

Skadi guessed it the moment she heard her say "Auntie" and then fall into sadness; the child's dependence on her auntie suggested a connection to her background.

That's probably going to be terrible.

After hearing her repeatedly refer to her as "Auntie" without mentioning her parents or other relatives, she guessed that her auntie was probably her only family.

This explains why Zhao Yun'er was heartbroken that she couldn't cure her aunt after discovering she hadn't received the medicinal herbs.

"I...I dare not say...you'll all look down on me if I do..."

Zhao Yun'er shrank back, her eyes filled with fear.

This was clearly not the first time something like this had happened, which made her feel resistant.

No matter what, I don't want to say it out loud.

"Is it Oripathy?"

Skadi knew exactly what she was thinking when she reacted.

"You...you..." Zhao Yun'er's eyes widened when she heard her say that.

Skadi didn't leave at all; instead, she was stroking her face, as if she were very sad.

"It's called...it's called Stone Disease, on our side."

"But I know that people in big cities call it Oripathy or Originium Disease..."

"Waaah..."

“Auntie has had this disease for half a year and her health is very poor.”

“I have been looking for ways to treat her.”

"My aunt said that no one outside can know about this, and I am not allowed to get close to her."