Chapter 9 - Guerir

Aurelie Houde, the daughter of the Marquess in the South which is the rank below of the Duke. She was a fire magic user and held as one of the most powerful in the Empire. It is also one of the reasons why the Emperor took an interest in her and made her one of his many concubines.

She was adored and beloved by many because of her character as a soft-hearted person. She was perfect until one day, she takes interest in the black element as she sees it as an interesting thing to study in her past-time.

With the competitions inside the palace walls, the other concubines spy on her and when they know that she's studying black element, they immediately reported it to the Emperor.

She was exiled from the palace and even her family abandoned her. Using the remaining money that she saved, she went to the farthest town in the Empire and that's how she ended up in Bagyoo town located in the East of Rakkaegia. Doing odd jobs was very tough for her as she's not used to working and earning money, especially adjusting her budget and her mind towards buying expensive things.

Most of her salary, she saved for the future of her child, Alexjin, who is growing healthy in her stomach. At that time, nobody knows that she's pregnant with the Emperor's child not until Alexjin was about to turn 18 years old.

Also, after the death of Alexjin, Aurelie was cursed by the nobles for hiding her son against them, giving him no confidence to set himself in the spotlight. To make it more worst, her family write a disownment letter to completely cut her off in their family list as she was labeled as a stain.

*"A stain... She was the same as me."*

Geraldine was spacing out while thinking about the past of Aurelie as she looks into her blue eyes that Alexjin inherited.

"Master?" Alexjin poked her in the shoulder, snapping her out of her thoughts.

"Oh! I apologize, I was thinking of something... anyways, I would ask Madam something," Geraldine tapped her cheeks lightly to bring back her focus.

"Please, you can just call me Aurelie, I would really appreciate it," Aurelie smiled and tried to sit down but struggled so much due to lack of energy. Alexjin helped her and gives her a lot of apple slices to eat.

"I would like to ask if you're willing to stay with us at my home," They were shocked upon hearing Geraldine's words as no master would like it if a family member of a mere servant would stay with them.

"I don't understand, I would be a burden to you milady," Aurelie looked down and tried to hide her boney hands, feeling ashamed to herself.

"No, please don't think like that, it would be a burden if my apprentice here would sneak off from time to time to see you here and he can't focus on his work if he keeps worrying about you, so it's better if you can come with us, my house currently has two rooms but we can build another room next to it," Geraldine hold her hands and pressed it slightly, "I insist."

Aurelie couldn't believe what Geraldine said to her, it takes time before her words sank into her brain as she burst into tears, "Thank you, thank you very much, if there's something I could do to repay you, I'll do it wholeheartedly."

"Sure but right now I don't have something in mind so let's focus on getting you in your new home," Geraldine hugged her with a smile.

Alexjin yelled in happiness as he immediately went to grab their stuff and started packing carefully.

"I see that your body is weak, I'll cast you a healing spell although I'm not quite skilled, somehow it's still effective," Both women giggled.

"No, the master is so good that you healed my wound instantly," Alexjin butted in but Geraldine gestured him to keep quiet and go back to work.

She put both of her hands over Aurelie and chanted her healing spell, "Tae ka, magpagaling kana!" a low bright light appeared on her palms and went towards Aurelie as it slowly increased her strength.

"Thank you very much milady," Aurelie exclaimed as she could feel the contraction of her leg muscles as she tried to stand up, "I could finally walk!"

"Aurelie, you can just call me Geraldine besides we'll be living together soon," She helps Aurelie balanced her body when she wobbled a bit.

Both women chatted a little while waiting for Alexjin to finish packing their stuff.

"This is all, I'll go grab a carriage, I'll be back soon," Alexjin dashed outside with a wide smile on his face, he didn't even wait for Geraldine to reply before he went away.

Geraldine and Aurelie started putting the things outside their home so that they could easily be carried in the carriage. When their neighbors saw that Aurelie can finally walk, they instantly crowded her, asking what type of medicine she takes or where did she find a healer to make her walk again.

Telling them that it's Geraldine, the people pleaded with her, asking if she could heal them too and offered their things as payment as they don't have enough money to pay a doctor or buy expensive medicines in the pharmacy.

"Oh my~ you don't need to give me things as payment, I'll do it for free but first, please line up so we can do this faster," Geraldine gestured them to fall in line and they followed her instructions well which surprised her a bit, she thought that they would complain or someone would cut in line but no one did.

*They are desperate to seek medication.*

These thoughts make her feel pity for them. She was given a chair and a table to sit comfortably and she started working on healing them.

*I should be thankful for all the decades I've accumulated a huge amount of mana because if not, I would have died of exhaustion and mana deficiency.*