Chapter 1564 Fragility

Chapter 1564 Fragility

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The rain was harsh today. It didn't help that Varian had fallen ill due to the unforgiving weather and remained bedridden for three full days.

"Rain demon is trying his best to stop you, big brother." Zenny placed a cloth dipped in warm water on his forehead and rubbed his cold feet.

"Ugh," Varian couldn't even speak properly. It felt like there was a lump in his throat. At the same time, it was burning somehow.

He couldn't even feel his body. Maybe someone took away all the bones inside. Maybe that's why, it couldn't even let him stand.

"Argh."

Varian tried not to groan in pain as his body burned like a furnace. He couldn't even open his eyes without them watering. It was hell to keep his eyes open.

And when he closed them, the warmth was comforting, the darkness was comforting. The state without any pain was very, very comforting.

'I just want to close my eyes fore–haa!'

Despite the five thick blankets covering his body, he shivered violently, a weak sound leaking from his mouth.

Zenny attended to him without complaints, cheering him on however she could.

"Big brother, you'll get better soon!"

In a tired but bright voice, she would say.

"The savior won't lose to a mere rain demon! Even our tribe survived his wrath for so long!"

She would try to raise her pitch but the the weakness in her voice grew .

"The entire village has gone to find the elixir for you! We're the only ones left in the village! But don't worry! They'll be back soon! Until then, take this medicine. My...uncle laid down his life to secure it, heuk!"

The girl would feed him a medicine whose taste he could no longer tell.

"Everyone believes in you!"

She would whisper or...maybe that's the loudest she could speak now.

"B-Big Brother...please...."

Her voice was barely audible and he could feel hot droplets of water on his feet.

Varian wasn't even able to think properly in this period. But whenever he managed to have a few moments of a proper mind, he would think of two things.

One, the possibility of death.

With all his powers sealed by Aridam himself, could he survive this deadly fever?

No.

Then, what would happen if he died here?

Would he open his eyes back in the palace with Aridam grabbing his slivers and letting him go home?

"S...Savior,"

'Savior', not 'Big Brother'.

Her voice had turned a little mature but a lot sad. She mustered some energy to look up at him with those lifeless, gray eyes.

She tried to smile with the corner of her lips but her face refused to budge. It was tired. It was too tired after everything.

"W-Will..."

Varian waited for her to speak.

He decided to fulfill whatever she wished.

'Will you make me some food?'

He'd make her the best delicacy!

'Will you let me rest?'

He'd pay her back tenfold for all the service she had given him.

'Will you save this village?'

Even though their fate was inevitable, he'd let them life an unimaginably prosperous live until then.

But...

"Will...they be back?" Zenny's eyes teared up and her voice cracked.

"Ahh..."

[Days passed: 364

Days Left: 1]

Varian only realized then.

No wonder she was so broken. It was an entire year. A full year of solitude and hardship.

"Are they coming back?" Sniffing back her tears, she asked again.

Varian took a breath and his chest hurt. Clenching his fist behind his back, he gritted his teeth.

The wilderness was dangerous. Some beasts needed a dozen men to hunt them down. Not to mention the cold, insects and poisonous vegetation.

"They'll back right...you will take us all to Paradise now that you're fine....right?" Maybe Zenny didn't realize but tears were rolling down her cheeks.

Varian lowered his head like a guilty criminal.

Zenny's eyes shook at his gesture and her small body trembled. Her shivering dry lips opened and close and her weak breath fluctuated violently.

With a look that didn't contain an inch of hatred, she looked at him with a weary, despairing and helpless gaze.

"S-Savior...did you really come to...save us or..."

The child didn't speak more. She was so innocent that she couldn't bear to utter such words even after everything she had been through.

Varian's shoulders trembled and he took her in his arms. Carrying her like a princess, he stepped out of the hut for the first time in nearly a year.

A heartbreaking sight greeted him.