Chapter 176

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A sickly rabbit girl showed up in front of us, and I couldn’t help but grow worried, especially because it broke my heart to see a little and cute girl being so sickly all of a sudden.

Ugh, it reminded me of Takeshi and Laura when we first picked them up. Those poor little kids were so terribly handled… But now they’re so healthy and radiant. They illuminate your day.

“Hahh… Hahhh…”

The rabbit girl began to breathe heavily while her sweat came out of her forehead and neck.

“Does she have a fever?” Asked Lucifer.

“Yeah… We have to quickly bring her back to the camp!” I said.

“I think I can use some magic to make her feel better, but I don’t know if magic can cure a fever… There’s certainly some disease causing this…” Said Emeraldine.

“Okay, less talk, more action. Let’s bring her there, so give her to me,” Said Lucifer.

He quickly held the girl in his arms and flew with his wings alongside us.

After around five minutes, we were back at camp, with a new girl we found on the way.

“How did it go?” Asked Catarina, who was guarding the place.

There was a two-meter big black spider on the floor, dead, of course.

“Huh? What’s that?” I asked.

“Ah, a giant spider suddenly came out of the forest… Just some random monster,” She said.

“O-Oh, that thing is C Rank, though….” I said.

“Yeah, nothing too much. Anyways what’s with the kid? Is that dinner?” Asked Catarina.

She was not so different than Partner. As a Zombie Vampire, she had a strong liking for raw flesh and blood.

“She’s certainly not dinner!” Said Emeraldine.

“We just found her out in the forest… She passed out before we could even talk to her. She got a fever,” Said Lucifer.

“A fever? Why are you just picking random kids? Just let her die. If she’s so weak, that’s just how nature wanted it to be,” Said Catarina.

“Agh, shut up, I am not like that. If I see someone struggling on the floor to breathe, I am going to help them out, obviously! Maybe I didn’t have the strength to help anyone before, but now that I got it, why wouldn’t I? It is better than simply feeling guilty later on,” I said.

“You’re way too sensitive. I was just joking…” Sighed Catarina.

“Maria-sama! Huh, a child!” Exclaimed Silvio.

“Maria-sama, is she okay?” Asked Francesco.

“Not really… Can you guys go make some tea using the medicinal herbs that I got from Julia? They’re in the carriage where I left some vegetables,” I said.

“V-Very well!” Said Silvio.

“But which ones?” Asked Francesco.

“Well, try them all for now!” I said.

The two nodded and flew away. And yes, fire ghosts can choose not to burn anything with their fire if they want to. After all, their flames are not normal flames but made out of their soul, so if they choose to, the flames won’t burn anyone.

“Now, what do we have here?” Asked Catarina as we left the little rabbit girl over a bed with cushions.

She was sweating a lot, so we decided to take out the dress and leave some clothes over her chest and over her hips instead.

After that, Partner brought some water and a towel, and I began to wash her sweat-covered body slightly while using it. The water was very cold, so it slowly calmed down the heat spreading around her body incessantly.

Meanwhile, Emeraldine was using her magic while trying to heal her. Healing Magic was better at dealing with direct wounds and healing them rather than with actual diseases, which seemed to be what this girl had.

In terms of diseases, there was medicine in alchemy. Making potions that healed certain diseases or forced the body to form certain antibodies like vaccines was not so common but existed. I had never done any research regarding that, though.

“Antidote! Antidote! Recovery…! Hahh…”

Emeraldine gasped for air while sighing. The spells were healing her a bit, but at least her malnourished body looked a bit healthier now, and the pain she was feeling dissipated after a bit.

The Antidote Spell was a spell that often healed status conditions, such as Poison, Paralysis, Forced Sleep, and so on, but this spell healed Status Conditions, not actual diseases, which were different and not so game-like.

However, it seemed to work. It was probably making her antibodies fight harder against the disease. After around ten minutes, the rabbit girl seemed to have calmed down, as her fever had lessened, and she seemed to be breathing better.

“Phew… She’s… she looks better now… I am glad….” Sighed Emeraldine.

It is said that people are shaped based on their magic, jobs, and even skills and titles. Those who possess healing magic and skills, jobs, or titles related to being a priest, healer, and so on, often have a predisposition to heal the sick or wounded more than others who don’t have such skills or titles.

I guess it is the same for me always having that desire to steal whatever I see… or how bloodthirsty I get when I am pissed off… sometimes I don’t even recognize myself when I go nuts.

“Sorry for the delay… We made a super herbal tea made of healing herbs. These heal fevers, stomachaches, and one of these can even heal some common diseases if drank quickly, like a common cold,” Said Silvio.

“Thank you. You guys are so nice….” I sighed as I quickly decided to slowly wake up the girl.

“Dear… wake up… Are you okay?” I asked as she slowly opened her eyes.

The little girl looked in my eyes while being rather sleepy.

“Uwah… Wha…? Where am I?” She muttered.

“I brought you to my carriage because you just passed out… Here,” I sighed.

“Hm?”

“Drink this. This is a tea made out of herbs, it might be bitter, but it could make you feel better,” I said.

“Ahh…” She muttered while drinking it slowly.

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