
Just when Roland squatted down to install the base for the new steam engine, three figures suddenly emerged from thin air. They landed, staggered, at his feet and carried him with them as they fell to the ground.
Anna was so frightened that she immediately jumped back and put up a wall of green flames to try to block the stranger.
When Roland looked up, he discovered that one of the women was the long-awaited Nightingale. From his face, he looked very tired. His cheeks were abnormally red, so it was clear he had long since run in the cold and windy weather, but despite the wind, his forehead was covered in heavy sweat.
Nightingale raised her head and cried with real anxiety. "Your Majesty, call Nana and ask her to come! We need it right away!"
Now, Roland noticed that the woman tied on his back was very pale and her eyes were closed. He was wrapped in clothes that were deep red due to the blood flowing and his arm was almost cut off.
He immediately reacted and shouted towards his guard. "Cardin, run to the medical center and call Nana!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!" replied the guard while immediately running away .
Other than the two, there was also a young girl who was caught in Nightingale's armpit. He looked like he was not in a serious situation, and looked around with eyes full of curiosity.
"You're not hurt, are you?" Roland stepped forward to release the woman with the injured arm from Nightingale's back.
"I'm fine, Your Majesty, Keke ... I'm so sorry, I can't bring back my sister from the Witch Cooperation Association." Nightingale gasped for breath, her voice extremely weak. Apparently he had gone on a very long journey and had physically forced himself.
"Don't say anything else, you need to rest first." Roland took the unconscious and injured woman and let Anna lead Nightingale. Like this, the five men returned to the castle. Nightingale had a room next to Anna's room, so when they came to the castle, she immediately ordered the servants to make a fire in her room and also sent out hot water barrels. After Nana arrived, she first explained to him what had happened before she started to clean her wounds and treat her injuries while Roland stepped out of the room.
As long as she didn't die, Nana would be able to heal every wound like she never did, so the problem wasn't if she could save her life. Although Nightingale carefully tied her arm, her blood circulation had been cut off for too long, so she did not know if it could be saved. The following cleaning and treatment required the patient to undress, so as a gentleman, Roland consciously chose to come out.
But how did it develop into this? Ask Roland himself. Could it be that the Witch Camp was attacked by a demonic beast and there was no one else he could save? If that's true, then it would be very detrimental.
Roland nervously waited at the door. About half an hour later, the door was opened and the first person to come out was the unidentified girl who looked unharmed and came along with Nightingale .
When he saw her waiting at the door, he nodded and said, "You are exactly the same as what Nightingale described."
"..." - ".Roland did not know what to understand from this sentence, "What did he say about me?"
"A prince who cares for us witches." when answering her question, the girl lightly closed the door, "Unfortunately, the news was so overwhelming that most of the witches could not believe what he was saying. In fact, I couldn't believe it either, but it was exactly as I said. Dad always said, 'this world is huge, and he has all kinds of people'. My name is Lightning, Your Highness, it's a pleasure to meet you. "When he finished speaking, he lowered his head and placed his right hand over his left shoulder - perhaps that was his way of saluting.
However, Roland no longer thought of the greeting, the "most people don't believe it," part is important information. "The Witch Cooperation Association was not attacked by demonic beasts?"
"attacked? No, ah ... Why do you think like this?" He nodded his head while thinking but then he suddenly placed his index finger on his forehead and revealed an enlightened expression, "Yes, I understand. The older sister with the broken arm was Wendy, she was hurt by our respected mentor, Cara." Then, Lightning began to tell her story.
After hearing what happened, Roland fell silent and thought, so it was actually like this ... I have truly underestimated the cruel oppression witches must face. Now, after accumulating for so many years, the hatred between the witches and the nobles of the Church had reached its peak. This way, is one of the extremists. Then, Roland got the impression that the first thing the leader of the Witch Cooperation Association would do when he had the strength to do so was eradicate people with the same attitude as himself.
And not only that, he even brought back two new witches with him to Border Town. As for the witch house, Roland thought, he would still let Karl build it. Even if they didn't need it at the moment, there was still a chance that the number of magicians would increase.
"So you're also the sister of the Witch Cooperation Association?"
"Not anymore." Lightning sighed and then continued, "That's the same for Wendy and Nightingale. Since we left, it is now impossible to return. I'm afraid Cara won't be able to swallow her pride."
"Will he survive even though Nightingale pierced through his body?" Roland asked in disbelief,
"Maybe. In the camp we have a witch called the Herbal Witch, who can increase the effectiveness of the herbs several times," Lightning explained, "by multiplying the effects of some hemostatic grass and turning it into a blood-filling medicine, saving Cara's life shouldn't be a problem, but compared to your witch who has the ability to heal, the effect is lower. "
Hearing this, Roland thought, his will is really troublesome, it doesn't seem like it's enough just to worry about the Church, now I also have to look after the witches. Fortunately, their goal was to search for the Sacred Mountain, so I hope the difficulty of finding Nightingale was too much for them.
"Before you said that you didn't believe what Nightingale said, so why did you go with her and leave the Witch Cooperation Association?"
"Because you have a machine that exhales black and white smoke, and you can also make stones from gray powder and even have powder that breaks down mountains with thundering explosions.” Lightning repeated the exact same words he said to Nightingale, "Maybe there is no good Prince to the witches, but he won't lie to me, either, it is impossible to fabricate a living idea like that - at least This is what my explorer's intuition tells me, and just looking at the strange creature in the courtyard that was able to emit white gas showed me that I was right. This monstrosity? Nightingale seems to call it ... the steam engine, right? "
"Explorer?" Roland automatically ignored the final question.
"Yes, explorer!" Lightning emphasized the word, "This is the reason why I chose to follow Nightingale. All explorers want to know about the unknown."
"..." - ".Roland quietly sighed. What should I do with this witch? Someone like him could only survive at this age if they were born from a wealthy family. Someone only needed to see her once to see that she was a tomboy, not only because of her clothes, but also her short golden hair, "You're sure your name isn't Izawa Riel ?"
"Who is that? My name is Lightning." the little girl proudly explained.
At this point, the door opened once more and Anna and Nana walked out.
"How's that?" roland asked, "Is the healing going well?"
Seeing Nana nod, Roland could finally feel relieved. Generally, the limbs need to be reconnected within six to eight hours. When this time limit is exceeded, the success rate will be greatly reduced. Since Lightning said that it took them more than a day to travel from the camp to Border Town, the chance to save the limb was actually already very small. It is almost impossible to reconnect the nerve with conventional surgery. This once again showed just how incredible Nana's healing abilities were.
Now the young witch was also tired; it seemed that the treatment also consumed a lot of manpower. So Roland excitedly said to them, "You all have worked hard today, so after dinner, the two of you should sleep here with Anna."
Of course, he thought it also meant that Sir Pine would also sleep here.
ED Note: Izawa Riel is the Chinese name for Ezreal from League of Legends