Episode 21 Elf Village (4)
“Whoa…”
Ray approached Pia as she sighed.
At first glance, he seemed to have no energy.
“what’s the matter?”
“Nothing.”
He also knew the rough story, but remembered that the elder had issued a mutiny order.
When she said to keep it a secret even from elves like themselves, it was clear that this was not an ordinary thing.
Seeing her staring at the tall house while holding onto the railing, Ray asked a sneak peek.
“Is that person sick?”
“huh? You…”
I just stared at Pia, who was staring at her in surprise, and her gaze returned with another sigh.
“Yeah… it hurts. It hurts a lot.”
“mortally?”
“…okay. mortally.”
She didn’t know why she was even talking about this to him, whom she had only met for a few hours, but it felt like the flawless mana and sincere eyes she felt from him kept making her feel at ease.
Strangely, being next to him calms me down.
Pia turned her head and looked at Ray.
Ray was looking at the tall house with worried eyes.
Pia thought it was strange and smiled.
“Are you worried? Are you human and we are elves? We are of different races.”
It was a word thrown without much expectation, but Ray opened his mouth after looking at the higher house for a while.
“that’s right. We are all different. People don’t know everyone, let alone have interests with other races.”
“That’s right…”
I didn’t expect it, but when I heard that, I lost my energy even more.
Looking at her droopy ears, Ray also smiled.
“But I don’t think worrying about other races will cause ridicule.”
“huh?”
“Whoever I care about is my heart. No one has the right to interfere with my mind. I don’t think that being of different races makes a big difference. It’s just that they have different bodies, but they have the same mind, aren’t they?”
As he spoke, Ray shifted his gaze again. Looking at the high house, a small yearning could be seen in him.
“…”
What kind of human would say something like this in front of himself as an elf.
There was an unknown passion in his words and eyes.
The Eye of Truth, an Elfman’s sense, shouted loudly that his words were sincere.
Loud voices came from beneath Pia, who was speechless and dazed.
“You are right!”
“stylish! Human kid!”
“I heard you! It’s fine for you to be in our town!”
There were several elves smiling and cheering as if they were eavesdropping.
Ray’s sincere words shook their hearts that valued nature and respected life.
One or two elves came out of the house wondering what was going on in the great commotion, and as the attention focused on him, Ray became embarrassed and scratched his head.
It was Ray, who had been treating patients while dedicating his health to patients in modern times.
There was no way that his words of concern to the patient were lies.
Who would have known that a few words from humans called the race of lies and the race of treachery would touch their heartstrings.
Besides, there was not a single lie in his words.
Because it was said only with sincerity, it was able to capture their hearts.
The elves who had just come out of the house heard about the situation and smiled at each other.
“Cheer up, human kid!”
“If you have any difficulties, I will help you too!”
They said it loudly because the house where Ray was in was high.
Ray also waved his hand and replied.
“If something goes wrong, I will be the first to run away. Is that okay?”
“Run anytime!”
“cancer! However much!”
Looking at them, I felt like my worries were also flying away.
A race that is pure because it is simple.
While in the elven village, he could see himself becoming more comfortable.
* * *
Arriving at Pia’s house, Ray was sitting and drinking tea.
Pia, who had been looking at Ray without a word even in her own home, came to her senses when he put the glass down.
She was taken aback by the fact that she was staring at Ray the whole time.
‘Why are you doing this?’
As she was thinking about the state of her body, Ray spoke up.
“Pia I have a favor to ask of you.”
“Yes? What?”
“…an elf named Aira. Didn’t you say you were going to die?”
“Yeah… but why?”
Looking at Pia, who tried to pretend nothing was wrong, Ray said seriously.
“Can I treat you?”
“…what?”
Even she was surprised by this.
Even the fact that he was sincere was a surprise.
“I want to help sick people. Be it a different race, human or animal.”
“…Do you have the ability to do that?”
Pia’s voice naturally cooled.
For her elves, this was an extremely sensitive issue.
I should have thought about the aftermath that I could give when I said I would fix it.
However, Ray also said without backing down.
“I can’t say for sure it can be fixed. Still, I think it’s me who has the best chance of healing the elf.”
“…”
It was the truth.
He really thought so.
Hana Pia shook her head and said.
“You are still young. Let’s just say that because you haven’t been through a lot and you don’t know what to do…”
She blurted out her words as she forced herself to swallow the words ‘I can’t believe it’.
At her words, Ray also nodded.
Who would trust the words of a child and trust their colleagues?
No matter how sincere and sincere the words were, believing them was another thing.
It was a time when it was quicker to show it with action than to say anything else about it.
Ray pooled the mana in his hands and forcibly created a sword aura.
Pia was taken aback by the sight and stepped back.
Ignoring her embarrassment as she hurriedly took a defensive stance, Ray inserted a sword aura into her thigh.
“Aww!”
Blood splattered with screams.
It was so painful that I wondered if I had inserted it too much.
“…what are you doing!”
Pia was even more flustered.
She drew her sword and aimed it at her, then threw it away and approached Ray.
The wounds were quite serious.
The sword itself was not a problem, but it was not easy to heal because it was a wound caused by mana.
In addition, the size of the sword aura itself was large, so the wound was too great to be stabbed with a sword.
‘What should I do…’
She didn’t know what to do with what suddenly happened.
Writhing in pain and screaming, Ray laboriously chanted at the wound.
“Heal….”
Mana moved at his word.
The surrounding mana poured into Ray.
“Ma Mana…”
Pia reached out to touch Mana.
She is in charge of the guardianship in the forest of Grandel.
Among the elves who were said to be sensitive to mana, she was more sensitive, so she knew what Ray was doing.
With her naked eyes, she could see small mana floating here and there slowly gathering towards him.
Blue glowing drops of mana, from very small to large, met, gathered, and scattered from his wounds.
The purer the aggregate, the brighter the mana.
The wound was not visible in the light, and she had no idea what was going on.
All she knows now is that mana, clear as snow, is moving towards him as if with will.
Pia, enchanted by the light, only looked at Ray with a blank gaze.
He was afraid that if he said anything, this beautiful mana would be broken, and he couldn’t say anything.
Other elves who had come to visit as if they were possessed were watching through the window, as if they felt the mana outside the door.
The beautiful mana, like a melody, embraced him while maintaining a seemingly chaotic order.
“Ah…”
The dazed eyes grew hazy and caught the attention of the other elves, including her.
“What is this…”
“What was that mana?”
A fairly large crowd of people were all looking at it through the windows.
The elves who saw it from afar and came were also fascinated by Ray’s mana.
Manada is beautiful even when viewed by humans.
How beautiful it must be to see elves who are much more sensitive to mana than humans.
The mana performance called by one human being was short, but slowly, gently but strongly swept them away.
By the time the light of Mana gradually faded and Ray’s scars were gradually revealed, the elves who came to their senses stared blankly at Ray.
The pouring blood gradually stopped.
There was no sign of a piercing wound.
Ray slowly got up.
“…If there’s anyone who can heal that elf, it’s probably me.”
Pia moved her blank eyes to the scar on her thigh.
Wounds healed in an incredibly fast time.
In addition, since it was a wound caused by mana, there was no guarantee that it would heal even if it was healed.
The wounds that even priests fix with difficulty are wounds inflicted with mana.
Her gaze trembled.
“You…”
Even his voice trembled.
this much mana
I didn’t know if it could really be cured.
While Pia was in such serious trouble, Ray pointed out the window and said,
“But…”
“…”
Pia finally found out.
That there were people who kept looking at them from outside the window.
Fortunately, the door was closed and the elf spoke in a low voice, so it seems that no elf heard the conversation.
Even though I heard the conversation, there was nothing to be a problem.
Pia, feeling relieved while sweeping her heart, opened the window and shouted.
“Did everyone see? dissolution! dissolution!”
Before she spoke, the elves who had been mesmerized by the scene from earlier came to their senses.
They got to see Ray again.
“…that’s great?”
“I don’t know if I can really be a helper.”
“To be a helper at such a young age… The youngest helper since history.”
Hearing this, Ray grumbled.
“Well, I don’t want to be an assistant.”
Whether or not they heard Ray’s last words, they went back to Pia’s back one by one.
Eventually, as the last elf left waving, Pia closed the window and looked at Ray.
The scarlet sunlight shone through the windowsills.
The figure of Pia standing in front of him was truly an elf.
Looking at Pia, I felt that she deserves to be called a race of beauty.
she said with a gulp.
“…he said he wanted to heal.”
An unusual atmosphere prevailed.
“huh.”
“I will tell the elder. I’ll do my best, but if it doesn’t work, I can’t help it.”
“That’s enough.”
“…Then let’s go to sleep tonight and see you early tomorrow.”
Ray shook his head at Pia’s words.
“I have to go home.”
“Ah…”
She also nodded.
The conversation itself didn’t feel like talking to a child, so there were times when I forgot that Ray was young.
Just like now.
Pia laughed.
“okay. come early tomorrow morning Do you know the way?”
“huh.”
“Shall I see you off?”
“No. I’ll walk a little by myself.”
Seeing the sunset, I had to run a little faster, let alone walk.
Ray came out quickly and waved his hand.
“Then see you tomorrow!”
“huh.”
Pia muttered as she saw Ray start running as soon as she said hello.
“It’s always going that way.”
His steps, which cannot be called running, were more accurately described as sliding on the ground.
Even the elves who tried to greet him around him often hesitated at his excellent mobility (?).
Soon after, he disappeared and Pia closed the door.
I was in trouble because my heart hadn’t stopped beating since a while ago.
Pia tilted her head at the first symptoms she felt.