wandering fairy

On the third day after the druid went out, a ten-year-old child came to the mountain wearing shabby linen clothes.

"Are you the slave girl Master Dong Hezi bought recently?" the child asked with a tanned face.

"Well, yes." Le Lin was quite disgusted with the word 'female slave', but the other party was a child after all, so she had to agree.

The child said with a look of surprise: "Oh, people in the town say you are ugly, but I think you have lost some weight, and you are not ugly at all."

Lelin was speechless for a moment, she was really ugly a few weeks ago, it was too ugly to look at.She didn't want to talk about the painful experience before, so she asked, "What's the matter with you here?"

"I heard that Master Donghezi is going to lead the soldiers in the town to encircle the remaining gnolls." The child said seriously: "My father is a soldier, and he will also participate. I would like to ask the master if he can take me with him." , I want to go and see."

Le Lin smiled: "Fighting is a very dangerous thing. Children are easily injured when they go to that kind of place. By the way, what's your name?"

"My name is Bob Feith," the child replied, "It doesn't matter if you are injured, the master's medical skills are very powerful, as long as he doesn't die, he can be revived! Much better than those priests!"

"Priest?" Lelin hated the word 'priest', except for the priest of Eilistraee, of course: "Is there any priest of any god in your town?"

The child curled his lips: "No one. I remember visiting a priest when I was a child, but his medical skills were poor and he asked for a lot of money. Uncle Pinosa spent all the money in the family and failed to cure a single disease. , he was cured for a while, and after a period of time the disease reappeared. Then the master came and cured all the diseases on his body in only half a month, and he has never had the same disease until now."

"What happened to the pastor?" Lelin was still more concerned about the pastor.In fact, she didn't want to meet any priests other than Eilistraee's.

Bob Firth shrugged and said: "He thought we were too poor here, so he ran away. He also said that we are not pious enough. Who is pious with him as far as he is capable?"

Le Lin felt very uncomfortable after hearing this: "How can you say that about a priest of a god? Maybe his magic skills are too bad, but he is the spokesperson of the gods in the world after all. If you despise the gods because you despise him, then That’s too bad! Then no god will bless you. In the future, the soul will not be able to go to the Kingdom of God, and it is said that it will be crucified on the Wall of the Unbelievers to receive the eternal fire!"

"I'm not disrespectful to the gods," Bob Firth argued urgently, "I believe in Donghezi's god of water elements, Ilygia!" Then he said a little disappointed: "But Master Donghezi didn't give me the blessing of faith. .”

When a person formally believes in a certain god, and his belief is approved by the priest, the ceremony of "Blessing of Faith" will be performed for this person. There are big differences, but in general, they are spells that represent the gods to impose some blessings on believers. If the believers are devout enough, the effect and duration of the spell will be longer. Very few believers can even maintain the blessing effect for life.

"Is Master Donghezi here? I want to learn some common language and herbal knowledge." The child Bob Faith asked again.

"He went out to collect medicine." Lelin said politely, "It may take a few days before he comes back. Come in and sit down and drink some water."

The child stuck out his tongue helplessly: "No, I have to go back to herd the sheep. If I go back late, I will be beaten by my father again."

"Wait a minute." Lelin suddenly became pregnant, turned around and ran back to the stone castle, took out 2 pounds of dried meat from the kitchen and handed it to the child: "Take it, this kind of dried meat is spiced when it is made, It's delicious."

"Thank you." The child was not polite, raised his palm after receiving the dried meat, and then bowed in salute.

Le Lin has never seen this kind of etiquette before, and ordinary country people don't know how to salute. Only rich people, nobles, mages, priests, and bureaucrats care about etiquette.Then he asked curiously: "Who taught you this etiquette?"

"It was taught by Master Dong Hezi," said the child.

When the druid named Dong Hezi came back carrying a large box of herbs, it was already the afternoon of the fifth day.He sat at the dining table in the wide hall on the first floor. Taking advantage of the dim light from outside the gate, he selected some herbs and told Le Lin to plant them in the field outside.

The sky outside was still overcast, with no shadow of the sun to be seen.It is now late autumn, and the cold air in the mountain wind is getting stronger and stronger.Le Lin wore rough animal skin clothes and planted these new herbs carelessly. These days, her body has obviously become stronger. When she took a bath last night, she had already seen some muscles on her body.She picked up each plant and felt it carefully.These herbs all have a "breath" of spells, and the herbs themselves don't show any signs of withering. It seems that the druid has cast a special fresh-keeping spell on them.Thinking of this, Le Lin was even more preoccupied, and there was a strange phenomenon that she wanted to ask clearly.

"He seems to be a more talkative person." Lelin thought to herself: "I told him about giving 2 pounds of dried meat to that child today, and he didn't get annoyed by my presumptuous assertion. It seems that he Not a strict master, I will ask him about those strange phenomena later."

When she finished planting the herbs and returned to the Daobao Tower, the druid was identifying the herbs while recording something on a few pieces of parchment on the table.

"It's all planted," Lelin said.

"Well, let's make dinner then." He replied casually.

"I have a question." Lelin asked boldly, because a servant, especially a slave, shouldn't interrupt the master's work casually.

"Ask." He looked at the herbs and wrote on the paper again.

"The rune you put under the pillow seems to be getting stronger and stronger! Every night when I lie down, I can feel a special power from head to toe, like soaking in hot water And it has become more and more intense in the past two days, sometimes I just have that feeling when I just sit by the bed!" Lelin said seriously.As a rule, the power of the rune will slowly fade after use. Even if the magic spell is used, it can only maintain the original effect. It is impossible for such a phenomenon that is not weak but strong!Lelin is a martial artist who doesn't know magic, so she is more sensitive to these abnormal scenes. She doesn't want to put something dangerous under her head.

Druid raised his head and said with a puzzled expression on his face: "Yes, it was like this. Your body gradually adapts to its effects and can accept its treatment better, so you feel It's heightened. It's just an illusion."

Le Lin was still worried: "But its effect shows no signs of fading. It's been five days, and I can feel it healing me every day. But how could it last for such a long time? Could it be that your secret art druids Do you know how to persevere magic? This is the ability only mages have.”

The druid shook his head with a smile and said: "No, I don't have any magic spells. It's just that my runes are quite different from those of mages and dwarves. It takes a lot of time and effort to make my runes, but once If it is made, its effect is continuous, ranging from several years to decades, and if the maker is specialized in this, it is possible to make runes with permanent effects. These runes I learned before I haven't studied it in time, the one I'm giving you now is just made hastily, and the effect can only last half a year at most. Compared with the seniors who are good at this technique, my technique is still far behind." He shook his head while speaking , seems to regret that he did not learn this spell well.

The dinner didn't go well. During the few days when the druid was away, Lelin just cut some meat casually as before, made some bread and soup and ate it just to make do.But now it's going to be troublesome for this druid to eat.The dishes made by Druid taste very good, and his mouth is also very tricky.For example, the meat must be cut into small pieces, and every dish must be spiced, but there are more than a dozen spices in the kitchen.Moreover, the configuration ratio of each dish is different, and the cooking time is also limited.Even when he was eating, he used two small wooden sticks to hold the vegetables!But the most terrible thing is that the druids used to cook by themselves, and Lelin just learned a little bit.Today, Le Lin was suddenly asked to do it, which made her flustered all of a sudden.

By the time the disheartened Lelin served the dinner, it had been dark for a long time.There were no candles lit in the dark hall, but the Druid, with his eyes closed, sat at the wooden table like a piece of wood, like a lifelike statue.

I really don't know what these spellcasters are doing so strangely, Le Lin murmured in her heart.After lighting the candles and serving the dinner, she shouted to the druid who was in a daze with her eyes closed: "Dinner is ready! Master!"

"Hmm." The druid took a deep breath, and slowly opened his eyes.Dinner can begin.

As expected, after he drank two mouthfuls of broth and ate a few pieces of chicken, he tapped the table with the pair of small wooden sticks called "chopsticks" dissatisfied, and said to Le Lin with a frown: "The spices are not good. Put it away, it smells weird."

Le Lin quickly retorted: "Because you didn't teach me much cooking skills. I never saw your complicated cooking methods when I was underground."

The druid said "hmm" again, and said in the same tone that was never slow: "After the curse on you is removed, I will slowly teach you all the cooking skills. This skill really needs to be learned slowly. , there is no rush."

Hearing the words "get rid of the curse", Le Lin asked excitedly, "When will it be removed?"

The Druid stared at her and said meaningfully: "It depends on whether you are willing to take risks. If you use ordinary methods for treatment, it may be as short as one year and as long as two or three years. But if you are willing to take risks, I will There are several new herbs here. They may be formulated to expel the curse on your body, but I don't know their medicinal properties very well, so I have to test them one by one on you. If they succeed, they will be cleared from your body within a few days. It’s a curse. But I’m going to put my ugly words up front, it’s dangerous, and it might cost my life. Because I’m really not sure what will happen to these herbs after they are mixed and refined.” After finishing speaking, he glanced Staring at Lelin, patiently waiting for her answer.

long silence.

"I'm willing to give it a try!" Lelin said firmly.

three days later.

On the four walls of Lelin's room were hung a piece of parchment that was as long and wide as an encyclopedia, and each piece of paper had a big rune written on it.The four runes exuded a strong magical atmosphere at the same time, making Lelin, who was sitting by the bed, feel a breath similar to early spring filling the whole room.

The Druid was still wearing his dark blue "Tai Chi" robe, and took out a large black pill the size of half an egg in his hand, and handed it to Lelin while saying, "This is the medicine that was successfully refined today, you take it. After taking it, I will lie on the bed, and I will cast a spell to get rid of the curse. The medicine will take effect very quickly. During this process, I will always feel your pulse and detect the changes in your body. You have to remember, if the medicine is correct, First, you will feel hot and numb or painful in your legs and feet. If you feel other sensations, it means that the properties of the medicine are wrong. At that time, don’t panic, just do what I say.”

Lelin nodded and took the pill.The pill was still warm, so she took a bite carefully.

so bitter!A strange, bitter and bitter taste rushed straight into her brain, almost overwhelming her.She really wanted to swallow the whole pill in one gulp, but the pill was soft and sticky, if she didn't chew it, she couldn't swallow it!

"It's too bad." She complained, frowning.

The druid chuckled and said, "The medicine that feels bitter after taking it is a good medicine. Haven't you heard of it?"

"I've never heard of it!" Le Lin chewed the pill with great difficulty, and grunted dissatisfiedly: "Any magic potion I've ever drank before is not so bitter, I feel like I'm going to spit it out. You secret art druids Why is the medicine so weird?"

"You can't take it anymore?" Druid showed a mocking look: "This medicine is not bad, but I have taken dozens of medicines that are ten times worse than this! Don't complain, if you want to get sick Eat it as soon as possible, don't spit it out! It took me a lot of effort to make this."

After taking the medicine with difficulty, Le Lin suddenly remembered that she should pray once.

"I want to pray to the gods." She said to the druid, and after getting her consent, she came to the small wooden window, knelt under the light that shone into the room, and prayed softly for a while.

When she stood up and turned back, the druid suddenly asked, "Do you really believe that God Eilistraee is protecting you?"

Le Lin was slightly angry. Hearing the druid's tone, he didn't take his own god seriously at all. "What kind of god is Eilistraee" is really rude.Le Lin glared at him. After all, he was also his titular master, so he couldn't say anything.

His tone was so aggressive, maybe it was because everyone believed in different gods.Lelin comforted herself.

At this moment, her stomach suddenly felt hot, accompanied by severe pain, she fell to the ground with a groan.

"The medicine...the medicine is not right!" She screamed, as if several knives were stabbing and wringing in her stomach, the pain caused her limbs to curl up and roll on the ground.

The druid rushed over with a stride, leaned over and pressed his palm on her head, and suddenly a force shot straight down from the top of her head, penetrating through the soles of her feet.In the blink of an eye, Lelin felt that the severe pain in her stomach had eased a lot.Without saying a word, the Druid immediately picked up her right wrist after laying her flat on the bed, and put a few fingers on it to "signify the pulse".

The "pulse call" was the druid's way of diagnosing her condition, sometimes over a long period of time.But now as soon as the druid put his hand on her wrist, a numb force immediately came from his fingers, and quickly penetrated the muscles on his arm and penetrated into his heart.

Lelin was a little panicked, partly because the medicine in her stomach hadn't been cleared, and partly because of the druid's strange power.Now that numbness began to rapidly spread throughout her body, she felt as if she lost control of her body, and it became very difficult to even move a finger.These strange forces are gradually taking control of her body!

"You... what are you doing?" Le Lin questioned in amazement.

Druid half closed his eyes.She was very focused on sensing something, and became very impatient after being interrupted, and shouted at her: "What are you panicking? I am using secret techniques to check the properties of the medicine! Don't worry! I can't die!" Feel up.

"You should...get rid of the... medicine I took first." Le Lin, who had lost part of her body control, protested intermittently.

"Oh, I know!" The druid looked a little anxious after being interrupted again, and he said anxiously, "There is no big problem now, I have to judge the effect of the medicine this time, so that I can make the right medicine next time. Don't you Panic! Just lie down and don't move! Don't say anything! I will tell you if there is anything to do. Don't disturb me from now on!"

Le Lin was taken aback, and the Druid's attitude suddenly changed. He used to speak in a nonchalant manner, and even when Le Lin sometimes said some outrageous things, he didn't care.Why did you suddenly become so harsh and impatient today?But now that he is a doctor, Lelin can only grit her teeth and endure the constant pain in her stomach.

After a while, the pain in the stomach began to subside, but the whole body began to feel tingling, at first it was only a slight soreness, then it was like being bitten by thousands of ants, and finally turned into countless steel needles stabbing outwards from the body out.

But Le Lin didn't even have the ability to moan!Her whole body was in a terrible state of numbness, not to mention crying, she couldn't even move her eyes!And that druid actually closed his eyes and "signaled his pulse"!

Lelin began to curse in her heart, calling the druid a monster for a while, scolding Jacaro and Dimny for causing her to be like this, and scolding Queen Fimulika for a while.Then her mind also began to feel dizzy, and the tingling pain all over her body seemed to go away gradually, because she passed out a little bit of coma.

When she woke up, she found that her arms and legs were full of silver needles, and the pain all over her body had completely subsided.She breathed a sigh of relief, and then found that the Druid was looking at herself with a smile, and said with a slight contemptuous tone: "It seems that your Eilistraee god is not very responsible for your blessing, the first time Tried the medicine and met the wrong medicine.”

"That's because your skills are too poor!" Lelin protested dissatisfiedly: "And I only prayed after drinking your medicine! So it's not that God is not responsible! The responsibility is all on you!" She could no longer tolerate this The Druid despised and mocked his own beliefs. Although he was his own master and his own life was still in his hands, Coleline could no longer pretend to be deaf and dumb.

Unexpectedly, the Druid did not lose his temper this time, but showed a look of admitting defeat, waved his hands and said, "Okay, okay, this time is my problem, then next time before I refine the medicine, you should pray hard Pray, don't make me make this wrong medicine again."

After 5 days.

The druid handed a black pill of the same size to Le Lin who was sitting beside the bed praying.He joked: "Did you pray these days? Did your god tell you whether the result of this drug test was a headache or a stomachache?"

This way of speaking against the gods made Lelin quite dissatisfied. She asked bluntly: "Are you an unbeliever? Don't you pray to the gods you believe in every day? Don't your gods Have you responded?"

Unbelievers, this is a very threatening word. No one in this world feels that they are unbelievers. Even those high-level mages with high eyes will declare that they believe in a certain god, although they are always superficial. Believers.Of course, there are actually many people in this world who do not believe in gods. For various reasons, they turn to devils, demons, powerful beings from outer planes, or other existences beyond the ordinary.But at least on the surface they will still fabricate a false god name to show that they still have faith.Because everyone believed that unbelievers would be nailed to the God's Wall of Punishment in the kingdom of death for eternal torture.It is also rumored that the souls of unbelievers will descend to the bottom of hell, where they will be devoured bit by bit by Asmodeus, the Lord of Hell lurking there, until they disappear into the universe forever.

The druid was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, shrugged and said: "I reverence is the god of water elements, Elicia, but she doesn't seem to be interested in my prayers, so she never answered me."

"Hahahaha" Le Lin chuckled: "Except for the god of fire, Kashus, most of the elemental gods don't like to answer the prayers of believers. No wonder you don't respect the gods very much. So you found such a god I only come to believe in it. Are you still ashamed to say about me now?"

"I don't think your god has responded to you." The druid urged: "Hurry up and take the medicine. If your god really takes care of you, then let her bless the medicine this time. "

While chewing the very unpalatable bitter pill, Lelin muttered unconvinced: "Who said there was no response? It was only with her blessing that I was rescued from the slave trader by you!",

The Druid asked angrily and amusedly: "Oh? Could it be that God Eilistraee owes your salvation to me instead of me? Do you think I'm being played by her as a pawn?"

"Why do you talk like that?!" Lelin finally got angry: "Is God's grace beyond human measure? You saved me, but why did I meet you instead of others? Why did you buy me?" And didn’t buy others? That’s all because God is blessing me!”

"I bought you because God is blessing you?" Druid looked very surprised, and then laughed twice: "You can't think of such a nonsense reason. It's really ridiculous, hahahaha."

Le Lin was immediately angry, but the other party was her master after all, and he was a Druid who didn't have much interest in the gods. Now she couldn't argue with him, so she simply ignored him.

Seriously though, why did he buy it for himself and not someone else that night?This is really a question worth thinking about.

After half an hour.

"Still there is no response?" Druid sat on the edge of the bed, while pressing Le Lin's wrist with four fingers to give her pulse, and asked puzzledly: "It's strange, there should be some changes, why is the function of your internal organs Nothing changed at all?"

Lelin interjected, "You must have made a mistake with your medicine, but my gods have protected me from the pain of medicine, so there is no change in my body."

"Nonsense!" the druid said with a cold snort, "if there is a god interfering, there will be magic. But so far I haven't sensed anything. It must have happened during the refining of my medicine." There is a change that is beyond my expectation." He pondered for a while and then said: "You stay in the room, and I will come over every half an hour to give you a pulse signal to see what changes will happen to your internal organs. I will If you don’t believe me, you don’t see a trick!” After speaking, he turned and left while bowing his head in thought.