The female devils I saved came to my door

Moreover, the priest also said in his sermons that demons are either irrational monsters or liars who tell lies, and they must all be ugly.

How could there be a demon lady who directly admits that she is a demon, helps people realize their wishes, and looks like Lovna?

Everyone thought that Lovna was so frightened after getting lost that she made up the story, but no one took it seriously.

But Lovna herself remembered it clearly, and she never dared to hunt in that forest again.

However, there is still no way to escape what has happened.

50. Plague

For some reason, Lovna hasn't received a letter from Teacher Charles for more than two months.

This interval is quite long.

The last time I heard from you was at the end of January.Charles mentioned in his letter that he was performing official duties in a principality and ended up meeting an evil viscount who was making deals with heretical mages. He was almost injured by those mages and was now very busy.

Lovna also knows that Teacher Charles is very powerful and knows everything, so even in a place like Glory City, he is still a busy person.

She guessed that Teacher Charles was probably busy with official duties, so he was unable to reply to her for the time being.

She comforted herself that there was no need to rush, Mr. Charles would solve the problem soon and she would receive his letter again soon.

However, no.

She was a little worried that Ciel might be in some trouble.

But in fact, it was not Ciel who was in trouble, but her hometown.

…………

Just when she was anxious, Paladin Perry and Paladin Thalia came to Ipoli again.

Originally, these two paladins had already annoyed everyone.

It has been more than a year since the two of them came to the Greater Hessend region.

During this period, the two men spared no effort to travel between various countries to stop the fur trade and prevent everyone from traveling far away.

This is very puzzling. When asked why, they said they didn’t know. They just wanted to obey the arrangements of the Holy See. They also said that this was an order from the Pope and there was no harm in following it.

But purchasing furs and doing business are also urgent needs.Being forcibly stopped without any reason, not to mention ordinary people, even the lords from all over the country would feel very uncomfortable.

So everyone annoys them.

But this time it was different. This time they gave a precise reason.

"Plague! The plague is coming!" They finally announced the reason: "We just came from the west and found out that there is an outbreak of plague in the Principality of Beztan in the west, and it has spread through the mink furs sold by traders!"

At first, residents were a little skeptical.It was not until a merchant who secretly came to Ipoli to sell private goods that he fainted in an inn in the city that the disaster was confirmed.

His temperature rose rapidly throughout the day.Later, his lymph nodes began to swell and his liver became as swollen as a facial bulge. On the third day, his hands and feet began to turn black and he coughed up a lot of congestion.

The doctor who came after hearing the news used all the medicine, but was still helpless.

The condition of this unfortunate businessman is still getting worse.

Doctors claimed that this disease could only be cured by divine magic by those holy ordained physicians of the Holy See.

However, Great Hessende is a poor and remote country, and there is no such clergy doctor who can bring the dead back to life.

So, on the evening of the fifth day after the symptoms appeared, this businessman who had returned to his former glory briefly had his fever subsided for a while. After leaving a few helpless last words, he died in the middle of the night.

The hotel owner and his family, as well as the doctor who treated him, also developed similar symptoms.

The plague began to spread at an alarming rate.

The innkeeper's neighbors, the neighbors in the city, the Ipolitan royal family in the palace, the lords from all over the place, the yeomen, the tenants...

There were people falling ill everywhere, and more than half of them would not survive seven days.

The plague even directly ended the lifespan of the long-lived old king of Iboli, and his children and grandchildren were no longer able to fight for the throne at this time.

Everyone has to face serious life and death difficulties.

According to the two paladins, more people will die in the future, because in Beztan, the place where this plague originated, it is estimated that tens of thousands of people have died.Now these are just the beginning of the plague.

The Heavenly Father will wield this sickle called plague, cut off more and more mortal lives like wheat, and return them to Hades.

"Two knights, why didn't you remind everyone earlier that this was the plague?" Some people did not understand the two paladins' actions: "You just told us from the beginning that the ban on fur is to prevent the spread of the plague, wouldn't it be enough?"

"We actually didn't know it was a plague. We just followed the Pope's order and prepared some preventive measures in various places. The Pope just had a bad premonition, so she sent knights to various places to remind everyone to take precautions. It’s a precautionary measure. If you don’t listen to us, can you still blame us?”

What he said also made sense.

After all, they had been telling each other more than a year ago. Even if they knew that the plague was about to break out and told everyone in advance, it would probably cause widespread panic or not be convinced by the lords everywhere.

There is no point in blaming these two knights, because the damn disease has already spread.

The residents of Ipoli can only find a way to survive this disaster on their own.

This is not the first outbreak of plague. There have been many similar rounds of horrific plagues in history.

It once destroyed the glorious royal capital into an uninhabited deserted city; it also turned the powerful and invincible army into a series of barren graves where people died in a foreign land; it was also able to reduce the population of a prosperous country by more than half.

Whenever such a plague breaks out, people always cry and seek the mercy of God the Father, begging Him to take back this ruthless punishment on mortals.But God the Father will not simply listen to people’s prayers. Only after taking away enough souls will these plagues slowly disappear and be forgotten by people.

But according to the Holy See, every disaster is a disaster and pain destined by fate, and it is a warning to mortals.

Therefore, those who are infected should feel self-blame, torture themselves, and obtain forgiveness from Heavenly Father, so that they can be cured.

Of course the Holy See can stand and talk without back pain.

Because, in this world where magic and miracles exist, the plague is not a just death that treats everyone equally.

Those with powerful magical talents, those blessed by gods, and those healed by blessed doctors can ignore the plague as nothing.

As for mortals who really have no magical talent, no wealth and no status, if they want to survive, they can either go to sparsely populated suburbs to seek refuge, or they can only go to church to kowtow and pray and ask the Holy See to give them a chance to be cured. of savings.

Therefore, after each plague, the influence of the Holy See will increase by one point.

However, after all, Ipoli is far away from the Holy See headquarters.The priest here is just an ordinary person who has studied in a local seminary.

There are no divine doctors here who can save lives with blessings, nor are there magic weapons that can drive away diseases.

After people get sick, they can only survive with dispensable medicines and lives, or cry and pray in church day and night.

The priest was already anxious.

His churches were crowded with patients and their families, and more than half of his clergy fell ill.

There was nothing he could do about it but pray to an unresponsive Heavenly Father.

"It would be great if Mr. Charles and Miss Hilna were still here..." the priest sighed: "They will definitely learn the magic to cure the epidemic and save us."

But they weren't there, and they couldn't be contacted.

The plague has spread to all parts of the continent, and people are dying everywhere.

The Netherworld is in turmoil due to the disasters in the mortal world. The life in the Netherworld is restless due to the death of a large number of mortals. It is unable to respond to the summons of the mages, let alone deliver letters to them.

In the disaster, every city, every village and town is like an isolated island.

In this disaster, Lovna was as scared as every ordinary person.

She couldn't ask Teacher Charles to protect her now, and she had to try her best to protect her mother.

Charles once said that paying attention to hygiene, getting rid of mosquitoes and rats, heating drinking food and water sources, avoiding contact with outsiders, and paying attention to charcoal fire disinfection can effectively avoid contracting those diseases.

Therefore, she hopes to take her mother to Shire's residence.In this tidy hut, charcoal fire mixed with grass liquid is used to smoke outside the house every day to drive away insects and mice. Mother is allowed to drink boiled water instead of directly brought river water to avoid contact with other people...

However, her mother still insisted on going home.

"Lovna, there are two cows at home, and they both need to be milked. The maid is also sick, and I can't leave. I have to work... Look, few people can go to the fields this spring. In autumn, What do you want to eat? We have to work quickly and save food, otherwise we will starve to death this year."

"This winter, Teacher Charles will be back! He said that he will come to see us within two years, and he will help us then! Mom, Teacher Charles's house has enough food to last for a long time, and now Things can really go wrong if you come into contact with people!”

But her mother still disagreed.

After all, she had a job to do.

Moreover, under the current situation, she did not believe that Mr. Charles could come back.

The same is true for many residents of Ipoli. They have no choice but to work.

Therefore, the disease still spreads unchecked.

In the summer, more and more people died.

The funeral couldn't be held because several of the coffin makers also died.Therefore, even the corpses of nobles could only be buried hastily, and then they could just recite a prayer and be done with it.

But later, burial was no longer possible, and there were not enough manpower to dig pits and drag people to death. All we could do was dig a big pit in the outskirts of the forest, light a fire, cover it with a hasty layer of soil, and erect a tombstone.

In her sorrow, Lovna opened the extra-large fairy tale picture book produced for her by Teacher Charles: "The Magical Adventures of the Witch Lovna".

In the story, the witch Lovna once passed by a city that was suffering from the plague, and taught the residents there some knowledge to prevent the spread of the plague. In the end, she used her magic to defeat an old wizard and obtain the magical herbs that he occupied. , rescued all the people in the city.

However, the real Lovna does not have this ability, and there is no magical herb in the world that can cure the plague. Stories are just stories after all, and they can only give her some false relief.

51.For mother

Finally, something bad happened.

One day in late autumn, Lovna's mother also fell ill.

Originally, Lovna thought that after surviving the midsummer, her mother, who was always full of energy and never tired from work, would have escaped.

But in the fall of this year, in the late autumn when the number of plague patients had slightly decreased, her mother still contracted the plague.

She developed a fever and began lying in bed talking nonsense, just like every patient who is about to contract and die.

Now, Lovna still can't contact Ciel, nor can she ask her teacher for help.

It has been several months and there has been no letter from Teacher Charles.

Lying in bed, the mother's consciousness seemed to return to her childhood.She no longer thinks about work and other things all day long, she just wants to eat candy and want to see her parents.

According to past experience, this means that her head is already burned out and she probably won't be able to survive this.

At this time, her father, Prince Nolen, finally appeared for a while and came to visit her mother. Although the parents were not familiar with each other at all, Nolen still remembered Love thanks to the relationship with Charles. Na's daughter.

Therefore, you still have to come and take a look.

"My condolences, child." Most of Prince Nolen's brothers and sisters died in the plague, and he managed to recover only by relying on his physical strength.

Now he is also numb to life and death, and can only numb himself with the religious remarks said by the priest: "Our souls will eventually enter the underworld and obtain eternal sleep. When encountering this kind of thing, there is nothing we can do, everything is fate. .”

"Destiny..." Lovna didn't like this word: "Is there no one who can save my mother?"

"Pray, maybe, the great existence will send a miracle and realize your wish." Father comforted casually, and then left - it is late autumn, Ipoli has delayed this year's farming due to the plague, and the king's successor has not yet Still unresolved, the princes of these countries have a lot of troubles.

It was impossible for him to waste time for an ordinary daughter.

"A miracle?" Lovna muttered to herself.

Her father's words reminded her.

Although Ciel was not here, she also knew that there was indeed a being somewhere who claimed to be able to fulfill her wishes.

In the dense forest near the large swamp, there was a demon that looked very much like him.

This is what the devil said: "At the cost of what you hold dear, I will grant your wish."

But that was the devil, how could she make a deal with the devil.

In every fairy tale, those who long for simple fulfillment of their wishes will pay a price.The stronger the desires and emotions, the easier it is to be used by demons with ulterior motives.

While hesitating, her mother's condition began to deteriorate, vomiting blood and falling into coma.

The towel Lovna put on her head would steam up into mist due to her mother's hot body temperature.

Death is not far away from my mother.

On the tenth day of her mother's illness, her consciousness finally became clearer - but this was not a good sign. It probably meant that she was about to pass away. This was her last flashback.

"Lovna, that's enough. Go back to Mr. Charles's house." Mother ordered: "It's cleaner there and there's plenty of food. Don't stay with me. Talk to your father later and ask him to take the cow Take it away with the sheep, don't let anyone else take it. The cheese I made this year is all pressed in the warehouse, you can handle it yourself... Also, there is some money buried under the wooden board over there, you can use it. "

"mom……"

"It's okay. You are quite strong and have not contracted the disease so far, but if you stay with me all the time, you may be in danger. Go back. Your father will send someone to handle my funeral."

"Don't give up like that. Just keep it up. When Teacher Charles comes back in winter, he will definitely have a way to cure it..."

"Lovna, Charles can't come back. Now, there is a plague everywhere. Didn't you listen to what the Holy Knight said? Before the plague ends, traveling far away is seeking death."