The female devils I saved came to my door

"........."

"Don't be depressed, child." The mother coughed a few times: "...I know that Charles is a good man, but he is not omnipotent. In the past, I always hoped that you would marry Mr. Charles when you grow up. This way, my life will be settled in the future, and I won’t have to worry about you..."

"Mom, you..." Lovna blushed immediately.

"I can see that you like Mr. Charles, I'm not blind." My mother gasped and said weakly: "If it were me, there would be such a person who pampered me when I was young, and I would like him too, so don't be shy.

"If Charles still stays in Ipoly and you stay with him every day, you may still have a chance. I originally hoped that one day he would marry you and you would try your best to give him a few children. In this way, relying on Charles With Sir’s prestige, you can live a happy life.”

Give birth to a child for Mr. Charles...

Hearing this, Lovna's face turned even redder.

She had also imagined in the past that she was wearing a wedding dress, being led into the church by Charles, and swearing an engagement in front of everyone.

At night, Teacher Charles would gently press her on the bed, then hold her in his arms and kiss her passionately.

I would have a big belly, let Charles hold me every day, listen to him coax me, tell me stories, kiss my face and lips...

But she never dared to say these random thoughts.

But her mother poured cold water on her again: "But according to what you said before, Charles became the personal attendant of the sword master in the Holy See, and Hilna became the saint of the Holy See. He became a busy man. , with such a high status, even if I come back to see you when I have time, I'm afraid it will be difficult to marry you."

Lovna didn't quite understand why her mother suddenly kept talking about this.

"Lovna, have you ever thought about what you would do if Charles marries someone else in the future? Will you die alone, marry someone else, or beg Teacher Charles to take you in as a lover? Are you serious about these things? Have you considered it?"

Lovna spoke subconsciously: "No, no, I, I, I just want... I just like... uh... Teacher Charles..."

The mother sighed: "Lovna—you are greedy, playful, and wild. No one except Charles will take care of you so seriously and patiently."

"But, my child, don't think only about him every day. If, if he fails to marry you, don't particularly care.

"He should still take care of you, just like your father used to take care of me - although your father rarely walks around with me, this house, the maid, and the food delivered every winter are all given by him. He Compared with others, it is already considered reliable.”

The mother's attitude has been very clear: she is warning her daughter that the identities of Lovna and Charles are very different. Don't expect all his love, and she should be content as long as she gets some of his care.

Lovna didn't know how to answer this, so she could only agree perfunctorily.

After a brief explanation of the funeral, the mother forced her body to drive her daughter out of the house, not wanting her to see her dying state.

Lovna stood outside the house and thought for a long time.

The scene where her mother weakly explained her funeral was deeply imprinted in her mind, and she was now full of fear of the upcoming separation and death.

My mother will probably die before tomorrow morning.

At this time, even if there was a glimmer of hope that could save her mother's life, she had to grab it.

Even if it's the devil, she has to make a deal with it.

So she dressed herself for a journey, and put on her dagger and runes, just as she had done when she went hunting.

At this point, she had made up her mind.

On the way to her destination, she saw large areas of uncultivated fields along Ipoli, villages and towns with almost no smoke and smoke, and roads with no footprints or wheel marks of pedestrians.

This desolate situation strengthened her idea.

After hesitating at the edge of the forest for a while, she stepped in and headed deeper into the forest without looking back.

The devil has been waiting for her for a long time.

52.Deal concluded

In the dark and quiet depths of the forest, Lovna successfully found the demon.

She still looks the same - the same red hair as Lovna, a prettier face, a slender figure, wearing a long dress that is darker than the night, standing in the bushes, like a forest goddess in.

Unfortunately, she is a devil.

She seemed to have been waiting for a long time.

"Hello, little girl, I knew you would come to me to make a wish." Seeing Lovna, she smiled softly: "I know that the outside world has reached the time when the plague is raging again, and your wish must be consistent with Is this related?"

Lovna looked at this guy who had obviously been planning for a long time and said no more nonsense: "Hey, if I want to make a wish to end this plague, what price will I have to pay?"

The devil shook his head: "Child, this is impossible. This is a disaster that affects the entire continent. These disasters are given to mankind by Heavenly Father. They are the social turbulence that drives mankind to rigidity and the driving force that drives history forward and sails into the future. I You cannot go against the will of God the Father, and you have no ability to change everything.”

Lovna didn't understand this kind of words, and she was a little irritated: "Then if I want to make a wish, let my mother... let all the residents of Ipoli recover from the epidemic? What price will I have to pay?"

"There is some hope, but there are many types of recovery. There are those who recover, but their physical condition continues to deteriorate, and they will die before the winter. There are also those who can fully recover and live to be 90 or [-] years old before passing away. Which one... do you want to choose?"

"Of course it's the kind of person who recovers and lives a healthy old age and dies peacefully."

"Hmm... But there are many residents in Ipoli. So many people need to be cured. What price can you pay? My child, what is your most precious treasure, what truly belongs to you?"

After hearing this, Lovna hesitated for a long time.

The treasures that can truly be called hers are the alchemy dagger in her hand, the runes, some savings, and the picture book "The Magical Adventures of the Witch Lovna" that Ciel produced for her.

These are her most precious things.

She didn't want to hand over any of them.

But what would Ciel do at this time?

In order not to waste Sirna's talent, he once gave a pile of picture books to the old mage in exchange for a high-level magic book.

He also gave Lovna more picture books in exchange for this alchemy dagger and magic runes in order to meet Lovna's expectations.

If he were faced with this choice, he would probably change.

After all, the lives and future of your family are more important than picture books.

What's more, the witch Lovna in that storybook is just fictional.

The real Lovna is not a witch who can make all her wishes come true with a wave of her hand. She has to pay something if she wants a miracle to happen.

As long as I remember the truths in those stories and the adventures of those protagonists, then the stories in the picture books will be meaningful.

Mr. Charles will understand me.

So, she made up her mind.

"I have a very, very precious fairy tale picture book. It's very big, as wide as my hand." She gestured: "That's my most precious gift. There are hundreds of pages, and each page has beautiful contents when unfolded. Stand up the three-dimensional painting. Is that okay?"

"A three-dimensional fairy tale picture book?" The devil nodded thoughtfully, closed his eyes, and crossed his hands to protect his chest, as if he was performing some mysterious ritual: "Let me feel your emotions... Well, then Things do carry a lot of precious memories, including the expectations of your loved ones, the comfort for you, and...someone's jealousy of you...interesting, interesting..."

The devil opened his eyes and still had that warm smile: "Okay. Go back and write 'Gift to the Devil' in your fairy tale picture book with plant ashes. I will take away the picture book tonight." I will decide the number of patients to be cured based on their value. But don’t worry, your mother will definitely be cured, go back.”

"That's it?" Lovna felt it was too simple: "You don't need me to bring things over? You don't need me to pay anything extra? I just agreed to your request, you won't curse me additionally, right? You Will you devour my soul after my death? Will you deliberately misinterpret my meaning and fulfill my wishes in a way that I don't want? Will you ultimately make me regret it?"

"My child, you are very smart and can think so much; but you are not smart enough to express your worries directly after making a wish."

The devil looked at her approvingly, but his tone was a bit regretful: "I am not that kind of shallow and pathetic guy. I don't like to play those low-level lies, nor do I like to exploit loopholes to deceive mortals. I like to follow the destiny and let others do what they want. Make no choice, I only guide.

"I will restore your mother to health in the way you expect. This will not be false.

"This is because of our nature. Whether we are angels, demons or other beings, we are all beings born in the underworld.

"Our will is originally driven by human desires and delusions. Therefore, only when people in this world give things that contain their true feelings can I exert the power to distort the world. Only because of my existence can I And feel joy.

"What you really have to worry about are some self-righteous fools. For example, the Holy See established by you humans, such as those paranoid angels... They believe that all disasters are the will of the Father, and life and death are destined.

“They believe that only when people are bewitched can they make deals with beings like us called demons, make wishes that go against common sense, change reality, and interfere with the perfect destiny arranged by Heavenly Father for mortals.

"But I think that our existence is also necessary. You have already paid the price when you made your wish, and that is enough. The rest is left to the Heavenly Father to decide, and he will guide where our destiny goes."

Lovna still seemed to understand. The demon didn't answer her question directly, and what he said was too weird.

But it was useless for her to ask.

Returning to Charles' residence uneasily, she finally dipped her fingers in plant ashes and wrote the words on the back of the picture book: "A gift to the devil."

In the middle of the night, she stayed beside "The Magical Adventures of the Witch Lovna" and read every story carefully.

She wanted to completely remember the whole picture book and the story inside.

But when midnight came, Lovna just yawned, and the picture book disappeared like smoke.

Then, on the ground where the picture book was originally placed, an extra wooden box appeared. In the box were a dozen pills that smelled a little bitter.

There was a crooked note in the pill box: "Your book "The Magical Adventures of the Witch Lovna" is worth saving eighteen people. But no more. Remember, you can only save eighteen, no more." ”

Holding this box of life-saving medicine obtained from the devil, Lovna also hesitated.

After thinking about it, she took out one and ate it. After a while, she felt that there was no sign of poisoning or sadness in her body. So, she went to her mother's house with the idea that her mother was dying anyway, so she might as well give it a try. .

Her mother was still suffering from high fever, coughing and severe pain, and even passed out, with no breath left.

In order to make her mother who could not swallow the pills take the medicine, Lovna spent a lot of effort and fed the ground pills mixed with water to her mother.

Miracles do happen.

My mother's ulcerated hands and feet healed again, her fever subsided immediately, and her breathing resumed.Before dawn, I opened my eyes.

"Lovna, why are you back..." The puzzled mother looked at her ecstatic daughter and didn't understand what happened for a moment: "How did I get rid of my fever? What is that in your hand?"

"Mom, actually, uh..." Lovna then realized that she was still holding a medicine box and a water glass in her hand.

"Is this medicine for a disease? Who gave it to you?"

"Uh, um..."

Lovna didn't dare say that she got it in exchange for the devil.

She made up a random reason: "Mom, I just found it at Teacher Charles's house. I remember that Teacher Charles left a box of medicine for me before leaving, saying it could cure some minor illnesses. I was so playful at the time that I forgot This happened. I just remembered this incident, and now I dug it out, so I tried it, and it actually saved you!"

As she spoke, she took out the medicine box in her hand and showed it to her mother: "This is it!"

Her mother was very surprised: "Why did you just remember such an important thing! If we had distributed it to everyone earlier, so many people would not have died..."

"Mom, these are just a dozen pills, that's all." She continued to lie: "There may be magic from Teacher Charles and Sister Hilna in them, so the medicine can cure the disease. They also said that this medicine is for me. Keep it for use and don’t tell anyone else.”

"Then what are you going to do with the rest of the medicine?"

"I don't know...it's better not to tell anyone about it. Teacher Charles told me not to talk about it everywhere."

This lie was enough to deceive his mother. If others really thought it was Charles who made the medicine, then when he came back, the lie would be exposed.

But her mother clearly didn't want to keep the pills secret:

"Even if it can't be revealed that they belong to Mr. Charles, they should be sent out quickly. It can save a person... Otherwise, you can send these pills to the door of the church and let the priest take them to save people. Wait until Mr. Charles comes back. , and then begged him to make more medicine and treat more people."

"Ah... well..."

In fact, Lovna would rather keep all these medicines, but her mother is sincere and believes that these things belong to Charles and cannot be kept secret. They must follow his past behavior and help one more person.

Therefore, Lovna had no choice but to secretly send the medicine box to Ipoli Church, quietly went to the window sill of the priest's residence, put the medicine box on it, then knocked on the window for a while, and left quickly.

She didn't pay attention to the devil's warning that "it can only save eighteen people."

53. Step into the trap

It didn't take long for a shocking news to spread in Ipoli.

The priest of Ipoli has found a cure for the plague!

According to what he said, he heard someone knocking on his window one day. When he opened the window, he saw no one. There was only a box containing pills on the window sill. There were more than a dozen pills in the box. He also used a knife to carve a line of crooked words "medicine to treat plague".

Of course he didn't believe it, but after opening the pill box, he found that these bitter-tasting pills really looked real.

In the spirit of giving it a try, he took a pill, ground it into powder, took a small amount and gave it a try, and found that it successfully reduced his colleague's fever.

He immediately crushed a pill and soaked it in water, and gave the soaked water to the believers praying in the church.

The patients and their families who came to the church to cry and pray that day happily announced the next day that they were cured of their illness.

The priest firmly believed that this was a gift from someone above.

Every pill in this box can save countless lives, and no medicine residue can be wasted.

Every two or three days, he would take out a pill, crush it, soak it in a water tank, and then fill it with water and give it to the people who came here to seek treatment.Many patients are unable to come and have to ask neighbors and family members to pick them up.

The effect of this medicine was immediate. Less than a month after winter began, the potion made from ten pills saved thousands of lives.

Everyone rejoiced and cheered for this miracle.