Unfortunate Hero's Retirement Life

After Moira calmed down, Heero put her down on the bench and started to apply for the medicine on her wounds. A few centimeters claw mark, fortunately, the wound was not too deep.

As he applied for medicine, he started the conversation with his usual gentle smile, "So, your name's Moira?"

"Mnn…" The little girl nodded her head. After a series of drama, the little girl turned quieter. She looked nervously at the green paste in Heero's hand.

After washing up, it turned out Moira's hair was red. Maybe because she did not wash her hair for a long time, so her hair was so dirty until it changed its color.

"It's okay, my medicine is the best one, you will not feel sore," Heero put the green paste on the wound.

"It's okay, Moira can endure pain, " Even Moira said so. She closed her eyes, but then, the cooling sensation spread over her wound. She did not feel sore let alone pain. Instead, the green paste soothed the pain she endured all this time.

Her amber pupils enlarged in surprise. She looked at Heero who meticulously applied for the medicine and wrapped her wound with gauze afterward.

"See, you don't feel any pain, right?"

Moira nodded her head.

"So, if Uncle may ask, why were you being chased by the other mutants?"

Heero stood from the bench and plucked the glossy red apple from the tree, "Do you want an apple? This is sweet~, "

"Can I?"

Moira was hesitating to take the apple from Heero's hand. But under Xu Lingxun's encouragement, she took the apple with two hands.

"Thank you~, " Moira said with a voice as small as a mosquito.

Heero did not urge her to answer his question.

Moira rubbed her hands at the apple. Maybe this was the first time for the little girl to see an apple. It took her some time before she took the first bite.

Crunch!

Her eyes brightened up and she continued chewing the apple in her mouth. She continued until the whole apple was gone. Yes, she ate everything, she even swallowed the seed.

"You can't eat the seed, Moira. It's not good for your body, " Xu Lingxun hurriedly came over, trying to take the seed out of her mouth.

But it was too late as the little girl already swallowed everything. With a confused look, Moira asked, "Why? Mommy said never to waste food, "

"But the seed is not food. It's not good for your body, " Xu Lingxun was concerned over the little girl. But Moira did not understand his concern.

"It's okay, Big Brother Xun. Mommy said we mutants have a strong body!" The little girl reassured Xu Lingxun with a smile, but her smile was a bit stiff.

After saying that, Moira looked back to the apple tree. There were more than dozens of apples hanging on the tree, from her eyes, she was eager to pluck it.

"Hehe… Does Moira want more?" Heero picked the little girl up. She did not struggle as she was brought closer to the apple tree.

Hesitating, she looked at Heero and asked, "Can I?"

"Mnnn, " Heero nodded his head and raised her body to the air. Letting her pluck the apple by herself.

She plucked the apple and embraced it, "I will save it for dinner, "

"Oh, you can eat it right away. We still have a lot of apples, " Heero pointed at the apples that were hanging on the tree.

"Hmmm…" Moira shook her head and replied, "If we have a lot of food, Mommy said we have to eat sparingly or we will starve, "

"What a good little girl. Your Mommy is right, but you can have it. This uncle has a lot of food here, " Heero brought her to the railing and showed the bustling Xing District.

He was busy pointing his finger to the shop that sold food. To the snack stalls and more. He was telling the little girl not to be worried about food.

Sure enough, her eyes were gleaming at the sight of food stalls and restaurants. She never saw such a sight, but she flinched subconsciously at the sight of a stream of the people that filled the district.

While the parents used the mutant existence to scare their children. The mutant child was also the same, their parents must be telling her about how scary humans were. It could be seen from her reaction each time she saw the people.

Heero exchanged conversation with Moira. He was telling her how good this place was.

After fifteen minutes, Moira began to open her heart and told Heero why she was being chased by two adult mutants. Her story brought him a surprise.

There was a hidden village in the north, a village for the mutant. Moira and her mother stayed in that village for years.

Actually, Moira's life was quite fortunate as someone who underwent a mutation. She got a loving mother who always protected her from the harsh reality.

The little girl even boasted to Heero how strong her mother was. Everything was good for the little girl until five days ago.

The leader of the mutant village brought a group of black-cloaked people who proclaimed as the apostle of the Dark Shrine.

The mutant leader told the other mutants that these black-cloaked people had a cure for them. But the cure was only available for the children.

Moira's mother was happy to hear this. But when the night came, Moira's mother panicked when she came back home. In a haste, Moira's mother brought Moira to escape from the village.

The surprise came after that. After a full five days, Moira's mother was caught. She was killed before her daughter.

Before the two adult mutants killed Moira's mother, they shouted something, "An offering for the greatest lord, Lord Specter!"

"Yes, they said Lord Specter. Even while chasing me, they said I was their offering for Lord Specter, " Moira ended her story with that and she finished her apple in her hand.

"Can I have more apples, Uncle?"

Heero smiled and brought her to the apple tree. However, his thought was spinning around. Moira did not know why her mother decided to escape as her mother told her nothing.

However, it must be related to the offering.

'Mutant and Specter…'

'Ah, that's why… That's why they don't attack us, they have found a new target…'

Mutant was physically strong compared to the human. Then what if the mutants which were physically stronger than humans by a few folds ate the seed?

A strong specter would be born from the mutants.

'They are creating more armies… They are preparing for war… and here, we are stuck with many useless things, '

"What's wrong, Uncle?" Moira asked as the chatty uncle did not speak anymore.

"Oh, nothing, " Heero snapped out his thoughts and shook his head.

He put the little girl on the bench and his smiling face turned serious.

"Moira, let Uncle ask you. Do you want to return to normal, just like us?"

Heero's question not only surprised the little girl, but even Xu Lingxun was also shocked to hear that.

Moira almost dropped her apple, but she managed to hold it. Her eyes grew big, and blurted out, "Can you cure Moira? But Mommy said there's no cure for us…"

"But Uncle has the cure, but it will be painful. Can Moira endure the pain?"

"Mnn, I can. Moira is good in enduring pain, " The little nodded her head furiously.

"Good girl, " Heero caressed her red hair, "Finish your apple, we will start when Moira finishes the apple, "

The little girl gobbled down the apple pretty quickly. She was so excited to hear there was a cure for her.

At this time, Heero opened his smartwatch. He sent a text to Bai Xian Ming.

[There's an urgent situation!]

"Uncle, I am ready, " Moira tugged his clothes.

"Mnn…" Heero picked the little girl and brought her into his cabin house.

Moira was about to experience the pain she would never forget in her life.