Published at 18th of November 2020 07:17:00 PM
That night, I went to go see Grandpa Will in the impoverished village .
And because it was nighttime, I had no problems getting safely to Grandpa Will’s house this time .
“Good evening,” I say, walking into his home, but then I notice that besides Grandpa Will, there is one other person inside as well .
Laying in the bed is the boy from this morning .
So he was safe…… .
Or, mostly . There is a tattered cloth wrapped around his head that is already dyed red with blood .
It seems that not only is water difficult to come by, there are also no proper bandages here either . And now that I see him up close, I notice that the boy, aside from the wound on his head, is covered in bruises as well……
They look so dark and painful……
“He also has a fever,” Grandpa Will tells me .
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I go over to the bed and place my hand on the boy’s forehead… . . That’s not just a little fever, he’s completely burning up!
I rip strips of cloth from the hem of clothes .
And quickly removing the blood-soaked cloths that are currently wrapped around the boys head, I carefully re-wrap his wounds with the strips I had just made .
While it’s good that he’s stopped bleeding, at this rate his wound will fester and likely become infected .
But there’s nothing more that I can do for him .
“Alicia, come sit over here,” Grandpa Will calls to me with a kind tone of voice .
I walk over to take my usual seat right across from him .
“Did you save that boy, Grandpa Will?”
A lonely look crosses his face as he gives a small shake of his head .
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“I just carried him here after that hulking degenerate had left . ”
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“So nobody tried to help him?”
“People in this village live their lives day-to-day . When you are so hell-bent on surviving today that you don’t have the luxury of thinking about tomorrow at all, there is no room in your head to even consider worrying about someone else . ”
So hell-bent on surviving today that you can’t even think about tomorrow… . .
“We’re all merely clinging onto our surest path to survival,” Grandpa Will says, smiling sadly .
“I… have never thought about doing anything for the betterment of society nor to save anyone, but I’d at least like you to live to see tomorrow, Grandpa Will,” I say, trying to console him in the only way I can think of .
With a large, kind hand, Grandpa Will gently pats my head .
His hand has an oddly calming effect on me .
“Alicia, I’m going to say this one more time just to be sure: don’t visit here unless it’s nighttime ever again . ”
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“What happened today… . is that sort of scene normal here?”
Grandpa Will nods .
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“Aren’t there any people here who are able to use magic?”
Someone with magical power just might be able to take charge and stop horrors like that from happening .
“At one time, there had been a ruined noble living here, but he’s since died . ”
“I… . . I see… . . ”
I hear a noise, and see that the boy has started thrashing about as if caught in some feverish nightmare .
“That young man is extremely clever . A genius,” Grandpa Will says, looking over at him as well .
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If Grandpa Will is telling me this, then he must be quite smart .
I wish I could be able to talk with him… . .
…… . I guess I’ll just have to save him… . .
This isn’t some whimsical act of mercy or anything . I’m just helping him out because I want to be able to talk to him, plain and simple . Completely for my own benefit .
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It’s not like I’m some saint or anything . I’m a villainess through and through!
I leave Grandpa Will’s house and run back towards my own .
T/N: Well, would you look at that . Another boy has appeared XD Looks like Alicia really might have mixed up Pokemon with an Otome Game lol