Chapter 17
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Author: Ash Original Source: Syosetu Word Count: 3882 characters Translator: Musubii English Source: Re:Library Word Count: 1249 words
There was currently a disease spreading throughout the village I live in .
It was a disease that cause intense fevers, body pain, and coughing .
My mom has this disease and was now sick in bed . Her body was burning hot . The neighboring aunts and uncles, and even the older sisters who once played with me had all died because of this disease .
……Would mom be alright?
We have enough money to buy medicine, but since everyone was buying it, the medicine soon ran out and could no longer be bought .
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A while after the disease had spread about, my older brother and older sister who had left for the towns to become adventurers finally returned . The older sister who lived next door that had went with them also returned . But it seems she also caught the disease and became bedridden .
My brother and sister had some medicine leftover, but they weren’t really effective .
If this continued on will everyone end up dying? I didn’t want that to happen, so I decided to go into the forest to search for medical herbs .
I’ve heard that there have been fewer monster in the deeper regions of the forest lately . That’s why I should be fine going alone .
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I went through the forest by following the river next to the village .
The medical herbs were located fairly deep within the forest .
I finally reached the inner depths of the forest . But my feet really hurts .
According to what I’ve heard from the hunter uncle there should be medical herbs growing around this area, so I left the riverside and headed into the forest . After walking for a bit, I found medical herbs growing within an area . The medical herbs had the same appearance as the ones I got with my dad from before, so these should be the right ones .
I worked hard to gather the medical herbs . I managed to gather a lot .
……This should be about enough, with these mom will be alright . I was happy and I let the tension escape from my body . But at that moment, I heard a nasty cry from behind .
I turned around and I saw goblins . Three of them .
I tried escaping, but my legs were trembling and I couldn’t move . Is this where I would die? The goblin standing in front of me raised the sword in its hand .
“No……”
I didn’t want to die . Tears started coming out from my eyes .
As these thoughts flashed through my mind, I heard a loud noise and suddenly the head of a goblin disappeared . Immediate after that, a large wolf appeared and jumped towards the leftmost goblin in the back .
As the goblin next to it followed the wolf’s movement and turned its head around, a person suddenly leapt forward and landed a kick onto the goblin’s head .
The goblin whose head was kicked seems to have died . Am I saved?
The person who kicked the goblin was wearing a hood and looked back towards me .
“Are you alright? Are you hurt anywhere?”
“Ahh… . . ”
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I tried to say something, but then I saw the wolf devouring the goblins behind the person’s back . Was it going to eat me too?
When I thought that, I became so scared that my vision began darkening, then my mind went blank and I lost consciousness .
When I woke up, I was inside of a house .
I glanced around, it appears to be a very nice house . A lot nicer than my house . But where was I?
“You’re awake? How are you feeling?”
A voice called out to me . It was the person from before .
“Where is here? Where am I?”
“This is my house . You were attacked by goblins . Do you remember?”
“Goblins……!”
I suddenly remembered what had transpired before . I was attacked by goblins . My body began to tremble .
But I was saved right? But what about the wolf?
“It’s alright now . There aren’t anymore goblins . ”
“There was also a wolf… . . wolf! … . . Will it eat me?”
“It won’t eat you . If you’re talking about that wolf, it’s currently sleeping outside . Do you want to see?”
“……No . ”
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Although I was told it was alright I still felt uneasy . Above all, a large wolf like that was scary no matter what .
As I fell into silence, the person wearing the hood brought over a drink and gave it to me . It looked like some sort of brewed beverage and it was very warm . But was it alright for me to drink it?
When I was at a loss of what to do, the hooded person took a sip from her own cup that had the same liquid . ……It seems like it’s safe to drink . I decided to also drink .
When I took a sip, I could taste honey and a sweet flavor spread throughout my mouth .
“Delicious……”
I felt a sensation of relief swept through my body, and then the person started speaking to me .
“Anyways, what were you doing in that sort of place? Isn’t the deeper parts of the forest dangerous since there are various monsters about?”
This person didn’t seem like a bad person . So was it perhaps alright to talk about my situation?
“… . . My mom… . she’s sick . ”
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As I explained the situation, the hooded person became lost in thought .
She stayed like that for a while, then took something out of her pocket and began explaining it to me . Although it was in a strange looking container, it looked like some sort of medicine .
“Have your mother drink this . ”
“What is it?”
“Medicine for the illness . After drinking this, make sure to have a good meal and sleep well, then she should be cured . ”
It was a bit different looking than the medicine I knew about, I made a mental note to remember it just in case .
“Medicine? Is it a medical herb?”
“It’s not a medical herb, but it is medicine . ”
“……Is big sister a witch?”
“Huh?”
She lived alone in the deep forest by herself and she could make medicine like this, I could only think of her as a witch . And she had been wearing a hood this entire time . So she even looks like a witch . No matter how I looked, I could only see a witch .
“I’m not a witch . I just live here . ”
“Really? But…I don’t have any money for the medicine……”
“I don’t need any money . But stay here for tonight since it’s already late . ”
……She said she’s not a witch, but she’s definitely lying . But this person was a good witch .
The dinner that night consisted of food I had never seen before, but it was surprisingly delicious when I took a bite, and before long I ate enough to fill my stomach . Big-sis witch watched me with a smile on her face .
The bed in the room where I was allowed to sleep in was very fluffy and surprisingly comfortable, I ended up falling asleep immediately .
The next morning big-sis witch gave me another medicine when I was about to return home . It was inside a bottle, a drinkable type .
After getting sick, the body would become weakened, but apparently this was a medicine that could rejuvenate the body . I knew it, this person was a good witch .
With this mom would definitely get better . I was happy and quickly ran back to the village .
But at that time, I didn’t know what was to come because of the medicine I received .