"How are you feeling now, Budu?"

"I didn't ...... It's okay, just looking at ...... Just go..."

He withdrew his arm and put it around Ding to bake, his expression looked like nothing was wrong, but his tone was trembling, and it didn't look like anything was good.

"Qing'e Niangniang is there any medicine that can cure you......"

"There should... Yes...... But I'm not so sure...... Other effects. ”

Look at the effect of this ointment...... The same is true for the relative effect, then, if the dosage is not well controlled, I am afraid it will be the same as a burn.

"Then I'll go find Huo Qing'e."

As he spoke, the knife stood up since ancient times, and was about to open the door and go out, but was blocked by the cloth again.

“…… It's okay... It's fine, it's just cold..."

"But you can't let your current situation go unattended!"

The arm that pulled him happened to be the one with frostbite, but it was not so much a pull as a hit, and it was difficult to grasp something with the hands that looked bloated because of chilblains.

Even if you don't look for Huo Qing'e, find a doctor to apply some restorative ointment to her, at least there is a protective ointment.

"My body...... I know that knives have been around since ancient times...

Just let me bake the fire..."

It seems that he forcibly endured it, so that his words did not tremble too much, and he didn't even know what he said.

Budu's eyes revealed an inexplicable sense of sadness, but with a lot of hope, hoping that the knife would remain since ancient times and not go out to trouble others.

“…… All right... All right. ”

For some reason, the knife himself sat down, pulled the previous package, took out some charcoal, and threw it into the fire.

"Thank you... Knives since ancient times. ”

After enduring it, Budu trembled again, and she didn't want to say anything more, but looked directly at the fire in front of her and the dingqi that made the sound of bubbles bursting from time to time.

“…… You are welcome. ”

After filling in a few more pieces of charcoal, the knife took a stick from the side and gently spread the charcoal to allow it to burn enough.

The two of them sat down beside the fire, and the cloth sometimes sneezed, but not quite like a cold, and the stiffness slowly faded, but with it edema and blisters.

The arm was thicker than normal, two times thicker, and when it moved slightly, I could even hear the pus shaking inside.

“…… Then again. How is the study of the immortality that the prince said? ”

After being silent for another half an hour, Dao Zigu suddenly asked about this matter, and Budu, who was about to fall asleep, immediately expelled the drowsy.

"Qing'e Niangniang said that the materials she brought were not enough for the three of us.

Just right... The crown prince plans to send Ono Meizi to envoy to the Sui Kingdom, and when he returns to China, he will collect these materials. ”

“…… Well..."

After Dao Zigu replied lightly, he didn't know how to continue this topic, after all... What does immortality mean to her?

Myself... I just want to be by the side of the prince, but looking at the courtiers and assistants around the prince, I can't find anything outstanding about myself at all...

Sometimes, she also wonders, why did she choose herself for this path of immortality?

Is it just because it's an obsession?

"Budu, the knife since ancient times?"

While she was thinking, the stable opened the door, and then saw two mother and daughter huddled in front of the ding.

“…… What are you doing? ”

From behind the stable, Erli walked out with Qin Hesheng, and Hesheng changed to his previous appearance again, cold, just ...... Her eyes and cheeks were a little red, and there was a sense of relief on her body.

"Lord Prince, I don't know why Minister Qin is here?"

The combination of the crown prince and this immortal who often disappears is easy to say, but it is not quite right to add a Qin Hesheng, as far as Budu knows, except for financial exchanges, this minister of finance and the crown prince do not have much intersection.

And after hearing this, the prince turned his head and motioned for her to say it herself, and seeing this, Ha Sheng immediately walked up to the prince, and saluted to Monobe Budu and Su I Dao since ancient times, and said.

"Servant... The servant just obeyed the orders of the prince.

I don't know where the wife and eldest daughter of the Minister of the Island are... The servant was rude. ”

"It's fine, but I wonder why the prince brought you here?"

Before entering, Budu put his hands in his sleeves to cover up his injuries and arms. So except for the knife since ancient times, no one seems to see anything abnormal.

"Nothing, Budu, it's just that I forgot.

Ha Sheng, you go down. ”

"Yes, Lord...... Prince! ”

He Sheng, who left here in a hurry, did not forget to close the door of this room, and then only heard the sound of the other party leaving quickly, and after that, there was nothing.

"Alright, Budu, what the hell is going on with you?"

After sending Ha Sheng away, the stableman frowned, and pointed to the hands that Budu had put together, and Budu stuck out his tongue, not at all like the noble lady just now, and exposed his hands and arms.

"The prince is really sensitive......"

"It's... Ginseng and snow herb paste...... What are you doing with this? ”

After a slight sniff, combined with the state of Budu, the stable could tell what kind of ointment it was, but this made her a little stranger.

"The knife has poked its head a little inside since ancient times, Qing'e Niangniang said it before."

The knife shrank a little embarrassedly since ancient times, but the prince's expression did not change, but asked the cloth more sternly.

“…… Let's be honest... Budu, what's wrong with your body? ”

After being stared at so thoroughly, she didn't dare to say anything more, but slowly stated the truth.

"Well..... this ointment doesn't look like this unless it's applied in a lot of way.

I don't feel it in my body anymore, Prince. ”

"What!"

"Don't feel the pain?"

The stableman, who hadn't looked at the knife that had already stood up—the charred branch in her hand had fallen on her feet, slightly burned, but still unresponsive—asked, but Budu shook his head and said.

"No, I don't feel anything anymore, Lord Prince...

Including the feeling of touch, otherwise just by touch... I can tell the weight, too. ”

"How long has it been?"

"Two days... Since taking Qing'e Niangniang's elixir. ”

He looked at Budu, whose hands were full of blisters, and shook his head.

And Erli stuck her head into the ding, there was no taste, but there was a disgusting feeling. Looking at the black churning medicine face, she was glad that she wouldn't drink such a thing.

"Did Qing'e say anything?"

"Niangniang said that my body was destroyed a lot because of the previous inferior elixir, and taking the real elixir has accelerated the collapse of the body a lot.

…… Lord Prince, I may have to explore the path of eternal life first. ”

"So... How much time is left in Budu? ”

"Two years... Or a year. ”

After tidying up, Qing'e did not push the door, but entered through the wall from a corner of the room, but her expression was still that slightly smiling, answering the question of the knife since ancient times.