Chapter 21: Two Completely Different Things
"Cornelia ......," Rorschach repeated her name.
The yellow mist shook among the branches and leaves, and through the cracks in the shade of the trees, a faint sky seeped out, as if it was about to drip down with all the memories of the past.
Rorschach was sure she had never seen her, but the look in her eyes ...... But it looks like a man who has long since died.
Cornelia didn't say much, and after saying her name, she took out a bottle and unbuttoned her blouse, revealing a bruised and collapsed right shoulder.
"Hey!" Rorschach quickly turned his head, "What are you doing?" ”
"Heal." Cornelia gave him a quizzful look.
"Next time...... Find a place where no one is around while you're healing. Rorschach didn't look back.
"Why?" Cornelia didn't seem to understand much.
"Your wounds are too ugly to scare people."
"......," Cornelia thought for a moment, "understood. ”
"You can ...... what you understand," Rorschach said, turning her head just in time to see Cornelia holding a small transparent bottle, pouring out a drop of dark red liquid on her collapsed shoulder.
She doesn't seem to realize she's a woman.
Well, in fact, this bruised shoulder is really not attractive.
What Rorschach was even more curious about was the medicine she had dropped, and it was strange that such a small drop was useful......
As soon as the thought flashed, Rorschach's eyes widened.
He watched as Cornelia's collapsed shoulders gradually bulged, becoming rounded and white......
"Hiss......" Rorschachs heart shook violently, walked over in two steps, and reached out to the transparent bottle, "If you have such a good thing, don't you want to bring me a little?" ”
Before Cornelia could refuse, Rorschach had already touched the bottle.
However, the next moment he regretted it.
It hurts!
Rorschach bared his teeth and hurriedly retracted his hand.
He stared at the small transparent bottle, and Cornelia could touch it, but he couldn't touch it?
Just now, it almost made Rorschach faint to death!
The moment he touched the bottle, Rorschach's fingers, brain, soul, and whole body seemed to be suddenly filled with sharp needles! Tingling pains appeared in every corner, and he realized what it means to be in pain.
"What is this?" Rorschach didn't dare to touch it again.
"Blood." Cornelia looked down at the bottle and said.
"Blood?" The word made Rorschach even more confused, "What blood?" ”
This time, Cornelia didn't answer again.
She looked at Rorschach, and there was an indescribable hint in her ice-blue eyes.
Why did her mood suddenly drop a little?
Rorschach became more and more puzzled, this woman had never wavered at all in the face of those terrifying monsters, why was it this small bottle that could heal her injuries that made her feel a little abnormal?
She said it was blood, but she didn't say what kind of blood it was.
Dark red blood...... What kind of blood has healing properties?
And the effect turned out to be so strong, the almost completely crushed shoulder was quickly restored to its original state.
"Cornelia, I won't touch this bottle, why don't you take it and pour me a drop?"
Rorschach said.
His left arm was numb, and he suspected that if he didn't get treatment quickly, it would be useless.
And now there is such a good medicine, there is no need to use it in vain.
However, Cornelia shook her head directly.
"You can't use it."
"Why?" Rorschach shook his arm, "This thing hurt you." ”
Cornelia's attitude remained unchanged, and her ice-blue eyes looked directly at Rorschach: "Harmful. ”
Harmful......
These two words dispelled Rorschach's desire to continue to be tempted. But...... Harmful things, why is she using them......
Cornelia tried to move her right arm, but there was nothing out of the ordinary.
She glanced at Rorschach, who was now also sitting against the trunk of the tree, her head bowed.
She thought he should be angry.
"Thorn-"
The sound of the fabric tearing woke Rorschach from his deep thought.
Before he could look up to see what was happening, a piercing pain came from his left arm.
"Hiss, pain, pain, pain, pain!"
Rorschach turned his head and saw an ice-blue ponytail hanging in front of him.
"What are you doing?"
"Bandage." Cornelia is expressing her apologies with actions.
"Bandaging? The bundle is so tight, are you sure you don't want to amputate me? Rorschach looked at her sweatingly.
Cornelia looked at him in confusion, stopped the movement of her hand, knelt beside Rorschach, and said seriously, "I won't." ”
Of course I know you won't...... With this kind of miracle medicine, why do you learn to bandage? Wherever there is a problem, it would be nice to drop a drop.
It's just that...... No, don't be so arrogant......
It is estimated that it is a small drop of medicine to a large one, and there are some problems in the brain.
"You go, I'll do it myself."
Rorschach bit one of the ends with his teeth, and the bandaging was relatively easy, not perfect, but at least he didn't have to risk amputation.
"Hoo ......"
Rorschach let out a cloudy breath and looked up at the sky.
Although I guessed that this world was not simple, I didn't expect it...... It was so exciting at first.
Yellow mist lingered around, and a howl rang out deep in the forest.
The world in his eyes seems to be a little different from other people.
The colors are more vivid, the dead objects are more vivid, and even Rorschach himself feels as if he is waking up from a sleep.
Yes...... That dream, nearly thirty years of life in the previous life, became unattainable in just a few days.
It's like a ...... in a dream. Distant stories.
The two did not speak again.
Cornelia drew her long knife and began to practice her slashing meticulously.
Rorschach looked at it for a while and asked, "How good is your practice...... Did it work? ”
Cornelia didn't speak, still going about her practice.
"Now these monsters are only the size of a child of seven or eight years old, and your knife can still parry, but ...... What about later? As I'm sure you can guess, this fog won't be just once, it's a prologue, a prologue to the strange depths of the world's stage. If one day, you encounter a monster that is higher than a mountain and deeper than the sea, will your knife still be useful? ”
Rorschach's voice grew softer and softer, not like he was speaking to Cornelia but more like to himself.
Although the ability that the book gave him was very terrifying, the heavy price made him not want to use it even once.
Cornelia finally stopped.
Rorschach stared at her, eager to know the answer of those who already existed in this world.
"Whew-"
With a groan, the knife was put into its sheath.
Cornelia turned around, her ice-blue eyes had no other look, she just looked directly at Rorschach and opened her mouth:
"I'm hungry."
"Huh?"
Rorschach's eyes widened, I'm talking to you, and you're suddenly going to have a stomach with me?