Chapter 243: Breaking the Curse
Ti Xinli's sorrow came and went as quickly as she could, and not long after she left the prairie, she became like a bird out of the cage, pointing to what she saw outside the window and chattering non-stop.
To Leach's relief, Ti Xinlil did not have a serious fear of heights like Tali, on the contrary, despite being flying high in the air for the first time, not only did she not feel scary, but instead looked very excited, which was in stark contrast to Tali who locked herself in her room as soon as she got on the airship.
Back at Ambrera, the pale-faced Tali is forcibly arranged by Leach to accompany Ti Xinlil around the area, and Saya is tasked with bringing home the things he has extorted from Kumar, while he and Lena arrive at the Adventure Hunter's House.
"Welcome, please sit down, what do you need to eat?" The familiar crisp children's voice sounded, and the well-behaved and cute Nicole appeared in front of the two of them as soon as the door opened.
"Brother Leach, Sister Lena, are you back, is the mission going well?" As always, after seeing who it was, Nicole happily hugged Lena's arm.
Because of the content of the mission, Leach couldn't explain it in detail, but told Nicole that everything was going well. Nicole was naturally very clear about the "rules" of adventure hunters, and she didn't continue to ask questions, but just warmly invited the two to sit down.
Stopping Nicole, who was about to run to pour water, Leach asked, "Nicole, is your mother there?"
Speaking of Anal, a sad look appeared on Nicole's face that was completely inconsistent with her age: "Mom, what she is here is that she has become extremely weak these days, and she has to rest for a long time if she does a little heavy work, Brother Leach, you say...... Mommy she won't ...... It won't be ......"
"No, don't think about it. Seeing her tears rolling in her eyes, Leach hurriedly comforted, "Take us to see, we found a good thing by chance when we went out this time, which may be helpful to your mother's condition!"
"Really?" said Nicole, "come with me, Mommy, she's lying in the house resting!"
When she came to the backyard cabin, Anal was indeed lying on the bed, but she hadn't seen her for two months, and her complexion looked like two people. Although it gave people a feeling of weakness before, her complexion was ruddy, and she was barely healthy overall, but now Anal, not to mention her sallow face, even her cheeks have been thin, and she looks as if she is terminally ill.
Hearing the noise, the sleeping Anar woke up.
"It's Leach and Lena here, I'm really sorry, I've been too busy in the last few days, I feel a little tired, I didn't go out to meet you, don't take it personally. ”
Seeing that Anar was still pretending to be okay at this time, Leach helped her who wanted to get up and lay down without saying a word: "Sister Anar, it's okay, you have a good rest, we don't mind." By the way, I have good news for you, this time we went to the prairie and found a treasure that I think may be useful for your illness. ”
"No hassle. Hearing this, Anal wanted to get up again, but was stopped by Nicole on the side, so she could only continue to lie down, but said, "I'm just tired, don't waste good things, just rest for a few days." ”
"Don't worry, it's not a medicinal herb, and it won't be gone as soon as it is used. As he explained, Leach pulled the crystal out of the bag.
"What is this?" Although Leach had already said that it was for healing, Anal was still full of doubts when he took out a beautiful bead.
"I don't know what it is, but when we went to the prairie this time, Lena accidentally fell for the poison of the sand scorpion, and when we were worried, we happened to find it, and then Lena's poison was cured. Sister Anar, I think your situation is very likely to be poisoned by some unknown poison, so you might as well give it a try. ”
As for the true origin and use of the phantom crystal, Leach was inconvenient to say, so he could only half-truth.
"I'm sick...... Maybe it's not a middle ......" Regarding his body, although the root cause has not been found out so far, Anal also feels that it seems to be not just a disease.
However, seeing Leach's confident gaze and the expectation on Nicole's face, Arnal's heart softened, and the words came to her lips and swallowed back. Whether it's useful or not, after all, this is the other party's kindness, and there will be no loss if you try it, if you really want to refuse, but you are not sensible on your side, so you should comfort your daughter.
"Okay, then let's try it, I hope it helps. ”
Don't look at Leach, he is full of confidence, but when he really gets started, he makes a difficulty.
The information that the Phantom Crystal can lift the curse was obtained from Wright, and Leach is convinced of this, because it seems that he and Saya recovered from the illusion in the first place, but he seems to have forgotten one thing when he is bent on helping Anar relieve his pain, and that is how to use the Phantom Crystal.
Under Nicole's nervous gaze, Leach didn't know how to use it, lest she feel like she was talking about it, and finally had to simply stuff the crystal into Anal's hand.
Anal didn't have much hope for the beads that Leach took out, and after seeing the embarrassment in his eyes, she became more and more sure of her judgment, but in order to reassure her daughter, she still gently held the phantom crystal in her hand.
Just as he was about to pretend to lie that he felt better, Anar was surprised to find that the cold aura that had been lurking in his body and could not move it no matter what, had moved for the first time.
Seeing that the expression on Arnal's face changed from forced laughter to disbelief, Leach knew that his previous guess was completely correct, and the so-called strange disease that had plagued Arnal for many years was indeed a curse.
In Anal's perception, the cold feeling started from her lower abdomen and slowly swam towards her left hand holding the phantom crystal, like a meandering river, and soon, her body shivered involuntarily.
Nicole was overjoyed to see the look of surprise on her mother's face, but it didn't take long for the expression on her face to become painful, which made Nicole's heart tug again, and she kept asking Leach what was going on.
How could Leach know the specific reason, he could only keep comforting that this was a normal phenomenon, but in fact, his heart was very empty.
Fortunately, although Anar was trembling, his mind was clear, and he endured the cold and said, "Ni...... Nicole, don't worry...... Heart, I ...... I can feel ...... I feel it, it's really ...... True...... There are ...... Use!"