Chapter 51: A Strange Disease
This is a small two-story hotel, standing at the door and looking inside, it is all dark. It was completely dark, but there was still no light inside.
"Anyone?" Lan Wen shouted softly into the room. But the sound is like going to an unknown world, and after a short stay in the house, it completely disappears from the space.
Lan Wen had to raise her voice and repeat what she had just said. The sound still swirled around the room, then faded away.
"Sir, there doesn't seem to be anyone here. Lan Wen turned to Aaron and said.
"Nobody?" But I was about to leave the village any further, and I wanted to have a good meal here and then take a good rest, but for now, it seemed that I was thinking too much.
Aaron smiled wryly, and it looked like he was still going to sleep outside today, just like the other day. Other things can be handled, such as sleeping in the open, but the dry food brought with me has gone a little bad. Aaron couldn't help frowning whenever he thought of those dry foods, and suddenly there was another urge in his stomach to vomit those things.
At that moment, a light lit up in the dark depths of the room, followed by footsteps from inside.
Everyone stopped, staring intently at the light that slowly "floated" in the air, until a thin and short middle-aged man appeared in front of everyone, his face was twilight, and he could not see the slightest anger.
"Sir, are you staying at a hotel or eating?" the man said as he bent over to Lan Wen, who was at the front of the crowd.
Lan Wen looked back at Aaron, not knowing what Aaron meant.
"Eat. As for the hotel, I wonder if you have enough room here?" Aaron asked.
"How many people are there?" asked the innkeeper.
"Twenty-five. Aaron replied.
"II...... Twenty-five?" the innkeeper tiptoed and looked at the people behind Aaron, there were only eight or nine people.
"And some on the street outside. Lan Cowen explained.
"Well, twenty-five...... If you think you can sleep in a room for two, you should be able to do it......" The innkeeper whispered.
"In that case, we'll stay tonight. Aaron replied that although the environment here is not very good, it is better than sleeping in the wilderness, "The house must be clean." Aaron finally admonished.
"Rest assured, it's absolutely clean. The boss's expression changed slightly, and the gloom on his face was a little less.
"Old immortal, you still don't care about your daughter? she's dying, woo......"
In the depths of the inn, a woman's hysterical cry was suddenly heard, and the innkeeper's expression changed drastically, and after bowing to Aaron, he hurried back to one of the rooms in the inn.
Aaron said to Eddie and Lanwen, "Go and bring the others, and I'll go and see." ”
"But young master, there might be any danger there......" Fei Lia said hurriedly.
"They're just ordinary people, where is the danger? With that, Aaron walked towards the room where the innkeeper had entered.
As she got closer to the room, the woman's cries grew louder. The cries were interspersed with insults and moans of pain.
"Why are you so incompetent? I can't even look down on my daughter's illness, how did I follow such a capable man......"
"I ...... I don't want to do that, I've seen Mr. Kark twice, and it cost me two gold coins, and I really can't pull out a copper coin now......"
"Everyone else can take it out, why can't you? Aren't you a man? Oh, why is my life so bitter......
The woman's cry made the boss helpless, so he could only keep sighing, but his eyes fell on the little girl lying on the bed.
The little girl was about seven or eight years old, her face was crimson, she was panting heavily, sweat the size of a soybean was already stained on her forehead, one slender arm was weakly put off the bed, and the other was on her chest.
Aaron stood in the doorway, looking at the family in despair. The woman didn't know who the person standing at the door was, and forgot to cry for a moment. The boss noticed the woman's abnormality and couldn't help but turn his head back.
"Sir, why are you here?" the boss wiped tears from his face.
"Nothing, I just came over and had a look. What's wrong with this kid?" Aaron asked.
"Quick...... It's almost gone. The boss said that the sore spot and the tears flowed again.
"What the hell is going on?" Aaron could only guess some clues from what he had seen so far, but the specific situation was not clear.
"My lord, please save my child, I can make you a cow and a horse. The woman fell to her knees with a "poof" and kept kowtowing to Aaron. By the time Aaron reacted and helped the woman up, blood had already come out of the woman's forehead.
"Auntie, what's going on? I'm at a loss right now, what can I do to help you, you should make things clear. ”
At this moment, the woman was already choked up and speechless, opened her mouth several times, and was deflated again.
"I'll tell you. The boss wiped his tears again and told the story of what had happened.
"My name is Mom, and I own this tavern in this small village of Antu, and I am not wealthy, but I can barely make ends meet. There are probably a few hundred families in this town, which together is more than 3,000 people, but now it is estimated that there are less than 1,000 people.
"It started a year ago. At that time, there was a plague outbreak in the village, and many people accidentally contracted the disease, and the village of Antu at that time was like a hell on earth, and the dead people were often encountered on the streets. Everyone was panicked and talked about trying to escape from this place.
"Many people raised the idea to the chief of Kirton, who saw that more and more people came, and when the village of Antu was almost falling apart, he gritted his teeth and assured us that he would go to the big city and get a doctor for us. Sure enough, as the old village chief said, after about a week, he led a man in a black robe back to the village, and announced to us that he had brought in the savior, Mr. Kark, to come and save us sinful.
"After the arrival of the Savior, the plague was indeed alleviated, and although there were still deaths, the number of deaths decreased rapidly, and the number of people who fell from the plague remained at a very low rate, and most importantly, Mr. Kark did not charge a fee. ”
"Is this girl suffering from the plague?" Aaron couldn't help but ask.
"If only it were the plague. Mohm sighed and said sadly.