Chapter 849 Helping
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"Please, anybody… can someone give my child some water?! He's dying! Please!"
Suddenly, a woman carrying a dehydrated, famished child started screaming in the middle of the crowd, nobody paying attention to her.
"Water? She's asking for water? Shouldn't that be available easily through the wells?" Asked Emeraldine. "Do you need some water? I think I could conjure some easily."
Emeraldine suddenly took out a cup of water from her bag and filled it with water with a simple Water Ball Magic Spell, which anybody with some Magic Circle knowledge could conjure even without talent.
"A-Ahhh…! W-Water! Thank you! Thank you so much!"
The woman quickly gave the water to her child, and the small boy, who looked to be around five years of age, slowly drank the cup until it emptied.
"Hahh… Hahh…" The famished boy seemed to feel much more refreshed, his eyes shining bright blue.
"Better now?" Emeraldine smiled.
"Well, I was about to give her water, but I guess you won the race," I added.
"If you need more, I could make some blocks of ice for you, they'll melt in a while and they'll become drinkable water." Said Tear.
"T-Thank you so much, you're not from here, are you not? Travelers with the power to conjure water… Magicians of much strength, I see…" She muttered. "Ugh…"
"Of course, take some water yourself too." Emeraldine offered the woman water as well.
"T-Thank you!"
"Water?"
"I saw her! She created water!"
"A priest?!"
"No, I've never seen those clothes around here!"
"T-Travelers…!"
"I already had one, save it for later dear. We won't have this much food in the future." Nia caressed his little head. "Okay?"
"O-Okay…" Celes nodded, wrapping his sandwich with a piece of cloth.
"If possible, once we're done here, you'll have enough food to eat every day, as much as you want," Emeraldine said with a gentle smile.
"Yep. We've come here to shake things up a bit." I laughed. "We would like to ask a few other questions, but in private…"
"O-Of course, come, although I am dirt poor, I do have a small, tiny house of my own," Nia said, as she led us to almost the end of the suburbs, a small house with just a single room. She had hidden most of her things underground so they wouldn't steal them, though she barely had anything anyway.
"I don't have much to offer you other than some dried cactus…" Nia said humbly.
"It's fine," I said. "Thanks for the meal."
We accepted her food to not be rude… It was chewy and had no flavor at all and left my mouth tasting like ashes! Ugh, they eat this every day?!
"So anyways." Lucifer started to conversation after Emeraldine began growing a huge tree behind her house with fruits. "Have you heard any rumors about… human experimentations? Anything in that regard? Vampires? People disappearing? Or chimera children?"
"T-That's…" Nia immediately had a rather surprised reaction yet seemed to know something. "Well… it is already well known that… people that are jailed after trying to get water from the Oasis are never seen again. I heard someone say… they turn them into monsters."
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Meanwhile, within the Sapphire Palace's church, Saintess Emilia enjoyed yet another delicious dinner filled with many plates, alongside her loyal Priestesses and her Paladins.
However, out of nowhere, a low-ranking priest entered the room, bringing her some rather… bitter news, ruining her evening.
"What?! You say some foreigners came and gave away the blessings of the Goddess so easily?!"
Emilia instantly grew furious! Her flawless face turned red, and her hair seemed to be waving by the aura of anger she exuded.
BAAAM!!
She hit the table with a furious fit of rage and then calmed down, glaring back at the messenger.
"Dammit! Immediately send your strongest paladins to deal with those knaves! If they're adventurers, they won't be easy to take down. But nothing you guys can't do with your improved bodies."
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