Chapter 296
Seeing the man who suddenly walked into the room, Aileen was stunned for a moment.
The next second, she rushed over at an extremely fast speed.
The girl bit her lip, looked at Luo Xiu with eyes full of hatred, and asked with a trembling voice: “What did you do to Selena…”
Luo Xiu was stunned, “What Selena?”
“What are you pretending for, hurry up and tell me, where did you take her…”
Aileen stared intently at the man who was much taller than her. Her tone suddenly softened.
The girl’s eyelashes trembled slightly, and she pleaded, “Please, leave her alone, okay? Selena’s body is not good, she can’t withstand your torment.”
She knelt down with a thud, burying her head deeply.
“Whatever your request, please come to me. No matter what the request, I can satisfy you.”
She didn’t dare to stop speaking, “Selena really can’t, her body is too weak compared to mine, I’m different, I’m different…”
Seeing her humble begging, Luo Xiu felt a pang of pity in his heart.
He reached out, wanting to help the girl up.
But as soon as he touched her arm, the girl instinctively took several steps back as if conditioned.
However, Aileen quickly crawled back.
This time she took the initiative to grab Luo Xiu’s hand, suppressing her disgust, and placed the man’s hand on her arm.
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry…”
She whispered apologies.
But what responded to her was not the powerful slap she expected, or a kick, but a soft sigh.
“I think you’ve misunderstood.”
As if afraid of scaring her, the man spoke slowly and calmly.
Aileen looked up with some confusion.
Luo Xiu said, “The girl with you is called Selena, right?”
“Yes.”
Seeing Aileen nod, Luo Xiu continued, “Don’t worry, I didn’t hurt her, let alone torture her. It’s just that her injuries are much more serious than yours, so I had to give her some simple treatment first.”
Luo Xiu paused at this point.
Because he thought of the horrific wound on the girl when he treated her earlier.
The wound was likely from a sharp weapon, with flesh and blood mixed, and bone faintly visible within.
The most dangerous part was that due to lack of treatment for a long time, the wound had already festered and was emitting a foul smell.
The wound was on her chest. When Luo Xiu removed the girl’s black dress and carefully examined the injury, he was truly shocked.
With such a serious injury, a normal person would probably not have survived past the second night.
But judging by the girl’s appearance, it was clearly not a new wound, yet she had managed to endure until now, which was incredible.
“Really?!”
Upon hearing this, Aileen’s eyes lit up. She quickly grabbed Luo Xiu’s sleeve and asked uncertainly.
Fortunately, the man repeated it firmly.
“Really. She’s lying in another room now, and should be waking up soon. If you don’t believe me, I can take you to see her now.”
Hearing this, how could Aileen sit still? She nodded her little head like a pecking chicken.
Ever since her family abandoned her and left her in the wilderness, Selena had been her only remaining family.
If anything happened to Selena, she would never want to live alone.
Seeing this, Luo Xiu stopped talking nonsense. He intended to take the girl’s hand and pull her up.
But as he reached out, he remembered her frightened and disgusted expression when they touched earlier, so he stopped midway.
Aileen’s eyes moved. She saw all of this.
She cautiously reached out, placed her small hand on the warm large one, and then gave Luo Xiu a very forced smile.
Luo Xiu didn’t say much. He held her hand and walked towards the end of the corridor.
The two of them had a smooth journey without any accidents.
Because before they came, Luo Xiu had already ordered Anna to have all the servants in the manor retreat outside and not to enter the main building casually without his permission.
This had two benefits.
First, it provided some cover. Second, it eased the nerves of the two little “witches”.
Led by Luo Xiu, they went downstairs and stopped in front of a room.
Luo Xiu pushed open the door and walked in.
The room was not large, but the decorative details were still magnificent.
In the center of the room was a rectangular table, which Luo Xiu had previously moved to serve as a makeshift “operating table”.
He did not understand surgery, of course, but he could handle simple wound treatment and bandaging.
The main reason was to treat their injuries secretly, as they couldn’t invite professionals. So, Luo Xiu had to do it himself.
However, during the process of treating the injuries, Luo Xiu discovered something interesting.
That was, when he used the Holy Light technique, which was unique to priests, it had the same effect on the “witches” as it did on ordinary people.
According to the Holy See’s propaganda, witches were inherently evil, mortal enemies of the goddess, and remnants of sin.
Then why did the Holy Light technique, which symbolized the goddess’s divine power, still work on “witches”?
Moreover, the effect was very ideal.
Luo Xiu felt this question was worth pondering.
But the most important thing now was to deal with the immediate situation.
He coughed lightly and was about to speak when Aileen next to him broke free from his grasp and shot out like an arrow released from a bow.
On one side of the long table was a single bed.
On the bed lay a girl with a weak aura.
She turned her head, opened her pair of hazy grey eyes, her face having a childish and cute look. This was Selena, whom Aileen had been longing for.
“Selena, that’s great, you’re alright…”
Aileen rushed forward, hugged the girl on the bed tightly, and tears finally couldn’t help but stream down her face.
Affected by her emotions, Selena, who had been quiet, now twitched her nose and sobbed softly.
“I’m fine, thank you, Aileen.”
Selena gently patted her friend’s back, comforting her.
However, the two quickly emerged from their emotions of life and death separation.
As if waking from a dream, they came to their senses and turned to look at the man standing in the middle.
The man who had threatened to lock them up and punish them severely.
That’s right.
They were witches.
Witches who were detested and hunted by everyone, symbols of ill omen and disaster.
Even ordinary people would not hesitate to beat them up if they saw them, let alone clergymen who deeply hated witches.
Although Selena had been unconscious and unaware of what happened in the church.
But looking at the pure white robe the man was wearing, which symbolized the nobility of the clergy, she could tell his origin.
And Aileen knew even more clearly.
Even the powerful demon hunter captain had to bow and nod before this man.
Not only was the man from the Holy See, but his status was probably outrageously high!
So, why did the man choose to rescue them?
(End of this chapter)
