"Then...lay quietly on the bed… Sister will cure you soon enough…"
"Um!"
Cecilia follows Villia instruction and falls asleep in no times. Villia who saw Cecilia sleep with her most comfortable position start to chant a spell, while Maria looks from the side of the bed with hope in her eyes.
「Pure Smog」
Pure white smog appeared on the air and got inside Cecilia body. With Villia commands, the smog goes toward her brains, but not long after that, the smog comes out with darkened color and Villia who saw that can only continue to chant 「Pure Smog 」 to clear the plague that's creeping inside her body.
What is inside the girl body isn't sickness, or poison…but plague, and that plague didn't come from the surroundings, but from before she's born. It's all coming from her dad, or it can be said, one of the Plague God worshippers who plants the plague in Maria fetus.
The Plague he plants is 7 years Plague. It's a plague that can only bloom in a baby and it needs 7 years to bloom. Once it reaches 7 years mark, the plague will start to spread and kill the child bodily function, make him or her, a cripple. The plague didn't end at that…7 more years inside the body of the child that it control will make it and the child combine, and that's the moment the plague become alive. The moment the child seems to recover miraculously, but it's not the child anymore… instead, it's the plague.
The plague who have taken control the body will be able to move freely, and every woman it passes will get the plague, then to their newborn children, and 7 more years, is the day the plague died, and it's also when the real show starts.
The moment the plague died, all of the plague it spread before will die too. The dead plague will kill its host, but that's not the end. The plague that died will turn into some kind of deadly particle which can kill just by breathed by people. That's also why. The more plagues died, the more disease will be spread by the air, infecting the whole city, making it a City of death for full 7 Years before the plague truly disappear.
Villia frown after looking at the plague description, and except for a powerful Saints, no other cure seems to exist if the plague reaches full bloom.
Villia scans the whole Variesz city after she learns about Cecilia sickness with her skill. Although her skill is limited if she didn't see or get near her target, able to roughly see what she wants to see is enough in this circumstances.
While she's controlling Pure Smog to restrain the plague that lives inside Cecilia's brain, 33 names and location including Cecilia immediately got listed inside Villia mind. As Villia suspected, 33 of them are all child ranged from 1 to 11 years old, and most of them live with only one mother, and the other is living in the slum.
After Villia finished searching for those who have caught the plague, Villia starts to search for the Plague God cult members that reside in the city and find 8 cult member hiding in every part of the city and find the one who supposed to be Cecilia father.
While Villia search for information in her mind, she didn't stop providing 「Pure Smog 」for Cecilia, whose complexion has turn much better than before.
Maria who saw her daughter complexion unconsciously shed out some tears and give thanks to the Lady Lailah in her heart for sending SisterVillia to save her daughter.
Behind Villia are Media and Sevas who have finished tying up all the man and watches Villia curing the little girl. Media unlike before turned serious after she saw 「Pure Smog 」 As she knows what inside every Smog is impurities, and to clear impurities easily cause Media to review her new master in her hearts.
Sevas also got a little surprised by that scene. Different than Media, Sevas didn't know that the black stuff inside the Smog is impurities but thought it is poison. Even so, he still got shocked by it mainly because he also knows how to remove poison, but it's only poison that got mixed with the blood, while his new master seems to be able to extract poison from every part of the body which makes him review his new master too.
「Purification!」
Villia chants Purification after she has gotten read most of the Plague defense with her「Pure Smog」and it didn't take long for the Plague to die and disappear from this world.
After a long 1 hour, Villia finally stops and wipe away her sweats with a handkerchief. She took out a glass with blue liquid from her bag and gulped it all. As soon as she drinks the blue liquid, her once tired face got reinvigorated, and energy come back into her body once again as she turned and looked at Maria who has been looking at the whole process for a long time.
"Your daughter should be able to stand now…further treatment is needed, but as of now, she's saved from the jaws of death." Villia says that words with a gentle smile, make Maria tears which have flowed out before, flowed once again as relief finally come to her.
"Thank *sniffle* you….thank you…Sister…*sniffle*"
"Don't worry…As long as one never gives up on life…Goddess Lumina wouldn't give up on you. Lift your heads up…your daughter needs you…"
After Villia said that, Cecilia who has been asleep until now woke up from her dreams. She feels that she has experienced the best dream ever when she's sleeping that makes her want to rise and stand although she knows it's impossible. But…that one impulse makes her easily rise her body up from the bed unlike when she hardly able to feel her body.
Surprises are apparent in her face, but that one surprise makes her brave as she gets down from the bed. Even so, one step is all it takes for her to falls…but the reason for her to fall is not that she has no strength like before, but because she has almost forgotten how to stand in the last three years.
"My…You're so energetic…but wait until you're used to your body again ok?" Villia who is nearby to her catch her before she falls to the floor, and lecture her with a smile. Cecilia who saw her smile, smile in return, even so…she can't stop the tears that flow out of her eyes.
Cecilia didn't know why she's crying…she feels happy…but why did she cry?
Didn't she promise not to cry anymore?
Didn't she promise to always be cheerful whenever her mom is home?
Then why did she cry now?
Why?
"Tha-thank kyu…thank you!!!"
"My…my…are you so happy that you're crying now? There…there…you're alright now…you're alright…" Villia hugs Cecilia while caressing her back as she cries.
Happy?
Is this happiness?
So people can cry if they feel happy…
Crying might not be that bad….
After Cecilia calmed down and slept, Villia lifts Cecilia and gently put her on the bed again, she then turned toward Maria and asked her with a sincere smile. "Maria… It seems that I have one other job to do after tonight…but…would it be ok for us to stay a night at your house today?"
"Of...of course! If this humble house of mine can help sister, then I didn't mind it!"
"Thank you…then…Media…Sevas."
"Yes…"
"Come here…I'll heal the five of you together."
Sevas and Media with the succubus come to the place Villia ask them to and chant a long spell as soon as they arrive. Light and darkness start to surround the six of them, then Villia opens her eyes and finishes her chants.
「Small Sanctuary!」
Light heals their wounds, and darkness protects their bodies. The two elements are different, yet inseparable from each other and form the perfect unity in Villia magic. The ray of lights heals the wounds on Sevas, Media, Maria, Cecilia, and the Succubus and make all of their wounds disappear after they bask in the light.
"Both of you…protect Maria, Cecilia and your sister who is still asleep. If there's anyone who attacks this place like those other guys, beat them up, but don't kill them…and Sevas."
"Yes."
"You can eat their sins if you're hungry. I permit it."
"Thank you, Master…"
Sevas bow to Villia, but Villia only wave it off as if it's nothing.
"It's up to you whether you choose the primitive way of sucking their blood or use the new way. But don't turn them into a tranquil…because they still need to pay for their sins. Get it?"
"Yes…"
"And…please take care of her kindly…" Villia looks at the sleeping succubus and turns to look at Sevas again.
"Got it…"
Villia immediately got out of the house after she has done her part. Although the next step is totally unnecessary for her, one of the children may as well be the brother or sister of her new follower. As long as someone has entered her protection, Villia will immediately protect their family too, but her father is definitely not included in it... and…there's also Fiore here…although she feels Fiore can survive even if plague spread, Villia prefer not to take a chance and immediately contact Fiore.
「Telepathy」
[Are you there?]
[Enmi!? Why did you contact me again? Do you miss me already?]
[Don't talk useless stuff…I've just got contacted by one of my friend who has just arrived in Variesz city, she ask me for my help, but I've long gone from Variesz, that's why I contacted you.]
[Is there any … problem?]
[Problem? Is having Plague God cult and seed of plague in your home ground a problem? If you think it's not, then I guess it's not a problem…]
[Wait…what did you just…say…?]
[It seems it's quite a problem...my friend is coming to Adventure Guild soon, she will wear a nun habit's and relay the information…I've got other things to do now. So…]
[Wait! Don't cut it off yet! What is your friend name?]
[Her name? it is…Villia Lainiesta.]
With that, Villia cut the communication and dash towards the Adventurer Guild.