Near an enormous and a few hundred years old banyan tree, a little old man was sitting near the deer, trying his very hardest to treat the wound of the deer.
There was a big cut on the deer back ,a flesh could be seen clearly showing the deepness of the cut.
The little old man cannot do much but pressing the wound so as to stop the continuous flow of blood, the deer would breathe harshly and than weakened,breathe harshly and weakened, this continued on for a while now.
You could hear the little old man saying nothing but sweet consoling word to the deer.
The little old man heard a twig snap and whip his head quickly towards the sound.
A beautiful and an enchanting lady was seen, her appearance is so outworldly, her skin is as smooth as a jade and her skin colour was pale. She look fragile like the wind would carry her away. Her figure was exceptionally beautiful, a long mesmerizing slender leg with a petite shape, a curve body.
She wear a white dress with a purple butterfly on the hem of her dress which make her look more outworldly, and there it is the strange black and white bear which she adamantly always carry around. That bear gave off another whole new feeling to the spectator, the doll was creepy but when it was carried by Viola it doesn't look creepy at all but rather its matching in a weird kind of way. It just work out despite it different appearance and vibe.
The little old man eyes momentarily slit for a few second before it goes back to its original poor looking old man.
"Ai little lady can you come and help me save this deer"
Viola was just walking around in the forest, she doesn't have any plan or a pinpoint on where she should explore first.
But looking on the map of the forbidden forest which isn't much, the map only provide the outer appearance of the forest, more like it traces the border line only.
Viola enter from the north east side of the forbidden forest, and even if the map is only the border of the forest we could still point out that the centre is located at the north side from her standpoint.
She is not so competent to not know that the 'night might' will ever be in a mere border of the forest. A 'Night Might' need a certain place and a certain vegetation to grow into. A night might need a black soil to grow into, the nutrients it get from the black soil is enough for the 'Night Might' to grow and it can bloom only on the night of the full moon.
And the black soil is at the centre of the forbidden forest!!
Viola was walking towards where the compass point at, the north . So, it lead to her current state meeting a little weird old man.
She reach more than the outer inside of the forest, it was strange to see a weak looking old man inside a place like here, She is not a fool to think that he is weak.
She didn't answer him because she doesn't feel like talking.
Viola just went towards the deer, she scoop down took out a bottle from Roku pocket open it and aplly what is inside on the bottle on the wound of the deer, she hate dirt so she aplly it with a pastel.
"Hey!! Hey!! what are you doing,what kind of chemical did you apply on my deer"
Viola still didn't answer she just carry on ,applying on the wound.
The little old man cannot do nothing much, but to keep watching on helplessly, it looks like she help him but if the thing she apply on his deer cause any harm he wouldn't hesitate to curse her.
After about a minute ,it stop bleeding, the inner wound started to close up which can be seen with the naked eye.
Viola than aplly more.
Than the outer wound started closing itself. But even though Viola medicine was at the stage of perfect, a medicine is still a medicine. the wound cannot be closed up entirely ,but it was far better than before , the previous deep wound now look like that it was only a small cut.
Viola than quickly proceed on dressing the small cut ,which she take out the equipment from Roku pocket of course.
The deer look much better than before, its breathing became more normal and in peace now.
After a few more minutes the deer tends on standing up although failed at first it eventually can stand at the third try.
During those whole magically wound closing moment the little old man was too shock to even blink. What the heck kind of medicine is that. It was on par with the immortal medicine.
He was too shock at the outstanding and outwarldly medicine, he didn't even notice that Viola was already on her journey again.
When he finally notice the little lass was already a few feet away.
He quickly run at an inhuman speed to catch up with her.
Viola upon seeing the speed of the little old man didn't even held any surprises on her face. She just proceed on her walk with the same cold look on her face. She didn't even bother looking not to mention talking with the little old man.
The little old man was now frustrated with the unresponsiveness of the little lass.
"Hey little lass, whats your name and what is that medicine ,where do you get it??"
"....."
"why are you here? "
"where do you tend on going"
"a little lass like you should not come to this place, its dangerous"
"but don't worry this little old me will protect you"
The little old man keep on talking and talking non stop with a no response.
"you know I know this place like the back of my hand, ask me any specific place you want to go, I will take you there"
That got Viola attention now, she stop and look at the little old man.
The little old man stop naturally when Viola stop.
Ahh!! He felt like he accomplished something, finally getting the attention of the emotionless little lass.
"Night Might, where is it? "
The question was blunt and it look rude but coming out from Viola mouth, it doesn't sound rude at all, it sound normal and natural when it comes from her mouth.
The little old man eyes slit for a second again, it will go unnotice to people eyes but to the observant Viola how can that not go unnotice by her.
This little old man is really a wary person huh!!
He may look approachable and easy going but some of this type of person are the most dangerous, you will be a free-go when your with them without knowing the depth of their mind, they hide too deep with their easy going facade.
"For what did this little lady need the night might? perhaps to gain a power"
The Night Might not only is a medicine but also help greatly in people cultivation, it will help them achieve to breakthrough in just a mere one month. That is why many people try to obtain it but no one ever got even the glimpse of it.
To say the magical beast are way too strong might be a great excuse.
But to Viola with an underhanded trick we could surely avoid the beast and the fact that not even a glimpse was caught of the night might,there might surely be more than the eyes could see as to why no one could obtain the Night Might.
"Its for medicine"
"Oh!! Is it to make another medicine which you use on my deer?"
clever question.
"No, that medicine was made from yarrow"
The little old man did not even believe in the slightest bit, he know that Yarrow is for sure use in treating wound but not that magically.
Seeing the little old man disbelieve look although she didn't like explaining it so she gave him the medicine bottle.
"Taste it"
The little old man do as she say, and to his great shock it really was made from Yarrow, he may not know how to concoct a medicine but his taste is a top notch ,he can identify things from only the taste.
"How did you make it?"
"Even if I say you wouldn't understand it, not like you know how to concoct a medicine"
Viola is a great alchemist, an alchemist book of concocting medicine was force inside her memory by her aunt, naturally alchemist work cannot be performed in her previous world where cultivation cannot be done.
But now its different.
So her Medicine and alchemist knowledge is a top notch ,you can compare at the level of a goddess of medicine.
The little old man is always a wary person, he could read people easily like the back of his hand, she is the first human he cannot read.
But he know, more like his intuition told him that she speak the truth.
Viola face was all the way from the start remain emotionless, aloof and cold.
"Than can you tell me your reason on trying to obtain the Night Might and if your reason is understandable, I might help you obtain it"
Viola now confirm her suspicion, for the little old man to be so sure that he could help her obtain it, he surely have a role on the dissapearance of the people who come in this forest.
This little old man is more than look to the eyes.
But Viola didn't plan on saying such, its not her business,and she couldn't care less to those people who didn't make out from the forest, it not her people, why would she care. She is not a devil not a saint either. If she could obtain the night might ,thats all she care about.
"I have to treat my uncle meridian which is depleted for about 10 years due to being poisoned"
Viola could feel that the little old man did not harbour any ill intention towards her, although she did not trust him a bit, she still tell what she think is convenient.
"So are you trying to take revenge on the person who poison your uncle"
"Naturally ,that's why I have to make my uncle stronger, Untill and unless we kill our enemy we will never live a peaceful life"
"So after you take revenge you can become the srongest so that you can trample everyone, human really are selfish"
The air around the little old man suddenly turn cold, but that didn't waver Viola a little bit .
"Its true I'm selfish, I want to becone the strongest so that I can trample those who try to harm me and the people I choose to protect, if I don't become and also make my people strong and cannot protect myself and my love one, its not like people will help me or for you to help me either"
"I am selfish, I want power so that I can live a peaceful life where I will not be worry about anyone trying to take us down. "
The cold air dissipated into thin air and the little old man laugh heartily.
This must be the most straight forward and interesting lass he ever see. There was no greed reflect on the little lass, her answer and reason was genuine and reasonable.
This is a cruel world and if you aren't strong enough to protect yourself its not like people will protect you.
"Good good!!! "
The little old man after a hearty laugh finally able to pull himself together.
"I will help you, as a repayment for curing my deer and because you are a really interesting little lass"
Without another word the ground beneath Viola open wide up and swallow her.
She was carried to god knows where.