Her jaw drops heavily.
In the bag there were about 80 thousand gold coins, it was more than the expected amount! But what did it mean?
Sally didn't know, with that money they were getting closer and closer to their goal of 100 thousand.
There were 3 years left, in these 3 years to save her mother, Sally would work three times as hard, her father too, they would do their best.
After that day another year passed, autumn had arrived, Sally and her father had managed to reach 95%, another 5000 thousand were missing, they would work hard to reach the necessary amount, they had to give their all.
That autumn in Low street there was an unpleasant event unfortunately, about 50 people died, not only that, 30 extremely sick people were also found, a disease never seen before.
That day the fortified city of Bdars went into quarantine for 1 year. All residents during the quarantine, even those of Low Street, were provided with food and drink, and all activities except hunting were suspended.
Sally and her father, unable to go to work, had to skip an entire year, in this way the chances of saving Kizuna were reduced, the fact is that you couldn't even sneak, because if you were caught you got a hefty fine.
That year was terrible.
"Cough, Cough, than- cough" While Sally was handing her mother a glass of water, she continued to cough, in those years the inflammation became a real disease, fortunately not contagious.
That disease also ended up on the lungs, which became inflamed, also in some cases while she coughed, she coughed blood, she didn't have much time left to live.
That year passed between Sally's pain and her father going to see Kizuna, time was running out, about 1 year left.
When the quarantine was over, the two of them worked day and night, 24/7, non-stop, pushing their bodies to the limit.
Somehow they managed to scrape together enough coins, and when they gave those coins to the doctor, he took Kizuna and took her to the high-grade hospital, where they would perform the operation.
Sally and her father Jatz, went with the doctor and mother on a stretcher, as they had to sign.
The hospital was where rich people lived, it was imposing, and pure white, there were a lot of windows, there were about 17 floors.
The first floor was even more breathtaking, there was a large room, and towards the end there were about 7 people behind a counter who took names, and told where to go. In the large room there were a lot of chairs, and there was a coming and going of doctors and nurses, but also patients and people waiting.
White was the predominant color, to the left of the 7 people at the desks there was a staircase that led to the second floor.
In the right corridor there were several operating rooms. In the left corridor there were rehabilitation centers, scan rooms, sterilized rooms.
Arriving in front of a middle-aged nurse, he was wearing a white coat, a stethoscope around his neck, a pen placed near his pocket.
The middle-aged man had deep blue eyes, and a scruffy beard, his hair was short and messy.
The man looked at the doctor, a somewhat happy expression appeared on his face.
"Oh! Gis, you showed up, where did you go?" The middle-aged man laughed lightly.
The doctor said in a somewhat stupid tone: "Sorry, sorry, but now is not the time to chat, I have a Black code."
The man's face changed from happy to serious, he pressed a button under the marble counter and said: "Black code! I repeat! BLACK CODE!"
Suddenly the hospital room was buzzing several doctors arrived, Gis explained the situation, the doctors instantly took Kizuna to a special room for black codes.
Sally and Jatz paid the sum in advance, in case the surgery would not go well, they would be reimbursed.
And so, several days passed, Sally and Jatz were anxious, but unfortunately they could not visit Kizuna.
A black code is the code with the highest importance in medical matters.
If a person is declared a black code, family members cannot visit them, this is because the person is thrown from one side of the operating room to another.
A black code is capable of throwing the entire hospital into chaos, so a black code is not usually declared, but there are cases where it is mandatory.
The only people in hospitals who declare a black code are high-ranking doctors, also known as Doctores, the rest cannot declare a black code.
With a black code the person receives the highest possible priority.
Doctor Gis, if he pronounced a black code, it means that he is a Doctores.
Several days passed, after 2 weeks Sally and Jatz were summoned to the hospital again.
The middle-aged man called them back, he had a sad expression on his face, from under the pure marble desk I pulled out a piece of paper, Sally was illiterate, but Jatz could read.
Tears fell from her face, with mucus in her nose and eyes red from crying she said: "It's a death certificate."
At that moment Sally's world turned upside down, her mother was dead, she was left without a mother.
"Why?!" Sally screamed angry, with tears in her face. "Why?! Why?! Why?! Why did he let my mother die?! Shouldn't you have saved her?! Shouldn't the hospital have saved her?!"
Sally's voice was full of anger and sadness, tears were falling from her face without end, despite her short height, the counter wasn't very high, even if she could just barely hit the counter with her fist, her fist was full of anger.
The middle-aged man was silent, his expression that seemed inflexible was actually slowly, slowly giving way.
Jatz was still crying near Sally, who was struggling to loosen her father's grip.
"Dad let me go! Let me go!!!" Despite Sally's screams, Jatz did not let go, signed the death certificate as her husband, and approached the hospital exit, while Sally was struggling vigorously.
Outside the hospital Gis was waiting for them,his brown hair was slightly tousled, he was wearing a black shirt and vest, and black pants, his thin body seemed even thinner, he had a sad expression on his face, he apologized, he apologized for not having noticed before that Kizuna suffered from a disease where the mana flowed much faster and corroded everything.
He apologized for being helpless, he also said that he would pay for the funeral.
Jatz refused, however, since they had been reimbursed, he would pay, Jatz decided that Kizuna would be buried in a high-level cemetery.
On the day of the funeral there were not many people, besides Sally who was wearing a black dress with a skirt that reached her thighs, and Jatz dressed in a black tuxedo.
There were Gis and some friends from Low street.
Jatz, chose to bury Kizuna in a high level cemetery, to prevent her from becoming a zombie.
After burying Kizuna and spending about 80% of the money earned, after returning home, Jatz told Sally that he was leaving, he didn't know where, but he needed a long adventure, Sally opposed, but her father also added that he needed to tell Kizuna's parents.
The next day before Jatz left, Gis joined him, he said that he still had a lot to learn, and that perhaps by traveling a little he would learn.
Jatz left Sally 5000 gold coins, and with a last kiss on her cheek I left, from that day Sally never saw or heard from her father again.