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Blooming Thorn in Another World
Chapter 74: Starting Over 3

Chapter 74: Starting Over 3

I have her hands in my chest…

But she is as cold as ice.

“Violetta! Asagao’s here!”

“Fon!”

Violetta and her lover rush over here. As they arrive in a heartbeat, Violetta immediately kneels down beside Asagao and checks her whole body with magic. She checks her pulse in the neck and in the wrist. With a worried face, she faced me and talks…

“Fon, she still has a pulse but she lost so much blood and there’s a poison circulating in her whole body. Not only that, her body is so weak and full of wounds. No doubt that a fatal wound is the one on her chest.”

“So, what should we do then?!”

“For now, Mrothgir, let’s heal her together.”

“Un.”

They cast heal together on Asagao in hopes to fix the pitiful situation.

The wounds on her body are closing but not completely. The bleeding stops but her complexion isn’t getting any better.

“Mrothgir! Do something about the weather, please! Her body won’t last long in this cold!”

“I understand.

[Warm Land]”

Upon the activation of the unknown magic, the snow the piled up around us has slowly mowed at every direction away from us until our few touches the solid warm ground. As this phenomenon happens, the wind became warm and the cloud above us clears up letting a ray of light peeks at us.

“Wow…”

“Doing this is pretty easy, but, how about Asagao, Violetta?”

“…”

“?!”

“No good… her condition isn’t improving. The poison inside her body prevents her body from recovering completely from the wounds and her health has already declined at a critical level.”

“Violetta, can you use your Arcana Magic to slow down the effect of the poison inside her body that’s eating her health?!”

“I can! For Asagao…even though I don’t have my original powers, it is still usable…”

[Arcana Magic : Control and Domination]

Asagao body glows with a transparent color of violet. As Violetta casts her arcana magic, she also casts heal to Asagao’s body continuously.

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“Mrothgir, I already used it.”

“Let me think of something…”

“Ah!”

“Violetta?”

“Yggdrasil Sap! I can use and Yggdrasil sap to…to…”

That makes sense! If it is used to Asagao, maybe the poison inside her body will be removed! But for odd reason… Violetta looks at me while tearing up with anguished countenance…

“Fon… I… used my…one and only Yggdrasil sap…earlier… I don’t have any…Fon….”

“No…”

No… No…

How can we save Asagao?!

Violetta’s lover speaks.

“Violetta, you are not at fault. You simply wanted to help people. It just shows how much you have grown from the last time I saw you…”

“Mrothgir…but… Asagao…”

Suddenly, he summons his dimensional storage and took out something. What he took out is something that Violetta had used earlier to help the adventurers.

A Yggdrasil Sap!

“You! That’s… “

“This is also a Yggdrasil Sap”

“We can save Asagao now!”

“Mrothgir, please – “

“No.”

What...?

“Hey… come on… give it… to us…”

“No. Actually, now that I think about it, what are the merits for me in saving her? Is there anything good about her life being saved?”

“You… why?! Can you just give it right now?”

“No. Why would I? Asagao is a dishonest child. On top of that, she is weak, mentally weak and physically frail. She relies on people too much most of the time. Her resolves always falter. She doesn’t have anything about her to be mention as something special. If I save her, what would the benefits that it can give to me? And are you saying that I give this precious Yggdrasil sap for free? I am not like Violetta. I am not that kind of a charity worker.”

“Bastard! Why are trying to argue at this time?!”

“Isn’t this the most intelligent argument one could give at this moment? It’s been a millennium since I got my hands on this. But the likes of Asagao, who won’t even last centuries or I think, just come and go into my lifetime, no? I had many disciples before, she may not be the worst, but she doesn’t have any use for me.”

“What the fuck…”

“And I’ll tell you this. With the modern knowledge that I acquired through my long life, I can utilize this Yggdrasil sap to its maximum potential. I can use this for saving hundreds of thousands of lives. It should be inside the scope of your interest as the king, no?”

“You…”

Wait… it is a fair argument. As a king, isn’t that a more sound decision for me? He didn’t even lie. It seems that he can save more than a hundred thousands of lives using it.

Plague can be terminated effortlessly using such advanced medication. Diseases that easily spreads by contact can be immediately remedied. Wounds, whether they are grave or not, can be healed in an instant. It's a benefit this world can smile at.

This will be a revolution for the world but...

BAM!

I was sent flying…

It doesn’t hurt but…

Why…

“I can't believe this guy… with all that I said… you were moved and become hesitant in saving Asagao!!!”

“Ah? That's...no...I wasn't...”

“Even in this dire situation your little sister in, you still thought of abandoning her life even in just a moment!”

“No..”

“You still want to prioritize the lives of the people you don’t know the life of the girl you treated as a little sister that is fleeting before your eyes!?”

“But!”

“A virtuous king indeed, but you are inhuman to the people close to you! So much for you trying to save her, what I think is, you wanted to save her to free yourself from the guilt of leaving her!”

“What… do you know about me?!”

“I don’t need to know anything about you! What you just did right now infuriates me!”

“Why the hell are you trying to argue about what I am or what I am doing right now?!”

“Asagao’s friend, without thinking, without counting or minding the consequence, would surely save her life. But you, you just hesitated! If we ever save Asagao and you only have this half-assed decision to take care of her and trust her. No doubt, this incident will just repeat itself, if not in the latter days, it will happen in the future!”

“You dare mock my resolve for her?!”

“Isn’t?! Even now, instead of begging me to save her life, you are showing this pompous attitude of yours, human king. Is your pride at stake here and Asagao’s life isn’t important?!”

“Shut up!”

“Admit it! You just want to feed your own ego to make yourself feel good. To save yourself from the guilt, and you still don’t have the resolve to fully trust her you impervious king.”

“…”

“You are hesitating. How can you fully commit to saving her? How can you even deal with her in the future? If you continue this attitude of yours, I will save Asagao and I will take her away from you, somewhere you can never ever see her again.”

“Like hell, i'd let you!”

“Tell me about it if you can’t take care of her. She would be in a much better hand at my side.”

“Then, I will kill you right now, and I am going to take that damn Yggdrasil sap forcibly!!”

I stand up and drew out my weapon and point it at him with a death glare. My pride, my resolve, he mocked everything. I have done so much for the people of my land and yet, he belittles me. He doesn't know what's going on through my everyday hardship!

“So that’s how you are going to respond..”

“Give it to me.”

“…No.”

I charge at him, he also prepares for a fighting stance.

“STOP!”

“”!!””

“At the moment you two are arguing, Asagao’s life is slowly ticking away! If you two don’t have any intention of saving Asagao, at least, let us end her suffering! If you two want to save her, stop this at once, Fon, Mrothgir!!!”