Rebirth Lives Up to the Stars

I don't know how long I passed out, and when I became conscious again, I was no longer in the woods outside the Panson Orphanage.

I was lying on a somewhat crude wooden bed, and the room was illuminated by a dim oil lamp. An old man in a mage's robe was messing with her bottles and jars at the table.

"Excuse me……"

I wanted to ask where this place was, but found that because of the lack of water, my throat seemed to have been sharpened by sandpaper, and the sound I made was hoarse and unpleasant.

She seemed to have heard the movement I made, but she didn't stop the work in her hand, she only spoke a word.

—— "Clear water is on the table, pour it yourself and drink it."

……

what happened?

where is thisWho brought me here?who is she?What about Xavier?How is the Pantheon Orphanage now?

I was completely at a loss, and the numerous question marks in my mind were crowded together, and I couldn't sort out any clues for a while.

... Well, I'll do what the old man said first, and then find other things.

Thinking of this, I slowly moved from the side of the bed to the low wooden table, poured myself a bowl of water, and then looked up and down at this strange place.

Against the backdrop of the dim light, this old room looks cramped, but if you look carefully, you will find that the furnishings inside are very delicate—this short wooden table is carved from tree roots, with a thick and Quaint texture.

"After you finish drinking, come and help me sort out the herbs."

I heard the old man's order, so I put down the bowl in my hand and walked to her side.

She looked very old, and by the light of the oil lamp, I vaguely saw her face full of grooves and gray hair.At this moment, an elemental nucleus exuding a dark green luster was condensed in her hand.

Dark green element core?I didn't expect her to be such an excellent healer.

I watched her crush the elemental core in her hand, and the scattered fragments flew towards me, then sank into my neck and chest, and disappeared.

Soon, my groggy head and my legs that seemed to be filled with lead improved a lot.

"Excuse me... where is this place?"

"North Forest."

Northern forest?How did I suddenly appear in this place?

"Excuse me...how did I..."

"Have you sorted the medicinal materials?"

She seemed a little impatient, and turned her head to look at me: "Boy, don't think that because you have a pretty face, I will be more polite to you. I won't support freeloaders."

……

This mage has a really bad temper.

And it seems that there is no willingness to answer my questions.

……what to do.

What happened when I was unconscious.

Suppressing the doubts in my stomach, I began to pick up the messy medicinal materials.

How to classify it?According to the curative effect of medicinal materials, or according to other methods?Forget it, let's do it according to the method I usually classify, it should be faster.

Rhizomes, fruits, whole plants, leaves, flowers.

Fortunately, there are not many medicinal materials, and after a general classification, there are only these five types. If there are resins or insects and animals, it may be more troublesome.

Finally, I divided these medicinal materials into several piles and put them away. When I looked up, I was startled by the face of the old man who was so close at hand.

"Boy, you are quite smart, and you work neatly."

After a moment of silence with big eyes and small eyes like this, she suddenly reached out and rubbed my hair.

"I picked you up on the road when I was traveling in the Eastern Continent. When I picked you up, you were almost eaten by a monster."

picked up...

"Excuse me...how long have I been in a coma?"

"When I picked you up, you were probably in a coma for about two days. Today is the fifth day."

After finishing speaking, she turned around, hunched over, and began to pack those strange potions again.

I am a little dazed.Two days... that Xavier he...

"Master... Excuse me, can I leave here?"

After a moment of silence, seeing that what the old man was doing seemed to have come to an end, I quickly asked her.

——I can't wait to go back to Pantheon. I want to find Xavier and Mage Booth, and I want to know if they are still alive and well, and I want to know what happened that night.

But... she turned her face, the wrinkles between her brows were deep and long, and her eyes were full of disbelief: "Of course not."

"why!"

I admit I'm a little out of sorts.Facing the senior healer who didn't know whether he was an enemy or a friend, he was concerned about Xavier's safety.But I don't have a single mark on me, I don't have anything that can prove my identity, and I don't have any usual personal belongings.

——He was even told not to leave as a matter of course.

In this northern forest, which is very far away from the orphanage, I felt for the first time that things were out of control.

"I saved you, you must obey my orders and do what I want you to do."

"When the time is up, I will naturally let you leave here."

The old man's voice was calm and gentle. She slowly picked two bottles out of the several bottles in front of her and mixed them, then said to me: "Of course, if you don't believe me, you can run away and try."

... I know, I know why she is so confident, if this is really the northern forest, then I will definitely not be able to escape.The northern forest was set up by a famous space magician in history with space magic. Only those who have been recognized can live here, and they can come and go freely.

——And as an outsider, I either couldn't get in, or I couldn't get out after being "entered".

"..."

"Grind this, this, and this into a potion, and you can rest today."

The old man picked out a few herbs from the pile of herbs and threw them to me, then pushed the door open and went out, leaving only me and the dim oil lamp as companions.

Fifteen days have passed since I worked here for nothing, and I tried to leave here halfway, but... it proved that everything the old man said before was true.

This is indeed the northern forest. After escaping twice in a row and being sent back by strange space magic each time, I completely gave up the idea of ​​escaping.

For fifteen days, I thought about many things.

In the past fifteen days, I woke up countless times in the middle of the night. After waking up, I felt at a loss that the fire that dyed the red sky in my dream was still stretching before my eyes.

——"Kroll, you stay here, I'm going to save others, listen, you must wait for me here."

Xavier's anxious voice still seemed to linger in my ears. In the dark night, his flaxen hair was wet against his temples, and the blazing fire illuminated his face and stung my eyes.

He said...he was going back to save others...but...he didn't come back to where I was before I woke up.

is not it……

I feel a little cold in my heart, and the answers to some questions seem to be ready to come out, but I dare not continue to think about it.

All this time...although I let him cling to me all day long, and I helped him with some trivial things, but...I have to admit that in my heart, I have resistance to him.

I hate his meddling, I hate his troublemaking, I hate him always nagging in my ears...

But... from my previous life to this life, I have never had such an urge... such a strong desire that a person is still alive, and I can still see him...

Xavier...

I seem to understand for the first time...you have mentioned countless times...

- What it means to be a friend.