Farah''s POV
I can''t help but decide to enter the church along with Kagehina. However, when I touch the church''s door, I immediately feel a strange sensation on the door. I can''t move the door in front of me at all...It''s like I am touching a hard wall.
-A barrier, huh? (Farah)
It''s not a too complicated barrier since I can unlock it after a while.
-Sorry for the intrusion! (Farah)
Unlike last time, I can easily open the door this time.
-I wonder what is inside? (Farah)
I take out the nanomachine I store in my body and command them to turn into flies.
-Please explore the inside for me... (Farah)
Those flies motionless fly through the slit in front of them and reach inside. After a while, the flies return safely and transmit what they saw into my brain.
-An ordinary church? (Farah)
It''s so weird that I find anything from a statue of a goddess and a few chairs. I have no choice but to walk inside by myself and check the situation with Kagehina.
We search throughout the church and hope I can find the trace of the people I detected.
-Master? (Kagehina)
-Yes? (Farah)
-It''s over here. (Kagehina)
Kagehina calls out to me and points at the place under the goddess statue.
-Sorry for this... (Farah)
I use the magic to move the statue out of the way. I eventually find a door leading down under the statue.
-They probably stay down there. Let''s check on those people, Kagehina. (Farah)
Kagehina nods and moves along with me. Following the stair lead downside, we find a basement underground.
The basement is not built cheaply like the church, but a high-tech shelter that looks almost like Hana''s spaceship.
-Woah... (Farah)
We open the first door and find it leading to a room full of wounded people.
-Master... (Kagehina)
I darken as I see the people in front of me. They all have a symptom like the people I just saved recently.
-Radiation symptoms...? (Farah)
But it doesn''t look like those people are used for the experiment since I can bandage cover them neatly. If those maniacs want to stop them from escaping, they won''t let them free like this.
-Let''s me check up on them. (Farah)
Since most of them are in pain and groan...I don''t think I will not get any meaningful information from them anyway.
-Sister, are you here again?
A patient suddenly calls out to me.
-Yes? (Farah)
He coughs like crazy when he wants to say the next sentence. I arrive by his side and try to pat his back.
-Sister...? Who are you guys?
I immediately try to make up a situation inside my head.
-I am the doctor that sister hired! (Farah)
-Are you too small for a doctor?
-... (Farah)
-Just believe in what the master said. (Kagehina)
-And who are you? (Farah)
-Master''s assistant? (Kagehina)
The man has a pokan face as he hears my explanation.
-Well, I am going to die, anyway.
He doesn''t seem to believe me at all.
-I am not lying, though... (Farah)
I smile at him and start treating the man.
-Huh?
After a minute, the man stands up and moves around as if he is perfectly normal.
-What??
He turns to me and bows down at me.
-I am sorry for all my rudeness...But please, save other people too!
-It''s what I plan to do... (Farah)
The man looks at the teary eyes while holding my hand.
-Thank you...
It doesn''t take long for me to heal everyone in the basement. I eventually learnt about the man''s identity.
-So you used to be a commander? (Farah)
-Yes, but not anymore...That bombing kills all of the people in my squad.
-Do you hate them? (Farah)
-You mean the revolution?
-Yes... (Farah)
The man looks down and says with an exhausted voice.
-It''s impossible to say that I don''t have a grudge against them.
-Then...? (Farah)
-Will I take revenge? You mean?
-Yes...? (Farah)
-I won''t!
-Eh? (Farah)
The man scratches his head and says.
-Looks at your expression. I can guess you are not from this planet.
-What do you mean by that? (Farah)
-Because if you have that kind of healing magic and are born on this planet. You will never use it to save us.
-... (Farah)
-Even when I am a citizen of this planet, I can agree with the revolutionary one fact their treatment is so terrible.
-This... (Farah)
-The discrimination is the thing that fuels this war. I must admit, it''s a mistake coming from our side.
The man grasps his hand and continues.
-It doesn''t mean that I agree with their action.
He points at himself and roars.
-It''s fine for them to kill us. But to slaughter every single innocent life is far too cruel.
I nod as I hear the man''s statement.
-Let... (Farah)
-Master? (Kagehina)
-Yes? (Farah)
-I can smell something familiar coming from the surface. (Kagehina)
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