Chapter 39: Healing

Emily didn't want to indiscriminately kill innocent people. If it were a matter of punishing a few heinous individuals, she could justify it to herself. However, when it came to her sister, the pitiful girl who had suffered inhuman abuse at the age of 14, she was completely innocent. Emily couldn't bring herself to harm her in any way.

Seeing Emily hesitate, the woman knelt down with a thud. "Please, my sister cannot take care of herself at all. Her life is filled with pain. Let her go with me!"

Emily remained hesitant, but the woman continued kneeling, persistently pleading. Even if Emily threatened her, she refused to get up. Indeed, what would someone who had lost all hope in life fear?

Emily sighed helplessly. "Take me to see her."

A glimmer of light sparkled in the woman's eyes. She quickly got up and led Emily to the psychiatric hospital.

"Yueyue is here?" The nurses in the hospital greeted the woman warmly. She responded amiably and led Emily all the way to the end of the hospital corridor.

The door opened, revealing a beautiful girl with a vacant expression. When she saw the woman, a hint of joy flickered in her eyes. But as soon as she saw Emily, she frantically struggled, resembling a rabid dog trying to break free from its restraints.

The woman hurried over to comfort the girl, and gradually, she calmed down. Her eyes remained vigilant, fixed on Emily. Emily noticed the ugly and grotesque scars on the girl's wrists, a testament to the pain she had endured in the past.

Emily averted her gaze, feeling a pang of sorrow. While the woman spoke gently to the girl, she began to untie her restraints.

"Lehua, come with your sister. We will soon be free, and in the next life, we will still be sisters. Sister will protect you... In this life, sister is powerless..." The woman rambled on, while the girl looked at her with a bewildered expression, completely unaware of what she was saying.

As the girl's restraints were completely undone, she crazily lunged forward and fiercely bit Emily's arm. The woman quickly rushed over to pull the girl away, looking panic-stricken as she saw Emily's injured arm.

But in the blink of an eye, the profusely bleeding wound began to heal. The arm regained its radiance, except for the bloodstains that remained, there was no trace of any injury.

The girl's mouth was stained with Emily's blood, and as the woman was about to wipe it off, the girl extended her tongue and rolled the blood into her mouth. The taste of blood, both metallic and sweet, spread within her mouth. Then, with a sudden thud, the girl collapsed to the ground, motionless.

"Lehua! What's wrong with you?" The woman rushed over and desperately shook the girl's body, but she remained unresponsive.

Emily looked at the lifeless girl, wondering if she had been poisoned. That's how Boris died.

The woman lay on top of the girl, crying hysterically, and kept repeating, "Lehua, take it slow. Wait for sister. Sister will come to you soon!"

"Where are you going?" The girl suddenly opened her eyes and looked at the woman, her expression puzzled.

Tears still streamed down the woman's face as she looked at the girl in disbelief. Since the girl's incident, she had hardly spoken clearly, often emitting only bestial roars. Now, she had spoken a clear sentence.

"Lehua?" The woman stared at the girl in astonishment. "Who am I?"

"Sister..." The girl answered with a normal expression.

"How could this happen? How could it?" The woman's face was filled with astonishment and joy. Even the doctors had said that the girl would never wake up again. And now, after biting Emily, she miraculously turned into a normal person. The woman suddenly regretted her decision, and she pleaded with Emily, her eyes filled with hope, "Can you... let my sister go?"

"I never agreed to let her go with you in the first place," Emily said coldly.

"Thank you! Thank you!" The woman became overwhelmed with excitement and knelt down, kowtowing to Emily twice.

"No! I want to go with my sister!" The girl spoke firmly. "Sis, I no longer have the will to live. Let me go with you. You said that in the next life, we would still be sisters!"

The woman's face flickered with uncertainty as she looked at the girl. The two locked eyes for a long time, and in the end, the woman nodded. Yes, so much had happened, even if they continued to live, how could they face the future?

...

When Emily brought the two to Benjamin's cave, the sun was already setting. Benjamin was sleeping in the cave, but he woke up when he heard the sound. When he saw the woman, his eyes instantly lit up, like a starving wolf seeing a dripping piece of meat.

"Wait before you eat, just wait a moment!" Emily warned before turning around and taking off into the sky, leaving the two women staring in shock. They huddled together, looking at Benjamin. Benjamin stared back at them intently, afraid they might sprout wings and fly away.

When Emily returned, flapping her wings and carrying a man's belt in her hand, the man was already unconscious, his head hanging limply. Emily threw him in front of Benjamin like a pile of mud.

"This is an extra meal!" Emily pointed her chin at the man.

In an instant, the two women in the corner, upon seeing the man's face, radiated intense hatred from their eyes. They wanted nothing more than to rush forward and tear the man to pieces. However, Benjamin had already grabbed the man, revealing sharp fangs, and bit into his throat.

Watching Benjamin greedily suck on the blood, Emily licked her dry lips. For some reason, she felt an unbearable thirst. She frowned and said, "Can't you have a more graceful way of eating? You're wasting such a handsome face!" With that, she walked out.

Benjamin innocently looked up, watching her back as she left. It wasn't the first time he had seen himself drinking blood, so what was wrong today?

The gentle breeze at the entrance of the cave mixed with the scent of blood in the air. Emily felt the thirst easing slightly. She spread her wings and twisted her neck to get a good look. Only then did she begin to contemplate why she sprouted wings.

Emily plucked one of her feathers, like plucking a hair, feeling a slight twinge of pain that could easily be ignored. She held the feather in her hand and carefully observed it. The feather was glossy black, with a silky sheen. It felt smooth to the touch, with a pleasant texture. But why did she grow wings? And why were they black, as dark as a gemstone? The only thing she could think of was fallen angels. But did angels as a species truly exist?

Emily folded her wings and returned to the cave. Benjamin had already drained all three people of their blood. His chest was no longer bleeding. She glanced at the two sisters, then carried their lifeless bodies outside the cave and dug a grave, burying them together.

"Let's find a better time to be reincarnated in the next life, and hopefully, we won't be so unlucky!" Emily sighed as she looked at the grave.

She returned to the cave and started a fire. She roasted the wild boar until it was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, satisfying her hunger.

"Let's go rescue Bloodblade and take him with us to find the Spirit Staff," Emily said, patting her full stomach.

"What!?" Benjamin's eyes widened, and he shouted with a burst of energy, "Absolutely not!"