Chapter 18

I first encountered Lucas at a refugee camp in Calais.

At that time, the situation in eastern Congo (DRC) was extremely chaotic.

Armed groups were attacking villages for reasons like seizing mineral resources and ethnic conflicts.

Hundreds of thousands of people were forced to leave their homes and flee to big cities for refuge.

When I arrived at the camp, several doctors were treating a little girl.

Due to an explosion, a small stone had become lodged in her ear.

The girl kept struggling, and Dr. Fintan and the others didn't dare to extract it carelessly.

Then someone shouted: "Ji!"

An Asian man walked over.

After examining the situation, he surprisingly pulled out some playing cards from his white coat and began performing magic on the spot.

The little girl was captivated.

So the doctor beside her immediately took action.

When that stone clinked as it fell into the metal tray,

The cards in the man's hands had also vanished.

In their place was an African violet.