Wildfire Town.
On the street outside the Living People Cemetery.
"Hey, Aiken!"
A magic apprentice grinned as he patted his companion's shoulder, "It's rare to have the chance to come out of the lab, aren't you going to enjoy yourself?"
The apprentice named Aiken smiled widely, "I'm just looking for fun, aren't I?"
His gaze shifted to the nearby Living People Cemetery.
"You mean... An Ya? Haha, you better think twice; those residents of the Living People Cemetery have tough lives! Before they got sick, they were tough folks among the commoners, otherwise, they wouldn't have lasted till now."
"So?" Aiken showed a puzzled expression, "You also said, that was before they got sick. Besides, commoners are just commoners, even the toughest among them, what do they really mean to people like us?"
"True enough. Then... together?"
"Suit yourself."
"Damn, Aiken, you're still so cold; then I won't hold back."
"I told you, whatever."
The magic apprentice named Aiken, or rather the thug, lazily walked to the entrance of the Living People Cemetery.
He felt a bit curious: today's Living People Cemetery was quite quiet.
In stark contrast to the chaotic street, to the wild town.
But he didn't think much of it.
Just as he said earlier, in essence, ordinary people are different from professionals.
Not to mention that the cemetery residents are sick, even if they weren't sick, what could they do anyway? Hmph.
Aiken grinned, tossing aside that faint trace of unease.
He kicked open the cemetery gate and strode inside.
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Temporary campsite, inside the tent.
The riot sounds from the town were getting louder.
Yet inside the tent, it was completely quiet.
Andrew had already finished eating.
The latest extinguishing plan was somewhat mapped out in his mind.
"Then let's ask Aunt Sofia, ask her and little Sophie to take care of Barbara for a while," Andrew thought.
Unknown to Andrew, Aunt Sofia also wanted to ask, "Who is this girl?"
She had already recognized the Warm Fire Commerce Association logo on Barbara's clothes; it was for this reason she hadn't erupted yet.
However, neither of them asked aloud.
Then inside the tent, little Sophie suddenly spoke up, "Andrew brother, how did you get injured?"
After Andrew had rescued her, little Sophie became strongly reliant on him.
Since Andrew entered the tent, the little girl followed him like a shadow, barely glancing at Barbara.
At this moment, little Sophie was staring at Andrew's left forearm–
There was a burn on the arm's side.
Andrew was injured.
This was an injury he didn't have before deciding to carry Barbara back to camp.
It was a new wound sustained on the way back!
In addition to the burn, there seemed to be some very strange corrosive wounds.
They were quite shocking to look at.
Little Sophie froze for a moment upon seeing the wound, her eyes suddenly reddened, "Who has hurt Andrew again?"
Big eyes rapidly filled with tears, she was about to cry from anger!
Andrew was stunned upon seeing this.
He thought that the precondition for his plan was to be able to temporarily settle Barbara here without being discovered.
However, if little Sophie started crying and drew people's attention, then the extinguishing plan would come undone before it even began, defeated prematurely!
He hurriedly comforted, "It's nothing, nothing, just a minor injury, little Sophie, don't cry."
But at this moment, little Sophie wouldn't believe it.
"Waa waa, Andrew brother is lying!
Waa waa, such serious wounds! How can they be minor? How can it be nothing?
Waa waa waa, did Grand Mage Hubert say it right? Are you really going to die in a few days?! Waa waa waa—!"
This girl is good in every way, except once she starts crying, it becomes uncontrollable, impossible to pull back.
As Sophie's mother, Aunt Sofia sometimes wondered why her daughter cried with such intensity?
In the Inner Sea Desert, crying requires energy, with the air so dry, crying too much can lead to illness.
But little Sophie seems to have been like this from an early age, as soon as she started crying, she wouldn't stop, and once she managed to stop, she would immediately be lively again.
Quite an exuberant vitality.
In short, when little Sophie truly cried, not even several carts could hold her back.
However, this time, little Sophie cried and cried, she gradually stopped by herself.
Her big eyes stared at Andrew's arm.
She saw that the wounds on Andrew's arm were healing at a speed visible to the naked eye!
Andrew knew comforting was useless; it would only have the opposite effect.
So he didn't waste his breath.
He activated "Water Magic" to drive the "Water Spirit Technique," just like treating lung burns, to heal the arm's wounds.
Not only that, Andrew also utilized the formidable self-healing power inherent in the "Water Soul Constitution."
This was one of the benefits and enhancements brought by the Water Soul Constitution.
It allowed the healing efficacy of any healing magic, including the "Water Spirit Technique," to multiply on himself!
"This... is amazing!"
Little Sophie couldn't help but exclaim softly.
Compared to Andrew's morning demonstration of the "making grapes sweeter" magic, this time, "making burns and rotten flesh into new skin" magic was far more intuitive!
Little Sophie watched the scene before her, drawing analogies, quickly realizing: "Andrew brother can heal the burns on his arm, so he can also heal the burns in his lungs, right? So Andrew brother wasn't lying to me? He really won't die as Grand Mage Hubert predicted?"