After Broken Sword helped her put on protective socks, he carried her to the wheelchair, followed by simple washing and breakfast... Amy in the next bedroom also woke up. When everything was ready, the two pushed the wheelchair and headed towards the medical center.
It was obvious that Hero was much more nervous than usual, hardly saying a word along the way. Fortunately, Amy played the role of enlivening the atmosphere, so that the tense emotions did not spread to Broken Sword.
As for Amy herself... perhaps optimism was her nature, she could smile at any time, even on the escape route of the Kingdom of Dawn—this was something that Broken Sword envied very much.
It was almost nine in the morning when they arrived at the medical center. As soon as they entered the yard, the three saw Wendy waiting at the door.
No, not just Wendy, but also Scroll, Anna, Leaf, Mystery Moon, Lily... almost all the members of the Witch Union were gathered here, waiting for their arrival.
Even though she was not the one being treated, Broken Sword still felt a surge of warmth in her heart, she even felt her eyes stinging.
A slight tremor came from the palm holding the wheelchair, she knew it was Hero's fluctuating mood.
"His Majesty and Marquis Speel are already waiting for you in the medical room," Wendy walked up with a smile and touched Hero's head, "Don't worry, you will soon regain freedom."
"His Majesty?" Broken Sword said in surprise, "Has His Majesty Roland also come?"
"Who else could it be," Mystery Moon exclaimed, "The only one who can make Lily put down her microscope and those weird bugs, and follow along, is His Majesty himself."
"Don't talk nonsense!" Lily shouted, covering her mouth.
This made the three couldn't help but chuckle, and the tense mood eased a little.
Wendy shook her head helplessly, "Let's go, don't keep His Majesty waiting too long."
Broken Sword pushed the wheelchair into the medical room, saluted the King and Marquis, and carefully carried Hero to the bed.
Just as the latter was about to take the herb, Anna finally rushed over.
She gently held Hero's hand, as before, "I will stay here until you wake up."
This sentence seemed to possess incredible magic, Broken Sword saw the girl on the hospital bed finally settle down.
Indeed, on the long escape route, it was Anna who single-handedly brought the three girls, who had no experience in wild survival, unharmed to the Kingdom of Dawn. In this process, they all regarded Anna as the backbone, believing that as long as she was there, any problem could be solved.
Not long after swallowing the pill, Hero fell into a deep sleep.
"Let's start," Wendy said to Broken Sword.
She nodded and closed her eyes—in an instant, the five senses disappeared instantly, as if thrown into a void. However, this feeling only lasted for a few breaths, and soon she "saw" the surrounding things again—through Nana Waxiaojie's eyes.
The experience after using the ability was wonderful, she could even see herself, like a short and thin "bishou", with a vibrant emerald green soft light flowing between the blades.
This willow leaf-like bishou was the suggestion of His Majesty, he said that waving a long sword in front of the bed was too weird and inconvenient, it was better to turn it into a short dagger. He also gave this type of weapon a strange name, called a scalpel.
Suddenly, a more surging magic power rushed into her body, the fullness made her hum uncontrollably, of course, only the little girl holding her could hear this slight shenyin.
"Is it still very uncomfortable?" Nana Wa raised the scalpel to her eyes.
"It's much better than the previous few times," Broken Sword took a deep breath—although this was just her subconscious action, after all, weapons don't breathe, "It's okay, I can bear it, you can use it as you wish."
This powerful magic power came from Leaf. When Speel. Pasci connected the two of them, this magic power would also impact Broken Sword. Fortunately, Leafxiaojie's ability itself has the characteristics of vitality and nourishment, and it would not be too uncomfortable after adaptation, unlike Anna's Blackfire,
, which was hard, sharp, and cold, as if her whole body was filled with steel needles, plus the vast capacity of magic power, which was almost unbearable for her.
Therefore, when working with witches, she cooperated with Annaxiaojie the least.
Since she could establish a certain conscious connection with the user after becoming a blade, she also vaguely realized that the witch's magic power and her personality were not unrelated. The temperament of most witches could always be felt from the fluctuations of magic power. Therefore, she found it very difficult to understand, Anna xiaojie, who looked approachable and intelligent despite not talking much, would give her such a feeling in magic power.
Anna took off Hero's socks, and a faint black line appeared at her fingertips, binding her legs like a rope.
Broken Sword couldn't help but shiver.
She had seen with her own eyes that when necessary, this Blackfire could instantly melt metal and burn everything, but now, it was just an extremely hard and cold thin thread, just like the feeling that the other party's magic power gave her during cooperation.
The black line disappeared quickly, Broken Sword knew that it had shrunk into an imperceptible black spot. During the contraction process, the skin, blood vessels, and bones were neatly divided into two—because the cutting surface was too smooth, a circle of bloodstains gradually appeared on the wrapped part after a while.
The cut-off limb was less than one finger thick, Nana Wa used a short dagger to pick open the already peeled epidermis, and drove the magic power to wrap the wound.
Broken Sword had seen the next treatment many times.
The blood-red wound began to grow forward, and tender new skin grew under the old skin. The magic power in the two bodies also flowed away rapidly. If Leaf did not provide a constant supply, they would exhaust all their magic power in a short time.
About half an hour later, a pair of complete feet finally appeared in front of everyone.
Nana Wa's spirit also reached its limit. She almost dropped the scalpel and let go of Broken Sword, panting heavily while holding the edge of the bed. Her forehead was covered with tiny beads of sweat.
Broken Sword was not much better. The whole process was like constantly filling her internal organs with air. Even after returning to her original appearance, she was still sore all over.
The little girl was taken by Wendy to the next room to rest for a while, but she insisted on staying.
She wanted to see Hero wake up with Anna and Amy as soon as possible.
……
After the effect of the Sleeping Fern faded, Hero slowly opened her eyes.
"How is it?" Wendy lifted her up and leaned against the head of the bed, and asked softly, "Can you feel its existence?"
She shook her head first, as if trying to shake off the lingering drowsiness from her brain, then widened her eyes and stared at her feet—where there was originally only a bare stump, with nothing but heartbreaking scars.
Everyone held their breath and turned their eyes to the back of her feet, the medical room was silent for a while.
Suddenly, the slender toes trembled slightly.
Broken Sword's heart also trembled. She even thought it was her illusion. She blinked her eyes and looked again—
The toes twitched twice again, then bent stiffly and slowly, like rusty scissors that had not moved for a long time.
Her hanging heart finally fell to the ground. Just as she was about to cheer, she saw two sparkling tears in the corner of Hero's eyes. She couldn't help being stunned. Even during that most difficult period, she had never seen the other party cry.
"Thank..." Hero choked as soon as she opened her mouth, and it took a long time to say the complete sentence, but everyone present understood what she meant, "Thank... Thank..."
Anna leaned over and hugged her, and the latter burst into tears in her arms.