Hello I'm back, thy leg is healed but I don't have molars anymore.
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Late at night, in front of the Palais Mermonia.
At this moment, Shao Yun carried the barely conscious Eula to the palace entrance.
Eula murmured, "So cold… am I on Dragonspine…?"
Furina gripped Eula's icy hand with worry, her voice anxious. "Miss Eula, you cannot fall asleep! Hold on—we're almost at the Palais Mermonia. There will be a way to save you!"
Seeing that Furina didn't open the door, Shao Yun shouted, "Stop dawdling! Move faster and open the door! If you hesitate any longer, Eula won't make it!"
Furina, startled into action, quickly released Eula's hand, rushed forward, and pushed open the palace doors with all her strength.
With a dull thud, the doors slowly swung open, clearing a path for Shao Yun.
Without hesitation, he stepped inside, carrying Eula, rushing forward as he called out loudly, "Someone! Eula's injured! Bring a doctor immediately!"
At that moment, Ms. Melusine Sedene, on night duty, heard Shao Yun's calls. Alarmed, she immediately put down her work and hurried toward the source of the commotion.
Seeing Shao Yun holding the gravely injured Eula, her eyes widened in shock. "What… happened here?"
Shao Yun quickly explained the situation in concise words. "The Hydro Archon was attacked! Miss Eula fought until the last moment and was severely wounded. I happened to pass by and rescued them!"
Sedene's heart tightened upon hearing this. She knew the situation was extremely urgent. "Understood! I'll notify Lord Neuvillette immediately!"
Before Sedene could alert Neuvillette, he had already noticed the chaos outside and stepped out of his office.
"What's going on?"
As he spoke, he saw Shao Yun holding the completely unconscious Eula, and Furina standing beside him, her clothes stained with blood and her face filled with fear.
"Miss Eula… Lady Furina, why is there so much blood on you?" Neuvillette asked, frowning.
At that moment, Furina, as if waking from a nightmare, noticed the dried bloodstains on her hands and the scattered droplets on her clothes.
She quickly realized that all the blood belonged to the unconscious Eula.
"I'm fine! None of this blood is mine! The real danger is Eula—she's barely holding on!" Furina shouted, her voice trembling with fear and worry.
Neuvillette quickly approached Shao Yun, looking down at Eula in his arms. He gently placed his right hand on the delicate arch of her neck, feeling for her pulse.
Detecting a faint heartbeat, he let out a slight sigh of relief but did not waste a second.
"I'll fetch a doctor immediately!"
With that, Neuvillette disappeared in a flash deeper into the palace.
…
In Furina's suite.
Shao Yun gently laid the gravely injured Eula on Furina's bed.
Though her face remained lifeless, the blood hole in her abdomen had mostly healed.
As Shao Yun had just set her down, Eula began mumbling incoherently.
"Am I… going to die? Father, Mother… Amber…"
Furina knelt by the bed, tightly holding Eula's now-chilly hand, her voice choked with tears. "Eula, you'll be fine! Your wound has stopped bleeding and is slowly healing—just hang on!"
But Eula gave no response, seemingly in a deep coma.
Shao Yun, seeing this, casually spoke to the unconscious girl. "When Lumine got hurt, her injuries were worse than this, and she survived—you'll be fine too."
Still, Eula did not respond. She had completely lost consciousness.
For a moment, the room was filled only with the sound of Furina's soft sobbing.
After a while, Furina lifted her tear-streaked face toward Shao Yun. "She… she's unconscious."
Seeing Furina so heartbroken, Shao Yun remained unshaken, confident in the power of the Special Miracle Tonic.
Looking at Furina, whose tears seemed endless, Shao Yun asked what had happened.
"What happened between you and Eula before I arrived? I mean, why weren't you at the Palais Mermonia tonight? Why were you out on the streets?"
Shao Yun thought: You wouldn't have taken Eula out to chase cats or something, right?
Furina explained, still crying. "I performed at the opera tonight, so I returned late. On our way back to the Palais Mermonia, a mysterious person suddenly appeared and attacked me. Miss Eula fought that person to protect me and gave me a chance to escape."
"But that person was too strong—Miss Eula lost, and I was captured. Then you appeared."
Shao Yun muttered, "So that's how it happened…"
Looking at the unconscious Eula lying on the bed, he thought to himself: I thought Arlecchino would have killed Eula just to remove an obstacle…
"Considering the blood loss and Furina just sitting there dazed, if I hadn't come, Eula could've really died…"
After thinking this, Shao Yun glanced toward the door. "Alright, at least neither of you died. I'll leave first. That mysterious person probably won't attack you here at the palace…"
Just as Shao Yun turned to leave, the effects of the tonic kicked in. Eula, half-awake and groggy, grabbed onto Shao Yun's pants.
"Don't go, Amber… I'm scared…"
Shao Yun turned to look at her, instinctively asking, "What?"
Half-dreaming, she repeated, "Amber! Don't… go…"
Then she lost consciousness again, releasing Shao Yun's pants and slipping back into a coma.
Shao Yun glanced at the red Vision hanging at his waist. "Alright… you must have mistaken this for Amber's Vision. But… our physiques are nothing alike. How did you get that wrong?"
…
At that moment, the door opened.
A petite girl, resembling Melusine in appearance, carrying a medical kit, stepped inside.
The mysterious girl introduced herself to Shao Yun and Furina: "Hello, I'm the doctor Lord Neuvillette sent. My name is Siegwinne."
Shao Yun froze. What? Neuvillette flew all the way to the fortress of Meropide just to fetch Siegwinne for Eula's treatment? Is Fontaine out of doctors, or does Neuvillette only know this one? The latter seems more likely…
Furina, seeing the doctor, rushed forward and grasped Siegwinne's hands, pleading. "Miss Siegwinne, please save Eula quickly!"
Siegwinne looked at the tearful, snot-streaked Furina and gently removed her hands. "I know. I'm here for this reason. Lady Hydro, there's no need to panic."
Compared to Furina's incoherent sobbing, Shao Yun calmly explained Eula's current condition. "Hello, Miss Siegwinne. The patient lost too much blood and fell into a coma. I gave her some medicine to stabilize her for now."
As soon as Siegwinne set down her medical kit, she noticed Shao Yun had already administered some medicine to Eula. She immediately held out her hand. "What did you give the injured patient? May I smell it?"
Shao Yun handed her the bottle of the Special Miracle Tonic. "Here, this is the bottle."
Siegwinne sniffed the medicine at the opening, gauged its properties, and then tasted a small amount.
"This smells very vital… it can restore fatigue and even refresh the mind. Not bad… and slightly sweet."
Shao Yun thought: Melusine's sense of taste is really different. Something bitter to the rest of us tastes sweet to her!
After confirming there was nothing wrong with the tonic, Siegwinne began examining Eula.
"Next, I'll check the little injured one."
…
After finishing the examination, Siegwinne looked at Eula's healed abdomen and explained her current condition to Shao Yun.
"I've checked. Miss Eula has only lost too much blood. Her wound is healing at an incredible speed. She's not in immediate danger, but she will remain weak for a while."
"From here on, leave her care to me."
Seeing there was nothing more for him to do, Shao Yun said, "Good. I'll leave then."
Siegwinne nodded at Shao Yun's departure, then turned to Furina. "Lady Hydro, I should examine you as well."
Furina, having already stopped crying—not because she had calmed, but because she had exhausted her tears—wiped her face. "No need. I'm not injured. Miss Siegwinne, focus on taking care of Eula."
…
At the door, Neuvillette saw Shao Yun leaving and thanked him. "Mr. Shao Yun, thank you for saving Miss Eula and Lady Furina."
Shao Yun took the opportunity to complain, "Your security in Fontaine is honestly embarrassing!"
Neuvillette nodded without comment. "Apologies for troubling you."
Shao Yun pointed toward Furina's room. "Take good care of Eula. We're leaving now."
Seeing Shao Yun rush off, Neuvillette asked, "Wait—what exactly happened?"
Without looking back, Shao Yun replied, "Ask Furina about the specifics. I need to deliver some late-night food to Paimon and Lumine!"
…
After leaving the Palais Mermonia, Shao Yun muttered to the "system" in his mind: "Tomorrow morning, I need to find Arlecchino—wake me up early."
The system was shocked. Shao Yun actually cared about someone else?
[You… really? Seems Lumine's words still work on you…]
Shao Yun sneered internally. "What are you thinking? I'm going to blackmail her—'Oh, Arlecchino, you wouldn't want your attack on the Hydro Archon to be revealed, right? Then pay up to keep my mouth shut.'"
Hearing Shao Yun was taking advantage of the situation, the system immediately "broke."
[I… I really overestimated you! You're a morally corrupt demon!]
Shao Yun read the system's judgment and replied casually: "If I were a morally corrupt demon, would I give Eula a Special Miracle Tonic? I'd have let her die… are corpses more useful than the living?"
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