Chapter 217: Chapter 189 The Concentration of Bad Women and Bad Men_2 Chapter 217: Chapter 189 The Concentration of Bad Women and Bad Men_2 “Do you still feel cold? Do you want to add another layer of clothing?”
“Thank you, Sister.” Selena offered a pleading, humble smile, “I’m much better now, no need to trouble you.”
“It’s no trouble at all…”
“Freyja, come outside for a moment.” Adela’s voice came from outside.
Freyja looked towards Selena and saw that the doll-like girl’s eyes were moist, conveying fear and yearning. But her crystal lips trembled slightly without uttering a word.
Meiwa’s heart nearly melted. She adjusted the position of the lamp and arranged Selena into a more comfortable position, “I’ll step out for a bit, just right outside. Don’t worry.”
“Mhm.” The doll-like girl nodded vigorously, “I’ll wait for you.”
Freyja left the tent and joined Adela by the river a little farther away, asking, “What’s the matter?”
“Isn’t it time to notify the Church?” Adela said with crossed arms, “You’ve seen that Blood Light Collar, she’s from an Exotic Realm, just like the invaders who caused the 422 incident; she’s a harbinger of disaster!”
“She’s just a poor soul who fell into a Void Realm passage while fleeing!” Freyja exclaimed, “She can’t be a spy from another Kingdom. Who would send a girl, who cannot move without help because she has no limbs, to explore an Exotic Realm?”
“Who knows if what she says is true or false…”
“But her body is undeniable; you’ve seen it yourself. There must be a world where they regard a limbless girl as sacred, treating a ragdoll to be manipulated at will as a statue… She barely escaped from that Hell; how could we just send her back?”
“The Church might send her to a foster home—”
“Have you ever seen a child with physical or mental disabilities in a foster home, Adela?”
Adela was silent. In the Kingdom of Blood Moon, babies born with deformities had no right to breathe. Children with disabilities acquired later in life could regain their limbs with the help of Medical Practitioners, but Selena’s limb scars had turned smooth as jade, beyond what a Medical Practitioner could address.
“So what are you planning to do? Fit her with mechanical prosthetics?”
“Not now, she’s too young for that. Mechanical prosthetics would greatly limit her growth…”
Adela suddenly grasped Freyja’s shoulders, “You’re not planning to take care of her, are you?”
Freyja averted her gaze, “But she needs care…”
“She’s a person, a minor, not a cat or a dog!” Adela spoke in a suppressed voice, grinding her teeth, “It’s one thing not to report an Exotic Realm person we encounter; citizens aren’t obliged to hunt down invaders. But fostering a minor is different—even fostering a minor from the Exotic Realm violates the ‘Bloodline Prohibition Law.’ Only the Church’s foster homes have the right to foster minors!”
“And have you passed the fostering certification? Interned at a foster home? Ordinary people who want to work in a foster home have to go through an array of training and certification. Not just anyone can raise a child! What makes you think you can raise a minor when you haven’t even figured out how to take care of yourself?”
“Why can’t you understand!” Adela was exasperated, “You’re Meiwa, you’re just in heat for men. When did Meiwa start getting heated for girls?!”
Adela was taken aback.
Freyja spoke earnestly, “It just so happens that we found her, that Selena is an Exotic Realm person who needs to be taken care of, that most people in the Kingdom of Blood Moon are not kind to her… I’m not being overly benevolent, but in the Blood Moon, only I can save her.”
“If I do nothing, she will die.” Meiwa spoke softly, “My heart is so fragile that I cannot bear even a sliver of guilt.”
Adela sighed. She felt she had sighed more in these days than in the past decade.
“But if someone reports it, then you’re breaking the law.”
“What’s there to fear, it’s not the first time I’ve broken the law—”
“I can’t pretend I didn’t hear that, ladies.”
A weathered voice suddenly came from beside them. They shuddered and slowly turned their heads.
In the dim Blood Moon, all they could see was a tall man in a Blood Frenzy Hunter Uniform on the other side of the river.
“What other law have you broken?” asked the Hunter amiably, “If you confess on your own now, Crime Hunting Hall has discounts. After 30 days of detention, you get a 15-day reduction.”
“I… does downloading pirated videos count?” Freyja said as she backed away, then dashed into the tent and scooped up Selena, but as soon as she emerged, she saw the Hunter standing in front of the tent.
Under the dim Moon Shadow, he seemed like a King ruling the night, a Demon trampling life, his crimson eyes the brightest light. The intense pressure was overwhelming; while Freyja barely resisted, Adela was already paralyzed with fear, collapsing onto the pebbly river path.
“I’ve received a notification from the Church that someone from an Exotic Realm has passed through the Void Realm channel and entered Blood Moon…” The Hunter looked at the doll-like girl in Meiwa’s arms, wearing a Blood Moon Collar, “She does look pitiful…”
“She’s not a spy from the Exotic Realm!” Freyja’s voice trembled as she tightly protected Selena, “There’s no need—”
“Of course, there’s no need.”
The Hunter smiled, “Just now, the Void Realm channel upstream has dissipated. Even if she has some exotic Mage’s fallback on her person, now it’s completely moot.”