It happened, when john went over to get the ball. As he walked towards it, he could see sothing floating around in the far distance
Once he strengthened his vision to see who or what it was, he quickly subrged himself into the water, and propelled himself over to it.
[Aqua] John thought to himself
Like a jet ski, he propelled himself through and under, the few people who were swimming quite far from the shore, and passed them in a blink.
He wasn't sure if they noticed, but didn't care. As he was about to reach it, the person suddenly got subrged into the water as if it was being dragged down.
Seeing this, john began to gather more wind and water behind him, and then let it burst propelling him at nearly the speed of a water cannon
When he finally reached the person, he could see the person's figure a lot better. It was a young girl, younger than john even. This girl was being dragged down by a girl who was half naked.
Half-naked wasn't the right word, half of her body was that of a human's while the other half, was a long shiny, scaley fish tail.
John who saw this, instantly recognised it. There was no doubt in his mind, that it was a rmaid. He couldn't see it's face and could only see it's back as it was dragging the kid down, he didn't care.
[John, be careful, those things are dangerous. If you get too close, it will use it's voice to hypnotise you. Look at the little girls eyes, she's hypnotised] Said zestari
John was surprised to see zestari giving him information, it was sothing she'd never done before. Was she getting closer to getting out of his body? John was curious but he decided to leave it to another ti,
[aeris pila] Translation: Air ball
Suddenly, the area in an extensive radius, around both john and the rmaid, was deprived off water, or, more precisely the water was forced out of that area.
[Verum Congelo] Translation: True Freeze
The rmaid then noticed john, but before she could fall back into the area with water. The outside of the air bubble, quickly froze.
They were trapped inside of a big ice sphere. It was around 100 feet away from the people who were swimming far from the shore. So they might not notice
The girl who was being dragged down was unconscious. John didn't have any ti to waste, if she really did drown, he had to get all the water out of her system.
As he approached the rmaid, it turned around and he could see it's face. Fangs coming out of it's mouth and a deford face. It was nothing like the what john expected from a rmaid
John was only a few feet away from them, when the rmaid opened her mouth.
[I told you, they can hypnotise you with their voice.] Said Zestari
As the rmaid opened her mouth, she looked confused to see that no sound was coming out, of her mouth, and before she could try any other thod. John suddenly appeared in front of her, and stretched out his hand before propelling an Ice Spike to her chest
[Silentium, Glacies]
And just like that, the rmaid froze and beca a part of the ice sphere.
"I'll deal with it later." Said John as he pulled the girl out of the unfrozen arm of the rmaid
When the girl was free from the rmaid's grip. The rmaids arm froze.
John then placed his arm slightly over the young girl's chest and mouth. It wasn't too late to save her.
"She's in the unconscious stage, breathing stopped, but heart beat has slowed..." John muttered as he kept his arms in the sa spot
Water then started to flow out of her mouth, john was forcing out the water which entered her lungs out, so that he could do the next step
John began gathering oxygen, under his hand then moved it into her lungs.
"Oxygen level restored... Heart beat rate is increasing..."
"*Cough* *Cough*"
The girls eyes suddenly opened and she sprung up, coughing out the little remaints of water
"Wh-Where am I...?" She muttered as she got up
[Now how am I going to explain what happened to her?] John thought to himself
"H-Hey, how are you feeling?" John asked
Short yellow hair and blue eyes, she looked like she was around 7 years of age.
Confused, she looked at john before asking
"Who are you?" She asked
"M-? I'm uh... a hero." John replied with a nervous smile
Her eyes suddenly lit up at john's reply
"A hero?! That's so cool!" She said
"Haha... Thank you"
"Um... Mr. Hero, where are we?" She asked
"We're in an ice sphere. Don't worry, I'll take you ho real soon now."
"Okay!" She said as he happily nodded
"Wait here, I'll need to do sothing before we go back" Said john as he looked at the frozen rmaid."
As he started walking towards the frozen rmaid, he sothing grabbed on to his leg
"Don't leave alone..." The said young girl
She was trembling and looked terrified, john was wondered if she rembered what happened or how she ended up at where she was at.
"I won't, what's your na?" John asked as he crouched down to her level
"Wilma..." She muttered
"Wilma... that's a nice na. Wilma, do you rember what happened before you got here?" John asked
She nodded
"Wilma ca swimming with mom and dad, and then... Wilma heard a song... And then... Wilma can't rember" She said
"I see... Wilma, hop on my back and hold on tightly" Said john as he crouched down and turned his back to her
Wilma nodded and got on.
John then looked over at the rmaid once more, and decided to ask Zestari sothing
[Zestari, I have a question. That rmaid, are all rmaids like that? Are they considered monsters or another race?] john asked
[rmaids, are considered a race, however, that is what you call a fallen rmaid, a rmaid who has been possessed by a dark ocean spirit. rmaids are generally a neutral race, they do not attack children or people for no reason. however, once they're possessed, they turn into hideous monsters who hypnotise souls and drown them] Zestari replied
[Can they be saved?] John asked
[… No, their salvation would be to end their life.]
[I see... I don't really want to take a life with a kid on my back. I guess I'll just leave her frozen here.]
"Wilma, do you like birds? john asked
"Yes! They can fly!" Wilma replied
"That's good" Said john before ascending from the ground
[Levite]
"Woah?! Hero! We're flying!" She said with an excited tone
"Haha, grab on tight."
[Velox]
John propelled himself out of the ice sphere with the wilma his back. As they entered into the water, he ford an air bubble around their faces.
And just like that, they reached the top.
"Cool wasn't it?" John asked as he stood on top of the water with Wilma on his back
"Mn! That very cool!" Wilma replied
"Good, let's head back" Said john as he started to walk back to the shore
John was walking on top of ice which he'd form with every step, he didn't think of a na for it, as he was just freezing the water with his feet, while using 'Glacio'.
"Hero, can you tell a story?" she asked
"Hm... Then, I'll tell you about that ti I nearly conquered a dungeon. Do you want to hear it?"
"Yes!"
***
After a few minutes of walking and storytelling, she suddenly fell asleep. They were still quite far from the shore. But now that she was asleep, john wouldn't have to walk.
[Levite, Furtim]
As john propelled himself towards the shore, Zestari asked a question
[In exchange for your questions that I answered, I have a question. You were lucky that her heart hadn't stopped beating completely, and only slowed down, but what would you have done if it had stopped?] Zestari asked
[I would have started it back up.] John replied
[Resurrection magic?] Zestari asked
[No, even if the heart stops, it doesn't an they're dead. They go into cardiac arrest. This stops the flow of blood and transport of oxygen to the brain. And if that would have happened, I would have just restarted the heart with 'sana', restoring it back to it's normal state.] John explained
[You... were you a doctor before you died?] Zestari asked
[Nope, I was just your everyday student] John replied
[…]
[but now that I think about it... I used to be anti-social... I wonder what happened to that...? Did I change after my personality rged?]
"How did no one notice such a young girl floating around... They could have stopped her" John muttered
[Hey, zestari. How many more fallen rmaids are there in this beach?] John asked
[They are rather rare, eting more than one in a day, is very unlikely. I also did not feel the presence of any others.] Zestari replied
"I see...." john muttered
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