Chapter 757: Sharon
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Wendy walked into the hospital with a dinner box in hand and there she saw Nana’s father Tigui Pine talking with a man and a woman. They bowed and then bent their knees, acting as if they were going to get down on their knees, but Viscount Tigui stopped them at once. This went on for quite a long while and then they bowed to him and left reluctantly.
When they got out of the hospital, Wendy ca to him and asked curiously, "Who’re they?"
Tigui shrugged and said, "Who else could they be? They’re the parents of the new witch. They were worried about leaving her alone in the hospital and were asking whether they could take her ho. After I told them it was the king who wanted her to stay here, they imdiately changed their attitude and expressed gratitude to His Majesty." Wendy sensed a little disappointnt and pride in his last sentence.
Wendy couldn’t stop herself from laughing, "You think every parent is like you, who dare to break into the lord’s castle for his daughter."
She knew why he felt disappointed. He believed that parents should never hand their kids over to anyone else, even if a king asked. When Nana had awakened, he had gone directly to Roland’s castle without a letter of introduction. Fortunately, the kind and rciful Prince Roland had never intended to do any harm to her, so this incident had ended up becoming a moving story. If he had intruded into the castle of Duke Ryan or any other great noble in the Western Region to save Nana, he would have never been able to get off so easily.
Although that story had happened before Wendy had co to Border Town, she had heard it from Nightingale repeatedly. That was why she naturally understood where Tigui’s pride ca from.
"At least, they’re way better than Sumr’s parents," Wendy sighed.
Sumr’s parents had hurriedly sent her to the castle to get one gold royal when she awakened to be a witch. They had treated her like a slave they had sold to the king and the Witch Union and warned her not to refuse any of their requests. If it hadn’t been for the money they would’ve got, they probably would not let her return ho.
Disappointed by her family, Sumr did not return ho as often as before once she got used to living with all the sisters in the Witch Building.
As a witch, she could be considered as lucky.
However, as a daughter, she had been abandoned by her parents.
Tigui nodded and agreed with Wendy. "Indeed, they are. One of them works in the Furnace Area and the other is a handyman in the construction team. They had no idea what happened to her until they finished their jobs, but as soon as they heard the news, they hurried here without even having dinner. I can tell from their faces, they do care about the girl."
Wendy smiled and said, "It looks like I was right to bring this dinner box with . Could you take to Sharon?"
Tigui touched his beard and said, "Of course, please follow ."
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After the restructure and extension, this hospital now had an inpatient departnt, but only a few patients would stay here, as Nana and Lily could cure most of the patients in Neverwinter in a short ti. They usually just needed to stay in the hall of the hospital for a while to fully recover.
Considering that the influence of the church might still exist, Roland had asked the hospital to let Sharon stay. He was not sure whether all the people who had immigrated from the other districts of Graycastle could accept the witches as one of them. By keeping her in the hospital, at least, he could ensure that she would not beco holess or get hurt by her family.
Tigui and Wendy ca to the recovery ward. He gently pushed the door open and waved to Nana by the bed. "It’s ti dinner. You can talk to your friend later."
"She’s not going to have dinner with us?" Nana asked surprised. She then saw Wendy and said, "Sister Wendy. You also ca."
Wendy smiled and patted the dinner box in her hand, saying, "I brought her dinner."
Nana said, "Oh, I see. You guys talk first. I’ll co back later." She said goodbye to Sharon and left the ward with her father.
Wendy walked to the bed and put the dinner box on the bedside cupboard. She turned around and t Sharon’s eyes. The new witch was looking at her, her face curious. Wendy asked, "How do you feel about becoming a witch?"
The girl had a childish face and short rosy hair. It was a rare hair color in Graycastle and reminded her of a rosebud. Wendy knew for sure that she would beco more beautiful after her awakening. She could already imagine how extraordinary she would look once she would enter adulthood.
Sharon replied, "I felt that sothing got into my body... Miss Nana told that was the magic power." She pursed her lips and continued, "Are you a witch, too? Does it always hurt the first ti?"
Though her second question could cause so ambiguity, she knew exactly what she was talking about. "Yes, I’m a witch. You can call Wendy. As for your second question, not really... It’s not that important anyway. As long as you learn how to use the magic power, it’ll beco part of you, like your arms and legs." With these words, she opened the iron dinner box and put the steaming food on the bedside cupboard.
Sharon swallowed twice to prevent herself from drooling, but she could not stop her stomach from growling.
She blushed with embarrassnt at once.
"Are you hungry?" Wendy smiled and imdiately placed a Bird Beak Mushrooms soup in front of the little girl.
So scallions ware floating in the light yellow soup. The oil on the surface was shimring in the firelight. Compared to a light vegetable soup, the sll of the at made this soup much more tempting.
Wendy had learned this trick of using nice food to reassure people from Roland who liked to hold a banquet to welco new witches.
Sharon nodded vigorously.
Wendy said softly, "Drink so soup to warm your stomach first before you eat other food."
Soon the little girl started to gobble down her dinner, making even Wendy feel hungry, too.
She asked, "Where’s your friend? Did she go ho?"
Sharon said while devouring her food, "I don’t know... probably yes."
Wendy was surprised. "Didn’t she co to see you?"
"No..." Sharon shook her head. " She probably did not trust completely. After all, I also ca from the Southern Territory like those students who bullied her."
Wendy was startled. "What? You’re from the Southern Territory?"
"Yeah." The little girl stuffed a piece of Bird Beak Mushroom into her mouth. "Mapleflower Town, a small town near Eagle City... but now it’s uninhabitable."
Wendy exclaid, "I thought you’re from the east just like her. I thought that was why you helped her."
"I shouldn’t help her as we’re from different regions?" Sharon blinked her eyes and said seriously, "the disputes among the nobles obviously have nothing to do with her. Those guys just wanted to find so excuse to bully her. No matter where we ca from, wrong is wrong. If I didn’t stand out to stop them, nobody would correct such a mistake."
She remained speechless for a while, lost in her thoughts.
Your Majesty, you were worried about nothing. This girl doesn’t need to comfort her.
I can tell from the expression in her eyes—She’s absolutely certain about her decision.
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