When Jenny Benma opened her tired eyes, she felt as if she had just been fished out of the endless deep sea. She was covered in sweat and she didn't even have the strength to speak.
"Master Jenny, are you awake?"
A waiter who she didn't recognize hurriedly ran out of the room, and the other picked up a bowl of potion and said, "Master Yinghuo said that once you wake up, you must drink these potions as soon as possible. She specially matched it for you."
Jenny nodded and allowed herself to be manipulated by the waiter. As her health got worse and worse these days, she became more and more desperate. Originally, she just wanted to come and meet Lant Galloping Horse in person to see if she could be the same galloping horse. The members of the family coordinated with each other, but the unexpected appearance of a quasi-legendary fox master almost made her the assassin who murdered the governor of Yeqi City.
However, the Fox Clan's conspiracy did not succeed, and my situation was even worse than the one that succeeded. During the confrontation with the Fox Clan, I discovered that Lant Galloping Horse had too many secrets, and was directly detained. From then on, his body has literally become... Every day is getting worse.
When she first woke up and heard that she was going to drink the magic potion, Jenny even wanted to say to the waiter: Give me a treat, don't torture me like this. However, when her lips touched the potion soup, the feeling suddenly changed.
The warm current flowed down the mouth and into the stomach, and the magic power in it rushed into his own magic pool like a whirlpool. Every cell in his body seemed to be awakened in an instant, shouting for another bowl.
"Can you give me another bowl?" Although Jenny had eaten intermittently in the past few days, at this moment she seemed to have just swam from the mangrove island to the coast dozens of kilometers away.
Looking at the girl's longing eyes, the waiter showed a troubled expression: "Master Jenny, Master Yinghuo said that she needs to prepare the next potions and rice herself and will deliver them right away..."
Before the waiter could finish explaining, the door behind her opened, and Yinghuo, Wendy and Lili walked in together.
"Jenny, do you feel better?" Yinghuo ran to Jenny's side as soon as she entered the door. She took Jenny's hands sincerely and used her magic power to explore the other person's body and magic state.
"Of course, I suddenly feel a lot better. Thank you for taking care of me these two days." Jenny was a little embarrassed about the girls' care. After all, a few minutes ago, she was guessing that the girls in front of her were planning to murder her.
Behind Yinghuo, Wendy crossed her arms and watched the interaction between the two girls. After Yinghuo confirmed that Jenny was fine, she took out a glass bottle.
"Jenny Benma, I know you must be curious, why as a water mage, you have been so weak in the past few days, and why did you suddenly get better today, right?" Wendy's eyes were sharp, and she knew that Jenny was by no means taking it easy. If she doesn’t make it clear now, she will definitely blame Lant for this matter, so she handed the bottle in her hand to Jenny, “Do you recognize the contents of the bottle?”
"This..." Jenny took the bottle and saw only a translucent object the size of a fingertip in the bottle. If you look closely, you can see several nearly transparent tentacles under the bulging spherical structure.
"This is..." The girl's pupils suddenly narrowed. In her memory, these Poseidon dependents can only be seen in Poseidon's temple, "Liquid phase dependents?"
"What?" Yinghuo heard a strange word but didn't understand its meaning.
Looking at Jenny's expression, Wendy knew that the girl in front of her must have understood something, so she smiled and said: "It seems that you know what this thing means better than me. I can tell you the truth, this thing comes from your body It was taken out of your body. Your weakness these days is also because there are too many bugs in your body. They are constantly devouring your magic and nutrients in your body. If Queen Tenia hadn't taken action personally, you might not have survived this month."
Jenny listened to Wendy's words and shook her head subconsciously. In her heart, she really wanted to refute Wendy loudly. She really hoped that this was the Poseidon race that Lant Galloping had stolen from the deep sea thousands of miles away. Transported all the way to the western border just to dispel his loyalty to Poseidon.
However, her reason told her that the sea monster larvae in the glass bottle were taken out of her body, and Wendy and the others actually saved her.
"I know it may be difficult for you to accept, but I still choose to tell you the truth." Wendy sat beside Jenny's bed and looked levelly at the girl who was speechless. "At least there is something in your body. There are hundreds of these bugs. They almost kill you. Lant guesses that the original function of these bugs is like the notes in music. They are arranged and combined to produce syllables, which is a specific magical effect. They are most likely to protect you. , or it may be to let you get in touch with your Poseidon, or of course it may be to punish you when you are not loyal enough."
Wendy and Jenny looked at each other, both of them understood the meaning of the so-called punishment.
"Lant asked me to tell you that all the bugs on your body have been cleared now, which means you have a chance to choose. If you choose to leave the ocean and return to the land - whether it is to become a water mage in Yeqi City, Or go to the imperial capital, you can start over without any worries.
Of course, if you choose to return to the embrace of Poseidon, he will understand and is willing to negotiate with Marquis Fiat to send you back at the right time. However, since you know some secrets in the territory, you still need to live here for a while, but We will be able to return to the beach before the end of the year at the latest. "
Hearing what Wendy said, Jenny was a little surprised: "You mean, do I have a choice?"
"Yes, although we don't agree, Rant insists that you make your own choice. He said that there are some people he knows in Hindukel, and you can live in those neutral city-states first."
Jenny's heart was extremely chaotic. The belief of the past few decades told her that she belonged to the ocean and was the favored one of Poseidon. However, now she discovered that Poseidon was very skillful in controlling his favored ones.
"Can you... give me a few days?" The girl's brain shut down for a moment. This was the most confused moment in her life.
"What else do you have to consider?" Yinghuo became a little anxious, "Do you still want to go back to the sea and swallow two kilograms of these larvae alive?"
"Yinghuo! Let her take care of it by herself." Wendy patted her best friend beside her, then turned to Jenny and said, "Jenny, I don't think what you've been doing these past two days is that Poseidon really wants your life. Maybe It's because He can't contact you and the larvae in your body are ready to move. If you go back to the seaside, He won't make it difficult for you after learning about your situation. But what I want to know most is, after you understand the truth, what will happen to you? Can I still believe in Poseidon like I once did?”
(End of chapter)
