Origin Legend: Heroic Hymn

"What can I do? I'm small and weak. No! No! Aina, cheer up!"

Ina shook her head desperately, getting rid of those distracting thoughts and calming herself down.

"Now I need to take everyone away from here, but how can I do it? Alas... Unfortunately, I am a priest and not a magician. Then I can summon some summons to take everyone away... Wait! Magician? Although I am not a magician, I still have something I can do. "

A smile finally appeared on Aina's sad face. She immediately ran to Irelia's side and raised her white aluminum wand. The wing-shaped decoration at the end of the wand flashed green light.

"Earth Spirit! Please use the purest life force to repair the wounds of my companions! - Great Healing"

A soft green light shone on Irelia, and her wounds gradually healed. This was the second time that Aina used the healing spell today.

Although she had recovered some of the energy she had previously consumed, it was still not enough to support her in completing the healing spell. A strong feeling of dizziness spread throughout her body.

Ina's body trembled and the spell was almost interrupted. The stubbornness in Ina's heart was aroused. This is the only thing I can do for everyone, and I must persevere.

Ina bit the tip of her tongue hard, and the intense pain dispelled the dizziness, but the green light still gradually weakened.

"No! You have always protected me, now it is time for me to protect you! Great God of Light! I am willing to exchange my life for the power to protect my companions! - Forbidden Technique: Contract of Life Exchange."

Aina's voice became sonorous and powerful, and the green light suddenly became stronger. However, Aina's originally shiny white hair became dull, her smooth skin began to dry, and her bright eyes became dull.

……

Irelia felt a warm force nourishing her whole body, and she slowly opened her eyes and sat up.

"Cat, where am I?"

"Sister Ai...Riliya, the rest...will be...left...to...you..."

When Irelia heard the weak voice coming from beside her, she immediately turned around and saw the people lying on the ground. She immediately recalled what happened before.

But Aina, who was sent away by Cool at the beginning, fell beside her. Irelia hurriedly helped Aina up, but when she saw Aina's face, her pupils suddenly shrank.

The originally youthful and energetic Aina has become like a 60-year-old woman. Thinking about the fact that her injuries have healed, she understood something. Her heart ached and tears couldn't help but burst out. Aina slowly opened her cloudy eyes and smiled at Irelia.

"What...what happened? Has Aina become...uglier?"

"No, no, Aina is the cutest, meow! Leave the rest to me, the cat! You take a good rest, meow!"

Irelia smiled gently at Aina and touched her head. Aina nodded slightly and closed her eyes.

Irelia gently placed Aina on the ground and let her lie on the ground. She looked at her deeply, stood up and picked up the pure white staff that fell beside her, and magic circles were constructed one after another.

"All my loyal servants, your contractors need your strength now. Please show yourself to your contractors! - Great Summoning"

Ten monsters appeared in various magic circles. Irelia put one on each person. Finally, she gently picked up Aina and sat on the saber-toothed tiger together.

……

Dong Yu felt a warm current entering his body, and every part of his limbs felt an indescribable comfort. At this time, he heard a pleasant voice.

"They were all unconscious for the whole night. Are they okay?"

"They are all fine! You should go and have some rest too!"

"I'm so tired, kitty! I can finally have a good rest, meow!"

Dong Yu opened his eyes and saw Irelia talking to an elf not far away. He supported himself with his hands and sat up. The two people who were talking saw him and immediately ran over.

"Dong Yu, wake up meow!"

"Well, how's everyone doing?"

"After being treated by the elves' high priest, everyone is fine now! But on the way back, there was a very strange swordsman who was escorting us. But it was thanks to him that we were able to have such a smooth journey!"

Dong Yu didn't pay attention to Irelia's next sentence, because when he looked around, he found that one person was missing.

"Where's Aina?"

"Ai...Aina, she's fine! She...how could she be in trouble, meow!"

When the two heard Dong Yu's sudden question, their expressions froze for a moment. The Elf High Priest was silent, with a trace of sadness in his eyes. Although Irelia changed back immediately, she was obviously hiding something. But this slight change was still noticed by Dong Yu's keen perception!

"What happened to Aina?"

Dong Yu's expression suddenly turned cold, which made the two of them stunned. Irelia recovered immediately, but the panic in her eyes said it all.

"She... of course she's fine, meow! She just consumed too much energy, so she went to rest, meow!"

"Don't lie to me, what happened? It's just that the consumption is too great. Why is everyone here but she is nowhere to be found?"

Irelia was silent. Just now, Aina had begged her not to tell them, but who knew that she was seen through. Thinking back to Aina's appearance, her tears could no longer be controlled. Seeing her like this, Dong Yu's heart trembled, and an ominous premonition arose.

“What on earth happened!!!”

Dong Yu excitedly grabbed Irelia's shoulders and yelled, which woke up the unconscious people and made them look at Dong Yu.

"Aina...she..."

"What's wrong!!!"

"In order for me to recover and bring everyone back, she used the forbidden technique of the elves - the contract of life exchange. Now she has turned into a sixty-year-old old man!!!"

Irelia shouted with all her might, as if she wanted to shout out all the sadness in her heart, and the hearts of everyone present were deeply shocked.

Then something flowed out of his eye sockets uncontrollably, and even the strongest Dongxue was no exception. Dongyu let go of Irelia and put down his hands.

"Where is she now..."

"It's better not to go..."

"Tell me! Where is she!"

Dong Yu gritted his teeth, trying hard not to explode.

"Irelia, tell me! She's our sister!"

Dongxue slowly walked to Irelia and hugged her...

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Ina sat quietly in front of a lake, watching the fish playing in the water, the birds flying in the sky, and feeling the breeze, but it could not dry her tears.

She lowered her head and looked at her reflection in the water. Now she was a sixty-year-old woman. Such pain was hard to accept for a girl who was in her prime.

"Now that I've become like this, will you still be with me? Will Sister Lily and Uncle Bruder abandon me? I'm definitely not going to want me anymore since I'm so old and ugly!"

"Ah! Our little Aina is here!"

Aina was startled when she heard the voice, and hurriedly pulled the rabbit ears on her hood to cover her face.

"Ah! Don't come over here! Please! Don't come over here!"

Ina screamed desperately, but the man sat beside her and held her gently in his arms. She could clearly feel that Ina's whole body was trembling.

"Ah! Our little Aina, when did she become so fluent in speaking? Let Brother Yu take a good look at her."

“Oooooh~ No! No!”

"Haha! Little Aina is shy! I've made up my mind! Since I've said you're mine! Then I will definitely be responsible for you!"