Cloud Thinking

Helia and her group came to a stream, planning to rest here for a night. It would be inconvenient to travel after dark, and it would be easy to run into wild beasts that hide during the day and come out at night. Everyone was exhausted after traveling all day.

She squatted by the stream and reached her hand in. The chill almost pierced her skin and went into her flesh and bones. After wetting her hands, she quickly took them out, patted her forehead, and then patted her face, trying to cool down physically.

Avel noticed that something was wrong with Helia, so he walked up to her and asked with concern, "Your Highness Helia, are you feeling unwell? I noticed that your face has been very red."

Helia forced a smile and waved her hand to indicate that she was fine. "It's just a low-grade fever. It's okay. I'll be fine after a rest."

"It doesn't feel like a low-grade fever..." Avel looked at her worriedly, and just in time he saw blood on the towel wrapped around her head. He was so scared that he exclaimed:

"Your Highness Helia! Are you injured?"

When he shouted, the other four people who were making a fire nearby all came over. They then realized that Helia looked extremely haggard and it seemed like she would faint in the next second.

Everyone was talking at once with a concerned and worried tone, and Helia felt as if she was besieged by mosquitoes, the buzzing noise was making her head hurt.

"Your Highness Helia, how about I help you re-bandage your wound? Each of us carries trauma medicine with us." Avel said.

Helia glanced at him, her eyes widened, and her eyes expressed the meaning of "Why didn't you say so earlier", and then she was surrounded by people and sat by the fire.

Lukeman carefully helped Helia untie the towel wrapped around her head. Avel stood aside with medicine and gauze, and said helplessly: "It's our fault that we didn't find it in time, and you suffered..."

The towel had stuck to the wound. When Lukeman gently pulled it off, Helia broke out in a cold sweat from the pain, and there was no trace of blood on her lips.

"Oh my God, why is there such a big cut! It's inflamed!" Norberto screamed after seeing the wound. He couldn't imagine how Helia could endure it for so long.

Lukman shook out the towel, and half of it was covered with dark red blood, which looked very creepy.

"Your Highness Helia, can I touch your forehead?"

Lukeman, who was the best at treating wounds among the six people present, had already noticed something was wrong. After getting Helia's permission, he touched her forehead with the back of his hand, which was very hot.

He frowned and said seriously, "You have a high fever. If it continues like this, your brain will be damaged. You need to lower your temperature quickly."

"I, I'll take my scarf to soak in water, wait for me." Norberto was frightened when he heard this. He tore off the scarf from his neck, ran to the stream to soak it, and ran back shivering.

Lukeman was holding a relatively clean handkerchief and was cleaning the wound on Helia's forehead bit by bit. Helia lay flat on his strong thighs, closing her eyes and breathing slightly. The breath she exhaled was very hot, and her whole body was burning.

Norberto used a wet scarf to wipe Helia's hands. His hands were as hot as a small stove, and there was still a lot of dirt and sand embedded in his nails. He wiped them clean bit by bit carefully.

It seemed that Helia had a particularly miserable life after she got separated from others. She had a cut on her head and a fever, and she looked extremely miserable. But because she appeared to be full of energy and spirit at the time, no one paid much attention to her abnormality.

But now when I think about it carefully, I can see that everything is wrong. A princess, with a towel tied on her head, wearing simple and thin clothes, with messy hair, and her body covered with dirt and grass. If this happened to someone else, it would be no different from someone fleeing.

But Helia was so beautiful, with her fiery red hair and sapphire blue eyes, that almost everyone who saw her would focus their attention on her face and ignore the rest of her.

"Go get some more water." The handkerchief in Lukeman's hand was already covered in blood, but the wound was still bleeding slowly, and Helia kept groaning in pain.

Suddenly, Helia grabbed Norberto who was wiping her arm and suddenly opened her eyes. Her clear eyes were full of bloodshot. She looked at them with a slight breath and said weakly: "Someone is approaching, be careful..."

Mandar immediately drew the sword from his waist and looked around vigilantly. He and Majid exchanged a glance, and then they separated to investigate the situation. The remaining three stayed with Helia to protect her.

Helia was worried about something happening, so she struggled to sit up, but Lukeman pushed her back down. "Your Highness Helia, if the opponent is a human, we are still confident that we can win. You should just lie down and take a rest."

"Yes, you have done a lot for us. Now it's our turn to protect you," said Norberto.

Helia finally compromised and lay there obediently, letting Lukman treat her wounds, but she kept her eyes open, waiting for Mandar and the others to come back.

The pain came back as soon as she relaxed. Helia didn't think it was serious at first, but after closing her eyes and resting for a while, she felt worse instead of better.

Her head was so heavy that she could hardly hold it up, her limbs were sore and weak, and her head hurt as if it was about to split. Her body was hot but she felt very cold, as if she was in a world of ice and fire. She felt extremely uncomfortable.

Father-in-law... I feel so bad... Helia lowered her eyelashes and shouted in her heart.

Soon, a warm current spread from her heart, nourishing her body and relieving her pain.

"You have suffered." Watersiser said in her sea of ​​consciousness.

She felt very uncomfortable, but He couldn't help her. She was filled with anxiety, but didn't know what to do.

Thank you, Father Ya... I feel much better...

"I don't recommend you to go any deeper now. Your condition is very bad. You should go back to the town as soon as possible to seek medical treatment." Watersiser advised, "There are many powerful people in this world. It doesn't mean that you will lose without you. Don't be stubborn."

Come all come!

Come here!!

It's all here!!!

Can't return empty handed!!!

Helia suddenly perked up, yelled several times in her heart, and then suddenly opened her eyes wide, startling Lukeman who was applying ointment to her.

Just at this moment, Mandar came back and said, "Your Highness Helia, we have encountered soldiers sent by the Otis Empire."

After saying this, he stared into Helia's eyes and said nothing. Helia looked back at him puzzledly, waiting for him to continue.

"Are you...are you going to look for them?" Mandal said with some entanglement. After all, Helia was the princess of the Otis Empire, not their Xiali Empire. But they all remembered how good Helia had been to them. Perhaps it was out of consideration for the benefit, or perhaps he was really reluctant to let her go emotionally, but he still hoped that Helia would stay.

"How many people are there? Are they also an elite team sent here like you?" Helia licked her dry and chapped lips and asked.

Mandar was in a low mood. Hearing Helia's question, it seemed like she was going to abandon them. He lowered his head, avoiding Helia's gaze, and nodded. "I took a quick look. There were about fifteen or sixteen people. They were well-equipped, and there were several magicians among them. They should be elite troops."

Majid also came back from the other direction. His brows were furrowed and his steps were anxious. "Your Highness Helia, there seem to be some monsters wandering downstream. They are all very large."

This is terrible news. This thought occurred to everyone at this moment.

Helia raised her hand and patted Lukeman's arm. "Lukeman, hurry up. I'm afraid they will smell it and come up."

"Your Highness Helia, we can go find the team from the Otis Empire. They have more people, so I think they can deal with them."

"You are in very poor condition. You can't hold on any longer."

However, Lukeman disagreed with Helia's idea of ​​taking action. She was injured and had a high fever. It didn't make sense to let a patient take the lead.

The soldiers of their Xiali Empire would take good care of Helia when they met her. It didn't make sense that the people of the Otis Empire would shamelessly ask their princess to lead the fight against the monsters when they knew her here.

Helia tutted in annoyance and turned her head to look at Mandar, "Mandal, go ask that team if there is a healing magician and tell them that someone in the team is injured. Don't tell them I'm here for now."

Although Mandal didn't understand why Helia kept her identity secret, since Her Royal Highness the Princess said so, she must have her considerations, so he just did as she said.

Helia had her reasons for not wanting to reveal her identity so early. Now that things had come to this, she would definitely go deeper into the forest to see what was going on. Besides, there was also Preston's team, so she still hoped to save them.

They were good soldiers, and Helia didn't want to see any more unnecessary sacrifices.

The people from the Otis Empire must have come here with a mission and risked their lives, but if they knew that she was injured, they would definitely give up the mission and find a way to escort her back. It would be very dangerous to turn back now, and she didn't want these people to give up their mission and get into danger for her.

Moreover, the people from the Otis Empire might not be willing to help the soldiers from the Xiali Empire. Even if the two parties cooperated this time, the long-standing grievances could not be resolved so easily.

It’s good enough that he doesn’t retaliate actively. As for offering help or something... it feels difficult.

Mandal came back quickly, accompanied by a petite person wearing a gray-brown cloak, with a small fair face visible under the hood, which fits everyone's stereotype of a healing magician - soft and gentle.

Tamasha carefully glanced at the group of people. Each of them looked extremely vicious and strong, which made her look particularly short. Mandar spoke in a fierce tone. If it weren't for the order from His Highness, she would never have dared to come.

Her sight suddenly stopped at a woman lying down. She thought no one had noticed her peeking, but as soon as her sight passed, she was caught by the other person. At this moment, she was stared at by those sapphire blue eyes, and her body couldn't help but tremble.

But she soon realized something and stared at the other person with wide eyes, at Helia's fiery red hair and sapphire eyes. There was no expression on that beautiful face, she just stared at her.

"Your Highness?!" Tamasha screamed, covering her mouth in surprise, her deer-like eyes wide open.

She never expected to see Helia in this place, and the princess was accompanied by soldiers from the Xiali Empire and had a wound on her head.

Could it be that these damn soldiers kidnapped Her Royal Highness the Princess as a hostage?

No! She had to go back and call for help! These people were too bold! They actually dared to kidnap their princess! She had to have them skinned alive!

Seeing her screaming, Helia raised her index finger to her lips and warned, "Be quiet, don't make any noise."

Seeing that Tamasha covered her mouth and didn't speak, she waved at her, "Come here and use healing magic on me."

Tamasha looked at Mandal beside her and realized that she had fallen into the hands of the enemy just like Her Royal Highness the Princess. If she shouted now and forced these people into a corner, what would happen if they hurt Her Royal Highness the Princess?

No, we have to be cautious and go check on Her Royal Highness the Princess first.

She took small steps to Helia's side, and looking at Lukman with Helia resting his head on his thighs, her eyes suddenly turned red, as if they were about to spit fire.