339: Suck hard

Chapter 338: Fierce Suck

Half a day later, Dick's physical condition "suddenly worsened." If he continued to travel by carriage, Dick might die halfway before even reaching Bit Manor.

Therefore, Fama used advanced flight magic and flew Dick back to Bit Manor first.

Late at night, Afra performed her usual routine prayers.

She knelt on the bed, eyes closed, bowing devoutly towards the south, reciting the fate teaching scripture.

"My Fate, his Fate, the Fate of all living beings, all have their own destiny; the coming together and separation, life and death, misfortune and fortune of mortals, all have their own destiny; the authority of the Fate God is exercised upon..."

Bang bang bang!

Suddenly, a rapid knocking sound interrupted Afra's prayer. She opened her beautiful eyes and said coldly with displeasure, "Come in."

Afra had previously instructed that the period between seven and eight in the evening was her fixed prayer time, and no one was allowed to disturb her.

Unless it was something incredibly important.

The person who came was a Snow Elf maid. She hastily bowed to Afra, then urgently said, "Count Grudia is dying. Our Healers are helpless. The Family Head asks you to come and take a look..."

Hearing this, Afra's beautiful eyes widened, somewhat in disbelief.

She had calculated Dick's life path; he was certainly destined for a long life, living to a hundred. How could he suddenly be dying?

"Quickly take me there!"

Afra directly interrupted the maid, simply draped a brocade robe around herself, and walked out.

Soon, in a room filled with a strong medicinal aroma, Afra saw the barely breathing Dick.

Indeed, just as the Elf maid said, Dick was dying.

No, to be precise, Dick was practically on his last breath. The situation was extremely critical!

Miranda immediately came forward, her face full of apology. "Sorry to disturb you, but Count Grudia, he..."

"What happened to Dick?" Afra didn't want to hear Miranda's pleasantries and directly asked about Dick's condition.

"A little over an hour ago, Chairman Farman brought Count Grudia here. He was poisoned by the White Snow Wolf Poison of a Level 69 Snow Wolf..."

Hearing this, Afra quickly walked to the window, casting advanced healing magic while scolding, "An hour ago? Why am I only being informed now?"

"You, you said before not to disturb your prayer..."

"What are you kidding? How could prayer be more important than Dick's life? You really don't know the priority!"

Listening to Afra's angry reprimand, Miranda was surprised. When did Dick... become so important in this Flower Elf's heart?

For the Bit Family, Dick was Leon's life-saver and a friend.

But for Afra, Dick seemed to be just a human boy she had only known for a few days.

How is it that now, Afra seems more anxious than everyone else present?

"Remove all these messy healing arrays, and everyone leave. Staying here will only affect my healing!"

As a Level 64 Healer, Afra was an absolute authority. Furthermore, her own status was absurdly high; no one dared to defy her words.

Soon, only Afra and Dick remained in the room.

Slowly opening his eyes, Dick looked at Afra, who was performing a secret technique, and said tremblingly, "So... sorry, I've caused you trouble."

"It's no trouble. It was Fate that brought you, on the verge of death, to my side. Since that's the case, I will definitely be able to save you!"

Afra believed that Dick's life path had certainly not changed; he would still live to a hundred.

The upcoming treatment would be very smooth, and she would quickly cure Dick. The development of everything had its own destiny.

From Afra's tone, Dick heard confidence. He knew what this devout follower of Fate was thinking.

Smooth?

Of course it wouldn't be smooth!

Pfft!

The next second, Dick's throat felt sweet, and he spat out a large mouthful of black blood, his breathing becoming even weaker.

Seeing this, Afra immediately used magic to examine Dick's body and soon exclaimed in shock, "What's going on? The wolf poison actually entered his heart? This is impossible..."

Heh heh, there's something even more impossible.

"Ah, Afra... it's so dark around here. Did the candles go out?"

Dick's physical deterioration continued. A layer of snowy white covered his eyes, and he looked blankly at the ceiling.

Afra trembled, covering her small mouth, completely unable to believe what she saw.

Dick was blind. To be precise, Dick had lost his five senses. This was a symptom of the wolf poison invading the brain!

"Afra, where are you? I'm so scared..."

Dick's hands moved around wildly and soon "accidentally" touched the "only" antidote for the wolf poison, just like the previous incident.

This was a bold test. Dick wanted to see if Afra would show resistance in this situation.

Under the effect of Perfect Coordination, Dick could perfectly control every part of his body, creating the illusion of the wolf poison invading his heart and brain.

In reality, Dick was not blind; he could see everything clearly.

Afra's face flushed, and she subconsciously tried to cover herself with her hands, but Dick's "wildly moving" hands didn't care about that; they were rough and unrestrained.

"It's so quiet. Where am I? Afra... Am I going to die..."

Dick's acting was superb. He portrayed a vulnerable boy who had lost his five senses so realistically that anyone who saw him felt heartache and pity.

"Don't be scared, Dick. I'm right here. You... won't die."

Afra didn't push Dick away but pulled him into her embrace. On her blushing beautiful face, there wasn't a hint of resistance.

Seeing this, Dick knew his "take a suck" plan was 98% certain to succeed!

Now, all he needed was the final push!

"Afra, I should be dying. Perhaps this is Fate's arrangement. Logically, I should calmly accept it."

"But, Afra... I still have too many things I haven't done, too many sights I haven't seen. I... haven't even finished listening to you explain the Fate teachings."

"Everything has its own destiny, everything has its own destiny... To die in your embrace, perhaps that is my destiny."

After saying these few sentences, Dick said no more but smiled and closed his eyes, like a devout follower of Fate, welcoming death.

The silence lasted for more than ten seconds...

Another ten-plus seconds passed...

After nearly a minute had passed, Dick finally couldn't help himself and began to suspect that Afra was going to let him die.

It seemed he had still miscalculated. They had only known each other for a short time. As expected, something like this...

"Hmm?!"

Suddenly, the antidote for the wolf poison arrived, just like that, suddenly.

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