A few hours later,
A red-haired woman appeared to have just arrived in front of the medical room at the Ztatzav Orphanage. Madame Loiston immediately knocked on the door, seeing that it was quiet as if no one else was there. A few moments later, the door was opened from the outside, and there was a beautiful girl with blue eyes. She looked surprised because she did not expect guests to arrive in the morning.
“Madame Loiston, please come in.” Menka politely allowed the guest to enter the medical room.
“Thank you,” said Madame Loiston evenly. She entered the medical room as soon as possible, and Menka closed the door. The fragrance of medicinal plants wafted there, and even the sound of the collision could be heard, making a woman who had freckles on her face, even though she did not have too many, without further ado, frown, especially since she had not seen Ethnia, who was her target.
“Menka, where is your senior?” asked Madame Loiston with a confused expression.
“Madame Ethnia is in our room. She is making a new potion,” answered Menka honestly.
“Potion? Why is she making a new potion again? Isn’t it rare for children to come here?” The green-eyed woman asked another question because every time she read the report from the Healer, the number of people who came there was small, so Madame Loiston judged that Ethnia did not need to take such action.
“Madame Ethnia will come back to the detention room so she can treat the five teenagers there.” The blonde woman did not get tired of answering her interlocutor’s questions, so Madame Loiston just nodded.
“Please call your senior. Tell her that I am here.” A woman who could hear supernatural voices began to give messages to Madame Ethnia’s assistant so that the girl could call her target. The virgin had no choice but to obey the wishes of the guest because she was the Deputy Head of the Ztatzav Orphanage.
“Yes, Madame Loiston. Have a seat, please.” Before leaving, the girl, who looked youthful, invited the guest to sit in a chair not far from the bed.
“Thank you.” The woman with thick eyebrows saw a chair about three steps from where she was standing. Without hesitation, she moved there, and Loiston sat in the chair. Menka started to turn around and left the guest alone.
“I hope Ethnia does not take too long to make the potion. If I were her, I would not help the five little bastards and let them just die because no one in the family would look for them or suspect anything at all,” muttered Madame Loiston softly. She still remembers Odessa, Drena, Drutz, Shul, and Frazto, who cried and looked depressed when they were put in separate detention rooms.
***
Meanwhile, in the Healer’s special room
A woman dressed in white was pounding. The smell of medicinal plants being ground by the Healer was really strong there. After completing this action, Ethnia let go of the pestle and then raised her right palm as if she wanted to bless the plant while closing her eyes. “O Goddess Erie, bless this medicine, so I can use it for healing people who need it.”
A white light came out of the girl’s palm, then entered the medicinal plant that she had pounded until smooth. Ethnia was still closed because she was still blessing the potion. In the midst of the silence, Menka had arrived at the door. Doubts arose in the girl, knowing that her senior was still busy there. “Should I knock on the door now? What if my senior gets angry? But Madame Loiston is already waiting for her out front.”
The girl, who had a height of one hundred and sixty-four centimetres, had to knock because she did not want to be blamed by Madame Loiston. After three knocks, there was no response from Ethnia, so Menka was forced to stop for a while. “Hopefully, my senior is not upset because I knocked on the door earlier. I hope she comes out of the room soon so I can convey a message to her.”
Ethnia heard a knock on the door, but she had to ignore this because the blessing process had to continue while Madame Loiston observed from a distance. A woman who was Madame Aufrodine’s confidant did not say anything, let alone blame Menka for trying, but her efforts had not achieved maximum results.
“I hope Ethnia will finish what she has done the work because I have to take her to Lenny immediately. We need answers as soon as possible so that she will not be stressed anymore.” Loiston slowly spoke because she did not want anyone to know about this, including Menka, the Junior Healer.
Three minutes later, a woman with a curvy body appeared to come out of the room. This moment relieved the two women who had been waiting outside the room because they had been waiting for his presence all along. Ethnia brought with her a wooden box, which was usually used to treat people if the target was outside the reach of the health room. The Healer asked her assistant, “What was wrong, Menka?”
“I am sorry, Madame. I knocked on the door just now because Madame Loiston was there. She told me that she wanted to meet you.” Menka answered, feeling reluctant and using a low voice. Ethnia turned to the front, and it was true that a woman was sitting on a chair and looking at them.
“Thank you, Menka. I will go with Madame Loiston first. If someone comes, then you just handle him.” The silver-haired woman gave a message, especially when she was about to leave, and the assistant nodded because the girl already knew what she had to do.
“Yes, Madame.” Menka did not want to trouble her senior. She did not say anything else and preferred to watch silently. Meanwhile, Ethnia nodded at Loiston as if to signal that she was finished with her current activity and was ready to go with her.
“Good.” After saying these words, a woman who had been a Healer for seventeen years walked towards the guest. Madame Loiston watched her target’s movements and was relieved because Ethnia was ready to go to Madame Aufrodine’s office.
When she arrived near the red-haired woman, Ethnia tried to smile and asked in a friendly manner. “How may I help you, Madame Loiston?”
“Madame Aufrodine asked me to pick you up. She wanted to know the answer to her question that she told you yesterday.” Madame Loiston answered honestly without returning the smile from the person she was talking to. Ethnia did not feel angry, because she seemed to understand already the character of the woman who was the Deputy Head of the Ztatzav Orphanage, so she kept smiling at her.
“Okay. I am ready to go, Madame.” The thirty-seven-year-old woman looked convincing, so Madame Loiston rose to her feet.
“Great. Let’s go!” Without further ado, the two women left the medical room, and Menka could only stare from a distance.
***
Thirty-five minutes later,
The two women working at the orphanage but in different professions would soon arrive at their destination. The atmosphere in the corridor was quiet, and no one would be seen passing there. Both Ethnia and Loiston were silent, and neither started a conversation. The silence between them did not make the atmosphere awkward, but the Healer actually thought of something.
Will I have to be honest with Madame Aufrodine about Goddess Erie not wanting to appear in my dreams later? If I do not say it, then she will definitely be shocked. Let it be. The reality is like that, so why cover it up, thought Ethnia, who had run out of ideas, even though she had not yet arrived in front of the principal room.
Finally, Madame Loiston and Ethnia arrived in front of Madame Aufrodine’s room. As usual, the green-eyed woman knocked on the door to inform her colleague that she and the Healer had arrived.
“Come in!” Madame Aufrodine’s voice was heard, even though Loiston had not said anything to her. Without waiting any longer, the red-haired woman opened the door, and then she and Ethnia entered the room.
A black-haired woman was already there and seemed to have been waiting for their presence. The principal’s expression looked very tired, but a little hope began to arise in her heart because Madame Aufrodine could not wait to know what the Healer would say. “Have a seat, Ethnia and Loiston.”
“Thank you.”
Ethnia and Lositon sat in the chairs in front of Madame Aufrodine as soon as possible. The atmosphere became silent because the guest seemed to wait for the room owner to start a conversation. “Ethnia, I am not like someone who can mince words like others you might know. Have you asked Goddess Erie?”
Madame Aufrodine looked at Ethnia expectantly, wanting to know what would happen at the orphanage she led. The grey-eyed woman nodded in response. “Yes, Madame. I have already asked about your questions to our lady about your question.”
“What was Goddess Erie’s answer? Did your goddess tell you specifically or perhaps implicitly?” asked Madame Aufodine, full of curiosity.
“Before that, I want to tell you something, Madame. This is very important, and I ask for your willingness to listen to it until the end,” asked Ethnia, looking alternately at Madame Aufrodine and Loiston.
The blue-eyed woman frowned because she did not understand what had happened, and neither did Loiston. However, Aufrodine was very curious, so she could only nod so that the person he was talking to could explain, without further ado, what she had experienced, especially last night. “Okay. Go on. I will listen to your story until the end.”
“Last night before I fell asleep, I was-”
***