Why it never ends

Chapter 1064 Aftermath

When Hesta appeared in front of everyone with the deer head in his arms, everyone in the settlement was so shocked that they forgot to speak. Manna stepped forward to catch Jiahoduolei's thin body, and listened to Hesta's story of the girl's experience with a look of astonishment on his face. Then, several young girls also came over and accompanied Manna to take the unconscious Jiahoduolei to the doctor's residence.

Hesta threw the deer head and bow on the side of the road. Victoria immediately stepped forward and took her back to the guest room. The three of them cooperated tacitly - Victoria and Hesta returned to the room, and Zoe stood outside the door, refusing anyone to visit.

After the first few minutes of time restriction, Hesta regained the ability to speak. She carefully described to Victoria everything that had happened that afternoon. In the dim room, Victoria listened with her eyes shining.

"…So is there?" she asked in a low voice.

"No." Hesta said, "I checked, there's no bleeding... She just fainted, she'll probably wake up in a while."

"It sounds like we were forced into restricted time," Victoria said.

"Yeah...and I think she's very aware of the consequences. This is definitely not the first time she's exhausted."

"why?"

Hesta turned his head slightly and cast his gaze towards Victoria: "During the last hunting period, she was very anxious - I think she knew very well that she would lose consciousness once she crossed a certain limit. This feeling may be similar to the moment when we approached Acheron..."

There was a commotion outside the door, Boheng's voice was at the forefront, and Zoe almost fought with him.

"Can we sit down now?" Victoria asked.

“…I guess so.”

Victoria helped Hesta to stand up, and then immediately took out the gauze and casually wrapped it around her wrist a few times. Hesta adjusted her posture, trying to make her look more lazy rather than weak.

Their eyes met, Hesta nodded slightly, and Victoria turned and opened the door.

"What are you arguing about?" She looked out the door in annoyance. "Didn't I say that people were resting?"

Bo Heng pushed Zoe aside and rushed into the house: "How is Jane?"

Victoria stepped back. Behind her, Hesta was holding a pair of scissors in one hand and biting a bandage, about to cut. Under the dim light, Hesta looked a little impatient. She looked at Boheng: "...What's wrong?"

"I heard that you and Gahoduolei fell off the cliff together. I'm worried—"

"It's okay." Hesta looked away nonchalantly, "I'm fine."

"It's just a scratch," Victoria said coldly, "Isn't it being disinfected and bandaged?"

“This blood…”

"It's not mine." Hesta replied, and she smiled at Boheng, "Don't worry, I'm fine... Let's go."

Boheng finally breathed a sigh of relief, and walked to Hesta, first putting the messy bandage aside, then half squatted down and tied her bandage again. This moment made Hesta suddenly a little dazed - when Boheng leaned over and lowered his head, she seemed to see the shadow of her old friend in the person in front of her.

Just then, someone knocked on the open door.

Except for Bo Heng, everyone in the room looked up at the door, where a short old man was standing.

The old man's hair was very short, only about the length of two finger joints, but even this little hair grew so messy that it seemed as if two birds would fly over and rest on it at any time.

"Can I come in?" the old man asked.

"Who is this?"

"This is my teacher Aji." Bo Heng said, "He heard about what happened tonight..." "Hello." Hesta greeted.

Aji took this greeting as permission to enter. He walked a few steps to Hesta's side and hovered his five fingers above her right hand. "May I?"

"…What are you doing?"

"He wants to take your pulse," Bo Heng explained.

Hesta glanced at the other man and said, "It's just a bionic arm."

Zoe and Victoria both laughed at the same time, and Aji pursed his lips awkwardly - but because of the deep laugh lines around his eyes and mouth, this expression still looked quite friendly.

"…No need, I'm fine, really fine," Hesta pulled his hands back, "Thank you."

"I should be the one to say this. Thank you." The old man half-knelt down and looked up at Hesta. "You came as a guest and saved our people... You are this."

As he spoke, Aji made a gesture that was very familiar to the three mercury needles. Victoria and Zoe laughed out loud again, but they immediately held it back.

Aji looked back in confusion.

"Boheng told me about you," Aji said, "He said you two were good friends in the past..."

"Best friend." Hesta said.

Bo Heng at the side looked up with a look of surprise.

"When we were in District 3, he took care of me like a brother." Hesta said softly, her eyes fixed on the small space between Boheng and Aji. "I can't just stand by and watch her students get into trouble - there's nothing to thank me for. If it was Boheng, he would do the same thing."

Aji nodded: "Yes, of course he will."

Hesta coughed a few times, took a deep breath, and stood up from the chair: "Shall we go see Gahodole?"

"Okay." Aji supported his knees with his hands, "She should be awake now."

……

Jiahoduolei had indeed woken up and was now lying on her bed being scolded. Her house was already surrounded by her friends, most of whom were young girls of her age - the room was too small and was already full of Jiahoduolei's relatives, so they could only stand outside.

When Aji appeared, the crowd immediately made way to both sides, and voices kept spreading the message "Aji is coming". When Hesta and others followed the old man to the door of the house, Jiahoduolei's sister had already walked to the door.

As soon as she opened her mouth, Hesta recognized the sound as the curse words she had just heard.

After a round of intense thanks and refusals, Victoria and the other two were very embarrassed. Hesta took advantage of the moment when the sister was wiping tears at Aji and Boheng and quickly slipped into the house. At this moment, Jiahoduolei was sitting at the head of the bed in the inner room, covering her face and crying. Hesta leaned out to take a look, then retreated and began to wander around the living room.

The people in the room looked at Hesta curiously, but she looked at no one and didn't greet anyone.

Hesta picked up a collection of poems on the wooden table by the window. The collection looked very old, but the spine had been repaired, so it was very sturdy to turn over.

Opening the title page, he saw a string of numbers and the words "Qianxin Community Library" on it. Hesta suddenly remembered the study room he saw during the day.

Turning the page again, there is a familiar line of handwriting on the back of the title page:

Boheng, purchased in Emanlia in 4628, at a bookstall on the Wushuo River