The defeated saint is also on the way to tame the evil god today

The cold never comes from the outside to the inside, but from the heart to the body.

"..."

After a long half hour, Ina pushed open the door of the wooden house and walked into the room.

She didn't bother to heat a pot of water for herself, nor did she think about changing clothes. Instead, she walked straight into the room:

"Mom, I'm back."

Ina pushed open the door, walked into the small room, and came to the bed.

On the bed, a hunched figure curled up in the quilt, motionless.

"mom?"

Ina suddenly felt that the walls of the house disappeared, and she seemed to be back on the street, with coldness filling every corner of her body.

She stepped forward and touched her mother's shoulder, but only felt cold.

"mom...!"

Ina staggered back. The cold touch instantly overwhelmed her. She fell to the ground, hugging her chest and shivering.

Hot tears streamed down her cheeks, but Ina remained cold.

She had long expected this day to come, that a person who had been bedridden for a long time would end up in the same place in Winter County.

Doctors? The doctors, whose faces were blurred, had already drained Ina’s family fortune. Most of them had already left Wintershire, leaving behind only this devastated land plagued by disease.

There is no cure for nightmares. A vendor on the black market once sold a powder to Ina, who spent a month's salary to buy it, but it only made her mother better for three days.

Three days is the length of life that her value can be exchanged for.

it's too cold.

Ina covered her face and trembled continuously.

Suddenly, she recalled a strange story she had heard when she visited the orphanage -

——If necessary, you can pray to the Lord of Dreams.

Ina could no longer feel her own cold lips. In her hazy consciousness, she uttered a hazy word:

"Lord of Dreams... Protect me and let me sleep..."

"..."

"..."

"..."

"what--"

As if she didn't know how long she had slept, Ina woke up from her dream, and the cold dream was shattered.

The heat wave hit her in the face, making her feel a little dizzy. She turned her head and saw a ball of fire burning in the fireplace that had not been burning for a long time.

"Your name is Ina, and you're a receptionist and reporter at the newspaper, right?"

Ina raised her head and met a pair of blood-red eyes—it was a petite girl with white hair and red eyes, and a gentle smile on her face.

"I..."

"Don't worry," Aurora whispered soothingly, "Your mother is fine."

Hearing the word "mother", Ina shuddered and looked at the figure beside the bed.

Her mother was now lying in bed, her body slightly rising and falling, sleeping soundly.

Beside the bed, a figure in a white robe was shaking a small bottle containing a golden potion.

Of course Ina knew the name of that person, it was Dr. Jie Deti.

Her throat trembled slightly, and she wanted to speak, but in the end nothing came out.

......

After feeding the golden "Language of Flowers" to the elderly woman, Xing Mo finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, we arrived in time. If we had been a few minutes later, he might not have been saved.

Looking at the sleeping figure on the bed, Xingmo felt a little bitter in her heart.

The old woman did suffer from nightmares, but that was not what killed her.

She has a lot of problems, and there is almost no part of her body that is completely healthy.

If a normal doctor were to see the patient, it would probably be difficult to save him.

Fortunately, Xingmo used the power of the "Tree of Life" to dispel all illnesses and restore the old woman's body to health.

"..."

After confirming that the old woman was okay, Xingmo walked to Ina and looked at her:

"Your mother is fine now. She just needs to rest and she will be fine."

Ina lowered her head, pursed her lips slightly, and after a long while she whispered:

"How much does it cost?"

"No need for money, the most important thing is that people are safe." Xing Mo said.

Ina raised her head in astonishment, something trembling in her eyes.

Looking at her eyes, Xingmo felt something was wrong.

"what happened?"

"No...no...nothing..." Ina quickly lowered her head.

She has a secret... Xing Mo cleared her throat and said in a relatively gentle voice:

"We met once, remember? The day I first came to Winter County, I asked you to place an advertisement for my clinic."

"Remember." Ina nodded.

"Then why don't you ask me for help?" Xingmo tilted her head slightly. "'Dr. Jiedeti is the nemesis of nightmares'. Everyone in Winter County knows this, right?"

Ina hesitated to speak. She looked at Xingmo and then at Aurora, as if she had something to hide.

"Don't be afraid, no one here will threaten you." Aurora comforted her.

Ina lowered her head and pondered for a long time before she said quietly:

"They all say that your consultation prices are far higher than usual and that you charge money repeatedly..."

"I...I don't have money to ask you to come and treat my mother..."

"Who said that?" Xing Mo was stunned.

This is totally untrue.

Could it be that...someone is framing me behind my back?

.....

4) Black Forest Nursery Rhymes (Part 4) - 4k - (2-in-1)

Facing Xingmo's question, Ina's eyes were slightly evasive.

She seemed to be struggling over whether to speak, and her brows were full of worry.

Seeing this, Xing Mo lowered his voice and soothed:

"It's okay if you don't want to talk about it. I won't try to clarify these groundless rumors, but you should use your own eyes to judge."

After saying that, she smiled at Ina and continued to check the old woman's condition.

Ina stared at the doctor's back, her lips tightening more and more.

After a long while, she hesitated and said:

"It's... it's the person who often comes to the newspaper to place advertisements!"

"What did he say?" Xing Mo turned around.

"Anyway, they're all directed at you! For example, that potion will only cause people to suffer from recurring nightmares!"

Ina pointed to the medicine bottle that Xingmo placed aside:

“And…it’s expensive…!”

She lowered her head and murmured hesitantly:

"But... all the children in the orphanage say you are a kind person and that you once saved a child without asking for any reward..."

"I told this to the person who published the report, but he said...it was just a pretense..."

It's really vicious... After hearing this, Xingmo quickly analyzed it in his mind.

Well... the main points of attack are on my "character" and "drugs", which means I have a conflict of interest.

Is it County Magistrate Jamila's people? After all, I did prevent her from making a profit from selling medicine.

"It doesn't matter. If I'm really just pretending, I hope my pretense can save more people." Xing Mo smiled.

"By the way, you...how did you know my mother..." Ina suddenly remembered this.

"You prayed to my Lord," Xingmo said mysteriously, "He summoned me, so I appeared."

"Lord..." Ina murmured.

The Lord of Dreams... I have never seen this god in the church of Wintershire...

Would He respond to a believer who prayed only once and send His own apostles?

Ina clenched her fist slightly and swore that when she had money in the future, she would erect a statue of the Lord of Dreams in the Winter County Church.

"According to my guess, your mother must have had these minor illnesses before she suffered from nightmares, right?" Xing Mo asked.

"That's right..." Ina nodded. "She used to be a textile worker in a factory, and most of her minor ailments came from that time... She was fired six months ago due to her age, and she's been taking care of me at home ever since..."

"She wasn't in good health and couldn't withstand the cold wind, so she spent most of her time moving around nearby until..."

Ina bit her lip, and her body suddenly looked so thin, as if the cold wind of winter county blew into the room.

Xing Mo gave her some time, then said:

"It's not easy, right? Alone."

"Hmm..." Ina nodded. "I work at the reception desk from Monday to Friday. On Saturdays and Sundays, I hand over the work to my part-time son. I go out and look for materials myself. Then, I use my free time to write some interesting anecdotes."

"Working two jobs like this can barely cover the family expenses, but... I can't save enough money for my mother's medical treatment..."

"I thought, maybe one day I can save enough money to take my mother away from Winter County, but..."

"You will definitely do it." Xingmo said.

She reached out and took the cup of hot tea from Aurora, then handed it to Ina:

"If possible, please come with us to take your mother to the clinic tonight. She will need some time to recover."

"Before that, please tell me the areas where your mother most often goes. I need to do some research."

Ina was slightly stunned, then she took the hot tea and took a small sip.

Then she nodded vigorously:

"Ah."

......

After coming out of Ina's house, Xingmo put on a windbreaker over her white robe, and then wrapped the scarf tightly around her neck.

The heavy snow is still falling, covering the streets with white. It is hard to imagine how much time the workers responsible for maintaining the streets have to spend every day clearing the snow.

"I suddenly realized something..." Aurora walked to Xingmo and stood shoulder to shoulder with her.

"Hmm?" Xing Mo glanced sideways.

"Compared to goddesses, you humans are the ones who bully humans..."

Aurora looked up at the falling snow and exhaled a breath of white air:

"Just for personal pleasure, just for personal desire, the majority of their compatriots can live worse than pigs in a pigsty, squeezed until the last drop of pig blood becomes a dish in the soup."