The Hero Kicked Me Out of His Party, So I Turned Him into My Maid - Chapter 46

I’ve heard the elders in my tribe talk about “Water of a Thousand Lights” before. Just one drop can guarantee that a wound won’t hurt for six months, and that you won’t be afraid of pain if you want to exert your full strength afterwards.

But I got first place in the team test…

Mira’s fingers unconsciously twisted the hem of her clothes, one tap at a time.

In this state, I’ll only be a burden…

It’s about needing to be number one again…

Ariel herself was quite confident.

Lise and Luna’s strength is beyond doubt. They can refine “energy storage crystals” and if they can unleash their full power, they can easily reach the top three in the grade, if not the top one.

Lynn, who ranked first in the first year, is also a rare genius witch, and I am not confident that I can defeat her.

And it’s said that Lynn has some connection with the Tafflin family… Hmm… Karina wouldn’t let her cause trouble for her, would she?

So the question then comes to Mila.

Ariel glanced at Mira out of the corner of her eye. Mira was looking down, deep in thought, as if struggling with an internal conflict.

Mira also felt Ariel’s gaze, and her eyes immediately cleared.

Because she remembered that when she was forming a team, everyone around her looked at her with disdain, hadn’t she already made up her mind to be honest?

This is indeed a forbidden power, and there’s a possibility that Luna might capture it for research.

But this is still better than secretly hiding out every night to shed tears in excruciating pain and dragging Ariel and the others down in the team!

Mira was truly determined. Although her voice was very soft, like a mosquito’s buzz, Ariel, Luna, and Lise all put down what they were doing and listened carefully to Mira’s words.

Mira stood up, rolled up her sleeves, pulled up the hem of her shirt and the bottom of her safety shorts, and pulled down the top of her socks, showing everyone the bright red scars that surrounded her body.

Even Luna, who has seen all sorts of things, and the icy Lise, couldn’t sit still when they saw so many scars on Mira’s body, and showed expressions of sympathy.

“That must hurt a lot, Mila…”

Luna asked with concern. At that moment, she had no interest in research, only in her care for her juniors and teammates.

Mira glanced at Ariel, who was biting her clothes and had turned her head away, not daring to look at Mira again.

Ariel… is crying.

For some reason, Mira felt relieved and slowly began to speak:

“I come from a tribe called the Labyrinths, which is located on the northern steppes.”

“Our race values ​​martial prowess and possesses a forbidden alchemy technique known as the ‘Flesh and Blood False Canon.'”

…

These two short sentences had a tremendous impact on Ariel.

Although I don’t understand alchemy, I know that transmutation of flesh and blood is an absolute taboo in the field of alchemy.

The most direct point is that alchemy is basically “equivalent exchange,” and the value of flesh and blood is not easily estimated by external things, so it will always be exchanged for equivalent value with flesh and blood.

In this world, there are even people who create flesh and blood, and Mira is a victim!

“I am the ‘Heir’ chosen by the tribe, and I must be forged into the strongest warrior using the ‘Flesh and Blood Pseudo-Scripture’ by gathering the strength of the entire tribe. I cannot disagree, or I will become a sacrifice for the tribe…”

At this point, Mila’s body trembled uncontrollably. Her pupils dilated, she kept swallowing, and her legs bent inward, making it almost impossible for her to stand up.

Ariel rushed forward, helped Mila up, and tears dripped onto Mila’s face.

I thought my hometown had already treated me cruelly enough, but I never imagined that the tribe would do such a terrible thing to Mila.

If Mira is in so much pain, what does her usual infectious happiness mean…?

Ariel’s tears dripped onto Mira’s dry lips. Mira licked them; they weren’t salty, but sweet—sweet in her heart.

“Such a thing actually happened!”

Luna was also somewhat angry after hearing this:

“The practice of flesh and blood alchemy should have been eradicated on the mainland under Father’s advocacy, how could this be!”

Lise chimed in:

“Our family has executed many flesh-transformed beings. I have seen flesh-transformed beings; they suffer greatly.”

With Ariel by her side, Mira steadied herself and finally mustered the courage to recall the darkest moment of her life so far.

“So, on the day of the ‘Flesh and Blood Pseudo-Cultural’ ceremony, the tribal high priest removed all the best organs and body parts from those strong men. I was dismantled… dismantled until only my brain remained…”

“…”

Luna was furious and lost control of her magic, nearly destroying the entire room.

“This should be severely punished! This completely violates the rules of alchemy, and even the rules of being human!”

Luna kept muttering to herself.

Mila’s tears kept flowing down her face:

“So, my eyes, my nose, my heart, my liver, my arms, my legs are all fake, they all belong to someone else…”

“I was terrified and disgusted. My body wasn’t mine, it wasn’t even someone else’s…”

“So, midway through the ceremony, I ran away. I didn’t want to stay in the tribe anymore. I didn’t want to see those who were crippled, decayed, and died because they gave me a part of their bodies, or the families of the dead who were sacrificed as ritual offerings. They used to love me the most…”

Midway through Mira’s story, Lise also pushed open the door and left, no longer listening in the private room.

Without needing much embellishment, Ariel could empathize with Mira’s despair simply from her account.

“Because the ritual was incomplete, these physical wounds and internal injuries cause excruciating pain every night during the ritual.”

“I can’t control these organs, so my magic circuits are disordered and I can’t use magic properly.”

“But the high priest also implanted witch blood into me, making me a witch…”

Mira stretched out her arm and gently stroked Ariel’s face with her small hand:

“I’m sorry, Ariel, I lied to you. I wasn’t training every night; I just didn’t want you to worry about me…”

“I know, I know everything…”

Ariel and Mila hugged each other and cried.

“The Rabillins…”

Luna has already decided that after returning to her family, she will tell her father about this matter and ask him to influence the kingdom, hoping that the royal family will punish the Labyrinths and completely eradicate this evil ritual.

Lise stood by the window in the corridor, her mind filled with memories of the flesh-and-blood transmutation ritual she had encountered before.

That was also a ritual similar to piecing together a body. The difference was that they created a chimera monster.

The basis of the Chimera monster is a ten-year-old girl, her childhood friend…