Haa…! Finally… some really good herbs!
"Hmm… if I make pills from these… maybe I can sell them… Mom and I won't starve this week…" I whispered to myself, picking the leaves carefully.
Wait…!
"Who's there…?" My voice trembled a little.
From the trees… a low groan. My heart jumped into my throat. I crept closer… and froze.
A man. Lying on the ground. Blood everywhere. Clothes torn… and so fancy… like a prince or something.
I gulped. "I… I should run…" I muttered, stepping back.
But then… my stomach twisted. I couldn't leave him. Couldn't. My hands shook.
"Okay… Kael… calm down… you can… maybe… help a little," I muttered.
I grabbed some herbs. My fingers fumbled as I crushed them into small pills. "This won't… won't heal him properly… just… just a little… maybe stop the bleeding."
"Here… take… take this…" I whispered, pressing the tiny pills into his hand. He coughed, barely opening one eye.
I panicked. "Oh no… it's not enough… it's not enough…"
Then I looked around. Big leaf… maybe I can… move him? I carefully lifted him onto the leaf and started dragging him. My legs were shaking so badly I almost fell.
"Kael! You're late again!" my sister shouted from the house.
"Ahhh… she's going to kill me…" I muttered under my breath. But then she saw him… and froze.
"Who… who is this?!" she asked.
"Not now… let's just… get him inside first!" I said, dragging him into the house.
Once inside, I whispered, "Okay… just small pills… low-level… I can't do more… not yet. But maybe… maybe we can get an alchemist…"
My hands shook, but I kept working. I couldn't let him die.