The Law of Food Raising - 29

Chapter 29 - Heartache

In a daze, Hua Duo felt that she was standing next to the bathtub. In front of her eyes was Samus, who was soaked in potion. His eyes were closed, his expression was painful, and vines were protruding all over his body, as if he would break out of his body at any time.

Hua Duo felt nervous, and a premonition of danger reminded her to leave quickly, but her legs stopped working. Suddenly, a terrifying energy burst out from Samus, sweeping toward her like a tornado. She quickly circulated her spiritual power, trying to calm down the raging energy tide, but she did not want to attract a more violent attack. The next moment, she was engulfed by the huge wave, and the vitality in her body was lost crazily, one percent, two percent ... the Book of Spiritual Wood issued warnings.

At the moment of crisis, someone protected her in his arms and shouted: "Duoduo, let's go!"

Then her eyes changed and she was pushed out of the room.

"Run!"

Hua Duo woke up with a start. With only these two words left in her mind, she took steps and ran away.

【 There are only 10 seconds left before the forced transformation, and now the countdown begins, 10, 9, 8, 7... 3, 2, 1! 】

Hua Duo's skin flashed with a silvery white halo, and the halo spread out like a broken mirror. After a few seconds, the figure suddenly disappeared, and the clothes originally worn on Duoduo lost their support and scattered on the ground. Immediately, a small bulge moving slowly under the clothes could be seen. After a while, a stuffed rabbit head was revealed, with two erect ears shaking gently. He looked around carefully to make sure that no one was there. Finally, she slowly moved out.

It was exhausted and lay softly on the ground. It tried to stand up several times but failed.

Please, at least let her find a safe place to hide first!

Just when it was unconscious, several grape vines snaked down, gently wrapped around its body, moved it to a relatively hidden corner, and then built a vine nest for it.

With the surroundings filled with spiritual energy, Hua Duo breathed a sigh of relief and sank into the darkness with peace of mind.

When it woke up again, it was already the afternoon of the next day.

There were noises outside, and her ears dangled. Hua Duo poked her head out of her nest, and through the grape branches and leaves, she saw a group of guards searching for something nearby.

If there are no accidents, they should be looking for "her".

Duoduo retracted her head again. It consumed too much energy, and recently she just wanted to be a quiet little white rabbit. Although the rabbit body is not convenient for planting, it is suitable for absorbing and cultivating spiritual energy.

At this time, a grapevine stretched out and dropped a bunch of moist grapes in front of the rabbit, saying happily: Come and eat me, come and eat me!

Hua Duo stood up, picked up a grape, and narrowed her eyes with satisfaction.

It’s such a wonderful day when you have food to eat!

Just when Duoduo was content to be her little white rabbit, everyone in the lord's mansion was busy with her. The news of her disappearance was blocked by Wei Chen and others. Except for a few core members, no one else knew about it. While searching in secret, they waited anxiously for Samus to wake up.

【Guze, our lord is awake! 】

Guze was studying the characteristics of plants in the infirmary when Wei Chen's spiritual voice suddenly sounded in his mind.

He was stunned for a moment, then immediately packed up his things and rushed to Samus' residence.

As soon as he stepped into the room, Guze felt a powerful and heart-stopping aura, which was both natural and vital, and also contained a terrifying deterrent.

Sir, have you advanced again?

Guze raised his head. Chi Xiao, Della and others had gathered in the room and were reporting Kavos' current situation to Samus.

"So, the crisis in Kavos has passed for the time being, and the lords from various places have also signed the alliance agreement and agreed to send troops to coordinate operations?" Samus asked.

"Yes." Della smiled, "Your men are very powerful. When I arrived at Kavos, the situation was basically stable."

"Oh?" Samus looked at Lan Mo and others and said with a smile: "You did a good job, thank you for your hard work. Show me the meeting minutes and recent process reports later."

He was surprised and applauded that everyone could handle the matter so well while he was in coma. He originally thought that the alliance would collapse, but he didn't expect that it managed to sustain itself despite such a disadvantage. How did they do it?

"Yes." Lan Mo responded.

At this time, Samus noticed Guze at the door and said, "Guze, what are you doing at the door? Come in."

Guze walked over and helped him check his body without saying a word.

Samus gave him a strange look and asked, "How is my condition? Have I recovered?"

"The fusion degree of the parasitic vine and the fire thorn has reached 85%. It has passed the dangerous period. As long as there is no stimulation from other dangerous substances, your life will no longer be in danger." Guze answered expressionlessly.

"If that's the case, why don't you look happy?"

"No, my lord is able to get rid of the threat of the parasitic vine, and I am really happy." Samus' recovery made him happy, but he could never care for anything else but Duoduo's problem.

"Really?" Samus has a keen sense of people's emotional fluctuations, and Guze's tone was obviously a bit melancholy and angry. Is he dissatisfied with himself?

Della noticed something was wrong in the atmosphere and interjected: "Samus, you have just recovered. Don't be too tired. It's not too late to rest for a few more days before dealing with Kavos' affairs."

"That's fine." Samus had been in a coma for so long and needed to take some time to understand the recent changes in the situation.

He looked around, and there was a person who should have appeared but did not.

"Where's Duoduo?" he asked.

Guze's eyes dimmed and he lowered his eyes. The others also fell silent, and the room suddenly fell into silence.

Samus didn't expect that he would get such a reaction to his casual question. His heart trembled, and he asked again in a more serious tone: "Where's Duoduo?"

"...disappeared." Guze replied.

"Disappeared?" Samus stared at him, "What do you mean?"

"She suddenly disappeared after treating you." Guez said with a hint of forbearance, "She disappeared silently in No. 1 Courtyard without leaving even a hair on her head."

Samus was full of power and said sternly: "Explain it to me!"

Explain what? Explain that she disappeared because you absorbed her life force? Explain that she usually struggles to survive under your plunder? Explain that she forced back the plant uprising for Kavos and then solved the alliance crisis? Explain that in order to save you, she cultivated natural plants for a month, causing injuries all over her body and her life was endangered several times? Explain that she finally found a life for you, but you took it away from her?

The more Guze thought about it, the angrier he became, and for the first time he had the urge to do the following. That silly child just disappeared silently!

He took out two chips from the medical box, put them on the table, and said, "This is the recorded image of Duoduo cultivating natural plants. This is the tracking image on the day of treatment."

After saying that, he looked at Wei Chen again: "Wei Chen, hand over the video record of the plant riot that day and the minutes of the subsequent meeting to your Excellency."

Wei Chen sighed and took out two chips from the storage slot on the inside of his left arm.

"Sir, you can see for yourself." Guze picked up the medical kit and walked away.

Samus stared at his back as he left, and then at the chip on the table. This was the first time that Guze was so disrespectful to him.

"Sir..." Wei Chen seemed to want to say something, but Samus waved his hand to interrupt him: "You all go out and leave me alone."

Everyone looked at each other and left Samus' room together.

Samus clicked on the brain on the bedside - it was Kavos' countless instruments that were charged periodically - and inserted the chip, the screen lit up, and images were played one after another.

The wonderful sight of white flowers blooming on the day of the plant riot...

Courageously argue the case at the alliance meeting...

A month of hard work...

In the picture, Duoduo was injured again and again, persisted again and again, and fell asleep due to fatigue again and again... Thirty-six kinds of plants, and finally cultivated 21 kinds, and successfully found the fire thorn that can restrain the parasitic vines.

Samus looked at it again and again for a long time. When he once again saw Duoduo's skin being corroded by the juice of the fire thorns, she shed tears in pain, but still smiled at Guze. 

"Duoduo..." He covered his mouth, bent down, and whispered softly.

"Be careful!" Guze's exclamation suddenly came.

Samus looked up suddenly and found that the images of the day of treatment were starting to play on the screen. He saw Guze protecting Duoduo, as if resisting the attack of some kind of force.

He moved the screen back, starting with Guze pouring the original solution of fire thorn into the water. After dozens of minutes, his body changed, and then an energy riot occurred, knocking both Guze and Della back several meters, except for Duoduo who remained in the same place. 

"This is..." Samus stared at the screen intently, "So...this is..."

All afternoon, Samus did not leave the room.

That night, when he found Guze, his first words were: "Duoduo's disappearance has something to do with me."

The tone was affirmative, with a deep condensation on his face.

"That's right." Guze closed his eyes, "Thanks to Duoduo, I awakened the magic on the day of the plant riot. Because of this, I discovered the problem that I had always ignored. Duoduo is different from all of us. What she possesses is not magic energy, but a special kind of vitality. This vitality is a natural tonic for magicians, which can stimulate people's potential and improve their ability level. 

"So, my strength is also because of her?"

"Yes, you have been sucking Duoduo's life force from the day she moved into the Lord's Mansion." Although he knew that Samus was unintentional, Guze couldn't help but blame him.

Samus tilted his head and hid his face in the shadow of the backlight, his stiff body exuding a heavy breath.

After a long while, he asked hoarsely: "Is she... still with us?"

"I'm not sure either." Guze knew what he was asking and replied, "Her birth origin is a mystery. Rather than saying she is a human being, I think she is more like a legendary elf. Born from nature, she possesses the ability to create nature.”

Leaving Guze's residence, Samus returned to Courtyard No. 1, stood under the lush grapevines, and blended himself into the dead night.

"Duoduo..." There seemed to be an empty space in his heart, and it was like a dream.

She arrived gracefully and left quietly.

He couldn't believe that she was gone. He couldn't accept that she's...

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