The Reincarnated Young Girl Is Adored by the Spirits She Helped in Her Previous Life
※※ June 7: “The Reincarnated Young Girl is Adored by the Spirits She Saved in Her Past Life” – Volume 3 Release! ※※
I took a closer look after he dropped the poop and noticed his clothes seemed expensive. He might be a relative.
“Alright! Thomas is clean now!”
“Thank you very much, Water Dragon Lord.”
By the time Sui had finished cleaning Thomas with the hot water spheres—
“Bow bow”
“Kyuu”
“Koko”
“Ryam”
“Mee”
“Bubo”
“Moo”
Da-u and the others had lined up behind Thomas, waiting for their turn to be washed.
“Well, it can’t be helped then.”
Sui happily wagged her tail and began washing Da-u and the others as well.
“Wafu~”
“Kyukyu~”
“Ko~”
“Ryaa~”
“Mee~”
“Bubo~”
“Moo~”
Da-u and the others seemed to be enjoying it.
“Sui-chan’s hot water is the perfect temperature, so it feels really nice.”
“Yeah, it feels amazing.”
“Absolutely.”
Except for Loa, who had no fur, all of Da-u and the others became fluffy after being washed.
“Ryaa~”
Loa happily buried his face into the fur of the goats, boars, and cows.
“Luria too—”
Feeling envious, I was about to do the same when—
“Luria, what should we do? Should we wash this one as well?”
Sui asked me whether the patient should be washed too.
“Ah, yeah. That makes sense. He still smells a bit…”
Sui had already cleaned the patient’s clothes before the treatment.
Sara and I had also worked hard to wipe off the poop stuck to his skin.
Not just with dry cloths, but using Sui’s clean water to wipe him down.
Even so, the smell lingered. The poop clung stubbornly to his skin.
“If it were just the smell, it’d be fine, but staying dirty is bad for his health. Sui-chan, could you take care of it?”
If he remained unclean, even a small wound could get infected.
Before the treatment, he had been so weak that any little thing could have killed him, but now he should be fine.
“Leave it to me!”
A hot water sphere enveloped the patient, who lay on his back.
“His eyes are closed… Luria, you should pinch his nose for him.”
“Got it!”
As I pinched the patient’s nose, the sphere of hot water engulfed his face as well.
“Sui-chan, this is seriously amazing.”
The hot water itself was imbued with purification magic, making it incredibly effective.
It was like the best of both disinfectant and detergent combined.
And it didn’t sting even if it got into the eyes or nose.
“Fufufu, praise me more!”
“It could even be used to clean wounds.”
Even if it didn’t cover the whole body, just using it to cleanse wounds would be highly effective.
“…Gobo? Gobobobo (Huh? Where am I?)”
“Ah, did he wake up?”
The patient opened his eyes in confusion and began to struggle.
“Stay still. It will be over soon.”
Sui reassured him while gradually shrinking the hot water sphere.
“That should do it. Luria-chan, what do you think?”
I let go of the patient’s nose and took a sniff.
“Mm, it’s fine now. No more smell.”
“Sniff sniff sniff.”
Da-u mimicked me and confirmed there was no smell.
The now-former patient emerged from the hot water sphere, looking at me, then at himself, and then back at me again.
“…I’m healed.”
“Yep, you’re all good now.”
“…Thank you… very much.”
The former patient slowly and carefully expressed his gratitude.
“That’s great. Oh, are you hungry? We might have some food—”
“I’m fine, thank you.”
The former patient kept thanking us repeatedly.
He had a gentle demeanor and was extremely polite.
“How did you end up here? Were you cursed and thrown into a manure pit?”
“…I don’t really know.”
“Do you have any reason to believe you were cursed?”
“…Shamefully, there are too many possibilities for me to say.”
“I see… Sounds like you’ve been through a lot.”
Sui nodded sagely.
“Why were you in a place like this?”
I was curious why he had come so close to the lakeside villa.
He might have had business with my father or mother.
“…Uh, I got a little lost.”
“What?! Do you know how to get home? Can you make it back alone?”
“Yes, thank you.”
I studied the former patient’s face.
He looked like my father.
Especially his kind eyes—they were identical.
“Um, do you have any relatives—”
“Woof woof!”
At that moment, Da-u barked, signaling that someone was there.
“Da-u, who is it? An enemy?”
I spoke while moving to shield Sara behind me.
At the same time, Sui and Thomas braced themselves.
A few seconds later, two men dressed like merchants appeared.
“Ah, my apologies for the concern. It seems my escorts have arrived.”
The former patient said this.
“Are you sure? Can you trust them?”
After all, he had been cursed, thrown into a manure pit, and abandoned.
Why had they come only after he had recovered? Could they really be trusted?
The former patient stared at the two men.
Without a word, the two knelt before him.
“It appears they are trustworthy. I apologize for the worry.”
“I see. If you ever run into trouble, you can always come to Luria— no, to my father for help.”
“Yes, thank you. For everything…”
Saying that, the former patient grasped both of my hands tightly.
“I will never forget this debt. Lady Luria, you are my savior.”
“Don’t worry about it!”
Then, he took Sara’s hands and expressed his gratitude to her as well.
“Sara only helped Luria-chan…”
“No, that is not something just anyone could do. I am grateful.”
After that, he also expressed his gratitude politely to Sui and Thomas.
“I hope to see you again soon. Thank you very much.”
“Yeah, stay healthy, okay?”
“Um, Lady Luria.”
“What is it?”
The former patient looked at me intently with serious eyes.
“Why did you save me?”
“Why, you ask?”
“I was just a filthy old man covered in filth. Why? There was nothing for you to gain.”
“Hmm? I didn’t really have a reason…”
The former patient continued to stare at me.
His eyes were so serious and desperate that I felt like I should try to explain somehow.
“Well, for example, if a puppy…”
“A puppy?”
“If an excited puppy were about to fall into a well, you’d instinctively save it, right?”
Anyone would do that.
No one would think about whether they’d get a reward from the puppy’s owner; they’d just reach out to help.
“……”
The former patient was deep in thought. Maybe the puppy analogy was unclear.
“It doesn’t have to be a puppy. A kitten or a baby would work too.”
If a kitten were about to fall into a well, or a baby was about to fall, anyone would instinctively reach out to save them.
“It doesn’t even have to be a well—it could be a cliff. Either way, you’d reach out immediately, right?”
“……Yes. …You’re absolutely right.”
The former patient looked as if a weight had been lifted from his shoulders.
“Thank you, Lady Luria. And everyone else as well.”
Finally, he bowed his head with a smile and left with his two attendants.
“Luria-chan! I’m so glad we were able to save him!”
“Yeah. But…”
I glanced at Thomas.
“Mother is going to scold me.”
“My Lady, it pains me to say this, but you must be scolded. That was extremely dangerous.”
“I’m sorry.”
Trying to cheer me up, Sui started ruffling my hair.
“Luria-chan is amazing! Sui will apologize with you!”
“Woof woof!” “Ryaa~” “Kyuu kyuu” “Kokoko”
“Yeah, I’ll apologize with you too!” said Sara.
Everyone was going to apologize together. That was reassuring.
After that, we all petted the goats, boars, and cows.
“Meee~” “Bubobo” “Moo~”
“Do you want us to ride on your backs?”
“Meee~”
Loria, Sara, and I rode on the goats’ backs.
Thomas rode on a boar’s back, and Sui rode on a cow’s back.
Carro and Kolko rode on Da-u’s back.
Then, we all started walking towards the mansion.
“Wow, it’s so high up!”
“Ryamu Ryamu!”
Sara’s tail swayed excitedly. Loa flapped her wings in delight.
“Sara-chan, aren’t you afraid of heights?”
“A little, but it’s fun! What about you, Luria-chan?”
“I’m having fun too!”
“Meeee~~”
The goat let out a happy cry.
“Bubobo” “Moo~”
“Okay! Next time, I want to ride the boar and the cow too!”
“Bubo” “Moo”
As we exited the forest, the view opened up all at once.
Riding on the goat’s back made everything look completely different from usual.
“Wow, the lake is so pretty!”
“It really is!”
The sunlight reflected off the lake, making it sparkle.
A strong, cool breeze felt amazing.
I stood up on the goat’s back and crossed my arms.
“Luria-chan? What are you doing?”
“Hmm? Striking a cool pose.”
Thomas, who was riding the boar, panicked.
“My Lady! That is dangerous!”
“Thomas, there’s no need to worry! If I fall, Sui will save me, right?”
“I’m really counting on you, Lord Water Dragon.”
Hearing their conversation, a thought crossed my mind.
Who exactly was that patient?
Why was he there?
And what was that curse?
“Hmm… I don’t know.”
There was no point in thinking about something I couldn’t figure out. I decided to leave it for later.
