Merry and Luo

Luo's voice was still swallowed by silence.

Although Meli couldn't hear, she could read the cry for help in his eyes.

"Can he still walk?" Merry took a deep breath, suppressing the pain of his broken limb. "We must find a doctor quickly, otherwise he won't make it tonight."

Hearing this, Luo Huran wiped the tears from his face with his sleeve and nodded firmly: "Yes!"

He staggered to his feet and reached out to help Rocinante.

"Don't be so stubborn." Meli knew that Luo's health was not much better.

She gritted her teeth, stretched out her intact tentacle, lifted Rosinante's upper body again, and continued to move forward.

Luo followed at the end, stretched out his hands to hug Rossinanti's legs, and followed with difficulty.

Even though his fingers were frozen purple, he held her tightly and didn't let go.

The sound of gunfire gradually became distant.

They were walking through the snow-covered ruins. Luo accidentally stepped on something and his body suddenly tilted, and he fell to the ground with Rosinante in his arms.

Meli, who was walking in front, was caught off guard and was pulled by the force behind him. The three of them fell to the ground together.

The snow on the ground was washed away, revealing a body underneath that had been frozen to a blue-gray color. There was a diagonal wound on the chest that was bloody and the eyes were open unwillingly.

Luo's pupils suddenly constricted, and his gaze turned from the corpse to the dying Rosinante, with a flash of panic in his eyes.

Meli didn't say anything, but just stretched out a tentacle and patted Luo's shoulder gently.

"Let's go."

Luo Qiang suppressed the fear in his heart, stood up, picked up Luo Xinanti, and continued forward.

When they were almost at the coast, there was a sudden steep slope and they almost stumbled and rolled down.

Fortunately, the snow was thick enough to provide a lot of cushioning.

The sea kings waiting on the shore sensed Merry's arrival and immediately surfaced.

It was larger than several warships combined, and frightened Luo so much that he came to a sudden stop.

"Don't be afraid, it's here to pick us up."

"roar--"

The sea kings lowered their heads meekly and approached the shore.

Meli carried Rosinante forward, and Luo swallowed and followed carefully.

The scales are cold and soft to step on, not slippery.

Merry sat at the very front of the Sea King's head and used his sensing ability.

In an instant, all the islands and ships in the sea in the direction of their target island appeared clearly in her mind.

There is a small island more than a hundred nautical miles away.

The sea king let out a low roar, swung its tail, and immediately headed towards the island, breaking through the waves at an extremely fast speed.

Luo felt his body suddenly lean back, and the cold sea breeze made it impossible for him to open his eyes. He couldn't help but hold Rossinanti's hand tighter.

It wasn't long before we arrived at the island.

The island is very small, not much different in size from a sea king, and you can almost see the end at a glance.

Meli looked around and saw no people, nor heard any sound, only the sound of falling snow.

White teeth! I'm afraid there's no doctor on this island.

What should I do? What should I do?

Meli stood there in a daze, feeling a little confused for a moment.

All in all, she was still just a nine-year-old mermaid and didn't know much.

Seeing the bewildered Meli, Luo suddenly realized that they were in a dilemma without a doctor, and he could not help but hug the pale-faced Rosinante tightly.

Doctor... Doctor...

Merry closed his eyes, his mind racing with thoughts.

Her consciousness spread farther and farther, and the sea chart in her mind lit up inch by inch. Before, she could only see a few hundred nautical miles, but now there were signs of a breakthrough, and it continued to expand outward.

All the islands in the surrounding sea are so quiet and desolate.

The resources under the sea are very rich, and Meli saw many marine plants with therapeutic effects.

When the companions in the Red Hair Pirates were injured, how did Hongo help them heal?

Merry's eyes shot open. "You go find some dead wood to start a fire, and I'll go find some medicine."

Luo Wei was stunned: "Can you treat it?"

Rocinante seemed to be in a coma, and Luo finally made a sound.

"You have to learn it even if you don't know it. Are you going to watch him die?"

"No! We can't let Corasan die!"

"Then let's do it."

......

A small fire was lit in the leeward cave.

The firelight flickered, and Rosinante was lying on a black feather cloak. His clothes had been taken off, revealing his bruised body. His face looked increasingly pale, and his breathing was weak.

Meli squatted beside Rocinante, holding several green shells in her hands and tentacles. She had sharpened the edges to be very sharp and used them as daggers to dig out bullets.

The large conch next to it was filled with pounded herbs, and all the tools and herbs were ready.

"Start...start." It was the first time for Meli to do this, and he couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

"Yeah." Luo nodded without much confidence.

"call--"

Meili mustered up his courage, aimed the tip of the shell at the bullet hole, and with a little force, inserted it into the wound.

"Um--"

The unconscious Rosinante trembled violently, as if in great pain, and began to struggle subconsciously.

"Luo, hold him down and don't let him move. Let me apply the medicine."

"......good."

Luo placed the medicine snail on Meli's tentacles, lay down, and pressed Rosinante's shoulders with his arms.

Meli continued to push with the green shell, and the blood-stained bullet was picked out.

The tentacle holding the medicine snail applied the paste to the wound at lightning speed, and then pasted a piece of water grass leaf on it.

The blood flowing out of the wound was instantly blocked.

The fire crackled, reflecting two young, dirty faces.

Meli's gestures for picking bullets became more and more skillful, and his speed became faster and faster.

The bullets were picked out quickly.

At first, Rossinanti was struggling and twitching, but in the end he was motionless and seemed to have fainted from the pain.

Luo looked at Rocinante, who had his eyes tightly closed, and felt a little panicked: "Will Corasan be okay?"

"It's okay. The bleeding has stopped."

Meli could sense that Rosinante's breathing had changed from a gossamer to a thin line, becoming increasingly smoother. This must be because the herbs with sedative and analgesic effects had taken effect.

"Listen, his breathing has become steady. He'll be fine after tonight."

"It seems to be getting better."

All the bullets were finally picked out, and Rossinanti's chest slowly rose and fell.

Merry lay limply on the ground, his forehead covered with beads of sweat due to nervousness.

Luo let go of Rocinante, leaned against the stone wall, and said in a hoarse voice: "Corasan... please be alright."

Merry turned sideways and poked Luo's arm with his tentacles: "Hey, you seem to be injured too, are you okay?"

"I'm fine." Now that he had put aside his worries, Luo couldn't help but stare at the strange tentacle curiously. "What are you?"

"W-What?! You're so rude! I just saved you guys."

"Ah, sorry. I've just never seen anything like you before...uh, creature?"

"Obviously, I'm an octopus mermaid, and my name is Merry."

"My name is Luo."

The two little guys bumped their fists and were finally in the mood to chat.

"I know your name. I just saw it. What's going on with you guys?"

"Do you know Doflamingo?"

"Seven Warlords of the Sea? I've heard a little bit about it."

"He is Corasan's brother and a ruthless pirate..."

Perhaps what happened today was too exciting, Luo couldn't help but want to talk.

Merry listened quietly, the firelight dancing in her pupils.

"...When Corazon wakes up, we agreed to go together..." Luo's voice was filled with anticipation after surviving a disaster.

"Yeah, that sounds great."

Suddenly, a very soft moan was heard in the cave.

Meli and Luo looked at each other in surprise, and then turned their gaze to Rosinante at the same time.

Rossinandi's face had turned red at some point, hot breaths escaped from between his cracked lips, and his originally stable chest was shaking violently.

Luo's face turned pale instantly. He pounced on him, put the back of his hand on Rossinanti's forehead, and then suddenly retracted his hand.

"Oh no!" Luo looked at Merry in panic, "Corazon's forehead is so hot."

"I have a fever."

Merry forced himself to steady himself and tore off the clothes covering Rosinante, revealing his chest covered with herbs.

The skin exposed from between the herbs was abnormally flushed, like a crab roasted over fire.

Merry tried desperately to recall Hongo's actions: "It's a high fever caused by the wound infection. We have to find a way to reduce his fever."

Luo was a little panicked: "But we don't have medicine, what should we do?"

"Cool down first!"

Meili used his tentacles to roll up Rosinante and dragged him away from the fire. He then instructed Luo, "Go dig some snow in, quick!"

Luo immediately rushed out of the cave, used his hands as a shovel, and scooped up all the snow into his arms.

A lot of snowflakes poured into his sleeves, and Luo was so cold that he grimaced, but he didn't dare to stop.

Meli took a shell knife and cut off a piece of the hem of his coat, filled it with the snow that Luo brought, rolled it into a ball, and put it on Rosinante's forehead.

As the snow touched the hot skin, it quickly turned into water droplets.

Fortunately, the fabric of this jacket is waterproof, so the snow water did not flow out.

But the high fever still persists.

Rossinandi was dazed, mumbling from the corner of his lips: "Luo... run... you are free..."

Luo's tears burst out instantly. He couldn't help but stepped forward and grabbed Rocinante's hand: "Corasan! It's okay, we are safe!"

"Don't cry yet. Go dig some more snow. We need to help his fever go down quickly."

"Ah...Okay!"

Luo wiped his tears and immediately ran out to shovel snow.

The two little guys kept changing the snow and clumsily wiped Rosinante's forehead, neck and wrists, not daring to stop for a moment.

The fire next to it gradually died down because no one was watching over it.

Before the fire completely went out, Rossinanti's temperature gradually dropped.

Merry and Luo raised their stiff fingers, made a "V" gesture to each other, and then collapsed to the ground powerlessly, no longer having the strength to say another word.

Great, the fever is finally gone.