Following the direction pointed, in the direction of the crowd who were bowing down like waves, a simple three-story building slowly opened with a creak, revealing a slender cane.
A woman with long, dark chestnut hair, dressed simply with only a few bell pendants on her body, groped her way out of the open door. The bells jingled as she walked, but her eyes remained closed, suggesting she was blind.
"It's the Holy Maiden!"
Excited voices rang out from the side.
Looking back, even though the hunter couple had accidentally aggravated their wounds and were in excruciating pain, they did not utter a single cry of pain. Instead, they quickly flipped off the carriage and used their still-good arms to take the little boy, who had been quickly carried off by Shen Xue, from both sides. They then reached out again, wanting to carry the little girl off the carriage as well.
“Let us take care of this child for now.” Maintaining her half-squatting position, Miyuki shook her head. “You are injured after all, so it’s inconvenient for you to do this.”
"This...this is too much trouble," the hunter couple hesitated.
I interjected, "Consider it an exchange to thank you for bringing us into the city; it's just a small thing."
Although with Shenxue's help, we were eventually able to find the exact location of the Frozen Snow City and enter the city, it was still not as efficient as it is now. We might even be questioned or even extorted before entering the city because we were complete strangers.
This was something Shenxue told me on the way.
It is said that in the past, during a time of frequent commercial activity, the frozen snow capital experienced a period of prosperity. This was due to the malicious extortion of entry fees by passing caravans and the imposition of heavy taxes on goods. Even tourists from other places, not necessarily merchants, were sometimes forced to pay exorbitant entry fees.
However, the negative consequences and backlash it brings are also extremely serious.
The excessively harsh and arbitrary taxes greatly reduced the number of caravans traveling back and forth. Cities that didn't have much abundant mineral resources and were only somewhat famous for their unique geography and landscapes didn't bother to retain them; instead, they seemed eager to squeeze more money out of their already empty coffers.
The resulting chain reaction led to a large number of people losing their livelihoods but refusing to leave, wandering around the city like parasites, multiplying unchecked.
Let's get back to the main topic.
The two people hesitated for a moment, but eventually reached an agreement with our proposal. Urged on by us, they hurriedly walked toward the blind saintess who was already surrounded by a crowd.
I sat on the platform, which was slightly higher than the surrounding area, and made sure that the little one's feverish condition was gradually improving from being cold. I casually rubbed the child's hands, who was trying to warm them with my meager body heat, and then turned to look to the side.
The bustling crowd suddenly fell silent at the same moment. They turned to look here, and like the tide, they suddenly and orderly parted to both sides, revealing a narrow passage.
A blind woman, without anyone to help her, stood alone at one end of the passage, leaning on her cane. At the other end were a hunter couple who had been looking at the thick crowd with worry, unsure how to approach, and were now even more at a loss due to the sudden situation.
"No need to worry."
Without any amplified echo or unnatural noise caused by magic, the saint's voice was gentle and ethereal, clearly resonating in everyone's ears, like a kind and proper older sister next door, or a wife overflowing with maternal love, making people feel at ease and listen carefully to her words.
She tucked her cane between her elbows and gently clasped her hands together: "To those afflicted by illness, I will do my utmost to heal your spiritual and physical wounds equally."
"Please do not worry too much about the cost of repayment. Just remember the goodness of people and share the good deeds you have received from me with more people, so that they can know about them and be reborn from that place of suffering and struggle. That will be the greatest reward and comfort to me."
Without opening her eyes, she turned to face the couple who were hesitant and unsure whether to approach, and gently extended her slightly curved palms upwards in an inviting gesture: "Please come closer, my two friends who were unfortunately seriously injured while protecting their loved ones."
"And to those guests who have come from afar, please forgive me, I am currently unable to personally receive you due to other matters. If you do not mind the simplicity of the lodging, why don't you come inside with me and rest for a while? Is that alright?"
Her words startled both me and Miyuki, while Alice crossed her arms behind her head and whistled lightly.
Putting everything else aside, just analyzing what she just said reveals a number of different signals.
The three of us, along with the hunter family, had all arrived recently. Their emergency rescue from a den of brown bears didn't seem like a staged event—the hunter family of four were ordinary people with very little knowledge of magic, and their understanding of blades and weapons was limited to the rudimentary practice of hunting to fill their stomachs. They were indeed a group of ordinary people unrelated to anything extraordinary.
Right now, this blind saintess is deliberately displaying an air of "I already knew about your arrival and I know your purpose," which, if not due to her expertise in prophecy, is a silent display of her powerful intelligence network.
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