Forgotten Wife Let the traitors kneel Down (by Patricia Maradiaga) novel Chapter 236

Part II: The Monster In The Well

Sirius approached Abril when she was alone and asked her, “What do you think you’re doing?”

“Helping.”

“I can see that, but we don’t have time for that. We’re in a hurry.”

“Yes, but I can’t leave without helping these people. I can’t abandon them to their fate.”

Sirius sighed and said, “I understand that you want to help, but you shouldn’t show your power. It can be

dangerous.”

“And I don’t plan on doing that. That’s why I said we’re healers.”

“I don’t know anything about plants, and Taren knows even less.”

“That doesn’t matter. We just have to act like healers.”

***

Abril approached the old man she had spoken to before and asked him where the well was. He told her it was contaminated, but she insisted on seeing it. When they arrived at the well, Abril looked inside, and the

water was black.

“The water in this well, like that of the rivers, has turned black. It’s contaminated.”

“And where do you get water from?”

“We have been getting it from vendors who come from other kingdoms, but we are running out of money, so our fate is already set.”

“I don’t agree. Destiny is not something that will happen to you if you don’t want it to. It’s what you want to happen, so we have to believe that everything will be fine. Don’t you think?”

“I hope it will be as you say. I have been in this village my whole life. Everyone here is like a big family. I wouldn’t want to lose them.”

“And you won’t.”

Abril signaled Taren to take the old man away. She needed to be alone to purify the water.

“Sir, could you show me where the sick people are?”

“Of course, follow me.”

“We’ll go now,” Sirius said.

Once they were far enough away so that they couldn’t see what she was doing, Abril put her hand in the water. She could feel something evil and dark coming from the depths. She let her magic flow like a torrent. Little by little, the water became clear. Suddenly, a monster emerged from the water, slimy and

emanating a black liquid.

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Before Sirius could do anything, Abril unleashed her silver flames and turned it into ashes.

“I think it was that monster that was polluting the water.”

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Abril put her hand back into the water as if nothing had happened, finished purifying the water, and said, “I thought I had finished with all the monsters. It seems I was mistaken. There are still some out there

causing havoc.”

“You have changed a lot.”

“After all I’ve been through, it would be strange if I was still the same, don’t you think?”

Abril glanced at the well; the water looked clean and crystal clear.

“That’s done. Now let’s go see the sick.”

“How do you plan to explain that you have purified the water?”

“I don’t plan on doing it. You take care of that. I’ll go see the sick, so come up with a good story and try to

help in some way.”

Abril started walking away. Sirius sighed and said to himself, “I had forgotten how annoying she can be

when she wants to be.”

***

Abril went in the direction that Taren and the old man had taken. Halfway there, she came across a girl.

She looked thin and exhausted. The girl approached her and, with a hoarse and barely audible voice,

asked, “Do you have something to eat?”

Abril felt her heart break at the sight of the girl. She took an apple from the satchel she still carried on her

shoulder and asked, “Do you like apples?”

The girl nodded vigorously. Abril handed her the apple, and the girl devoured it with a ferocious hunger.

Abril caressed her head, used her healing magic, and immediately the girl’s expression changed.

“Is it a magical apple?” asked the girl with her mouth full. “I feel better after eating it.”

Abril gave her a gentle smile full of tenderness and answered, “That’s right, so keep it a secret.”

The girl finished eating what she had in her mouth and said, “All my family is sick. If I give them a little, will they get better?”

“No need to do that. I will go see them, and they will soon be fine.”

“Do you have more magical apples?”

“No, but I am a healer. I make sick people get better.”

The girl jumped for joy, took Abril’s hand, and dragged her to her house, a small cabin. When Abril entered, she saw a man, a woman, and two young girls lying on the floor. The girl told her, “They can’t move. They’re very sick. Everyone says they will die, but they won’t, right? You will cure them, won’t you?”

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Abril could see the terror of losing her family in the girl’s eyes. She caressed her head and said, “No, they won’t die. They will be fine soon, I promise you. I’ll need some water. Could you go get it?”

Sadly, the girl said, “The little water we had ran out, and the water from the well is contaminated.”

“Don’t worry about that. The water is no longer contaminated. Why don’t you go and check it?”

The girl took a clay pot and ran to the well to get water. Once alone, Abril approached the girl’s farmily. They looked very bad, half–dead. She infused her magic into them, and immediately their faces regained

color.

After making sure they would be fine, she left before the girl returned. Taren had gone to look for her and

said, “Your Majesty, where were you?”

“I was helping a girl. Do you know where the other sick people are?”

“Yes, everyone seems to be very sick.”

“Take me to them.”

***

Taren took Abril to a barn, where they had all the sick lying on the ground covered with thin blankets. Those who were slightly better were taking care of those who couldn’t even get up.

“Everyone in the village has gotten sick,” Taren said.

Abril approached a young woman with tan skin, black hair, and green eyes. She asked her, “Is there any medicine you are using to treat them?”

“We prepared an herbal tea, but it’s not working. Everyone has gotten worse.”

“Show me what herbs you have used. I will help you treat them.”

The young woman thanked her for her help. Shortly after, she started to wobble. Taren held her in his arms

before she fainted.

“What should I do with her?”

“She must be exhausted. Find a place to lay her down, and then go to the well for water. We need to hydrate them.”

“Alright.”

Abril asked another villager who was helping the same thing she had asked the young woman who had fainted. After seeing the herbs they had, when Taren returned with the water, she prepared a chamomile tea and started to distribute it among the sick. Although that was just an excuse to lay her hand on them and use her magic without them noticing.