As I was sitting over the floor looking at Naturia's amazing status, she suddenly began to bathe me with her new Skill for healing. The healing effect shouldn't be any stronger than Tier 2 Magic, but somehow, it began to make my body… hurt!
I began to tremble a lot as Naturia bathed me in her healing light, I tried to make her stop but she was stubbornly showering me with this light. When she finally finished, I felt a lot of electrifying pain over my body, as if all my nerves were being awakened or stimulated.
But suddenly, as I tried to move… I was able to do so!
"Eh?! Naturia, your Skill can do this?!" I asked in shock.
Suddenly, I looked at my own Status, the Venom Status was gone thanks to mother, probably, but a new Status was there [Nature's Blessing] and it seemed to strengthen my body and my reflexes… does this means it can help me move even when my body ended as atrophied as before?
Maybe it's only temporal, but it sure helps. I'll just ask Naturia to cast it constantly until my body heals enough so I can move normally again.
Thanks to Naturia, I was able to stand up as if nothing had happened.
When I was about to walk outside, however, I met my parents. My mother ran towards the tent so fast she ended hitting me with her big chest.
I ended falling over the floor.
"A-Ah! Sylphy! I am sorry…" My mother quickly ran to my side and checked me over.
"Ahaha… Don't worry about it… I am okay now." I sighed.
"I was so worried you were not waking up, but no matter how much I tried to heal you and wake you up, I couldn't. It was as if you were incredibly exhausted. Just what did you do to your body now?" My mother asked worriedly.
"I-I just used a lot of Mana into it… I was going desperate because I wanted to stop the cultists that showed up… It was all so hazy… I am sorry." I sighed.
"N-No, don't be sorry… Your idiot father should had been there for you!" My mother angrily said. "I am sorry for not being there either…"
"Sigh… I-I already told you that it happened out of nowhere! There's no way I can just predict the future now." My father sighed. "I was trying to protect the kids, I never thought another problem would surge right after I had all my hands full dealing with those monsters… And then I was sucked in the Dimensional Crack and had to fight a giant Basilisk holding a small Fragment of the Demon King all by myself… I did it as fast as possible…"
"You should had simply grabbed the kids and escaped; we could had deal with it once we regrouped…" Sighed my mother.
"Yeah but if we did that more people would had died!" My father said.
"But our daughter would had been safe!" My mother argued.
"I-I know… I… I had little options…" Sighed my father. "I just… felt anger for those people that died so easily and fast… right before my eyes… the casualties ended at around 26 people, but most of them were young adventurers…"
"Sigh…" My mother sighed as she seemed just as conflicted as father.
Right… A lot of people ended being petrified by those Basilisks, which ended killing them almost instantly. My mother might had healed them but their souls were used for a ritual, so the bodies without souls to inhabit couldn't be healed, most likely.
"I did my best to heal them but without their souls around, it seemed impossible." My mother said. "Hah… It was really a big mess."
"Erm…" I looked at my parents as they quickly realized I was still there.
"Right… Well, let's go eat something dear. Sorry for talking these things out of nowhere. What happened there was a big tragedy… I am just glad you're safe and sound, and that you were able to protect Aquarina and Zack as well… You've gone through a lot, let's go eat something." My mother held my hand as she led me to the big tent where we usually ate.
It seems that a lot of things ended happening there. Apparently my parents had a big discussion about what happened. My mother was frustrated and ended blaming my father for it, but ultimately, it was all just out of nowhere, a thing of "fate" as my uncle said, which wasn't taken kindly. It was something none of us was prepared to, we simply responded to the situation however best we could.
I don't know if I should really get angry at my father, I know he was worried and wanted to kill the monsters as fast as possible, so I can't blame him for it…. He did his best, and he ended saving us at the end. I don't want to hold grudges about what he could had done, I am just happy he came and was able to save us.
When I arrived at the tent, I found Aquarina and Zack, both seemed to have been way better than me. And they ran towards me as fast as they could too.
"Sylphyyyy!" Aquarina was the first to reach me, jumping over me and hugging me tightly. "Are you okay?"
"Y-Yeah, I am! Don't worry…" I sighed, as I petted her head. Her adorable face seemed to be about to burst into tears.
"I am sorry for not… being able to do so much back then…" She cried. "I promised I would protect you but… I ended being protected again."
"Aquarina… Don't worry about it. You're still developing and growing stronger…" I said, caressing her head. Maybe I should give her the System Seed next to give her a boost in strength if what she wants is being able to grow faster.
"B-But…" She cried, adorably rubbing her face with her hands.
I quickly gave her a kiss in her nose and then her forehead.
"Don't worry, it is alright… I am glad you're safe. It makes it all worth it."