At this moment, a series of kowtows came from afar.
Leif looked over and saw Kumur's mother kneeling beside the wizard. Most of the villagers were there as well.
Only a few people stayed with Tulu. For some reason, seeing such a scene, Leif felt inexplicably sorrowful.
Through the sparse crowd, Leif saw Tulu kneeling in the middle of the crowd. He didn't say a word and just covered his left ear, which made Leif feel distressed. Leif wanted to comfort him, but he didn't know what to say.
Furthermore, Leif felt that Tulu was surrounded by an aura of silence and resistance. None of the villagers who were on good terms with Tulu stepped forward. They only looked at Tulu with pity.
After a long time, tears of blood fell from Tulu's eyes.
Silent sobs.
"Tulu, your ear is still bleeding. You need to bandage it, or it'll be a problem in the future." Leif stepped forward and said to Tulu.
Tulu looked at Leif and remained silent for a long time. Leif couldn't understand his expression, nor did he know what he was thinking. He just stepped forward and wanted to help Tulu back to the village to apply the medicine.
Tulu didn't refuse. Leif helped him up, and they walked towards the small fishing village. At this time, the villagers who had been estranged from the outside finally came over and told Leif to bring Tulu to them. They all said that they had dried herbs at home.
Just as they were about to pass by the wizard.
The wizard said to Kumore's mother, who was kneeling in front of him, "The one you should thank the most is Tulu. At the same time, the one you should apologize to the most is Tulu. "
Kumore's mother was stunned. She finally remembered that Tulu had risked his life to save her son. She turned around and looked at Tulu, who was in a daze.
With Kumore in her arms, she walked over to Tulu and bowed her head in thanks.
"How are you doing, Kumore?" Tulu finally spoke his first words since he came ashore.
"Thank you, thank you …" Kummer's mother nodded. At that moment, Kummer woke up in her arms. She immediately spanked Kummer's buttocks and pressed his head down. "Thank your savior!" Kummer's mother yelled. "Quick, thank your savior!"
"Uncle Tulu, thank you so much …" Kumore lowered his head to Tulu.
Tulu had a complicated look in his eyes. He would never have lost his left ear if he didn't have to save Kumore. He could no longer hear anything in his left ear. In other words, he was half-crippled.
It was all because of Kumore's prank.
He really wanted to slap Kumore in the face, but could he blame Kumore for everything that happened? It was his own idea to save Kumore, and he even ignored Leif's warning.
Whether it was Kumore or himself, they were both trapped in their own cocoons. They were lucky enough to run into Mister Padt. Otherwise, they would've been dead by now.
Everyone thought that Tulu was still holding a grudge against Kumore. Although it was embarrassing for an adult to argue with a child, no one dared to say anything. They wanted to skin Kumore alive as well.
Kumore's mother also bowed her head and apologized for Tulu's injuries.
Unfortunately, what was lost was lost. There was no point in apologizing.
When everyone thought that Tulu would never forgive Kumore, Tulu spoke in a weak voice, "I told you to call me big brother. Don't call me uncle."
Tulu didn't say it out loud, but everyone knew what he was going to do.
"Thank you for saving my life, Mister Padt." Tulu pushed away Reif's hand and staggered to Angor's side.
Everyone's gazes once again focused on that powerful extraordinary human. Their eyes were filled with shock, curiosity, doubt, and fear. In the face of a powerful and unknown Spell Caster, no one dared to speak at this moment. Everyone held their breath. Even Kumore's cries were forcibly covered by his mother.
"Don't thank me. I already told you on the ship that the most important thing in the wizarding world is equal exchange. I saved your life today, and I'll be waiting for you to pay me back in the future."
Tulu nodded with a pale face. Angor's attitude was cold, but Tulu knew that Angor could choose not to help him. Just like Mister Roman, Mister Roman only cared about killing sea monsters when he was in danger.
Angor didn't want to separate his personal life from his personal life, but he couldn't do that himself.
"You only have one life. I hope you'll understand how valuable it is after this." He asked Reif to take Tulu back to the village so that he could bandage Tulu's wounds. Otherwise, Tulu would die from excessive bleeding.
Of course, he could use a healing cantrip to heal the man. However, any kind of shocking lesson that would never be forgotten by the rest of his life would have to be taught a lesson first.
Angor hoped that Tulu would learn his lesson this time.
At least, Tulu only lost his left ear. If he became a supernatural in the future, he would have a chance to get a new one. But if Tulu died for real, there would be no hope left.
Reif helped Tulu back to the village, and the other villagers quickly followed them. They all bowed to Angor respectfully when passing by him.
When everyone was gone, only Kumur and his mother were left in the village.
Kumur's mother thanked Angor again, but Angor didn't say anything. He only looked at the child in Kumur's arms.
He was still crying loudly, as if he had been greatly wronged. He had clearly fainted from drowning and had even been frightened by the sea beast. Why had no one come to comfort him? Instead, even his mother was beating him.
Angor took out a ball of Nightmare Aura and tossed it into Kumur's forehead.
Kumur stopped crying in an instant.
Kumur's mother looked at Angor in horror and instinctively shielded Kumur. She didn't know what Angor was going to do. What was that ball of mist?
"His actions will lead to the consequences of his actions. Endless nightmares will be his punishment, "Angor said in a plain tone." When he realizes his mistake, the nightmares will go away. "
With that, Angor turned around and walked back to the village.
Kumur's mother quickly checked her child, but she didn't find anything wrong. Then, the nightmare that the other party mentioned, could it be that he had nightmares at night?
While Kumur's mother was still trying to figure out what to do, she saw Angor stop walking.
Angor suddenly looked at Kumur. "By the way, I have a question. Why didn't you sink when the monster was right behind you?"
Kumur didn't know what Angor was talking about.
Kumur's mother, on the other hand, did. She didn't pay much attention to it before because she was too overwhelmed with emotions. Even an adult wouldn't have the strength to keep struggling in the water when drowning. But Kumur was only a child. How did he survive for so long?
Seeing Kumur's confusion, Kumur's mother whispered to him.
Kummer finally understood. After a while, he said, "I … I don't know … But I felt like there was something under the water supporting me, like I was standing on flat ground. But I also took a look at that time, and there was actually nothing underwater … "
Walking on flat ground? Something was holding him up, but there was nothing at all? That was something to think about.
Obviously, there was some kind of indescribable energy supporting Kumore. Was it because of the monster?
If this was really done by the sea beast, then it was too strange. In order to catch people, it was even willing to expend energy to maintain the life of the "human bait".
Angor glanced at the sea. The monster's body was nowhere to be seen. Perhaps it had become food for other sea creatures.
Angor shook his head and headed deeper into the village.
Not long after Angor left, a young man with a fish scale between his eyebrows was sitting in a dark corner of the sea. He rubbed his chin and clicked his tongue. "Damn, I almost got caught. Maybe I shouldn't do unnecessary things in the future."
When Angor returned to the village, he saw the old man still standing at the entrance. The old man quickly walked to Angor and said, "Stranger, I didn't know you were the legendary wizard. I heard from them that if you didn't save them in time, they would've … Ugh! Why is Kumur so naughty? I'm going to teach him a lesson this time! "
The old man went on for a long time. Angor didn't hurry to find Tulu, so he simply listened to the old man's rambling.
When the old man saw his son, he finally stopped talking.
His son was a middle-aged man with stubble all over his face. He looked at Angor with fear in his eyes. The old man patted his son's shoulder. "Son, this stranger is a good one. Treat him well."
The old man exchanged a look with his son, which eased the fear in the middle-aged man's eyes a little.
Angor didn't miss the exchange between the old man and his son. Angor thought the old man was here to spy on him, but he didn't expect the old man to do so.
It was probably because he felt that since he could quietly listen to his nagging, he should not be a heinous spellcaster. That was why he was relieved to let his son handle this matter.
The old man walked back to the village with his walking stick. "Son, I'm going to check on Scott's boy."
The middle-aged man waited for the old man to leave before he spoke again. "M-Mister Wizard, thank you so much for your help …"
The middle-aged man stuttered. "I'm the village chief. It's getting late. Come to my place for dinner."
Angor considered for a moment. It had been a long time since he had a serious meal. Besides, this was a fishing village. There must be a lot of fish here, and Toby never stopped loving dried fish.
With that in mind, Angor nodded.
They entered the village one after the other. Along the way, Angor noticed that all the doors and windows were tightly shut. Occasionally, someone would poke his head out from a window and peek at him. But when Angor looked at them, they would quickly shrink back.
"It's almost like a bandit." Angor felt a little helpless.
He planned to take Tulu away quietly as a traveler, but he didn't expect to run into such a big problem.
The atmosphere in the village chief's house was also strange, but Angor didn't mind. The seafood on the table was all boiled and steamed without much seasoning, which made the food smell fishy. Angor wasn't satisfied with the result.
Toby, on the other hand, enjoyed the meal. He even asked Angor to let the Moonlily Fairy out of his bracelet so that they could enjoy the food together.
But Angor didn't agree in the end. The Moonlily Fairy was a flower spirit that didn't like meat. According to Angor's observation, the Moonlily Fairy mostly ate vegetarian food. Her main diet was the nectar she brewed herself.
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