Cheat Awakening

Chapter 373. Price of a Cure

"Sigh, then please take care of Gwen. She has gone through enough struggle. Now, I just hope she can find someone she loves and start her own family, instead of wasting time on someone like me who hardly has any future," Fiora spoke with a helpless smile, stopping Gwen from interrupting her. She is well aware that her stupid daughter didn't want to let her go, but there is no way.

With her body condition getting worse with each passing day, it is only a matter of time before she would have to leave this world.

"Ms. Fiora, let me ask you something. If by any chance there is a way to recover you completely, then how far are you willing to go to get that chance?" Suddenly, Myne asked seriously but his expression was calm, while deeply staring at Fiora's eyes, as if he wanted to see through her soul.

Myne's sudden question left both mother and daughter extremely shocked. However, the shock only lasted for a few seconds, before Gwen shot up from her chair. She grabbed Myne by both shoulders and began shaking him vigorously.

"Myne, are you telling the truth? Is there really a way to cure my mother? Please tell me, I'm willing to do anything on her behalf." She asked with eyes wide open.

"Gwen, stop shaking me," Myne said gently as he forcefully let her sit on his lap. "This decision can't be made for someone else. It's completely up to Ms. Fiora. If she herself doesn't want to live, then even if the healing goddess arrived, she wouldn't be able to save her. Believe me, I've seen stubborn people who get tired of living after witnessing too much darkness in the world.

They end up taking their own lives. In this matter, your mother's decision is most important."

He wrapped his arms around Gwen's waist to prevent her from causing any further trouble. Then he placed a sweet kiss on her cheek to calm her down before shifting his gaze towards Fiora, who was dumbfounded by both Myne's openness with her daughter and the news of her potential cure.

Gwen, who initially wanted to get a cure for her mother as soon as possible, could only hide her face in Myne's chest after witnessing him forcefully seat her on his lap and even kiss her right in front of her mother. She did this to avoid her mother's teasing gaze while playfully hammering her fist on Myne's chest with her soft hands, complaining in her mind.

"If there truly is a way to recover, then I definitely want it. I'm not giving up on life. There are still so many things I have left to do, like travelling to various kingdoms, enacting revenge on my enemies if possible, and most importantly, playing with my grandchildren!"

"MOTHER!" Gwen burst out, her voice a mix of annoyance and amusement. "Wh-What are you talking about? It hasn't even been a day since I met Myne! How can there be any children so soon?!" She angrily interrupted her shameless mother, who rarely spoke few words to others before, but today was surprisingly energetic and making trouble for her.

"Okay, joke aside, Myne, since you mentioned this matter, it means you probably have a method to cure me, right? Tell me your conditions. As long as they're within my limits, I'll do anything, literally anything, to recover. Even if I had to sell myself to you, I wouldn't mind.

It's just that I'm not as young as Gwen anymore, you might not be very interested in an old lady like me, hahaha," Fiora boldly said with a giggle, directly teasing Myne and indirectly mocking her daughter's naivety.

"Hahaha, don't worry about her," Myne chuckled. "She just wants your attention and doesn't want to be ignored. It's a common problem among girls, and I'm well aware of it. Just leave it to me, I'll handle it slowly. As for why I want you two to move, it's not only because this place is bad for your health and safety, but also because some uninvited guests are coming here tonight.

Their goal is very clear. If you two don't move, there's a high chance you'll witness a hell that will become part of your remaining life."

Myne calmly replied and helped Fiora get up. He then thought of something and cast his only current recovery skill, Stamina Recovery, on her. Sadly, other than sending warm energy into her body, it had no effect on her condition.

"Thank you, Myne," Fiora said weakly, "but there's no need to waste your energy on me. Normal recovery skills have no effect on me. Otherwise, I would have recovered a long time ago... Ah!"

Seeing Fiora attempt to put her arm around his neck for support to stand up, Myne found it bothersome. So he simply lifted her thin, weightless body in a princess carry and walked out of her depressing, gloomy room.

"Who might attack us tonight? We have no enemies here, and everyone knows Mr. Loolus backs me," Fiora questioned seriously while hiding her shyness, although she was already 43 years old, but because of Gwen's father, which left lifelong pain in her heart, she hadn't touched by any man for past 24 years, so it natural for her to cough off guard by suddenly get lifted by Myne.

Despite her poor health, a moment of heat spread throughout her entire body as someone of her daughter's age was carrying her, this is just too exciting for an old lady like her.

"I don't know about your backer, Ms. Fiora, but I saw unknown footprints right outside your hidden door. Additionally, a few children have been continuously watching your house, monitoring every activity. Oh, and speaking of a hidden door, let's not mention Gwen since she's young but you... how can you leave such an obvious opening unlocked in your kitchen?

A strong gust of wind could even open it, leading right into your neighbour's entrance! Do you really think you live in some kind of fairytale world where people are honest and kind and never do anything even if you leave your door open at midnight?" Myne angrily asked.

Fiora's face burned with embarrassment after Myne's harsh questioning. Now she just wanted to bury her head in a hole.

Damn it, Fiora thought, frustrated with herself. I told that idiot to install a lock on that door inside the kitchen, but she seems to have forgotten again. Maybe I should have just hypnotized her instead of blindly believing her- at least then she wouldn't forget to do her work. Now what can I tell Myne?

I can't exactly say that I've hypnotized almost everyone around the house to the point where they subconsciously ignore everything important related to me, and even if they see that hidden door would just ignore it? But it really is my fault. I shouldn't have been so arrogant and should have done this work myself, instead of leaving to an idiot.

While Fiora cursed herself internally, Gwen rushed out of her bedroom. Because of their poor financial conditions, she only had a few dresses and never bought anything extravagant that they could afford even if they wanted to. So it only took her a minute to pack everything before dashing out of her room.