“Is that the water she needs?”
“The demon in infirmary made this… he’s asking us to free him because of- what is it again?”
“Regarding the Seven sins demons… he said that they’re awake”
The room fell into silence and Lina thought that finally, she can sleep tight
“WHAT?! Those bastard demons? Now? Already?” not until she heard a familiar voice
She urges herself to open her eyes but her body won’t allow her “SIRE! SIRE! There’s blood in her stomach!”
Major Richardson looks in the direction where Sherry’s body is floating “doesn’t she have any injuries? You already checked her condition?” the major wonder and when he looks at the water, he realizes that she’s bleeding too much
“What happened?” the others asked
“Ugh! What a fishy smell!”
The major looked at his subordinate with warning and they took it as a signal to warn
“Nurses in the infirmary said that she’s is currently in a stable situation but…” they decided to call the men who brought her, “they said that she’s going through menstruation” when the soldiers already finished their reports, they saw the floating body of the girl
The soldiers cannot say anything about the questionable situation and were urged to leave the room silently
“Men's… menstruation?”
Major Ronald Richardson wonders
The moment has passed and they still can’t decide what to do “should we… bring her out from the water? Girls are sensitive when they are in that pace” the old general voice his opinion
The others nod and started to carry the girl away from the pool “NO, we cannot do that. Her illness will bring her more pain than menstruation cramps” Richardson command and everyone heed
Lina’s eye twitched
She can’t be anymore embarrassed by the situation
Menstruation is normal for young teens and girls but… WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT SHE WILL EXPERIENCE IT IN THIS CRUCIAL TIME AND PLACE?!
This is the worst part when she possessed this body
Her original form doesn’t experience this situation anymore. Having an intensive training, her old body experiencing menstruation can be counted with her fingers even in her past life
And the worst is during this time of the month, Sherry’s body is much more fragile, emotional, and exhausting to handle!
It almost feels like torture!
“You’ve rested enough, I know that you're awake”
Lina slowly opened her eyes
Noticing her blushing cheeks, Major Richardson can’t help but scoff… This isn’t the girl that he nurtures and trains!
Looking at Sherry’s delicate and elegant face… this is impossible!
The other generals can’t still believe the mystery that happened with the siblings, It’s beyond their imagination! And if not for Dionelle’s testimony, the current Lina Richardson’s behavior and the person in front of them
“C’mon father, cut me some slacks. Your daughter is in pain!”
Yeah, that’s Lina Richardson
A sergeant who disrespects her seniors
“So… this really is the fountain of desires. It’s effective huh?” the others asked so Lina splashed water on them and a peck of their desires flashed through their eyes
Lina saw that they spaced out for a moment “Effective enough?” she then asked when she noticed they were reaching for the water, maybe drowning themselves in it
Major Richardson stomped his foot one time and the other soldier froze, contemplating to see more of their greatest desire or obey their superior “We’re not here to play with you, Sergeant”
With a commanding tone, the major decided to direct to the point and say what he needs “Let him in” he looked at the door and the guard beside it nod before letting the person on the other side come in
“Oh gosh, is this Lina?! She’s so mature now!”
The soldiers immediately stand up and gave their salute to the man who had just come in “She is just this little when I saw her!” and with an enthusiastic tone, the man thought he can deceive the great Lina Richardson
“So, you’re my father’s dog… took you long enough to come out ha?”
And as expected, she’s too observant to be deceived by anyone
The unknown man laughs at her retort and signals the others that they can bring down their hands now “you don’t need to be formal with me. I already retired!” he happily exclaimed before having his arm on the Major’s shoulder
“So, what do you need this time my friend?” he asked cheekily before grinning widely, teasing the great soldier
“Sergeant, salute to the former Lieutenant General, Alahim Madraso. He’s now in charge of supervising the uncertainties when we found out about the *returnees” (the ones who travel back in time)
“Uncertainties? Do you mean… us? the Houl Company?” with a bitter tone, Lina tried to make their information clearer
The former general nods his head in agreement and forcefully takes her hands to do the salute “respect your senior, kid”
Irritated, Lina splashed more water on them “respect who? You’re the one who meddles with my affair! Don’t think that I did not notice you, copying Alfonso’s features when we were on the Island in Phil! You are also the one who called the Cramo when they imprisoned Nathan for awakening his demon side! You! Made us ship the boat who’s notorious for being a slave cargo!”
Gasping, Lina let out all his frustration that made Alahim gape his mouth open
“Why are you blaming all your unlucky encounters on me?!” he heaved heavily before continuing his words
“I saved you from that island! You, recklessly throwing the kid to the Litch?! Are you crazy? If I didn’t back you up that time, it will be the end of him! And you!”
Major Richardson frowned when he heard their words of war
“Do you think he will have that ability without me?! I cleaned up all your reckless plans you stupid, ungrateful bastard! You won’t trust me if I don’t have that Alfon- whatever face! And you can’t get out of the Philippines without that boat! Who told you to show up your kids’ abilities?! It’s your fault that you have been sold!”
Lina reacted harshly and look up at him with rage, gritting her teeth and clenching her fist “don’t fucking justify your crimes”
“CRIMES?!”
The man exclaimed in disbelief, he points at the girl and look at the major- can’t believe that his friend groomed a child just to grow up as an ungrateful brat “did you hear her?”
Clapping, he showed his sarcastic side “what do you think will happen after that demon’s awakening? Will you handle the thunder surges? The other calamities causing his awakening? You only experienced one calamity but until now the company that you’re so proud of can’t even get up and continue its business!”
Their conversation was cut off when someone suddenly pop out of nowhere, dropping into the pool full of menstruation blood
“AGH!”
Astran, who looked stressed came out of the pool in disgust “What the hell is this blood?!” he stop for a moment and look around, realizing that the atmosphere is too heavy for him, he tried to quiet down
Not until he smelled the fresh blood “what… this, where does this blood come from?” did he look for its source and saw that the red liquid was surrounding Lina’s body
Lina, who can’t figure out what to do- turns her back at him ‘why is there much blood coming out? Is this normal?’ she asked herself
Surprisingly, Astran came closer and inspect her body “Do you have a wound? Injuries? Cuts? Blood! Oh no, I heard that humans die easily because of blood loss!” the panicking demon is a fresh image in their minds
“Oh, no, no, no, no! what if my test subject will die? No one can replace her… I have so many plans with her. I didn’t even start with the experiment!”
Lina paled as she heard the demon’s murmurs
The room fell silent, they all heard the demon’s whisper and were scared on behalf of the girl
“AH! NO!” jumping everyone in surprise, Astran forcefully turn Lina’s body to look at her- eye to eye
“YOU CAN NOT DIE YET! THE CARDINALS OF SEVEN DEADLY SINS ARE ALREADY AWAKE! I… I need you to control them, I mean… Nathan! You can control Nathan- The Lord, I mean- My Lord!” baffled, Lina tried to think anything about the cardinals he’s talking about… is there such thing as cardinals?
What surprised her more is when she looked at the soldier around her, they are all in a state of horror “they… are already awake?”
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A/n: just sharing, I will graduate this May~
or not?
hahaha, I just want to share this joyful news with all of you! I'll be busy with the grad and deadlines so I hope you can still support this novel despite the slow update and progress. Thank you so much!