Lord Protector Novel

Suddenly, a thought flashed past Mateo's mind.

“Ah, I have an idea. Since you're sent by the Holy Maiden to treat the kids, why don't you go to her house and cure her child? If you manage to do that successfully, I will believe that you're indeed sent by the Holy Maiden. Or else, you will end up as our food.”

Zeke was focused on the child's condition and had no time to entertain Mateo's nonsense.

He walked toward the woman and helped her up, saying, “Please lead the way.”

“Thank you, Divine Doctor. Thank you!”

Feeling extremely grateful, the woman headed toward her house with Zeke.

The other villagers followed behind them, interested to know what would happen next.

Along the way, Ava reminded Zeke softly, “Later on, regardless of whether you're able to cure the kid or not, just insist that you're sent by the Holy Maiden. That's the only way for you to save yourself.”

Feeling curious, Zeke asked, “Who exactly is the Holy Maiden? All of you seem really wary of her.”

“The Holy Maiden is our benefactor,” Ava replied. “She often sends us food, daily necessities and helps us with repairing our homes. She even treats our illnesses. If not for the Holy Maiden, we might not have a place to stay or food to eat. Who knows, we might not have been able to survive to this day.”

“She's able to come and go as she pleases?” Zeke asked.

“Of course!” Ava replied.

“If that's the case, the Holy Maiden is also one of your masters. Since she's also one of those who have been holding you captive, it's ridiculous that all of you are so grateful to her just because of such petty favors.”

Hearing that, Ava shook her head and clarified, “No, no. The Holy Maiden is not the same as the rest of our masters. I can feel that she truly cares about us. In fact, she tried to free us once but was discovered by the other masters. She was even punished because of that.”

Hmm?

Zeke made sure he remembered the name.

Ava sighed and continued, “However, the Holy Maiden only visits us once a month or once every two months. There was even once that she did not visit for six months straight. If she could come here more often, our lives would have probably been better.”

After a while, they arrived at the woman's house.

One of her children was behaving in a berserk manner, dashing around the house aimlessly. He had bloodshot eyes and was growling, just like a demon.

When the child saw Zeke, he started charging at him before he was quickly restrained by a man in the house.

Judging by the resemblance between the man and the child, it was likely that they were father and son.

The man bellowed at Zeke, “Get lost! Can't you see that my son is having a relapse?”

The woman explained at once, “He's the divine doctor whom I've mentioned to you previously. He's here to treat our boy.”

Hearing that, the man immediately let go of his child and knelt before Zeke, pleading for him to help.

“Divine Doctor, please save my kid! He's going to die soon from the torture that this illness is causing him.”