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Eliza had no idea what kind of chaos was unfolding within the Stonor family at that very moment.

They didn't depart until the last of the infected had recovered and the epidemic across Noganlul was fully under control.

As they prepared to leave, Kane personally came to see them off, finally finding a free moment after being swamped with logistics for days.

"Your Grace, don't forget those two shipments of medicine I ordered!" Kane reminded eagerly.

Eliza chuckled. "Don't worry-1 haven't forgotten."

The carriage slowly began to roll out of the county gates.

Exhausted from the past several days, Eliza turned away from the view and was about to lower the curtain to get some rest. But just as her gaze swept over the distant burial site near the road, something caught her eye.

There, among the ash-gray remnants of the mass grave, lay a body.

Eliza's first thought was that it must be another poor soul who didn't survive and had just been brought out for burning. But the next second, the "corpse" moved- barely, but unmistakably.

Her heart jolted. But when she looked again, there was no more movement.

'Am I just seeing things?' she wondered. Maybe she was too exhausted-maybe she was hallucinating.

Still, the nagging feeling wouldn't go away.

As the carriage drove farther, Eliza couldn't help but glance back. This time, what she saw made her heart skip a beat.

carriage! Stop

corpse. It

what she'd seen, she grabbed her medical case, jumped down

forward ahead of her. After confirming there was no immediate danger,

Eliza said as she knelt beside the frail figure. "How is

the point of deformity- nothing but skin and bone,

a meticulous examination. One

diagnosis shocked even herself-she wasn't sick. She

the girl's tattered clothes and suddenly understood. She uncorked a small bottle of diluted spirit water and

the girl

so much... my stomach... she moaned softly at first, curling up. But then, oddly, the pain began to ease. Realizing something was different, the girl slowly blinked her eyes open and looked up at the two figures

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asked

on Eliza's face. She was quiet for a moment, then asked, "Are you

her mouth, she tried to sit up-but her body couldn't follow. She coughed violently and vomited blood before collapsing again, pale

caught her. "Nolan, I need

handed it over at

the girl's internal bleeding, then slipped a pill between her lips and gave her another sip of

gently, "Your stomach's been in trouble for a long time, hasn't it? Have you gone without food or water for days? Or eaten

a goddess, aren't you? You saved the whole county, and now you've even

chuckled softly. "No goddess here. Just someone who knows a bit of

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