Capítulo 40: Incredible Feeling
Sophia soon began to feel some discomfort and pain throughout her whole body, as she promptly examined her left elbow and saw that she had a slight degree of sunburn, as everywhere she looked, has a reddish hue in it.
When she feels it with her fingertips, she notices that it is dry and has a little swelling on it.
Then she briefly rolled out her sleeves on her left hand as everywhere she looked except the skin that is being covered by her clothes has a reddish hue.
"Already having first-degree burns... This desert is really unforgiving." In the midst of her musings, Sophia cast a stealthy glance at the little girl, noting that she was breathing heavily however no perspiration could be visible on her face, indicating that her skin had already become dry, similar to her own.
"If both of us are already suffering from these burns, then what about Bryan? We're constantly dragging him over this scorching sand, then his skin would've already developed blisters along with the continuous exposure to the sun and with the sand." Gritting her teeth, Sophia thought, as a dispirited expression formed on her face and softly said,
"Don't give up! Just a couple more to go.." Sophia observed with her unblinking eyes that the Arc-shaped rock was really steadily increasing in size, suggesting that they were moving closer to it.
"If they are not treated immediately, then the condition will worsen drastically." While she was thinking, Sophia willed her Hidden Book to constantly follow her vision at all times, and she willed a blue screen to appear for it to list her current status.
Name: Sophia Lane
Level: 0
Experience: 100/1000
Attributes – none
Energy: 9 (10)
Dexterity: 11 (10)
Physique: 8 (10)
Intelligence: 11 (10)
Skills: Slight Will Lvl 1,
[Your will is slightly refined]
Special Skills: None
Skill Points: 0
Condition: Severe Dehydration.
[Caution: Get some rest immediately, or you'll die.]
"Figures... Dehydration. I've tracked it down to, Mild Dehydration, Acute, and finally Severe Dehydration over the course of the journey..." The corner of Sophia's lips twitched, and she willed the blue screen to vanish as she returned her attention to the road ahead.
...
After a quarter of an hour had passed, the three eventually arrived at their destination.
Wam—!
When the little girl felt the cooling shade, she quickly slumped to the ground, face-up, as she was experiencing shortness of breath.
Her whole body instantly relaxed and felt like jelly, as this was the first time she had ever felt so incredibly weak.
Her skin is dry and swollen, and she is in continuous agony as a result of this. Especially on the calves of her legs, as she had the sensation that they were on fire.
No tears formed in her eyes during the whole length of their journey despite her overwhelming desire to weep.
Her lips were cracked, and she licked them repeatedly as she thought about how she wished she could drink more water.
Even the day she was born, the sensation she was experiencing right now was greater than the sum of all her joyful memories put together, and even that couldn't compare to this one. She had never experienced anything like this before.
Only one word can be described on what she was feeling...
Pleasure.
"This... I've never experienced such a surge of emotion before at this intensity! I had no idea that something as basic as a shade could be so GOOD!" While laying on the ground and feeling the cold sand under the arc-shaped rock, Sophia flashed a fatigued smile and clutched the sand beside her as if she was afraid it would fly away,
Feeling extreme relaxation on her body, the little girl was so incredibly tired and after knowing that she did made it out alive, it just made her feel more tired, and she desired to sleep for a while.
"Wait! Little girl, don't sleep yet." Throwing cooling sand on her face, Sophia tried to shout, but what came out was a weak whimper.
She wanted to move there and gently inform her but she was exhausted beyond belief and decided that the best course of action would be to throw sand in her face rather than walk there and gently warn her.
"Wh-" the little girl was caught off guard, and her tiredness began to fade away somewhat as she tilted her head to the side, with a look of resignation on her face.
"This big sister really likes throwing sand, huh?"
"Just sit upright and lean you're back against the rock, let's try not to sleep yet..." Sophia smiled bitterly and showed a look of apology.
After hearing that comment, the little girl didn't move and instead made her little fist clench and shut towards Sophia's direction while raising her left hand over her head, as if to say, "drag me to that area, big sister, I can't move!"
"The nerve of this kid! Making me drag her towards the rock? Humph, I'll spank her butt later on, by making me all do the hard work." Sophia grumbled and hesitated for a while before rising to her feet, as the feeling of heaven was gradually fading as she was getting further away from the ground.
Despite this, she still continued to do so, and as she stood up, her legs wobbled like a twig as she slowly went in the direction of the little girl.
"Yay!" The little girl, who was feeling a bit smug, pondered joyfully as she raised her hands over her head, as she prepared to be dragged towards the rock like a person without legs.
"This big sister is really good to me..."
"Little girl, stop giving me that silly look on your face... Keep smiling, go on... Cause I'm not the least bit happy on it." While dragging the little girl to an appropriate spot, Sophia weakly murmured.
"For a girl at her age and stature, this girl is quite heavy! I had assumed she would be a breeze to drag, but with hands like this, I can understand why..." Seeing her wobbly hands, as if about to break apart, Sophia is downcast.
After a few seconds of torment, Sophia arrived at her destination, and she kindly reminded, " The reason I told you to don't sleep yet, is your body is weakened to a severely high degree and you need to rest while not falling asleep or else, your organs will finally give out, and you'll be forced to sleep forever."
Having no strength to even speak, the little girl gave a determined look on her face and formed a circle with her hands, giving an okay signal.
"Good..." After gently patting her head, Sophia returned to Bryan, who was still receiving direct sunlight on his legs, as only his upper body is on the shaded area.
Dragging it slowly towards their place, Sophia was on the verge of giving up, as she grumbled
"Why's this bastard so heavy?! What exactly is he eating? Rocks!?" After Bryan was safely secured and shaded, she could finally sit down and enjoy her break.
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