The Unlucky Villainess Small Fief

Chapter 10

"Ouch..ouch! Please be gentle, melody! That stings!" Ortezca shied away from the cotton wet with a concoction of herbs good for wounds inflicted with poison. Ortezca and Dialton went back later that night back in the village, everyone was happy that the village is safe but to their horror, the fief lord was full of wounds from the sword and arrows aimed at her while sir Dialton was woundedless. The reprimanding was cut into two: women reprimanding ortezca for being reckless and men reprimanding dialton for being useless. Ortezca tried to placate the men telling them that sir dialton was not useless, only for them to reprimand her as well. 

Ortezca then slept but was struck by a terrible fever because of the poison from her wounds. Melody was worried again. She ran to glen, asking for remedy but glen told her that the poison was too strong to be cured by the herbs found in the mountains. The only way was to visit a doctor and have her cured. Knowing that moving ortezca is not good, and the village was so secluded, melody has no one to ask for help to. She quickly wrote on a paper to ask dorothy for help, and until morning there was no reply. 

'At this rate, my lady is going to die!' Melody cried in despair. She doesn't care if god is real, she prayed for a miracle to happen for her lady.

Two days since the failed bandit raid. Winter finally came and the villagers were inside their houses, cozy yes, but with a dreadful feeling since winter is bad for any kinds of illness- even though ortezca was poisoned, she is also suffering from a high fever. They are worried for the young village head. 

"Mother, are you heading towards the lord's house?" Mikhail asked as he plays with Lucius. Lucius is a golden retriever who likes to roam around the village as if it was mimicking its owner- making rounds in the village. Lucius saved a drowning little girl in the river when it was taking its walk, making it the hero of the children of the village. Since then, it always drops by from house to house to check on kids.

"Yes, i plan to visit her and help Melody in taking care of her." Mikhail's mother said as she puts the bread inside the basket and cover it with cloth. Mikhail and his mother were the only survivors from the ransacked village and her husband was killed by the bandits. She thought that she and her son would die but thanks to lady ortezca, she is now doing pretty well, and even knows how to bake. She wanted to pay lady ortezca back.

Everyone wanted to pay the lady back so they visited once a while to check the status of the lady's health and the women take turns in looking after lady ortezca.

"Stay with lucius here, ok?" Mikhail nodded. Mikhail's mom was walking towards the lord's house when suddenly she saw a carriage drawn by horses approaching the entrance. She then ran to the barn where Glen and Dialton resides. (A/N: LOL, Barnkeepers?)

"Sir Glen, Sir Dialton! Someone is approaching the village!" Glen and Dialton immediately ran towards the entrance with a shotgun and sword ready.

"Stop right there! Who are you?" Dialton shouted at the cloaked man who was getting down from the carriage. The man then removed his cloak, making Dialton gasped.

"Lord Suvvell!! What-what brings you here, my lord?" Dialton asked as he sheathed his sword. Rudevich smiled in response. "I came to save my fiancée."