Chapter 1126 - The Status of the War (1/2)
Chapter 1126: The Status of the War
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Five days later.
Rex saw Simbady again.
In the hospital at the encampment of the First Army.
Coming with Simbady was a bright, dainty Mojin girl.
“How are you feeling?” Mulley said as she placed a bouquet of seaweed on the windowsill. “This is the only thing I can get here. There are no pretty flowers, but at least they are plants, which is better than muddy sand, isn’t it?”
“Ah… thank you,” Rex said as he straightened up. ” I feel… much better.”
“That’s good. You scared me when you came out of the water. Your face went livid, your body spasmed violently, and you kept coughing out water,” Mulley said, smiling. “Then you got a fever after arriving at the encampment. Simbady and I came to visit you twice, but you had yet to regain your consciousness when we paid the visits.”
Rex said with a bitter smile, “I’m too weak.”
“But you made it and went beyond your limit,” Simbady encouraged, grinning. “Mr. Explorer, in fact, your desire to live is even stronger than I anticipated. I was about to shut down when we were almost there, but you clutched me with your arms and forced me to keep going.” With these words, Simbady lifted the bottom of his clothes and said, “Look, I got bruises from your grip.”
“Sorry,” Rex said, a little embarrassed. “I don’t remember what happened after we got out of the cave.”
“You must be thinking about something at that time. Otherwise, you wouldn’t have held Simbady so tight after you blacked out, right?” Mulley remarked.
“Probably…” Rex muttered while nodding. “A lot of things came to my mind before I passed out, such as my invention, the Society of Wondrous Crafts, and my two wives who were waiting for me at home…”
There was suddenly a strained silence.
After a while, Simbady asked testily, “What did you say?”
“Two wives…” Rex answered with a look of dawning comprehension. “Ah, I forgot to tell you. The customs in the Fjords Island are different from each other. On the island where I grew up, you can marry as many people as you want. It’s perfectly normal that you didn’t know about that.”
“I suddenly regret taking you out of that cave,” Simbady replied, a muscle twitching in his face.
“Same here,” Mulley rejoined with an expression of utmost seriousness.
“Oi, you don’t have to be that straightforward…” Rex protested in a bit hurt tone and immediately changed the subject. “What about… that ruin?”
Simbady instantly tightened his manner into formality when they started talking about businesses. He said, “Nobody is allowed to enter that area anymore. The First Army put out sentries near the cliff to keep an eye on the Giant Armored Scorpion. I went back to the cave when the water was low at their request and retrieved your bag.” His voice lowered to barely a whisper. “But I handed it in to the First Army… Sorry.”
“No, you did the right thing,” Rex said while shaking his head after hearing the account of Simbady’s story. “Since the First Army took me to the hospital, they would eventually know about the cave. Plus, I’ve never thought of keeping the entire ruin to myself. I just feel a little sad about that two diving suits. Even if you tell people the diving suit does work, few would believe it now. But there’s nothing you can do about it… You did that to save me.”
Simbady was silent. He knew how much time and effort Rex had put into these two diving suits. It had taken him half a year to make one and probably more time and money to conduct research before he had succeeded.
The loss must have given him a heavy blow.