Chapter 4 - Daughter of a….Seer?

Though I'm confused, I still continued my exploration of the house.

Waddling down the hallway I pass by multiple open door with the same decorations of what could have been guest rooms? Though there all covered in dust as though no one has cleaned them in a while.

*cough cough* * blegh*

Turning the corner I could hear the sound of vomiting coming from the inside of a room. Adhering to my principle of not wanting to get involved with other people business, I was going to turn back the way I came when I heard the sound of a woman's voice.

"….ugh….Dammit…."

It was Elle.

Sighing like an old woman, I head for the closed door.

I use my hands to push open the door.

*creeek*

The smell of blood and vomit immediately rushes into my nose. The inside of the room wasn't a guest bedroom but instead a huge bathroom. Slumped over the toilet was Elle, my maid/possible kidnapper, with her eyes closed looking like she passed out. Blood could be seen from the corners of her mouth and all around the floor.

A bit dumfounded I just stared at her by the door. Then I noticed her eye lashes fluttering signaling that she was going to wake up.

Not sure why, for some reason I didn't want her to catch me here. So I hid behind the shower curtains.

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*3rd person pov*

Elle was dying.

Ever since the battle 2 years ago when she first came to this safe house with Scarlett she noticed her body was deteriorating from the inside little by little. Her master had repeatedly told her, before the battle that due to the effect of the poison she wouldn't be able to live longer that 8 years.

Knowing that her and her comrades were poisoned, they decided that they would by there master some time to escape with the young miss. In the end, there proposal was rejected. She told them that her life was going to end soon and she wouldn't even be able to live for 2 days let alone the 8 years they could. Their master was a seer, which was a rarely seen existence. She could see the future and look into the past. If she said she was going to die then that mean she must have looked threw hundreds of different scenarios but still came out with the same out come.

Her death.

Wanting to save her daughter, she handed her baby to her most loyal comrade.

The Captain of her guard.

Elle

So when the fight broke out Elle, gritting her teeth, found a chance while the enemy was distracted, and disappeared from the battle field. As cultivators, each person has an elemental affinity. Hers was space.

Using her skill teleportation, she teleported her self and little Scarlett to a safe house no one knew about except herself and her master.

Elle wasn't a maid or a nanny, she was an excellent cultivator. She really didn't know how to take care of a household or a person for that matter but she promised her master that she would hold out as long as she could and raise her daughter before sending her away.

The poison in her body was something they had never encountered before and so, they didn't know how to treat it. What the enemy didn't know back then was that little Scarlett was born with poison immunity, so it had no effect on her.

Walking down the hallway back to her room, she immediately felt the urge to vomit. This was one of the first symptoms of the poison acting up. As she was already prepared for this, she calmly walked into the bathroom and knelt by the toilet.

After vomiting her guts out she felt the metallic taste of blood in her mouth and everything went black from there.

Feeling the presence of someone in the room, she wakes up.

Not taking notice of the blood around her she, silently approaches the curtain.

"Come out," she orders in a cold voice.

'Damn how does she always do that'

Feeling deja vu, Scarlett sticks her little head out from behind the shower curtain.

"Umm….awe you, otay?" She asked with her cold baby voice. Already used to the cold way the child in from of her spoke, Elle was a bit surprised to see her in the bathroom.

She held out her hand that still had some blood on it from her mouth, "It's almost time for l..lunch Miss Scarlett, let's get you back to your room." She spoke in a clear concise way not even sounding as someone sick.

Scarlett takes her hand and they leave the bathroom, heading towards her room in silence.

Opening the door, Elle made sure her little miss got inside before leaving. Closing the door she hears Scarlett ask in a tone different from her usual cold voice. It sounded almost concerned but a little stiff like someone whose never shown that emotion before.

" Are you okay…..Elle?"

With her back facing the child, Elle lied with a heave conscious.

"Of course Miss", and left the room.