Aesop originally thought that he would never forgive or trust any infected in his life. After all, they were the reason why his life was complete hell. If he could kill everyone who was infected in this world, he would gladly do it.

But… His sister was one of them.

That and his big brother would not want him to do it.

He was too kind.

He was a hero.

He wouldn't hate the Infected.

Aesop wanted to be just like him.

So he would not label everyone that was infected as bad people because Brother Lin wouldn't do that.

That was also why Aesop was giving the people inside his home a chance to help his family. Brother Ye did not care who people were, Infected or not. To him, they were just people.

That did not mean that he would leave them with his sister and mother alone.

As they threaded them, he did not sleep. He stayed awake throughout the night. Even when his body was partially begging him to rest, he pushed through.

At least the people were kind enough to give him some bandages for him, they even tried to cover his wounds for him. He, of course, denied their offer. He still did not trust them enough to help him. They just need to prove themself by helping his sister and mother, not him.

Luckily for him, Brother Lin taught him some basic first aid. He could treat himself.

He kept on staring at them as the night went by.

As he stared at the sidelines, he did not see anything they looked like they were hurting his family. He knew that if they really did try to hurt his family, what could he do?

The chance of him dying was almost guaranteed. He did care. They better kill him. If not…

He did not want to think of that now.

He then noticed the sun was starting to rise. The sky was starting to become brighter and his eyelids were getting heavier. He forced his eyes back to the people in front of him. He couldn't sleep just yet.

He heard some of them muttering with each other.

"... That kid is quite something," Flake muttered to one of them, "He just sat there for the whole night now. He is quite a stubborn person."

He then slowly walked up to him.

"Oi, Little devil."

Aesop glanced at him. Then back to the group, "... My sister?"

Flake curled his lips and sighed at him, "The medicine is doing its job."

"... Medicine?" Aesop didn't know that there was a medicine that could treat the infected.

With that news, he got a boost of energy and stood up. He hurriedly walked to his sister, he placed his hand on her forehead.

It was not as hot as before. Last night, her body that felt like it would ignite at any moment was now normal. He checked her breathing. It was stable, a far cry from how she could barely be able to breathe last night.

Aesop was not a doctor, but his big brother was one though. He was the best. And from what Aesop had learned from him, his sister was getting better.

"Sis is getting better," He muttered. Then he turned his head to look at Flake,"Are there more?!"

Then Aesop heard someone coming into the room.

FrostNova slowly walked towards them. She wasn't in the house. With her being in the home frostbite would start forming around the people in the house.

As she walked into the room, she heard what Aesop was saying just now about the medicine.

"If you are talking about a medicine that could completely cure Oripathy, there is none like that yet. Not Ursus, Victorio, or even Yen, can find a cure for it," She said, "However, the medicine that we used on your sister was a medicine that could lessen the effect of the infection. This medicine is the best that the world could offer and it was made from Lungmen"

Aesop did not really care about the place that she was saying, Lungmen? Victoria? He didn't care. What he did care about was the part about lessening the effect of Oripathy on his sister.

"...That medicine," He raised his eyes towards her, "Where can I buy more of it?"

FrostNova looked down at Aesop, was silent for a while, and then said, "That kind of medicine is very expensive."

"... How expensive is it?" Aesop asked.

"... You need to work your ass off for it. I think you should already know," Flake said behind him, "If one of the members of a family becomes infected, their life will never be easy. Medicine for controlling this disease. People will look at them differently. The medicine that we used on you sister, you need to work for the rest of your life if you want to buy more of them. It didn't even cure her. It just stabilized her condition for at least a month or two. Can you do it? Will you waste your life just for her?"

"… So it's expensive," Aesop nodded at Flake, making Flake annoyed, "If you have more, I will buy them for you."

"Brat, didn't you hear me? I told-."

"I don't care," Aesop told him, "She needs them. That's all I need to know."

Hearing this, Flake and FrostNova exchanged glances with each other. They knew how expensive and hard to find the medicine was. Even if they found and tried to sell it to him, he wouldn't have the money to afford it.

Flake was about to tell him the truth but FrostNova walked toward Aesop, ruffling his hair.

"Okay," She leaned down and stared at Aesop directly in his eyes. She chuckled at how confused he looked at the moment, "We are willing to help your sister with the medicine, but in return, you have to work hard and live well so that you can make more money to pay us back."

Aesop processed all that she just said to him. When he was sure that he was hearing her right, he nodded at her determinedly.

Finally, after so long, he finally had hope. Hope he could finally help his family. He was so relieved that he almost shed some tears but held back them because he remembered what his big brother told him.

"... Thank you," He lowered his head and thanked her, "... Big Sister."

"... Big Sister, huh?" FrsotNova smiled, "But I am an Infected. Didn't you say that you don't trust us?"

"... I did but you're different," Aesop smiled at her, "You are a good person, a very good person. Just like Brother Ye."

"Brother Ye?" She raised her brow at the name, "Mind me asking, who is that?"

"Who? Brother Ye… He's my hero. My family is alive was all because of him," A small smile appeared on his face, "He taught me so many things. I want to be just like him one day. "

"... Is he an Infected?" She asked.

"...No," Aesop shook his head.

"Then, why are you comparing me to him?" FrsotNova said softly, "I am an Infected and he is not."

"But you are a good person just like him," Aesop answered her, "He said that no one is different. If someone is kind, they're kind no matter who they were."

"... Is that so," FrostNova's smile grew as she heard this, "I want to see this person one day."

"I think he would love to see you," He smiled at her. Then he glanced at the clock in the room. He remembered he should be going to work now. Although he didn't want to leave his mother and sister at this time, he needed the money.

… And he trusted her to take care of them.

"... I need to go to work," He turned around, "... Take care of them."

However, when he was about to go through the door, a wall of ice blocked him.

"Don't run in such a hurry," FrostNova stretched out her hand to Aesop. She then showed him a wrapped candy in her hand, "Here. This is for you. If you feel hungry or cold, just eat it."

Seeing the candy, Aesop hesitated. After all, his sister became infected after eating the bad guy's candy. And now there was a candy in front of him, which was also given by an infected person.

He wanted to refuse, but when he thought of what she did to him and his family, helping them, he slowly took it from her.

He realized that he did the same thing that his sister did. He hoped he made the right choice.

The ice slowly melted away.

Seeing this, Aesop took a deep breath and then turned to her, "Goodbye big sister."

With that, he left the house to go to work.

When she was sure that Aesop was far enough, FrsotNova glanced back at her group.

"Big Sis, you know what you just did?" Flake asked her, "That was your last med."

"... I don't need it."

"What do you mean that you don't need it?!" He wanted to yell at her but he kept his voice down, the family was still sleeping, "Your current condition is-!"

"I know my current condition very well, Zane," FrostNova cut him off, turned his head, and looked at Flake, "That boy 's idea on infected is much more important than my health."

"... What do you mean?"

"What infected people want is to live, not to fight," FrostNova said softly, "This can only be achieved if infected people and non-infected people understand each other. The same is true of the purpose of why we are still fighting, to have no more fights after us."

Flake scratched his head, "Just now you sounded like Dad."

"Dad?" She raised her brow at him, "I just borrowed what someone I knew told me."

She then took her group outside. She stared up at the sky and saw it was almost noon now.

Although she couldn't feel much warmth from the sun, she still felt very comfortable under it. It made her remember someone.

"This boy's family was destroyed by an Infected, so he hated infected people. In that case, we also have to do something," She muttered loud enough so that the others could hear her, "This is our chance to fix what they had done."

"I still don't quite understand you, Big Sis, but your body is also very important," Flake said helplessly, "If you're gone, what about us? What would we do without you?"

"Don't worry," FrosNova retracted her gaze from the sky and looked at Flake, "I won't be leaving you all that easy. At least not until I complete my goals."

"Well, that's the end of this topic," She then sighed and shook her head," Who is the guy who is in charge of this town? Did you find out who it is?"

Flake wanted to talk more about how ill she was but he knew how stubborn his sister could be if she wanted to.

"I did," For now, he just needed to focus on his mission now, "The one running this place is a man named BronzeHammer."

"BronzeHammer?"

"Yes," He nodded, "From what I gathered, this guy is strong. He was once the guardian of the Ursus Emperor's guard."

{Rhodes Island's Psychologist}

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