Hello again! Now we'll see more friends in this chapter…

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Chapter 4, New friends

The sun was already set when they arrived to the village. Zelgadis has became very weak and Amelia was afraid for him. She saw an old woman and asked: "Hey, is there any healer in this village?"

The woman looked Amelia and answered: "No, but there's some travellers in that house. I'm not quite sure, but maybe they can help you…"

Amelia thanked the woman and rode to the house that woman was pointed.

She knocked the door and about her age red-haired girl came to open the door. The girl shouted when she saw Amelia and Zelgadis.

"I know that he look –" Amelia started.

"Is he wounded? Come in, I'll help you." The girl said and helped them in.

"My name is Lina. I'm here with my companion." The girl told when she helped Zel to the bed.

"I'm Amelia, and this boy is Zelgadis…" Amelia told a little confused.

"Have you used the healing spell for him?" Lina asked.

"N-no, I…"

"You can't, huh? Well, let me show you."

Lina put her hand on Zelgadis's wound, and then her hand started to shine in white light.

Lina frowned, and Amelia asked: "What is it?"

"There's poison in his blood. I think that it came from what ever hit him." Answered Lina very worried.

"Oh no!"

"If we won't take the poison off his body, he'll die before next night."

"Oh Zel…"

"There have to be a cure for it. Some spell. But I don't know what." Lina said.

"Are we able to find it?" Asked Amelia.

"I hope so. We have many spell books in the living room, so we can search from them" Answered Lina, and then a tall boy came in. He has a long, blond hair and he was wearing blue clothes.

"What's going on here, Lina?" The boy asked.

"We're going to help these two to heal that boy." Answered Lina, then turned towards Amelia. "He is my companion, Gourry."

"Nice to meet you." Said Amelia, then: "Umm, can we go to search that spell?"

"Of course. Gourry, go to make some food to her." Lina said and walked to the living room. She and Amelia took every spell book that they found on the floor and started to search the right spell.

Lina told her story to Amelia when Gourry was making food.

"Gourry saved me about half year ago, and after that we have travelled together, killing bandits. Don't get it wrong, we're not married or anything. How did you meet Zelgadis?"

"I was picking up flowers, and he saved me from a bear." Answered Amelia.

"Are you in love with him?"

"What??"

"Are you in love with him."

"No, I just… hey, why did you say that?"

"Because you're acting like that."

"Like what?"

"Like you would be in love with him."

Amelia didn't say anything.

They searched the spell for a few moments, until they went to the bed without finding anything.

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Can they find the spell before next night? Or will Zelgadis die? We'll see…