!!!
"Wa-wait..! Si-sis..Charlotte..!!"
Her voice, though with a little more volume than she intended was now finally back.
Catching everyone's attention, especially Charlotte who abruptly cancelled her healing after she turned towards Mila with a widened-eye expression.
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"Hooh..?" - Foryan released an amusement-filled scoff as she saw Mila yell out to divert the Lieutenant's attention away from the healing.
"..What..what is it..? Mila?" - Charlotte cautiously asked, a sweat sliding off her cheek.
Without another word, Mila began to also march forward before stopping to stand beside stunned Charlotte.
"..I..I will fight for..my sisters..!"
"Some of the wounds are infected with..Ratfly maggots.." - Mila stated, causing Charlotte to flinch.
"Ra..ratfly ma-maggots..!? Ho-how dangerous..!"
- The Lieutenant exclaimed, hands starting to subtly shake once more.
"..Yes..Do..do you have the magic to melt them away..?" - Mila glanced towards Charlotte with a hesitant gaze, only to be met with a pause and an eventual shake of head.
"..No-no.. See..I'm sti-still trying to master the..fundamentals of it.." - Charlotte weakly stated, her eyes downcasting a little.
Mila paused, before her softly agape mouth clenched into a resolute state.
"Tha-that's alright..see.."
- Then, Mila slowly lifted her right hand before placing it above the palms of Charlotte, her fingers slowly planting themselves above the Lieutenant's hands.
"..!?" - As soon as the lass' hand was placed above hers; Charlotte felt a sudden surge of a prickling sensation, prevalent yet not painful swirling around the veins present inside of her hands.
"I'll...I'll lend..I'll lend it to you..!"
- Mila exclaimed, eyes unfaltering.
With her sudden declaration, Foryan's solemn and half-amused expression quickly became one of that filled with pure, unfiltered shock.
"wha..what..?" - Foryan internally questioned.
"Re..ready..!!" - Mila added, looking towards the still frozen Charlotte.
"Ac..activate your healing..! I will supply it with..with my [Repel]..!"
As if a ridiculous revelation, Foryan found her mind going into a frenzy as she heard the final word uttered by the determined Private!
"Re..repel..!?" - Foryan internally yelled, her chest surging with an inexplicable level of excitement and adrenaline that she desperately tried to suppress with a half-amused expression itching to explode into a full-blown yelp of joy!
"Mi..Mila..
The timid one out of all the Medical Corpswomen..
Learned..Learned the..!!
Advanced Healing Strand; Repel..!!
Unbelievable..!!"
- Foryan watched as Charlotte continued to hover her palms that were coated in a golden, flame-like apparition guided by Mila's right hand whose fingers had veins that radiated a greenish glow connecting itself to Charlotte's hands; whose veins also glowed a similar colour though more prevalent as compared to Mila's.
"Yes..there..!"
"keep..going.."
"..slowly dying..! Keep going sis..!"
A slight smile then found itself creeping up on Foryan's mouth as they watched in complete silence and awe, Layla, whom just stood frozen behind the two refused to look away while Yenna just revered in total silence, her eyes widening to do justice the shock she was feeling.
"Wonderfully done..Mila..!
Even..even..even..!!
Second in Command..! Seraphia Nuelark..!!
Struggles with that level of healing..!"
Foryan puffed out her chest.
"Not only did you spot those barely visible maggots.. that can only be seen through heightened senses...!
But..you..you can also channel Repel to somebody else..!! Fascinating..!!"
Though mostly stoic still, Foryan's wide gleaming eyes told a different story.
"am..am I doing it right..?"
"yes.. just keep at it sis.."
"okay..—"
"stop..okay go.."
"Wonderfully Excellent..! Indeed aye!
But.."
- The gleam on her corneas slowly dissipated as both of her eyes squinted towards Mila;
Whom was struggling to even properly breathe while her body, mostly her face was rapidly exuding out sweat despite the relatively cold air the tent was insulating.
Charlotte notices the repeated pants the Private is heaving before she glanced to her side.
"Mi-mila..are you..?" - She utters.
"I'm-I'm fine!" - She yells out, not wanting to make any eye contact as she remained focused on Charlotte's palms.
"Si..sis Charlotte..! Plea..se concen-concentrate..!" - Mila heaves out, making the Lieutenant flinch.
"O-over..overhealing of some wounds..! could cause an overgrowth..! The..sir could get a thi..rd sk-skin or ihven an..anwantid..lump of fle..sh..!"
- With her speech slowly slurring, Charlotte's worry grew more and more for the Private beside her.
Charlotte's golden-coloured fire that coated her hands and Mila's slowly dimmed in brightness and became smaller and smaller.
"Mi-mila..! ta-talk to me..! You..you're getting paler..!" - Charlotte exclaims.
"Haah..haah.. I'm..fa-fayn.." - She whispers, head slowly hanging over.
"Repel..is indeed a type of healing magic that belongs to the upper echelons of rarity.. To sustain it.. puts quite a strain on the user.. especially.."
Foryan watches as Mila slowly loses her strength, causing the young lass' legs to shake and her to lean towards Charlotte for support, making sure her hand never disconnects with the blonde-haired Lieutenant's.
"Mi-mila..!!"
"haah...haah.."
"Mila..!"
"con..sen..treyt...haah.."
*Tch.*
Though barely audible, a sudden click of tongue echoed throughout the encampment before it was followed by a set of footsteps that advanced towards the severely-weakened Mila and a torn between worry and duty; Charlotte.
*Plap!*
*Fwoosh!!*
"..!"
"..?"
Another hand landed on top of Mila's, causing the golden-coloured flame coating both to suddenly burst in size and in brightness! The green-glowing veins present in Charlotte's hand now shining brighter than before while the fourth hand's veins, radiated a different colour; Blue.
The Blue set of channels, resembling that of veins emanated from the fourth hand's wrist, where a circular apparition of a similar glow was seen connecting the channels of veins towards the fingers whom were planted above Mila's hand, consequently powering it up, and even strengthening Charlotte's flame.
Charlotte, whom was shocked by the sudden gesture found herself slowly gazing to the side only to see;
"Layla..!" - The Lieutenant yelped.
Mila, whom was at the verge of passing out took notice of a blurry silhouette standing beside her, which upon its arrival caused a sudden burst of vigour to shoot up from her hand all throughout her entire stature.
"Haah..Haa..Lay..la..?" - Mila weakly muttered.
"Tch..! Dang it..! Don't leave..me out you two..!"
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Act 43 — FIN.