The Otherworldly Adventures of a Super Naive Girl

314: Feng Wu’s Incident

[notes]The person behind Feng Wu took out a knife and used it to cut Feng Wu’s wrists.
Then he dropped her wrist down and let the blood flow into the water.
The man watched with a sneer as the blood dyed the water red.
Soon after, he left through another exit.

Annai returned a few minutes later.
Trailing behind her were two other classmates who had also wanted to take a bath.
The two girls had agreed to meet and had run into Annai on the way over, so they ended walking together as a group.

Annai was worried about leaving Feng Wu alone for too long, so she had rushed back with the two girls as soon as she could.
The three of them walked into the bathing area and saw Feng Wu sitting completely still with her back to them inside the water.

Annai took her clothes off as she talked, not noticing anything was amiss.
“Zhēn, I’m back.
Sorry I took so long.
I ran into Fila and Moqi, so I brought them back with me.”

“Zhēn, you are gutsy.
We don’t know where the murderer is and here you are taking a bath by yourself.” Fila took off her skirt as she talked.

Moqi was also undressing.
“Yeah, I wouldn’t have dared stay alone.

The three girls wrapped a towel around their bodies after undressing.
They were thinking about the enjoyable soak, but as they got closer, they noticed the water was tinted red.
Blood!

“Ah!” screams rent through the air.
The girls were so scared their faces lost all color.
Annai, who had a good relationship with Feng Wu, even collapsed to the ground.

“What’s the matter?”

“What happened?”

“Was there another incident?”

“Has the killing started again? That damn devil!”

People cursed effusively as they rushed from the castle to the public bath.

“Who’s in trouble this time?!”

What the survivors saw were two girls hugging each other in fright and another on the ground looking just as frightened.

“Zhēn! Something happened to Zhēn!” Annai shouted through her tears.

The expression on Ming Xi and Jier’s faces dramatically changed when they heard this.
Wanting to ascertain the situation with Feng Wu, they stepped forward and felt for her pulse.
They exchanged relieved glances when they found the weak, but still discernible, beat.

“Miss Zhēn, Miss Zhēn is still alive.
We can save her.” Jier hadn’t forgotten his identity as a low-ranking maid.
He had attracted attention when he stepped forward, so he had to be careful to not stand out too much.

“Quickly! Pull Zhēn up!” Even if Yanaimo didn’t like Zhēn, this was a life and saving one was important.
She immediately ordered two maids to pull Feng Wu out of the water.

“The men should go outside first.” Jier didn’t want all these guys staring at Feng Wu naked.
She was in a bath, so naturally she would be naked.
The water blocked their view of anything below the shoulders, but once out of the water, she would be completely bare.
Even if it wasn’t Feng Wu’s actual body, he still didn’t want them to be staring.

The men were aware it was inappropriate for them to be there, so they left the area after Jier finished talking.
It would be great if they could ask her who the murderer was.
Once they caught the person, they could stop living in fear.

All the men left, including Ming Xi.
Jier stayed behind but he shifted his eyes away from Feng Wu, so as not to take advantage of her.

After the maids pulled Feng Wu out of the water and dressed her, the guard, played by Ming Xi, came back to carry her back to her room.
The butler then found medicine to treat her wounds.
Because she had been discovered so quickly, her blood loss wasn’t serious and they were able to stabilize her, but had they been any later, the outcome could have been bad.

“What happened here?! The three of you, tell me what happened to Zhēn!”

The two teachers who came with the group made their appearance.
At times like this it was important to have figures of authority preside over things.

“Teacher Ballard, we don’t know what happened either.
Zhēn was already like this by the time we got there!” Fila's face was as white as a ghost and her eyes were puffy red from crying.

“Teacher, we really don’t know anything.” Moqi repeated what Fila said.

Judging from how distressed they were, the girls had to be very frightened, but probably because of all the deaths recently, no one was in the mood to be sympathetic.
They were preoccupied with figuring out who the murderer was.

“How can Zhēn go to the spring alone?! You were all warned not to do anything by yourselves!”

“Teacher Del Leo, Zhēn didn’t go by herself.
She and I went together, but I had to use the toilet, so I left for a little bit.
I was only gone for a few minutes, I swear! I never thought something like this could happen in just a few minutes.
It was my fault! If I hadn’t asked Zhēn to come with me to the bath, this would never have happened!”

Annai blamed herself.
She and Zhēn had naturally gravitated towards each other because they were both open and honest individuals.
How could she forgive herself if something happened to Zhēn?

“Don’t cry Annai.
Zhēn wouldn’t blame you, so you shouldn’t be sad.” Teacher Ballard comforted Annai by patting her softly on the shoulders.

“All of you must take care in the future.
If you want to bathe, be sure to go in the day.
Don’t leave the castle at night and give the culprit opportunities to do you harm.” Del Leo sighed.
The murderer’s reappearance put everyone on edge and it felt like they would all collapse soon.

They knew there was a dangerous person out there trying to kill all of them, and yet they dared to bathe in such a remote place in the middle of the night.
Their vanity was going to be the death of them.

Annai whispered, “I know I was wrong teacher.
I won’t do it again.”

“As long as you know your wrongs.” As long as they knew why they were wrong, Del Leo wasn’t going to embarrass the girls.
He turned and asked the butler, “What is the current situation with Zhēn? When will she wake up?”

Everyone was interested in the question, after all more than half of them had been murdered.
If they didn’t catch the killer soon, it was possible they would all die.