76; Revenge

"What do you mean by terribly sick? Am I sick?" I asked him.

"You're really strange you know," He said.

"Why do you say so," I asked.

"Take a look at your body. The symptoms show clearly on it. And it's a very deadly one. Like I said earlier, you would have been dead if I had not saved you on time" He said

I took a good look at my body and saw the symptoms of the disease. "So long as the disease is contagious you'll have to stay here for random checkups. You have to distance yourself from others, else they could contact it, it passes across easily through body contacts" he continued.

"But I just came here a few months ago how did I contact it so fast?" I wondered.

"You're not from this clan?" He asked

"No, I'm not" I answered.

"What brought you here"? He asked

"I came to save my friend's life, he's dying. And if I don't take what I'm expected to, he might die" I answered.

"Is that so, tell me what you are expected to take along. He asked

"It's a herb I've been searching for, for mont