48 Rei the Cannon fodder

"Now that no one is here, what should I do with this person?" I stare at the unconscious woman in front of me. She better not be dead. I can get close to the villainess with her help.

From her information, she is only cannon fodder. I know that her name is Rei and she is a princess of the Snow Moon Kingdom.

I theorize that she might die today under the original owner's hand. But, luckily for her, I get to enter this body before the worst can happen. I lift Rei's unconscious body to check on her condition. The wound is not deep, but her condition worsens because of the poison. I look at This person's face. Her lips are turning bluer at the rate visible to my eyes. "Ball, do you have a medicine for her?"

[If it's to cure the poison, no.]

"I can't buy a cure or healing potion in the system mall?" I ask for confirmation. " This is very urgent!"

[There are but, your soul level is not enough to unlock it.] The ball replies without any changes in its tones which makes me feel more annoyed.

"She is dying!" I raise my voice. "Why can't I buy a healing potion even though I can afford to buy teleport and other things!!" I raise my voice to the ball.

[You are restricted due to the low level of your soul. Let me explain,] There are some static noises before hearing the notification and, a blue screen appears in front of me. The screen is showing a video of a guy turning into a monster.

"What the?" I mutter under my breath when I see what the person is turning into.

[The soul of a living being is sensitive. If you forcefully add things during the weakened states, you can get corrupted easily.] The figure is shown to consume a high-level item. At first, it looks fine, but the human suddenly looks like it is in pain. [The human soul becomes corrupted after being infected by the parasite, and you have a high chance to turn into a monster.]

[Also, the healing potion is a sought-after Item.] The ball retorts. [Most of the items can't be bought by newbie transmigrates anyway. Except for you!] After a pause, the ball continues. [ You also need to remember that most of the restricted items are consumable. And only a few rare exceptions are not corrupted.]

"Tsk! How long should I wait so I can finally buy one? " I am forced to give up as it seems that both I and the ball can't do anything about it. 'Sigh... What a drag..." At the same time, I carry this unconscious woman onto my back. "Ugh, this woman is heavy." This woman has well-built muscles and my body this time is also not in good condition.

[You are still at level one. If you still get results that are normal in this mission, you will rise to level two. ] Then, the ball adds, [If you get SSS ranks, however, you might rise to Rank two, Level one. Then, you can afford low ranked healing potion.]

"I guess that counts as a target for my future. –Tsk! Open the map. I need to check for the nearest safe place." I can't help but click my tongue. There are many things that I can't help with because of my low soul level, which is frustrating. But, for now, I can only focus on what's in front of me.

It doesn't take long for a map to appear in the corner of my eyes. When I see the map, it takes me a few minutes to process what kind of world I'm staying in right now. I know from Rei's memories that this world consists of mystical beings and humans. Despite that, werewolves and humans are the ones with the highest majority. Their numbers are so high, to the point that werewolves have twelve different kingdoms for them. The humans, though, lived in kingdoms on a different continent. But, ignoring this world's geographical and political structure, I search for the nearest safe location inside this forest. 'Priority, you know.'

Luckily, there seems to be an abandoned shack that looks like a good hiding place. "Teleport me to the location of this shack." In the blink of an eye, I am standing right in front of the old shack while Rei's unconscious body is on my back. I don't waste any seconds opening the door, which is not locked. When I'm inside the shack, there's only a wooden bed, a worn-out table, and, an old closet.

'This place could be a hunter's shack.' I thought in my head. Anyway, I put Rei's body on the wooden bed with her front facing the bed. I spent some of my contribution points to clean this place, so I'm not worried about the cleanliness.

"Hey ball, is there an alternative choice for me to clear out the poison inside her body?" I remove the fur cloak that's covering her body. I already know that her body is full of muscle but, it looks amazing to see it right in front of me. Using her cloak, I cover her lower body because she will be naked without this cloak.

[You can buy the item to help her with the poison and the wounds, knowledge of poison to know what kind of poison it is, and a medical certificate.]

"A medical certificate!?" 'Is this floating ball playing with me in this urgent situation!!?'

[I know what you're thinking, but that's not it. A medical certificate is a cheat for medical skills and medical knowledge. You don't just put on a doctor's coat and suddenly become a doctor. You need the doctor's real skill which, you don't have.]

I rolled my eyes at the sudden mockery the ball had said. "Fine! buy all the things you mentioned just now." I waved my hand in annoyance before pulling a chair to sit beside the wooden bed.

[A knowledge of poison x1 and medical certificate x1 cost you 200,000 contribution points.]

[Purchase is success]

With the knowledge of poisons and medical skills, I can finally look at the poison on Rei's back differently. "Firstly, can you scan her so I can know what kind of poison is inside her body?"

[It's a paralyzing poison. The substances are extracted from specially extracted silver so, there's a weakening effect. And there's also Cawthorn and Berryl poison inside.]

"I see." I look at the wound that has started to swollen. "The silver is the werewolf's weakness. Cawthorn poison has the effect of making the physical ability deteriorate and, the Berryl poison can affect someone mentally.

"This is bad..." I frown. "I think this will effects her a lot on her mental abilities. "She might lose some of her memories and face problems with processing complex information. There's a big chance she might not act her age when I removed the poison."

I cleaned the wound on her back with warm water bought from the system's mall. It cost me 20 points for 20 litres of water. I struggle to treat her injuries when this person suddenly starts to shapeshift again mid-way me treating her. Luckily, she doesn't turn into her werewolf form. Only tail and animal ears appear on her body. And I also realize that her wound has started to heal again. Werewolf is known for their quick self-healing ability. Maybe this is also a self-defence mechanism.

I take a deep breath before bandaging her wounds. It's still not healed despite the fast recovery so, I can't let her wound get infected.

After wrapping everything, I lean on the chair and release a sigh of relief. "Finally done!"

[Congratulation. Now you can accept the plot of this world and the original owner's memories.]

"Yeah, that sounds like a plan." I rub my face before relaxing my body. I lean on the wooden chair before closing my eyes. "Send the memories to me." I let out a soft sigh as the unfamiliar memories flew into my head.

I don't know how long I close my eyes. When I open my eyes again, I feel a really sharp pain in my arm.

[She's biting your arm]

"..." I stare at my arm than at the perpetrator.

Two things floating in my mind right now. First, a werewolf's bite can turn a human into a werewolf. Secondly, is it too late to punch this girl in the face?

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