*Note must read*

I know the elders don't have a gender, but this is just to make it clear and simple

Golden Wasteland Elder

(male)

Reader *normally none but ill add it*

(Female)

~Art is not mine, credit to @ 1380argon on Twitter~

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(3rd POV)

Day 23

(Y/n) groan as she tightens the bandage on her wrists, she frowned as she watches the bandages covering her wounds.

•What if he knows it already? What if he's planning on kicking me out? Or worse, Executing me?•

Those thoughts fill up her mind, (Y/n) buried her face with her hands. Nothing is good for now, if she kept et her ill will get worse. If she tells it he will terminate her. But whatever fates coming, she will accept it.

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Her footsteps echoed through the corridor of the battlefield temple, making her way to the Vault of Knowledge library.

As she arrived, she silently sneaks to the Vault library searching if it was possible that the disease can be cured. After long research and reading, there's seem to be no little way out of these situations

She sighed in defeat. And walked back to the Battlefield temple.

"(Y/n)?"

(Y/n) stop at her tracks, hearing the familiar voice behind her. She froze first but proceed to continue walking until a large hand gripped her wrist.

"(Y/n), sweetheart? Why have you been ignoring me?" He asked

(Y/n) can feel the pain in his voice, she knows he was swallowing all the pains. If there's something that hurts him the most, it's you that has been ghosting him.

She swallows, then turned around to face him. He knelt still gripping your small hands.

(Y/n) looked down, he stated "why have you been ignoring me lately? Is there something I did for you? I deeply apologize if I did, im-"

"No, there's nothing... You have done to me" she cut.

She couldn't see his face. But (y/n) know that he was smiling behind his mask, hearing her voice make him softened.

"Why are there are bandages on you? Did you got hurt? And you've been covering yourself more frequently, even isolating yourself in your cottage"

She doesn't want him to know that's she has the disease, (y/n) gently throw her hand off of his hands.

"I-.. I just need to.." (y/n) voice was interrupted by her coughing, he made a worried whimper. The Elder tried to reassure her by holding both of her shoulders, but she flinched which was unusual for him.

"Dear, your sick..." He stated. She looked away

(Y/n) hold her tears, but he recognizes. "This is.. not a normal sickness, (y/n). Be honest please, what's going on?" He asked

She still holds her words. She rather dies with her diseases even if it's painful, but there's no other way out when she's facing him, (y/n) can't run away due to the thorns on her legs.

"(Y/n)" the Elder asked sternly.

(Y/n) knew when he used her name with a stern tone, it was a sign that he's being serious, (y/n) somehow feared it.

(Y/n) perked up, thinking it's not safe to mess around with him. She sighed letting her tears leak.

"Alright, you want to know the truth?"

He nodded slightly waiting for an explanation, (y/n) looked down, thinking twice if it's good to explain yet. He moves closer, which make her step back

"I'm... Infected..."

He shuddered at her words, looking at the poor female below her. (Y/n) uncover her blanket and bandages showing the scratches, bruises, and wounds.

"It's the dark materials cause, that's why I've been avoiding you... Now you understand why?!" She blurted.

"I'm- cursed, can't you understand?" (Y/n) whimpered.

"If your gonna slaughter me then do it" she tempts him, he twitch slightly, trying to say a word. (Y/n) hear him standing and walk even closer to her. She was waiting for him to slaughtered her, instead. She felt a pair of large hands wrapping around her small frame.

"I am not planning on slaughtering you or abandoning you, My dear" the mighty Elder replied

(Y/n) was truly more than shocked, anyone who's infected must be quickly executed, so the disease won't spread. But this time, it's a different ending.

"I-i, don't.. Get it, why?" (Y/n) choked on her word, not sure if she should be relieved or fluttered at his word

"Just because there's no cure for your disease, that doesn't mean there's no way out. We will get through this together"

Never have she found someone so loyal to her. She was glad that he didn't have a plan to terminate her, "let's try to visit the other ancestors, see if they have an answer" Tsadi said. Politely covering you again with your cloak, as he gently holds you to find a different cure for your disease.

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