episode_0095

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Lily urgently removed the gauze attached to her arm with a quick gesture. As her smooth arm was revealed, Lily’s face filled with astonishment.

“What, what is this… ”

Lily wiped the spot where there had been a wound with her palm. Only smooth skin met her touch. It felt as if the wound had been just a dream.

‘Wow, now I can attack and heal at the same time? Isn’t this totally… overpowered?’

Lian looked down at his left hand, smiling happily.

‘Ah! With this ability…!’

His gaze, which had been on the back of his hand, turned towards Pia lying flat on the ground.

‘Will Pia’s condition improve too?’

Lian raised his left hand over Pia’s head. As he concentrated his strength on his left hand.

Pah-ah!

Once again, a bright light poured out from his hand. Unlike Lily’s time, white light began to flow endlessly into Pia’s body. It was impossible to know how much power was needed to get out of an abnormal state.

“Ughh..!”

Pia started trembling and writhing with a strange groan. Soon, her posture became unstable, and she collapsed to the ground, jerking her body.

‘Is this… okay?’

Despite such doubts, since she didn’t scream, he pushed the divine power even stronger. Pia trembled and gasped for breath. How much time passed like that?

Pah-ah!

The back of Pia’s left hand began to glow brightly. The same pattern as the one carved on Lian’s back of the hand was engraved on hers.

However, it wasn’t large enough to cover the entire back of her hand.

“Uh? Was this just transferring?”

A bewildered Lian stammered and withdrew the divine power. As he did so, the light on Pia’s back of the hand gradually diminished.

“Huff, haa….”

Collapsed on the ground, Pia shivered as if she had been electrocuted, with a dazed look on her face.

“P-Pia, are you okay?”

As Lian cautiously reached out his hand to Pia and asked, Pia’s eyes slowly rolled towards Lian. In her eyes, an immeasurable weight of emotion flickered.

“Ah…”

Pia let out a voice soaked in emotion, shuddering as she staggered. Then, she knelt down again, clasping her hands together and bowing her head.

It was the very image of a devotee offering a prayer.

“Thank you for choosing me. I will spread the will and glory of Lian far and wide in the world.”

Unable to decide how to respond to such words, Lian thought it would be better to seek answers from someone else and turned to Lily.

“Lily, do you happen to know why Pia is acting like this?”

With a puzzled smile, as he turned to Lily, she grabbed his shoulder firmly.

Lily’s face was a mix of worry and confusion, a picture of chaos itself. Since Lily was studying medicine, she immediately realized how absurd the situation was.

She also understood how dangerous it was.

In the Demon King’s land, countless dark wizards were active, and the magic they used always required a suitable price for the power they wielded.

Although the power Lian was using didn’t seem like black magic, it was unlikely that such power could be used without any cost.

“Oh, are you hurt anywhere, brother? Are you okay?”

“Huh? Am, am I okay?”

Lily’s urgent check on Lian’s condition was a natural reaction. However, Lian, unable to understand why Lily was reacting so strongly, just rolled his eyes.

Like a grandmother checking her grandson’s body without hesitation, Lily poked and prodded Lian all over until she was sure there were no wounds or abnormalities, then breathed a sigh of relief.

“Ha… Oppa, are you really okay? Like your head doesn’t hurt or something. Or maybe you extended your lifespan for treatment…”

“Hmm, I don’t know the details, but it doesn’t seem to be a power used in that way.”

Just as one can breathe without learning separately how to do so, Lian could instinctively use this power without learning how to do so separately. Although she immediately noticed the consequences of using this power, she didn’t explicitly mention it.

“If I get caught, I might not be able to use it.”

The newly acquired ability allows easy healing of any wound but requires transferring and healing the other person’s wounds onto oneself. Over time, the wounds naturally disappear.

This ability overlapped with the function and ability of the comedy filter originally present in her body. Perhaps because of this overlap, her ability was enhanced, resulting in a faster recovery rate for wounds.

Lily’s wounds had also transferred to Lian’s body. Lily remained unaware of this because Lian could directly designate the location of the wounds.

The designated location by Lian was above the thigh.

By moving the wound to a difficult-to-find spot, even Lily would have a hard time discovering it. Furthermore, the presence of underwear and pockets inside delayed the absorption of bloodstains. However, it was only a matter of time before it was discovered.

If left unattended, the pants would gradually stain red and start to show.

“Shouldn’t we take care of Pia first, Lily? She hasn’t been feeling well since earlier…”

“Oh!”

After hearing Lian’s words, Lily finally remembered that Pia wasn’t doing well. As Lily’s hand reached towards Pia, Lian breathed a sigh of relief.

“I should leave this place first.”

Thinking this, she slowly began to move backward. While Lily asked if Pia was okay, Pia, with a confused expression, mumbled incomprehensible words.

“Uh, Lily, I need to use the bathroom urgently. Can you help Pia lie down on the bed?”

“Just leave it to me and go.”

Thanks to Lily’s consideration, Lian could hide the wound on her thigh. The bathroom and toilet were adjacent, with a cabinet right in front containing clothes and towels.

After discreetly taking a towel, pants, and underwear, Lian entered the bathroom.

Tap.

Carefully closing the door and removing her pants, her blood-soaked thigh was now clearly visible.

“Wow… This is truly amazing.”

Lian marveled at her now healed thigh with only bloodstains remaining. While it might be a dreadful ability for residents of a dark fantasy world, for Lian, a resident of the comedy world, it was simply a deceptive ability.

“If I attack Gargando and heal my allies with this power… Hmm, it could be quite useful!”

Satisfied, she started hand-washing her blood-soaked clothes. Since bloodstains usually come off easily with cold water, she had no choice but to rinse them with icy water.

Due to the recent bloodstains, they came off easily with cold water. After thoroughly washing her thigh, she even applied soap to ensure there were no lingering odors.

Drying herself with the towel she brought, she put on her underwear and pants, then placed the damp pants in the laundry basket outside the bathroom before turning towards the room.

Meanwhile, Lily had laid Pia on the bed and was examining her. Pia still appeared unwell. As Lian approached the bed concerned about Pia’s condition, Lily wore a puzzled expression.

“How is Pia doing?”

“Mm… From what I can see, there doesn’t seem to be any major issue. There are no traces of magic either.”

Saying this, Lily looked down at the magical tool she held in her hand. It was one of the magical tools she had used to assess Lian’s health.

“First, it seems like we need to investigate with a different magic tool.”

“Hmm… I hope it’s not something serious.”

“Yeah, but wait a moment. Where did the shackles on your ankles go?”

“Oh.”

Suddenly awakened by his tremendous dormant ability, he finally remembered the existence of the shackles he had half-forgotten. As Lian hesitated and stepped back, Lily, looking at Lian with a bewildered expression, burst into a hollow laugh.

“I’ve heard that you’re strong from Iris, but I never knew you were strong enough to break the shackles.”

“Haha… Should I, should I put them back on?”

As Lian cautiously glanced around before speaking, Lily let out a small sigh and said softly,

“…The situation outside is so chaotic that I want to keep you locked up if possible.”

Looking at Lian’s pitiful expression, Lily lowered her eyes.

“That must be our greed.”

“Huh? Greed?”

Since Lian thought that being locked in the room with the shackles was a form of punishment, he didn’t understand Lily’s use of the word “greed.”

Seeing Lian’s innocent appearance, Lily sighed once again, almost reaching her chin.

“I feel like if I let you go, you’ll just end up getting scammed somewhere…”

Although it was Lian who would unleash disaster if released, to Lily, he seemed like an innocent person who didn’t understand the ways of the world.

“I have no intention of putting the shackles back on, so don’t worry. Brother.”

“Phew… Thank you!”

Lily smiled at the relieved Lian, who was happy while thinking that if Noah found out, the shackles might be put back on.

Afterward, Lily brought another magic tool to examine Pia’s condition, and Lian began helping the busy children in the main hall.

Initially flustered and trying to send Lian back to the room, Lily couldn’t help but leave him alone when she saw him treating the injured people one by one. To be precise, she reluctantly let him stay, knowing he would probably be drawn to Noah later.

As the sun began to set, Pia got up from bed in good condition.

“Sister, are you really okay?”

“Oh, yes. I’m sorry. I just got too excited to meet Lian.”

“Lian…? Are you talking about Lian, the brother?”

Without responding to Lily’s question, Pia looked down at her palm and smiled happily. Seeing that she seemed fine, Lily could breathe a sigh of relief.

“Now I need to figure out what those patterns on her palm mean…”

Hmm.

While stealing glances at Pia’s palm, Lily heard the vibration sound of the communicator and took it out of her pocket.

“I’m too busy right now. Since there doesn’t seem to be any urgent problem, let’s turn off the distress signal first.”

Lily hurriedly left the room with Pia to deal with the piled-up tasks. Pia started helping with the main hall work to follow Lian’s intentions.

As the hectic day passed and dinner time arrived, a commotion broke out in the dining hall.