Chapter 95

Chapter 95

A New God? A New Follower

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Lily hastily removed the gauze from her arm. As her smooth arm was revealed, her face turned to one of shock.

“What… What is this?”

Lily ran her palm over where the wound had been. She felt nothing but smooth skin. It was as if the wound had been a dream.

‘Wow, now I can attack and heal at the same time? This is totally… an overpowered ability, isn’t it?’

Lian looked at his left hand and smiled contentedly.

‘Ah! With this ability…!’

His gaze shifted from his hand to Pia, who was lying flat on the floor.

‘Maybe Pia’s condition will improve too?’

Lian moved his left hand over Pia’s head. He concentrated his energy into his hand.

Flash!

Bright light burst from his hand once more. This time, the white light began to flow endlessly into Pia’s body. He had no way of knowing how much power was needed to break her out of her current state.

“Ahhh!”

Pia let out a strange moan and began to tremble. Soon, her posture crumbled, and she collapsed onto the floor, twitching.

‘Is this okay…?’

Though he had doubts, she wasn’t screaming in pain, so he pushed more divine power into her. Pia’s body twitched and she panted. After some time had passed,

Flash!

Pia’s left hand began to shine brightly. The same white vine-like pattern that was on Lian’s hand appeared on her hand.

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

“Huh? Is this contagious?”

Lian muttered in confusion as he retracted his divine power. The light on Pia’s hand also began to fade.

“Haa… haa…”

Pia lay on the floor, trembling as if she’d been electrocuted, her face dazed.

“Pia, are you okay?”

Lian cautiously extended his hand toward Pia, asking. Pia’s eyes slowly moved towards Lian. Heavy emotions flickered in her gaze.

“Ah…”

Pia let out a small, emotional voice and clumsily got herself up. She knelt again, clasping her hands and bowing her head.

She looked exactly like a worshipper in prayer.

“Thank you for choosing me. I will spread Lian-nim’s will and glory far and wide.”

Lian didn’t know how to respond to her mysterious words, so he turned to Lily for help.

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

As he awkwardly laughed and looked at Lily, she grabbed his shoulder.

Lily’s face was a mix of worry and confusion. Since she was studying healing, she quickly realized how absurd and dangerous the situation was.

There are countless dark sorcerers in the Demon King’s land, and the magic they use always requires a price fitting the power it grants.

Though Lian’s power didn’t seem like dark magic, it was hard to believe such power could be used without any cost.

“Oppa, are you hurt anywhere? Are you okay?”

“Huh? Yeah, I’m fine.”

It was only natural for Lily to urgently check Lian’s condition. But Lian couldn’t understand why she was so frantic, so he rolled his eyes in confusion.

Lily thoroughly checked him over, like a grandmother inspecting her grandchild. Only after confirming there were no wounds or abnormalities did she sigh in relief.

“Ha… Are you sure you’re okay? No headaches? You didn’t use your lifespan to heal, did you?”

“Umm, I’m not exactly sure, but it doesn’t seem like that kind of power.”

Just as one doesn’t need to learn how to breathe, Lian instinctively knew how to use this power. He had also realized its cost but chose not to mention it.

‘If they find out, they might not let me use it.’

The new ability allowed him to easily heal any wound but took the injury onto his own body to do so. Over time, the wounds would naturally disappear.

This overlapped with his original gag filter’s functions. As a result, the healing speed was even faster.

Lian had transferred Lily’s wound to his own body. Lily didn’t notice because Lian could choose the location of the wound.

He had chosen his upper thigh, a place Lily was unlikely to check. The inner side was hidden by underwear and pockets, so the blood was slower to show. But it was only a matter of time before it was discovered.

If left alone, his pants would eventually stain red.

“Shouldn’t we take care of Pia first? She’s been acting strange for a while…”

“Ah!”

Lily remembered Pia’s condition after hearing Lian’s words. She reached out to Pia, and Lian sighed in relief.

‘I need to get out of here for now.’

Thinking this, he began to slowly back away. Lily helped Pia to her feet and asked, “Are you okay, sister?” but Pia only mumbled incoherently, her expression dazed.

“Lily, I really need to use the bathroom. Can you look after Pia and put her on the bed?”

“Leave it to me.”

Thanks to Lily’s consideration, Lian could hide the wound on his thigh. The bathroom and restroom were side by side, with a storage cabinet right in front of them. The cabinet held spare clothes and towels.

Lian grabbed a towel, pants, and underwear and sneaked into the bathroom.

Click.

Closing the door carefully, he pulled off his pants, revealing a blood-soaked thigh.

“Wow… This really is a cheat ability.”

He marveled at his thigh, where the wound had already healed, leaving only the bloodstains. Though it might be a terrifying ability for a resident of the dark fantasy world, for a Gag Resident like Lian, it was just a broken power.

‘If I attack with Gargandoa and heal my allies with this power… hmm, it could be quite useful!’

He smiled in satisfaction and began to hand wash the bloodstained clothes. Bloodstains usually come off best in cold water, so he had to use icy water.

Thankfully, since it hadn’t been long since the blood had soaked in, scrubbing in cold water removed the blood completely. He washed his thigh thoroughly and even used soap to prevent any smell.

After drying off with the towel and putting on the fresh underwear and pants, he placed the wet clothes in the laundry basket outside the bathroom and turned towards the room.

Lily was checking on Pia, who was lying on the bed. Pia still seemed out of it. Concerned, Lian approached the bed, and Lily wore a puzzled expression.

“How is Pia?”

“Hmm… She looks fine on the surface. There’s no sign of magic.”

Lily said as she looked down at the magical tool in her hand. It was one of the tools she had used to check Lian’s health.

“I think I need to check with other magical tools.”

“I hope it’s nothing serious.”

“By the way… Where is the shackle that was on your ankle?”

“Oh.”

Lian had half-forgotten about the shackle due to his newfound power. As he hesitated and stepped back, Lily laughed awkwardly.

“I heard from Iris that you’re strong, but I didn’t think you were strong enough to break a shackle.”

“Haha… Should I put it back on?”

Lian asked cautiously, trying to gauge her reaction, and Lily sighed softly.

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

Lily looked down, meeting Lian’s pitiful gaze.

“But that would be selfish of us.”

“Huh? Selfish?”

Lian had thought of being shackled in the room as a form of half-punishment, so he didn’t understand Lily’s use of the term ‘selfish.’

Lily sighed deeply, almost reaching her limit with her innocent older brother.

‘If we let him go, he’ll probably just get scammed somewhere…’

Though Lian was more like a walking disaster, to Lily, he seemed like a naive, innocent person.

“I won’t make you wear the shackle again, so don’t worry, oppa.”

“Phew… Thank you!”

Lily swallowed the words, ‘But if Noah finds out, you’ll probably be shackled again,’ and smiled back at the relieved Lian.

Afterward, Lily brought other magical tools to examine Pia’s condition, and Lian started helping the kids at the main building.

At first, they were flustered and tried to send him back to his room, but seeing him heal one injured person after another, they had no choice but to leave him be. More precisely, they figured that Noah would eventually drag him back.

By the time the sun was setting, Pia got up from the bed, fully recovered.

“Are you really okay, sister?”

“Ah, yes. I’m sorry. I was just so excited to see Lian-nim.”

“Lian-nim…? Are you talking about Lian oppa?”

Pia did not answer Lily’s question but smiled happily as she looked at the pattern on the back of her hand. Seeing that she seemed physically fine, Lily felt relieved.

‘Now I need to find out what that pattern on her hand means…’

Buzz.

Lily, who was glancing at Pia’s hand, heard the vibration of the communication device and pulled it from her pocket.

‘I’m too busy to deal with this now. Since there doesn’t seem to be any immediate issues, I’ll deal with the urgent matters first.’

Lily hurried out of the room with Pia to handle the backlog of work. Pia began to help with the main building tasks to follow Lian’s will.

Once an eventful day had passed and it was time for dinner, a commotion broke out in the dining hall.

End of Chapter.