episode_0029

How lucky it is that he died to the mercenaries.

If he were alive, he would still be doing things that bring shame on priests.

‘Those guys will fight to the death.’

It’s much better than living a long life in vain and smearing his face with it.

In that sense, the mercenary’s actions were no different from doing something for the country.

“What are you doing, should I apologize?”

My younger sister, who had been acting fierce because she got scolded by her older sister, started to have tears in her eyes.

Sob sob-

Even in situations where it seemed like tears would flow at any moment, the mercenary’s resolute attitude did not change.

“I’m fine.”

“No. You shouldn’t be so rude to someone who came to help you. Come on, Ena. Did your sister teach you that?”

“No… Gulp, gulp!”

If you can’t tolerate such complaints as a priest, you can’t be a healer.

If it’s that level of whining, it’s actually good.

It’s not something to brag about, but having experienced all sorts of things, I felt like my little brother’s annoyance was cute.

“Sorry… I’m sorry. Knock knock! Knock knock! I was wrong. I spoke too knock knock… too harshly.”

“If you knew it was wrong, then that’s okay. If you knew it was wrong, then you just shouldn’t do it again.”

“But you’ve been coughing since a while ago. Didn’t you take some medicine?”

“I forgot because I was waiting for my sister.”

“It’s better. Even if you treat it, the medicine is poison anyway, so the effect disappears.”

It would have been a waste of valuable medicine.

“Then shall we begin the treatment now?”

“Ena, lie down.”

“Yeah.”

As Anna lay in bed, I asked her to describe in detail what symptoms she was experiencing.

“I have trouble breathing. I cough a lot, and even if I do just a little bit of something, I feel tired because I don’t have enough stamina.”

He describes his younger brother’s symptoms, unable to hide his impatience.

“If you take medicine, you’ll feel a little better, but it doesn’t mean you’ll get dramatically better.”

The mercenary who had told all the names of the illnesses asked.

“What do you think? Do you think we can treat Ena?”

“I guess I’ll have to look at the body to find out.”

It must have been a disastrous disease for my sisters, so I couldn’t make the irresponsible statement that it could be treated without any certainty.

The things the mercenary said are also pains that are often revealed to sick people.

“Can you tell me what medication you are currently taking?”

“Yeah.”

When I said I would check the medicine, the mercenary took out the medicine as if he had been waiting.

“Um… .”

“I bought them all at a high price… Is there a problem?”

“That’s really expensive. Knock knock, I sold my house to buy that, and my sister kept working.”

It was the medicine that saved his life, but his younger brother seemed to be dissatisfied with the medicine.

It is no exaggeration to say that it was a high price to pay for keeping alive a person who should have died.

“Why do you say that? It’s obvious. If your sister gets sick, you won’t sell the house, right?”

“But in the end, I’m the one who’s sick. Gulp-! My sister couldn’t rest because of me and kept working.”

When someone is sick at home, it is hard for both the person taking care of them and the person who is sick. Nevertheless, the relationship between the two sisters was strong and it was obvious that they loved each other dearly.

“Have you been taking this medicine for a long time?”

“Yeah.”

“I don’t know who made this medicine, but it’s amazing. If it weren’t for this medicine, it would have been difficult.”

I don’t know much about herbs, but I can understand why they said it was expensive.

At least it didn’t seem like he was scammed into taking fake medicine.

There is a reason why it has to be expensive.

Because of the existence of divine power, very few people were interested in ‘medicine’, and as a result, there were few people who could properly make medicine.

Who would be interested in ‘medicine’ and try to develop a cure when they have divine powers?

No one is interested in something that doesn’t make money.

In addition, if you take medicine, you have to wait a few days for the effects to take effect and for your body to build up immunity, but with divine power, all illnesses are cured the moment you receive treatment.

As a result, there was a huge difference in preference between medicine and divine power.

“Don’t be surprised if you feel strange, it’s not strange.”

“Yes.”

The divine power from my hand enters the child’s body.

It’s the same thing as the health checkup I did for Princess Cannabi.

My brother’s face, which had been breathing with difficulty, relaxed.

“Ah.”

Beneficial energy was flowing through my entire body, soothing my wounded body.

I feel my body rejoicing with joy at feeling better.

My brother’s body sucked my divine power viciously.

Since water has been sprinkled on the drought-stricken ground, it is understandable that it is being sucked up frantically.

That also meant that this small body was reaching its limits.

The illness may not have been this severe from the beginning.

The disease must have gotten this bad because it was left untreated without anyone to treat it.

‘If he hadn’t met me today, this child would have passed away soon after.’

It’s amazing that it lasted that long in that state.

How did the one who blacklisted the mercenaries deal with that resentment and hatred?

“How old is your younger sibling?”

“She’s sixteen this year. There’s an eight year age difference between us.”

My younger sister is 16, and there is an 8 year age difference between them, so the girl is only 24 years old.

It’s obvious how much they both suffered at a young age.

If this were my past life, the two would still be at an age where they are not independent and are under the protection of their guardians.

“You will recover quickly without any aftereffects when you are sixteen.”

It is not something that can be done without great divine power. Only youth makes it possible.

The resilience of children is such that it creates miracles that it makes divine power seem shabby.

That is why youth has been a miracle sought after by many powerful figures throughout history.

‘Because both power and wealth pale in comparison to ‘youth.’

So, even if you have been sick for a long time, if you receive treatment, you will quickly recover and be able to live like other people.

“How are you now?”

“Hmm… It’s warm. And cool too.”

“The divine power is healing your body. You can close your eyes comfortably.”

“I feel like I can breathe a lot easier now than before.”

“It will get better and better.”

I told him to take it easy, but it seemed strange that his body was getting healthier.

He watched his body being healed with his eyes wide open.

I tried hard to ignore the patient’s gaze and focused on the treatment.

He had been seriously ill for a long time and his overall functions had declined.

It’s really sad that the internal organs of a young sixteen year old child were damaged to this extent.

“I feel refreshed, sis. I didn’t know breathing could be this easy. My throat doesn’t hurt either.”

“Yeah, yeah. You’ll be fine now. You don’t have to be in pain.”

The voices of the two sisters are moist.

As soon as you started receiving treatment, you would notice that your brother’s condition was noticeably improving.

‘It would be excessive to treat him further here, but this is not an environment where he can come back for treatment again.’

It’s hard for me to come back here.

It was a time of great risk.

That’s why I decided to put in an overflowing amount of divine power so that no more problems would arise once I did it.

It is not a problem if a lot of divine power enters the body.

Rather, the remaining divine power will be used to cure the illness and help the child grow well.

After finishing the treatment, I spoke to my guardian, the mercenary.

“Eat well. Now that your illness has been cured, your body, which has not grown much, will need more nutrients.”

“Yes, I will.”

“The disease is completely cured. How is it? Is there any discomfort or any place that still hurts?”

The child is bewildered when told that everything has been cured.

“Are you all cured? Already?”

“If there is no pain.”

“Hey, wanna get up?”

The mercenary stuttered and spoke to his brother, seemingly excited.

My brother nodded and carefully got up.

“Huh?”

You will notice a change just by getting up.

“My body feels light! Wow!”

“You will feel more comfortable moving around now that you still have divine power inside you. Later, when all the divine power has dissolved into your body, that will be when your body will truly return to its normal state.”

“Oh, thank you.”

My younger brother finally burst into tears.

And belatedly, tears began to flow from the mercenary’s reddened eyes.

It must not have been easy to endure a situation where your younger sibling was harmed because of something you did.

‘I wish I could solve the problem of being blacklisted…’

Unfortunately, since I am already on the blacklist, there is nothing a priest like me can do about it.

You could send a request for leniency, but that would only be effective if you had connections.

Even if I send such a letter to the church, who would take it seriously?

It’s obvious that it will be used as a fuse.

‘If I join the forces, things will be different…’

Unfortunately, I had no intention of joining the force yet.

So, this is all I can do to help my sister.

What happens next is something you’ll have to figure out on your own, as it always has been.

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Bow- bow-

“Father Arthur. Father?”

“Ah… !”

I came to my senses at the sound of someone calling me.

“Sup- Did I fall asleep again? Sorry.”

“You seem tired. Why don’t you go inside and rest?”

“It’s definitely time to work, but that can’t be done.”

Like a deer suddenly popping out.

You never know when or where a patient might pop up.

I couldn’t neglect my work just because I was tired, so I washed up and went back to work.

“I will go around the hospital wards of the hospitalized patients.”

“Yes~”

Thanks to the temple’s treatment methods, hospitalizations were extremely rare.

Going to the inpatient ward was essentially the same as going to Princess Kanabi’s ward.

Since she had moved to a new ward after it was completed, it wasn’t as easy to visit her as before.

As I was leaving the temple treatment center and going to the next building, a paladin happened to spot me and approached me.

“Priest.”

“Yes. What’s wrong?”

“A special room guest has arrived.”

“… Are you a guest in the special room?”

The only person currently in the special room was Princess Kanabi.

I couldn’t help but feel wary, since there had already been a fuss because of her.