95 – A New Ability?
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Lily urgently gestured, removing the gauze stuck to her arm. As her smooth arm was revealed, Lily’s face filled with astonishment.
“W-What is this…?”
Lily wiped away the spot where the wound had been with her palm. Only smooth skin remained. It felt as if the wound had been nothing more than a dream.
“Wow, now I can attack and heal at the same time? Is this… some kind of cheat character?”
Lian looked down at his left hand, laughing happily.
“Oh! With this ability…!”
His gaze, which had been focused on the back of his hand, shifted toward Pia, lying flat on the ground.
“Could Pia’s condition also improve?”
Lian brought his left hand above Pia’s head. He concentrated his strength in his left hand.
Paaah!
Once again, a bright light poured out from his hand. Unlike Lily’s case, the white light began to flow endlessly into Pia’s body. It was because they couldn’t know how much strength was needed to escape from an abnormal state.
“aaah…!”
Pia let out a faint moan, trembling and shaking. Her posture became disheveled, and she fell to the ground, jerking her body.
“Is this… alright?”
Although he had doubts, since she didn’t scream, he pushed the sacred power even stronger. Pia twitched and gasped for breath. How much time had passed like that?
Paaah!
The back of Pia’s left hand began to glow brightly. The same pattern as the white streak engraved on Lian’s hand appeared on her hand.
However, the size was not enough to cover the entire back of her hand.
“Huh? Was this just a translation?”
Startled, Lian muttered to himself and gathered his divine power. As a result, the light on the back of Pia’s hand gradually diminished.
“Huff, haa….”
Pia collapsed to the ground, trembling as if she had been electrocuted, with a dazed expression on her face.
“P-Pia, are you okay?”
Lian cautiously reached out his hand to Pia and asked, and Pia’s pupils slowly rolled towards him. In her eyes, an immeasurable weight of emotion flickered.
“Ah…”
Pia softly let out a voice filled with gratitude, then staggered and struggled to stand. Then, she knelt down again, clasping her hands together and bowing her head.
It was the very image of a devotee praying.
“Thank you for choosing me. Huh, huff… I will spread the will and glory of Lian to the world, far and wide.”
Lian pondered what to say in response to Pia’s incomprehensible words, but soon realized that it would be better to seek answers from someone else. He turned to Lily.
“Lily, do you happen to know why Pia is behaving like this?”
With a puzzled smile, Lian turned to Lily and at the same time, she grabbed his shoulder.
Lily’s face was a mixture of worry and confusion, a manifestation of her own turmoil. As Lily had been studying healing, she immediately grasped how absurd the situation was.
And she also realized how dangerous it was.
In the Demon King’s land, there were countless dark wizards operating, and the magic they used always came with a price equal to the power they used.
Although Lian’s power did not appear to be like dark magic, there was no way he could use such power without any cost.
“Oh, brother, are you hurt anywhere? Are you okay?”
“Huh? Am, am I okay?”
Lily’s anxious confirmation of Lian’s condition was only natural. However, Lian couldn’t understand why Lily was reacting so strongly, so he just rolled his eyes.
Lily let out a relieved sigh as she checked Riann’s body, just like a grandmother would check her grandson, and confirmed that there were no injuries or abnormalities.
“Ha… Are you really okay, Oppa? You don’t have a headache or anything. Or did you extend your lifespan and heal yourself..?”
“Well, I’m not exactly sure, but I don’t think it’s a power that works like that.”
Just as Riann could breathe without consciously learning how, he could instinctively use this power without learning how to do so separately. He immediately noticed the consequences of using this power, but chose not to mention it.
“If I’m found out, I might not be able to use it anymore.”
The newly acquired ability allowed him to easily heal any wounds, but the cost was that he had to transfer the wounds of others onto his own body to heal them. Over time, the wounds would naturally disappear.
This ability overlapped with the function and ability of the comedy filter that was originally in his body. Perhaps because of this, his ability was further enhanced, and the speed at which wounds healed became faster.
Lily’s wounds had also been transferred to Riann’s body. The reason Lily didn’t notice this was because Riann could directly designate the location of the wounds.
Riann had chosen the area above his thigh.
Thanks to the fact that it was not easy for Lily to touch that area, she couldn’t notice. Moreover, there were underwear and pockets inside, so it was too late for the blood to be absorbed. However, it was only a matter of time before it was found out.
If left alone like this, the pants would gradually turn red and become noticeable.
“More importantly, shouldn’t we take care of Pia first? She hasn’t been feeling well since earlier…”
“Ah!”
Only after hearing Riann’s words did Lily realize that Pia was not in a good condition. After Lily’s hand reached out towards Pia, Riann let out a sigh of relief.
“I should leave first.”
With that thought in mind, Riann slowly started to move backward. Lily grabbed Pia’s shoulder and tried to lift her up, asking, “Are you okay, Unnie?” But Pia only responded with an unclear expression, unable to understand her words.
“Um, Lily, I really need to go to the bathroom. Can you please lay Pia down on the bed for me?”
“Just leave it to me here and go.”
Thanks to Lily’s consideration, Riann was able to hide the wound on his thigh. The bathroom and the toilet were adjacent, and there was a storage cabinet right in front. Inside the cabinet were clothes and towels to change into.
After secretly taking a towel, pants, and underwear, Riann entered the bathroom.
Tap.
Carefully closing the door and taking off his pants, his thigh, soaked in blood, was revealed.
“Oh… this is really a scam.”
Lian marveled as he looked at his thigh, where the wounds had healed, leaving only blood stains. It could be a terrible ability for the inhabitants of the dark fantasy world, but for Lian, a resident of the comedy world, it was just a scam-like ability.
“If I attack Gargando and use this power to heal my allies… hmm, it could be quite useful!”
After laughing satisfactorily, he started to hand-wash his blood-soaked clothes. Since blood stains are usually easily removed with cold water, he had no choice but to rinse them with ice-cold water.
Thanks to the fact that the blood was not yet dry, the blood stains were completely removed as he repeatedly rinsed them with cold water. After thoroughly washing his thigh, he even applied soap to prevent any smells.
Lian dried himself with the towel he had brought, put on his underwear and pants, put the damp pants in the laundry basket in front of the bathroom, and turned towards the room.
Lily was examining Pia, who was lying on the bed. Pia was still in a dazed state. As Lily approached the bed, worried about Pia’s condition, she had a puzzled expression on her face.
“How is Pia doing?”
“Well… at first glance, there doesn’t seem to be any major problems. There’s no trace of magic either.”
Lily spoke as she looked down at the magical tool in her hand. It was one of the magical tools she used to assess Lian’s health.
“I think we should investigate further with other magical tools.”
“Hmm… I hope it’s nothing serious.”
“Yeah… wait a moment. Where did the shackles on your ankle go?”
“Oh.”
Suddenly, he remembered the existence of the shackles that he had almost forgotten due to his sudden awakening of tremendous power. As Lian hesitated and stepped back, Lily, who had been looking at him with a bewildered expression, burst into laughter.
“I’ve heard from Iris that you’re strong, but… I never knew you were strong enough to break the shackles.”
“hahahaha… should I fill them up again?”
Lian asked with a cautious look, and Lily sighed softly as she spoke.
“…I want to keep them confined because the outside is so chaotic.”
Lily looked down, gazing at Lian’s pitiful expression.
“That must be our greed.”
“Huh? Greed?”
Lian couldn’t understand Lily’s words, as he thought that being confined in a room with shackles was a punishment he deserved.
Once again, Lily sighed, feeling Lian’s innocence to the point of naivety.
“If I let him go, he’ll probably just go somewhere and get scammed..”
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It wasn’t Lian who would be scammed if he were released, but rather he would unleash a disaster. However, to Lily, he seemed like an innocent person who didn’t know how the world worked.
“I have no intention of putting the shackles back on, so don’t worry, Oppa.”
“Oh…thank you!”
Lily smiled back at Lian, who was delighted and said, “If Noah Unni finds out, I feel like the shackles will be put back on..” swallowing the words.
Afterwards, Lily brought another magical tool and began examining Pia’s condition, while Lian started helping the busy children in the main hall.
At first, Lily was flustered and tried to send Lian back to the room, but seeing Lian treating the injured people one by one, she couldn’t help but leave him alone. To be more precise, she thought, “He’ll probably end up being drawn to Noah later,” and let it go.
By the time the sun was setting, Pia got up from bed in good condition.
“Are you really okay, Unni?”
“Oh, yeah. Sorry. I just got too excited to meet Lian-nim.”
“Lian-nim…? Are you talking about Lian Oppa?”
Pia didn’t answer Lily’s question and looked down at the back of her hand, smiling happily. Her condition seemed fine, so Lily was able to breathe a sigh of relief.
“Now I should find out what the pattern on that hand means…”
Woong.
Lily, who had been stealing glances at Pia’s hand, heard the vibration of the communication device and took it out of her pocket.
“I’m too busy and exhausted right now. Since there doesn’t seem to be any urgent problems, let’s turn off the emergency signal first.”
Lily hurriedly left the room with Pia to take care of the pending tasks. Pia started helping with the main office work to follow Lian’s intentions.
As the hectic day passed and it was time for dinner, a commotion broke out in the dining hall.