“If you relax and lie down comfortably, it will be over in no time.”
I lay on the cold iron bed with nothing on my upper body.
Ahn Joo-hyuk, speaking in a confident voice as if not to worry, was really reliable.
If I hadn’t seen the syringes filled with strange drugs, this belief would have continued.
“… There’s no tension at all. I’m sorry, but can’t I do it in a place I can’t see at all?”
“yes? Oh, I’m not letting this go for you. A beggar for Laura.”
“Well.”
Laura Hartmann nodded slightly and rolled up the sleeves of her arms.
She turned her head with a slightly distorted expression on her face, and Evangeline, who was looking at it, grinned and burst into laughter.
“Lara, are you still afraid of needles?”
“I’d rather fight a dragon. And I definitely told you not to call me that… Whoa!?”
Laura clenched her teeth and flinched as the needle pierced her arm.
Ahn Joo-hyuk slapped her on the forearm as if he was familiar with it.
“Take the power. If it breaks inside for nothing, do you have to cut it out with a knife?”
“I know… .”
“Well, then, shall I prepare slowly now?”
Leaving Laura to cry, Evangeline Lohengrin began to arrange the things she had brought.
There were only strangely colored candles, powder barrels, medicinal herbs, etc. that matched her nickname, ‘The Great Witch’.
“Cheong.”
Laura, who received the injection, also rubbed her forearm for a bit and laid out the things she had brought.
A silver needle of different lengths despite being slender, a strange-looking bell.
And they were items like basins that looked old-fashioned enough to think that they were cultural assets of a certain country.
“What is this… .”
As I reflexively tried to get up, Ahn Joo-hyuk carefully laid me back and said,
“Anyway, you probably know it best, so it’s best to tell it openly.”
He looked straight at me and asked.
“Did you know that there is a curse on your body right now?”
At his words, I nodded.
Because it was true that the king of thorns was cursed in return for using it to the limit.
“… And I will do it now.”
“Yes?”
For a moment, I frowned and looked at him.
And he seemed to have taken my reaction in a different way.
“you can do it. So please trust us.”
“… … .”
With a serious expression on his face, he couldn’t afford to tell him that he would get better with time.
In order to tell that story, I had to tell about the King of Thorns, because in that case, there was a great risk that things related to Svengal or the Seven Devils would also be found out.
And above all else, the king of thorns could be said to be the most powerful skill and trump card for me right now.
Even Han Soo-young, Choi Hyun-woo, Jin Ye-seul and Ivan… And he kept it a secret without telling Yuuna.
But there was no way I could divulge the secret here.
“Evangeline is also good at curses and witchcraft.”
“Hurray.”
Following Ahn Joo-hyuk’s words, Evangeline made a V-shape with her fingers and smiled.
“Because I didn’t eat the title and hierarchy of the Great Witch raw.”
“… In addition, Laura is good at necromancy, exorcism, and consecration.”
“… … .”
Laura was silently examining the silver needles that were brought into the basin with water and meticulous movements.
Ahn Joo-hyuk let out a small sigh and carefully took a few steps back from the bed I was lying on.
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On the floor, a large magic circle was engraved around the bed.
Then, the geometric patterns that were gradually forming the camp began to emit a strange light.
“And I’ll be assisting them both, of course, taking a look at your overall condition.”
“Well, excuse me for a moment.”
“… It will sting a little. Be patient, Yoo Ji-hyuk.”
Evangeline began to apply an ointment made by mixing ashes mixed with the juice of a medicinal herb and her own blood all over my body.
Laura also took out the silver needles in the basin and put them in various places on my body.
After that, he put his hand in the basin and splashed it, moving his hand as if jokingly, and then touched my body with his wet hands.
[An unknown ointment seeps into the skin!]
[For a certain period of time, the recovery speed of all status ailments increases dramatically!]
[Gives resistance to all attributes for a period of time!]
[Health and magic recovery speed increases for a certain period of time!]
[The consecrated holy water seeps into the skin!]
[All attacks are given the attribute of ‘Light’ for a certain period of time!]
[Gets high resistance to ‘dark’ attribute and undead attacks for a certain period of time!]
[All stats temporarily increase!]
“It may be painful, but be patient.”
With those words, Ahn Joo-hyuk clapped and clapped.
In response to his magical power, the magic circle engraved underneath began to react violently once more.
Evangeline and Laura sat a little further away from me, closed their eyes, and began to mumble incessantly.
“… start.”
With those words, Ahn Joo-hyuk’s body emanated a strong energy that could be seen with the naked eye.
* * *
… The wind that tickles your cheeks and a pleasant warmth descend on your cheeks.
Slowly, he woke up to the sound of whispering words.
“… yes?”
At some point, I seem to have fallen asleep without realizing it.
He even sat in a wheelchair.
As I flinched, someone who was pushing the wheelchair I was sitting in swung and poked my face.
“Ah, I finally woke up.”
Light brown hair and pure white skin, reminiscent of a squirrel or a hamster.
She was none other than the reason.
“Jihyuk isn’t even your Sleeping Beauty, how long have you been sleeping… Ouch!”
“Jihyuk, are you awake?”
“How are you feeling?”
Han Soo-young, who gently stomped on Choi Hyeon-woo, who was smiling and joking, looked at me with a worried expression.
Jin Ye-seul also looked at this side with worries in her eyes.
I had just woken up and had a momentary haze and nodded my head blankly.
“Oh, I think I’ve gotten a lot better.”
“thank god.”
Han Soo-young smiled brightly as if she was really lucky.
For a moment, I avoided my gaze without realizing it, and I couldn’t tell if it was because of her bright smile, or because of the sunlight shining down on her.
“What is it, how much time has passed?”
I asked Jin Ye-seul, who naturally made eye contact while avoiding his gaze.
Then she, who had a slightly stiff expression on her face for some reason, quickly smiled and answered.
“… It’s been exactly 2 hours, 37 minutes and 14 seconds since Jihyuk went in for the procedure, and 17 minutes and 56 seconds since Jihyuk walked around with you like this when he said that it’s okay to take a short walk… Oh, just 18 minutes have passed.”
“… Uh, thank you.”
For a moment, goosebumps arose and he shook his head slightly.
Let’s take a quick look around Han Su-young and Jin Ye-seul, Choi Hyun-woo and Ivan around me.
And I could see that Yuuna was there.
“You seem to have become a very high person.”
“A tall person is right. Because he made such a big ball.”
Ivan laughed out loud, followed by Han Soo-young muttering in a low voice.
“I remember something from the past. … I was in a wheelchair like this back then.”
Then she murmured in a lower voice.
“And it hurt more than that. why… .”
“Oh, right. Come to think of it, I pushed the wheelchair back then, remember?”
Hyeonu Choi quickly spoke and patted my shoulder at the same time.
“At that time, the competition was low, but now it is fierce. We were fighting from behind over who was going to push, and in the end it went to the vote.”
“vote?”
“Vote for Ji-hyeok who will push your wheelchair.”
Ivan continued.
“Yuna won 3-1 to 1.”
“Ahaha… .”
Lee Yu-na smiled as if it was a little awkward.
“First of all, Jihyuk is my employer… I thought it might be the right thing to do.”
After a while, she asked me in a worried voice.
“But are you really okay?”
“Oh, it’s okay. After all, is it because three out of ten are stuck together?”
“… Despite that, the appearance hasn’t changed at all. The end of the magic wave is a little more stable.”
As Lee Yu-na was muttering like that, Ivan opened her mouth.
“But there is no place where Jihyuk doesn’t really put a bandage on you. Surely Ahn Joo-hyuk didn’t say that he had finished treatment? I know that person is a monster-like ability that can attach even a severed body intact.”
“Ahh… It was so shattered that I didn’t know. They said everything was glued together, but they said it was fixed just in case.”
Ivan nodded his head as he spoke, moving his casted arm.
Then, Jin Ye-seul carefully grabbed my hand and muttered.
“Jihyuk, this is a bit of a weird question, but can I ask?”
“uh? What?”
“What hand do you use, Jihyuk?”
I answered her question right away without thinking much.
“I can use both hands. I was left-handed when I was young, but my mother beat me, no. I fixed it while I was mad Somehow, I was able to use both hands.”
“… okay?”
Jin Ye-seul nodded and gently stroked my hand.
For some reason she seemed to feel vividly as she moved her fingers along the cast.
“Then I will be able to feed you without both hands… .”
“… … .”
Boo woo woo.
“Ugh… !”
“yes? what’s the matter?”
For a moment, she was startled by the sound of her cell phone vibrating to the beat of her murmuring and let out a strange sound.
Jin Ye-seul looked at me like that and looked at me strangely and answered the phone right away.
“Yes, sister.”
It seems that the person who made the call was supposed to be Jin.
“Why are you calling at this hour? By now, it’s time for your sister to take a nap. I am still not feeling well.”
Jin Ye-seul smiled slightly and said as if joking.
“Unnie, if you keep making me worry like that, will I really not be able to stand still?”
… Knowing that she manages Jinjeong’s daily life minute by minute, it was something I could never laugh at from my point of view.
Meanwhile, Jin Ye-seul, who had been smiling all the time, suddenly changed sharply.
“… huh? really? really?”
After such a short time passed, Jin Ye-seul hung up the phone and looked at me and cried as if she was sorry.
“Jihyuk, I’m really sorry, can I go somewhere?”
“Did something urgent happen?”
“yes… I think we should go right now.”
I nodded my head saying it was okay to see her as if she had no face.
Then Jin Ye-seul burst out laughing as if she was happy.
“thank you… ! Then while I’m away… .”
She looked at the group quickly, as if she were scanning the party, and naturally looked at Ivan and said.
“You can ask the manager. It’s the captain’s job to take care of the injured crew member.”
“Uh, me?”
Ivan, who was suddenly called, showed a surprised expression on his face.
But instead of answering him, Jin Ye-seul nodded her head once more saying she was sorry to me, then melted into the shadows and disappeared.
“Wow.”
And Ivan showed an exaggerated reaction as if he was a little surprised.
Then, seeing the expression on the face of Han Soo-young standing next to me, I straightened my posture.
“… … .”
Yuna didn’t say anything.
She just continued to push the wheelchair at a moderate speed, as before.
“Ah, chaga!”
In an instant, he reflexively bent over and placed his hand on his back.
I wondered if the wind was blowing, and it looked like water droplets were falling from above.
“Oh, by the way, it was raining earlier.”
It was when Choi Hyun-woo was muttering like that.
“Here is a handkerchief.”
Lee Yu-na quickly took out a handkerchief, and Han Soo-young, who was handed it, quickly started wiping the water off my back.
Feeling a bit sorry for that behavior, I smiled slightly as if embarrassed.
“I’m sorry, I just made you surprised… And if I had been fine, I wouldn’t have bothered you.”
“… … .”
But Han Soo-young didn’t say anything and just silently wiped my body.
After a moment of embarrassment and shutting her mouth, she said a beat later.
“I’m sorry I won’t answer you for a while.”
“What?”
Suddenly, she half-bent her knees and wiped the water off the front of her, then she quickly raised her head and looked up at me.
In an instant, her red hair fluttered and an indescribable fresh smell pierced her nose.
“Now is not the time to apologize, is it?”
She made a grumpy look on her face, then raised her tail and shook her head.
Then he groaned and stuck out his tongue at me.
“It’s a bummer, you idiot.”
“Hey, what do you mean when you look at people and say you’re an idiot… .”
“huh.”
Han Soo-young turned her head as if in anger and got up from her seat.
Then, looking at Lee Yu-na, he said with a bright smile.
“Oh, thank you for the handkerchief. Yuna.”
“… Ugh, what?”
Han Soo-young handed Lee Yu-na a handkerchief and leaned towards me.
I pulled my neck back as far as possible to avoid reaching it, but it was difficult to keep my gaze in front of me, so I turned my head slightly.
Then I could hear her whisper in a small voice overhead.
“… A real idiot.”
With those words, she moved away from me and moved forward as if slightly ahead.
And Choi Hyeon-woo and Ivan also exchanged glances with each other, but as soon as they were happy, they relaxed and followed her.
“Are you there, Yuna?”
“yes? Oh sorry.”
For a moment, Lee Yu-na, who had been silent for a moment, woke up to my call and followed them belatedly.
“… … .”
She was still speechless.
As always.