Chapter 50
I infused all the magic stones I had stolen from the office with power.
Boom!
The enormous energy that flew towards the barrier caused a tremendous explosion with a deafening roar.
The impact was strong enough to push my body backward.
[(Messenger) Indra quietly offers words of comfort, hoping it will calm you down.]
[He then waves a tear-soaked handkerchief, saying he’ll be off to attend the causality review.]
A mushroom-shaped black cloud rose above the barrier.
“S-should we go… I mean, let’s go, Nunim?”
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“Wh-what’s that? Hng. Noah Noona…”
On a windy hill.
Sehun nervously paced back and forth, looking at the distant barrier.
Although the distance made it difficult to see clearly, he could tell that a large explosion and flames had occurred.
If something had happened to Noah Noona…
‘Noona said her guardian deity was weak!’
Sehun, stomping his feet anxiously, rushed into the camper van shouting.
“Hyung! Yi-heon Hyung! Wake up! …Hyung?”
Thud.
Yi-heon’s hand fell limply below the bed.
Sehun, with trembling hands, brought the thermometer nearby to him.
His temperature had surpassed 41°C.
Yi-heon couldn’t open his eyes or respond, seeming to have reached his limit in barely holding onto consciousness.
Scared by this sight, Sehun muttered with a pale face.
“Noona will come… We should wait here quietly…”
But there were still 3 days left until Noah was supposed to arrive.
Right now, Yi-heon looked like he couldn’t last even three hours, let alone three days.
“Hyung…”
After briefly bursting into tears and panicking, Sehun soon pulled himself together.
If there had been an adult nearby, he probably would have cried and relied on them.
But now, he was the only one here for Yi-heon.
And he was no longer the little child who could only cry beside his dying mother.
Sehun wiped his flowing tears firmly with his short arms.
“Noona told us to wait.”
Then he quickly ran to wet a cloth with cold water and carefully wiped Yi-heon’s forehead.
Yi-heon’s fever was so high that the water on the cloth quickly became warm.
“Sob. Noah Noona…”
It was right at that moment when Sehun was calling Noah’s name more desperately than ever before.
A glowing white butterfly flew in and stuck to the camper van’s window.
“Wh-what’s this? Hng. Noona…”
Completely bewildered by the successive unexpected events, Sehun made a crying face.
Then, as if responding to his call, Noah’s voice came through the window.
[“Sehun, it’s me.”]
“Noona?!”
Surprised, Sehun burst into tears of relief and shouted.
“Noona, where are you?”
However, it seemed the butterfly wasn’t capable of two-way communication.
Noah’s longed-for voice flowed from the butterfly again.
[“Sehun. Stay there. I’m coming to you now. Okay?”]
“Y-yes. I understand, Noona…”
Sehun glanced back at Yi-heon, who was lying unconscious.
The anxiety and tension that had gripped his young heart had disappeared.
With just that one sentence from Noah, saying she would come to where he was.
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“Noonaaaa!”
A child ran out of the camper van, tears and snot streaming down his face.
“Yes, yes. You did well, Sehun-ah.”
I patted Sehun’s head as he clung to me, crying.
“The patient is inside. This is your mess, so you clean it up, Choi Yudam.”
Although grumbling, he obediently went inside the camper van.
Following him hurriedly inside, I was momentarily at a loss for words at the sight of Baek Yi-heon.
He had completely lost consciousness and was gasping for breath.
“…His condition has become this serious?”
“Yes! Hyung can’t even open his eyes… His fever is over 41 degrees… Sob.”
Choi Yudam immediately knelt beside Baek Yi-heon.
The usually arrogant-looking man wore a rare, serious expression.
“He ingested the poison I made. Honestly, I’m surprised he didn’t die instantly. Is this man an awakened too?”
He spread his hand over Baek Yi-heon’s blood-stained bandage.
A warm golden light appeared on his palm, and Baek Yi-heon’s expression gradually became more relaxed.
His labored breathing also steadied.
Soon, his eyelids trembled, and Baek Yi-heon slowly opened his eyes.
“Hyung!”
“Baek Yi-heon-ssi!”
He looked around with a somewhat dazed gaze, then spotted me and slightly raised the corners of his mouth.
“Noah… I’m glad you’re safe.”
…Who’s saying that to whom right now?
That this was the first thing he said after nearly dying, my eyes suddenly grew hot.
“What are you doing? Hurry and treat the remaining wounds.”
When I snapped at Choi Yudam, who had stopped treatment as soon as Baek Yi-heon opened his eyes, he unexpectedly shook his head with a serious face.
“No, I won’t treat it ‘quickly’.”
“What? Why! You can heal him completely in one go, can’t you?”
“It’s possible. But it will hurt a lot. It’s no different from beating someone up to heal them.”
“What do you mean…”
“It’s the condition of my contract with the god. Well, something about causality.”
He explained with a rare, serious face devoid of playfulness.
“If I heal it all at once, he’ll experience all the pain he would have felt during the normal healing process in an instant.”
All at once…?
Sehun made a crying face at those cruel words.
“…That’s too much.”
“It’s fair.”
Choi Yudam replied immediately.
“And it’s wise. Painless treatment is actually dangerous. It removes the awareness of injury.”
“But…”
“So it’s best to heal slowly, at the natural healing rate.”
“No.”
At that moment, an incredibly firm voice was heard.
It was Baek Yi-heon, wearing his usual serious expression.
“If it’s possible with your ability, please heal me completely now.”
“Hyung!”
“Yi-heon-ssi!”
“No, why would you…”
Everyone tried to stop him, but Baek Yi-heon was resolute.
“In times like these, I can’t remain a patient indefinitely. I’d rather choose the painful option all at once.”
Speaking thus, as if he had already decided, he began unwrapping his own bandages.
It seemed only the fever had gone down during the detoxification, as the wound hadn’t healed at all.
The wound, which had been festering for days due to the poison, looked extremely painful even at a glance.
He wants to heal that all at once? Is he crazy?
However, Choi Yoo, the actual healer, seemed to think differently.
“…Well. I should respect the patient’s will. You’d better bite on some clothing, sir. You might break your molars otherwise.”
Before Baek Yi-heon could protest, he bit down on his removed shirt.
Sehun quickly turned his head away.
In contrast, I bit my lower lip but kept my gaze fixed squarely on Baek Yi-heon.
“…I’m starting the treatment.”
A golden light once again enveloped Choi Yudam’s hands.
It was a warm color reminiscent of all-encompassing sunlight.
I had read in the original work that Gandharva was a leisurely and benevolent god.
His blessing could heal, but it exacted a corresponding price.
Baek Yi-heon’s jaw clenched tightly on the piece of clothing.
Despite being a person with strong endurance, veins stood out on his forehead and his tightly clenched fists trembled.
And when the warm golden light healing his wounds finally disappeared…
“Ugh.”
Baek Yi-heon dropped the clothing from his mouth and collapsed backward.
“Baek Yi-heon!”
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