Chapter 37
Part 36
Eventually...
SHAAAAAA!
The energy spread through Kang Yena's entire body in an instant.
Her complexion visibly improved by the second.
At the same time...
Drip.
Black liquid began seeping into her clothes.
It's performing Meridian Purification.
It was not a complete reconstruction of the bones and body like Rebirth.
But thanks to the Immaculate Lotus...
Waste and impurities were being expelled from every part of her body.
Her lifespan would probably increase slightly because of this.
And she would become healthier than she had ever been before.
Whoooosh.
The gently flowing mana gradually settled.
When the treatment ended...
Yugeon removed his hands.
“The treatment is complete.”
“...!”
“Normally, she would need time to slowly recover her stamina. But the material I used is extremely precious. When she wakes up, she'll be just as energetic and healthy as before...”
He paused.
“No. She'll probably be even healthier than before.”
“Yena!”
“Hngh...”
The moment Yugeon finished speaking...
Kang Chankyung and Kim Sunyoung grabbed their daughter's hands and burst into tears.
Woojin did not rush forward.
He stood a short distance away, quietly wiping his eyes.
The impurities smell terrible, but they don't care at all.
Of course they did not.
Their daughter had barely returned from death's door.
Why would they care about a smell?
Creak.
Still...
For Kang Yena's sake, Yugeon opened the window slightly.
Her parents and brother might not care.
But when she woke up...
She probably would not believe that terrible smell was coming from her own body.
I'll give Woojin my contact information, then I should head back...
Then suddenly...
Yugeon noticed something.
Someone's watching the mansion?
A person in the distance kept glancing toward the estate.
They were clearly trying not to make it obvious.
But they looked over far too often.
What is this? Why would someone suddenly watch this place?
Yugeon left the room.
He walked to the window at the end of the hallway.
If he could see another watcher from here...
Then there was no doubt.
Swish.
Yugeon slightly pulled the curtain aside and looked outside.
He spotted someone sitting in a parked car far away.
Ha.
I was wondering who it was.
So it's you bastards.
Kim Deokbae.
He was staring toward the house from inside the parked car.
Good thing I read those articles.
His face had barely changed in three years.
Then the Flame Guild is the one watching this mansion.
Yugeon finally understood what was happening.
Kang Woojin had vanished from Floor 35.
He was not in any hospital.
So the Emperor Guild must have ordered the Flame Guild to watch Woojin's home.
So my suspicion was right.
If Yugeon had not known that the puppet Woojin belonged to the Emperor Guild in his previous life...
He probably would not have connected things this far.
But back then...
Woojin had moved according to the Emperor Guild's orders.
Step. Step.
“Hyung.”
While Yugeon was looking outside...
Woojin came out of the room and approached.
Then...
He bowed deeply at ninety degrees.
“Thank you so much for curing my sister. And... thank you for saving me too.”
Yugeon patted Woojin's shoulder and pulled him upright.
“We're going to be companions for a long time. Are you planning to bow like this every single time?”
“...”
“It's fine.”
“Do you really think I'll be useful? I couldn't even properly defeat one boss...”
“What level are you?”
“I'm... Level 28.”
“How many Level 28 Awakeners do you think could fight the boss of Floor 35 as well as you did?”
“...”
“Have confidence. You're already strong enough. And if you stay with me, you'll become much stronger.”
“...”
Yugeon held out his hand.
“You'll become my companion, right?”
“Of course!”
Woojin firmly grasped his hand.
His father had always told him to stay beside people who recognized his true worth.
Han Yugeon was exactly that kind of person.
More than that...
He had saved his sister's life.
He had returned peace to his family.
“I'll repay you with my life, Hyung!”
“Don't give me your life.”
Yugeon laughed and rubbed Woojin's hair.
Ding!
[You have changed the fate of a key figure from the future.]
[The Sanctuary is startled upon seeing Kang Woojin.]
[The Outer Realm opposes the intervention of Olym■■ regarding Kang Woojin.]
[The Sanctuary becomes enraged by Olym■■'s intervention.]
[Olym■■ denies any connection with Kang Woojin.]
[Olym■■ declares that this was the independent action of U■■s.]
Feat +1
Olym...?
Yugeon's eyes narrowed.
The rest was censored...
But anyone could tell what "Olym■■" was supposed to refer to.
And the message about an independent action.
That partially hidden name...
Could it be...?
A certain being came to mind.
Yugeon swallowed.
“Hyung.”
“Hmm?”
While he was lost in thought...
Woojin called him in a serious voice.
“Hyung. Tell me.”
“Tell you what?”
“My sister... Someone did that to her, didn't they?”
“...”
Woojin had already noticed.
Yugeon's reactions.
The fact that his perfectly healthy sister suddenly became sick.
And even Yugeon's behavior when he checked outside a moment ago.
Knowledge and wisdom were not the same thing.
But Woojin was the son of a businessman.
Even if he lacked his father's talent for business...
He was not slow to notice things.
“It was them, wasn't it?”
Woojin's voice became colder.
