Chapter 28 – Chapter 01: Elf Heavenly Horse
“Like you said, it’s quite lonely to be alone. “It is better to have a good way to kill time when the opportunity arises.”
In that sense, the Earth where Eugene lived was, from Yeonhwa’s point of view, a world in which men and women were reversed, so it was a suitable world to explore as a way to kill time.
“… “It seems like you really don’t care about the possibilities for the future of this world that I know of?”
“Does not exist. It is enough to know about the future crisis that will lead to my death. The main seat is Cheonma. The future is decided by us, not anyone else. “The mere fact that there is a future that is trying to coerce the throne is a sufficient target for efforts to destroy that future, so that fact alone means that I know everything I need to know.”
So, her attitude that she was more curious about the Earth where Eugene lived than the future of this Orbital World led to Eugene raising the flag.
“… All right. Whenever I have time, I’ll tell you about the world I live in. Well, let’s leave aside the question of whether you can understand it or not.”
“Even if we don’t understand, it’s your job to explain it so we can understand.”
So, Yu-jin finally checked, sighing softly at Yeon-hwa’s cruel words, which implied that her life could be in danger if she did not explain in a way that was understandable.
“With this, is our ‘deal’ a done deal?”
“Yes, in return for your return of your military officialdom, I will allow you to stay in my house for two months and protect you at the same time. And in return for hearing about your world… “Okay, while I’m staying here, I’ll show you the generosity of thinking of you as my friend.”
Perhaps because he thought that just receiving it from Eugene would damage his status as a Cheonma, Eugene moved his eyebrows at Yeonhwa’s remark, adding insult to injury that he did not want.
Then, perhaps because she thought it was a not bad price, he nodded his head and spoke with a grin.
“Then I would like to ask you a favor.”
“What do you mean?”
“What happens next? Even if I grit my teeth and try to endure it, it seems to be my limit.”
At the same time as he said that, Eugene was unable to maintain the muscles in his arms even with the essence holding the ruptured muscles, so he let go of the teacup and let his arms hang down the table.
At the same time, it is said that he let go of the tension he had barely managed to maintain in his flickering consciousness, fell face down on the table, and fainted.
“Hmm… ?!”
As his consciousness sank into the darkness, the last thing Eugene heard was the sound of Yeonhwa kicking out of her chair, embarrassed by the sudden fainting of the person he was supposed to protect.
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“… “It’s an unknown ceiling.”
Should I say I’m used to it now… , Eugene regains consciousness by uttering familiar comments about a completely unfamiliar situation.
Eugene had been practicing exorcism since childhood and had extensive experience in fainting and coming to his senses in a completely unknown place.
Therefore, the moment he regains consciousness, even when the ceiling of a house made of wood he knows nothing about appears before his eyes, he is not at all embarrassed and tries to raise his head after uttering a cliché line.
Ttuduk!
“Ugh… ?!”
However, at that moment, Eugene couldn’t stand the incredible muscle pain that started from his neck and spread throughout his body, and he screamed.
“Ugh…”
As a result, Eugene, who failed to raise his head, look around, and lift his upper body from the beginning, soon sighed and began to observe the state of his body.
‘Obviously, after finishing the conversation with Yeonhwa, Elf Cheonma, you couldn’t bear the aftereffects of breaking through the dungeon anymore and passed out, right?’
At the same time, Eugene, who was contemplating the inside of his body while clearly recalling the reason why he had lost consciousness, breathed a sigh of relief when he realized that his physical condition was better than he thought.
‘I am experiencing tremendous muscle pain as a result of overworking the muscles of my entire body, but this is what it is…’
In some cases, even though the muscles themselves were torn, even though the body was overworked to the point where it would not be surprising, the entire body could be said to be fine, except for the right arm, which was the last strain.
Of course, it was fine in that there was no damage anywhere, and it was inevitable that it would be difficult to move right away because it was overworked.
‘But where is this? Rather, muscle pain is a signal that the muscles are regenerating stronger due to the load, so it’s good news.’
In that sense, the muscle pain all over his body also meant that this damned body was getting stronger, so Eugene was just happy.
‘The problem is my right arm…’
To be honest, the right arm that pierced the guard’s armor by overexerting it in order to extract the last gatekeeper’s magic stone was at a level where it had to be said that there was no disability left.
The bone supporting the right arm was cracked evenly, and some muscles were also partially torn.
In addition, the abrasions that penetrated the armor were so severe that if the regenerative power had not been strengthened to the limit with essence, the person would bleed profusely to the point where one could fear death from hemorrhage.
‘Still, I’m glad I didn’t break any bones.’
Although it was cracked evenly, it was still in a state where it was trying to fit together. In other words, it can be recovered much faster than if it was completely broken.
And the reason this was possible was because Eugene’s transcendent body control ability distributed the recoil applied at the moment of penetrating the armor evenly to the bones of his right arm.
Otherwise, no matter how much I strengthened my right arm by hitting the essence with a can, the bone in the area where the recoil was concentrated would have been shattered.
‘And if that happens, it would have been a waste of time just to recover my right arm.’
Even if the recovery speed of a person with special abilities exceeded that of a criminal, there were limits. Just adjusting the broken bone properly and waiting for it to heal will take several weeks.
No, in the first place, it was dangerous to properly fix a broken bone without professional knowledge.
‘Well, since I break so many times here and there, I am now at the level of a guru when it comes to setting bones…’
Still, it was better to just end up with a crack than to break it.
If it was at the cracked level, you could strengthen your recovery just by concentrating the essence, and if you were careful, you could use your arm.
Eugene knew that fact, so he controlled the recoil to spread throughout his right arm before penetrating the armor, preventing the bone from breaking even if it cracked the entire bone.
“But…”
In any case, it was just a matter of choosing the lesser evil instead of the worst. In the end, it was inevitable that Mattangi would go away due to the load on his right arm exceeding its limit.
By choosing Eugene’s lesser evil, he narrowly avoided permanent aftereffects?
In that sense, it was not surprising that the right arm could not be moved right away.
Unlike full-body overload, which can be recovered quickly with a good rest, the injury to the right arm was clearly an injury that would take several days.
… However, due to the injury to his right arm, which was much better than expected, Eugene was able to turn his head, which was stiff from muscle pain, and look at his right arm with his eyes.
“This…”
And as a result of checking, Eugene was able to understand why the person on his right arm was in better shape than he thought, even though the entire bone was cracked and the muscles in his right arm were torn here and there.
The right arm suffered severe abrasions from being scratched by the armor when it was penetrated. That’s why his entire right arm, which looked tattered on the outside, was bandaged with some pretty good workmanship.
‘Do you even think this isn’t just a bandage?’
To be exact, the bandage was an ordinary bandage, but should I say that it was added on the inside of the bandage? There was something sticky tied together, and it looked like medicine had been applied and a bandage had been tied on top of it.
“Whoa…”
Confirming that fact, Eugene once again sucks in as much of the essence in the air as possible through breathing and spreads it throughout his body, confirming his current condition.
‘The right arm can be moved if you don’t overdo it… , The whole body can also move sufficiently if you ignore muscle pain.’
If he were an ordinary person, he would not be able to move properly due to the pain, but Eugene was not an ordinary person.
Therefore, he accelerates muscle regeneration throughout the body as much as possible through the essence absorbed into the body, and gets up from bed while holding back the muscle pain that occurs in the process.
“This… ?”
He then raised his body and carefully removed the blanket he was covering to check the condition of his bandaged right hand. He could see that his upper body was naked.
‘… ‘Did you give me treatment?’
Of course, she wasn’t just naked for no reason. In addition to his right arm, Eugene, who had suffered abrasions here and there while raiding the dungeon, had what appeared to be bandages or bands here and there on his upper body.
Eugene, who guessed through him that Yeonhwa had brought him here after he fainted and treated him, looked surprised.
‘The elf Heavenly Demon personally heals people who haven’t even become disciples?’
Does this make sense? The thought occurred to him, but before he fainted, Eugene recalled that Yeonhwa had said that she would show generosity, almost like treating her as her friend, during the two months she stayed here.
So is this the result of that generosity? It was when he was thinking of this and was laughing.
Hey!
“It looks like you’re awake.”
The door to the unidentified room where Eugene was unconscious opened and the elf Cheonma, Yeonhwa, appeared with her long purple hair disheveled.
“… “You came here because you thought I was awake?”
“It’s inside my house. “There is no place that is not touched by the energy of this place.”
In such a situation, Yujin also nodded her head as if she understood when Yeonhwa said as if she was scolding Yeonhwa, asking if she didn’t even know that an unconscious person regained consciousness.
“Especially as soon as you wake up, you start to recover your body by absorbing the natural energy in the air. It would be strange if you didn’t know about it.”
And the story goes that Yeonhwa, who confirmed that Eugene was a nature keeper and that he was absorbing the energy in the air called essence, came to see Eugene in person to check on his partner.
“… Did the Heavenly Demon heal you directly?”
In response to Yeonhwa’s explanation, Eugene carefully asked what she was most curious about right now, and Yeonhwa smiled and asked who would have treated him if not her.
When Eugene, who was at a loss for words to say in return, was responding with a bitter smile in understanding, Yeonhwa continued speaking.
“And just in case, I’ll tell you for reference…” … , Removing clothes from the upper body was unavoidable for treatment. So, I understand that if you argue about it for no reason, you are testing the generosity of this committee.”
“… ? “Isn’t that natural?”
When Yeonhwa said something completely unexpected, Eugene showed an attitude that it was difficult to understand why she bothered to say it.
And when Yeonhwa sees Yujin like that, she raises one of her eyes and says that she doesn’t understand his attitude.
“You’re a man, aren’t you? It must be quite a sensitive issue for a man to have his clothes taken off by a complete stranger, right? … Oh, by the way, did you say that the world you originally lived in had opposite values for men and women compared to this world?”
Yeonhwa, who continued talking like that, soon found the answer to the current situation on her own and looked at Eugene with a look of wonder.
Although this was a fact I had heard during the Q&A session earlier, I did not realize that Eugene’s values were different from this Orbital World.
