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nMainly, the damages he suffered in the ridiculous fight that just happened weren’t healing with her magic.

nAnd yes.

nThe blond heroine remembered the fight.

nShe not only wasn’t frozen in time – most likely thanks to being hoke-full of healing attribute mana – from the window that Zoemi himself made, she had a perfect vantage point to witness the absolute insanity of what was happening.

nShe couldn’t wait to talk with Zoemi about the whole Heavenly Star Nation thing – not to mention why the man with a leucism was calling out loud the names of zodiac signs before pulling off some insane moves that seemed to bypass mana completely.

nThere definitely wasn’t anything like that in the game both of them played – but since this world wasn’t a game at all, that wasn’t all that surprising.

nWhat was surprising and worrisome, was the declaration the white-haired, self-proclaimed florist made before disappearing.

nHe said that his nation would have to prepare more.

nNot that the attack would not happen – it would just be delayed.

nBy how much?

nWhat does it mean for everyone?

nThe blond-haired girl did not dare to ask anyone else besides Zoemi those questions.

nWell, maybe except for Miriette, who already proved herself to put her money where her words were – but unluckily for Burushi, the dark-haired girl didn’t show up alone and left together with her escort soon after.

n”Haa… let’s try this again, shall we?”

nBurushi breathed out and pulled up her sleeves approaching the unconscious black-haired boy whose insides were severely messed up by the initial hit that sent him flying.

n…seriously, it was so worrisome…

nZoemi didn’t even seem all that wounded when he stumbled into the sickbay – merely exhausted.

nBut then he coughed up bile and unfortunately, it was mixed with blood, and the boy fell over right after he closed the door behind his back.

nIt has been a few hours since and he still didn’t show any signs of recovery despite Burushi constantly showering him in her healing spells.

nConsidering how things were, it would not be surprising if he would be unable to participate in a final duel of the tournament the next day – which would basically invalidate half of his reasons for even showing up in the first place.

nStill, if there was a single word that worked best to describe Burushi, it would be stubborn.

nBefore she was holding back just in case – but with it getting dark outside, and the arena emptied out – finally -since people seem to like hanging out around there even with no duels happening, Burushi could pull up the big guns of her healing attribute.

n”A-a-ah… I wonder what Surou is doing… more time had passed since he was expelled and locked in some monastery than what we spent together… He might have as well forgotten about me…”

nThe blond heroine allowed herself a nostalgic sigh as she looked through the window at the starry sky before turning to her patient.

nAll of his injuries were internal but just in case most of the boy’s clothes were removed.

nNeedless to say, Burushi shook her head, getting rid of the unnecessary thoughts, and made a serious expression before she put her hands on Zoemi’s bare chest.

n|Damn, he is chiseled…!|

nEven with all her professionalism, she couldn’t help herself from admiring Zoemi’s training-hardened body and how it felt under her touch.

n”…alright, I better stop before I’ll do something that will make me doge making eye contact with Miriette – ekhem – Check-up.”

nShe then muttered to herself, sliding her hands on the most affected area – the abdomen – cleared her throat, and cast her spell out loud, enjoying the otherwise silent environment that let her focus on the important parts.

nWithin seconds, the information about Zoemi’s health flowed into her brain.

nIt was bad – broken bones, ruptured organs, not to mention bloodloss… all that every single previous spell that Burushi had cast was to keep him alive – it did not make him better, it only made him stable for a brief amount of time.

nThat had to change.

nIf the normal spell didn’t show anything that could be healed – it only meant it wasn’t thorough enough!

n”Private visit.”

nWith that in mind, Burushi cast another spell – a better, more advanced, and more thorough version of the check-up spell, that she usually didn’t use because the amount of information that would flow into her brain would always cause her headache.

nBut this was for a good cause.

nAfter all, if normal healing spells weren’t working on someone who had been successfully healed in the past, the logical option was to search for the cause of that!

nA foreign object – or maybe foreign energy, more likely – must have entered the black-haired boy’s body and was messing with the natural order.

n”…are you kidding me…?!”

nBut the only pay-off after giving herself a headache was more detailed information about everything she already knew.

nShe was almost sure she was in the right – but in that case, wouldn’t it mean that if her magic is unable to identify the problem, it is also unable to treat it…?

n|So it is no use after all…? The best I can do is to just keep him alive?|

nThe blond heroine bit her lip, staring at the large dark bruise on the boy’s stomach – a very clear sign of the hemorrhage.

nSomething like that should have disappeared after Burushi used just a basic healing spell, but instead, it was still there as if taunting her about being powerless!

n|No, I can’t just give up! If there is some foreign energy messing with mana inside his body, then it should be possible to flush it out by injecting him with new mana!|

nShe gritted her teeth and decided.

n…and it just so happened that the healing attribute literally worked on the mage injecting the patient with their mana and guiding it through the patient’s body…

n”Heal!”

nBurushi said and a faint light passed from her palms into Zoemi, spreading through his body.

nThe mana flow through but did not affect the wounds at all – Burushi could feel her mana sliding off of it like rain hitting against the umbrella.

n”Major Heal!”

nShe instantly followed it up with another spell.

nThe light became brighter – but there was still no reaction.

n”Super Heal!”

nShe called out and the light became blinding – for the first time she sensed a difference, the resistance that pushed her mana away from the boy’s wounds weakened.

nThe umbrella was denting in because of the pressure!

n”Mega Heal!”

nEncouraged by the success, Burushi shouted and her next spell caused Zoemi’s whole body to start glowing.

nThe resistance decreased once more – but the heroine was sweating heavily – after all, she was providing all the mana that was crushing against the force keeping Zoemi’s wounds from haling, and she did not have an infinite amount of it.

nBut that did not stop the determined healer.

n”EXTREME HEAL!”

nBurushi was breathing heavily, the other cases when she was using so much mana on a single patient could be counted on one hand.

nBut she was so close to breaking through – she could almost feel the barrier tearing away, just a little more, just a tin push…!

n”…haaaa….”

nThe air around Zoemi started shaking as the blond girl breathed out and took a deep breath in preparation, before…

n”ULTIMATE HEAL…!”

nBurushi shouted, feeling her mana depleting with such speed as if her mana reservoir had broken – and all of that mana went straight into her patient.

nThe air around Zoemi started boiling as if nature itself was opposing the power of the spell.

nBut the heroine had one final spell – her ace in a hole – her most powerful spell that would leave her mana reservoir completely dry and basically knock her out the moment she used it.

nAnd she didn’t hesitate at all to use it for her friend!

n”FULLY COVERED INSURANCE!”

nShe roared and the whole room suddenly became the epicenter of the terrifyingly powerful air quake that made it look like it got completely submerged in water – putting it on equal ground with the phoenix and glacier spell that Zoemi had used in the tournament.

n*plop*

nJust as she already expected that would happen, Burushi got knocked out and fell limply on the floor beside Zoemi’s bed.

nOn the bright side – the large bruise on his stomach disappeared, healing up nicely.

n…on the darker side, the bleeding reassumed and a brand new one took its place – although this one was slightly smaller than its predecessor.

nThat made one thing clear – the boy’s recovery would not happen overnight…

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