Instead of My Beloved Sister, I Married a Monster - Chapter 68

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Chapter 68

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Her body moved faster than her mind.

Evnia ran toward the man who had called for help without even having time to think about what was happening.

A young man who didn’t even seem to have reached adulthood yet was holding his injured friend and sobbing.

Had they not simply encountered a wild beast and fled in surprise, but actually been attacked?

She could see blood gushing out from his abdomen, which had been hastily wrapped with torn cloth.

Evnia’s face turned pale at the sight of the obviously serious wound.

Evnia hurriedly looked around for Giyermo.

Fortunately, he was standing right behind her, having immediately followed her as she ran.

“Lord Giyermo, please heal this person…!”

“I can’t heal. I can take him to someone who can heal, though.”

Giyermo indifferently cut off her words.

Just as Evnia was about to ask him to move the patient to a place where he could receive treatment,

The young man who had carried his friend down to this place urgently grabbed Evnia’s arm.

“Wait, there are more people left on the mountain. They said they would buy time for us to escape…”

Should they go rescue those in danger first, or should they move the critical patient first?

Evnia hesitated for a moment at this problem that couldn’t be easily decided.

Giyermo drew his index finger horizontally through the air and said,

“Looking at his condition, he won’t die immediately. If we stop the bleeding properly, he should last about 15 minutes.”

Having delivered this hardly reassuring news, he pulled out a golden hourglass from a crack in space.

He set it down at Evnia’s feet and said,

“Let’s return before all the sand runs out.”

Then he disappeared silently just like that.

Evnia stared blankly at the spot where he had vanished, then quickly came to her senses and turned her attention to the patient.

Giyermo had definitely attached the condition “if we stop the bleeding properly” to that 15-minute timeframe.

That meant she needed to properly redo the first aid while waiting for him.

Fortunately, people who had noticed the commotion came rushing over without exception, so there were many to help her.

Evnia took the water she had brought to quench her thirst, washed her dirt-covered hands, and removed the cloth covering the wound.

When the gruesome wound was revealed, gasps erupted from all around.

“Oh my, I can’t look at this.”

“What should we do? There isn’t even a proper doctor here…”

Dark clouds spread across the young man’s face again, though he had seemed somewhat relieved after hearing Evnia and Giyermo’s conversation.

Perhaps afraid that his friend might not make it like this, he began stammering out excuses.

“Everyone was working so hard, so we wanted to treat them to something. We just went up to catch some game…”

“Why did you have to go looking for those beasts that come down here and ruin the fields! Hey, Zike. Go to Greta’s house.”

“What?”

“Why can’t you understand? Hurry and go tell them their son is dying!”

At one elderly man’s scolding, the boy called Zike began running awkwardly toward the village.

Had he regained consciousness from the commotion above his head?

The young man who had been lying against his friend belatedly opened his eyes.

Looking down unconsciously at where he felt pain, he witnessed the terrible wounds remaining on his body and his lips trembled.

“Am I… going to… die…?”

“You won’t die. We’re going to meet someone who can heal you right away, so don’t worry.”

Evnia answered in a firm voice, biting her lips as she finished tightly binding the wound.

She had tightened his abdomen as much as possible to apply pressure, but since the wound was so extensive, the bleeding didn’t seem to be stopping properly.

Blood that had seeped out was rapidly spreading over the cloth.

‘Is this not enough?’

Evnia looked anxiously at the hourglass Giyermo had left behind.

Had 15 minutes always been this short?

The sand had already fallen halfway to the bottom.

Perhaps because her heart was racing, she even felt like time was flowing faster than usual.

Did the patient also feel like the remaining grains of sand were like his lifespan?

Unable to take his eyes off the clock, he suddenly couldn’t overcome his anxiety and whispered his last words.

“Please… tell my mother… I’m sorry for… causing her worry. And tell my father… to take good care of… mother…”

“Nick!”

His friend who was supporting his body shouted with a pale face.

Worried that his final request might not be fulfilled, Nick grabbed his friend with his weak hand and said,

“You… go to my room… without my parents knowing… Please get rid of… that thing…”

“That thing…?”

“In the box… under my bed… Please burn it…”

Though it was an inappropriate thought for such a serious situation, Evnia felt like she knew exactly what he was talking about.

The people surrounding them seemed to feel the same way, as they all subtly lowered their gazes to the ground, seemingly trying to think sad thoughts.

Unable to watch any longer, Evnia stepped forward to stop Nick. It was to protect something more precious than his secret.

“Stop talking, you’re bleeding more!”

“Wait, I must… say more…”

Evnia pressed down firmly on his wound and shouted urgently,

“Clean up your own erotic pictures when you get back alive!”

Just as Nick let out a sharp “Gasp!” as if hit right on target,

A bright light suddenly spread from where Evnia’s hand touched, and the sunken flesh began to fill out.

Though she couldn’t understand what kind of miracle this was, it was clear that the light was healing the wound.

Color was gradually returning to the patient’s face.

Evnia, who had been rolling her eyes in confusion, soon gritted her teeth and began pressing the wound with even more force.

It was an action born from instinct.

She felt as if the warm energy that had begun circulating in her body was flowing through her arm to the other person.

Evnia carefully poured all of that power into the patient, being careful not to let it leak out.

How much time had passed?

Confirming that the light was gradually fading, Evnia slowly removed her hands from the wound.

Just as she hesitated, unable to readily check the results,

Nick, who had been rapidly looking back and forth between Evnia and his abdomen, suddenly unwrapped the cloth covering his wound. It was surprisingly energetic behavior for someone who had been critically injured.

No, perhaps the premise itself was wrong. He was no longer a patient.

Nick looked down silently at his smooth abdomen without a single wound for a moment, then finally let out a dumbfounded voice.

“Huh?”

In the breathlessly quiet surroundings, commotion finally began to spread one by one.

“Gasp!”

“My goodness!”

“What did I just see!”

“Lady Evnia! Were you also a blessed one?”

Not only the villagers, but even Hanna, who had been helping with the treatment from behind, poured out joyful cheers.

However, Evnia was equally unable to explain this situation.

Until now, she had never healed even a small scratch from paper, let alone a wound from being gored by a wild boar.

Then had the power actually come from something else, not herself?

Evnia stared blankly at the ring on her left hand.

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