Male Lead Is Obsessed With My Health - Chapter 36

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Chapter 36

The mage Ansen explained eagerly.
“The same location, a completely different world—we typically call such places the Back-side World. You can think of it as a world you can glimpse or enter if you meet certain conditions.”
The more Mehenm’s expression grew cold, the more enthusiastically Ansen pressed on.
“Even calling it another world, it’s not entirely different. It shares the same underlying geography, only the inhabitants differ—high-ranking Demon Beasts or Demon Race, for instance. Usually, there’s a core entity or object that, once destroyed, causes the world to vanish. Though it’s also something of a natural phenomenon…”
Mehenm, whose head was throbbing, pressed his fingers to his temple and raised his hand.
“I’ve heard enough about the Back-side World. So you’re saying something like that has appeared?”
“It seems someone has created a gap in phase by layering identical Barrier Magic formations. This isn’t ordinary sorcery. Even knowing the principle, I doubt an ordinary mage would dare attempt such a thing…”
“Is that even possible?”
“Impossible. Unless they’re a Star-rank mage.”
Faced with this astonishing phenomenon, the mage’s instinctive nature seemed to awaken—Ansen’s eyes gleamed with fascination as he stared at the barrier.
“Enough of that nonsense.”
Mehenm’s patience had reached its limit.
Confronted with this unexpected situation, only one thought occupied Mehenm’s mind.
“I don’t care about phase gaps or barriers or any of that. There’s only one thing I want to know: can you get our lady out?”
“Ah, that is…”
The mages’ faces drained of color in an instant. Even without hearing their answer, it was clear from their troubled smiles.
Crackle—
The barrier began to convulse.
“?”
Pop!
The mages who had been assessing the situation were thrown into panic, watching the Barrier Magic formation blaze as if overloaded.
“What on earth is happening?!”

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What had just happened?
Gulp.
I swallowed hard, trying desperately to appear composed, but even steadying my trembling body was a struggle.
Maintaining my grip on consciousness as I fought the urge to faint was the limit of my endurance.
“Mm.”
Midnight-black hair, golden eyes that gleamed as bright as a predator’s watching its prey.
From the moment our eyes met, I couldn’t move an inch.
This sensation—as if an enormous beast were looking down at me as a mere snack.
So overwhelmingly oppressive and savage was the pressure radiating from him that I barely registered his beautiful face.
“Strange.”
A perfect curve of a smile played at his elegant lips.
“You shouldn’t be visible.”
My breath caught as his fine, beautiful features drew closer. The black of his pupils narrowed to vertical slits.
“Why do you feel like you’re looking straight at me?”
Cold sweat trickled down my spine.
Like a satiated beast discovering something intriguing, he observed me with relentless intensity.
“…”
“…”
Should I pretend not to notice? Act like I don’t see?
But by the look of it, I was already caught.
Wouldn’t I just be punished for deception if I played dumb?
‘What do I do!’
If I had been a self-righteous saint, I might have opened my mouth confidently. But a lifetime of never having to appease anyone had become my greatest regret.
And now it was coming back to haunt me.
‘If I just pretend I haven’t seen anything, would he let me go?’
I was rolling my eyes in desperate hope when—
“How entertaining.”
With a faint laugh, the invisible pressure that had been squeezing me suddenly released.
“Gasp.”
As my breath came rushing back, I understood.
It was pointless to pretend I hadn’t seen anything.
‘He did that on purpose.’
I glanced at him, then quickly looked away.
‘He looks to be in his twenties by his face…’
But what was this aura I felt from him?
It felt as if an ancient serpent were wearing a human form—his energy was utterly at odds with his appearance.
‘Is today the anniversary of my death?’
“Are you scared?”
“I…”
Wouldn’t anyone be frightened in this situation?
“Don’t worry. I have no intention of doing anything to you just now.”
“Y-yes.”
At my response, the man laughed again like a madman.
I couldn’t read his actions at all.
But one thing gave me confidence: I had a sense that I wouldn’t die for misspeaking. My world’s most sensitive danger sensor assured me of that.
It guaranteed it, in fact.
“Who are you?”
“In a situation like this, you’re curious who I am?”
Then what should I be curious about?
“You’re not a ghost, are you?”
At the question I threw out while backing away, the man’s eyes widened before he suddenly burst into deranged laughter.
What’s wrong with him?
“A ghost.”
He replied with a smile so captivating it seemed almost hypnotic.
“I’m certainly not some crude low-class monster like that.”
…This insane fantasy world.
Ghosts being treated as low-class monsters.
“Mm. That’s odd. You can really see me? How can you see me? My ability should be fine…”
The man poked at my cheek repeatedly while muttering to himself.
“I was sure I’d sent out every living thing, so why is this one still here? Hmm. Did I miscalibrate the range? That shouldn’t be possible… What exactly are you?”
The more the hauntingly beautiful man rambled in that incomprehensible way, the more fear crept up my spine.
The man rested his chin on his hand.
“You’re holding up well. Most ordinary humans lose consciousness the moment they glimpse this place and never wake—not even in death.”
“??”
He threw me into a place like that?
“Will I die?”
“Do I look like a murderer?”
Yes.
“…No, of course not.”
“Hmph.”
What was that reaction?
Maybe my hesitation had ruined everything.
I was about to resign myself to death, thinking I’d ask Mehenm to let me write a will before the end, when—
“Well, this must be fate.”
The man smiled again, and I found myself mesmerized by that captivating expression.
“Say, I’ve been meaning to ask—have you seen anything particularly large or strange or, in any case, unusual?”
“Um…”
I suddenly recalled that thing I’d glimpsed earlier—something I shouldn’t have seen.
“Over there.”
“Hm?”
“In the direction of the corridor at the end of the one connected to the hall.”
“Ah, thanks.”
Apparently not expecting anything, the man’s expression brightened at receiving the information.
“In exchange for the information, I’ll give you this.”
What he gave me was a round Egg with wings attached to it. An Easter egg? The strange thing about it was that it was semi-transparent.
“If you grip it tightly, you should be able to survive.”
“…?”
Was he telling me to make a wish?
As I stood confused, the man turned to look back at me.
Flinch.
Seeing my startled reaction as our eyes met, the man smiled once more.
“One piece of advice: it would be good to head the other way and hurry if you don’t want to be caught up in something and die.”
I blinked.
The man’s form vanished in an instant.
“Was he really a ghost after all…”
It felt like I’d been bewitched by a specter.
“But wait, what was that he said? Don’t want to be caught up in something?”
The moment I realized the “advice” he’d given, my face went pale.
Whirrrr—
Light erupted from the Egg in my hand, and a milky, semi-transparent shield enveloped me.
At the same moment.
Roooaaaaarrr—!
A colossal Magic Wave surged forward with a sonic boom, sweeping through the entire Mansion and shattering everything in its path into fragments and oblivion.
I simply gripped the Egg and shut my eyes like a farmer praying for a hurricane to pass.
You maniac, you could’ve at least given me time to escape—!
“Ugh.”
When the incomprehensible duration finally ended, it was all over.
“Huh.”
And then.
“Huh?”
The scenery had changed.
“I’m back.”
I tilted my head in confusion at the sight of the Mansion bathed in bright daylight—
Poof.
The Egg I’d been gripping tightly lost its light and crumbled to dust. And inside it lay an Emblem.
“A falling star?”
What kind of symbol was it?
I was tilting my head at the sight of the Emblem when—
“There!”
“There she is!”
People came rushing over.
“Arelin!”
Fesion and Mehenm came running, concern etched on their faces.
“Young lady!”
Only now did reality crash down on me, as if I were waking from a deep dream.
‘What was that man anyway?’
Mehenm, who had rushed over frantically, pulled me into an embrace.
“Young lady, are you all right?”
“Mehenm…”
I thought I was fine, but looking at Mehenm’s face, I realized I wasn’t.
As his familiar warmth and the scent of dry wood wrapped around me, my tension melted. Sleep poured over me.
“What on earth happened…”
“I don’t know.”
“Young lady?”
I nestled deeper into Mehenm’s arms and let my eyes close peacefully.
“Let me sleep for a bit.”
Before my eyes shut completely, I saw the Emblem in my hand glow faintly.

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