
Lina was crying on my chest for a while. Perhaps it was because she had been holding back her emotions for a long time, but her tears did not stop until fifteen minutes later.
When she stopped crying, Lina wiped her tears and hid half her face under her blanket.
“... Sorry, your clothes were wet by tears.”
I laugh. “Don't worry about that. I'm used to dealing with whiny people.”
"Hi! I'm not a crybaby! I-It was just, just, just, I can't think of a good reason…"
I could only laugh seeing his expression.
Lina's expression flushed red in embarrassment. Immediately, he hit my chest repeatedly.
“Fucking cousin! How long will you laugh !? ”
"Sorrys sorry. My fault... Okay, let's talk about your condition... How can this happen?”
Lina sighed and was silent for a moment. “.. I don't know.. Actually, I just realized something was wrong two days ago. My mother panicked and called the doctor and he was the one who told us about my condition.
“According to him, I was exposed to some sort of disease caused by aggressive mana. The mana itself was not bad, but it was completely incompatible with my mana group so my mana group tried to fight it out of my body.
“Unfortunately, the foreigner is very tough. After surviving the mana attack on my body, he counterattacked by eating it and replacing it.
“Because of that, there is an imbalance of mana in my body. The situation quickly became uncontrollable when the new mana replaced half of the mana in my body, and my body started to feel unwell.
“To be honest, I felt headaches since a few days ago, but they were so small that I didn't notice them. That was a mistake. The doctor said that if I realized the situation two or three times earlier, he could cure me easily. But now that the foreign mana occupied most of my mana pond, the other Doctor who examined me had the same opinion.
“After that, some doctors told us that a Bishop could help us. The divine mantra of the Church of Order is very good at purifying foreign bodies, so it is the perfect counter to whichever affects me.”
I nodded in understanding. Most of his words were the same as my observations.
However, I noticed some additional things.
As Lina said, the problem was the result of something foreign replacing her mana, but it was not a foreign mana, but rather something different.
That's the law.
More precisely, it was part of the energy law belonging to fire; (Burning).
That in itself doesn't matter. Quite the contrary. Normally, having a legal fragment in one's body was something good.
The problem was that Lina was too weak, and part of the fire laws in her body were extremely aggressive.
Lina was only in the third layer of mana. The law of burning was too powerful for him, thus causing more harm than good.
And herein lies the problem.
I could sense that Lina did not have the slightest knowledge of the law. Furthermore, his main spell was unrelated to fire. In other words, it was impossible for him to accidentally obtain a share of the fire laws.
Okay, not impossible, but the odds are about 1:1,000,000,000. Moreover, the chances of the law being dangerous to him were lower.
In conclusion, I believe 99.999999% of it is caused by someone.
And when I checked fate, I confirmed my suspicions.
As someone who has lived for hundreds of lives, I know how normally your enemies attack your family.
Therefore, I have placed a layer of protection on every one of my close relatives. Nothing great, but it was enough to fend off fatal blows or detect if they were in danger.
However, it protects them from attacks only. That protection is useless against normal illness or minor injury. It was just to stop a fatal attack and give me time to react.
Hell, it will be activated if Lina is poisoned. However, the people who caused this only used my most helpless method of protection.
A coincidence produced by the church's desire to force me to make a deal with them, but still a coincidence.
I let out a breath. Let's think about that later.
For now, Lina was the first.
"Lina little, I have to admit something to you."
“Mm?”
“Actually, I am very strong. You could say I'm one of the strongest people in the world.”
“... Huh?”
… Lina, your 'are you crazy' face hurt me.
"Anything important is that I have a way to help you." I took a breath and said.
"Thank you?"
I'm nodding. "Yes, but I have to tell you something first."
"What's that?" Lina asked with anticipation.
I thought for a moment before deciding to tell her the real part.
“... Actually, I was worried that your situation was caused on purpose, and it was my fault. Anything that does this to you wants to threaten me. ”
Lina's eyes were wide open. “... A-Are you serious?”
I nodded while sighing.
“Sorry, little princess. I caused you hurt. ”
Lina was silent for a moment, but then, she smiled. “... Cousin, it's not your fault, you don't need to feel guilty. Besides, we are family. Even if it's your fault, there's no way I hate you for this.”
I smiled and ruffled Lina's hair.
“Thank you, little princess. Now, let me tell you how I can help you. There are two ways I can use it.
“The first method is rather simple.I will use my mana to surround and extract the foreign mana completely. This method will heal you completely, but your cultivation will drop to the second layer. Of course, your cultivation will recover after a month or two. ”
Lina nodded. "And the second method?"
“... This one is more complicated. As in the last method, my mana will surround and trap the alien mana, but instead of extracting it, I will leave it inside your body and let it leak a little each time until your body gets used to it … The advantage of this method is that you will become stronger. If you survive, you might be able to become a peak powerhouse. ”
"Advantage? Any flaws?”
“Of course, my smart daughter. The disadvantage of this method is that it will be painful and take a long time. About one year.”
"Hurtful? How painful?”
“Tolerable, only a little pain in the muscles and bones, but the pain will never go away, so in the end will not be able to bear it. Actually, I can find a way to reduce the pain, but it will make this method less effective.”
“... And how strong will I be?” lina.
“Well, if you're lucky you'll be one of the strongest people in the world twenty years later."
Lina remained silent. However, his silence did not last long.
"Second method." He said firmly.
I raised an eyebrow. "Are you sure?"
“... Cousin, you told me that this happened because someone wanted to use me to threaten you, right? I... I don't like it.. If I get stronger, this won't happen again, right?”
I smiled and ruffled her hair. "Yes, this won't happen again."
And even if that happens, you will have the power to solve it, just like me.
"Then I chose the second method."
I'm nodding. “Alright, I'll start then.”
Without any more words, I placed my hand on Lina's stomach.
The process was very simple.I sent my mana into Lina's body and used it to capture legal fragments and contaminated mana. Then, I sealed it in the mana core with a spell.
Finally, I opened my little eyes at the seal to release a bit of the law each time.
With this, Lina's body would slowly get used to the law until she understood and could use it.
When the process ended, Lina smiled.
“... It feels warm.”
Then, he closed his eyes and fell asleep.
I sighed with a smile and combed her hair carefully. "Sleep well, little princess."
Then I stood up and left the room.
In the middle of the road, I transmitted my voice through space to my fiancee.
“Clara? Don't be surprised, it's me, Claus. No, it's not your imagination. Can you do something for me?”