“You still haven’t answered me.
Why were you completely naked?” Lucian stared at the stone wall in the distance, a faint hint of reproach in his voice.
Behind him came the rustling sound of someone getting dressed.
Seele answered, “I don’t know what happened.
My clothes just ran away on their own…
I’m not an exhibitionist!” That settled it.
Lucian finally confirmed that Seele had indeed been affected by his Disarm.
As for the reason…
It was probably related to Seele’s portrait.
Could it be that using Disarm on a portrait also causes the person depicted in it to be affected by Disarm?
If that were really the case, wouldn’t he be able to make his enemies embarrass themselves from light-years away?
And if he used it on an Aeon, what would happen?
“Okay, you can turn around now.” Seele patted Lucian on the shoulder.
When Lucian turned around, he saw a shy young woman.
Seele’s face was flushed, and she was wearing a new outfit.
She looked especially beautiful like this.
“This is the Seele I know.” Lucian smiled teasingly.
Seele grabbed his sleeve.
“Come on, let’s go.
This place is way too strange.” She was genuinely frightened.
What if her clothes suddenly exploded again?
And what if Lucian’s clothes exploded too?
Wouldn’t the two of them end up standing completely exposed in front of each other?
Seele was still an innocent young woman.
Her temper might be fiery, but she certainly had a sense of shame.
“And another thing.
You’re not allowed to tell anyone else about what just happened.
This is our secret.
Take it to your grave, or else I’ll…” “You’ll what?” “I’ll get angry!” Seele’s puffed-up expression was genuinely amusing.
Lucian felt like he was teasing a cat.
He decided not to tell her the truth after all.
There was no need to make this little cat bristle.
“You’re so powerful.
Do you know what caused it?
Does everyone who passes through that place lose their clothes?” Seele suddenly asked.
Lucian was silent for a moment before answering.
“Maybe it was caused by energy dissipation.
The temperature rose, quantum entanglement occurred in certain areas, and then your clothes were blown away.” He casually made up a scientific explanation.
After all, Seele was basically illiterate when it came to this sort of thing.
A little bluffing should work.
“So that’s what happened…
That really is a profound principle.
I don’t understand any of this, but if you say so, I believe you.” Seele grabbed Lucian’s sleeve again and pulled him along.
“I can’t explain it properly.
Come with me and tell Natasha about this.” Lucian didn’t resist her pulling.
He actually liked seeing her so full of energy.
It was just that…
Seele was easy to fool.
Natasha, on the other hand, wouldn’t be nearly as easy to fool…
Meanwhile.
Inside Natasha’s clinic.
A girl lay dying on a hospital bed.
Part of her skull was caved in, and there was also a bloody hole in her head.
Natasha was desperately trying to stop the bleeding.
But no matter what she did, blood continued to spurt from the wound.
“Damn it, why won’t it stop…” Natasha was drenched in sweat and didn’t dare stop for even a moment.
She had studied medicine at an academy in the Overworld since she was young.
In order to help more people, she had come to the Underworld alone and become the only doctor here.
She wanted to save everyone.
But now, faced with such a serious injury, she was helpless.
The girl had been struck in the head by falling ore.
Judging from the wound, there might even be fragments of stone lodged inside her skull.
The fact that she had survived long enough to be brought here was already a miracle.
“I can’t do anything…” A sense of helplessness filled Natasha from head to toe.
As a doctor, watching a patient die right in front of you while being powerless to save them was utterly despairing.
“You’ve done enough.” Suddenly.
A warm, gentle voice came from behind her.
Before she could turn around, a large hand reached out and rested over the back of hers.
Immediately afterward, a faint green glow appeared.
It seemed as though an abundance of vigorous life force was flowing into Natasha’s palm.
Very soon…
A miracle happened.
The girl’s wound stopped bleeding.
Her caved-in skull began returning to its normal shape, while the terrifying bloody hole healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Shocked, Natasha finally saw who the hand belonged to.
It was Lucian.
She had never expected that, at the moment when she was in despair, Lucian would once again appear before her and let her see hope.
What surprised her even more was that Lucian had personally intervened to save the life of a girl he didn’t even know.
A few minutes later, the girl had completely recovered.
Her breathing was steady and strong.
All the wounds on her body had disappeared as well.
The power of Abundance made healing the sick and saving lives almost effortless.
As long as you still had even a breath left, it could bring you back to life.
Natasha carefully examined the girl and confirmed that she had completely recovered.
Only then did the heavy weight in her heart finally lift.
She let out a long sigh, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and once again revealed her usual enigmatic smile.
“Thank you, Mr.
Lucian.” This gratitude came straight from her heart.
“Why thank me?
I’m happy that I was able to save a child.” Lucian smiled gently.
At that moment, in Natasha’s eyes, Lucian truly was just as Seele had described him—a good person, a hero who didn’t deserve to be treated with suspicion.
Thinking back to what she had previously said to Seele, Natasha suddenly felt ashamed of herself for doubting Lucian’s intentions.
If someone was willing to lower himself to save others, how bad could he really be?
She felt that she was actually less perceptive than Seele.
“In any case, Mr.
Lucian, if there’s anything you need, just tell me.
I’ll do whatever I can.” Natasha poured Lucian a glass of water.
A mysterious smile remained on her face.
There was no denying that this doctor was very beautiful.
Especially her figure, which was quite striking even through her thick clothing.
Lucian shook his head and dispelled the distracting thoughts in his mind before speaking seriously.
“I came to see Svarog, and I also wanted to check on you.
I don’t have anything else for you to do.” “Oh, actually, there is one thing…” Lucian patted Natasha on the shoulder and pulled out a drawing.
“Hook asked me to come marry you.
She also told me to keep an eye on you, preferably by making you clean the toilets every day.” ???
Natasha couldn’t believe her ears.
She looked at the drawing in Lucian’s hand.
It really was the sort of abstract masterpiece only Hook could have drawn.
That mischievous child had actually been trying to find her a husband while she was out?
“Hehe…
Mr.
Lucian, you mustn’t take it seriously.
She’s just a child who doesn’t know any better.” A vein bulged on Natasha’s forehead.
She was obviously furious.
However, because she was in front of Lucian, she restrained herself and maintained that same smiling expression.
“Please wait here for a moment.
I’ll be leaving for a little while.” With a smile that didn’t quite reach her eyes, Natasha walked to the corner, picked up Hook’s Mole Machine, and left the clinic.
Lucian added one more sentence.
“Oh, right.
Old Sampo taught her that.” Meanwhile.
Inside a shabby tavern.
Sampo’s hand trembled involuntarily as he held his wineglass.
“Huh?
Why do I suddenly feel like I’m about to be in big trouble?” (End of Chapter) [Thanks for Reading!]