The priest’s eyes widened in disbelief.

His mouth gaped open.

The azure light flowing through Acid’s hand was excessively overwhelming. Typically, a person said to have strong divine power emits a light that fills their entire body.

Yet, the light produced by Acid seemed so vivid and massive it could fill the entire room.

“I’ve never seen a blue light, or any light of this scale before…”

He had never measured the Pope’s divine power, but it seemed significant enough to wonder if the Pope’s could be this grand.

The priest blinked his eyes, clenching his fist.

I’ve heard that such a vivid blue light is the light of a healer.

Of course, he had never actually seen a healer.

A healer is a rare individual capable of healing all human suffering and even saving people on the brink of death; the priest had only read about them in textbooks.

“Is there a problem?”

The priest’s eyes widened as he watched Acid, who seemed completely nonchalant despite his enormous power.

“Ththe problem is…”

The light was growing so strong that it was leaking out of the room, as if the cramped examination room couldn’t contain Acid’s power.

The priest’s complexion paled for a moment.

The boy from the Mirmode family was…

One of the few precious healers throughout the entire empire.

“Do you… have the ability?”

Such a gentle and affectionate boy was a valuable asset to the Empire.

“Yes, I do…”

The priest licked his lips, his expression awkward.

There was frantic noise coming from outside the door.

It seemed to be an argument between the priest and someone from the Mirmode family.

“There’s strange light pouring out of here! What if it’s dangerous?”

“Well, misunderstanding—”

“Don’t worry—”

“Nothing will happen.”

“No, let my daughter go in.”

Thud—

The examination room door burst open.

Matthias Mirmode, infamous as the biggest villain within the Mirmode family, nonchalantly opened the door.

Of course, entering an ongoing examination was illegal, but Matthias seemed not to care.

The priest could see Cien Mirmode, a pudgy fiveyearold gripping his fist as if to protect the boy.

Cien quickly ran towards Acid.

“What’s this blue light? Are you okay?”

Acid, who had seemed subdued the entire time, brightened up.

“Yes, yes… I do have an ability!”

As if he had found the light of his life, radiantly and sweetly.

And the boy left the rosary he had been holding on the table.

It was as if his divine power was less important than Cien alone.

(This is a time separator.)

Acid silently walked into the room and took Delphia’s wrist. Feeling the divine power emanating from Acid, Delphia slightly furrowed her brow.

“Ugh, divine power. Annoying.”

After all, Delphia was the opposite of divine power.

Fortunately, being a healer—a possessor of a beneficent ability—he could easily heal even someone incompatible with divine power. Although Delphia felt a little uncomfortable.

I shook my head at Delphia, who was frowning like a child reluctant to get a shot.

“You have to endure.”

Delphia’s eyes fixed on me. She winked as she looked at my blinking eyes.

“If our master wishes, I will endure.”

For some reason, the idea of being deeply entangled with Delphia was unpleasant, and I really disliked being referred to as “master.”

However, looking at her eyes full of curiosity, it felt like looking at a curious silver fox.

Meanwhile, Acid continued to use his divine power silently. An azure light flowed from his hand, and Delphia’s purple lips slowly regained their color.

A few minutes later, Acid softly declared.
“It’s now purified. It seems I was poisoned.”

Acid looked at my hand as if amazed. Just by mere thought, my healing abilities were activated; it was surprising.

I was amazed as well.

I was startled yesterday, almost to the point of puffing up like a pufferfish…

I didn’t know Acid was such a rare healer.

Moreover, it was another unexpected fact that he could control divine power to some extent without much learning.

And one more surprising point.

“It must have been really dangerous poison; just like a Mirmod, a villainous family!”

To use poison on my own family, it was indeed a place full of internal strife.

But after treating Delpia, I ran into a new obstacle.

Just like Grandma had helped me, Delpia might plot against Grandma.

I gritted my teeth like corn kernels and stared at Delpia.

“I misspoke earlier. The, the poison wasn’t actually put by Grandma.”

I must protect Grandma who is putting in so much effort for me.

“Huh? Then who did it?”

Delpia spun around and chuckled as if she knew something.

“It, it was me. So, Grandma is not at fault!”

…My words came out with a slight tremor.

Delpia’s expression changed subtly. She covered her mouth as if suppressing a smile.

“You really…”

“……?”

“So, you poisoned and cured me. How cute?”

“……What?”

“To resort to such a cowardly trick, you might surpass me.”

Cowardly trick was villainous; it must have been a compliment.

I nodded my head proudly.

Then Delpia who was watching my face jokingly said,