Espin smiled softly at Veronia’s last words. But Jediel’s reaction was a bit different. The child spoke with a huff.

“Such thieves should be beaten! Why worry? I want to beat them so badly their arms and legs break.”

Jediel bit his lower lip tightly and clenched his fists. Veronia almost laughed at the child’s cute look of burning righteousness, but held it in. She couldn’t laugh thoughtlessly in such a serious situation.

“Come to think of it, Jediel is right. If we catch the thief, we should kick him hard so he can’t eat for days!”

“We should smash his head too!”

Veronia and Jediel looked at Espin with horrified expressions at her final hissing addition.

“Aunt Espin, no matter what, smashing the head seems a bit too much.”

“That’s right.”

“Ah…?”

You said we should break arms and legs! You also said to kick them so they can’t eat! Why is only the head not okay?

Espin felt upset for a moment but decided to hold back for now. She judged that the odds of reversing the situation were slim, as it was 2 against 1.

That’s when screams were heard from the direction Killian and Onyx had run chasing after the thief.

“Kyaaa!”

“Oh no!”

“Doctor! Call a doctor!”

Veronia was suddenly frightened. Could something have happened to Killian or Onyx? Were they hurt somewhere? Thump thump, her heart started pounding fiercely.

“You two stay here. I’ll go see what’s happening and come back.”

Veronia intended to leave Espin and Jediel behind and go where the crowd had gathered. But Jediel grabbed her hand.

“Mom, let me come too. Please?”

“…”

Veronia hesitated for a moment. Even though Espin would be with him, it didn’t seem like a good idea to leave a young child behind on a crowded street. She nodded.

“Let’s go together, Princess Espin.”

“Alright.”

Veronia immediately picked up Jediel with one arm. She was worried the child might get bumped in the densely packed crowd.

And with her other hand, she held Espin’s hand. In the increasingly crowded situation, Espin also seemed to need protection.

Had Veronia’s feelings reached her properly? Espin seemed slightly surprised at first, but soon smiled brightly.

“Thank you, Nia.”

“Let’s go.”

And so the three of them walked through the crowd towards where the screams had been heard.

“Oh my…!”

“How…!”

Veronia and Espin couldn’t close their mouths at the scene before their eyes.

A carriage had fallen on its side, and someone was trapped underneath. Painful groans could be heard.

“Ugh… urgh!”

It was a child’s voice. Come to think of it, beside the carriage was a couple who appeared to be the child’s parents, wailing as if they’d lost their minds.

“Huu… please… save our child! Huu… please save him!”

“…Help us! Huuk…!”

Several people were trying to lift the carriage together, but it didn’t seem easy. Killian was among them.

Though many people were lending a hand, they were all exerting force individually, so there was no progress. Finally, Killian raised his voice.

“Alright! I’ll give the count. When I say one, two, three, let’s all exert force together.”

“Understood!”

“Yes!”

People nodded at Killian’s suggestion. Amidst the tense atmosphere, Killian shouted.

“One, twoo… three!”

“Heave!”

“Oomph!”

People exerted force all at once to Killian’s count. The carriage slowly began to lift.

“Nngh!”

“Urgh!”

People poured out their utmost strength until the very end, their faces turning bright red.

The space between the carriage and the ground grew larger, and onlookers slowly pulled the child out from under the carriage.

“We did it! The child is out! We saved the child!”

Sighs of relief burst out here and there at the thought of having rescued him. But the child’s condition was too terrible to be relieved about.

Blood was flowing from various parts of his body, torn by sharp wood. The state of both legs was especially serious, they seemed to be broken.

The sobbing parents hugged the child and cried out.

“Billy, sweetheart! Open your eyes. Don’t fall asleep! Billy, please wake up!”

“Huu… our Billy, what should we do… hic!”

That’s when Killian approached them.

“We need to move the child to a doctor quickly. He’s lost too much blood, it could be dangerous if we delay any longer.”

Veronia flinched. She wanted to run over right away and heal the child. He looked about Jediel’s age, so her divine power should work. But…

‘There are too many people watching. I don’t want to draw attention. I can’t…’

She couldn’t help but hesitate. Living with her face hidden, she couldn’t recklessly step forward in front of all these people.

‘And… maybe Caspian is still nearby.’

Although she had changed her appearance with the magic stone, she wanted to avoid catching his eye in any way.

But Veronia’s dilemma didn’t last long. Jediel, who was in her arms, whispered in her ear.

“Mom, you can help, can’t you? That child looks like he’s in a lot of pain. Please heal him.”

“…Alright.”

Haa, Veronia sighed softly and nodded. She couldn’t disappoint the child’s expectations. To him, she was a mother who helped people in the world.

‘This healing power is something I received together with Jediel. This power… belongs to Jediel just as much.’

So if Jediel said so, Veronia had no choice but to follow. Veronia put the child down on the ground.

“Wait here. I’ll be back.”

“Okay, come back soon, Mom. I’ll stay with Aunt Espin.”

Jediel held Espin’s hand tightly and smiled brightly. Though Espin didn’t know what was going on, she nodded at Veronia, telling her not to worry as she held the child’s hand.

Veronia immediately approached the fallen child. It was just as Killian was about to pick him up.

“Sir. I think I can heal the child. May I take a look?”

“…Go ahead.”

Though Killian, as well as the child’s parents, seemed surprised by her sudden appearance, no one stopped her.

Veronia first examined the child’s wounds. Not to mention the state of both legs, the abdomen also seemed severely injured as the child kept coughing up blood.

‘The internal organs in the abdomen need to be treated before the legs.’

Veronia focused her mind and placed both hands on the belly. Soon, a soft light began to leak from her hands. Exclamations like ‘Wow!’ and ‘Ooh!’ escaped from the lips of those watching.

“Oh my! Look at that light!”

“Is that… healing with divine power?”

“It seems so. Is she a priestess?”

By now, spectators surrounding the healing scene were curious about Veronia’s identity. Various speculations were exchanged.

“Judging by her clothes, she doesn’t seem to be? Priests and priestesses wear white robes, don’t they?”

“Can someone have divine power without being a priestess?”

“Is that possible? I’ve never heard of it.”

“No. I think I’ve heard of it before. It happens occasionally, they say.”

People’s mouths gaped open at the amazing sight and wouldn’t close.

Killian, watching Veronia up close, was equally surprised. It was an unbelievable sight even though he was seeing it with his own eyes.

‘…She had divine power? Since when? Is that possible?’

Divine power was God’s grace given only to priests and priestesses belonging to temples.

But it didn’t make sense that Veronia, who had never belonged to a temple, had divine power.

Despite having been by her side as her fiancé for many years, this was a fact he had never known.

Meanwhile, Veronia focused solely on gathering divine power in her hands in a calm state, ignoring the gazes and whispers around her. Because the injury was so severe and there was a lot of bleeding, she had to pour in an enormous amount of power.

“Ugh… urgh!”

Groans still flowed from the child’s mouth, but he was no longer coughing up blood. The healing effects were gradually starting to show. The child’s face, which had been crying out in pain, was slowly becoming more comfortable.

“Billy! Hang in there, my baby!”

“Billy… please…”

The child’s parents stood by, unable to contain themselves, watching Veronia’s healing process with their hands tightly clasped.

Having finished treating the abdomen, Veronia’s hands now moved to the legs. Seeing the child’s stomach now clean without a single wound, exclamations burst from people’s mouths once again.

“The wounds on his stomach are completely healed!”

“It was a horrible injury, but to heal it all in this short time! Isn’t this tremendous divine power?”

“That’s right. I don’t think even priests or priestesses could heal to this extent!”

“True. Ten years ago, our neighbor Charles’ brother was also severely injured in a carriage accident and went to the temple. But they said his wounds were too deep to treat and he had to come back. And he died not long after.”

“Ah, I heard that story too. It was such a sad case.”

“Then who on earth is this woman? Is she really a priestess? Could she be… a saint perhaps?”

“But her clothes aren’t priestly robes.”

As the spectators’ debates continued, Veronia’s healing went on. Her hands, emitting a soft light, slowly stroked the broken legs.