Chapter 174
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Translator: Ebonarch
Chapter: 174
Chapter Title: It's Still an Incurable Disease... (3)
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Though she herself doesn't think so at all, Lilith is rather oblivious.
And it's to a pretty serious degree, too.
'Ah...'
But even Lilith realized right now that her timing was way off.
Bianca and Vivian bawling their eyes out, and the teacher's face twisted in anguish.
No matter how you sliced it, this was no time to butt in.
"On... on second thought, Lilith's pussy doesn't seem that tragic..."
"Lilith!"
The moment she turned to shut the door and leave, the teacher grabbed her wrist.
'T... Teacher, no way in this situation...!'
She knew how insanely horny the teacher was, but she never imagined he'd get worked up right here and now.
"...T... Teacher... I... I'm fine... r... really. I'll... come back later."
To be honest, just having her wrist grabbed had her on the verge of overflowing with juices.
But doing it in front of those two who were sobbing their hearts out? It felt way too wrong, not just as a saintess... but as a human being.
The teacher shook his head.
"That's not it. Saintess, Bianca... she's in pain."
"...Pardon? Where?"
"I don't know. ...But from what Bianca said, it sounds life-threatening."
The moment she heard that, Lilith's previously dazed eyes sharpened fiercely.
The day Lilith awakened her powers.
Under the statue of the goddess, Lilith had vowed.
She might not be able to extend salvation to everyone like the goddess's light, but anyone within her reach—she'd save them all.
"You should've led with that."
She strode into the room with a confidence that made her earlier trembling seem like a lie.
"...D... Don't do anything stupid."
The closer Lilith got, the further back Bianca retreated.
She was scared.
Scared of hearing from that saintess that it was beyond healing.
"Don't worry."
At that moment, Lilith gently embraced Bianca and whispered in her ear.
"...It'll be over quick."
Whoooosh—
Lilith closed her eyes and poured her healing energy in.
After focusing for a moment, she opened her eyes and tilted her head.
"...Um... Lady Bianca, there's nothing wrong with your body at all?"
Healing power naturally flows to wounds or diseased areas once it's inside the body.
...But right now, Bianca's body was pristine—aside from her pussy being a little puffy.
"Hic... I knew it... I... I told you it's no use..."
Tears plopped from Bianca's eyes at the saintess's words.
That day when her body had nearly been cleaved in half, even in her fading consciousness, Bianca had felt it.
The enormous mana from Lilith enveloping her dying form.
If that much mana hadn't healed it back then, no way it'd suddenly recover now.
"This is an injury even the saintess can't heal!"
"...Look, Lilith here was the head of the Parthenon... I've never failed to heal an injury before..."
"...Then what am I?!"
Bianca screamed through her tears.
"I couldn't even figure out what was wrong, let alone heal it!"
Lilith fell silent at Bianca's wail.
Truth be told, healing a wound corrupted by demonic energy to Bianca's extent was a first for her too.
That's why she'd warned about possible side effects.
"...Lady Bianca, please calm down a bit and explain the symptoms..."
"Explain? Fine! My guts feel like they're being shredded by a knife, and blood's pouring out! And that's normal?! Don't make me laugh!!"
"...Bianca."
"...No way... that's impossible... If it was a wound bad enough to cause bleeding, I would've found it..."
Eugene's face darkened with rage and self-loathing at Bianca's words, while Lilith looked utterly shocked, unable to believe it.
At that moment, one person alone.
Vivian was thinking in a completely different direction.
'...Sis... no way...?'
Something any normal woman goes through.
Bianca not having experienced it until now was the real abnormality.
If her sister's recent sharp temper wasn't just fear of death, but discomfort from the precursor...?
The puzzle pieces fit more and more the longer she thought, sweat beading on Vivian's forehead.
Of course, if her guess was right, it'd be cause for huge celebration for her sister.
She knew how much her sister had suffered, even if unspoken.
But...
"Just give up already! Don't give me false hope! I'll sort my feelings out too!"
"Bianca... don't say that. I'll find a way somehow... please..."
"...Stop... just... stop..."
'Sis, stop it too!!'
In this heavy atmosphere, Vivian couldn't bring herself to speak up.
Screaming internally, she turned to look at Lilith.
"...Lil... Lilith, I'll check again too..."
She could understand Eugene or her sister missing it, but how had even the saintess not caught on after that explanation?
"S... Saintess?"
"...Lady Vivian."
"Doesn't anything come to mind from sis's description?"
"No... tons of things. That's the problem. ....I couldn't find a single symptom matching anything inside Lady Bianca's body right now."
Of course she couldn't.
If this got diagnosed as a disease, half of humanity would be patients.
"Saintess, can I borrow your ear for a sec..."
Vivian approached Lilith and whispered her hypothesis.
"Ah...! I... I didn't think of that! Bian—"
"W... Wait, Saintess. Just in case... I'm wrong, let's confirm first before saying anything."
Honestly, she didn't even think confirmation was needed, but her sister would need time to brace herself.
'Gotta prep a restraint spell too...'
Vivian shook her head.
This wasn't some minor black history she could shrug off.
If she were the star of this show?
Vivian would've hurled herself out the window on the spot.
"Good point! Lilith will check it out!"
Vivian watched anxiously as Lilith approached her sister.
"Hic... Eu... Eugene... I'm... s... scared..."
"Don't worry, Bianca. I'm right here."
Seeing her sister still sobbing in Eugene's arms, Vivian cringed so hard her limbs curled up.
"Lady Bianca."
"W... Why... are you calling me.."
"Come with me for a sec."
"...N... No... I won't."
"It's for a check-up! Hurry!"
"...Saintess. Not now..."
As I moved to stop Lilith, I felt an intense glare.
'Vivian?'
Following it, Vivian shook her head furiously, her expression unlike anything I'd seen, silently begging me not to interfere.
'...Why?'
I couldn't understand, but I let go of Bianca as Vivian indicated, and Lilith dragged her into the bathroom.
And then voices from inside.
"...Why drag me to the bathroom."
"Lady Bianca. Stay still."
"Heek!.. Wh... What!.. Why... why are you... doing this all of a sudden..."
"I said stay still!"
"...Hng! Haah.. H... How can I stay still with this!"
Something was happening inside; Bianca's moans echoed out.
"Phew... I suspected, but it's definite!"
"What is?!"
"I mean, Lady Bianca... you..."
Just as she was about to say something crucial, Lilith's voice dropped too low to hear properly.
"...Pe... Per... No way!! My body's fixed at a child's age, so that doesn't happen to me!!"
"Side effects usually lock the body at an immature state due to halted aging. If that body has started maturing...?"
"....Is it really?"
"Yes! It really is!"
Moments later, Bianca emerged from the bathroom, face beet red.
"...."
"Bianca?"
"...."
"What happened, Bianca? What did the saintess say?"
"...."
"Bianca! Say something!"
No matter how much I called or shouted, Bianca gave no response.
Then, from behind her, Lilith bounced out cheerfully.
"Lady Bianca got her first period!"
Sh... "Shut... up!!"
"Don't use bad language, Lady Bianca! Periods aren't shameful! They're a blessing—you can get pregnant now! In the Aslan Empire, they eat red bean porridge to celebrate first periods!"
"I get it, so shut up already!"
"...."
At Lilith's words, I gaped at Bianca.
Bianca looked ready to die of embarrassment, but I was mortified too.
'Crazy bitch...'
I covered my face with both hands and slumped onto the bed.
—I got the letter, but I'll never need to read it.
—I'll find a way to save you, no matter what.
—Don't worry, Bianca. I'm right here.
Was I prepared to die vowing to cure Bianca's period cramps?
'...Fuck!!'
I'll be kicking the blankets for the next ten years remembering today.
Then, Bianca spoke in a trembling voice.
"...Eu... Eugene, you said... you'd heal me.."
"Bia... nca?"
"I... I knew it was my period. You... you acting like that... was hilarious."
It was a shock.
Bianca of all people, mocking me.
Why?
'She wants to sacrifice me to escape this hell of humiliation...'
Humans always feel stronger by attacking the weak.
...But Bianca made a fatal mistake.
"...Heh... you really... fell for... something this stupid...?"
Shhhk—
Ignoring Bianca's taunts, I silently pulled out the letter.