Miracle for the Sake of Healing
“Khhhaaaaaak!!!!”
This place was a critical care unit in the hospital.
A woman named Kang Yeongmin was tearing at her hair and screaming.
A nurse was trying to hold her back from self-harming.
But her strength was no match for Kang Yeongmin’s.
“Yeongmin-ssi! Calm down… calm down! Kyaaak!!”
The nurse was thrown to the opposite bed by Yeongmin’s strength.
Kang Yeongmin continued to harm herself.
“You… you think I’m dirty too…?!”
“No… no…”
“Lies! The devil… the devil gave birth to me…! I’m the devil’s child…!!”
“A… a…”
What was to be done about this?
Even with sedatives administered today, the patient showed no signs of falling asleep.
If this continued, she would have to be placed in a closed ward.
Clink, clink, clink.
At that moment, Kang Yeongmin stopped harming herself.
She immediately took off her top.
A completely white naked body was revealed.
Despite having gone through such an ordeal, for some reason, her body was clean.
But inside, it was shattered.
She stroked her belly.
“A… a… it’s gone…”
“Yeongmin… ssi?”
The nurse quietly pressed the call bell with one hand.
“…My baby… where is my baby?! My baby!! Kiruk-nim and my child…!!!”
Kiruk… that must mean goblin.
Clearly, it was said that during the healing process of Kang Yeongmin’s body, the goblin inside her also disappeared.
“Ugh…”
Ah, it was painful to look at.
Was it because the seniors knew about all these situations that they tried to prevent them from coming here?
“Khhhaaaaaak!!!”
“Calm down…!”
“Shut up…!!”
Kang Yeongmin lunged at the nurse like a beast.
She clawed, bit, and hit.
In an instant, the nurse’s face was covered in wounds.
“Kk…! S-stop…! Is there no one?! Help…!”
But no one showed any sign of coming.
Outside the door was just silence.
“A… a…”
What to do?
Should I use violence?
But what if I use force against someone already broken…?
These thoughts filled her mind.
Calm down.
A new, warm presence appeared, radiating benevolence.
“Eh…?”
Who could it be?
That warm aura…
A doctor?
Other nurses?
No.
Then, was it someone here for a visit…?
That couldn’t be.
Kang Yeongmin had been abandoned by her family.
Because her body had been defiled.
Then who…?
“——————”
At that moment, a song she’d never heard before tickled her ears.
A woman’s voice?
Due to the halo, her face was hard to see.
The only thing guessable was that it was a woman.
“——————-”
Nevertheless, it didn’t matter.
The voice flowing now was so sacred and benevolent.
It felt like even the nurse’s heart softened.
“A… a…”
Seongchan-ga.
That immediately calmed Kang Yeongmin’s heart as well.
“Eh… mom…”
Immediately, a strand of tears flowed from under Yeongmin’s eyes.
Thud.
She fell asleep.
“Eh…? Eh…?”
In an instant, everything happened.
“Huu…”
The nurse stared at the figure like a goddess and clasped her hands.
“Are you alright?”
Opera, the goddess, approached the nurse and extended her hand.
“Ah… yes…”
Who was this person?
She had put Yeongmin to sleep in an instant, even with high-concentration sedatives.
Could she be one of the Awakeners?
“There are wounds on her face…”
“Ah… this…”
Opera gently touched her face.
“Eh…?”
She tried to stop it, but her body wouldn’t move.
She squeezed her eyes shut, thinking the wound might hurt.
“Eh…?”
It didn’t sting…
“Now it’s fine.”
“Eh?”
The nurse unconsciously touched her own face.
And there were no wounds left.
“I cast a healing spell. It’s fortunate the wounds weren’t deep.”
“Thank you…”?
Who was this person really?
The nurse wanted to ask her identity.
But at that moment, someone opened the door and entered.
“Ah… you’re already here.”
“Eh… Director…?”
Director.
Temporary guardian of Kang Yeongmin.
“Yes. It’s me. You’ve worked hard today too.”
“No… thank you…”
Thank you.
It wasn’t formal, but she had suffered a lot.
Jeong Gyeongtaek understood that hard work.
“By the way, who is that person…?”
The nurse pointed to the man behind the director.
The man bowed his head.
“Ah… a guest.”
“Ah… yes…”
Was there a visitor today?
I didn’t know.
“Then please step out for a moment…”
“Ah… yes…”
Nurse Jeong Il-nyeo hurriedly left the room at the visitor’s request.
At the moment of leaving, she met Opera’s eyes.
Opera gave a slight smile and greeted her.
“Really… who could it be…?”
It was a mysterious encounter.
“It seems the condition is quite serious.”
“Yes… recently, even with sedatives, she doesn’t easily fall asleep.”
“I see.”
Doheon looked down at Kang Yeongmin, who was sleeping with sweat on her body.
There were no signs of self-harm.
He had clearly heard she self-harmed often.
Probably Opera had wiped away the wounds.
Doheon looked at Opera.
“How long will the miracle take?”
“I don’t know.”
Don’t know.
What did that mean?
Doheon looked at her with a puzzled expression, and Opera panicked and waved her hands.
“Ah, no, that’s not it. The miracle will definitely happen! It’s just…”
“…”
“Before that, can Kang Yeongmin hold on…?”
“Ah…”
A sigh escaped Jeong Gyeongtaek’s mouth.
Immediately, realizing it was rude, he cleared his throat with a cough.
“Is it going to take more than a year?”
“Eh? No… it could be up to a month… or as short as two weeks…”
Short.
But.
“I heard Kang Yeongmin has been self-harming…”
Opera looked at Jeong Gyeongtaek.
“That’s right. I considered using restraints, but that made her twist her body until her bones cracked…”
Jeong Gyeongtaek shook his head.
“…”
Opera closed her mouth tightly.
And.
“One week. I’ll finish it within that time.”
“Eh? Just now you said at least two weeks had to be waited…”
“That’s right. But if I sacrifice…”
“Sacrifice?”
“Yes. I will sacrifice a part of my divine authority for Yeongmin.”
“Is that okay?”
“No.”
“…”
“But… if I don’t do this, Yeongmin will lose her life.”
“What does that mean?”
Was Kang Yeongmin on death row?
“Yeongmin has strong mental strength. Even a goddess like me is in awe…”
“…”
Jeong Gyeongtaek’s mouth fell open.
Thinking about it, he hadn’t told this person about Opera.
It was the first time they met.
But he must have said she was a goddess, yet he didn’t hear it.
Well, the situation was confusing.
He trembled and looked at me.
His pupils contracted and expanded, moving erratically.
At that, I nodded.
“First, please calm down and listen to the story.”
“N,,n..n.n.n. yes…!”
“Yeongmin’s spirit is like unyielding iron. But unyielding iron breaks easily under strong shock. Unlike rebar.”
Rebar.
It was said to be soft strength.
Rebar is weak.
But flexible.
So, it bends but recovers easily when facing storms.
“On the other hand, unyielding iron…”
I recalled.
The scene of semen bubbling in the eye sockets.
The horror of the anus opening to the size of a head.
Or, if too unyielding, once broken, it never recovers.
That’s why a miracle is needed now.
“Actually, it’s already too late for a week. Yeongmin doesn’t need to die right now. Even if she doesn’t die, if her mind is completely broken, then the miracle will have no meaning.”
Even if it’s a miracle.
The dead cannot be revived.
Even the dead mind cannot be revived.
The reason there is still a chance for a miracle on Kang Yeongmin now.
Is because her unyielding iron has only broken, not completely broken down.
“…”!
The broken unyielding iron loses its vitality and oxidizes, slowly crumbling.
It’s impossible to remake broken pieces into unyielding iron.
But by gathering the fragments and melting them in a furnace to make new unyielding iron is possible.
But
“We call that reincarnation.”
Opera said as if she had read my thoughts.
Yes.
Reincarnation.
Or, infant regression.
“The time to talk now is insufficient…”
Jeong Gyeongtaek said urgently.
“That’s right…”
“Please tell me what is needed.”
“Eh?”
“I’ll prepare it right away.”
Opera was momentarily taken aback by Jeong Gyeongtaek’s urgent reaction.
Then she nodded.
“Water and food for 7 days. And no one is to enter this room during that time.”
“The food is prepared in the refrigerator. It’s simple, but…”
“Good. Then, please go out.”
“Yes.”
“Eh…?”
Jeong Gyeongtaek grabbed Doheon’s arm and hurriedly left the room.
Looking at such Doheon, Opera smiled tremulously.
“See you in a week.”
“You didn’t ask anything.”
Doheon asked Jeong Gyeongtaek, who was sipping coffee beside him, with a puzzled look.
Jeong Gyeongtaek fiddled with his dark circles and said.
“How dare I contradict the goddess’s words.”
“…”
“There must be meaning in it.”
There is meaning.
Well, even I would hand over my house without a word if General Lee Sun-sin appeared and said to give it up.
Ordinary people who just pass over the words about sacrificing a part of the goddess’s authority.
Because they all have faith.
“I see. Good.”
“Haha. Even so, I have some sense.”
Jeong Gyeongtaek laughed heartily.
Doheon found Jeong Gyeongtaek a bit likable.
As he said, Jeong Gyeongtaek had sense.
He had been rolling in society for a long time.
Thinking that.
“By the way, excuse me… since the goddess is here… even the Awakener… comparable to a god… no… sorry… my tongue is too long…”
Thud.
Jeong Gyeongtaek hit his own mouth.
He didn’t think he crossed any line, but it was better to be careful.
“Then we have somewhere to go, don’t we.”
“Ah… I was just about to escort you.”
Yes.
Perfect timing.
At that moment, Opera would be staying in the room for a week for the miracle.
Using that gap, I would go meet Shin Eunyeong for a while.
I wonder what her state would be.