LGHTNOVELBOOK Chapter 218
218. If You Give Up, That’s The End Of The Story, Isn’t It?
Alphard checks Bella’s death over and over again.
Having experienced the tenacity of demons to the point of disgust, he makes sure thoroughly. Only after being absolutely certain that she is dead this time, he runs towards Kyle.
“Marilyn! How is Kyle-sama’s condition!?”
Without even turning around, Marilyn places both hands on Kyle, pouring a massive amount of magical power into him.
“…! Please be quiet for a moment! [Divine Breath Holy Realm], [High-Speed Severe Injury Healing], [Spiritual Gospel]… Please, work!”
“Ugh…!”
Having already used up all the potions available, Alphard grows frustrated as he can do nothing.
Raidoc, who had meticulously confirmed the demon’s death, runs over, grabs Craft by the collar, and lifts him up.
“Craft! Wake up! Give me some amazing healing potion!”
Eva interferes, taking Craft from him, holding him dearly while shouting.
“No! Raidoc! If his wounds are healed but he’s still unconscious, it’s more serious than you think! If we don’t let him rest, Craft… Craft will die!”
“What!? Damn it! I’ll bring Jabil!”
After clicking his tongue, Raidoc dashes off towards the castle like an arrow.
Eva tightly grips Craft’s hand.
“Craft… hold on to your consciousness… If even Marilyn’s magic can’t wake you, it means you could die at any moment. So… so…”
A crowd, including Alphard, gathers around Kyle.
“A doctor… no, Jabil!”
“Raidoc has already gone to get her!”
As Alphard grows restless, unable to do anything, a member of the Holy Knight squad runs up to him.
“Captain Alphard! His Majesty has arrived!”
“What!?”
Indeed, King Vaindeck is approaching, carrying Jabil, with Raidoc following closely behind.
It seems they met on the way and came back together.
Everyone moves without even greeting each other, just exchanging glances.
Jabil is somewhat roughly placed on the ground, then she lunges towards Kyle, trying various potions before meticulously examining Kyle’s body.
And then.
“…I’m sorry.”
She mutters softly.
“What!? That’s absurd! Jabil-dono! Please examine him more carefully! Kyle-sama… Kyle-sama!”
“Calm down, Alphard-dono. The reason potions and healing magic aren’t working… you know it well, don’t you?”
“But, but!”
“If the body lacks a soul… something called a soul, it cannot be considered human. If we push him like this, he might become an undead.”
King Vaindeck intervenes between the two arguing.
“Jabil. Try this.”
He hands over a small vial.
“Isn’t this an Elixir!? But…”
“Never mind. Use it. This is an order.”
“Understood.”
Jabil scoops the Elixir with his finger and applies it to the large hole in Kyle’s chest. Despite her appearance as a young girl, Jabil is a renowned doctor and does not flinch at Kyle’s gruesome state.
Some time passes.
“Your Majesty. I’m sorry but…”
Jabil slowly stands up and shakes her head towards the King. But Alphard’s shout interrupts.
“Look! The wounds are closing, albeit slowly!”
“What!?”
Jabil hurriedly turns around. Indeed, Kyle’s body is slowly healing.
“I can’t believe it! Starting to heal after death…”
“Kyle-sama is not dead!”
At Alphard’s shout, Marilyn trembles and retorts.
“But, but. His pulse and breathing haven’t returned~”
“What does that mean!?”
“Calm down, Alphard-dono! Hmm. But this is, perhaps…”
Jabil places her hand on her chin, sinking into thought.
“Jabil. If you’ve thought of anything, just do it.”
“It might be a wasted effort, you know?”
“We cannot afford to lose Kyle now. If there’s even the slightest possibility, try anything.”
“Understood. Marilyn-dono. I need your help.”
“If there’s anything I can do~”
“Good. Then――”
Under Jabil’s instruction, Marilyn casts a spell on Kyle.
Everyone prays for a miracle, holding onto hope.
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After telling the story up to that point, Alphard slowly crosses his arms.
Despite being in a conference room full of important people, I stand up with enough force to kick the table and can’t help but shout.
“So! Did Kyle! Get healed!?”
With a sigh, Jabil-sensei lightly waves her hand.
“Calm down, Craft. Kyle-sama is in the inner room.”
The inner room? What, don’t scare me like that!
I let out a sigh of relief.
“What… that’s good.”
“It’s not good at all.”
Jabil shakes her head slightly, and I stare back at her.
“…Huh?”
“Jabil. Show Craft.”
“Understood. Craft. Follow me.”
“Huh? Ah, yes.”
He was healed by the Elixir and magic, right?
Unable to shake off my anxiety, I follow Jabil-sensei. At the end of a long corridor, I see an exceptionally sturdy door.
The Holy Knight guarding it notices us, bows, and then opens the door for us.
The room isn’t very large. It’s dimly lit, with only the faint light of a lamp. It’s too barren.
My heart is pounding loudly.
In the center of the room, there’s a bed… no, a large stone platform. And on it, there’s a block of ice.
“…Kyle.”
I gently touch the ice.
Yes. Kyle is trapped inside the ice.
I can’t even feel anger anymore. My heart feels like it’s about to become empty.
“Kyle-sama is sealed by Marilyn’s magic.”
“Sealed…?”
“Yes. We alchemists haven’t even figured out if humans have souls. But we believe there’s something… like that.”
“…Yes.”
Soul, human, body, death.
Indeed, we know nothing.
It’s said that a corpse without a soul becomes an undead or a zombie, but no one has clearly proven it. It’s probably correct based on the situation.
“It’s a common theory that healing magic and potions don’t work on the dead, but the Elixir worked.”
“Right.”
“So, we judged that the soul is still there.”
“Then!”
As my body suddenly heats up, sensei stops me with her hand.
“No matter how much we examined, there was no sign of life. So I made this hypothesis.”
He raises a finger.
“The body is near death, but the soul is barely hanging on.”
“That means?”
“Have you heard stories like this? Evil gods or demons whose bodies were mostly destroyed and sealed away, then revived… such legends exist everywhere.”
“Like fairy tales or old stories.”
“The magic Marilyn used is a sealing magic used for evil gods and such.”
Jabil-sensei mutters, “I asked for it myself, but I never thought the sealing magic would actually work.”
It seems like she’s just letting out her own thoughts, not really meaning to tell me.
I gradually understand what the teacher is trying to say.
An evil god whose body was nearly destroyed. Sealed but revived. If we consider Kyle’s state to be similar.
Jabil-sensei pats my back.
“You said you could possibly make a resurrection potion. We decided to bet on that.”
The resurrection potion!
“Craft! You must create it no matter what! The pinnacle of alchemy! The secret medicine of resurrection! Yggdrasil-Soma!”