These Familiars Are Strange

Seeing this, Wang Rong seemed to recognize his mistake, so he quickly spoke up to explain.

"Xiao Jing, it isn't what you think. He's an explorer just like me and he's been taking care of me. If it wasn't for him…" Wang Rong was about to say something, but then he stopped himself halfway as if he realized that saying this would just make things worse.

Only Wang Jing didn't miss this.

She turned to look at Wang Rong with a worried look as she asked, "Big brother, what happened?"

Wang Rong revealed an awkward look as he said, "Well, he saved me when I was in a tight spot and suggested that we work together. Though since he's stronger than me, it's better to say that I'm following him."

Wang Jing still had the same worried look on her face, but when she turned to look at me, it didn't seem like she had the same hostility as before.

After a moment of silence, she even slowly bowed her head to say, "Thank you for saving my big brother."

That just made me feel awkward, so I said, "It's nothing."

There was an awkward silence that filled the air after this, but Wang Jing was the one that broke the silence by asking, "Then why did you bring him here? Was it just to introduce us?"

The question that she asked actually hit the nail on the head.

Wang Rong had a hesitant look on his face at first, but then he said, "There's something that he wants to try, that's why he's here."

Wang Jing looked at me with a confused look, so I explained, "I want to help cure your illness, that's why I'm here."

A shocked look appeared on Wang Jing's face after she heard this.

The way that she was looking at me, it was clear that her eyes were filled with disbelief.

It was clear that she didn't believe that I was capable of doing what I was saying at all.

I just calmly said, "I don't know if it'll work, but it's at least better than not doing anything. You should know what kind of condition your body is in, so there's no need for me to say anything else."

Wang Jing slightly knitted her brows when she heard this, but she eventually nodded in agreement.

That was because what I had said was correct.

She knew her own body better than anyone and she knew that it was getting worse. Even with the treatment that she was getting, it was only a matter of time before her body couldn't hold out anymore.

That was why she had calmly asked her brother to give up on her.
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But in reality, it wasn't as if she wanted to die.

Even if she had accepted her situation, it wasn't as if she had lost all hope in the matter. She was a human, so it was only natural that there was a part of her that wanted to cling to life.

When it was offered to her like this, she couldn't help being shaken.

Wang Rong saw her nodding in agreement, but he didn't move out of the way yet as he turned to look at me. With a complicated look on his face, he asked, "Boss, how sure of you about this?"

I looked right into his eyes and after a moment of silence, I honestly said to him, "I can't guarantee that this will work. I can't even provide you with a percentage of what success will be."

Wang Rong deeply knitted his brows when he heard this.

"All I can say is that it won't hurt her." I said in a confident voice.

Wang Rong looked like he was still struggling after hearing this, but he eventually gave a nod and moved out of the way.

The look on his face was as if he was still skeptical, but he chose to trust Lin Fan in the end.

However, it didn't seem like he would calm down until he saw the results.

I didn't pay any attention to him as I looked at Wang Jing.

I walked over to the side of her bed and then pulled out a staff.

"Boss, this is…" Wang Rong's voice trailed off, but what he was implying was clear.

I just calmly said, "This is what I'm using to cure her."

Wang Rong gave a nod, but it seemed that he was more worried than before.

As I was about to raise it, I saw Wang Jing looking right at me. When she saw me looking at her, she said, "I trust you."

I was surprised to hear these words from her, but the firm look in her eyes said everything.

So I just simply gave a nod in response and then focused on controlling the power of the staff.

This was the Fishman Priest's staff that I got from the dungeon.

It had the ability to cure, purify, and buff, so I was hoping that I could use it to cure whatever illness that Wang Jing was suffering from.

But of course, it was impossible to be certain if this would work or not.

For one thing, I didn't even know what Wang Jing's illness was in the first place.

If only I was able to use the appraisal on her like I could with all the other things.

As this thought passed through my mind, I looked up at Wang Jing.

When I looked up, I was surprised to see something appear.

It was a notification screen.

Putting aside all the other information, the most shocking thing was that I was able to see her body's condition.

Debuff: Mana corruption (Innate).

Mana corruption…

That was something that I had heard of before.

It was an illness that people started suffering from after the opening of the gates.

There were some people that didn't have bodies strong enough to withstand all the mana that appeared in this world after the gates opened, which was why they suffered from this.

It was something that could be treated, so it wasn't anything incurable.

The only thing that I was confused by was why it was considered innate…

No, the other thing that I was confused by was how I was able to see this screen in the first place…