I'm the Only One With a Different Genre - Chapter 94

Chapter 94
Lian Has Been Enhanced!

Clank.

I swung my legs out of bed and hurriedly grabbed Pia by the shoulders to lift her up.

“Pia, what’s wrong? Are you hurt?”

“Sniff, sniff…”

Pia looked up at me with a dazed expression, her face flushed red as if she were under some kind of spell. I gently shook her shoulders and asked again.

“Did an enemy get in? Were you affected by dark magic… This isn’t good. I need to call someone else.”

“Yes, I’ll go call them.”

Pia listened to my words in a daze and suddenly stood up, running out of the room. It all happened so quickly that I couldn’t stop her.

“Hey!? Wait, Pia! Don’t go alone, let’s go together!”

I belatedly jumped off the bed and ran toward the door after Pia.

Clank!

“Ah…”

The chain attached to my ankle went taut right at the door. The length was longer than I expected, but it didn’t seem like I could leave the room.

‘If Pia has been affected by magic, this could be dangerous. I should probably cut off my ankle and remove the shackle.’

Resolving to do so, I summoned Gargandoa. Unlike usual, the cursed sword appeared with minimal impact and spoke in an urgent voice.

[Partner! Are you alright?!]

‘Yeah, I’m alright.’

[What on earth happened for me to be unsummoned? You fainting shouldn’t have caused an unsummoning…]

As the cursed sword mumbled to itself and fell into thought, I headed towards the bathroom. It would be easier to clean up any blood there.

Click.

[Those guys who disappeared then must have done something. It’s likely dark magic or…]

Ignoring the cursed sword’s mumbling, I opened the bathroom door and went inside. The chain attached to the shackle was long enough to easily enter the bathroom, but the door wouldn’t close.

I grabbed a folding chair from the side, set it up inside the bathroom, and sat down. I lifted the leg with the shackle and picked up the cursed sword.

[We need to prepare properly since this could happen again… Huh? Partner, what’s that shackle?]

‘The kids put it on me because they were worried. It’s uncomfortable, so I’m trying to take it off.’

[Hmph, a cursed sword like me can cut through such a piece of metal in no time.]

A bolt of inspiration struck me.

‘…Wait a minute, I could just break the shackle instead of cutting off my ankle, right?’

Shouting ‘Eureka!’ inside, I spoke to the cursed sword.

“Would you like to cut it yourself then?”

[Alright! Watch my skills!]

Sching.
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Taking control of my body, the cursed sword moved gracefully. The elegant gestures, more focused on style than practicality, brushed past the shackle on my ankle.

Thud.

The neatly sliced shackle clattered to the floor. I gaped at the surreal sight and said,

“That’s amazing.”

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[Heh heh heh… Praise my greatness more!]

Clapping my hands like I was praising a puppy, I shouted “Well done, well done.” The cursed sword vibrated with excitement.

After throwing the broken shackle into the trash, I rotated my ankle. Though the shackle had been relatively light, it was still made of metal, so my ankle was slightly swollen.

It hurt mildly with each step, but not enough to make me collapse. I sprayed cold water on my ankle with the showerhead before leaving the bathroom.

‘Let’s follow Pia now.’

I headed straight for the door. Just as I approached the entrance,

“Lian oppa wants you?”

“Yes, he asked me to bring you.”

“…!”

I could clearly hear Lily and Pia talking outside the door. My proximity to the door was evident. My gaze dropped to my ankle.

‘If they see the shackle is off, they’ll definitely put it back on!’

Without looking back, I dashed to the bed and dove under the covers. Just as I tucked myself in,

Knock, knock.

I heard a knock on the door. Quickly unsummoning the cursed sword in my hand, I spoke up.

“Who is it?”

“It’s Lily. Can I come in, oppa?”

“Yeah, come in.”

At my permission, the door opened, and Pia and Lily entered the room.

“Oppa, are you hurt?!”

Lily hurried to the bedside, thinking I was in pain because I was under the covers. I slowly pulled down the blanket and said,

“No, I’m not hurt. I was just lying down because the blanket is cozy.”
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“Really? Are you sure you’re not hurt?”

“Really, I’m fine.”

I raised both hands to show her as I sat up, and Lily sighed in relief and said,

“That’s a relief. If you ever feel pain, you have to tell us right away, okay?”

I nodded earnestly, and Lily’s worried expression relaxed.

“So why did you call me?”
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“Oh, well…”

Just as I was about to say that Pia seemed strange, I noticed a stain on Lily’s sleeve.

“Lily, what’s that on your clothes…”

“Huh? Oh…”

Following my gaze, Lily looked at her sleeve. A red stain was spreading on her beige shirt. She twisted her body awkwardly and said,

“Oh, it’s nothing. I must have gotten something on it earlier.”

“Really?”

“Of course—”

Before Lily could finish,

“That’s a lie.”

“Huh?”

“What?”

Pia, who had been standing quietly, suddenly stepped forward and grabbed Lily’s wrist. She pulled up Lily’s sleeve to reveal the stain.

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“Ah! Sister?!”

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“It’s not something that got on her; it’s blood from a wound.”

Pia looked at me with a ‘Did I do well?’ expression, showing me the blood-soaked gauze. Lily hurriedly pushed Pia away and pulled her sleeve back down.

“It’s really nothing. I just scratched it on something sharp…”

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Lily trailed off and bit her lip. Watching her, I thought,

‘In the dark fantasy world, severe wounds can be fatal. She’s not a Gag Resident.’

Realizing this, Lily looked like someone with an incurable disease.

“I should be the one lying down, not you! Come here, lie down!”

“Uh? Uh, uh?”

I pulled Lily to the bed and laid her down. In contrast, I got off the bed and covered her with the blanket up to her neck. Lily looked up at me in confusion. Fortunately, she didn’t seem to notice that the shackle was missing from my ankle.

“I’ll go get a doctor… I mean, a healer.”

“But I am a healer…?”

“Isn’t there someone else?”

“There is, but…”

Lily looked around nervously. Then Pia, standing nearby, stepped forward and spoke.

“Ah, as expected, Lian-nim…”

“Huh?”

“You can’t ignore someone in pain…”

Pia mumbled something unintelligible and suddenly knelt in front of me.

“I will also follow your will.”

“Uh, sister, why are you doing this?”

“Lily, doesn’t Pia seem strange to you? Could she be under a spell?”

Seeing Pia in worse condition than Lily, I quickly asked, and Lily nodded and tried to get out of bed. I stopped her with a raised hand and said,

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“I think both of you should lie down. Lily, can you help Pia lie down?”

“I’m fine, oppa. Let’s just have Pia lie down.”

“What are you talking about! You’re bleeding from your arm!”

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Lily stared at me with a troubled expression, lips tightly shut. Her half-open eyes seemed to have a lot to say. Instinctively avoiding her gaze, I said,

“Let’s get Pia to lie down first.”

As I bent down and grabbed Pia’s shoulders,

Flash!

The back of my left hand began to glow brightly.

“Huh?”

A white light with a golden hue illuminated the room, pushing away all the darkness. The bright light was dazzling but not painful to the eyes. I stared at the back of my glowing hand in a daze.

“Oh! God!”

I was so stunned that I couldn’t even register what Pia was saying. The light gradually dimmed as time passed.

Silence fell over the room.

“What, what is this?”

“Gasp…”

As I murmured, staring at the back of my left hand, I heard a gasp beside me. Lily, who had gotten out of bed, was now staring at my glowing hand. Pia was bowing her head to the floor, muttering something.

In the midst of the chaos, I couldn’t even help Pia up; I was too focused on the emblem etched on my hand. A geometric pattern with a feather design at its center extended its beautiful tendrils like a plant’s stem.

The white tendrils extended from the back of my hand to my wrist, making it look like a white plant had taken root in my hand.

‘This looks like… the mark left by the god of the dark fantasy world?’

As I stared blankly at the divine-looking pattern, unknown information flooded my mind.

“Ah.”

I gasped softly and stood up, looking at Lily. She seemed too stunned to speak, her lips moving silently.

I approached her and reached out toward her injured arm.

‘This is definitely how you use it.’

With that certainty, I focused my consciousness on the back of my left hand.

Flash!

The serene golden light that had subsided began to radiate again. The warm, comforting energy that made me think of a gentle embrace washed over Lily’s arm.

Instantly, her wound vanished without a trace.

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End of Chapter.