Chapter 5
5
- I Was Reborn as a Baby (4)
“Are you really saying the baby used Healing magic?”
The priest’s tone sounded as if he were clicking his tongue, thinking, “Parents always think their children are geniuses….”
“Are you implying I’m lying?”
Mother’s tone was quite overbearing as well. Her aura was no joke.
“No, no. Not at all. But as you know, Healing magic is a blessed power bestowed only upon high-ranking priests….”
“Or perhaps she unconsciously used Healing magic due to her exceptional magical talent.”
Kyle added.
“That’s also impossible. Healing magic is a very high-level technique. Of course, your daughter is the child of one of the most renowned Magicians on the continent, so she must be full of talent, but you know better than anyone that Healing magic isn’t something you can use simply by having a lot of Mana.”
“But….”
“Furthermore, Healing magic only works on external wounds; it can’t restore health from illness or fatigue. So, it doesn’t match the recovery you felt.”
He was very firm. Was he a sweet potato?
“Can you guarantee that there’s nothing wrong with Shana’s body?”
“Yes! I can confidently say that she’s very healthy.”
The priest babbled on for a few more words, but I mostly tuned him out. It was more important to feel this strange sensation I had caught a little while ago.
That feeling of something slipping out of my body.
That vague sensation was something I had never felt in my previous life.
For me, who had spent my days lying down and staring at mobiles, it was a more interesting toy than anything else. If I had heard this in my previous life, I would have thought it was something a cult member would say…….
But there’s real magic here!
‘I suspected it, but it was real!’
Even when I heard about Healing magic and such, I was actually half-doubtful. If I hadn’t seen the wolf’s leg healing with my own eyes, I would have thought it was just an early case of chuunibyou for a blonde toddler.
“Aboo, baah….”
I was so focused that I ended up babbling nonsense. At least I didn’t drool.
When I waved my short arms in the air, I saw faint clusters of light. This is it! This is it!
“Pya!”
“Shana, you seem to be in a good mood….”
Kyle placed his hand on my forehead. The light that had been lingering around my body didn’t flow to Kyle.
‘Does that mean healthy people don’t need to be healed? Automated diagnosis is amazing.’
After waving my arms a few times, I felt like I roughly understood the sensation. It seemed to gather through something within my body.
It was like kneading Clay or stirring water. It was very strange, but I liked it the most because the faint light was pretty.
‘Earlier, I felt like something was slipping out from inside….’
If I controlled it well, I could draw out more without wasting it.
I rolled my eyes while lying down and looked at Mother.
‘She must be quite ill.’
Seeing how the light that didn’t flow to Kyle was sucked into her as if it were being uprooted.
I didn’t want Mother to be sick again this time.
My parents, who had sent back the priest, Healing magic user, and Magician who had been called, seemed a bit gloomy.
“It wasn’t my imagination, Kyle.”
“I know.”
“If it wasn’t divine power or Mana, then what was it?”
“For now, we have no choice but to wait and see since everyone says there’s nothing wrong with Shana’s body.”
“As the priest said, Healing magic is a very difficult technique. Priests use divine power, while Magicians must use vast amounts of Mana…. Since she instantly eased my breathing, Shana must have paid some price.”
“Anais, just think about the fact that Shana is healthy for now.”
That’s right, I’m completely healthy.
I knew it, but my Mother had a tendency to be overprotective of me since the kidnapping incident (since I don’t know about before). I’m glad Kyle was rational…….
“If there’s any problem with Shana, I’ll turn the continent upside down to solve it.”
“…I’ll trust you.”
Never mind……. He’s not rational…….
Kyle’s face, with his eyes gleaming, was quite determined and resolute. Just looking at his eyes, it seemed like he was prepared to kill everyone.
‘There’s no need to worry that much.’
Three people certified that I was healthy. I raised both arms towards Mother, who was reaching out to me.
“Maa!”
“Oh, Shana. Mommy’s here…… Huh?”
My vision flickered. It seemed…… worse…… than I thought, Mother…….
Watching the light I had intentionally poured out burst and flicker, I saw Mother’s face, which looked like she was about to cry.
Oh, pretty.
***
“Shana! Shana, wake up!”
“Anais, calm down. She’s just asleep!”
“But Kyle!”
“More importantly, you need to take care of your body.”
Anais was startled, her face covered in tears. Kyle took Shana from Anais’s arms and held her skillfully.
“Is my body important right now?”
“It is. Look, Shana is breathing well. She’s sleeping soundly.”
“Suddenly falling asleep isn’t normal!”
“Using Healing magic isn’t normal to begin with.”
“How can you be so calm?!”
“Do I look calm?”
Anais took a breath.
“No….”
“I need to be sane first to protect Shana.”
"……That’s right, I have to……. I can’t repeat the same mistake twice.”
Anais’s green eyes sank deeply.
When Shana was kidnapped, Anais was literally out of her mind. She never imagined that the nanny who had raised her would kidnap her daughter, and she was going crazy with the thought that she might lose her daughter due to her carelessness.
Anais fell ill from the shock at that time.
It was an illness that twisted and distorted Mana, damaging her body.
It was a condition that couldn’t be cured with Healing magic, so she was refraining from using Mana as much as possible and focusing on managing her physical strength first.
"……I’m completely, healed…….”
“That’s a relief.”
“What’s a relief? What……. What if it had a bad influence on our Shana because of me…….”
“That’s impossible. Our daughter seems to be an incredibly filial child. She wouldn’t do anything to worry us.”
“What Shana used wasn’t Healing magic. It wasn’t Healing magic either….”
“It seems so.”
“But there’s no such thing as power without a price. Even if Shana is okay for now, the Temple won’t stand still if they find out this power exists.”
“All three who diagnosed Shana will keep their mouths shut.”
“We need to make sure they can’t open them.”
“How bloodthirsty.”
“Do you dislike that?”
“Of course not.”
Kyle kissed Anais’s temple. Anais seemed unable to bear her worry for Shana, but she didn’t cry anymore.
She calmly reached out and stroked Shana’s body.
“So small.”
She was just a small baby who could barely crawl on the ground…….
“Her Mana is also stabilized……. Her breathing is steady. She’s really asleep.”
“You need to trust your husband a little more.”
"……But we shouldn’t let her use it on people anymore.”
Shana’s ability must be kept secret.
They were determined not to tolerate any threat to their daughter, who had miraculously returned alive.
***
“Renat. I heard you hurt your leg. You look fine.”
“A human baby healed me.”
"……Healing magic doesn’t work on us, does it? No, more than that, a baby?”
The man called Renat nodded. And he said to the man sitting across from him.
“So I was hesitant about what to do.”
“Are you listening to me?”
“A human kid came and took her.”
“A human…… kid? You’re talking about a human, right? Not one of our Shifter?”
“That’s right.”
“It doesn’t make sense that a human kid picked up a baby? How can a child raise a child? Well, for us, we don’t age as much as our appearance, so even if we’re kids, we can be adults, but….”
The wolf Shifter, Renat, recalled the young boy with blonde hair and golden eyes. His bright eyes never wavered even in the face of a wolf.
It was probably because he was confident that his safety was guaranteed at any time. Certainly, with that many guards, he would be safe at any time.
‘That side would be better for the baby anyway.’
He didn’t have the confidence to raise a baby in the first place.
He made a stupid mistake of accidentally entering a hunting ground while taking a walk. It was only after being hit by an arrow in the leg that he realized it was a hunting ground, so he must have been quite out of it.
Light golden hair, fair cheeks, and clear green eyes.
The baby, who had been abandoned in the snowfield, looked straight at him with big eyes.
Without any fear.
Renat rested his chin on his hand and fell into thought.
“If the baby grows up well.”
“Huh?”
“Will she show us kindness too?”
Healing magic doesn’t work on Shifter. Their self-healing power is so high that they don’t really need it in the first place, but they are very vulnerable to diseases.
“What kindness do you expect from humans?”
“I guess.”
But that baby was different. She smiled brightly at him, a wolf, like sunshine.
Eyes full of only kindness.
And a smell that made his heart relax.
‘Is that what all baby smells are like?’
I don’t think so.
“I should have brought her with me after all.”
He remembered the smell.
If she grows up to some extent, it would be good to bring her.
