The Male Lead Is Obsessed With My Health Chapter 164

From time to time, I had thoughts like this.
Wasn’t there actually something about me, even though in the novel I was just an “extra childhood friend” who died without playing any role?

Maybe because I ended up living a life different from what I knew, every time I learned new information about a “me” I didn’t know, doubts would quietly bubble up.

And yet, I brushed it off, telling myself it was just because I’d read too many web novels in my past life, that I was having weird delusions again……

That was how I dismissed it.

[Displaying user information.]

Name: Arellin Sigrea Halbern
Title: Gift of Sione
Bloodline: Halbern, ■■■■ ■■■
Unique Traits:
[Reincarnator(?)]
[Musical Genius (A+)]
[Blessed by Music (A)]
[Survival Instinct (S)]
[Mental Barrier (S)]
[Spec■■(?)]

Inherited Traits:
[Secret Guardian (S)]
[Key Heir (S)]
[■Origin■ ■■(?)]
[Language of Babel (S)]
[Magi■ ■ ■Blessing(?)]
[■■ of ■■(?)]

As I stared at the endlessly long status window, my expression grew serious.

“Why is this so long……?”

Laplace’s Demon, is this even right?

“Name, fine. But the title?”

Gift of Sione—I made a strange face at the embarrassingly cheesy title.

“Is it because I’m like a gift to Dad……?”

I’d vaguely known that already, but seeing it written out so clearly felt different. Embarrassing, but also……

“Ahem.”

More than anything, what caught my eye was the bloodline section.

Next to Halbern were seven characters blacked out and unreadable. Wondering what it was, I kept tapping it, and a warning message popped up.

※! WARNING ! Access denied.
※The user’s rank is insufficient. Some hidden information may not be displayed in its complete form.

“Are you kidding me?”

After glaring at the broken text, I went back to examining the status window.

“Reincarnator, musical genius…….”

Blessed by Music?

I tapped the unfamiliar trait, and it explained that no matter the situation or the instrument, it adjusted things so I could perform perfect music.

“Oh.”

Survival Instinct was probably why I had the awareness of the weakest being in the world, and Mental Barrier seemed to be the reason I always stayed fine no matter what happened.

And then—

[Spec■■(?)]
–A variable that can escape all that is predetermined and change everything. The world is watching you.

“……?”

The unsettling description sent a shiver down my spine.

The world is watching me? I’m really not that important of a person.

“Up to here, I can kind of understand.”

But everything below this—I really have no idea.

[Secret Guardian (S)]
–Inherited the blood of those who long ago swore to protect the secrets of this land.

[Key Heir (S)]
–Can visit Halbern’s secret archive that exists in another world. Can be used when accessing hidden locations.

Aside from these two traits, which seemed to come from the Halbern bloodline, most of the text was broken and impossible to understand.

The only one that was readable was Language of Babel.

“All languages in the beginning were one. Those who remember this can use all languages?”

Wait, wasn’t language fluency supposed to be a reincarnator perk?

“This is confusing.”

More than anything, what confused me the most was the information at the very bottom of the status window.

[Status Effects: Frailty, Physical Collapse, Mental Strength Decrease]

Three status effects—at once.

How am I even alive?

That was when it happened.

A bright warning window popped up at just the right moment.

[!WARNING! Physical collapse in progress]
[Current progress: 78% (Blessing applied)]
[Current active blessing:
Authority of Slumbering Sloth (Physical collapse speed –2000%)]

Thanks to that, I finally understood how I had managed to stay alive until now.

 

 

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I didn’t feel newly shocked just because I learned something new.

My body is collapsing?
So what?!

“I already knew I was terminally ill!”

I was just a little surprised because instead of a simple illness, something unheard of like physical collapse popped up.

“Yeah, an illness with no miracle cure. I clearly remember that.”

Would it have been better if it really was just an illness?

“Hmm.”

At this point, I finally understood why my body felt like it was tearing apart if I didn’t take my medicine.
It wasn’t like it was tearing—it really was tearing.

“Ah…….”

So that’s why Dad said he dreamed about losing me.
That line about losing me no matter what he did almost felt like a prophecy in its own way.

Did Dad read novels too or something?

“Mm. It’s fine. At least now I know what I’m dying from.”

That was when it happened.

The status window, which hadn’t moved at all, reacted.

[Multiple data points regarding the user have been confirmed. Displaying the response to the previously unanswered question.]
[The user’s body is unable to withstand multiple supernatural abilities. Due to the excessive number of abilities, the body is collapsing. Therefore, to “live a long life,” increasing the body’s rank is recommended.]

I blinked quietly at the refreshingly straightforward answer.

“No, but how am I supposed to raise my rank?!”

If you’re going to explain, explain everything before you leave!

 

 

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After vomiting out an absurd amount of information, Laplace’s Demon immediately entered another absurdly long cooldown.

This useful-but-useless jerk…….

[Cooldown until next question: 108 days 12 hours]

Then how am I supposed to ask how to raise my rank?!

“Ah, this is so frustrating.”

There’s a know-it-all who answers anything you ask, but you can’t use it whenever you want?

That was enough to drive anyone crazy.

Uuuung—

Ethel took this chance to cutely appeal that she was more helpful and adorable, but it didn’t work on my irritated self.

“Arel, why are you so angry?”

“Yeah. Ah—don’t tell me, is it because you couldn’t see our favorability?!”

A collection meeting after a long time.

Not all the kids had arrived yet.

The twins who came early leaned in close and talked to me like they knew everything.

“Your favorability?”

“Yup!”

For reference, my favorability scanner had been destroyed last time when Dad—who lost to Pession in favorability—refused to believe reality and kept retrying until it finally broke.

For reference, the highest number he ever got during those many attempts was 49. He never managed to cross the wall of 50.

The regent duke, who got tested on the side, also never escaped –70.

“So, for you, Arellin, we prepared something!”

“Ta-da!”

The twins pulled out a new favorability scanner.

“It’s a downgraded version, so it doesn’t have owner recognition, but it was hard to get!”

“Luckily, it was in the Spherom Treasure Vault.”

“We traded with Dad-dad and bought it!”

So it really was true that the Spherom Treasure Vault had everything.

“You bought this?”

“It’s fun.”

“It’s exciting.”

Noel emphasized.

“We should check our favorability too.”

“Yeah!”

Noel and Ciel spoke seriously, but—

They like me anyway, don’t they?

Since I didn’t really feel the urge to confirm it with numbers, I watched halfheartedly when a familiar light flashed and a number appeared.

[♥77 Curiosity/Affection]

“Oh…….”

Why is it so high?

“I wanna try too!”

Ciel got the same 77.

Do twins get the same number too?

“You like me that much?”

At my question, the twins’ expressions turned strange.

“It’s true, but why does it feel bad?”

“Maybe it’s because Arellin only likes us 36 points worth?”

“We like you 77 points, though.”

“Is this thing broken?”

Watching the sulking twins, I burst out laughing without realizing it.

They’re cute.

“So you don’t like me?”

I tilted my head and asked, and the twins looked at each other.

“Ciel, I think Arellin is getting bolder by the day.”

“Yeah. I wonder who she learned that from.”

You ridiculous idiots.

“Who do you think? You two.”

“We’re at fault.”

“Reflection!”

As I laughed at the twins pretending to reflect, the other kids of the collection meeting started gathering one by one.

“They say new kids are coming today.”

“Do you guys know who?”

The noisy, restless atmosphere felt obvious today.

Ah, did they say today was the first day after the reorganization?

“Twins, do you know who’s coming?”

I asked without much expectation, but these little devil twins were more capable than I thought.

“A lot are coming, but what I remember is……”

“A Gremwat young lord and a Mage Tower disciple? An apprentice mage is coming!”

An apprentice mage?

My eyes widened without me realizing it.

‘Was this when the female lead joined the childhood friend group?’

I’d been living without thinking about the novel so much that I’d completely forgotten. I was just forcing myself to remember a story I barely recalled anymore.

“Oh? Your Highness, Your Highness.”

The idol of the collection meeting, Pession, entered together with Harun.

And behind them, several new faces appeared one after another.

Many children came in together, but the one who stood out the most was, as expected, the female lead—Chloe.

‘So it really turns out like this.’

As I felt an ambiguous mix of familiarity and discomfort at how things were flowing just like the novel I knew—

“Uh……?”

I met a pair of familiar eyes.

“……?”

Seeing those gently curved eyes, I barely managed to hold back a scream.

No—why is that guy here?!