The Male Lead Is Obsessed With My Health Chapter 186

Tsst, tsst, tsst.

The enormous, alien authority surrounding the Mage Tower clawed at it as if it were about to tear the tower down, then soon faded away like mist.

‘Has he already recovered that much of his power?’

The grand wizard Mercedes—both the tower master and the owner of the barrier—did not move an inch as she stared at the “something” beyond the trembling barrier.

【See you next time, Master.】

Mercedes’s face, usually so expressionless it looked like a doll’s, twisted slightly.

Seeing senior-grade wizards being gently kidnapped right in front of her eyes, as if in a provocation, made her want to step in immediately—but Mercedes held her ground.

Because that was probably exactly what Cheyen wanted her to do.

‘Cheyen…….’

It was a seal so strong that it would have been strange if it had ever been broken. Wasn’t it a seal she herself had been involved in creating?

“Master, what exactly…… did you make me into?”

Recalling an old memory so worn that even an immortal’s mind had nearly lost it, the grand wizard closed her eyes.

She had come out because Halbern’s secret guardian had struck the Mage Tower’s Infinite Archive and left—but she hadn’t expected to encounter Cheyen again so soon.

‘……And that child, too.’

The screen that had been showing the outside now observed the inside of the Mage Tower.

A single child, surrounded by wizards, seemingly unaware of what was happening outside.

“Arellin, was it?”

Even when her identity was unknown, she had seemed like a strange child.
Barely wrapped in a human shell, she carried within her an incomplete “something” whose true nature even a grand wizard could not judge.

The daughter of Duke Halbern, and…….

“A singularity.”

Arellin once again carried the aura of an “old disciple.”

‘I’m pretty sure I erased it.’

She had even used a command spell, hoping that the girl would never get entangled with that being again.

Just what was that disciple up to now?

“I swore I would never interfere with the mortal world again…….”

The grand wizard’s gaze, fixed on Arellin, grew deep and heavy with emotion.

 

 

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After the stars’ selection, the wizards’ attention shifted to Arellin’s health.

This started after Hilla—who had collapsed from overwork and only recently woken up—joined them.

“To think I’d get an opportunity like this!”

Hilla was a key member of the Arellin Recovery Support Alliance, talented enough to have already finished a briefing in front of Duke Halbern. But Valer suddenly caused a scene, insisting on entering the Infinite Archive, so she hadn’t been able to say a single word about what came after.

To write a proper “report,” she really needed to see Arellin in person and use scanning magic and various magical tools—but since Valer had destroyed part of the Infinite Archive’s barrier and vanished, she had half given up on that.

But then—

Here!

The subject herself appeared!

“Hehehe, could you place your hand on this magic tool? It might feel a little tingly.”

Arellin followed Hilla’s instructions obediently, even while wearing a doubtful expression.

Thanks to that, they learned many new things that couldn’t be known from records or blood alone.

“You should’ve seen it. When all the stars chose her, the entire Mage Tower sparkled. You could probably see it from outside too.”

“It’s seriously top-tier talent. Whatever she touches, she could master. Maybe she’d even solve research that’s been stuck for decades?”

“Hey, didn’t you see the notice earlier? Watch what you say!”

“I’m just saying it’s a shame.”

No matter what the others chatted about, Hilla’s focus was on one thing only.

She took off her glasses-shaped artifact, her expression turning serious. Watching her calmly check pain responses, Arellin tilted her head.

“What’s wrong?”

“Do you have any pain anywhere?”

“Not really?”

Hilla carefully chose her words as she studied the child’s cute face.

“Miss Arellin, do you know why you’re sick?”

“Yes.”

“……?”

“Isn’t it because my body can’t handle my power and is slowly dying?”

Hilla’s eyes widened.

“Did the duke tell you that?”

No, the status window.

When Arellin smiled shyly, Hilla’s expression grew troubled.

“Your compatibility with star energy is one hundred percent.”

“?!”

The wizards who had been eavesdropping stirred.

“If it’s one hundred percent compatibility, doesn’t that mean she can use star energy without any corruption?”

“A dream level…….”

“Is that even possible with a human body?”

“She’s talent that must learn magic!”

Now the wizards understood why all the stars had rushed to choose Arellin.

“But she can’t learn magic right away.”

“Why not?”

Cries erupted from all around at Hilla’s diagnosis, but she ignored them and looked only at Arellin.

“She’s been exposed to the Authority of Sloth for a long time, so her body is extremely weak. At this level, even lifting a spoon would be hard.”

“……!”

To finally meet a wizard who truly understood her! Arellin was moved.

“Ah, so the reason I’ve been living with this trash-tier, paper-fish body is because of some authority thing?”

“Probably. An immortal’s authority usually follows its name. Why do you think it’s called ‘Slumbering’ Sloth?”

“Because it puts things to sleep and makes them lazy?”

“Hahaha, that’s pretty close. We don’t know the exact principles, but it’s likely similar. An authority that creates states that are ‘slow,’ ‘stiff,’ ‘aged,’ and ‘unchanging.’”

Arellin fell briefly into confusion.

‘Then is it also connected to the mental stat decrease in my status effects? That zero-will lethargy that controls me unless I actively fight it?’

“The Authority of Sloth was suppressing the power inside you, while that power was slowing down the rate at which your body broke down. But.”

But?

“Once the suppressed power awakened and started moving, the rate of bodily collapse seems to have increased sharply again.”

“…….”

Arellin let out a quiet sigh.

She immediately understood why her condition had fallen apart so badly lately.

‘So it really was because I got stronger.’

The wizards listening nearby chimed in one by one.

“Still, Sloth is pretty human-friendly for an immortal, isn’t it?”

“Compared to the dragon race, yeah.”

“It’s neutral. Very ‘sloth-like’—as long as you don’t invade its territory, it doesn’t care.”

“Makes research easier, at least.”

“Immortals really are immortals. Even a friendly blessing causes side effects like that.”

“There’s a reason they’re called ‘gods without divinity.’”

Hilla gave her final diagnosis.

“For now, it would be best not to use your power.”

Arellin tilted her head.

“Don’t you wizards need my power?”

“We don’t need it badly enough to hurt you.”

It was an answer completely different from how they had acted before.

The wizards nodded and agreed.

“That’s right. All our research follows the Mage Tower’s strict ethical standards.”

“And everything’s already been purified once or twice, so the corruption level has been reset—we’ve bought about fifty years—!”

“It’s true we haven’t made breakthroughs in purification research, but we’re always prepared for rampages or temporary countermeasures against corruption.”

And besides, Arellin had now received the “stars’ selection,” just like them.

“Do you see that?”

A wizard stroked his white beard and smiled. The Mage Tower’s motto was written beneath a great star.

《PER ARDUA AD ASTRA》

Through hardship, to the stars.

“We’re wizards—seekers of truth and the path—whose goal isn’t just to live long, but to eventually reach the stars.”

“Mm.”

“Well, living long is nice too.”

Watching the wizards laugh together, Arellin saw them truly look like “wizards” for the first time.

“I promise I’ll find a way to treat you, Miss Arellin. So please—don’t give up either.”

I wasn’t giving up in the first place.

“Yes.”

 

 

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A lot of things happened at the Mage Tower, but right now, there was only one thing on my mind.

Thanks to my trip to the Mage Tower, I got my spoils even sooner.

My car!

“Mehen, look at this! It’s a prototype automobile!”

Even with a magitech engine, it seemed that the evolution from carriage to automobile followed a similar path.

“Only five in the entire world! A premium high-end automobile, Helios!”

It was a car that had crammed in every convenience magic that exists, to the point of grinding up senior-grade wizards to make it.

“Ooh…….”

“Wow…….”

When I first said it was a horseless carriage, even the childcare squad had said, “It sounds weird.” But seeing the real thing, they were clearly tempted.

I get it. A sleek, ivory-white, streamlined car was standing at the entrance, making the Halbern estate’s carriage look kind of…… shabby.

Weird, right? Considering our horses are Pegasus bloodline, the money spent should be about the same.

“So this is that ‘automobile’?”

Maybe the design really caught his eye—Mehen, who usually had no material desires at all, was showing interest.

Ha, so I finally get to say this line.

Sis, I got a new car.

“Want to take it for a ride?”