The Male Lead Is Obsessed With My Health Chapter 279

While all of Albert was focusing its attention on one particularly “sinful” man rather than the Gairen incident itself, other countries were, in fact, taking the Gairen incident very seriously.

The Albert Empire wanted to bury it no matter what, but an extremely dangerous event where an entire city of 1.5 million people nearly vanished sent shockwaves across the whole continent.

Why?

Because ruins—large and small—were scattered all over the world, and every city, whether it wanted to or not, existed alongside ruins.

“Find out exactly what happened.”

In particular, the reaction of the Yuyo Federation, which bordered the so-called “Great Ruins” that covered a full third of its territory, was the most intense. They wanted to know what the absolute worst-case scenario would be when a ruin erupted.

By the time the delegation sent by the Yuyo Federation arrived at the empire, the imperial leadership was already facing another crisis.

Dealing with the aftermath of the Gairen incident.

“The mayor you appointed has been confirmed dead. The Southern Mage Tower has been completely destroyed, and it’s unclear whether the Mage Tower will even rebuild it. On the surface, the city looks intact, but much of the infrastructure has been damaged, so extensive repairs are needed.”

And that wasn’t all. While it was fortunate that 600,000 people had survived, the immediate problem was how to support those who had lost their homes.

There was even a risk that, in trying to save them, everyone might end up starving together!

That would have been the case—if the owner of the Southern Territory, where Gairen was located, had not been Duke Spherom.

Duke Spherom, Simon, groaned at the thought of the astronomical expenses that awaited him.

Just the other day, thanks to his sons’ consecutive business successes, he’d been laughing happily while absorbing wealth from not just the empire but the entire world!

“Your Grace, how should we proceed?”

“For now, draft an emergency budget and send relief supplies to help the survivors.”

Because Spherom had been granted authority over the empire’s finances, he also bore the obligation to open the treasury first in times of imperial crisis.

‘My money……!’

No matter how unexpected expenses always seemed to appear, this disaster was particularly devastating.

After all, it wasn’t just anywhere—Gairen, the former hub of the empire’s southern region, had nearly been wiped out, resulting in astronomical tangible and intangible losses.

“We can’t abandon Gairen.”

It was the city where all logistics and human resources of the southern empire converged and crossed. Even Spherom couldn’t easily give up a place like that.

But how much money did it take to rebuild a city?

Honestly, no matter how much money one had, it was House Halbern that was strange for casually creating things like El Sionel in the first place.

“My money……!”

In the end, Duke Spherom collapsed into bed. The diagnosis was stress-induced illness.

 

 

*****

 

 

While the ruling powers debated the future of the citizens and the reconstruction of the city, the ones actually taking care of the people of Gairen were none other than the Mage Tower.

There were several reasons for this.

The first was the fact that the city had been sealed—and later released—by a third-rank mage.

And the second was—

“One third-rank mage became a star, and a new third-rank mage was born.”

The existence of Luka, who had newly become a third-rank mage.

Survivors who had not been offered as sacrifices crossed over as they were, but even among those who had been sacrificed, there were cases where their souls returned to their original bodies and they were revived. It was nothing short of a miracle—and Luka was one of them.

The exact reason was unknown, but the mages speculated that perhaps the ruin had consumed far more souls than it could handle—far exceeding Gairen’s population of 1.5 million—and simply failed to fully process them.

What kind of aftereffects those people might have was something the Mage Tower would need to investigate from now on.

“Harvesting only souls? Is that even possible?”

“And even if the soul returns, can the body really be revived?”

“Does this mean resurrection magic is possible now?”

“No, this case probably worked because time was temporarily stopped when the city was sealed.”

Whether by coincidence or miracle, Arellin and Luka had saved many lives. However, Arellin could not be revealed publicly, and naturally, Luka—newly chosen by the stars—became the hero.

Even though he himself was still dazed by it all.

“You’ll have to go to the Sky Tower now. No matter what, you’ve been chosen by the stars.”

“Uh…….”

“If you don’t want to, you can live on the ground, but the Sky Tower will probably be more comfortable.”

“U-uh…….”

The holy land of all mages—a place no one could help but admire. Yet Luka, instead of the Sky Tower he had always dreamed of, was curious about something else.

“More importantly… where is Lady Arellin?”

For some reason, he felt like he needed to see Arellin.

 

 

*****

 

“I’m full.”

Even though I was already an adult, being doted on and pampered by the maids, eating good food, then flopping onto my bed and rolling around like this……

The best.

“This is happiness!”

For some reason, everyone except me looked insanely busy, barely having time to breathe. Maybe because I’d finally made it home after so much suffering and was just lying around, but enjoying myself alone among all those busy people made this moment of leisure taste even sweeter.

“I’m the only one…… unemployed!”

Mom, when I grow up, I want to become a carefree loafer.

“It’s a bit of a shame I can’t see Pession, though.”

Still, thanks to the communication device installed in my room working perfectly, I didn’t feel lonely. Pession must be busy too. He is the crown prince, after all.

“If he weren’t busy, wouldn’t that be a crime?”

Among the survivors of the Gairen incident, the only ones who were completely fine were Pession and me. The knight order that had been roaming the ruins, along with Harun, were recovering from prolonged battles.

“Well, putting that aside.”

[User confirmation required]

I stared at the malfunctioning, flickering all-purpose status window.

I recalled the text that had popped up on its own and blocked my vision back when I opened the rift, created the “door,” and crossed over.

[User confirmed]

[Displaying updated user information]

Name: Arellin Sigria Halbern

Title: Gift of Sione

Bloodline: Halbern, Heir of ■■■

And beneath that, my traits unfolded.

Unique Traits:

[Reincarnator(?)]

[Musical Prodigy (A+)]

[Blessed by Music (A)]

[Favored Child of the Galaxy (S)]

[Mental Barrier (S)]

[Singularity – Awakening (Ex)]

Up to this point, there was no real problem.

It was strange that my survival instinct was gone, but I had gained new traits instead.

“Favored Child of the Galaxy is probably something I got because the stars love me.”

As for the singularity awakening…… it sounded important, but I had no idea what it actually meant.

The real issue was here.

Inherited Traits:

[Guardian of Secrets (S)]

[Key Successor (S)]

[Div■ne Authority of the Sav■or (?)]

[Language of Babel (S)]

[Blessing of the Last God (?)]

[Fragment of Regression (S)]

It felt like ages ago when everything had been covered in ■■■, but now, except for a few, all the traits’ names were visible.

“Blessing of the Last God, Fragment of Regression…….”

The Fragment of Regression obviously felt like something I’d gotten because of Dad, but what was this “Blessing of the Last God”?

“If it’s the Last God…… the Remuren God?”

When I’d asked why the holy relic was so much more powerful than expected, the regent duke’s reaction had been really strange.

‘He suddenly claimed something had happened in the Southern Empire and ran off. Anyone could tell something was going on.’

“Should I have stopped him back then?”

He’d seemed troubled because my face looked too much like Mom’s, so I’d let it slide.

“Ugh!”

Why is everything so complicated?!

“Should I ask Master?”

My physical condition already felt off. The medical staff, including the healer, all insisted there was nothing wrong with me—but somehow, I couldn’t shake the unease.

“The only one who knows my body better than I do is Master.”

I was probably the only person in the world living with a Great Archmage as their personal physician.

“And everyone’s already busy, talking about redoing my debutante ball and setting dates and all that……”

Right now, the people in the Halbern estate were divided into three groups.

Those busy erasing any link between House Halbern and the Gairen incident, including Mehen; those planning my once-in-a-lifetime social debut to prove “Halbern’s return” to the world; and finally, the medical staff betting their entire fortunes on Dad’s recovery.

At the moment, the only idle person in the entire estate was me.

Though only for a while.

‘Should I just push myself and go find Master anyway?’

As I was debating whether to run away again, the estate suddenly grew noisy, and I stepped outside.

“What’s going on?”

Lina, who came running at full speed, stopped to catch her breath and shouted,

“His Grace the Grand Duke has woken up!”

I immediately ran straight toward Dad’s room.