The Male Lead Is Obsessed With My Health Chapter 375

Valer looked so excited that he left with light steps, not even looking back.

“That jerk… he really just went.”

I believe he’ll come back alive, but if he does die, leaving behind last words like, ‘I left a will,’ seriously.

“Maybe I should’ve learned swordsmanship too.”

If I were a Sword Master myself, I could’ve gone charging around right next to that wild colt Valer.

Then I wouldn’t be stuck waiting behind like this, worrying myself sick……

‘This is the first time I’ve ever envied someone’s talent.’

For a moment, Mehen felt like everything she had learned—knowledge, accounting, management, all the things people praised her as a genius for—had suddenly become useless.

But what could she do about it right now? Reality was reality. She wasn’t a Sword Master.

And Mehen had lived far too turbulent a life to be crushed by something like this.

“Fine. I’ll do what I can do.”

Wars aren’t fought with just guns and swords.

They can be fought with bread and magic too.

“And guns, swords, bread, and magic all need supplies.”

While processing a barrage of documents—bulk orders for magic scrolls, buying up all scrolls on the market, petitions to the imperial family, requests for northern reinforcements, demands to strengthen the defense of the Northern Castle—Mehen thought,

‘I should contact the press as well.’

At least thanks to those Saren Knight Order idiots, the Northern Castle had stockpiled ten years’ worth of supplies.

“Those freeloaders are useful sometimes.”

 

 

 

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One hour earlier.

Just as news arrived that the Northern Castle had fallen, an urgent summons also came from the Saintess.

When I visited the sanctuary again, the atmosphere felt different.

‘Is it darker than before?’

Did they use fewer candles……?

‘Ah.’

There were fewer Saintesses.

‘Five are gone.’

Since it was common knowledge that Saintesses rarely left the sanctuary, it felt strange to think only four were there to greet me.

“Why are there only four of you?”

The Saintess at the front answered with a gentle smile.

“Because a price was paid.”

“?”

I didn’t understand what she meant.

“What kind of price?”

I asked again out of curiosity, but this time she only smiled mysteriously and didn’t answer.

I had a rough guess, but……

‘No way. This isn’t a world where people lose their lives just for reciting a few prophecies.’

And yet, I couldn’t be sure. That was probably because I had already seen so many different worldlines of this world.

It’s strange. This novel was supposed to be a sweet romance.

Ah, now’s not the time for this.

“Then why did you call me?”

My pronunciation was driving me crazy, but maybe I looked cute, because the Saintess smiled faintly.

“You’re going to the north, right?”

“Yes.”

Another Saintess brought something over.

“We called you to give you this.”

“Oh.”

A necklace……?

“It’s a holy relic.”

“Eh?!”

Is it really okay for me to receive something so precious?

Besides, I knew the sad truth about holy relics. Every holy relic was either the body of a saint or saintess, or the divine body left behind by the God of Lemuren.

‘Great, more knowledge I didn’t want. Is this the curse of knowledge?’

But the design felt familiar.

Why?

“You’ve used one before, haven’t you?”

“Me?”

A memory suddenly flashed through my mind.

“Ah!”

The necklace I used so effectively at the Gairen ruins before!

“That was really a holy relic?!”

“This one is even better.”

No, that’s not something to say so proudly.

‘I really… destroyed a holy relic……’

Did I destroy it? Or lose it?

Either way, I definitely didn’t return it nicely.

Feeling guilty, I glanced at the Saintesses, but they didn’t seem to mind at all.

Instead, they said they would consecrate it, surrounding me and offering solemn prayers.

Soft light, and the low voices of the Saintesses echoing.

“Even if trials of despair surround us, and immeasurable darkness clouds our eyes.”

“Following the guidance of light, we shall move forward without wavering.”

“As long as your soul shines, brilliant hope shall always wander by your side.”

“And in the end, we shall be with the radiance of the divine.”

I had no faith to speak of, but I prayed too.

It was only later that I learned the immortal title of the God of Lemuren was “The Praying Wish.”

 

 

 

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The Holy Kingdom of Lemuren had long been the faction that supported the Mage Tower and the Northern Castle the most. As their divine power weakened over the ages, their influence had shrunk as well, but the sudden appearance of a dragon was more than enough reason for Lemuren’s Holy Knight Order to move.

Long ago, when the gods decided to abandon all life, those who had lost their purpose chose not to live as servants of gods, but to become the light of faith themselves—and gathered in Lemuren. That was the beginning of the Holy Knight Order.

“This is a trial sent by the god to rebuke our weak hearts! Prove your faith on this battlefield!”

“Uoooooh!”

Valer covered his ears at the thunderous roar of the holy knights.

‘All the warp gates to the Northern Castle stopped working……’

Since the Holy Knight Order could move using a priestly spell for rapid battlefield deployment, he thought joining them would be faster than going alone—but this was the result.

“The Duke of Halbern, lord of the Northern Castle, fights alongside us!”

“Uoooooooh!”

Valer briefly regretted it.

‘Should I have just gone alone……?’

Or maybe threatened the Sky Tower.

The Sky Tower was a place even mages couldn’t enter easily, but strangely enough, Halbern’s ability made entry simple.

But there was no time to dwell on it.

“We’re moving.”

The moment the high priests’ spell circle lit up, everyone waiting was transported right near the Northern Castle.

And—

“—It’s huge.”

An ancient dragon, even larger than the one he had slain over ten years ago, flew across the sky above the Northern Castle.

A truly overwhelming sight.

“Gulp.”

From rookie holy knights experiencing war for the first time, to veterans hardened by monster exterminations and escort missions, everyone was tense.

Everyone except Valer.

“Haha.”

‘Is he crazy?’

‘Did he finally snap after seeing that?’

‘What a waste of a face……’

They looked at Valer with pity, but at this moment, he was clearer-headed than anyone.

It couldn’t be helped.

‘I was never fully sane before, so my memories aren’t clear……’

But for the first time across all regressions, he was standing on this side, not that side.

Too much to protect?

‘They’re things I’ve been protecting all along, without even knowing why.’

Now that he had recovered all his memories, now that he understood why his sister made that choice, it wasn’t a waste to risk his life.

“No.”

Valer denied his own weakness.

“I won’t die. Ever.”

After everything my sister did to keep me alive—after how much she wished for my happiness—I can’t die in a place like this.

“I’ll survive until I grow old. I won’t die until I pass away naturally.”

And this time, he intended to protect everything he had always lost.

Valer’s eyes shone.

“Let’s go that way. There’s a secret passage that leads inside the Northern Castle.”

 

 

 

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“My dad went where……?”

In the short time since then, so much had happened. Mehen, with hollow eyes, was sending documents via transmission magic. The mage casting spells at her direction looked half-exhausted, as if they’d used the spell countless times already.

Recipient: Albrecht, Imperial Central Ministries……?

There were documents for organizations directly under the Emperor, and others sent to Spherom. Judging by the stacked envelopes, she planned to send more to Muvisk, Idikels, and even Gremwat.

‘Why Gremwat?’

I tilted my head in confusion when Mehen pressed her brow and spoke with a sigh.

“The situation is critical. Five walls have already been destroyed.”

“What?”

“It’s a bad sign. The Northern Castle hasn’t had its walls breached even once in over a thousand years.”

Mehen added that most people mocked Halbern for constantly expanding the Northern Castle walls, saying he was throwing money into the air, and even the northern residents thought it was just charity work—but no one expected it to matter this much.

“Of course, even with all that expansion, one dragon breath would probably bring it all down.”

I grew anxious.

“I have to go!”

“Yes, I thought you’d say that.”

Mehen said resignedly.

“So I prepared lightly.”

As if she had planned it in advance, she even put a backpack perfectly sized for me on my back.

“……?”

She really is my mom.

“Mom!”

Moved, I hugged Mehen tightly. She hugged me back, chuckling softly.

“You must come back safely. I’ll be waiting.”

I clenched my fists and nodded hard.

“Yeah. I’ll definitely come back.”