The Espers Who Regretted Losing Me Chapter 128

Since I was staring intently at the wound, all three of them naturally looked in the same direction.

At first, none of them noticed that the wound was healing.

Park Min-seok had used his ability without intending to, Han Yeon-woo couldn’t feel anything because his healing ability was weak, and Nam Woo-jin, who was neither of those two, had no way of knowing either.

But that only lasted for a moment. No matter how much it was an exaggeration to call Park Min-seok an Esper who was ‘only half there,’ he was still using his own power.

Before long, Park Min-seok himself found it strange and said with a blank expression,

“Is it just my imagination? Somehow, I feel like I’m healing Han Yeon-woo.”

“……I don’t know if it’s just my imagination either, but somehow I think the pain has gone down a little.”

Han Yeon-woo was also confused with a similar expression.

They said it was probably just their imagination, but as Park Min-seok continued squeezing out tears, the wound slowly began to heal.

Since all three of them were watching closely with the flashlight shining on the wound, there was no way they could miss the change.

Nam Woo-jin gasped loudly in shock before quickly covering his mouth with his palm.

Although the giants hadn’t followed us, he seemed to be careful because he knew making loud noises was dangerous.

“Hup, gasp, huh.” After taking several strange-sounding breaths and calming himself down, Nam Woo-jin spoke in a small voice.

“Wh-what is this?”

“I-I don’t know. All I did was cry because the shoulder noona was holding hurt so much…….”

“It’s your ability. The person who told you that you had a self-recovery ability was your Captain, right?”

“That…… yes. That’s right.”

“Healing-type Espers normally can’t heal their own wounds. Besides, they usually heal by touching the wound or releasing their ability, but you have to shed tears. That’s probably why you didn’t realize your awakened ability was a healing-type ability.”

It wasn’t strange that they hadn’t guessed it at all.

An Esper who hadn’t received Guiding for a long time couldn’t maintain their optimal condition, no matter how good their environment was. But now that the world had turned into this mess, was there even such a thing as a good environment?

Besides, for more than seventy years before the Unified Gates appeared, Esper abilities, including those related to Gates, had always been similar. Just as Guiding was divided into contact-type and emission-type abilities.

In that situation, it would have been difficult for anyone to realize that an untrained Awakened had unconsciously developed an ability that could heal their own wounds and required them to shed tears to heal someone else.

‘Espers with physical enhancement abilities also have excellent self-recovery abilities, so it’s only natural that he mistook it for that.’

As for me, I could think a little more flexibly because I myself was already completely outside the standards of an ordinary Guide.

After hearing my explanation, Nam Woo-jin urged Park Min-seok.

“Hey, hurry up and cry. Squeeze those tears out. No, wait. Does this only work with tears? What about saliva……?”

If tears worked, there was a fairly high chance that saliva would work too. It was worth testing.

Nam Woo-jin’s line of thinking was good, but Han Yeon-woo looked at him gloomily with an expression that said he would rather die.

Park Min-seok didn’t seem willing to go that far either, as he replied reluctantly,

“Ah, wait a little. I’ll try crying first, and if that really doesn’t work, then I’ll try putting saliva on it.”

“I don’t want…….”

“You be quiet. What’s wrong with putting a little saliva on it? It’s better than dying.”

“Exactly. You should know how precious your life is.”

Perhaps because they now had a chance to treat him, Nam Woo-jin and Park Min-seok looked much more relaxed as they lightly scolded Han Yeon-woo.

It was fortunate that we had found a way, but the situation wasn’t exactly optimistic.

The biggest problem was that Han Yeon-woo’s wound was simply too large, and the second problem was that even if Park Min-seok squeezed out every last tear and drop of mucus he had, his weak ability couldn’t completely heal it. His internal organs had been damaged too.

Still, there was no need to say something like that and make everyone more anxious.

I placed both hands on Park Min-seok’s shoulders again. Perhaps remembering the pain from earlier, Park Min-seok shrank back.

“N-noona?”

“It’s okay. Just think of it as getting a sports massage that hurts a little too much. Your body will feel refreshed afterward, anyway.”

“Th-that…….”

“Just in case, you have to hold in your voice. Yeon-woo’s life depends on you, Min-seok. You can do it, right?”

“……Yes.”

Park Min-seok sniffled and answered with difficulty. Judging by the way Nam Woo-jin looked at him sympathetically, I could guess what kind of expression Park Min-seok was making.

But considering that he had said earlier that he should have been the one to get hurt instead of Han Yeon-woo, he seemed like the type who could endure some pain himself rather than let his friend suffer permanent damage or aftereffects from not receiving proper treatment, so it would be fine.

Putting strength into both hands, I pressed firmly on Park Min-seok’s shoulders and began Guiding him.

Of course, it wasn’t proper Guiding. I knew from experience how dangerous it was to use my power inside a Gate.

If there had been even one proper Esper with an offensive ability, I might have taken the risk, but even putting it nicely, we were just a random bunch of weaklings, so we had to be careful.

So, just as when I carried Han Yeon-woo over, I borrowed the method of naturally passing my power to him while pretending it was unintentional.

Since he had never received any training and wasn’t even aware of his own ability, his original efficiency was probably around 20% at best.

Even birds can’t fly when they are first born and have to train before they can glide. Why would Awakened people be any different?

On the other hand, I was a remarkably powerful Guide, so even with this little, I could increase his ability efficiency by more than twice.

A proper Guide could raise an Esper’s ability from 100% to even higher than that, after all.

“Ah, ugh, ah…… hff, aah, ah, ngh……. Gk.”

Even while thinking about all that, I didn’t loosen my grip on his shoulders at all, so Park Min-seok twisted his whole body and let out short groans. He was clearly trying his best not to make a loud sound.

Perhaps he found it funny himself, because a weak laugh mixed in with his groans. Nam Woo-jin also laughed quietly with his face bright red, and Han Yeon-woo’s lips trembled as if he were trying not to laugh. It was a relief to see that everyone seemed to have regained some composure.

In fact, the wound was healing even faster.

Nam Woo-jin was shining the flashlight on the wound now, and whenever Park Min-seok’s tears touched the skin, a beautiful green mist spread out and wrapped around the wound.

The treatment, carried out alongside the Guiding that no one had noticed, finally ended after well over two hours. Fortunately, during that time, the giants didn’t come running over, and no giant insects came crawling out either.

Park Min-seok collapsed, saying he would never be able to cry again even if he died, but he looked proud of himself, while Nam Woo-jin stared in amazement at Han Yeon-woo’s body, which no longer had any wounds.

Han Yeon-woo, whose complexion looked much better, also walked around nearby and moved his body in various ways before thanking Park Min-seok.

All three of them except me were exhausted in one way or another, so we took a short break and talked.

“I didn’t know before, but if there are a lot of people with powers like this, we really wouldn’t need doctors anymore.”

“Exactly. But I had no idea Esper abilities were this amazing. They’ve never really gone into detail about them on broadcasts or online communities. Even the Captain has incredible physical abilities, but he’s never shown us what his awakened ability is.”

At the way Park Min-seok and Nam Woo-jin casually brought up the ‘Captain,’ I unconsciously looked at Han Yeon-woo.

Perhaps because he had survived a near-death experience, Han Yeon-woo didn’t seem particularly concerned anymore. Well, since he was quick-witted, there was also a good chance that he had become certain I was a Guide and was grateful enough to take a step back.

Not only I, but Park Min-seok and Nam Woo-jin also looked at Han Yeon-woo, though for a different reason.

“Did you know much about awakened abilities? Like this?”

It seemed they wanted to resolve their question about why such amazing, almost magical powers hadn’t received much attention in the past.

Han Yeon-woo answered, ‘I didn’t know either,’ and looked at me. The other two then turned their eyes toward me as well, and since there was no longer any need to worry about things being classified or the importance of security, I answered without hesitation.