Upon their return from Mount Silver Moon to Babel, Se-Hoon was immediately brought to Askus, still cradled in Eun-Ha’s arms.1

His entire body, covered in blood from all the cuts by Vollmond’s claws, was under considerable strain due to forcibly enhancing his physical abilities.0

My condition isn’t even that serious…0

However, Se-Hoon determined the severity of an injury solely by whether he was still able to forge. Thus, he considered his current injuries manageable since he believed that he could still forge if he just acted a bit more carefully.3

“Just stay still.”0

But Eun-Ha was not like him. She dismissed his claims outright and immediately had him hospitalized. 0

And soon, she was proven correct.0

“It’s a six-week recovery.”0

“…Excuse me?”0

Surprised by the unexpectedly long recovery period, Se-Hoon puzzledly looked at Professor Jung-Wan who had conducted the examination.0

“Are you sure you didn’t mean six days?”0

“You heard me correctly. It’s six weeks.”0

“How can that be…? With these injuries?”0

Even though he acknowledged that he had pushed himself a bit too far, six weeks was excessively long.0

Sighing at his reaction, Jung-Wan began explaining.  0

“Take a look at this first.”0

Snap-0

With a flick of his fingers, three images were displayed in the air, showing diagrams of Se-Hoon’s muscles, bones, and mana circuits.0

His muscles were torn everywhere, his bones were cracked in several places, and his mana circuits, the most severe of them all, had been severely damaged in many areas. Some parts of his mana circuits had even shriveled or been blocked up to as much as two-thirds.0

“In over thirty years of my medical career… I’ve never seen anyone who has meticulously wrecked their body to this extent.”4

When the body reached its limit, usually the weakest parts would fail first, leading to serious injuries there. In Se-Hoon’s case, however, his injuries had been evenly distributed across his body, leaving no part unscathed.1

“Your body is like… cracked glass. It looks fine on the outside, but even just a little stimulus can cause it to shatter completely.”4

“In other words, as long as there’s no such stimulus—”3

“How will the treatment proceed?” Eun-Ha asked, cutting off Se-Hoon.0

Responding to Eun-Ha’s question,...1