“You don’t understand how difficult it was. Everyone was so tense because they couldn’t make even a tiny mistake. Our hearts would sink whenever your condition suddenly worsened or whenever you stopped breathing for a moment….”

Yi Seol-Ah’s complexion darkened as she reminisced the past.

“Grandpa also stayed up all night day after day…. It was really a hellish week. I was only tasked with taking care of minor chores, but just being here and seeing the situation develop had me exhausted. Ah, I’m sure it was hardest for you though….”

‘Master….’

Seol Jihu looked down at the needles that were densely sticking out of his arm. Jang Maldong must have performed acupuncture, just as he expected.

[Tell Tsuji Yuki this.]

[The moment you bring up even the ‘nee’ in ‘needle’ in front of me— I will cut off all connections with you.]

Seol Jihu remembered how resolute Jang Maldong was when he refused Kazuki’s request in the past. While he felt grateful that Jang Maldong broke his self-created pledge to save him, he couldn’t help but feel a little embarrassed as well.

“How did the Federation save me?”

“I don’t know what the Princess Unni said, but they really brought the Elixeer.”

“Really?”

“Yes. Grandpa was shocked too. He said he never would have imagined that the Federation would give something this precious without demanding anything in return….”

“Can you tell me more about it?”

“Mn~ I didn’t get to see the treatment process directly…. Ah, but I did hear that they had some of the medicine left over after treating Orabeo-nim and decided to treat the Daughter of Luxuria Unni as well….”

Yi Seol-Ah suddenly groaned.

“You can just tell me what you saw and heard.”

Hearing this, the troubled...