"Bodyguards?"
Lian didn't blink, almost in disbelief mixed with annoyance at being trapped in a situation where she was closely guarded.
In the end, Lian was stubborn. When a bodyguard approached, Lian broke through. In her mind, she only wanted to bring Ahio to check on Acier's condition.
Lian moved forward, apart from being invisible she was also penetrable. Lian's essence is like a curious spirit roaming the world.
The woman smiled crookedly. "I heard I'm a newly born life-giving angel."
She went to Ahio's room to find that the angel of death was still unconscious.
"How do I get the angel of death to wake up?"
Lian idly pressed Ahio's head. The skin-to-skin physical contact turned Lian's eyes into a mini solar system.
The earth symbol on Ahio's forehead. Lian was surprised to pull back her hand.
"It worked?"
Ahio's eyes with the symbol of the explosion of the Milky Way peeked out. Lian was stunned in awe when he saw the image of space exploding in Ahio's pupil eyes.
"Lian?"
"You're finally awake. Let's go see Acier."
Ahio was shocked, her eyes widened, remembering the fate of her teacher which a psychopath. "As far as I remember, my head was cut off. Hurry, I have to see Acier!"
Lian saw Ahio go hastily to Acier's inpatient room. "What's their relationship? It's impossible if they're to be dating."
Lian followed.
Brakhhh!
The door to Acier's treatment room was wide open. The sound of two objects colliding startled anyone.
"You crazy." Acier glared at Ahio.
The angel of death didn't care, approached Acier, and hugged him. "I'm worried. It must be you who helped me stay alive. Is it this you, Darius? You're not dead yet?"
"Think using your brain."
Acier forcibly let go of Ahio's embrace. Lian appears to follow behind. "Oh, you're not dead?"
"No," Darius shook his head.
Ahio pouted, lips forward a few centimeters like a duck. "Ah." The angel of death held her throbbing head in pain.
"Sick."
A dark aura emanated from Ahio's body. The life-killing spear manifested itself followed by the spirit of the dead dragon.
Lian was stunned to see a little dragon's form. "So cute!" she opened her arms wide.
A little Dragon swiftly dodged before being caught in a tight, aggressive hug.
The little dragon snapped FINGER. In an instant, Lian had a headache.
"Ow!"
"Congratulations on Awakening basic power. Now don't be lazy. Get to work quickly."
A little dragon's cold voice made Lian bad ilfeel. Love turned 180° to hate.
"Life-giving angel, give life to a newborn baby. Be careful, don't make a mistake or a life will be lost."
Lian had several visions of step-by-step blowing the spirit into the human body. She wasn't sure what to do because it was too sudden. Lian was not mentally prepared, didn't believe it, and didn't want to rush.
"Sorry, can it be postponed?"
"Can't!"
Lian's head hurt, she didn't realize what was happening, suddenly she was teleported to a hospital. There was someone giving birth. Lian was about to leave away but the image of a dead baby passed by on a brain.
Glek.
Lian gulped down a glob of saliva. She was silent and her forehead furrowed.
"Strange."
Lian's tongue tasted iron.
Lian spat, her eyeballs almost popping out. Zebua's only child was not breathing because the liquid that should have been saliva was blood.
Lian tested further by poking a finger into her mouth. When a Finger was pulled out, Lian was shocked.
"Ha...!"
Blood dripping.
"Pat the baby's bottom, make him cry."
A baby is patted gently according to orders but there hasn't been any change, the baby remains still. Cold body temperature.
The doctor places the baby in a basket with a soft bottom and strokes the baby's back. The soles of the baby's feet are rubbed to stimulate breathing because he is not only not crying but also not breathing.
The baby's heartbeat cannot be felt.
The baby still shows no signs of will crying. The doctor's final choice is to use the Neonatal Resuscitation method.
Several heart rate detection cables are attached to the newborn's chest. The doctor's last resort was to provide positive pressure ventilation.
Various tools are ready. An oxygen-filled balloon and endotracheal tube were applied for 15 seconds. The doctor looks at the monitor screen showing the heart rate status. A straight line means the baby's heart is not beating.
The baby's skin color is pale.
The doctor did his best to give more time and put in extra effort, however, the baby was still not breathing.
It doesn't work.
"Go Ahio. Now it's your turn," a little dragon commanded.
Ahio's eyes were red, tears dripping uncontrollably. She could feel the spirit of a sick baby screaming. She didn't know where she wanted to go. She was stuck.
"But-"
"Ah!"
Ahio grabbed her hair. Then, a hand lifted was holding a clump of loose hair. Ahio was shouted. Head throbbing with pain.
"Unlucky!"
Ahio realized that she was already in the hospital. Seeing a shadow resembling herself emotionlessly slashed at the newborn spirit. A baby's blood came flooding out and pooled on the soles of Ahio's feet.
She came to her senses.
Test.
Test.
Test.
The angel of death held a Nose, it turned out she had a nosebleed, and a heart was beating strongly.
PES!
One of Ahio's blood vessels exploded. Splashed blood seeped out.
Ahio looked at her hands. The throbbing veins are still moving.
Ahio was dazed when Acier pulled her, guiding her to sit on the sick bed emergency. The angel of death didn't even know that she had returned to the Zebua mansion.
Acier opened a box and took out sewing tools. Shamans don't need to bother installing polydioxanone thread for sewing. It's installed.
Acier stitched up Ahio's open wound without anesthesia so that the angel of death bit the inside of her lip and through it bled.
The taste of iron seeped into the angel of death's taste buds.
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