After a dozen minutes.

The door of the medical clinic was pushed open. Lin Guang walked out, holding a few bottles of medicine, waving them at Vishdair before putting them back into the Ring of Void. He then turned his head and said to the person inside:

"Thank you, Teacher Kaiwen, for your trouble."

After speaking, he gently closed the door and turned around, his voice calm: "Let's go, it's nothing serious, just take the medicine regularly for some time and see how it goes."

The silver-haired girl leaned against the wall, her head lowered.

She didn't speak nor did she look at him.

Lin Guang seemed to suddenly realize something, his eyes suddenly flickered, looking down at his feet.

"…"

He reacted swiftly, immediately crouching down, taking Vishdair's hand, and pulling her up: "Let's go home first."

"Whatever it is, we can talk about it at home."

The girl didn't resist or speak, just letting Lin Guang lead her out of the research building and take the school bus to the school gate.

The taxi carried the two, heading all the way to Haiyue District.

Lin Guang turned his face to look out the window, observing Vishdair beside him through the reflection in the car window, but she kept her head down, so he couldn't see her expression clearly.

Silence throughout the journey.

Back at home, Lin Guang picked up the plastic bag full of groceries delivered by "Hu Hu" at the entrance, discarded the receipt inside, and opened the door to enter.

Lisa heard the noise, put down her book, and quickly ran over, her nine fluffy large tails wagging rapidly.

"Welcome back!"

"Yeah, we're back." Lin Guang smiled as he handed the plastic bag to her, "Lisa, could you help me with preparing the ingredients a bit? Vishdair and I have something to discuss."

"Eh?"

She moved her gaze instinctively, only to find Vishdair blocked by his body.

There was a flash of hesitation on Lisa's small face but she still promptly responded.

"Okay!"

Watching Lisa bounce off to the kitchen, Lin Guang turned around, taking Vishdair into the bedroom.

The two entered the bedroom, closing the door and isolating two worlds.

"…"

"I…"

Lin Guang wanted to be the first to say something.

But at this moment, the silver-haired girl finally raised her head.

She grabbed Lin Guang's shoulders, glaring intensely into his eyes.

"Tell me, when did you find out!"

"Are you talking about the stone on the back of my neck? A few days ago I..."

"I'm not talking about that!"

Her teeth clenched, she put on a fierce-looking expression.

But both Lin Guang and Vishdair knew clearly… that this was just forcing herself to maintain a firm expression, preventing herself from showing weakness.

She forced herself to look into the boy's eyes: "When did you know I got the Ore Disease?"

"Did you know it a long time ago?"

Lin Guang fell silent.

She became somewhat anxious, suddenly exerting force, pushing both of them onto the bed, looking down at him from above: "When exactly did you find out?!"

They stared at each other for a while.

The atmosphere fell into a deadly silence.

Only the cross-star pupils of Vishdair stubbornly staring at him, seemingly determined to get an answer out of him.

Lin Guang knew, at this moment, lying was no longer meaningful.

Because she could tell.

After a while, he finally spoke softly: "At the beginning."

"The day we made the contract, I knew."

"What Ore Disease is, its infectiousness and dangers, I have always been aware of them."

"At the beginning… at the beginning?!"

The silver-haired girl was obviously at a loss, seemingly impacted.

After a long while, she finally reacted, seemingly almost unable to accept this answer, her voice trembling: "Are you kidding me!"

"Are you crazy? If you know, then why aren't you afraid? Are you tired of living?"

"Just because of your ridiculous sympathy?!"

"You people wouldn't survive a day in Kazdali!"

"There must be other healthy Terrans in this world! You'll meet them sooner or later, so why don't you just leave me…"

Lin Guang just raised his hand, gently touched her face, interrupting her words.

Again there was a long silence and eye contact.

The fierce expression on the silver-haired girl's face could no longer be maintained, her eyes gradually reddened, with tears sparkling in her amber eyes, revealing for the first time a vulnerable and broken expression.

"Why did you… choose me… knowing…"

At the beginning, when they were still unfamiliar, Vishdair did have the idea of waiting for Lin Guang to contract Ore Disease, to see his expression when he learned she had a terminal illness.

For people from Terra World, Ore Disease is an incurable disease, once contracted, it means a lifetime of suffering, unable to die peacefully.

But later, her body surface didn't grow Source Stone Crystals anymore, and her body felt fine, making her once think that her illness had been cured upon coming to this world.

Thus, she finally let go completely and gradually forgot about it, living with Lin Guang with peace of mind.

She once thought that she, who had always been alone, was strong enough, not afraid of getting hurt, not afraid of the threat of authority, not afraid of betrayal, and not even afraid of death.

She thought she had cast off the shadows of her past, making her forget that she was a Sakaz, who coexisted with suffering and brought suffering to others.

But now, that misfortune finally caught up with her... and for the first time in her life, the person she cherished so much.

For a prisoner living in the dark, it was better to have never seen the light than to lose it after gaining it.

So...

This encounter itself might have been a mistake from the beginning.

However, in the next moment, looking at the emotionally out-of-control girl, Lin Guang suddenly laughed, inexplicably amused, and began to speak nonsensically.

"Because... your output is very high?"

"What?"

"You're very wheelchair, without Vishdair, I wouldn't be able to walk."

"What on earth does that mean!"

Lin Guang finally stopped joking, looked at Vishdair, and said sincerely, "No matter how good Teacher Kaiwen is to me, we don't spend days and nights together, so I can't confide completely."

"Ore Disease... I will solve it."

For a moment, Vishdair was stunned and replied blankly, "What nonsense are you talking?"

Lin Guang said nothing, just raised his left hand, which was faintly glowing, and brushed her tear-stained cheek with his knuckle.

Then, he gripped the arm she had placed on his shoulder.

In an instant, a familiar numbing itch and pain surged through Vishdair's heart, invigorating her: "This is—"

"Actually, it's not just you, Lisa is the same."

Vishdair instinctively widened her eyes: "She too...?"

"I learned this just to help you and myself recover."

"Doctor Kaiwen will also help me. She has deep research on Ore Disease. Remember those 'nutritional supplements' I gave you and Lisa every weekend? They're inhibitors for Ore Disease."

"From now on, I will prove it to you."

"In this world, this disease is not as despairing as you think. It's just one of many otherworldly calamities, and many stronger curses than Ore Disease have long been broken by the hands of the strong."

Having said that, Lin Guang suddenly touched the nape of his neck.

In an instant, Samadhi True Fire blazed in his hand, yet under his control, it did not ignite anything but directly covered the Source Stone embedded in his flesh and blood.

Crack.

Corrective Meridian Opening Technique activated.

In Lin Guang's slightly pained expression, a faint cracking sound could be heard from the nape of his neck. Surprisingly, the Source Stone Crystal, the size of a pinky fingernail, was forcibly extracted bit by bit, leaving behind a slightly singed, burnt spot.

Vishdair pressed her lips together.

She knew how painful this was.

The source stone on the surface of an Ore Disease infected body is connected to its internal flesh and nerves.

She had attempted this before and was left nearly paralyzed by the pain.

Moreover, she had heard that even in the most technologically and medically advanced places, no one would remove the surface source stone surgically, as the drawbacks apparently far outweighed the benefits.

Lin Guang took several deep breaths to calm the dizziness from the intense pain: "I promised."

"We will climb the highest mountains in this world, conquer the deepest seas, reach the skies, and even explore unknown otherworlds."

"I want to witness all the wonders of this world."

"Before achieving all this, I absolutely won't die so easily."

Lin Guang opened his palm to her, letting her see the Source Stone slowly disintegrate into nothingness, seemingly being rejected by this world, as he spoke with a tone of convincing calm: "So, just believe in me."

"If you can't believe in yourself, then believe in me."

Watching the Source Stone in his hand disappear, her eyes seemed to regain a bit of brightness.

"...Idiot... talking all sorts of nonsense..."

The tears in her eyes could finally no longer be controlled, falling drop by drop on Lin Guang's chest, yet her voice grew stronger: "If you're lying to me... I will never forgive you!!"

In the next moment.

In Lin Guang's shocked and unprepared gaze.

Vishdair suddenly removed the plain glasses from his face, interlocked her fingers with his, pinning him down, and lowered her head.

"Mmm—"

With entwined tongues, Lin Guang's eyes widened. Although his focus was a bit blurred, he could vaguely feel the girl's fiercely aggressive and blazing gaze.

Her warm, hasty, sweet-scented breath kept brushing against his face.

Lin Guang realized that at this moment, Vishdair was hugging him tighter than ever before, with an unprecedented intimacy.

The rapid heartbeat and excited emotions were transmitted through her perfectly soft, miraculous curves that resembled teardrops.

And her long, slender, powerful, and healthily graceful legs were wrapped tightly around him, like a python in a hunt, showing no intention of letting him go.

Lin Guang attempted to resist but to no avail.

His strength couldn't compare to that of a Spirit Beast.

He was too helpless.

However, in the next moment.

Clatter.

The door suddenly swung open.

"Lin Guang brother, I brought the ingredients..."

The fox-eared girl poked her head in, then her face suddenly turned beet red, covering her eyes with her hands, she let out a scream: "Ah!!!"

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