Chapter 75 - NOT TO GET CAUGHT

"You don't want your mother to die, do you?"  Jieun asking him now when she looking the man is still hesitant.

"Of course not..."  He said it slowly.  His face also clearly showed how much he felt burdened.

Ben heart and mind feeling divided at the time.  His brain finds it hard to think of this.  He has never had to make such a big decision in his life before.  He held his stomach again, which had been healed by Jieun earlier.

"Time is ticking Ben.  Your mother is struggling each passing time.  And the chances for her to get back healthy are getting less and less the longer you drag time.  Make a decision now or we will be leaving."  Ethan, who was the person that more aware of what the man was feeling as he looked into his past, began to say something.

Hearing that, Ben looked at the doorknob.  With a heavy sigh, he quickly tore the expensive praying paper and opened the door.  Nodded to Jieun now, finally giving her, his permission to go inside.

In quickly Jieun a move inside.  She is now standing next to a middle -aged woman who was lying stiffly there with her whole body now flushed with red spot on her skin.  But she can see the woman faint breath fluctuating there.  Quite relieved as it shows that the woman was still alive.

Jieun now immediately open one of the 'magical pouch' containing her medical equipment on the floor.  Then he started looking for the equipment she needed at the time.

"How long she is not eating and drinking?"  Jieun ask while moving busily.  She grabs a pair of medical gloves and puts them on.

"About two days."  Ben answered immediately. 

Jieun is now using a small flashlight and opening the woman's mouth to see the infection that Ben told them before.  His face was a little wrinkled, there.  The infection is looking like an ulcer but has spread quite badly.  No wonder the woman cannot eat or drink because it will be stung.

From the skin, Jieun can see the woman kind of sweating.

"She's having a dehydration."  She talk, but more for herself.

Jieun is now getting an IV fluids to balance the fluid loss from the woman's body first before starting any other treatment.  Hopefully that can make the woman to get some strength for now.

"Come here."  Jieun looking at Ben and asking him to come over.  Helping her to hold the IV bag as there is nothing to make as a stand there.

"Hold this up."  Jieun directing.  She closes her eyes now, concentrate her power to find the vein as she cannot find it with the naked eye because the woman's skin is too damaged due to the disease she is experiencing.

After re-checking, Jieun is confident enough to start.  She cleans the skin area, remove the needle cover, insert the needle carefully facing upwards, carefully push catheter forward and put the pressure there.  She is now attaching the saline lock, watching if the flow is correct or not.  After feeling satisfied, Jieun tape that so its stay in place.  She connects the tube to the IV fluids and now watch it flow into the woman's body.

For a few minutes, Jieun observe the woman's interior.  She also feels a bit fear if something happens after that.  But to her relieved everything went smooth. The woman organs also seem to be functioning well.

"Do you have a stick or something that lengthy for me to put that fluid bag?  This treatment is about 60 minutes.  You probably can't hold it for that long."  Jieun say after being silent for so long.

"I think I can get something."  Ben replied and gave the fluid bag to Jieun to find something in his house to hold that.

"Can this work?"  Ben arrived quickly with a small but tall iron clothes hanger there.

"Perfect."  Jieun said with a smile behind her face mask.

"Is she okay now?"  Ben asked as he saw his mother's face at the time seemed to improve.

"Not yet.  I just help with her dehydration first.  I need to conduct research to know more about the disease before I started the further treatment."  Jieun said, feel a little tired there.

All of a sudden,

Knock! Knock! Knock!

"Ben.  Are you there?"  A hoarse man's voice was heard, saying things in front of the door of the house now. 

Immediately Leo uses his sand power to cover the walls of the house so that their conversation inside cannot be heard by the person.

"Are you expecting someone?"  Eun-woo asks.

"No.  But that is one of the shaman followers.  He must be hearing something from the grandma before.  What to do?  I can let him know you all here or I will be caught for violating the shaman's orders."  Ben was a little scared there.  He didn't think further when he send a report to Summer Region higher official before, actually.  But after he being isolated by the villagers, he started to feel nervous just by people staring. 

Jieun in fast hides the hand of the woman who is getting an IV from view.  In case anything happen.  The clothes hanger that holding the IV drip is also covered with a cloth now.

"I can make all of us disappear from human view in 10 minutes."  Ethan gave a suggestion.

"How much the praying paper?"  Ray then asked.

"Hundred buck."  Ben said.  All of the princes, including Mia and Jieun were a little surprised.  That's... too much money for a long piece of paper.  Especially to someone from lower class family like Ben. 

Not wasting time, Ray gives Ben one silver block there that worth about 500 bucks or above.

"Buy the praying paper worth this silver.  We need to make them stay away from your house for a while.  Make sure he leaves the house before 10 minutes."  Ray gives his trust to Ben now.

Ben nodded, agree willingly.  He already trusts all of them.  Anything for his mother to get better. 

Then, Jieun get out, closes the door of the room she used earlier, and all of them gather in another empty room. 

Ethan concentrated now as this power needs him utmost focus and energy.

"Invisible!"  He said it.

"Hey! Ben! Open up. "  They can still hear the man calling from outside.

Ben then opened the door of his house and the man recklessly entered his house without being invited.  Seeing that, Ben tried to calm himself.

"What's wrong Mr. Kenta?"  Ben asked slowly.

"I heard from one of the granny outside that you have a guest." 

The man that called Kenta now looked around the house.  He also peeked into the room where all the princes and princesses were gathered.  They are holding their breath now.  Not to get caught.  Ethan also calmed himself, who was still focused on his power at that time.

"No one here Mr. Kenta.  My report also not served by the official in the office.  Also, you know well that grandma already seeing things now.  Her disease already worsens."  Ben said the trick.

Then, Kenta looked towards the door of Ben's mother's room where the prayer paper had been torn.  Quickly he opened the door of the room, but saw nothing suspicious.

"Why are you opening this room and make the praying paper torn?"  He asks sound suspicious.

"I was just checking on her as I heard something inside.  But nothing there." Kenta narrows his eyes to Ben now.  Trying to find whether it's the truth or a lie.

"Make me remember now.  I actually wanted to find you, but you are already here.  Did you bring along the praying paper?  I want to buy more."  Ben asked while showing the man a silver block in his hand.

Hearing and seeing that, Kenta smiled a little.

"Looks like you got some luck this time while you were away, huh?"  Kenta said as he took the paper from his pants pocket.

"How much can I buy with this one silver block?"  Ben pretended not to know.

"As I wanted to help you and your mother.  I give you six of this.  If your mother already gone, she definitely went to heaven peacefully, but if she is still alive you need to buy this again after 18 days.  Remember, this is to facilitate your mother's journey to the world there.  To heaven. "  Kenta reminded him many times.

Ben feels a little angry now because the words seemed to be expecting his mother to die.  Meanwhile, he saw for himself, his mother's face before, as if there is hope for recovery.  He knows who he needs to be sided with now.

At the time, Ethan was now starting to shiver.  It's almost ten minutes now.  He is already cursing in his breath asking Ben to get rid of the man now.

Seeing that, Jieun who stand close to him, look towards her hand.  She thought of something, but she doesn't know if it will work, but, trying won't hurt right?  Without hesitation, Jieun step closer to Ethan, placed her hand behind his body.  Her hand started emitting a white light there.

Others looked at Jieun with strange now.  Not sure what was going on at the time.  But they realize that Ethan condition is in danger now. 

It turns out that her choice paid off.  The light coming out of her hand is now calming Ethan muscle while sharing her energy with him a little.  So that, he can keep hold on there for a bit more time.

"I will.  So, will you excuse me.  I had a long day this few days.  I want to sleep early."  Ben is wrapping up now.  He knows he already wasted so much time.

"Oh, okay then.  Don't forget to find me if anything."  Kenta no longer had any questions and started to leave the house.

Hearing the front door closed by Ben, Ethan turned off his power and sat on the floor now.  Jieun is also panting a little there, feeling her body sway a bit, but Eun-Woo suddenly holds her there.  Balancing her.

Mia also started approaching her husband at that time.

"Are you okay?"  Mia asks Ethan.  Ethan nodded and smiled to her.  Then he saw Jieun and said,

"I don't know you could do that."

Jieun shrugs a little and also said,

"I don't too."

All of them now breathing a sigh of relief there.