Chapter 12: Healing Constraints

Chapter 12: Healing Constraints

I understand. I want to help ease your pain, Gong, and allow you to live a normal life.

Before I start though, I always ask this. I want you to feel comfortable, that Im not taking advantage of your trust in any way. Ill have to touch various parts of your body to heal them, and it might be a bit uncomfortable. I promise Im just doing it to get closer access to afflicted areas.

I pause, as Gongs face wrinkles in confusion and then relaxes as she laughs uncontrollably, pointing at me, Hahahaha, ow ow ow, hahahaha. She continues laughing, but is seems to get control after quite a while. I hope she didnt rupture anything with that

You really know how to surprise me, James. You seem to always do things that no one else does. Please. Use my body as much as you want. Trust me when I say I wont be dissatisfied, she teases.

It appears that with that laugh, her teasing personality came back.

I dont mind this part of her, its quite nice.

With her permission, though, I begin working.

Starting with the worst afflicted areas, I heal them as thoroughly as possible. As a catchall, I also have the general healing active as I work. While it takes some time because of the sheer number of conditions, it is definitely getting easier to do as I continue. I can overhear her heavy breathing, as different interior nerves are being shifted around.

Once again, I am glad that it is a pleasant feeling for them, rather than the very traumatic screams of pain it would be normally.

Honestly, its kind of frightening to think of what it would be without it.

Nonetheless, I finally get through the entire list, exempting one condition: the demi-human racial curse.

Im pretty sure that I could get away with not healing this and in no shape or form would Gong blame me or even know that I could fix this for her. But would I be able to live with myself, knowing that I can heal this?

Im not sure Im at that emotional point, where I can disregard this sort of thing. Maybe for someone I dont know or feel close to. However, Ive let myself get close to Gong.

Theres no way I could live with it, seeing the person she is.

Hoping that she wont notice and that I can tell her later, I place my hands on her stomach, just below the navel. Slowly inserting my healing energies, I can feel it travel into something and then around her body.

Once it has passed through two other areas, I can feel something released and the condition removed. Before I can even heave a sigh of relief, Gong immediately looks at me with a fiery intensity.

What did you do? her voice quiet, but with urgency.

Gulp.

Since I saw you, I couldnt help but want to know more about you. Ive always dr

I can feel her head look over to a corner of the room and she quickly coughs I mean, Ive always thought about what would happen if there were a human like yourself that would be willing to associate with demi-humans. Equally.

She separates from our hug and looks passionately into my eyes.

You were much more than just that and this only reaffirms how much more you are, than I could have ever hoped to imagine. Gesturing to her now non-existent wounds I dont think I will ever be able to repay you for this. No matter what I do.

Leaning back in quickly, her face blushes as she surprises me by shyly kissing my cheek. Releasing me, her own are aflush.

She quickly turns away as I sit there in shock.

Im ashamed to say it but that was the closest to a romantic kiss Ive ever had in my 27 years of life. Wow So, this is what Ive been missing. I have so many regrets. Healing her is DEFINITELY not one.

However, she doesnt turn back around after that. Standing there, with her arms wrapped around herself and appearing to be a bit smaller.

Just when I am about to speak up, due to the growing awkwardness, she finally turns around, her body seeming to grow as she rotates. What she reveals, looks like a different side of Gong, that I havent seen yet facing me.

Her face stern and hard.

Her stance reminds me of her battle stance!

Youve messed up, though.

Casually raising one of her hands, a stream of web shoots out, pinning me to the bed. The only part of my body that I can move is my head now.

Ahhhhhh shit. Is this the betrayal arc?