### Chapter: 287
Kraush sat up, head in hands, as he confessed his honest feelings.
“Are you awake?”
At that moment, he turned towards the voice. His senses still a bit jumbled, he didn’t even know who was next to him.
There, with a crow perched on her knee, sat Bioloren, engrossed in a book.
She closed the book with a flick and looked at Kraush.
Throughout the magic process, Kraush couldn’t help but remember Bioloren, who had silently watched over him.
It must have been quite a painful sight for her, yet she never took her eyes off him, staying by his side the whole time.
“Are your hands okay?”
Kraush casually asked.
Judging by the way she was clenching her fist, it seemed watching him was pretty agonizing for her.
Bioloren flinched at his question, as if it was absurd.
“Are you really in a position to ask me that?”
“That’s all I can remember,” he said, tapping his head, making her sigh deeply.
She then pulled out some medicine she had prepared.
“You were told to take this when you woke up. Since they forcibly manipulated your aura with magic, you’ll have to keep taking it for a while to get stable.”
Kraush raised his hand and obediently accepted the medicine, but just as he was about to bring it to his mouth, his arm gave way.
Thud—!
The medicine spilled on the floor.
It was proof that he still hadn’t gotten used to his reassembled body.
As Kraush bent down to pick it up, Bioloren was quicker and handed it to him.
Kraush reluctantly opened his mouth to take the medicine when,
“Patient, all set!”
A familiar voice chirped in his ear.
Looking up, he saw Lirina, who had brought a basin of water and a towel.
“Drink your medicine first,” she instructed.
Before Kraush could even greet her, Lirina was already giving orders.
He gulped down the medicine and downed a glass of water she had poured.
“Why are you here, Lirina?” he asked after swallowing.
Setting the basin down, she wrung the towel, damp and ready.
“I heard you wouldn’t be able to move for the day.”
“Seems like it...”
“Well, I’m used to it because of Aslan, but Bioloren here hasn’t had any experience taking care of a patient.”
Lirina was very capable, serving as Aslan’s personal maid.
Even if she did swipe a roll or two, her skills were certainly commendable.
“So I’m here to help. What? You don’t want me around?”
“I didn’t say I didn’t want it...”
“Well, you’d probably rather have your lovely fiancée, Bianca, taking care of you, right? Sorry, I might be a bit cute, but I lack the skills.”
Lirina chuckled charmingly, but her expression remained expressionless, making it more intimidating.
Recognizing it as her usual banter, Kraush could only manage a bitter smile.
“What’s Aslan up to?”
“Still reading as usual, but the Demon Lord visited recently.”
Looks like he’ll head there as soon as he’s done with whatever he’s working on.
If Kraush was busy, Tersasius was certainly a workaholic too.
“Alright, let’s get your clothes off.”
“Excuse me?”
“Come on, you’ve been sleeping like a log for days. Do you enjoy being dirty?”
“Well, that’s not really it. Just a sec, I’ll do it myself. No need for you to come close.”
“Why would a noble be scared of a maid trying to help him undress? Bioloren, you better hold him down!”
Bioloren had no choice but to help as Lirina closed in on him.
Kraush tried to get up, but realized his legs hardly moved.
“More importantly, this could mean a bigger problem.”
Kraush lightened his body, realizing how powerful he had become with his recent punch.
He now needed to acclimate his body, which had grown astronomically more powerful.
Basically, he was in a state where he had just started crawling.
But it was a crawling body that could crush anything in its path.
CREEK!
In proof of that, the doorknob he was cautiously turning to opened suddenly and broke off.
Creak—
Losing the doorknob, Kraush stared blankly at the door, which swung open.
[ Looks like you’ll be holed up in here for quite some time. ]
Crimson Garden’s words rang true.
“Hey, Kraush! What’s going on?”
Just then, Lirina, alerted by the ruckus, walked back in.
She had returned from whatever chore she had to do.
“Wait, Lirina! Don’t come any closer!”
“That’s a very hurtful thing to say.”
“No, seriously! I’m going totally haywire right now; I can’t control my strength!”
Kraush produced the evidence by holding up the broken doorknob.
CRACK!
At that moment, the handle couldn’t withstand his grip and crumbled apart.
“...See?!”
Kraush grinned, showing off the crumpled doorknob.
Lirina stared at him blankly, then walked over.
“Kraush, that’s really dangerous...”
Lirina had crossed over to his side and took the deformed handle from his hand.
Kraush’s face morphed into an expression of confusion.
Lirina effortlessly took the handle from him.
Was she actually stronger than him?
“When you served me that stew this morning, you handed me the bowl without any trouble.”
Lirina looked at Kraush as if as if he had just asked the sun to shine underground.
“It does seem like you’re having trouble controlling your strength, but at least you managed it well in front of me.”
Kraush realized that somewhere deep down, he wasn’t trying to hurt Lirina.
“Wanna stick around in case you can’t control your strength? I specialize in 24/7 care.”
Lirina said, offering him her cutest grin.
Seeing her smile, Kraush couldn’t help but smile back.
“No, I need to learn how to walk on my own.”
“Oh, so you are capable of that?”
“I received a good upbringing.”
“Sounds like you had a wonderful family.”
Kraush, throwing out self-deprecating jokes with ease.
“I’ll make something for lunch today that you’ll love, Kraush.”
“Looking forward to it.”
Since he had mostly lived on stew for a while now,
Kraush left it to Lirina and began moving towards the magical training ground set up in the Jeblam Royal Palace.
“Ebelasque!”
“Caw caw!”
As he went, Kraush called out to the one best equipped to help with his training.
“I need to train. Bring out your body.”
Alright, let’s get into some serious training.