Becoming Their Guiding Spirit

# Chapter 76: Can I see the bracelet? Alina’s beautiful face was now completely flushed.

Just a moment ago, in a moment of carelessness, she had thrown herself into Mr. Reeve’s arms. She was a little shy, no... extremely shy!!

She had grown up in a remote village in Ursus.

At her age, forget a boyfriend, she had never even held a man’s hand. This whole ordeal made Alina’s face turn as red as an apple.

Meanwhile.

Lucas Reeve decided to use this opportunity after all.

If it couldn’t cure Oripathy, then the system should at least be able to alleviate the symptoms and extend the period between episodes.

”System, I want a way to slow down Oripathy.”

[Consume a help opportunity? (5/10 remaining)]

”Yes!”

[Due to the special nature of Oripathy, this system can only provide one option, the only option.]

[1. Specialized Oripathy Inhibition]

According to the system’s description, this ability had only one effect: to inhibit the progression of Oripathy and the severity of acute episodes to a certain extent.

(Note: This ability treats the symptoms, not the root cause. It cannot eradicate the disease, only slow it down to a certain degree. The extent of the delay depends on the patient’s constitution and the severity of their Oripathy. To use this ability, the host must possess the patient’s body and then follow the guidance map provided by the system for treatment.)

Although it was a very, very costly choice.

It was almost equivalent to wasting a help opportunity, but Lucas Reeve still chose this ability without hesitation.

Instantly.

A large chunk of memories flooded into Lucas Reeve’s mind, accompanied by a very, very long ’instruction manual’ memory.

Through this ’instruction manual,’ Lucas Reeve finally understood the true horror of Oripathy.

Even from his layman’s perspective, he subconsciously felt that eradicating this disease would be a miracle...

”By the way, Alina, let me borrow your body for a moment. I just obtained a method that can temporarily slow down Oripathy.”

”?”

Alina was stunned at first, then subconsciously assumed Lucas Reeve was just trying to comfort her. She didn’t ask any questions or resist. After so many days, Alina had come to trust Lucas Reeve almost completely. Even if Lucas Reeve suddenly revealed his true colors and wanted to take her life, she would offer it without a second thought.

”Come on.”

Lucas Reeve entered Alina’s body, then slowly closed his eyes, using the ability provided by the system to gently sense the state of the Oripathy within her. Then, a special power appeared out of thin air inside Alina’s body. This power felt as if it had a strong cleansing property. Under Lucas Reeve’s control, this special power carefully advanced along the areas where Alina’s Oripathy was distributed.

Bit by bit, it ’swept’ over the lesion areas covered by Oripathy.

The entire process lasted for a full half hour.

Drenched in sweat, Lucas Reeve finally completed the entire process, and his own spirit was thoroughly exhausted.

This was an incredibly delicate task, like a surgeon performing an operation. He needed to guide this power with extreme care, constantly rubbing it against the organ lesions covered by Oripathy without damaging the organs themselves. Even with a spirit as strong as Lucas Reeve’s, he was covered in sweat from exhaustion after completing all the meticulous work.

”That should do it. See if you feel any better.”

Lucas Reeve returned the body to Alina.

At first, Alina just thought Lucas Reeve was comforting her. However, when she truly returned to her own body, she was shocked to discover that her body... the pain from before seemed to have completely vanished. Even her spirits had improved considerably, as if she had returned to her state before falling ill.

”Mr. Reeve!! This!!”

Lucas Reeve shook his head. ”It’s just a simple suppression... This is the limit of what I can do right now...”

This treatment method used a special power to put the active Originium crystals in the patient’s body into a temporary dormant state. Of course, this was only treating the symptoms, not the root cause. If the patient used Originium Arts, repeated use would reawaken the dormant Originium crystals.

Alina covered her mouth, looking at Lucas Reeve in disbelief. Her eyes shimmered with a crystalline light, and she rushed into his arms, only to pass right through him.

”Thank you!! Mr. Reeve!!”

Lucas Reeve smiled faintly, materializing his hand to pat Alina’s head.

”I will definitely cure your Oripathy, Alina.”

”Mhm!!”