Fostering the Male Lead

‘…It hurts.’

When I relaxed, my whole body screamed in pain.
A searing heat like a fire rose from the arm that had been bitten by Sihael.
Even though the pain could not be expressed in words, I wondered how my body survived without fainting.

‘I even knocked out Sihael.’

I truly had a blessed body.

“Anyway, he didn’t bite off as much as I thought.”

My left arm, which I thought would end up as a meat chop, was in better condition than I expected.
Did he get back the last handful of his sanity, or was he just preoccupied with drinking my blood? Whatever the reason, I was able to stop the bleeding a little easier.

I tore my shirt and stopped my arm from bleeding.
I was already breaking out in a cold sweat thinking about the awkward situation that would play out tomorrow morning.

One side was stark naked and the other was wearing just undergarments.

Even though I was wearing another sleeveless shirt underneath, it was almost the same thing.

“Is this some scene from a bishōjo game’s bonus content?”

However the process was too bloody and terrifying for a heart-throbbing bonus.

I let out a breathy laugh and put my hand under the sleeping Sihael’s nose.
 His even breathing tickled my fingers.

‘At last, his breathing is stable.
Thank god.’

After confirming that Sihael was safe, I got up from the ground.
In an instant, my vision was spinning.
I had lost so much blood that I felt dizzy.

‘I still have a lot of work to do.’

I couldn’t fall down here.
The rain with thunder and lightning continued to pour, and there were no signs of someone coming to rescue us.
It was certain that we had to spend the night here.

“The problem is fire.”

Even though it was July, we had been drenched from the rain for quite a while and it’s deep in the mountains where the temperature drops drastically at night.
We needed a fire to warm our cold bodies.
But all I had was a matchbox, nothing to use as firewood.

‘There must be at least one twig here.’

I was in a panic earlier and couldn’t see it properly, but I could see the traces of fire here and there.
Maybe it’s a trail left by people who had been in distress like us? If so, there might be some dry branches that someone had abandoned here.

“Take a good rest.”

I left the unconscious Sihael behind and walked into the cave.

Crackle~

When I lit the light with a match, my only survival tool, a small light illuminated the cave.

I relied on the dim light to slowly move forward.
My face lit up when I found a dry branch on the floor.
When I leaned down and picked it up and stood up, there was another dry branch not far away.

‘This is not a Hansel and Gretel story.
What is this?’

The firewood artificially placed on the floor, as if someone had deliberately placed them, would look suspicious to anyone.
But I didn’t have a choice.

I walked along the path, holding each branch and leaf in my arms.
I kept walking for a long time.
When I came to my senses, I was at the end of the cave.

“…What is this?”

I put out the fire as if I were possessed by something.

‘What the hell is this place?’

Faint light emanated from the crystal balls embedded in the cave, illuminating the surroundings.

I looked back.
The road I passed was pitch black.

This place was like a different world alone.

“So pretty.”

A lake so clear that you could see the bottom of it spread out in front of my eyes.
And in the middle of the lake was a huge rock that seemed to reach the ceiling.
It exuded an energy that no one should carelessly touch.

A thousand-year-old rock that is said to make your wish come true if you find it.

It was the cause of all this suffering.

“If you’re hiding in a place like this, how can anyone find you?”

The cave was next to the cliff, and also in the corner, so there’s no way to find it.
Grumpily, I slowly crossed the lake.
Though I went through a lot of troubles to find this rock, it won’t be unfair if I make a wish.

After wading through the current, I stood in front of the rock, clasped my hands together and gently closed my eyes.

“May Sihael wake up safely, may my arms heal safely, and may we both be rescued safely.”

After desperately praying, I put my hand on my forehead and burst out laughing.
 All the wishes I wished for were things that happened because of me.

“Let’s just stop.”

Why did I come all the way here and make Sihael suffer?

I felt sick to my stomach.

I have to go back and make a fire.

Turning my back, I stepped forward vigorously.

“Huh?”

I lost my balance for a moment and fell backwards.

“Ouch.”

My butt throbbed as if I had bumped into a rock.
With water drenching my head, I hit the water, annoyed.

“Today, my luck is awful.
Should I do a ritual to drive away the bad luck?”

How many times have I already fallen backwards? I got up, rubbing my throbbing back, and let out a sigh mixed with annoyance at the sight of my soaked clothes.

“Why is that there?”

To make matters worse, the shirt I had wrapped around my arm was floating in the lake.

“The wound has worsened.”

Tsk, I clicked my tongue and reached for my shirt.
When I looked at my arm my eyes widened.

“Where’s the wound?”

The wound had disappeared.
without a trace of it

The wound inflicted by Sihael, when he drank my blood, had healed completely.

Does this make sense? No matter how strong I was, I never had this crazy healing power.
Then there was only one way to explain this.

I looked up at the rock.

I was sure I prayed for my arm to heal…

“Is this for real?”

Did the rock really grant my wish? I clasped my hands and made another wish.

“Please send me one handsome man.”

“Yekki!”

Then a man came down.

An old man with a white beard appeared.
The crystal balls around me made my eyes flash.
The grandfather, who jumped off the rock, landed gracefully.
I blinked at the incredible sight.