A successful treatment

I thought.
‘The snowball effect from 500 billion won is no joke.’
To think that all of this was a ball thrown into the air because of the 50 billion won worth of equipment from the auction house…
I looked at Cheon Seona, then Emily, then the door where my contractors had left, with a newfound perspective.
“Pion, what should I do now?”
“Piik.”
Pzzzzzt!
At Emily’s question, I first spread a mana detection barrier.
Since I was in a jellyfish’s body, the duration was short and the mana explosion when I spread it was no joke, and Jiye, who felt it, might come into the hospital room, but…
I sent a message to Sion.

[The Constellation, the Silent Calamity, demands silence.]
This should be enough to stop them.
KWANG!
With a loud noise, the mana barrier and soundproof barrier were completed.
As I was panting from the immense mana that was overloading my jellyfish’s body, Emily, with a horrified expression, said in a trembling voice.
“U-using this much mana…? Pion, what on earth…”
“Pi.”
No, this is not the time to be surprised by my mana.
I forcibly drew out Emily’s mana that was touching my tentacles and wrapped it around Cheon Seona’s body.
Emily was flustered by the sudden extraction of her golden mana.
“Wait, if you steal someone else’s mana without permission like this…!”
“Pikku.”
It’s fine. I’m a Constellation.
And a magic-type Constellation at that.
Emily’s golden mana pierced through Cheon Seona’s body.
To be precise, it followed the traces of the brand entangled in her flesh like blood vessels and reached her soul.
It was a high-level domain that humans couldn’t do.
Emily, who must have been feeling the sensation of the mana directly, was horrified but focused for now.
‘No way.’
Of course, she wasn’t stupid.
‘This is not a feat that a mere jellyfish monster can perform.’
In the moment she closed her eyes and was led to the realm of the soul, a place unreachable by humans.
She made a judgment.
‘It’s an incarnation.’
Not an ordinary pet monster.
It’s the incarnation of a Constellation.
Although she had never heard of an incarnation so small, cute, and yet capable of entering the realm of the soul…
‘…If even this small incarnation has such an ability, then the Silent Calamity has been underestimated.’
That Constellation is at least high-ranking, maybe even higher.
Of course, it was a misunderstanding close to the truth, one that she could have because she didn’t know that this jellyfish was the Constellation herself.
I had no time to figure out what Emily was thinking.
Because I was experiencing how difficult it was to touch a soul in a jellyfish’s body.
It was a good thing that Emily’s mana was gentle; I didn’t even want to imagine what would have happened if it had rampaged uncontrollably.
Emily’s mana, guided by me, entangled the soul and body like blood vessels.
Glancing over, I saw that Emily herself had closed her eyes and was trying not to miss this sensation.
‘This is the basis of soul magic.’
To entangle the body and soul so they don’t bounce off each other, creating a stronger bond and drawing out potential.
This was something that not just magicians, but everyone could do.
The drawback was that you had to be able to see souls as a prerequisite.
If that condition was met, explosive growth was possible.
‘It would be great if Emily joined our guild too.’
I had a brief, stray thought.
Sion and Jiye seemed to want to make this guild exclusively for contractors of the Silent Calamity, but I had never ordered such a thing.
So, a contractor of ‘The Blooming Spring Flower’ could also join.
‘Though I’d have to get Sion’s permission, and Emily would have to agree…’
The more capable healers, the better.
Especially if it’s a world-class healer.
‘I should ask later.’
I ended my thoughts there and took out the key around my neck.
When I activated my Sun’s Eye, I could see the enormous amount of mana circuits entangled in this small key.
It was a circuit that an ordinary human wouldn’t be able to solve even if they were reincarnated ten times and devoted their entire lives to research.
‘But I’m not ordinary.’
I gathered my mana and slammed it into my eyes, specifically the Sun’s Eye.
A message appeared.

[Sun’s Eye fully opened]
[Warning! Time is limited due to an unsuitable incarnation.]
[Remaining time 00:00:10]
10 seconds in a jellyfish’s body.
That was enough.
Paaaaaaaaat-
“Ugh!”
Emily squeezed her eyes shut.
An enormous amount of light spread out in an instant.
It was a light so intense that she would have been blinded if she weren’t an S-rank hunter.
But Emily didn’t see it because her eyes were closed.
This enormous amount of light was all emitted by a magic circle.
‘An 18-layered magic circle in a jellyfish’s body…. As expected, it’s tough…!’
This is the problem with this damn soul magic.
It basically requires a 10-layered magic circle, and if you want to approach it a little more delicately, you need a few more layered magic circles.
I had no choice but to draw a little of Emily’s mana.
At this rate, I felt like I was going to become a sun-dried jellyfish jerky.
“Ugh!”
But from a human’s perspective, it seems it wasn’t just a little.
I felt sorry seeing Emily covering her mouth and blood trickling through her fingers.
But isn’t it better for two to become jerky and succeed than for one to become jerky and fail?

[Remaining time 00:00:01]
Time is running out.
I analyzed all the circuits contained in the brand removal key and unraveled them into a magic circle.
The magic circle was absorbed into the arms, legs, stomach, heart, and head.
“Pikku!”
This was the critical moment for Emily.
Touching a person’s soul requires a huge amount of mana.
Even if it was an ordinary person who hadn’t even awakened, it required an amount of mana that even a person of a high realm couldn’t bear.
As if my cry had reached her, Emily focused and tightened her hold on the soul and body a little more.
Without sparing a single drop of mana.

[Remaining time 00:00:00]
[Forced termination of full opening]
The soul circuit that had been unfolding before my eyes disappeared.
Of course, since I can also see souls, to be precise, it didn’t completely disappear, but was just simplified a little.
Click.
A welcome sound was heard.
Click. Click. Click. Click.
The brand tied to the soul began to be removed along with the magic circle.
The magic circles, delicately calculated to match each muscle fiber, internal organ, and bone, helped to prevent the soul and body from being injured while perfectly removing only the brand.
“P-Pion-nim. It’s over, right?”
Emily, for some reason, added the honorific ‘-nim’ and asked me.
I also accepted the honorific, given what I had accomplished in my jellyfish form.
‘But it’s a bit tiring.’
I was completely drained of energy.
If I had been in my human form, it wouldn’t have even been a mouthful, but because I was in my jellyfish form, I had become like this dried jellyfish jerky.
“Pi…”
I dismantled the soundproof and mana-blocking barriers surrounding the room and landed on Emily’s head.
As I flopped down, Emily also slumped in her chair.
Hek… hek…
Pi- Pi-
The sound of a machine announcing a stable rhythm and breathing echoed quietly in the hospital room.
Feeling like I had become jellyfish salad, I thought.
‘Saving one person is damn hard.’
As if she agreed, Emily fell asleep in her chair as if she had fainted.
KWANG!
The hospital room door opened.
“Pion!”
“Oh my god, what is this mana uproar!”
“S-Seona!”
U-dang-tang-tang!
A loud noise was made as the three of them came through the narrow door of the hospital room at once.
Fortunately, Emily didn’t wake up and even snored.
When I touched her lightly, her empty mana was also recovering well.
“Ugh, ugh, ugh, Seona…!”
If only I could do something about Cheon Sanho, who was crying his eyes out so loudly, hmm.
‘No. If he wasn’t anxious after this uproar in his sister’s hospital room, he wouldn’t be family.’
Honestly, the mana explosion I had set off at first was so intense that any hunter could have felt it.
Cheon Sanho would have tried to rush in, and Sion would have blocked his way.
Jiye, not knowing the reason, would have just had to wait in front of the hospital room.
And now that all the mana had subsided, Sion must have opened the way for them to arrive here.
“E-Emily-nim. The blood…”
“Pikku.”
I raised my limp tentacles to signify that it was okay.
Sion lifted me from Emily’s head, where I was completely flopped, and placed me in a cozy, Pion-exclusive basket.
A little better.
Sion muttered.
“O Calamity. I have done as you commanded, but this situation is…”
“Calamity-nim, what was that mana explosion?”
Unlike the frantic Cheon Sanho, to Jiye and Sion, who were asking questions while looking at the empty air, I sent a message filled with annoyance.

[The Constellation, the Silent Calamity, demands silence.]
Meaning, I’m too lazy to explain.
As soon as they received that message, the two of them shut their mouths.
They couldn’t understand, but their expressions said they would follow their Constellation’s command.
‘It’s a good thing their loyalty is high.’
As I collapsed into the cozy basket, my eyes grew heavy.
Hmm, the brand is removed.
The Cheon siblings can now stay in our guild.
So I can sleep a little, right?
“Pi.”
I roughly waved my tentacles to say I was going to sleep and covered myself with a blanket.
As soon as I closed my eyes, I quickly fell asleep.
Sion, holding the basket, was watching that scene with a complicated expression.