38. Return Home

Ben wakes up after 7 hours, and when he opens his eyes, he finds himself in a white room. He looks around and sees some medical tools. His body also got wrapped in a bandage, and an IV drip is connected to his hand.

"A hospital?"-Ben

Suddenly Ben hear a door being opened so he look at the door on his left. He sees someone that he knows coming from the door. There's also a doctor and some nurses that come.

"You're Geld from Magic Council?"-Ben

"Yes, i'm glad that you remember me, this will be a lot easier."-Geld

"Yeah, it's better to have someone you know asking you questions rather than an unknown guy."-Ben

The doctor & nurses check on Ben's condition again and they nod to Geld.

"It seems my condition isn't that bad, huh?"-Ben

"No, it's actually really bad when you came here 5 hours ago. If we came too late, you might lose too much blood from your wounds."-Geld

"That's really bad then."-Ben

"That was really bad, but from this morning, your body start to heal fast. Even some minor wounds have been closed, and some minor bruises were also gone."-Doctor

"Ooh, your medicine must be really good, thanks for that."-Ben

"Well, I don't know if it's because of our medicine. No patient has got the same result like you, so it shouldn't be the medicine."-Doctor

"Really? Hmm, maybe it's just compatible with me?"-Ben

"Probably, and maybe it's also because of your high natural healing ability."-Doctor

"Well, what's important is that you recover fast. Doctor, please give us some time alone."-Geld

"Yes."-Doctor

The doctor & nurses leave the room, leaving Ben & Geld inside. Geld takes a chair and sits beside Ben before he starts to ask questions. He asks about the chronology, so Ben tells him what happens.

"So it's true, a demon from Book of Zeref."-Geld

"You found the book?"-Ben

"Yes, we found it when we investigate the area. We already have an assumption of what happened there, but we need to confirm it with you."-Geld

"Does that thing really dead now?"-Ben

"Yes, we've investigated the book, and we've confirmed that the demon has died."-Geld

"You know by investigating the book?"-Ben raise an eyebrow

"Yes, because these demons from Book of Zeref have a connection with the Book where they came from. The book is like their ID, so we can know it from there."-Geld

Geld doesn't explain it further, so Ben also won't ask.

"So, how did you find me? I don't think I called Magic Council or any authority before."-Ben

"It's because of your battle with the demon. The town's people see a bright light coming from the forest, and a loud explosion sound also heard from the town."-Gels

The town's people were worried about what they saw & heard, so they ask the Mayor to investigate it. The Mayor sent some of his men to check it. When they found the battle site, they know it's not their area of work, because mages are involved.

"They called the Magic Council after that, and we came as fast as we could."-Geld

"It must be my last attack when I use all my power. I need to thank my 'flashy' magic for it, I guess."-Ben

"I think so too."-Geld

Geld then leave the room after asking for some details. Ben sigh in relief because Geld isn't an annoying officer. He knows some guys from Magic Council are troublesome and hate to work with mages.

'Sigh, I want to scan that Book of Zeref, but I can't ask more now. Being able to return alive is already a good thing. A.I Chip, what you get from the battle.'-Ben

[Regeneration ability learned: 62,34%

Curse of Petrification learned: 35,21%]

'If I have access to the book, I will be able to learn more about these, but this is good enough I guess.'-Ben

Ben leave his thought and check on his body's condition.

'A.I Chip, scan my body!'-Ben

[Scanning.....

Scanning Complete! Body's health condition is 67,52%. Left hand's bone broke and will heal in 5 days max.]

'Wow, my body really heal fast, what a good medicine. What about my condition when they found me?'-Ben

[Approximately 33,12% health. It's not fully because of the medicine. The biggest factor that helps you recover is the sunlight that you get through the window.]

'Sunlight?'-Ben

[Furthermore, your body is strong and naturally has a higher healing ability.]

'I can understand that my healing ability is strong because I have a strong body. But what about the sunlight? It never works like this before.'-Ben

[A.I Chip have used some data that have been scanned from Mreye's regeneration ability to be used on you and enhance your healing ability. Only 9,01% of data can be used on you, so it only hastens your healing instead of fully regenerating it like Mreye.]

'Wow, that's already good enough for me. So unlike Mreye who absorbs Ethernano & liquid through the earth, I absorb it through the sunlight? Am I a plant now? Is this photosynthesis?'-Ben

[Yes, you are a plant.]

'WAIT, WHAT?! REALLY?'-Ben got startled

[No, it's just a joke.]

'... Sometimes I really want to punch you in the face.'-Ben has a tickmark, A.I Chip's monotone voice really makes the joke sound real.

After that, Ben tries to move his body, and he can do it easily. Although it's not as easy as when he is in full health, but it's not that hard too.

With his health recover a lot, Ben decides to go home now. The doctor also permits him after examining his condition again.

Ben is in Kunugi town now, it's close to the forest and Oshibana Town where he left his car. Ben needs to take his car, so he goes to the train station and goes to Oshibana on a train.

He arrive in Oshibana in 15 minutes and immediately take his car that he left in a rented garage. Ben takes his car and returns to the guild. Everyone must be worried because he has left for 3 days now.

In half an hour, Ben arrives at the guild and everyone comes out after hearing his car arrive. They all surround his car and wait for him to come out. They're really worried about him.

"I'm home."-Ben come out from the car

""Welcome home.""-Everyone

"BEN!"-Bella fly & hug him, but she hit his broken left hand

"OUCH OUCH! B-Bella, please don't touch my left hand."-Ben

"Sorry."-Bella

Bella move and lay on top of Ben's head. Wendy also wants to hug him, but after seeing him get hurt when his left hand was touched, she stops her intention.

"It's fine as long as you don't touch my left hand."-Ben

Wendy smiles and hugs him from the right, so he pats her head. Carla is shy to hug him, so he just pulls her & pats her head too.

"Ben-boy, it seems your job this time is really hard. I'm glad that you can get past it and return to us. Let's go to the guild building and tell us what happen."-Roubaul

"Alright."-Ben

They go to the guild building, and Ben tells them what happens in the last 3 days.

"So the mages weren't the problem, but this demon was the problem, huh?"-Roubaul

"Yeah. Running away was not possible at that time, so I fought it."-Ben

"I understand it, running away will just make you open to its attacks. It will endanger you and also endanger more people. Well, let's not talk about that again and celebrate your return."-Roubaul

The guild celebrates Ben's safe return. Nothing is better than their member's safety.

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