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Chapter 418. Miracles Beyond Theory

After listening to the entire story of the uninterrupted route in the third playthrough, Jiang Jianxin felt not only a suffocating heartache but also a strong sense of powerlessness conveyed by the story.

While listening to the story, she often wanted to rush up and finish off many of the characters with a single sword strike.

However, Aoba's God-level playthrough clearly doesn't have such a high combat power.

A group of soldiers could surround her, and a few spears could subdue her easily. This harmlessness was almost in stark contrast to the Sword Master's previous work.

To be honest, Jiang Jianxin found it hard to imagine how someone with only healing abilities could survive in a chaotic world.

There are also medical cultivators in the cultivation world, but in her hometown, medical cultivators always need to be accompanied by sword cultivators when they go down the mountain for training.

Jiang Jianxin achieved fame at a young age. As a young swordsman, he generally avoided unchallenging training trips down the mountain, instead spending his daily tasks with his master and sect elders.

The few times he occasionally appeared were because Changyingjun had a close relationship with a powerful medical cultivator, and out of consideration for human relationships, he had to accept a few missions to go down the mountain with a second-generation medical practitioner who had a background and connections.

—It's called a mission, but it's really just doing a favor by acting as a bodyguard for the son of a doctor.

Every second-generation medical student was very enthusiastic towards her; whether they were junior brothers or sisters, they chattered away and kept talking to her the whole way.

Jiang Jianxin was actually a little awkward about the enthusiasm of strangers, so he would usually just hold the Tangguang Sword and remain silent, pretending to be a dull block of wood.

These medical practitioners who descend the mountain for training mostly aim to heal the sick and save lives; few take on missions to exorcise demons, especially the small demons she can crush with a single sword strike.

Therefore, when such missions are assigned, Jiang Jianxin is mostly in a daze.

The frail healers convulsed and flailed their arms, scattering a pile of poison powder, but the dosage was insufficient to incapacitate the monster.

Just as the monster opened its jaws to bite off the healer's head, she slid in and cleaved it in two with a single sword strike, thus completing a perfect favor.

Jiang Jianxin couldn't imagine how difficult it would be for a medical cultivator to survive amidst worldly difficulties without a bodyguard possessing high martial arts skills.

"Sigh, I know it was tough for her, but thankfully it's all in the past now, and she's finally free."

Little Fairy Doctor hugged her and cried loudly:
"Yes, I'm really happy to see that you're alive and well."

She wiped away her tears and continued:
"And although we don't know what happened, Lord Edric didn't turn out the way we remember him. This future is so wonderful that we can hardly imagine it."

Jiang Jianxin nodded and patted Little Fairy Doctor's head.

She had basically figured it out: in the original timeline where there was no interference, the endings for the third timeline and her brother were not good. After gaining powerful abilities in the fourth timeline, she simply crossed the timeline and directly interfered with the past, making Edric her priest.

After the position of successor to the Pope of Light became vacant, she became the Holy Maiden of Light in the new timeline of the third playthrough.

Although I don't know what will happen after becoming a saintess, I'm sure she won't be burned to death so hastily.

Jiang Jianxin thought of something and asked again:

What identity do I hold in your memory?

Little Fairy Doctor sniffed and replied:

"You are who you are, the sister of the Pope of Light, the generous healer who walks among the common people."

Jiang Jianxin understood.

The tragic ending in the third playthrough was largely due to insufficient contact with the upper class, which aroused their hatred.

After becoming the Holy Maiden of Light and having more contact with the upper class, her fate should be different. Jiang Jianxin breathed a slight sigh of relief and silently gave a thumbs up to the fourth playthrough who was exceptionally strong and exceptionally protective of her.

"Okay, thank you for your explanation."

Jiang Jianxin said sincerely.

How have you been lately?

Little Fairy Doctor nodded and said:

"I have been fulfilling your last wish to treat and save lives, so that more people can be free from the torment of disease."

She only spoke about Aoba's will, but not about her own situation.

Jiang Jianxin said seriously:

"No, I'm not asking if you've continued my vision, but how your body is."

"Forbidden techniques can resurrect people, but there must be side effects—is it the side effects that made you like this?"

Little Fairy Doctor nodded and then shook her head, smiling wryly:

"I was already dead, and I am very happy to have lived this long and even waited for your return."

Seeing that she wouldn't answer, Jiang Jianxin directly asked for the answer:

How is her health?

[This is bad news. Her body is actually reversing time. She's six years old now, but it will continue to rewind to five, four, three... until she disappears completely.]

Jiang Jian's heart clenched, and she asked:
Is there any way to help her recover?

The answer, according to truth, is:

Theoretically, it's impossible.

Before Jiang Jianxin's heart could sink to the bottom, it added:
But beyond theory, whether a "miracle" might occur, and how that miracle might distort reality, I don't know.

The answer to the truth was spoken with exceptional rigor, and Jiang Jianxin sensed the different tone in the words.

[A miracle beyond theory...?]

Yes, miracles govern the impossible.

The answer, Truth, adds:
This is a god who only responds to desperate, troubled, and unattainable dreams.

Its priests also reside in the world of innate talents.

Jiang Jianxin understood; if she wanted to help Little Fairy Doctor, she needed to find the Miracle God.

Because she had secretly resolved to seek out this mysterious miracle, she nodded gently to Little Fairy Doctor and said:
"I understand. You should also take care of your health; health is the most important thing."

　I need to ask for leave. Something came up today and I got back too late. I feel like I won't be able to finish writing.

　　(End of this chapter)