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Chapter 103 - Chapter 103: Michael: Waiting for the Queen of Germa Kingdom to Awaken

"For me… to heal me?" Sora's gaze instantly softened, though it wasn't directed at Michael, but at Reiju.

"You've worked hard, Reiju..."

"She's just a kid, what do you mean 'worked hard'?" Michael rolled his eyes. "I'm the one who's going to do the healing, alright?"

"Actually, I know my own body very well." Sora shook her head. As the wife of Judge, a mad scientist, she had picked up a lot of knowledge by osmosis. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to identify such a potent drug capable of affecting genetic factor manipulation.

"As for the drugs targeting genetic factors... the side effects they cause are incurable."

Michael ignored her polite refusal and instead took Reiju's hand, leading her to the table.

"Sora..." Michael tilted his head, scrutinizing Vinsmoke Sora.

"Come to think of it, your name is exactly the same as the main character, Sora, from Sora, Warrior of the Sea."

Sora—in Japanese, the word could mean "sky," but also extended to "freedom."

"That's just a coincidence."

"No, no, no, I don't think so at all." Michael reached out and gently lifted Vinsmoke Sora's chin.

"That look in your eyes just now—absolutely worthy of your name."

"My eyes?"

"That's right. Your eyes." Michael let go and gave a look of admiration. "Even with illness weighing you down, you still had that look in your eyes like you wanted to tear me to pieces. The look of a mother lion... or we can just call it a mother's protective instinct."

Michael didn't speak quickly, but each word was accompanied by a steady gaze fixed on Sora's eyes.

For people like her, he never hesitated to admire or help them.

What was all his meticulous planning for, after all?

Simply to allow ordinary people like this to escape the cruelty of an unjust fate.

As he finished speaking, Michael's wings suddenly unfurled, radiating a Holy Light ten times more intense than before.

"Restoration Technique... just won't be enough."

"Cleanse all impurity. Protection is faith!"

"Holy Healing!"

As Michael chanted, the Holy Light around him instantly gathered at the center of his chest. A moment later, it condensed into a palm-sized...

Angel.

The angel looked vivid and lifelike. It rubbed its cheek gently against Michael's hand, then without looking back, dove straight into the center of Sora's forehead.

Before anyone present could even cry out in surprise, Sora's eyes rolled back, and her body was engulfed in brilliant Holy Light.

Then she collapsed backward.

"Mother!"

"Mom!"

Reiju and Sanji reacted instantly, ignoring their small bodies and catching their mother.

Michael raised an eyebrow.

Sanji, who was most affected by the drugs, was one thing.

But Reiju, born two years earlier as the eldest, had already awakened her genetic factor.

Otherwise, how could two little kids with tiny limbs support the full weight of an unconscious adult?

"What... what did you do to Her Highness?" Époni asked, glancing between the Queen, who was now supported by Reiju, and Michael with a mix of relief and apprehension. "Also, I've been meaning to ask—why is a Marine in Germa Kingdom?"

"Now that's a long story." Michael shrugged. "But my suggestion is this—get your Queen to bed first. It'll take a while to fully restore her body."

As he spoke, he gave Reiju a reassuring look.

Reiju took a steadying breath, then picked up her mother and laid her on the large bed.

Michael wasn't surprised in the slightest.

Even as a child, Reiju—who had undergone genetic modification—could easily bend the steel bars of a prison cell.

Carrying her increasingly frail and weak mother was nothing for her.

Sanji, watching all of this unfold, looked at Michael with visible emotion.

"Will Mom really get better?"

"As long as you don't keep poisoning her with that terrifying food you make, there shouldn't be a problem." Michael patted the boy's short head. "I mean, seriously, how about tasting it yourself before feeding it to someone else? Your mom only eats it because she loves you."

Sanji flinched from head to toe and gave Michael a resentful look.

But his hands very honestly clutched at his backside.

Michael twitched at Sanji's wary expression.

That posture... that look...

Come on, it's not like I'm some creepy bald priest!

I've got zero interest in little boys, okay?

"Ahem, that aside—how do you two feel about your father?" Michael asked again. "To be honest, it's my first time meeting Vinsmoke Judge today, and I can't say I like him."

At those words, the entire royal bedchamber fell into silence.

"...He is my father." Reiju finally spoke after what seemed like deep contemplation.

"I cannot defy his orders... but I cannot agree with his actions either."

She turned to glance at Sanji beside her, her gaze softening with warmth.

Maybe she had to put on a cold front most of the time, but deep down, she still cared deeply for her mother and Sanji.

As for her three brothers, who had lost their emotions and become numb—that was their father's fault!

He had turned her brothers... into something less than human.

"If that's your attitude—and combined with how Sora-san acted earlier—I think I have a pretty good grasp of the situation now."

Michael nodded. It looked like even if Vinsmoke Judge disappeared from the picture, it wouldn't affect this family much at all.

After all, the children who still had emotions all disliked or even hated him.

And those emotionless ones... they wouldn't care either.

More importantly... if Holy Healing could truly treat Vinsmoke Sora, it meant the spell could affect the genetic factor layer.

That meant the emotionless transformation Judge had caused with his flawed understanding of genetics might actually be reversible.

After all, Holy Light didn't just heal—it also dispelled.

In the original story, those three emotionless brothers seemed detestable at first, but their later behavior suggested that their "lack of emotion" was more of a suppression or blockage.

And right now, those three hadn't even grown up yet.

If the negative effects of the genetic modifications could be removed, and with the guidance of a good mother—they might not walk the same path as they originally did.

"You've got a grasp? Grasp of what?" Reiju looked confused. This Marine's way of speaking was always so strange.

Michael chuckled and shook his head.

"You'll understand once the Queen of Germa Kingdom wakes up."

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