Chapter 3

"What's going on?!"

"It hurts so much, damn it! Hurry up and heal me!"

Lily stood among a group of bloodied and mangled survivors, her face as pale as a sheet of paper.

She mumbled incoherently, "What's happening? Why isn't it working? I don't know, I don't know..."

The relatives of the injured berated her, pushing and shoving her around.

Finally, one enraged family member slapped her across the face. "To hell with you!"

Lily suddenly exploded with emotion, screaming and looking towards me in the crowd.

She shouted hysterically, as if possessed, "It's you! It's your fault, isn't it? You did something to me!"

She pushed through the layers of people surrounding her.

"What's really going on?! Isn't this supposed to be a healing ability?!"

Lily grabbed my shoulders tightly, shaking me frantically.

"My dear sister, this is what you chose," I said calmly.

Her eyes were full of confusion and bewilderment, as if she couldn't understand why the candy she had snatched was bitter.

Because she had been sickly as a child, our family always told me to "let your sister have her way."

So no matter what, she always took the best things for herself, thinking it was her right.

James approached to check on the situation, still wearing his gentle smile.

"What's the matter here?"

Lily's body shrank back slightly. She quickly adjusted her expression.

Tucking her hair behind her ear, her eyes reddened, looking pitiful as she said, "I think it's because I've only just activated my ability. I haven't mastered the technique yet, so I can't heal them."

James frowned in confusion, "Is that so? Well, I suppose that can't be helped."

He patted Lily's shoulder understandingly, speaking earnestly, "The injured can't control their emotions, and their families are agitated with worry."

"If this happens again, I might not be able to protect you," James said with a smile, though his words carried an inexplicable chill.

I couldn't help but take a deep breath, remembering the coldness in his eyes from my previous life, as if it could cut me into pieces.

Lily's face showed fear.

After James left, I moved close to Lily, whispering in her ear like a demon, "You will never be able to heal others."

"This useless ability can only heal yourself."

I looked at Lily with interest, my tone malicious.

"Not only that, it will become a target for everyone to fight over. If they can't have it... they'll destroy it!"

Her face filled with disbelief, the light in her eyes shattering.