Chapter 5\u00a0<\/p>\n
My soul hovered in mid-air. I watched from above as everyone in the doorway froze.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Oscar stumbled over, almost falling as he lunged toward me. His hands quaked as he tried to stem the blood from my bleeding wrist.\u00a0<\/p>\n
His face had gone deathly pale. His words were a strained, broken plea as he choked out, \u201cCarol\u2026 Please don\u2019t scare me like this\u2026 A doctor! We need a doctor now!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The wound on his leg tore open from the sudden strain, yet he seemed unaware of the pain. Instead, he stared at Martin with a look of utter desperation.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Then, Martin finally came to, his voice shredded with panic as he shouted at housekeepers in the hallway. \u201cGet the family doctor up here now! He has to stop Carol\u2019s bleeding!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The doctor stumbled in. He wrapped a thick gauze around my wrist, yet the blood soaked through almost immediately.\u00a0<\/p>\n
At that, sweat beaded on the doctor\u2019s forehead. He reached out and felt for a pulse at my neck, hesitating before he said, \u201cMr. Bergling, I\u2019m afraid she\u2019s\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Martin\u2019s eyes were bloodshot. He couldn\u2019t bear to look at the wound and fixed his stare on the doctor instead. \u201cSilence! Get the car ready! We\u2019re going to the hospital right now!\u201d he roared.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Albus stood frozen in shock. His eyes were locked on the glaring crimson spreading across my wrist.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Suddenly, his legs gave way, and he dropped to the floor.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt wasn\u2019t an act\u2026 Carol\u2026 she wasn\u2019t faking it\u2026\u201d he muttered, repeating the phrase over and over again.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Nathan, on the other hand, trailed at the back. His usual calm composure fractured the moment he took in the scene inside\u00a0<\/p>\n
the room.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Panic flashed through Eveline\u2019s eyes. She broke into tears as she stumbled into the room. \u201cCarol\u2026 how could it come to this? It\u2019s all my fault. If only I\u2019d explained things to you sooner, none of this would have\u2026\u201d she sobbed as she moved toward the\u00a0<\/p>\n
bed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Yet, Oscar was faster. He seized her by the throat and shouted, \u201cEveline, you vowed that if we followed your plan, Carol would stay! You said that if we sided with you and shut her out, she would fail her so-called mission and have no choice but to stay. Look at her now. You did this to her!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He roared like a beast, tightening his grip again and again.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Eveline\u2019s face flushed red as she struggled. Her legs kicked weakly as she gasped for air.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It was then that the room descended into chaos.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Crying and shouting came together as one.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I couldn\u2019t be bothered to think about what Oscar meant. I was just frustrated.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After going through all that to die, why couldn\u2019t I leave yet? As soon as I\u2019m out of here, I\u2019m filing a formal complaint against this glitchy system!\u00a0<\/p>\n
Just as I was mulling it over, the system\u2019s familiar alert finally sounded.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMain storyline mission confirmed complete. The reward has been transferred to the host\u2019s designated account. Host\u2019s physical death confirmed. Initiating dimensional transfer channel now!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I breathed a sigh of relief. At last, I didn\u2019t have to stay here and watch these people any longer.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cFavorability level with the Bergling brothers confirmed at 100%! Favorability level with the male lead, Nathan, confirmed. at 100%!\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 5\u00a0<\/p>\n
212\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHidden mission cleared! Congratulations! Host\u2019s terminal bone cancer will now be cured!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
For a moment, I was stunned. Then came a surge of overwhelming joy.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Everything went dark, and I felt a sudden, forceful tug on my soul.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As the noise around me dimmed, I turned toward the frantic figures below and warmly said, \u201cThanks for everything. I won\u2019t be seeing you again!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
When I opened my eyes again, I was lying on a familiar hospital bed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sunlight streamed in and spilled across the blanket. I felt lighter than ever before.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Squinting, I enjoyed the warmth when the ward door was suddenly open. Several doctors rushed in with strange expressions.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMs. Bergling, we\u2019re very sorry\u2026 It appears there was a misdiagnosis earlier. Your latest test results show that you do not have cancer. Congratulations.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
At that moment, the calm I had been forcing myself to maintain shattered completely. I covered my face and broke down in heart-wrenching sobs.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The doctors were startled by my sudden reaction, but I no longer cared.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I did not have cancer and didn\u2019t have to die. I escaped from that world where everyone despised me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Now, I\u2019ve got a fresh start and a whole new life ahead.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After what felt like hours of weeping, I finally quieted, my words thick with tears and strain. \u201cThank you all. This is wonderful news.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 5\u00a0 My soul hovered in mid-air. I watched from above as everyone in the doorway froze.\u00a0 Oscar stumbled over, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-only-when-i-gave-up-did-they-care"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}