[BL] Accidentally Becoming the Healer of the Deranged Archduke novel Chapter 274

Chapter 274: Throw The Hero Complex

The transportation crystals shattered like brittle glass, fragments spraying in every direction. The sound echoed like a scream through the stone chamber.

If it weren’t for the protective barrier enveloping Xion, he would’ve been scratched bloody.

That was an expensive trip, he mused, glancing at the glimmering mess of broken shards crunching beneath Darius’ boots.

As for him, well, the Archduke didn’t let him take a single step before carrying him like a princess.

It was as if he were some naughty kid, who, if not held tight, might get himself hurt for running around.

Xion was distressed, but there was another being who was even more distressed.

[No! My crystals! MY PRECIOUS CRYSTALS!!] The system wailed, [They are all gone...gone just like that...]

Xion raised a brow. ’Of course they are. Why are you crying over them?’

And what ’my crystals’ ? They never belonged to them in the first place.

After spending so much time together, the system had evolved into a dangerously entitled little gremlin in his mind. It read him well—perhaps too well.

Sure enough, the next second the system replied to him even when Xion hadn’t said it out aloud.

[Obviously! His Grace is yours. And whatever’s his is ours. Including his treasury. Especially his treasury!]

Xion nearly laughed aloud, amused at how the system got more frantic after hearing the crushing sound of the crystals under heavy footsteps that led them out of the chambers and into the corridor.

[Host, why are you not the least bit upset?! Do you know how much those long-distance teleportation crystals cost in total? That’s, like, seven premium healing elixirs! Or—wait—an entire custom outfit from the luxury Beasthide Boutique! You could’ve had tailored boots, host! Boots that buff your agility by 5%!]

That was one of the most expensive items in the system mall, one that despite being the VIP of the mall, he wasn’t allowed to buy it.

Just like that, there were many things that were completely grey and out of his reach.

Though the system was powerful, it had its own limits, like the strengthening pills or mana boasting liquid, they all were expensive and had a very short span of time of activation.

Most of them were limited to a one-minute time limit. So, he was more focused on buying things that could stay for a long time. Like books.

Thinking about when he tried his best to help those in Faymere, and even ended up in system debt, only for the head to betray him so easily.... he actually felt betrayed.

And here was Darius who hadn’t said a single word about the loss he had to bear because he insisted on going to Haldris.

[Host, do you really not care about it?]

Xion didn’t respond immediately. His gaze shifted to the silver-haired man’s side profile.

His fingers tightened slightly over the shoulders as they walked through the almost empty hall before turning toward the familiar way that led to their room.

Sharp jawline. Elegant silhouette. His nose was perfect too. Even the bone structure was so damn handsome.

The system, "..." Can we not include biology everywhere? What beautiful bone structure? Who even talks like that? Doctors are weird creatures.

’I am distressed,’ Xion admitted with a sigh. ’He’s working so hard just to fulfill my wishes. I don’t know how to repay him.’

[Repay—?! Host.] The system had the urge to shake Xion and put some sense into him.

[You repaid him last night. In full. With interest. In ways I cannot unsee even with a full system wipe!]

Xion turned pink, burying his face into the crook of Archduke’s neck. ’You weren’t even watching.’

[Yeah? Well, I had to watch the educational videos on a loop. It was ten hours, host. Ten! I had to watch fourteen lectures on the anatomy of dragon-bulls just to overwrite the codes you guys messed up.]

Xion tried not to smile, but it was a losing battle. ’So dramatic.’

[I am dramatic! I’m a high-functioning, now emotionally aware system who just witnessed a luxury teleportation array get nuked. It’s like watching someone burn down a designer mansion to cook instant noodles!]

Perhaps, it was right. Perhaps he shouldn’t have hurried Darius for this at all.

But... What can I do when my heart just won’t let me stop thinking about the people dying?

It was precisely this stupid heart that was now beating for an entirely different reason.

’It just feels like... I keep receiving more than I give.’

The system didn’t respond immediately.

Then, in a softer tone than before, it said, [That’s not true. You give people peace just by existing near them. You give them a reason to live, host. Have some confidence in yourself just like you have in your healing abilities.]

Xion was almost moved by his system until he heard the later part. [Just throw your Hero Complex, Host.]

Xion felt his lips twitch. If he could, he would have done that a long time ago. However, before he could rebuke the system, he was placed on the bed.

A big hand rubbed his head, "You rest here. If you feel hungry just ring the bell, okay?"

It was almost how a wife would ask her husband not to go but can’t voice it out directly due to her shyness, and very reluctant to part. How cute.

Too precious to waste.

The mock serum entered and for a heartbeat, it seemed to delay progression, trying to stop the eating of the iron.