He who Bends Time-Chapter 48 - gin and jin

"It’s the effect of this crystal," Marian explained. "Everyone in the city calls it the Blessing Crystal, because no matter what the injury is, anyone who enters this space is healed by its power.

But of course, not just anyone can come in here to be healed. Only those who are worthy—only someone who is deeply resonated with by the Challenger City—can step into this place."

"And yet, here we are... We just stepped into the city without knowing anyone?" Auran asked, pointing out the obvious question.

"You’re wrong. Why do you need to know anyone else when you already know the most respected person in this place?" said Marian, with a bit of pride in her voice.

"Someone I know? Who is that..." asked Auran, clueless, as he looked at Octo and Nimuk.

"Is it me, you assholes?! I’m the most respected person in this city, and obviously, I’m the only one permitted to live here!" Marian exclaimed as she pointed at the only magnificently beautiful mansion built at the center of the crystal space.

It was the sole building in the entire crystal structure, and no other residents could be seen anywhere in sight.

"So only the champion of the arena is permitted to live here..." muttered Auran with an understanding expression. Then he looked at Marian with a bit of doubt.

"Are you really the champion?" he asked.

"What?! Didn’t I say countless times already that I’m the champion of the arena?" Marian exclaimed in irritation.

The others slowly took a step away from Auran and Marian as things started to get heated.

"You really think I’d believe someone’s words that easily?" said Auran nonchalantly.

"Fine. Let me prove it then," Marian forced herself to calm down, then began walking toward the road that led to the castle shining brightly in the distance.

Seeing that, the others followed behind, including Auran. But before Marian stepped onto the road, the ground shook. From a nearby crystal cliff, movement occurred as its shape began to change. A large crystal golem manifested, and the cliff nearby also transformed, manifesting another crystal golem.

"Whoa, those are golems! I heard they are mindless creatures that fill their heads with rocks and are very territorial. Let’s hide quickly!" screamed Octo as he turned to run, but Marian grabbed him from behind, halting his movement.

"Relax. No need to be scared. That’s Jin and Gin—the protectors of this place and also the ones who grant permission to enter the mantion."

Afterward, Marian confidently walked up to the two giant golems born from the crystal.

"Halt. You do not have permission to delve deeper into the Blessed Land," the giant golem said with a loud voice that reverberated through the crystal.

"What did you say?" Marian was truly confused and also a bit embarrassed.

"Don’t you recognize me? The champion of the arena! For bloody’s sake, I used to live here!" she exclaimed.

While Marian was perplexed and yelling at the golems, Henry stepped closer to Auran.

"If we find another teleportation portal, would we be able to go to our world, since we already know its name?" he asked.

"Yes, we could indeed do that, but I don’t think it would be free. In the Malv Flower World, we just broke the law since we were already criminals. But here, we’re not, so we should just stay low for a while until we earn some resources to pay for the transport," answered Auran.

Although the suggestion Henry gave had also crossed his mind before, he postponed it because he urgently needed a place to settle down and come up with a solution to the problem in his mind.

"Now forget about that and give me a hand with this," he said. Then, with Henry’s help, the two of them stepped back and secretly sliced off a tiny part of the blessing crystal.

"I don’t think we should do this. At least let’s tell Marian about this," said Henry after realizing what Auran was doing.

"What? No. This is just a piece of crystal—nobody would care whether we take it or not. But if you’re really worried, I’ll tell her at an appropriate time," said Auran. And obviously, for him, the "appropriate time" depended on his liking. The blessing crystal was something extraordinary, and Auran—who was interested in anything mysterious—would absolutely not let it go without fully understanding it.

"This thing not only heals physical injuries, but even internal health seems to be affected by it. My drunkenness is also slightly reduced," he added, placing the crystal piece into his pocket. Then he turned his focus back to Marian and the two golems.

"I suggest you calm down. In our memory, we know who you are, and we also know that you used to live here after redeeming victory in the Bloody Arena.

But after a year-long absence, someone came to visit us as the representative of yours and redeemed this place as his own. He had your seal as proof of authenticity," answered one of the golems.

"Used my seal as proof? But the only one who used to have my seal is... Manager, you bastard," Marian fell silent for a moment. Auran and Henry looked at her, realizing she was holding in immense anger.

Phew!

After a moment of silence, she finally sighed, showing a calmness that concealed the anger boiling beneath.

"So now, who’s staying in the mansion?" she asked.

"No one. It is empty. Although the one with the seal did redeem it with proof, no one is qualified to stay there since they are not acknowledged by the will or the Mother Crystal," both golems answered simultaneously.

"Fine. It seems this is a matter I need to deal with that manager bastard myself. Can you two at least transport us to the sixth floor? Since that would do both of us what we want," she asked.

To this, both golems agreed.

Afterwards, The two crystal golems slowly took their steps back as they placed themselves in the spots they had manifested from.

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