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“Did you see that?”

“Mm-hmm, I saw it, I saw it~”

“Yeah, yeah. Sister Hilmirya’s face was really red just now~”

“Exactly. That doctor isn’t exactly handsome, but he’s the youngest one here. The moment Sister saw him…”

“She was over the moon~”

While a group of young nuns discussed the new young doctor, Hilmirya had already shut the door.

Inside the room, with only Cyclone and Hilmirya present, Cyclone let out a wicked chuckle.

“Heh heh heh~ Looks like I’ll be very busy with work from now on~”

The moment he finished speaking, a powerful force lifted Cyclone into the air.

Hilmirya grabbed him by the collar with both hands and hoisted him up.

Then she shoved him against the wall.

Cyclone watched Hilmirya with cold sweat running down his face.

“This…”

“What the hell?! Have you been having too many wet dreams? How dare you show up in front of me so openly?!”

No one could’ve imagined things would develop this way.

Cyclone had forgotten one crucial detail. His carelessness had led directly to this defeat.

The reason was simple.

When it came to raw strength, Hilmirya was stronger than Cyclone.

With Cyclone pinned against the wall, Hilmirya freed one hand.

Then she threw an enraged punch beside his head.

“Fuuuu—”

The sound stretched on for so long that Cyclone couldn’t say anything else.

The wall screamed under the impact. A hole appeared in it, and Cyclone swallowed hard.

“Tell me! You…”

Hilmirya lowered her head, keeping Cyclone from seeing her expression.

“Did you really… successfully perform a heart transplant?”

Cyclone had thought he was about to die, but the question left him stunned.

“H-Heart… transplant?”

The hand gripping his collar loosened slightly.

“That’s right! Did you really… really succeed?”

Suddenly, Hilmirya raised her head.

With her face so close, Cyclone’s heart began to pound.

“The heart… You mean the thing beating in your chest?”

Since Cyclone had already decided that Hilmirya was his wife, he naturally couldn’t lie to her.

But how had Hilmirya found out?

To avoid answering incorrectly, Cyclone could only ask her another question.

Unexpectedly, Hilmirya froze instead.

Had he said something wrong?

No, there was a ninety-percent chance he had. That had to be why she was making that face.

Under the pressure, Cyclone continued.

“If you mean that thing, then yes. I did something like that last week.”

“That thing? Something like that?”

“There was this father and daughter. The father was trying to save his daughter, and in an emergency, I replaced his heart with hers…”

“You replaced it…”

“Y-Yeah… You just reminded me. I think my master asked whether I’d gone insane or something~”

Her hand suddenly released him.

Cyclone dropped to the floor.

“You… You didn’t perform surgery without even knowing what a heart was, did you?”

“Of course I know what a heart is. It’s right here in the chest, isn’t it?”

“…”

“…”

“Did I get it wrong?”

Cyclone looked up at Hilmirya.

His master had handled most of the surgery, but Cyclone had still taken part in it.

“What you said… Is it true?”

Cyclone sensed that this was some kind of “critical” choice, so he answered:

“It’s true.”

In that instant, Hilmirya stepped into Cyclone’s world for the first time.

“Th-Then, when you took the heart out, did it…”

“Oh~ It kept beating for a little while~ But only for a little while~”

Cyclone spread his arms and smiled helplessly.

“Th-Then…”

“Yo! How’s the new job going, young Cyclone?”

Before Hilmirya could ask her next question, the door was pushed open.

The person interrupting them was none other than the pontiff himself.

“It’s, uh, pretty interesting~”

“Hmm…”

The pontiff looked at the hole in the wall and let out a meaningful sigh.

“Okay~ You can clock out now.”

“What?!”

Cyclone stood up. He had only just started working, yet he was already being told to go home.

“Honestly~ You can see this room, can’t you? They haven’t even prepared a bed yet.”

Only after hearing the pontiff say that did Cyclone notice how unusual the room was.

There was, in fact, quite a bit of dust.

“We only decided this yesterday. How could everything be ready so quickly? Today was just about bringing you here and announcing your presence. You’re done here, so hurry home~”

“…”

And so, Cyclone went home.

With Yuna and Elyse watching him, his new job ended without him doing anything at all.

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