Chapter 133: A SOLUTION.

Chapter 133: 133: A SOLUTION.

Kael blinked, confused as he stared at him. "What do you mean by that...?"

Before he could finish his sentence, Ryan leaned in and pulled him by the collar. He drew Kael closer, his lips pressing gently against his.

It was a soft and tender kiss, one that started on the surface with their lips simply brushing against each other. At first, it didn’t seem to move Kael at all, but Ryan slowly pressed his tongue past his lips and ran it into his wet mouth.

Ryan’s mouth worked against his, his tongue playing with Kael’s as he sucked and licked across his dry lips until they became wet. Ryan kept his eyes shut as he did so.

And at that moment, Kael suddenly felt his heart beating—faster than it should. He could feel something strange happening within him, something he couldn’t explain even if he wanted to.

Ryan pulled back, abruptly breaking the kiss as he stared at Kael with a smile. "So, how does it feel?"

Kael was confused. He stared at Ryan, who had just kissed him as if it were something completely casual. He then ran a hand over his chest, feeling something there, but he didn’t know what it was.

"What was that...?" He stared at Ryan.

Ryan smiled. "Magic."

"Magic?" Kael raised an eyebrow.

Ryan glanced at his wrist before getting up from where he sat. "You have a doctor. You should ask him. I’m pretty busy, so I have to leave you for now."

"Hey..." Kael tried to speak, but Ryan had already made his way out of the hospital room, leaving him alone with the fruits he had brought and the memories of that abrupt kiss.

Kael ran a finger over his lips at the thought of it and muttered, "What the fuck was that...?"

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Kael had a personal doctor who had been in charge of his condition since he was young. The doctor knew his condition better than anyone and had been helping him manage it for years.

So, as soon as Kael was discharged that evening, he went straight to meet him at his office.

He insisted on getting tested first so the doctor could explain what was wrong with him. He also explained how his rank had fallen after the fight, as expected.

His usage of energy always resulted in his fluctuating energy rank, usually causing it to fall.

The doctor ran the tests and soon returned with the results. The two of them sat opposite each other in the office.

"So? What happened? Did you find anything?" Kael inquired.

The doctor scanned through his file before looking up at him. "You said your rank dropped as usual... right?"

"Yes, it did." Kael nodded. "Anything else?"

The doctor sighed before asking, "Did you take any strange pills or anything while you participated, or... the usual?"

The usual act of intimacy.

Kael cleared his throat. "What happened?"

The doctor sighed as he stared through the papers. "Well, the results are strange and different from what I expected."

"What? How?"

The doctor stared at him. "First, tell me what happened. Everything. Don’t leave out any detail."

Curious, Kael explained everything without leaving out a single detail. From the guiding in the dungeon to the kiss at the hospital, Kael told the doctor everything while the doctor listened, occasionally nodding.

When he was done, Kael asked, "So, what’s it?"

The doctor stared through his papers before asking, "Are you sure he’s an F Rank Guide?"

Kael hesitated before nodding. "Well, yeah. I guess I’m pretty sure, considering that’s the official tag from the academy..."

The doctor nodded with a sigh. "Then I think you might have actually found a solution..."

Kael stared at him. "What?"

The doctor adjusted his glasses as he explained, "His guiding in the dungeon, as you explained, had positive effects. It actually prevented the fluctuation of your skills."

"Eh!" Kael stared at him anxiously. "I thought my rank dropped and all..."

The doctor ran a hand along his chin. "It did. But it happened the moment you were outside his guiding. So, while under his guidance, your energy level remained rather stable."

Kael was speechless as he stared at the doctor, lost in thought. He knew the significance of those words.

For someone who had always relied on different forms of physical intimacy to keep his energy level stable, Kael didn’t know how to react to finding a single source that he might actually need.

Someone who could guide him while keeping his energy level within range... That sounded like a myth to him.

"And..." The doctor continued, "That kiss... that act of intimacy had a strangely strong effect on restoring your energy. Faster than any other act of intimacy you could imagine."

He added, "So, it’s safe to say that this Guide might actually be the answer to our long-searched-for solution." The doctor smiled proudly. "I think you need to make this Guide your Guide if you want this progress to continue."

"His energy is rather... infectious. It works the magic needed for your condition in a way I can’t seem to understand from an F Rank, but it works. So well with your condition. If applied for longer, it might actually stabilize your energy level."

Kael remained quiet, listening to the doctor’s words while letting his thoughts run wild.

He had spent so long relying on short-lived intimacy with people to maintain his status, a condition he had already accepted as his fate.

He never really believed in the idea of a particular person being able to provide an answer, even though his doctor had mentioned it before.

He had dated Guides from all ranks, S to F, before, and there didn’t seem to be any difference or improvement at all. Instead, it was always the same short-lived assistance.

The only difference was that the higher the rank, the better the level of assistance.

And now, his doctor was actually telling him that the four-eyed F Rank Guide was the solution to his long-standing problem?!

Kael was indeed short of words.