Rise of the Eromancer

Chapter 316 Welcome Home

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"Your sister…"

Dr. Dhani's eyes seemed incredibly gentle as he looked at Emilia from the other side of the window; his tone too, was completely different from how it usually was whenever he talked to Rhys and the other World Rankers — there was absolutely no authority in his voice, not even a sign of arrogance.

"What are you doing here, Doctor?" Rhys repeated his question as he glanced at Dr. Dhani, "I heard you were helping people."

"So, you know why I am here," Dr. Dhani smiled as he glanced at Rhys, "You asked me to help, and so I am helping. I've checked on all of the critical patients of your hospital."

"...Thank you," Rhys let out a small sigh and nodded.

"You do not need to thank me, I did not cure and heal all of them," Dr. Dhani shook his head.

"I… see."

"Are you not going to ask me why?" Dr. Dhani turned his focus back to Emilia, who was sitting on her bed without doing anything at all.

"I'm sure you have your reasons," Rhys only shook his head before also turning his focus back to Emilia, "How… did you find her?"

"I didn't," Dr. Dhani shrugged, "Your wife told me. One of your wives."

"My… wife?"

"The one you wanted me to heal and cure. The one with the giant—"

"Katarina…" Rhys did not let the doctor finish his words, "...You met her already?"

"Why, yes. Quite a lovely lady, I must say," Dr. Dhani let out a small chuckle before letting out a short buy very, very deep sigh, "You did not tell me she was also a person of medicine. She was the one who told me about this hospital, and about your sister…

…Chloe Wolfe, I suppose it is Emilia now."

"You…" Rhys could not help but just quickly look at the doctor with his eyes slightly furrowed, "...How do you know her real name?"

"You don't remember me, do you?" Dr. Dhani scoffed before smiling, "I was there, after."

"There…?" Rhys squinted and looked down, "You mean…"

"Yes," Dr. Dhani nodded, "The monster was a Noble, and so they needed another Noble to respond — I just happened to be there in Amerka, they did not even need to ask. When I found out what was happening, I volunteered…

…but it was already happening. Your mother already passed when we got there, Mr. Wilder."

"You can't revive the dead," Rhys shook his head.

"I apologize for saying this, but I wasn't there for her," Dr. Dhani looked at Emilia again, before staring Rhys in the eyes, "I was there for the both of you, but I was useless — your sister, what she went through…

…do you know that we gave her a sedative so she could fall asleep? But as soon as I get closer, or any other male doctor gets near her, she wakes up screaming. The sedative was enough to make a horse sleep."

"..."

"And you…" Dr. Dhani looked away from Rhys, "...I remember the look you gave me then — I have never been so scared in my life. You had this anger in you that was so vicious, so brutal… raw. And I realized there and then…

…that not all wounds should be healed."

"But you could have… healed our minds?"

"Yes," Dr. Dhani answered without any hesitation.

"And you didn't," Rhys closed his eyes, "I suppose congratulations, Doctor. You released two sociopaths in the world."

"And we deserve it for what happened to the two of you," Dr. Dhani let out another deep breath, "You were just children, and we let it happen."

"Then… can you cure her now?" Rhys then turned to look at Emilia again.

"Do you want me to?" Dr. Dhani asked, "She is living in a dream, she is living a dream. It's not real, but do you truly want to wake her up from that?"

"Yes," Rhys nodded.

"If your purpose is to want your sister to return to you, then I would suggest not to," Dr. Dhani shook his head, "You might lose her forever once she wakes up."

"But will she be able to find herself again?" Rhys looked Dr. Dhani in the eyes.

"Hm…" Dr. Dhani closed his eyes and smiled while shaking his head, "Why don't you ask her yourself, then?"

"What…?"

"I already cured her an hour ago," Dr. Dhani returned Rhys's stares, "This doesn't affect our deal, I am merely paying what I owed you when you were children. I'm afraid, however…

…that this," Dr. Dhani then placed his finger on Rhys's temple, "...is not ready to be cured yet, or will it ever be."

"That's…"

"Talk to your sister. I will wait for you in your home, Mr. Wilder," Dr. Dhani then walked away before glancing at Rhys, "And then you will tell me who killed my wife."

"...Thank you, Doctor," Rhys nodded before once again looking at his sister through the window…

…only to see her already standing there right on the other side of the glass, looking at him before just walking to the door and opening it.

Rhys, however, just stood there on the other side and watched as Emilia sat back on the bed. But after what seemed like an entire minute, Rhys let out a long and very deep breath as he entered the room.

…And finally, meeting his sister again.

"We both…" Emilia did not look at Rhys as he sat beside her on the bed, "...We really messed things up, huh?"

"Hm," Rhys scoffed, lightly biting the tip of his tongue as a small smirk crawled on his face, "We did, we really did."

"We… we really don't know each other…" Emilia closed her eyes, looking away as tears started to trail down her cheek, "...but somehow, but somehow we just… both make the same mistakes over and over, and over again that just led us to somehow find each other again. We're just… flaws in this world."

"Chloe—"

"Emilia, please…" Emilia wiped her tears as she looked at her brother, "Please, call me Emilia."

"...Okay," Rhys nodded several times.

"Rhys…" Emilia's breaths stuttered, "...I want you to know that whatever you did, what you think you did — I forgive you. And someday… I just hope you forgive me too. What I did… just throwing you out like that just so I can get close to that animal is… it's disgusting."

Emilia then grabbed her arms to stop them from trembling, "And I'm sorry, I'm really… really sorry."

"..." Rhys could not really say anything as he just looked at the floor.

"Can…" Emilia almost gasped for breath as she looked at Rhys again; her tears, now falling without end as her lips trembled,

"...Can you hug me, please? Please?"

And without even any hesitation, Rhys wrapped his arms around his sister. And the two of them stayed like that for a full hour in silence; allowing their warmth and their breaths to create a melody of all the lost time they had.

"Rhys…" And after a while, Emilia leaned away while sniffling and wiping her nose, "I'm… okay now."

"Hm," Rhys nodded while standing up, "Do you… want to go home with me?"

"..." Emilia did not really answer Rhys immediately and just stared at him for a while before looking away, "No… I don't think so. I... need to find my path."

"...I see."

"But I would like to visit your home now," Emilia smiled as she looked at Rhys, "If you don't mind… I'm hungry and the hospital has shit food."

"...Of course."

The two then calmly went back to the Wilder Harem's HQ… only to be bombarded and welcomed by a large welcome home party for Rhys — but as soon as Lina saw Emilia beside him, she quickly ripped off the 'Rhys' part of the banner they prepared so it would only say, 'Welcome Home, Wilder!'. But unfortunately…

"...My sister's surname is Wolfe," Rhys sighed.

"Wh—Maria, why didn't you tell me!?" Lina quickly pointed at Maria, who was already enjoying herself with the banquet, "Ah! You're taking the lobster!?"

"Rhys…" Olga then approached Rhys while looking at Emilia, "This is your…"

"My sister," Rhys smiled, "It's… also her first time here."

"Oh…" Olga blinked a couple of times as she smiled at Emilia, "...I suppose that makes us the newbies, then. Would you like to join me? I'm… really not familiar with everyone yet…

…I'd feel more comfortable if both of us introduced each other at the same time."

"That…" Emilia hesitated for a bit since she was completely overwhelmed by everyone. But after a few seconds, she grabbed the hand that Olga was offering.

"Thank you, Olga," Rhys thanked Olga before the two started introducing themselves to the rest of the members of the HQ… which Olga had actually already done. She was already introduced to everyone there, she just wanted to make sure that Emilia felt as safe as possible.

"Emilia!" Rhys called for Emilia, who quickly looked back at him,

"...Welcome home."