The Man Who Saved Everyone Except HimselfChapter Archive

The Gift They Claimed

The afternoon after Solon heals Neris

After healing Neris’s crushed arm, Solon defies the villagers’ anger and takes her away, losing the welcome of people he has repeatedly treated. Neris notices that Solon is guarding a painful arm, and Bramel arrives with a royal order requiring him to heal the gravely ill Prince Odran before dawn.

The Price of a Prince

That same night, from the journey to the palace through Odran’s recovery

Solon obeyed the Crown’s order and healed Odran, whose breathing steadied, but he collapsed coughing blood as he took on the prince’s bodily harm. Neris recognized the connection to her own healing and challenged the court’s indifference; she is poised to make them acknowledge what Solon has suffered, while Solon has not yet decided whether to let her.

The First No

Later that same night

Solon let Neris testify before the court and confirmed that healing transfers the damage he removes into his own body, making the cost known to the Crown and Bramel. He refused to heal the people waiting at the palace and said so to their faces; when a villager blamed Neris for his refusal, the crowd's anger turned toward her.