Ghost Exorciser: The Oust Fake Heiress Strikes-Chapter 181: Questions
Axel’s lips twitched, and he thought in his mind, ’This girl truly doesn’t know restraint...’
He knew that Lana knew that he could read minds, yet she dared to comment so boldly.
As the earlier shock faded, excitement appeared in Lana’s eyes.
One thousand credits! That was a lot! Her Earth Rank package could be bought easily with its assistance!
That was an absurd amount for something as simple as answering a few questions.
Her heart fluttered with excitement, and she nodded before she could stop herself.
Axel’s gaze flicked across the classroom, measuring the students’ reactions, before returning to her.
"Are you comfortable answering in public?"
The question made Lana pause. She turned, scanning her classmates. Almost every pair of eyes looked at her with such blatant hopefulness that Lana felt a strange urge to laugh.
’They look like they’re waiting for a prophet to speak.’
After a moment of consideration, she looked back at Axel.
"Is it acceptable if I decide which questions I answer publicly and which ones privately?"
Axel’s lips curved faintly. "That’s fine."
Lana straightened and offered a small nod. "Then I’m ready to answer the public ones."
Axel couldn’t hide the slight smile tugging at his mouth.
’This girl truly is sharp,’ he thought.
She didn’t foolishly try to appear self-sacrificing by agreeing to everything, nor did she seem suspicious by demanding total privacy. Instead, she carved a middle path... measured, guarded, clever.
If her interests were at stake, she would hide the fact; if they weren’t, then she would reveal it.
He inhaled and began.
"How did you feel after consuming the herbs? Describe the process in detail."
Lana took a moment to gather the fragments of memory. Her pulse quickened as she spoke... not from fear, but from recalling sensations so intense they clawed at her bones.
"At first, I felt hot... painfully hot. Not warmth... heat so fierce it felt like my blood was boiling."
She rubbed her arms unconsciously. The phantom chill still lingered.
"Then the heat shifted into cold. After that came the biting sensation. It felt like thousands of insects chewing through my organs."
A few students visibly flinched.
"And at times," she added softly, "I was overwhelmed by negative emotions. Dark ones."
Axel nodded, jotting down her words with rapid, precise movements.
When he finished, he lifted his gaze again.
"Did you ever feel as if you might die from the pain?"
Lana hesitated. Then she answered honestly.
"Yes. Many times."
Her voice trembled faintly, but her expression remained composed.
"There was a moment during the heat... it felt like my body might explode. And when everything turned cold again, I thought I might freeze solid. The biting pain made me feel like I was being eaten alive from the inside."
A hush fell over the classroom. Several students looked at her with new respect, some with shock, and others with genuine pity.
Axel quietly wrote down Lana’s words as if they were gold.
Then asked in a still excited voice,
"What side effects did you experience afterward?"
Lana exhaled slowly.
"I lost consciousness for nearly four days. Even when I woke up briefly, I couldn’t stand. I was so weak that even showering on my own was impossible."
A murmur ran through the class. Faces softened; sympathy shaded their expressions.
Wade and Richard exchanged glances... both filled with admiration.
’She endured all of that and still talks about it like she’s describing the weather...’ Wade thought.
What made them ashamed was... Lana, as a girl, tried the method while they... they were too afraid of the pain and refused to use that method.
Then Axel asked what he’d been waiting for.
"Was there any significant gain? Something measurable?"
Lana glanced briefly at her hands. Her decision formed quickly.
’There’s no point hiding something so important... not if someone ends up dying because I refused to help.’
She lifted her gaze to Axel, waiting for her response.
"I awakened healing light."
A collective gasp echoed through the room.
Axel’s brows rose. "That’s... quite a gain."
Even he hadn’t expected that.
Students stared at Lana with wide eyes. Healing abilities were rare, precious, and slow to mature.
Most students only awakened faint healing light after crossing the Earth Rank... barely enough to treat cuts or small wounds.
Betty could heal small cuts.
Layla could close bleeding wounds.
Wade could fix minor injuries.
Richard could mend bone fractures.
But diseases? That was reserved for the most gifted among them, Fay, and even she had limits.
But what Lana described next left all of them stunned.
"When I woke up," Lana explained, "my eyes were burning. I had forgotten to remove my lenses before breaking through. But when I used my healing light... it took only two seconds for the pain to vanish completely."
Silence. Absolute silence.
Then...
"Holy shit..." Betty muttered under her breath. "She really hit the jackpot."
Layla’s fingers tightened around her pen.
A thought flashed painfully through her mind...
’If Lana can heal something so quickly... could she heal Grandma?’
Her breath shuddered.
Richard, too, stared at Lana with an intense gaze, his mind full of calculations.
Wade gazed at Lana with something close to awe.
’If she weren’t bisexual, I’d propose right now,’ he thought dramatically. ’Sigh... I wish I could marry her, right now!’
Axel side-eyed Wade sharply, catching the thought clearly.
Meanwhile, Fay, though suppressing it well, couldn’t help but feel a spike of envy... soft, unwilling admiration layered beneath it.
Axel cleared his throat and asked,
"Anything else you wish to share?"
Lana thought of her yellow energy. There was no point hiding it... it would be exposed in the Energy Cleaner class anyway.
She nodded once. "Yes. My energy color... has changed."
The air changed instantly. The room froze.
Somewhere in the silence, someone’s pen rolled off the desk and clattered onto the floor.
Axel’s hand paused mid-page. His breath hitched ever so slightly.
The entire class stared at Lana with wide, trembling eyes.
