'”Excuse me.”

In the end, I undressed the girl’s upper clothes and flipped her body so that she lay down on her stomach instead. I tried to be casual about it. However I couldn’t help but fall to the temptation and take a better look at her naked upper body, half worried and half dazed. Then, I frowned from what I saw.

'There are so many black spots.'

It's not that her skin actually had black spots, but that's just how the poison appeared to my vision skill. If anything, wasn't her skin a flawless white? It was so white that they might actually be shining if I just turned off the lamp.

'I should put needles in the center of these spots…'

There is a golden dot in the middle of each black spot. I was fairly certain this was where I needed to stab the needles, so I took out a thin steel needle and gently stabbed it into the golden dot. Then, I applied Bianca's Healing Art as I observed the black spot getting absorbed into the needle.

'Good!'

I almost shouted in delight as I realized that this method was working. Then, remembering that I would have to remove the needles after the treatment was over, I began to question.

'The poison won't spread to me if I touch the poisoned needle, right?'

Even if it did, I probably wouldn't die immediately, as my gift seemed to have awakened to an extent. I'm not sure what grade my gift is currently, though, as the information didn’t appear even if I looked at my own reflection in the mirror. 

‘I probably need to see myself directly for the [White Dragon Vision] to activate properly.’

Or maybe I can use skills like [Mind's Eye] to look within myself. However, I haven't tried it as I don’t have access to such skills in the first place, so I’m not sure.

'But it would probably have ranked up to E grade at least.'

At that point, my gift could endure status ailments such as poison to an extent. Although I couldn't recover from status ailments completely just from the gift.

'Let's try touching it.'

So, I enveloped my hands with healing art before pulling out the needle. However, unlike my worst assumption, the poison didn't spread to me at all, and I don't need to cure myself. The poison stays absorbed within the needle, which means I can just let out the poison within it in the usual way.

'I'm glad.'

Just in case, I should probably collect the poison in a separate, highly resistant-bottle, though. Because I’m really curious about this poison that even Bianca's Healing Art couldn't normally cure.

'I can do research on it. Or I can use it in another way.'

The possibilities are endless, but I should probably think about this after I finish treating Arte.

'Now that I know this treatment works great, there's nothing left to worry about.'

So, I increased my pace and began to do the same with the needles and all the other golden dots. Soon, no more black spots can be seen from the girl's pure white back and arms.

'I still need to stick several more needles on her face and head… But I can do that later after I'm done with this side.'

Still, I should probably finish it before she wakes up. Acupuncture shouldn't hurt, but if she regained consciousness and saw her body being pierced by needles, she might feel scared and cry.

'Or worse, she might fight back.'

So, I moved faster with the treatment and started to treat her face and head. Finally, I’m done with this side too and removed the needles. 

Now, all that’s left is her lower half. There are also several black spots on both sides of her feet, legs, thighs, and buttocks, but…

'Do I have to undress her lower half after all…?'

I don't know if I even need to go that far if my healing skill proficiency is higher, but right now, I could only treat her properly if I could see and touch her skin directly.

'This is treatment… Right… There's no need to feel embarrassed about it…'

Since I don't have impure intentions towards her, and since there is no erection on my lower half to prove otherwise, I could look up at the sky without an iota of shame. So, I proceeded to undress her lower half, too.

'Oh…'

However, my eyes can't help but be attracted to a certain part of the body.

'It's pink… no, what am I saying?'

I shook my head to drive away the thoughts and gain a Buddha-like state of zen. But even that Buddha-like state was broken as I stuck a needle in her soft buttocks.

'Even Buddha is human after all…'

It was the moment I was thinking of such thoughts.

"Uu…"

A small groan.

'No way, could it be…?!'

I turned my gaze toward Arte's beautiful face.

Her eyelashes fluttered, then she gently opened her eyes and looked around. And then--

‘Our eyes met.’

Let me explain the current scene before I was dragged to criminal court. First, Arte was fully naked. Second, I am resting my hands on her buttocks as I’m sticking thin objects. Third, we were looking at each other with an increasingly red face.

The only saving grace was the fact that I had no erection, and Arte's special part was not wet. But would the court of justice even hear the criminal's words?

"Uh… I can explain."

“...!”

However, before I could even say more words, Arte made a small squeal and just pulled up the blanket to hide her face.

'I thought she would scream in anger since her face looks red, but was it a blush of embarrassment?'

It was an incredibly cute gesture from her. However, since she reacted like that, I couldn't help but feel even more embarrassed and guilty to the point that I looked away from her.

***

After that, I explained to Arte as I finished the treatment. Arte's gaze never left me the entire time. Fortunately, I didn't sense any negative emotions from her gaze. If anything, it felt like she was seeing me favorably.

'How should I put it… was it like how a person would look at someone they had a crush on?'

But Arte and I had just met today. So it's probably just the adrenaline rushing to her head too much.

'Let's just be glad she didn't hate me.'

Since I would have to travel the world, I would leave her behind if she had a family around here. But remembering how we met and how she didn't seem like someone who could fight, I would feel bad if I just left her here. 

'So it would be better if she looked at me positively since we would be traveling together… until I found an orphanage for her at least.'

Finally, I had finished treating her and removing all the needles. I said a few words to Arte and told her to take some rest. And then, I was about to turn to leave the hut to let her get dressed, but–

"Black hair…"

I heard Arte's voice. It was a clear, bell-like, beautiful voice that made anyone feel happy from hearing it.

“Hazel eyes, and…”

However, I chose to focus on her words since it was the first proper words this amnesiac girl had ever said.

"White light?"

She tilted her head in wonder. I also tilted my head, wondering what she’s about to say. However, I was dumbfounded by her next words to the point that my mind blanked for a moment.

"I'm naked and he was also touching me here and there. Plus, this feeling that I felt towards him… Ah! Is that it?!"

Then her eyes shook and her mouth opened as if she had received a big realization. Then, this beautiful girl gazed lovingly at me with a full smile.

"Are you my hubby?"

Apparently, that was the moment I became a husband.