Gwen answered casually as he placed his hand over Eden's palm, which had been mangled by the Herrscher of Finality's attack, its bloodied bones even exposed.
"..."
She had not noticed it before, but now that Gwen had touched her remaining nerves, Eden finally felt the pain radiating from her hand.
It was as though some switch had been flipped. All the pain from the injuries Eden had ignored since waking up came rushing in at once, making her frown deeply.
If she had not been worried about disturbing Gwen, and if not for her pride, Eden could not guarantee that she would not have cried out.
Still, Eden did not waste her immensely precious strength lowering her head to inspect the state of her injuries—
Although she had been saved, Eden was fully aware that she had taken the Herrscher of Finality's attack and suffered severe injuries. Looking at the wounds would have been utterly meaningless.
As Eden endured the pain radiating from wounds all over her body, a faint green light lit up in Gwen's palm and entered her body through her mangled hand.
In Eden's senses, a cool sensation flowed from the hand he held, coursing through her body like a stream. It cleared her mind, which had been tormented by pain, and even greatly eased the burning agony.
Opening the eyes she had shut from the sudden surge of pain, Eden looked at Gwen, who was so close that she could reach him with a hand, who had even lent her an arm as a pillow and was now treating her with his eyes closed. Then, thinking of his form—one that retained a faint divinity even after entering what seemed to be Artificial Collapse, with barely any bestial nature of a Honkai Beast visible—her drifting thoughts