"Me?"
Linley froze for a moment, pointing at himself as he spoke in confusion.
"A hidden ailment? Boss? An equal contract?"
Beibei tilted his head, looking at Linley and then at Beirut.
"That's right. Beibei originally had a hidden ailment. He wasn't supposed to live past twenty, but now his body has fully recovered because of the contract with you."
There was something subtle in Beirut's tone.
"B-But, Grandpa, why is that?"
Nisi was the first to be unable to hold back her question.
During this time, she had personally seen how much time and effort Beirut had spent on Beibei's hidden ailment.
If Beirut had not been a god-level powerhouse, she would have wondered whether he might simply drop dead from overwork.
Yet a problem Beirut had been unable to solve despite exhausting every possible method had suddenly been resolved by a single contract with Linley.
What was this supposed to be?
Hearing Nisi's question, Beirut's expression stiffened slightly before he answered in a subtle tone.
"I don't know either."
"Huh?"
"You don't know?"
"What's going on?"
Seeing the bewildered expressions of the three people and one beast before him, Beirut felt his old face flush red.
He then began explaining in detail.
"I don't know the exact reason, but it appears that once Linley's soul connected with Beibei's, they formed a shared life entity."
"Simply put, they live and die together. If Linley dies, Beibei dies as well, and the reverse is also true."
"Ah! Doesn't that make them incredibly vulnerable?"
Nisi covered her mouth, speaking anxiously.
"But precisely because of that, as long as Linley doesn't die, Beibei won't die either. Thus, Beibei's hidden ailment has been cured!" Beirut looked at Linley, his expression complicated.
From his perspective, Linley was the bad guy who had run off