When Jonny woke up again, his whole body hurt. Not just his legs where he had been injured, but his upper body as well. If he thought he had been sore after the first mana infusion mishap, he was sorely mistaken. Back then, he could still kind of move. Now, even the slightest twitch of his muscles hurt. Even just breathing set his core on fire.One of the nuns—he couldn’t see which one—was apparently watching over him, and the moment she noticed him awake, she began fussing over him, asking how he was feeling. Jonny could only respond in grunts and single syllable words. Anything more hurt too much. She asked him if there was anything that was especially worrying, and while Jonny felt like his entire body being in pain counted as “especially worrying”, aside from that, he didn’t notice anything. There was no spot that hurt more than any other spot. He could feel all his extremities. He could follow her finger with his eyes when she held it over his head.With all that confirmed, she proceeded to feed him. He hadn’t realized how hungry he was until he smelled the soup, which made his stomach grumble loudly. In a very slow and tedious process, he downed two entire bowls, then promptly drifted back to sleep.The next time he woke up, the pain was much more manageable. He was able to move around, just a bit, though he had no desire to leave his bed. He could turn his head this time, at least, and when he did, he found Abbess Helen waiting at his bedside.“Are you awake?” she asked.“Y–” he started, but his voice cracked because of how dry his mouth was. “Yes.”