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The Substitute Healer (BL)

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Content Advisory: Some scenes may be intense or disturbing. Reader discretion is advised. Three hundred years ago, in the Empire of Elarion, the Goddess of Resentment, Khaeren, cursed humanity for their greed of power and lust while the Goddess of Healing, Mirath, blessed certain souls with the power to heal. Duke Alaric Davenmore, a famed swordsman, is tasked with leading a unit to fight the monsters born from this ancient curse along with his twin brothers Lyric and Sylas, and the youngest prince Cael. In search of a healer, they find Soren, a quiet commoner persuaded by a friend to apply. But they only see him not as a true healer— only a substitute. Even as an exceptional healer, not only did the nobles ignore but even the temple doesn't want a commoner inside their sacred ground. Soren cannot feel physical pain, but his heart carries a lifetime of emotional wounds. As they fight monsters and face the dangers of the empire, will their differences keep them apart, or will they finally acknowledge the feelings they've been trying to ignore? And for Soren, who has never truly felt before— will he finally discover what it means to be healed, or sink deeper into the abyss within his heart?
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