I’m the Main Character’s Child - Chapter 40

“Elvin! Stop frowning now! You’ll get only wrinkles.”

When she tried to talk brighter and playfully smiled, he finally showed a smiling face. It was fortunate that the atmosphere that had become somewhat heavy was relieved.

“But, Princess,”

“What?”

“Your hair color hasn’t come back yet.”

Elvin pointed to her head and said, As Elvin said, her hair that was changed to black yesterday still hasn’t come back to its original color.

“Yeah. When is it coming back?”

“As far as I know, it lasts up to one day.”

She was slowly missing her original hair color. 

“It’s going to change soon enough.” 

She put down her hands that were touching her hair and shrugged her shoulders. After reporting to Cardin, Elvin headed back to the square to take care of something else. Cardin also left the office because he seemed to have a lot to deal with as he was busy with the incident.

Of course, he gave Fay a fierce look as if he were burning as he came out.

Fay and Emiliette went to the garden and took a walk while looking at the flowers. She felt good to see Fay liking the Eldora flowers. 

After playing in the garden for a long time, Fay went back to the tower, saying he had something to do. He left a message that he would come to play again next time, he turned around and smiled quietly.

After Fay left, she returned to her room and chatted with Sudar and Johnny.

They asked, “Is your body okay now?” and she said reassuring them, “I’m okay now,”

There was no schedule, so a peaceful day passed by.

As soon as she thought about that, that evening, she fell unconscious and felt a throbbing pain in her chest that made her feel like vomiting.

***

“Why is the child still sick?”

After taking a deep breath, she came back to consciousness at Cardin’s voice. She tried to open her eyes, but she didn’t have the strength, she was only able to lift her eyelids after giving it strength. 

In the blurry vision, Cardin and Teacher Teto could be seen.

“Gasp…… I’m sorry, but her condition is hard for me to cure! I’m doing my best, but…… Ugh.”

“Your best?! Don’t just talk about it, just treat her quickly!”

Teacher Teto was trembling as he was grabbed by the collar by Cardin. She doesn’t know how many hours have passed since she fainted like this. She had rough breathing and was very thirsty.

“Water…”

There was a rustling sound coming from her throat.

Her voice drew the attention of Cardin and Teto in an instant.

“Are you coming to your senses?”

Cardin, who threw Teacher Teto’s collar away, came straight to the bedside, kneeling down.

‘Oh, he’s making that face again…….’

Cardin’s face was badly damaged. He crumpled his face as if in agony and showed only earnestness in his eyes.

“What’s wrong……?”

Even now, it was difficult to breathe because of the pain from the inside of her chest. It was like constantly blowing hot heat into a balloon. A balloon that will eventually burst.

“Princess. Here’s the water.”

Fortunately, her thirst subsided thanks to the nanny next to her. 

“P, princess. Can you hear me properly?”

“Yes…….”

Teacher Teto asked in an urgent voice.

“Ha…… I’m glad. We treated it urgently, but we don’t know when you’ll fall again.”

“Why…?”

Her body still hurts like it’s going to burn,…. It was hard to think properly because of the unknown pain.

Teacher Teto said it’s been two days since she fainted. When he was told that she had collapsed out of the blue, she rushed to see her, but he answered in tears, saying he doesn’t know the exact cause.

“Ha, but there was one suspicious symptom, so I tried to treat it, and now the princess is up.”

“What is it….”

“Given that the princess’ hair color hasn’t come back and the flow of magic in your body…… It seems that the mana engraved on the hair dye magic items was not released from your body and continues to rise.”

Looking at it, the hair that was stuck to her face was still black.

Teacher Teto said he brought seedlings that absorb mana as a temporary measure. There may be people who are born with a poor mana discharge. In that case, it would be better if a high-ranking mana holder infused energy to the blocked mana by blowing force into the body.

“But now your body is…… It’s impossible to even breathe mana into your body.”

Teacher Teto continued with a haggard face, “I think it’s because you have both magic and holy power.”

Teacher Teto, who was relieved that she woke up, hurriedly left the room to pick up the seedlings to the tower.

She struggled to call Cardin next to her.

“Papa.”

The pain in her chest was less than before. Cardin sat at the bedside and took the hair off her face.

“I’m fine now.”

The moment she woke up and opened her eyes, she couldn’t forget Cardin’s eyes. His pale face and eyes full of fear were, he looked like he was about to cry if, but he was holding it in. She wants to laugh it off and say that she is all better now because she thinks she gave Cardin a second nightmare, but she can’t.

“…….”

Cardin kept silent, sweeping her sweaty hair.

“Duke, the tower master has arrived.”

“……take a rest.”

Elvin came into the room and informed them that Grandpa Mejihos had arrived at the duchy. Cardin, who was sweeping her hair without a word, rose from his seat and quietly stepped out of the room.

“Ugh…….”

She was rather relieved. She crumpled her face and suffered from persistent thirst. The nanny next to her gave her lukewarm water again.

“It’s night.”

When she looked out the window, the darkness fell deeply and was quietly basking in the moonlight.

“Phew….”

[Oh, Liel! Don’t die! You can’t!] 

[Heuk. Wake up.….]

She was distracted by Sudar and Johnny, who cried and shouted that she shouldn’t die.

She frowned while touching her head, the nanny hurried out of the room, saying she would change the water for the towel. 

“I’m getting sleepy again, so be quiet……. And I won’t die.”

Her body, which had been suffering for two days without eating anything, quickly became tired and brought back sleep.

The cries of Sudar and Johnny stopped at her voice. The loud cry stopped, but the intermittent sobbing made her laugh.

You listen very well. You guys.

“I’m going to sleep…….”

She slowly let go of the rope of consciousness, hoping that she would feel completely better if she woke up tomorrow.

***

“I scolded the bad guys. What’s going on? Liel.”

She felt like she’s hearing Fay’s voice in her dreams. 

“I’m sorry.”

A cold breeze spread over her closed eyes. Whether her fever was high or Fay’s hand was cold, the cool touch on her face seemed to ease her headache.

[What’s going on? Don’t touch Liel! Where did you come from? Who are you?]

[Liel is sick…… you shouldn’t touch her…….]

The dream is well reflected in reality. Despite the cloudy consciousness, Sudar’s voice remained intact.

“Shh, be quiet. That’ll wake Liel up.”

[Waaah?]

[Ahh!]

Sudar and Johnny became silent in an instant. Fay in her dream can also talk to Sudar and Johnny…….

“I thought the flowing mana was strange, I didn’t know you had both powers.”

“Yes…….”

The cool energy that touched her head made her feel better.

“Don’t be sick.”

The cool feeling disappeared, and something soft touched her forehead and then quickly peeled off. And at that moment, a fresh energy spread throughout her body as if it were in the forest, and the heat in her body subsided.

“Because Liel is my friend.”

After that, she fell into a deep sleep again.

***

It was a long day but she doesn’t know what day it is. There was nothing special about her college life, and was on her way back from her usual part-time job.

On that day, she felt like she was getting a little feverish. She thought it wasn’t a big deal. But her body aches were so severe that she couldn’t even control herself. Having no one to rely on, she managed to call an ambulance and arrive at the hospital.

She thought as she left the hospital after being treated by a doctor in one of the noisy emergency rooms.

‘No one will be sad if I die suddenly.’

In a movie she once saw, she remembered a scene where a mother was carefully boiling porridge for her sick daughter.

A scene that would not have stayed in the memory for a long time because it was so ordinary and natural to others. But she remembers the steaming white porridge the most in the movie.

She laughed and stopped by the convenience store, saying, “I’m sick, so I’m having all kinds of thoughts.”

She had to eat rice to take medicine. Her meal that day was instant vegetable porridge, which was completed in three minutes.

Her body, which seemed to flow like floating in the water, began to get heavier.

“Um…….”

She woke up with a refreshing feeling.

Her back was a little stiff after sleeping for many hours, but she could feel her physical condition improved beyond the previous day.

Looking at the light purple hair that came down on her face, she realized that she had recovered.

“You’re awake.”

“Oh my!”

At that time, she was surprised by the voice she heard next to her and looked at Cardin sitting calmly by the bedside.

“Papa! I’m all better! Look at this. I’m totally fine.”

Her voice grew louder with joy. As she bent her arms around and shouted, a small smile popped up on Cardin’s expressionless face.

“That’s what it looks like. I think you look healthier than before.”

“Yes, I feel really good right now! My body is really light.”

Is it my illusion that I feel better than before I suffered from unknown heat?

For some reason, she felt like she could run for three hours on the training field where the knights train.

Krugh~.

“Ugh.”

“Why? Are you suddenly feeling sick again?”

When she came to her senses, she grabbed her stomach from hunger that came at once. When Cardin saw it, he was contemplating and managed to stop himself from calling the doctors.

“It’s because I’m hungry. I’m hungry, Papa.”

“Wait a minute.”

Cardin, who breathed out a little as if he were relieved at her words, left the room saying he would return soon.

Maybe it was because of her dream, but looking at the back of Cardin, she couldn’t help but smile.