Chapter 20 – 19. Fall Down
An ordinary day after a few days.
Arthur was attending Professor Serena’s morning class as usual.
When class ended, Fabian next to me spoke up.
“Arthur, I have something to show you. Would you like to follow me?”
“Okay? I understand.”
Arthur roughly packed his bags and started following Fabian.
“What do I have to show you.?”
“It wouldn’t be fun if you told me that in advance. But you’ll definitely like it, so don’t worry.”
Arthur’s expectations began to soar due to Fabian’s rants.
‘I’m really curious about what it is. Is it a grimoire or special magic tool that I don’t know about?’
Arthur, who followed her with twinkling eyes, saw her dormitory building.
“This is a dormitory?”
“It’s an important item, so I’m keeping it in my room.”
“I see.”
That’s how Arthur entered the dormitory building, and she was able to enter Fabian’s room.
As she sat on a chair in the room and waited, she saw Fabian take out a black box about the size of a jewelry box from the closet.
“Open it.”
Arthur opened the box at Fabian’s words, and inside was a transparent glass bead placed on a red cushion.
“Oh.? It’s pretty, but I don’t know what it is.”
“This is a magic tool.”
“Magic tools.? “Isn’t it very precious?”
“You know my family, right? “This is not a big deal, so don’t worry about it.”
“I understand, Fabian! “I’ll write well~”
“But… Can you tell me what this is for?”
Fabian answered Arthur’s question with a confident expression.
“It is a crystal ball that absorbs magical energy and emits light.”
But Arthur was rather taken aback by Fabian’s words.
“… Okay? But I don’t think I can use it because I can’t handle mana…”
In response to Arthur’s words, Fabian continued his explanation.
“Anything sold on the market requires mana to flow, right? But this is an item that automatically extracts mana when you touch it.”
Arthur’s eyes began to widen at Fabian’s explanation.
“And since the built-in magic is light magic, the mana consumption is very low.”
“So if you keep using mana with this, your maximum mana will increase.”
“Really?”
“Thank you so much. But I don’t think I can use it. Because my body is weak, and I said it would be really dangerous if I fell into mana exhaustion.”
Arthur was just trying to accept Fabian’s gift, but Fabian showed him one item.
“I wonder if I wasn’t even prepared for that?”
Arthur saw the bottle that Fabian was holding in his right hand. A glass bottle containing blue liquid.
“It’s a mana potion, intermediate level too!”
“You can eat this as soon as mana exhaustion sets in.”
Arthur, touched by Fabian’s sincerity, hugged Fabian.
“Thank you. I will definitely repay you later!”
“No, of course we can do this with friends.”
“Then shall we give it a try now? “I will watch over you.”
At Fabian’s words, Arthur took a deep breath and placed his hand on his crystal ball.
“Oh…! “I feel like something is missing.”
Arthur’s eyes turned to the crystal ball he was holding, and he saw a soft glow.
At that time, Arthur’s vision began to shake, and he felt her headache coming on.
“Ugh… I’m so dizzy…”
In response to Arthur’s reaction, Fabian held out a mana potion.
“Here, drink it quickly.”
Arthur released his hand from holding the crystal ball, grabbed the mana potion given by Fabian, and began to drink it.
ㅡGulp.
“How is it? Are you okay now?”
But Arthur’s condition did not improve. She ate half of the mana potion.
“Pa. Bian. My head hurts so much.”
In the end, Arthur, who felt dizziness and a headache that continued to get stronger, collapsed in Fabian’s room.
“Uh.? What, what is it, Arthur!!”
Fabian laid the collapsed Arthur on the bed and poured all of her remaining mana potion into Arthur’s mouth. But Arthur’s pale face did not improve.
“Big… It’s a big deal. Okay! Yes, we have to take him to the emergency room!”
Fabian made a quick decision, picked up Arthur and quickly rushed to the academy’s emergency room.
…
Arriving at the infirmary, Fabian roughly opened the door and entered.
“Wow… Gasp…”
“Please… Please look at the patient quickly!”
The nurse responded first to Fabian’s urgent voice.
“Please put me on the bed here first!”
Fabian puts Arthur on the bed according to the nurse’s words.
When I looked to the side, the nurse had disappeared, probably because she had gone to call the doctor, and after a few seconds, I saw the doctor running in.
The doctor who arrived began to check Arthur’s condition.
“It’s a typical symptom of mana exhaustion. Bring a spare mana potion.”
When the doctor spoke to the nurse, Fabian told what had happened.
“Even though I already consumed all the mid-level mana potions, my condition hasn’t improved.”
“Middle class? “Is the patient’s mana level A or higher?”
“No. It’s probably F grade. “It’s almost non-existent.”
The doctor began to panic at Fabian’s words.
“That can’t be possible… It’s not common to have F-level mana, so you don’t get better even after taking intermediate level?”
At that time, I saw a nurse bringing a mana potion.
“I have to check first.”
As the doctor spoke, he began pouring mana potion into Arthur’s mouth. But even though he fed him the entire bottle of mana potion, Arthur’s face was still pale.
“Hurry! Bring everything you have!!”
At the doctor’s words, the nurse quickly ran over and brought the box of mana potions, and the mana potions began to flow into Arthur’s mouth again.
“… “
“It’s a low-level potion, but I put 3 bottles in it and it’s not this effective. “If you put in more than this, it will reflux from the esophagus.”
Fabian, who was blaming himself, asked in a crawling voice.
“Is there any other way? I will pay all the money…”
“There is no other way for now.”
As the doctor spoke, Fabian began to lose his temper.
“What… You’re a doctor! “If you’re an academy doctor, shouldn’t you find another way?”
“…”
The doctor had no answer, but Fabian also knew. In fact, everything happened because of his own fault, and now he is just taking out his anger on the innocent doctor.
Fabian regained his senses and took out the communication tool from his pocket.
‘It’s my fault, so I have to fix it. Even if it’s by borrowing the power of the family.’
Fabian, who was holding the magic tool, began to contact somewhere.
…
Aris was running to her infirmary.
I was waiting to have lunch with Arthur as usual, but no matter how long I waited, he didn’t come, so I went to the Faculty of Magic and looked for him, and was told that he was lying in the hospital room, unconscious due to mana exhaustion.
-Rattle!
“Arthur!!”
Aris could see the pale-faced Arthur lying on her bed. Even Fabian, who is standing next to him just fine.
Aris, angry to the core, cornered Fabian.
“It’s you? What made Arthur like this?”
“… “
Fabian said nothing.
“Under! You’re the kid next to me at the entrance ceremony. Fabian Schneider.”
“Well, is it okay for a duke’s family to make one person like this?”
“Stop. And this incident happened on my own, it has nothing to do with our family.”
Aris almost lost her senses at Fabian’s words, but she managed to keep her spirits up.
“Hehe… First explain in detail what happened.”
At Aris’s words, Fabian began to explain what happened with Arthur.
“… “
“You did such a crazy thing? Arthur is so weak, if she falls into mana exhaustion, she is in real danger!!”
Fabian lowered her head at Aris’ words.
“I thought a mana potion would be fine…”
“Mana potion? Arthur is said to have a constitution that is barely receptive to the effects of potions!!!”
“Well. But Arthur didn’t say anything.”
“…”
Aris was also speechless at Fabian’s words. Because she didn’t even tell Arthur about the ‘curse’. In other words, Arthur probably did not know that he could hardly see the effect of the potion.
‘It’s my fault…’
She said that if she had told Arthur sooner, this wouldn’t have happened, but she said to him, “Because you are cursed, you hardly get the effect of the potion. There is no way you can say, “You can’t get hurt or use mana.” If Arthur becomes sad upon hearing this, her own heart will be torn apart.
However, Aris’ choice came back with the worst result.
In the end, Aris sat next to Arthur and watched her condition until evening.
At that time, I heard someone opening the door and coming in.
When I looked back, there was Fabian standing next to him and a woman I had never seen before.
“Who.?”
Aris asked, but Fabian, who was next to her, answered instead.
“He’s from our family. “I decided to look after Arthur’s condition.”
The woman opened her mouth at Fabian’s words.
“A person from our family? Fabian, aren’t you drawing too much of a line with your sister?”
“… “
“Ugh~ I understand, but with a straight face… I’ll take a look at your friend’s condition.”
Just like that, Fabian’s older sister approached Arthur.
“Oh? Little brother, are you making friends face to face? Very cute and handsome…”
At that time, Aris, who was listening to her, began to shed her bitterness.
“No, I’m kidding! Really. I can’t play any kind of prank.”
At those words, Aris’s fierceness disappeared like a ghost. And before I knew it, I saw Fabian’s older sister looking at Arthur’s condition with a serious expression.
“Hmm… This is my first time seeing something like this.”
“Normally, even if you fall into mana exhaustion, you’ll get better if you take a nap… But this is so bad.”
Aris cautiously asked what the woman said.
“Is there perhaps no way.? Please save Arthur.”
The woman was taken aback when Aris suddenly came out in such a pose, unlike before.
“Don’t worry, there’s one way I can think of.”
After she finished speaking, the woman placed her index finger near Arthur’s heart.
“I think I have completely lost my mind and am not making mana well. So, if you send mana to her heart and a certain amount of mana circulates through her body, she will be able to come to her senses.”
“Of course, this method is inefficient, but if you wake up your mind like this, your body will quickly create mana on its own. “The mind is more important than you think.”
Blue mana began to flow out from the woman’s index finger and enter Arthur’s heart little by little.
After a while, Arthur’s fingers were seen moving.
“Huh… Fortunately, the original amount of mana I had was low, so I was able to restore it all with my own mana.”
Aris thanked the woman for her words.
“Thank you. I was sorry earlier.”
“No, it’s okay, I was just joking first.”
The woman who answered began to look at Fabian.
“Then Fabian? “You must keep your promise.”
“I understand.”
The woman smiled broadly as if she was satisfied with Fabian’s answer, and because she had done all she had to do, she tried to leave the hospital room.
“Now, wait a minute!”
At Aris’s voice, the woman looked behind her again.
“Well… Something like this might happen again. I also want to learn how.”
“I will teach you. But it may be a little difficult.”
However, despite the fact that it was difficult, Aris followed along well.
“… You’re good? This is enough. It will be okay for you to do it next time.”
“I have a question. What happens if I don’t have enough mana to fill up all of Arthur’s mana?”
The woman thought about Aris’ question for a moment and then answered.
“There will probably be some side effects, but they won’t be life-threatening.”
“What are the side effects?”
“I don’t know either.”
“Yes?”
“This is my first time experiencing something like this, so I don’t know about the side effects. If you’re curious, give it a try. Of course, he doesn’t seem like that type of personality.”
“Anyway! I’m busy too, so I have to go now. And Fabian, you know?”
“…”
Fabian didn’t answer, but the woman took one look at his face and left the hospital room.
Aris and Fabian were left behind and waited by the side until Arthur woke up.
