Chapter 170 – Crossed Minds (3)
Eshili got up from her seat and followed Roilen’s guidance her, moving her steps to the temporary hospital room where the elf was. Roilen, who was watching Esily, clears her throat once and knocks on the door.
“Lady. Are you inside?”
The answer came a little late.
-Yes. I was checking the patient’s condition for the last time.
“Ah. As expected, it is an act worthy of a saintess who is the supreme being of the church……”
—Get to the point.
“Wow, I made a mistake. Actually, Lady Esily of the Countess Pelgarin, who was betrothed to Viscount Theorard, wants to see the patient’s condition.”
—I see. Please tell me you can come in.
After receiving her permission her, Roylen steps aside to her side her. After thanking Roylen, Shili opened her door and stepped inside her.
‘Oh…….’
For an instant, the radiance radiating from the saintess hurt her eyes, but it was n’t so much that she could n’t stand it.
‘I said it was the light of my life…….’
It seemed that it was not a lie that the saintess of the church scatters the light that distinguishes good from evil.
She looked at Rastain’s face his, just in case, but no matter how hard she tried, she could only see below her eyes her. It was because every time she gazed upon it, there was a strong light shining down on it.
She bowed her head involuntarily, and as Silly tugged at the hem of her skirt on both sides, she greeted her gracefully.
“A lowly believer dares to see the saintess. She expresses her gratitude on behalf of House Pelgarin for giving her the honor of having an audience with the Saint of the Order.”
“I am also honored to meet you. It’s because I’ve always had a good view of Lady Essili’s kindness to her. Withdraw your greetings and come over here and sit down. She doesn’t have to be formal.”
“You are truly merciful.”
Eseely, smiling lightly, she went to the chair in front of her bed and sat down, just as Rastein had said. Looking down, she sees an elf lying in the morning light.
Even though she was asleep, her unique off-white color her had not faded, but she rather she stood out. It is as beautiful as a craft made by a skilled artisan with great care.
After watching the elf slowly inhale and exhale for a while, Esily opened her lips gravely.
“Are you feeling okay?”
A tone closer to confirmation than worry. Rastain nodded her head in her puzzlement.
“That’s right. It’s as if the treatment of the quarantine night is over. However, it will not be free from the mana exhaustion phenomenon.”
“Speaking of mana exhaustion…….”
“You can think of it as if all the mana in your body has drained. Natural recovery will take about a week. Extreme care will be needed until her condition improves completely.”
In short, it was said that the current elves were as if they had lost all their strength. That fact tickles Esily’s heart her. Some kind of black heart was blooming inside her.
But she didn’t show it outwardly. After calming her confused mind, Esily managed her expression her as calmly as possible.
“That’s fortunate. I was worried that something unfortunate might happen.”
“I think you can stop worrying. It’s just a matter of letting him rest until he wakes up.”
A grinning Rastain rises from her seat her. Compared to Theo Rad’s hardships her, she was incomparable, but it was also because her body her was speechless after a long treatment for Rastain.
“I’m just trying to get away. Young lady…….”
“I’m just a little bit more…… I will be here.”
“All right.”
Rastane didn’t bother to ask why. Just now, he noticed that Essilly’s gaze had touched his face his, albeit briefly.
Even if she had come here with an evil intention, the woman in front of her was not a villain who would put it into action. Rastane, who had put her mind at ease, left the room with a quiet gait.
“…….”
Thanks to Shili, she was left alone in her room her, staring at her elf her. In the silence of the space, after taking a deep breath, he lifted his arm.
Leaning her torso down, Cili cupped her elven neck her with her trembling hands. The sensation of her white neck being held in her hands her is foreign.
If you strangle her like this, the elf will die. If you miss today, you will never be able to kill an elf. Now was the only chance to separate the elves from Theorad.
Calculate the calculations in his head, but he could not put strength in his hands.
Essilie’s disposition her to not be able to kill a defenseless life, and the fact that Theorard had forgiven the elf, put a brake on Essili’s actions his.
“Why…”
Why did you save Theorad?
If you were going to risk your life to save Theorad, why have you been so mean to us all this time?
No matter how much I think about it, I can’t understand it. So…….
“Sorry….”
Even if Theorard forgave you, I cannot forgive you.
Maybe I will continue to hate you.
Even if there is a reason you have no choice but to bully Theorad, the times you bullied Theorad won’t disappear.
“…….”
Shaking off the sediment in her stomach her, Essili untied her hands from gripping her elf’s neck her. He looked down at the elf like an idiot carrying his hands back.
Gurgling breath. Looking at the elf sleeping like a child with her glossy silver hair hanging down, I felt guilty for some reason.
I couldn’t figure out what the source of the guilt was. You will never know who this heartbreaking feeling is directed to.
Nonetheless, one thing is clear: the elf risked his own life to save Theorad.
I had no intention of denying that fact. Biting her lower lip tightly, after hesitating for a long time, Seely muttered in a crawling voice.
“…… Thanks.”
Towards the elf, Essili bowed her head respectfully.
Sunlight through the window shines on the two women side by side.
“Thank you so much for saving Theorard…….”
I mean, that was the end. I couldn’t stand her rumbling inside her, so I got up from my seat and walked to her door her.
Hearing her footsteps her, Roylen opened the door, and Esily came out into the hallway and moved her steps, wiping away her tears.
There was a little generosity in the sound of shoes clattering in the quiet hallway.
*
After noon, it wasn’t until afternoon that the elf could open her eyes.
“Ah…”
The small words are scattered in the void. As if recognizing that she was back in reality, her elf wiggled her fingers and blinked several times before exhaling laboriously.
Can’t see her eyes Everything was blurring as if it were covered in fog. But I wasn’t surprised. Because the elf knew that this was a side effect of mana exhaustion.
After a few hours, your vision will return to normal. It was clear that even the weak body would do its job.
Even so, the elf managed to get up. Her hair her, which cascaded down her shoulders, hangs in a haphazard way.
“Theo… Lard…….”
A dry voice echoed thinly in the room. There is no Theorard around. The elf, who could feel the mana even though he couldn’t see it, muttered in terror.
“Theorard…… Where are you…… ?”
I wanted to see Theorard. I wanted to meet Theorad in real life, not in consciousness. To the elves now, everything else was worthless.
My body got up like an instinct and got out of bed. However, there was no way a body that did not move according to one’s thoughts could function properly.
Kung-
The elf fell off the bed and let out a soft groan. Tears streamed down my cheeks as the pain in my shoulder hit the floor.
But don’t give up. With her hands on the floor, the elf raised herself up on her knees and concentrated all her nerves on the floor.
I managed to get up, but it was difficult to keep my balance. Regardless of his will his, his vision his flickers and his body his staggers. It looked precarious, as if it were about to collapse.
“Theorard…….”
But the elf did not return to bed. One foot, two feet. Even if it took a long time, I just moved steadily.
After five minutes, the elf was able to leave the room. When he came out, the long hallway stretching on both sides felt very far, but the elf didn’t care.
The elf moved steadily, following the traces of the single mana, Theorad, in the fog where nothing could be seen. Of course, that wasn’t easy.
Thud…… !
When the body hit the decorations in the hallway, the elf collapsed without a doubt. After lying on his stomach in the hallway, moaning in pain for a long time, he got up from his seat and started walking again and again.
It was dull, stupid, stupid. I should have been able to rest for a few hours and move my body, but I was doing something that even an idiot wouldn’t do.
The servants who saw the elf on their way back and forth whispered, but the elf didn’t care. He just kept advancing like a rhinoceros and repeating what he had said over and over again.
“Theorard…….”
Even when some of the servants told him to go back to the hospital room, the elf didn’t listen. There was nothing I could do about it because I was acting like I didn’t care about other people.
Recognizing the seriousness of the situation, the servants ran out among themselves thinking that they should call Viscount Theorard.
In the meantime, the elf continued to move. In the process of falling and getting up, the bruises increased one by one, but there was no change in the behavior of searching for Theorad.
“Miss you…”
Water drips from the cloudy eyes. It was because he was saddened by the fact that he hadn’t gotten any closer to Theorard after moving for nearly an hour.
As if he had read the mind of the elf, Theorad’s energy, which had only been felt far away, began to approach him quickly.
“Didn’t I tell you right away! My maid is a patient!”
“Sorry, sorry. I thought my condition had improved because the treatment was over…….”
“I didn’t tell you to make excuses! Guide them to where the elves are now!”
A lot of footsteps can be heard from downstairs along with a loud tone. Sensing that Theorard was coming, the elf stood still and looked in his direction.
Footsteps are gradually coming closer. After some time, several people came around the corner of the hallway.
Although he couldn’t see closely, the elf could tell. That the person who was coming with them was Theorad.
“You…!”
An angry voice rings in my ears. Theorard, who stopped at close range, looked down at the elf and fired at him.
Why did you leave the hospital room? Even if your quarantine night treatment is over, the fact that you are a patient does not change. Should a maid dare to worry about her master her?
Several voices are heard with warmth. They were words of gratitude that I really don’t know what to say. The elf, unable to hide her overflowing emotions of her, stretched out both of her hands toward Theo Rad.
“Great…….”
Leaving behind the disingenuous past, the elf pathetically pursed his lips.
“I love you, Theorard…….”
