Chapter 93 – It’s Just Therapy, Right? (1)
It’s the time with my parents that I so longed for, but it’s not comfortable.
Is this how a death row inmate feels on the verge of death penalty? That he had to watch the war that was approaching moment by moment.
I resent myself for stupidly signing the document.
Even if there is damage, I have to see it alone, what the hell is this doing?
On the rare day when people do something wrong… Ugh
“When are you coming back, Lemarck… “
Lemarque should come back soon to tell me the danger of the situation.
Contrary to what Mr. Alphonse said he would be back soon, Lemarque shows no signs of returning.
It’s not like you got hit by a party of warriors. If so, Mr. Alphonse must have noticed it long ago.
It’s even more frustrating because I don’t know where he is because his whereabouts are unknown. Even when he let out a sigh and stretched out his swollen limbs, his stuffiness did not go away.
“Whoa… “
“Lena, when will the Demon King come back? I think I’ve been on vacation for a few days, but I think I’ll have to go back soon… “
Her mother was looking at me with her nonchalant expression, but there was a concern she couldn’t hide.
Even if it’s a son-in-law in a joking way… How can you trust a person called the Demon King?
I am afraid to come to a foreign land, and it is natural to be afraid.
From the perspective of the villagers, it was not enough that they were accused of traitors overnight, and they were kicked out of their hometowns. No matter how frustrated I am, I am no better than them.
First of all, since the castle is so large, we have prepared temporary shelters by distributing empty rooms one by one, but it is only temporary.
The army will enter the Demon Realm soon, and if you don’t want to be killed by a dog, you have to come up with a countermeasure before then.
Since I can’t go back to Valence, should I send asylum abroad?
While thinking about those countermeasures on the inside, on the outside, she smiled and reassured her mother.
“Hehe. Don’t worry, I’ll be right back.”
My mother is relieved by my words. She’s guilty of cheating on her, but… This was the best
Shall I move my seat? I’m going to suffocate like this
I jumped up thinking about going to learn magic from Mr. Alphonse.
But at that moment.
“Oh… “
My body trembled with a chill that spread from my heart.
Chills that I’ve been feeling a lot lately.
Her hands are white. My eyes are spinning, dizziness arises, and I barely hold back from feeling nauseous.
By the time the pulsation of the blue blood vessels visible on the pure white skin had subsided, the skin was red again and the condition returned to normal.
Maybe I caught a cold… ? She’s never had a little sickness, so you should be able to know…
She asked if I wasn’t the only one perplexed by my condition, her mother hugging me the day her mother stopped in her sloppy posture.
“Lena? Why all of a sudden?”
“No… It’s a bit cold… “
“It’s so warm… My body looks weak. Ugh, you’re eating properly.”
“Lol… “
As her mother said, the stove is turned on right in front of her, and her windows are all closed, so she has no reason to be cold.
Strange… Could it be a serious illness?
Well, if you tell Alphonse, he’ll fix it right away. I thought nothing of it and prepared to go find him.
Finding Alphonse’s mana… Focus your mind on that location…
“Huh?! Wow, what a surprise!”
“Ah, follow me, lady.”
“Mister Alphonse? Why all of a sudden… ?”
Alphonse suddenly jumped out in front of me, and I lost my concentration.
I was going to go find him anyway… I was so surprised that I hiccupped.
This is how it feels when you suddenly appear. I’ll have to refrain from teleporting from now on.
Even I, who was familiar with magic, was surprised, but I wonder how surprised my parents were again.
My parents behind me were staring at me and Mr. Alphonse alternately, blinking their eyes. I said it was okay to my parents and moved to a quiet place with Mr. Alphonse.
“Excuse me… Is something going on?”
“Yes. LeMarque has returned.”
Lemarck! You’re finally back… !
“Really!? Then right away… !”
I was about to teleport to Lemarque right away, but Mr. Alphonse stopped me and said.
“Now you are resting… Please don’t make a big fuss.”
“Yes, I see… Wait for a sec. Stability? Did you even get hurt? This… !”
“Wait a minute! Miss… !”
Mr. Alphonse stretched out his arm again, but I was quicker to find Lemark’s mana and use magic.
The location changes, and my body lands on the largest bedroom I’ve ever seen.
As I turned my head around to shake off the hum in my ears, I heard a familiar voice.
“Haha. Rainier, that outfit suits you well too.”
“Luma… Oh my god… !”
Lying in the middle of the bedroom, on a bed that looked like it could be played soccer above, LeMarque looked at me with a grin.
I would like to laugh along with him, but that was not the way to laugh at all.
Clothes with more exposed places than cuts here and there. Dark red blood splattered everywhere, making the white shirt look like a red shirt.
Alphonse seems to have given me treatment, but I can’t see any wounds… Even so, this condition was very severe. To the point where I think it’s a miracle that he didn’t really die.
“Lemarque is the devil. Why is the demon king like this… “
“In the Human World, there are restrictions on the use of mana. It must be considered a miracle that he came back even in this condition. If the saintess hadn’t interfered with the hero in the middle… I might not have come back. Haha!”
Lemarck is the only person who can laugh and say that he almost died.
And constraints? I didn’t even know there was such a thing. So when you catch the slimes, that power wasn’t even full power? Oh my god.
When I looked at him as if it was absurd, he scratched his head shyly and stood up. Seeing the blood on her clothes smeared all over the blanket, I naturally frowned.
“Is it okay if I wake up?”
“All the wounds on my body have healed. Because of the Holy Sword, the Barrier and Circle have had some problems.”
There was no anger, resentment, or pity in Lemarque’s expression when he said that. Rather, he was calm, as if asking if he had eaten.
You were injured while trying to save me. Then it would be normal to be angry or at least condescending.
He smiled and was suddenly enveloped in purple light. And when the light was withdrawn, there was only the Demon King, the Demon King, not the Lemarck I knew.
“Ugh… “
I heard they were using Polymorph, but… I didn’t know it would make such a difference.
The body, which was originally only a little stocky, swelled up to twice that size.
Crackling – The clothes are torn, and skin that looks harder than steel appears in it.
Why is your face like this… ! Annoyingly, you’ve become more handsome…
Except for the fact that he has horns the size of my forearm, he looks like the most handsome man anywhere in the empire. To the point where I thought he was dozens of times more handsome than Abel or the Hero.
“Ranie, come closer.”
“Chew… Ugh, why, why?”
I heard his voice as I looked at his face and the veins sprouting on the back of his large hands alternately as if possessed.
I swallowed the saliva that flowed from his mouth and met his gaze. Fortunately, I didn’t see it, and he didn’t show any signs of making fun of me.
One step, two steps. If you fall down, stand at a distance of your nose and wait for his words. Lemarque slowly blinked the purple eyes that were looking at me and spoke.
“Now… I have to tell you. The condition of your circle.”
“The circle… Situation?”
The subject of his words was unexpected.
What is the state of the circle? What else is that
At best, I thought I would talk about what to do with people, or about the Imperial Army.
I tilted my head and waited for his mouth to open.
And he pondered for a long time, wondering if he was hesitant about something.
“By the ever-increasing mana, it is no wonder that your circle is broken at any time. Do you still feel symptoms of trembling hands and feet or chills?”
Again, he said something unexpected.
This time, more than before, I felt embarrassed, confused, and dumbfounded.
“…Yes?”
Anyone would have had no choice but to respond to his words.
“That… That’s right… But… “
“That’s why I made unnecessary physical contact when I knew you didn’t like it. It was to absorb the overflowing mana through the mana drain.”
His expression was serious. I tried to keep a smile on my face, wondering if he was joking, but I hardened my expression again.
“If the circle is broken… How will it go?”
“Die. The overflowing mana will spread throughout the body and cause symptoms of mana poisoning.”
“…”
My head goes blank.
Die? Soon?
Why me… ?
My voice doesn’t come out properly as if my throat is clogged with something. Maybe it’s because my head still doesn’t understand what he’s saying.
I blinked like an idiot, then spoke in a calm voice that I couldn’t believe was mine.
“Then, was this all the story that you said you could only live for one year?”
“I didn’t mean to cheat… “
“Lie!!”
Why am I mad at him?
Lemarque did not make me like this; rather, he was the benefactor who saved me from danger.
Yes, the emotions I am feeling are regret and resentment rather than anger.
I wish I had told you sooner… If I had known that the only thing waiting for me was death, I wouldn’t have tried or expected this much.
And why should I die? Because you have so much mana? Does that make sense?
“What if the knights hadn’t come to Valence? Then I would have died alone without knowing anything!”
“Lenny… “
“Mom, I am very cold. I feel like my hands will freeze even if I turn on the stove. Haha, then I’ll become a bitch who stuck a nail into my parents’ chest again! Isn’t that Lemarck? Ha ha… !”
If I had known this was going to happen, I wouldn’t have just run away from the window.
After all, it’s a time-limited life. It is much better to be filled with despair from the beginning than to have hope and then be crushed.
Make the villagers lose their hometown… There’s not a single corner that’s really helpful, me.
“I thought it was over! Why… Why! You must die soon? How can you live so miserably?”
“I’m embarrassed, but… As I said then, there is no way. Two ways…
“What way! Destroying the source of mana? I told you, if you live like that, you’ll just die!”
LeMarque just looked at me without saying a word.
I stare at him vigorously, and he tries to soothe my heart with his pitiful eyes.
“…Lenny.”
“It’s annoying! Annoyed, annoyed, annoyed… ! I am so angry and sad. Why… Why does misfortune keep befalling me? What did I do wrong!”
In the end, the tears that burst out overflowed and soaked the newly bought cloak.
I sat there for a long time, squatting, and it wasn’t until the tears stopped coming out that I stopped crying.
LeMarque, who just stroked my hair until I calmed down, continued talking again after I calmed down.
“Flaw… Uh… “
“There is also a way not to harm mana… There is. I don’t really want to recommend it.”
They said there were two ways, but there really was one more.
Can’t be expected If you look at it like that, it must be a worse way.
“…What is that method?”
Even so, it was close to instinct to ask with the feeling of grabbing straw.
He put on a complicated expression and thought about it again, then sighed and said:
“Removing overflowing mana through mana drain through physical contact periodically. Although the efficiency is somewhat lower, if it is contact through a mucous membrane… It should be faster than the speed at which mana accumulates.”
Are you kidding? No, the expression is serious.
I can see why he didn’t want to. So the way Lemarck is telling me now is…
“Sex. You pretended to be a gentleman like that, so you wanted to fuck me? Why, do you just tell me to do it? Since you’re a benefactor, I’ll give you a couple of rounds.”
“Don’t you know that I don’t mean that! There is such a way anyway… So didn’t I tell you that I don’t recommend it!”
Lemarck protested with an unfair expression, but there was no time left for me to care about him.
“Sex… Haha, it’s sex again… “
If this is fate, is it destiny?
Selling your body for the sexual treatment of your colleagues.
Now you have to have sex to live.
It’s true that I have a crush on him, and it’s true that he tried to seduce me into attacking me.
But this is a different case.
I don’t want to be hugged by someone who doesn’t even like me anymore.
But… There’s nothing you can do to live I have no way.
“I’m going out to organize my thoughts. I’ll visit you later, so please discuss with Alphonse what to do with the villagers.”
“This is my bedroom… “
“Lemarque.”
“…I get it. Don’t let me go out.”
… Miserable. So miserable.
