A Contract Marriage with My Child’s Father - Chapter 26

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Chapter 26

“Who, who on earth said such things to the young master?”

I suppressed my emotions as much as possible so the child wouldn’t be unnecessarily startled, but my hands were still trembling.

If only Jayden had been taking his medicine all this time. If only he had been consistently taking his medication!

Jayden wouldn’t have suffered so much just a few days ago.

Even before that, and even before then, he wouldn’t have been so seriously ill.

I recalled the countless repeated records of seizures and high fevers that remained in the patient’s medical records.

He must have suffered so much all this time.

Even fever reducers wouldn’t work, so he must have cried alone a lot while suffering in terrible high fevers.

Thinking that all that pain was something he didn’t have to endure, it felt like my heart was being torn to shreds.

Before considering hemolysis or anything else, Jayden was just a child. Only six years old at that.

But who on earth had poured such cruel words toward this boy?

The emotions I had pressed down kept swirling inside me.

I somehow swallowed my sadness and anger as I placed my hands on Jayden’s shoulders.

At the same time, I quietly looked at the child.

“….”

Jayden’s lips trembled as if he didn’t know what to say.

The boy who couldn’t easily meet my gaze soon muttered with teary eyes.

“…If you’re disappointed in me, you don’t have to come anymore.”

But what Jayden said only tore at my heart even more.

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“…If you’re disappointed in me, you don’t have to come anymore.”

Jayden bit his lips tightly to hold back tears as he snapped. Through his blurred vision, he could see Viola’s stern expression.

He felt a sudden fear.

‘…I must have made Viola angry.’

She was such a kind woman who didn’t even get angry when she got hurt because of him.

Viola, who was foolishly always warmly smiling.

This was really the first time he had seen her make such a face.

But Jayden soon resigned himself. In a way, it was only natural.

Not only had he lied, but he had also stubbornly insisted that he didn’t need medicine.

‘As expected, she finds me pathetic… That’s why she’s lost interest in me.’

His heart ached as if a dry rag was being wrung out.

When had he been so eager to push her away. Now that he thought Viola really hated him, even he couldn’t understand why he felt so sad.

Even now.

Even now, if he held onto Viola, would she let him?

Since she was a kind woman, she might give him one last chance.

Even if she said no, there was nothing he could do about it. Jayden only knew this way.

But contrary to his heart, the words that came out of his mouth were the complete opposite of his feelings.

“I don’t need it. Just leave someone like me alone. You must be sick of looking at me, so you don’t need to force yourself to come…!”

But it was right at that moment. A warm warmth miraculously embraced Jayden again.

“No, that’s not it. I’ve never been disappointed in you, young master.”

“Then….”

You won’t leave me?

When Jayden courageously added, an answer came back as if there was no need to think about it.

“Of course. Where would I go, leaving the young master behind?”

His legs felt like they would give out from relief. Jayden remained in her embrace, gripping her clothes like a lifeline.

Viola met the child’s eyes and spoke gently.

“Listen to me carefully. Young master, you are just a person before you are someone with hemolysis.”

“…A person?”

It was difficult to understand.

Jayden had been born with hemolysis, and everyone had called him that. But Viola nodded and added.

“Some people are tall and others are short. Someone has black hair and someone has brown hair. But young master, my hair is pink.”

She pointed to her own hair and smiled brightly.

“It’s not a common color, so does that mean I’m not human because I’m different from others?”

Shake shake. Jayden hurriedly shook his head.

“Viola is obviously human. That’s just a characteristic.”

But why? It was hard to understand why Viola was saying such things.

But Viola spoke her next words as if it was completely natural.

“That’s right. Hemolysis is just such a characteristic too.”

“…What?”

“Young master, you’re just a person. A very cute and lovable one at that.”

Words he had never heard in his life.

His teacher, and all the healers he had met so far. Everyone had treated him simply as someone with hemolysis before even looking at him.

But why was Viola the only one….

Jayden forced open his eyes that wouldn’t open properly from crying so much. He was curious about what expression Viola was making.

The eyes he finally met were undoubtedly sincere. As if not a single lie was mixed into all those words.

‘….’

He wanted to say something, but his throat was choked up and no words would come out. It was then that Jayden was only moving his lips.

“Young master. When I’m sick, I take medicine right away. Does that make me a weak person?”

“No! Viola isn’t weak!”

Jayden cried out urgently. How could there be such a foolish question in the world?

Viola was absolutely not weak.

She was rather… strong.

Upright and kind. She was stronger than anyone Jayden had ever seen.

‘Of course, she might be physically weak. What to do with such thin arms.’

Even so, she was definitely a strong person.

“But you said taking medicine makes you weak.”

“But, but that’s not it!”

“Then it’s the same for you, young master. Taking medicine doesn’t make you weak.”

“…Huh?”

“This is just treatment. Everyone needs to receive treatment when they’re sick.”

She quietly added as she gently stroked the back of Jayden’s hand.

“So you’ll properly take your medicine from now on, right?”

A clear voice. Jayden hesitated to answer.

Could he really believe her words? It was too sweet a story to believe right away.

But….

Just this once, he wanted to be honest.

Jayden finally nodded.

“Alright….”

As if finally relieved, she smiled at him again.

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After comforting Jayden who was confused until the end, I left the bedroom with a heavy heart.

A half-wit. Taking medicine makes you weak.

‘How could such words come from a child’s mouth.’

I don’t know who said such things, but just let me find out. I really won’t let them get away with it.

…But what if this wasn’t just one person’s problem?

‘My head is throbbing.’

Perhaps it was only natural for Jayden to think that way.

People fundamentally think of dragonblood as special beings and fear them.

But just because it was natural didn’t mean it was right.

I can’t just leave things as they are.

So I immediately headed to Cain’s study and reported what had happened today.

“So to summarize, Jayden hasn’t been taking his medicine all this time?”

“Yes, that’s right. He’s a young child, so it could simply be because he dislikes the medicine, but….”

I took a breath and added with emphasis.

“I don’t think that’s the case.”

It was speculation for now, but there would be a big difference between saying something and not saying it.

“I’ll look into it.”

Fortunately, Cain took it seriously.

“Thank you for letting me know.”

“Not at all. It’s something I should naturally do.”

Cain reached for the bell as if to summon Conrad immediately.

“Then I’ll take my leave….”

At this natural signal to leave, I let out a sigh of relief and was about to turn around. That moment.

“Wait.”

Cain, who had made eye contact with me, didn’t ring the bell but got up from his seat and came straight toward me.

It happened in the blink of an eye.

He approached right up to my face and grabbed my shoulder as I was about to leave, turning me around.

Ah…? My mouth opened involuntarily at the sudden situation.

Our faces were far too close to each other.

Why, why is he doing this? But without needing to ask, my question was quickly resolved.

“Your tongue is blue. Don’t tell me you took poison?”

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