Favored by the Family That Will Become the Strongest! - Chapter 45

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Sevar walked forward slowly.
He needed to check Bianca’s condition.
And there, a miracle unfolded.
Color rushed back into Bianca’s pallid cheeks in an instant—as though magic itself had been worked upon her.
Sevar bent down gradually, his trembling hand brushing away the damp hair from Bianca’s forehead. Life was returning to the face of his dying daughter.
“It was real, then…….”
His head turned slowly.
There stood Diana, looking as though she had surrendered her own vitality to breathe it into Bianca.
Diana’s body swayed. Not a single finger’s worth of strength remained in her.
‘She pushed too hard.’
Her ability had its limits.
Healing Sevar was manageable. Subduing Bianca’s condition was manageable. But extracting completely the Darkness that her uncle had planted took a devastating toll on her.
This was no ordinary Darkness accumulated over one or two years.
‘It was a method her uncle used frequently.’
That was why he’d been able to hide the fact that he was a Dual Ability User for so long—by threatening someone and then binding them with an oath to conceal his power.
That was when Varcan approached her and asked.
“Diana, are you all right?”
Diana’s eyes blinked slowly.
“Pardon?”
“You’re trembling.”
At that, Diana nodded and spoke.
“Ah, yes. I’m not all right.”
“What did you say?”
With those words, Diana’s body began to collapse.
“What—?”
Varcan caught her in his arms, his expression startled. Diana’s head drooped limply, settling against his shoulder.
Her body temperature, where his fingertips touched her, was dangerously low. Sevar hurried toward Diana.
“Step aside. I’ll take her to Alfonso.”
Varcan lifted his head and fixed Sevar with a fierce stare. At the sight of his dissatisfied face, Sevar let out a hollow laugh.
“You might have trusted me sooner.”
His tone was remarkably curt. Sevar extended his hand, ignoring the remark.
But Varcan would not surrender Diana to him.
“I’ll take her myself.”
Varcan held Diana carefully, as though moving a precious gem, and began to walk.
Sevar watched his departing figure with bewilderment, then hurried after him.
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The moment they arrived at Diana’s bedchamber, Varcan laid her upon the soft mattress.
Her face, pale against the white sheets, was pitiful to behold. Alfonso, feeling for her pulse, exhaled a long sigh.
Watching this, Sevar asked urgently.
“What is her condition?”
“There is no danger to her life.”
“Then why did she collapse?”
“It appears to be a severe State of Exhaustion.”
“Exhaustion?”
“Yes. It seems the external force she tried to control far exceeded her magical reserves and life force. That’s what brought this about.”
“Does that mean this could happen every time she uses her ability?”
“I cannot say for certain—it is a phenomenon I have never encountered before. Ordinarily, when one overuses their ability, Darkness amplifies, does it not? But this young woman does not appear to be such a case.”
“…….”
“There seems to be some side effect known only to her, though I cannot be sure.”
Alfonso gazed down at Diana’s hand with concern and added.
“She will wake in due time.”
“……I understand. I’ll take my leave.”
Alfonso bowed and departed.
Varcan’s brow furrowed.
‘Diana really did heal Bianca.’
She had wrought a miracle with her ability.
‘Without a thought for her own body.’
Unable to even stand, she had nevertheless whispered without fear.
“I won’t let it hurt.”
“I’ll make sure you sleep deeply every night.”
“I’ll protect you.”
He couldn’t fathom who was supposed to protect whom.
‘Fragile as she is.’
Varcan found it absurd.
Diana must have known she would end up like this. Yet she had insisted on going to meet Sevar. It was clear she had acted knowing full well she would fall into this state.
She was that clever, but she was also that kind-hearted.
Varcan slowly turned his head. He stared at Sevar and opened his mouth.
“So what will you do?”
“Do about what?”
“Will you send Diana to the Rothwell Ducal House?”
Sevar spoke gravely.
“What do you take me for, Varcan? The situation is already resolved. Do you really think I’d send a small, frail little thing like that to Rothwell?”
Varcan answered not with words but with a reproachful gaze. Reading affirmation in his eyes, Sevar’s jaw tightened.
Truth be told, he had no defense. He had indeed rejected Diana once.
“It was my father who said Diana should be sent to the Ducal House. Has his mind changed just because she used her ability once?”
At his accusatory tone, Sevar frowned and spoke.
“You……think of me as quite the villain, don’t you.”
“Too many years have passed in your absence for me to understand your true intentions precisely.”
Sevar had no rebuttal. Even if he had unavoidable circumstances, Varcan’s distrust was equally inevitable.
“I intended to send her to the Magic Tower even before witnessing her ability.”
“A better choice, then. Will you send her there?”
“No, don’t worry. There is no need for that now. Rather, I owe her a debt.”
Sevar gazed down at Diana’s face. Despite being only sixteen, she bore a maturity that was remarkable.
If the Rothwell Duke had believed Diana was powerless, it was easy to imagine the treatment she had received. She must have endured much to become so composed.
Diana’s reluctance to return to the Rothwell Family likely stemmed from exactly that.
He no longer needed to defer to that man. It meant he could act as his heart dictated.
Sevar’s expression hardened as he spoke.
“Nothing you need to worry about will happen.”
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Sevar sat deep in the leather chair of the conference room, his gaze fixed upon the people before him.
He could see Count Roché wearing an expression of triumph.
‘And uninvited guests to boot.’
His eyes shifted slowly. Edion, a knight of the Rothwell Ducal House—a face he had seen a few times before in dealings with the Rothwell Family.
“It has been a long time, Sevar.”
Edion offered a courteous greeting.
He promptly broached the main matter.
“My lord is deeply concerned. This is the first time someone from our family has been abducted in such a manner.”
“Abducted?”
“We understand a new guest has arrived here. We are certain that guest is Miss Diana, who has gone missing from our family.”
Count Roché, who had been listening quietly with his head bowed, also added his voice.
“That’s right. The child whom Varcan brought in from outside and made a maidservant to Miss Bianca—that girl is Princess Diana, is she not?”

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