I Opened an Illegal Animal Hospital in Another World - Chapter 10

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————

10

Chapter 2. I’m Experienced Though (5)

I hurriedly dispelled the wall of flames, and small children came into view.

‘They’re too far away to see clearly.’

Except for the blonde kid, these were the first children I’d seen since being reborn in this world. And it had already been two years since then. I could really feel how much my parents had sheltered me.

“Ian! Leon! How did you two get here?!”

“Father! Leon got caught in the fi-, fire…”

They looked like boys around seven years old. Lloyd quickly approached them.

“Leon, are you alright? Try standing up.”

“I’m, I’m fine…”

“It’s okay to say if it hurts.”

Lloyd rolled up the sleeve of the child who had fallen to the ground. I couldn’t see from this distance, but if he had been touched by those intense flames, the injury wouldn’t be minor.

‘Should I throw some healing clay?’

Without realizing it, I fidgeted with my hands and the healing clay formed into a round ball. If I threw it well… it seemed like it might reach…

I called it clay for convenience, but if I made the consistency thinner, it was possible to spread it widely like slime. That’s how I did it when I covered the manor. But right now, with my parents nearby, I was naturally conscious of their presence.

My parents, especially Mother, really, truly, absolutely hated when I used healing abilities. Because they thought it was bad for my body…

“Lloyd, is the child badly hurt? What should we do…”

“He didn’t get burned, but it seems he sprained his leg when he fell from being startled.”

“I’m fine!”

When Mother approached and asked, the child who had been sitting on the ground jumped up and shouted loudly. Father approached them while holding me.

“You don’t need to force yourself to lie. Tell us the truth. This was our mistake.”

“It was my mistake.”

“Your mistake is my mistake. Lloyd, did you call a healer?”

“You don’t need to do that.”

“He should be treated just in case.”

“It’s just a simple fall. Leon, Ian. Isn’t that right?”

Father clicked his tongue.

“Lloyd, if you say that, the children won’t be able to speak up even when they’re hurt. Step aside.”

“N-no! I’m really fine!”

“It doesn’t hurt!”

Wow, they’re really disciplined…

I was still contemplating whether to use healing clay or not while being held in Father’s arms.

‘They must be twins.’

The identical children standing side by side were really cute. What, they’re complete angels.

‘Is everyone in this world basically good-looking…?’

Looking at Lloyd, that didn’t seem to be the case. It’s not that Lloyd was ugly… In terms of facial features, he was on the handsome side, but he looked like he’d be on a gym poster rather than a celebrity photo book.

Still, since he was handsome, I decided to conclude that the average appearance level in this world was quite high.

Unlike the ruggedly built Lloyd, the two children with their reddish-brown hair tied in identical ponytails looked clean and neat. Their bright blue eyes were cute.

But they seemed to be quite the troublemakers, as small scratch marks were visible everywhere – on their cheeks, forearms, and the back of their necks.

‘If left like that, they’ll scar.’

While I was thinking that and watching, I made eye contact with one of the children.

“Hmph.”

Huh.

Did that kid just “hmph” at me? How cheeky, the moment he first sees me. What did I even do?

The way he turned his head away and pretended not to care was really…

‘So cute…’

I want to tease him.

“Are you really sure you don’t need to show your leg to a healer? Even if you don’t feel pain right now from the shock, it might hurt later.”

“Thank you for your concern, but falling is something that happens often during training too.”

“But this happened because of my mistake.”

“No. To be precise, these guys.”

Lloyd smiled grimly as he looked down at his twins. The twins’ faces hardened.

“This happened because they didn’t listen to me and snuck in secretly.”

“We’re sorry!”

“We were wrong!”

You could tell how strictly Lloyd was educating them. Well, to keep mischievous-looking children in line, some degree of strictness would be necessary.

In front of me, he only showed his ridiculous side, giving a soft impression, but it seemed different when it came to educating his own children.

“That’s fine. I already knew that your children frequently visit the training grounds. However, it would be good to correct the habit of entering places without permission.”

“Understood.”

Mother glanced at me as she said those words.

“Usually they don’t do things they’re told not to do… I’ll give them a stern warning.”

“Never mind the warning, let’s hear the reason.”

“Pardon?”

“You said they usually don’t do things they’re told not to. If this time was an exception, there must have been a reason.”

Father said.

‘These kids must like Father.’

As soon as Father opened his mouth, their eyes sparkled as they looked at him – they were such transparent kids.

The more I looked at them, the cuter they became.

Lloyd asked.

“Ian, Leon. Answer His Excellency’s question.”

“Well…”

The two exchanged glances with each other. Then, as if they had made up their minds, they spoke.

“We were curious.”

“About what? Magic?”

“No. What Father often talked about.”

The other twin naturally continued the sentence.

“Lady Shana.”

“You said she would come out…”

Huh. Me?

“Father said so, didn’t he? That when you grow up, you must become knights who serve Lady Shana…”

“But we’ve never seen her.”

“Even when we came to the manor, we couldn’t meet Lady Shana.”

“This time you said she would come out, so we came to see her.”

“We can’t accept having to serve someone whose face we’ve never seen.”

“Father said we must become strong for Lady Shana, that we must endure.”

“But how can we find strength when we don’t even know who she is?”

Every word they said made sense.

“What did you plan to do after meeting her?”

When Mother asked rather fiercely, childishly dealing with the children, the twins answered simultaneously.

“We wanted to judge whether she’s worthy of our service!”

“Th-these kids…”

Lloyd seemed quite flustered. He appeared worried that the twins’ blunt words might have hurt my feelings or my parents’.

‘Aren’t they right though?’

Mother and Father weren’t the type to get hurt by children’s words.

‘Besides, I’m only 3 years old.’

What could they possibly judge…

Thinking about it, I wondered how much the twins had been tormented by Lloyd constantly hearing my name until they were sick of it.

“Daddy! Daddy, put me down, down!”

“Shana?”

Father carefully set me down on the ground. Mother looked displeased but didn’t stop him.

They came to see me, so I couldn’t just stay in someone’s arms.

I got down and approached the twins.

Squeak, squeak!

“Ah, seriously…”

Just when I was trying to be a bit serious, my shoes weren’t helping.

As I approached the twins with my shoes making cheerful squeaking sounds, I could see the stiff faces of the children who had been answering the adults confidently just moments before.

Ah, what, why.

Why do they look scared?

‘Don’t tell me I look scary?’

From what I could see, I was only pretty and cute though? I was mildly shocked. Could it be that this world had different aesthetic standards?

Hiding my disappointment that the face I thought was pretty like Mother’s might actually look scary, I extended my hand to one of them.

“I’m Shana.”

“I know.”

Lloyd said, “Leon, use respectful language!” What respectful language, I’m the younger one.

So this one was Leon. The child who had scoffed at me.

“What’s your name?”

“…Leon.”

“Yes, Leon. And?”

“Ian.”

“So you’re Ian.”

For something they supposedly disliked, they answered quite obediently. They were probably being mindful of the adults, but I wanted to become friends with these children who were practically the first peers I’d met since coming to this world (let’s humanely exclude the newborn period).

They looked about 4 years older than me, but that was perfect. We could communicate.

I grabbed both Leon and Ian’s hands at the same time. My right hand held Leon’s, the one who had fallen. My left held Ian’s, who also had many wounds. They flinched slightly in surprise, but didn’t pull their hands away. What, how sweet.

I smiled brightly and said.

“I don’t like serving either.”

“Wh-what…”

“Don’t do things you don’t want to do. Whatever uncle says, you can do as you please!”

The twins’ eyes widened. They seemed unable to imagine that I would be the first to say I disliked it, and could only gape without knowing how to respond.

Why, what. I can say I don’t like things too…

Honestly, what do such tiny children know to have their futures decided for them? That was Lloyd’s mistake.

“W-we don’t like…”

“Honestly, how can kids protect me? You don’t need to protect anyone, I’ll handle it myself!”

“Our Lady Shana speaks so well… She’s only 3 years old but look how fluent she is… You’re right, Lady Shana. The twins still have a long way to go.”

“Right, Lloyd will protect me!”

“Hahaha! Exactly!”

Uncle, what are you supposed to do if you act like that…

“I also don’t like people who don’t like me. So.”

“Do you, do you know how promising our future is? You’ll r-regret it!”

“I’ll handle that myself too.”

I applied healing clay to the visible wounds. I felt a bit sorry since it felt like throwing clay at people. A faint light flowed and the scratches melted away and disappeared.

“Shana, you again…!”

“It’s fine, it’s fine! It’s nothing at all!”

“I told you not to…”

The twins looked very surprised. I looked up at them from below and said directly.

“So don’t get hurt just because you came to see me. Do what you want to do. Leon, Ian.”

“Ugh.”

“…”

The two suddenly burst into tears. Oh no, I made the kids cry. I’m not really a child, I’m actually an adult. An experienced professional at that.

‘Don’t tell me.’

Do I really look scary?

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————