I Opened an Illegal Animal Hospital in Another World - Chapter 103

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103

Chapter 22. She Is Science (1)

The next day.

“Urgh…”

I’m dying from motion sickness.

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I had forgotten due to all the work, but officially I was supposed to collapse during the ball due to health problems and leave for recuperation at the Wentworth Duchy.

I was supposed to briefly enjoy the festival and then immediately leave by carriage, but I had completely forgotten because of the terrorist.

‘There was too much going on…’

Especially yesterday felt as long as ten days.

After the ball, the festival, and even fainting, my already poor stamina was completely depleted.

Actually, I had prepared myself to fall ill just from the ball and enjoying the festival, but on top of that, didn’t I overexert myself while burning through my lifespan? I thought I would definitely be bedridden for several days.

But contrary to my expectations, I surprisingly didn’t develop a fever and slept well, short but sweet.

I’ve improved, myself!

Maybe I’ve reached the level of a complete ordinary person. Maybe I’m at least at the level of a modern person lacking exercise? I was feeling proud and hopeful, but as soon as I got in the carriage, I was forced to realize that wasn’t the case.

“Urghhhh, ugh…”

Even the carriage vibrations that were usually fine made my stomach turn.

You could have let me stay deluded for a while, sob sob.

“Lady Shana, are you alright? Please try some honey water.”

“No, ugh, it’s too hard to swallow anything right now, urgh…”

Is this what a hangover feels like…

It felt like lying on a raft on the vast ocean, constantly swaying. My stomach felt like it would turn inside out, but even dry heaving produced no stomach acid anymore, and my head was throbbing.

It’s like my brain is inside a washing machine.

I want to wash my brain, or I’d rather faint again…

If I could just get rid of this motion sickness, I feel like I could do anything, but even stopping the carriage briefly and waiting didn’t help at all.

The vibration is just a trigger; my depleted stamina can’t handle it.

Sigh, yes, I knew my stamina was trash. I wasn’t disappointed. I was just pretending to have expectations, I wasn’t fooled…

I knew this would happen! You didn’t deviate one bit from my expectations, you predictable thing! I knew it all along!

“Still, still…”

Evelyn looked anxious and made a tearful face.

I leaned against the window frame with my arm and quietly looked at Evelyn. From any angle, she had a pretty face. Cute, dignified, pretty, she has it all… A cold city woman, but with warm charm for close friends.

Looking at something pretty and nice made my stomach feel a bit better.

Motion sickness, you know what’s pretty too.

…I seemed to be going crazy gradually.

“Leon went to get motion sickness medicine at the village we’ll arrive at soon. He’ll be back quickly, so please hang in there a little longer.”

“Mmm… Will medicine even help this…”

Ian spoke from outside the window.

“Just in case, I told him to buy ginger and mana potions too.”

“What’s ginger for and what are mana potions?”

When I lifted my head, I could see Ian riding a horse. He was managing to keep his back straight on the swaying horse.

“Ian, sorry, but ugh…”

“Are you dry heaving at the sight of my face…”

“I’m looking at something swaying, urgh, so, ugh…”

“…”

Ian pulled the reins and moved back a little. It wasn’t intentional, but I felt sorry. Ian said.

“When you have motion sickness, holding thinly sliced ginger in your mouth helps a bit. And the mana potion is Anais’s prescription.”

“Mother’s? When did you ugh, contact Mother, urghhhh…”

“…I received something like that ring you got from Prince Raven.”

“…You shared a ring with Mother…? You? Leaving Father behind, uuughhhh…”

“…I’m seriously getting pissed off, at this timing.”

It’s a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding.

“Anais said you might be nauseous because you used your mana excessively to the limit. No matter how much you squeeze a dry dishrag, no water comes out, only wrinkles form. There might be wrinkles left in your mana circuits too, hindering recovery…”

“Did you just call me a dry dishrag?”

“…Why aren’t you dry heaving now?”

Ian came closer and looked at me as if bewildered. However, seeing my miserable face, his desire to argue seemed to disappear, and he moved away again with a sigh.

“Nothing to lose, so we should try both. Don’t force yourself to sit up, lie down and close your eyes.”

I was anxious that if I lay down, whatever was inside would spill out, so I couldn’t bring myself to do it. I looked up at the blue sky once and wiped away a tear for no reason. Then I looked to the side and saw Evelyn’s eyes sparkling. Huh?

“Evelyn…?”

“Please lie down here, Lady Shana!”

And she patted her thighs. It seemed she wanted to give me a lap pillow. Her expression was so full of expectation that I wanted to accept, but I couldn’t vomit on Evelyn’s skirt.

“It’s okay, I think lying down would make me feel worse…”

“Yes…”

She looked dejected. Evelyn is so cute.

Instead of lying down, I sat up straight against the backrest. I tensed my stomach and repeated taking deep breaths and exhaling several times, which seemed to help. I had to at least think it was getting better. I was deceiving myself. I’m fine, I’m fine…

My brain wasn’t fooled. Uweeek…

“Evelyn, could you talk about something else instead?”

“I’m not good with words, but… I’ll do my best!”

So cute…

Evelyn was definitely not much of a talker. Usually she was quiet and taciturn, preferring to show rather than tell. But when she was with the twins, she was as talkative and lively as anyone else. Leon says she’s violent, but that was limited to Leon only.

‘Is she only like that with Leon…?’

She gets along well with Ian too, but she seems particularly casual with Leon. Though Leon is everyone’s punching bag.

What, what. I’m totally quick to notice things. I’m totally sharp about this stuff! I looked at Evelyn slyly, but even under my gaze, Evelyn was innocently choosing conversation topics for my sake, so I couldn’t even bring it up.

“Lord Renate said he would lock those people up for now. Because we need to find out the route to the manor where Lady Maria is being held.”

“…But no torture…”

“We have plenty of potions, so it’ll be fine.”

“…”

That wasn’t the problem though. I was secretly breaking out in a cold sweat.

“I hate wasting Lady Shana’s potions on those birds, I mean, people though.”

“We have to rescue Maria…”

“Yes, that’s right. So we have to keep them alive.”

Evelyn smiled brightly. It was the same pretty smile as before, but I didn’t know why I felt a chill. She’s not taking responsibility for what comes after, is she…

‘I need to clear up the misunderstanding with Renate…’

I don’t know what to say first.

I quietly recalled the events of dawn.

When I revealed that Nathan was the one who kidnapped the beastmen and was habitually kidnapping or buying beastmen to strengthen his weak body, the monkeys who learned the identity of the one who attacked their village were filled with rage and despair.

A prince of the Empire, the eldest son whom the Emperor loved most. Even though they had discovered his identity, there was no possibility of even getting close to him.

“I thought so. He’s been bustling about doing something, so I wondered what he was scheming.”

“Mother, did you know?”

“I didn’t know he was doing cruel things to beastmen. But despite being so busy, Prince Nathan wasn’t achieving any results that would change his position, so I wondered if he had other things keeping him busy. He didn’t seem like the type to just sit around cracking sunflower seeds.”

“But when I saw him, that person was acting really kind and good-natured toward other people.”

“He’s popular. A handsome, fragile, pitiful, and unfortunate prince. Just like an unfortunate protagonist from a novel.”

“Raven is…”

“He has many young female fans who like him because he’s handsome…”

“Only female fans…?”

“He has many allies but doesn’t seem very popular… Prince Raven has many talents he personally cultivated around him, so it should be fine even if he’s not that popular!”

Mother was quite cruel and cold. Raven didn’t particularly deny it either.

“Is the cooperative relationship with House of Lepoer also to turn Prince Nathan into a beastman chimera?”

“Mother, a chimera…”

“What does it matter, there’s no one listening.”

“…Anyway, there are demons too. Two of them.”

“…That must also be a reason for cooperating with House of Lepoer. Father has a history of contracting with demons.”

With that conversation, the atmosphere became completely cold.

It was great that they readily believed me, but even though more information was added, nothing was actually resolved. Learning that there were countless victimized beastmen seemed to make things worse.

Still, it was an achievement to know exactly who was targeting me, or trying to kill me.

Nathan’s group included two demons, including Seth. Sob sob. What could they possibly want to use someone as harmless and insignificant as me for?

I’m not going to treat them anyway.

My parents told me I had nothing to worry about. Now that the enemy was clear, it became easier, they said it was actually good.

Raven said he would return to the palace first, sort out what needed sorting, and contact me at night. I thought he would insist on following, but I was surprised that he went back so obediently.

He was smiling strangely when we parted, …what is he plotting?

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