I Opened an Illegal Animal Hospital in Another World - Chapter 104

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104

Chapter 22. This is Science (2)

Evelyn thinly sliced the ginger that Leon had brought.

‘It’s, it’s spicy…’

The ginger felt particularly spicy on my delicately raised tongue, but I endured it thinking of the two people’s sincerity. Besides, I had the pride of a former Korean – I couldn’t admit that something like this was spicy.

What’s in my eyes isn’t tears, it’s sweat…

“Stop being stubborn and drink the mana potion.”

“I don’t want to drink, urp.”

A potion was shoved into my mouth as I opened it to speak. He clearly had no intention of asking for my opinion from the start. When I glared at him with dissatisfaction, he looked back at me as if asking what I was doing not drinking it quickly.

Geez.

The taste of the mana potion I tried for the first time was bland salt water. On top of that, some unidentifiable cheap fruit flavoring was added. It would be better if it had no scent, but what is this awful smell that I can’t tell if it’s strawberry or apple…?

It tastes disgustingly bad. I wonder if salty Pocari Sweat would taste like this.

“Uweeek…”

Ian was very flustered when I covered my mouth with my hand and dry heaved.

“Just kidding.”

“Shana…”

“Don’t lower your voice like that. You’re the one who shoved the potion in my mouth first.”

“Use proper language.”

“Hmph.”

Ian cursed with his eyes. Evelyn asked.

“How’s your stomach feeling?”

“Hmm, I’m not sure…”

“The nausea seems to have improved.”

Ian interjected.

“You were dry heaving with every breath, but now you’re at least completing sentences.”

“Now that you mention it, that’s true…”

I had only dry heaved because it tasted bad, it wasn’t that the potion had actually come back up. When I paid attention to it, my stomach felt much more comfortable. You could call it a placebo effect. At least I had somehow taken my brain out of the washing machine’s spin cycle, so I couldn’t ask for more.

“Ugh, I feel like I could live as long as I don’t feel nauseous…”

“…That’s a relief. But don’t let your guard down and rest. I’ll have the carriage go as slowly as possible.”

“No, you can go fast…”

I’d rather lie down in bed quickly.

“It won’t take long to reach the inn we booked, so let’s have a proper dinner.”

“Yeah. I think my appetite will come back if I sleep for a bit!”

I need to eat something delicious! Something delicious! When I cheerfully exclaimed this, Ian chuckled as if he couldn’t help it and stroked my forehead and the top of my head.

I’m in a good mood right now, so I’ll let it slide.

“Lady Shana, here. Lie down here.”

Evelyn patted her thighs. Seeing her expectant expression, it was hard to refuse. Why would she do this when there are perfectly good pillows and cushions…?

Then Evelyn placed a black furry bundle on her knees. That’s!

“Here, the tail.”

“I’ll lie down!”

Evelyn of strong will, an educated woman who doesn’t discriminate between means and methods for her purpose.

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“Ah, I can live…”

I jumped into the bed as if diving. Pressing my cheek against the well-dried blanket and savoring the happiness, I felt like I owned the whole world.

Although we traveled by carriage all day, we didn’t move very far.

‘It would be convenient if we could move by teleport…’

But there were four people, and the Wentworth Duchy was far, so that was difficult. Mother alone might be able to do it, though.

They say we need to travel for ten days like this, and if we go slowly out of consideration for me, it will obviously take longer. Let’s prepare for it to take two weeks.

We’ll use our family’s carriage, but they said we’ll bring different horses every time we arrive in a city. It would probably be difficult for a long journey.

‘It doesn’t have to be such a nice inn.’

The room I’m sharing with Evelyn was spacious and very cleanly maintained. When I asked why we needed to choose a good inn when we’re just sleeping, Ian asked back why we wouldn’t spend the money we have.

Answering a question with a question is bad, you fact-bomber…

I hear some picky rich person is only satisfied when they rent out entire inns whenever they stay somewhere. They say they can’t stand having others stay in the space they’re using.

Yet they don’t care about servants – what incomprehensible sensitivity.

The penny-pincher from my previous life protested that it might be a bit wasteful, but the delicately raised me from this life was very happy thanks to this luxury inn.

Besides, the food was delicious.

It was quite salty, probably for weary travelers, but the way it clung to my tongue was very stimulating and delicious. Indeed, spicy, salty, and sweet dishes are the most delicious. It seemed like festival street food refined into something elegant.

‘I hope they serve the same thing tomorrow morning…’

Am I a pig, closing my eyes and thinking about tomorrow’s breakfast?

Well, occasional indulgence is fine, and I couldn’t eat properly all day due to motion sickness, my esophagus was coated with stomach acid, and also…

“Shana, can I come in for a moment?”

“Leon? Come in.”

How uncharacteristic of him to knock.

I needed to thank Leon for getting ginger and potions for me. Though I had drunk the potion and immediately fallen into deep sleep using Evelyn’s tail as a pillow, I was concerned because Leon seemed strangely subdued and quiet.

Leon hesitantly entered and blinked when he found me lying sprawled on the bed.

“Going to sleep already? You just finished eating.”

“Don’t you know how blissful it is to sleep on a full stomach?”

“Don’t lie down until it’s digested. You’ll suffer from indigestion again.”

What, are you my mother? Leon’s face was too calm for me to tease him playfully as usual. My child has changed!

Maybe it was because we were outside, but my second-generation caretakers’ protective mode was extraordinary. The first-generation caretakers include nanny Bailey, Ella, and Maria, while the second-generation caretakers are the twins and Evelyn.

Even playful Leon, who was like a second older brother with little age difference, was acting like this, making me feel somewhat burdened. Even though we were outside, wasn’t he being too alert? He was like a guard dog with perked ears, watching the surroundings.

I sat up on the bed, and Leon pulled a chair near the bed and sat down.

“I can’t sleep right away anyway. I need to contact Mom and Dad, and Raven is supposed to contact me too. I also need to contact Ella and Lili to see if there were any problems at the hospital…”

Busy, busy modern society.

I completely forgot to mention that I also needed to contact Renate.

“About Lili…”

“Lili? What about Lili?”

“Well.”

Leon hesitated. What is it? I frowned.

That hesitant attitude, the gloomy expression all day, and the distance he kept from Evelyn and me!

“Leon… Be honest with me. I know everything.”

I thought he liked Evelyn, but his heart has turned toward Lili!

They called him a playboy, and apparently he doesn’t even care that she has a boyfriend named Jake! As Leon’s friend and lord, I fell into contemplation about how to give him sharp advice.

Lili and Jake have a good relationship.

Perhaps because Jake was the one who found and cared for runaway Lili, the two had a particularly tender and special atmosphere. I could see how Lili was especially soft toward Jake, and Jake… well, just looking at how he gazed at Lili, honey was overflowing.

‘It makes everyone watching feel embarrassed.’

How could he think of squeezing between that solid couple…

Of course Leon was tall and handsome, but I needed to make him aware that there are things in this world that good looks alone can’t achieve.

“…I knew you’d figure it out. That makes it easier to talk about.”

“Ha, Leon. I’m really disappointed in you…”

The company commander was greatly disappointed.

“Sorry, I must have been crazy.”

“Yes, you really were crazy.”

“I lost my mind momentarily.”

Leon bit his lips tightly.

‘What, you too… Are you serious too?’

Leon’s bowed head was something I’d never seen before. According to Evelyn, Leon was like a corpse without his inexplicable confidence, but to see him so dejected like this.

“I lost my mind for a moment. I thought I was more rational than that.”

“You?”

After a long time, the comeback of the century had arrived.

“You’ve been hot-tempered and tearful since childhood…”

“Yes, I was like that as a child. But when I got really angry, I’d become calm as if a string had snapped.”

Leon said with a bitter smile.

“But in that moment, I couldn’t do that.”

“…”

“The moment the light exploded, everything disappeared…”

What, is this romance… What kind of youth drama is this? Light, he says, light. Did he see a halo from behind or something? It’s embarrassing for the listener.

“I couldn’t forgive that only Jake remained where you had disappeared.”

Huh?

…Me? Why am I coming up here?

“Lili defending Jake looked the same to me.”

“Huh?”

“I know, it wasn’t rational thinking. I was definitely crazy. In my impatience to chase after you immediately, I couldn’t see anything. I had to grab onto something… No, these are all excuses. The truth is, even I…”

“…”

“…I might have been thinking that it was most convenient to blame Jake.”

Leon hung his head low.

“I’m so disgusted with myself.”

Ah, I….

I was mistaken.

I thought this was a romance, but I got the genre wrong. Good thing I didn’t say it out loud.

“I’ll properly apologize to Lili. And to Jake too, of course.”

“Ah….”

“But I don’t know if they’ll forgive me. …Sorry for disappointing you.”

Leon’s voice was bitter. Lili must have been hurt. Jake was the same. They would have believed that Leon was on their side. This time it was clearly Leon’s fault. There was no room for excuses.

Of course, they wouldn’t forgive him easily either. Especially Lili, with her prickly personality. Right after the conflict, before there was even a chance to apologize, all that chaos happened and we had to leave immediately. Leon seemed to believe that Lili would never forgive him.

But I thought the friendship that Lili and Leon had built up over time surely wouldn’t be completely meaningless.

‘That’s just my opinion though.’

Since I couldn’t know Lili’s feelings right now, I couldn’t say anything.

Leon looked like he was about to cry. I pulled his head into a tight embrace and patted the back of his head. Leon stayed in my arms for a moment, then chuckled.

“…Are you comforting me or hitting me?”

“Both. So only the stupid brain cells die.”

“Haha!”

“If you cry then laugh, hair will grow on your butt….”

“It won’t grow.”

Too bad.

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