I Opened an Illegal Animal Hospital in Another World - Chapter 110

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110

Chapter 24. End of Vacation (2)

Of course Maria had been captured, but I had some confidence about that.

I didn’t know how much Seth had revealed to Nathan, but with even a little investigation, he would know that Maria was someone very precious to me.

‘If he’s not an idiot, he won’t just kill her but use her as a card.’

I could only hope Nathan wasn’t stupid. He probably thought himself very clever and rational, so the more he showed off, the better.

It would be best if things didn’t reach the stage where I’d be threatened to heal him using Maria as leverage, and instead everything would be swept up in one go while I was away, as my parents and Raven intended…

But since I didn’t know what variables one or two demons might bring, I should be prepared.

‘I wish I could know their situation in detail.’

Moreover, I had set up a small device so I could know if Maria faced a life-threatening crisis.

‘Let’s see.’

The block I had planted inside Maria’s body when she went far away was still intact.

It felt a bit strange, like implanting a stone inside someone’s body, but I called it an insurance block.

True to its name, it was a block designed to activate when life was in danger, and I would be able to tell when it disappeared. However, I could only know whether it existed or not, not its location.

It was one of the little tricks I learned from Seth, like healing clay or health shield.

Seth laughed tremendously at my naming sense. Even though he didn’t have particularly good taste himself, whenever I named something, he would look down at me with a “pfft…” expression. I punched him hard in the solar plexus.

‘It’s not like I’m going to shout them out like martial arts techniques. Intuitive is best…’

No matter how cool a name is, wouldn’t anything become tacky if you strike a pose and shout it out? So cringeworthy… Take this, healing clay! You can become stronger! It hurts my pride that the person hitting me is so weak!

…It was even funnier because it wasn’t an attack. What kind of own goal is that…

They say it’s a blessing that eighth-grader syndrome comes in eighth grade. From that perspective, having gone through eighth-grader syndrome before being born, I had received tremendous blessings. When the twins attended the Academy, I witnessed them shouting technique names during sparring.

I tease them about it with Evelyn from time to time.

A friend’s embarrassing past is always a source of happiness.

It was really unfortunate that I couldn’t know about Raven’s eighth-grader syndrome days. Even when I asked the twins, they wouldn’t tell me about Raven.

He definitely must have had a severe case of eighth-grader syndrome.

Someone stubborn enough to stay away for 11 years just to make me conscious of him couldn’t have gotten through it smoothly.

“Lady Shana, how’s your stomach? I brought medicine!”

“Thanks, Evelyn.”

I was proud of my bold self for not being surprised even when Evelyn suddenly dropped in front of me during my walk. It was proof of time passing. I could avoid being surprised no matter when or where Evelyn popped up!

But I should probably advise her not to do this in other places. The castle servants who were seeing Evelyn for the first time were startled with wide eyes.

Evelyn must have felt these stares more sensitively, but she looked only at me with sparkling eyes as if only we existed in the world.

This won’t do. I had been worried about Evelyn’s attitude of acting as if she had no one but me since long ago.

“How cowardly of you to run away alone, Shana.”

“You should take us too.”

I wasn’t surprised when the twins suddenly appeared either… but I stared at them while putting the digestive medicine Evelyn offered into my mouth. The twins looked at me with identical expressions.

After the digestive medicine’s characteristic cool taste went down my throat, I spoke.

“But how did you know I was here?”

“I followed Lady Shana’s scent!”

“What about the twins?”

The twins avoided my eyes. Leon didn’t know what to do and just moved his lips, while Ian’s expression crumbled for a moment but then he answered shamelessly.

“Intuition?”

“…”

“Love?”

A handsome man expressionlessly reciting love was creepy. Family shouldn’t act like this.

“You got a location tracker from Mother.”

“We decided to receive a little help for safety.”

“Well, yeah…”

I figured as much. When I showed a calm reaction, Leon stroked his chest in relief and said.

“You’re not angry?”

“Would you like me to be angry? Looking at you, Leon, you act like you want to get in trouble.”

Like how he consistently picked fights with Evelyn even knowing he’d get hit. I suspected Leon’s secret preferences just a tiny bit seriously. Before Leon could make excuses, I said.

“I already knew Mother had attached several location trackers. Since I flew off alone just recently, I thought you guys would have received one too.”

“Then do you also know? About Raven.”

“Ah, I know.”

“How do you know that?!”

“Don’t I know him? He sent many things claiming they were gifts, but among them, a few he’d ask every few days if I was carrying them well, so I asked Mother about it.”

“…And Lady Anais told you?”

“Yeah. What’s the big deal about him knowing where I am? It’s not like something terrible will happen.”

He was far away so it wasn’t like he could chase after me immediately. He could just know that I was breathing somewhere in the vicinity, but he couldn’t eavesdrop on who I was with or what I was doing.

Even I find wiretapping a bit creepy.

At that, not only Leon but even Ian, who had shamelessly confessed to tracking my location, looked somewhat flabbergasted. Ian said.

“It’s not my place to say, but that’s invasion of privacy.”

“That’s really not for you to say, Ian….”

If you wanted to respect my privacy, you should stop following me around everywhere I go. I’d like to have some time to myself too.

Ian, the second clingy pest who specializes in invading privacy, said.

“Throw away what Prince Raven gave you right now.”

For reference, No. 3 was Leon, and the monumental No. 1 was Evelyn.

“Be upset about it! What we do is fine, but that bastard can’t!”

Leon, who had even dropped the honorifics, got worked up and deployed his double standards.

“Mother gave permission, so why are you objecting?”

“It’s good to have one more person who’ll come running when there’s danger. If someone’s offering to help voluntarily, why would I refuse?”

“W-we’re your knight escorts! We’re family!”

“It’s good to have even one more person who’ll come running when you’re in danger. If they’re offering to lend a hand on their own, why would you refuse?”

“Y-you should know that privacy is important…!”

Leon, lacking in logic, stammered while repeating the same words. Ian said nothing, perhaps because he was aware that he had done the exact same thing, but his expression showed clear irritation.

Either way, the twins didn’t like whatever Raven was doing.

“That bastard Raven was bragging about how hard it was to keep you in line every year without you knowing.”

Damn, they figured it all out. Hmph. Leon grumbled.

“I don’t think you really don’t know. At least you have some conscience since you give hints. I can see you only give accessories that can be removed if I really don’t like them, so it’s not exactly forced. I think I can just treat it as a safety net.”

“Right, let’s go. Grandfather said he had something to ask me anyway. I thought he’d tell me tomorrow…”

I energetically took the lead. I had taken digestive medicine, but I felt like I needed to move more for Grandmother’s love sitting in my stomach to go down.

I probably wouldn’t be hungry even if I fasted for five days.

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“My baby!”

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“Haha, your sharp wit is charming too!”

Grandfather was still an iron wall. No matter how much I acted sulky, he was a steadfast doting grandfather iron wall.

“I’d like to show this scene to my colleagues.”

“Who would believe that the person called the paragon of blue blood becomes all goofy in front of his granddaughter…”

“Well, in the rumors Shana is the ugliest person in the world.”

“We don’t know how it changed after the ball yet. I did see people’s jaws drop when they first saw Shana.”

“Just thinking about how the jaws of those who mocked her asking how ugly she must be to not even appear in public dropped makes me laugh even in my sleep.”

The twins whispered openly. The ball night was so hectic that I don’t remember the gallery’s reactions, but I didn’t see anyone’s jaw drop.

I stayed in Grandfather’s arms for a moment and then said.

“You called for me.”

“I don’t know yet how things changed after the ball. I saw people’s jaws drop when they first saw Shana.”

“Ian, did you watch it alone?”

“Just thinking about how those jerks who mocked me saying ‘how ugly must you be that you can’t even show yourself in public’ had their jaws drop makes me laugh even in my sleep.”

The twins whispered openly to each other. The ball had been so chaotic that she couldn’t remember the gallery’s reactions, but she hadn’t seen anyone’s jaw drop.

I stayed in my grandfather’s arms for a moment before speaking.

“You said you called for me.”

“Yes, I called our pretty granddaughter. I wanted to let her rest a bit more, but I figured if I delayed any longer, you’d resent me for it later.”

What’s going on that’s making you act like this.

“This old man is most afraid of being resented by our precious Shana.”

The twins whispered behind me, “He’s scary…” and “He’s seriously for real…” I can hear everything.

“For several years, slave hunting has been getting worse around this area and has been a real problem. While slavery itself isn’t illegal, hunting and kidnapping people certainly is a crime.”

I held the healing clay in my hand.

“There were some bastards who were caught trying to hunt and sell beastfolk in our territory without any fear. They reminded me of you, so we’ve been taking care of all of them.”

When I opened the door, there was a beastman dressed as a servant. Grandfather’s eyes sparkled as if he wanted praise and a kiss from me. This isn’t the time for that… When I looked at him coldly, Grandfather’s spirits deflated.

“Those with intact limbs I hired as servants, and I’m paying them proper wages too. But one of them won’t wake up… I thought you might be able to treat him, so I called for you.”

I walked toward the bed in the center of the room as if in a trance.

A girl with black hair was lying there. Since I naturally feel a sense of familiarity toward anyone with black hair, I quietly gazed at the pale-faced girl.

The moment I thought he just appeared to be sleeping deeply.

I met the gaze of sparkling black eyes that had just opened.

“Hi, Shana! I missed you!”

Seth… I’m getting tired of you showing up like this.

I became a girl with black hair and eyes and kicked Seth away with my foot as he tried to embrace me.

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