I Opened an Illegal Animal Hospital in Another World - Chapter 18

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18

Chapter 4. Isn’t There No Problem (3)

“A beastman?”

“Uncle… I’m sleepy…”

What nonsense is this, waking someone up from sleep. I called him uncle since it was a man’s voice, but actually I couldn’t tell his age just from his voice.

It wasn’t a boyish voice, but it seemed like an adult. Though it wasn’t exactly an aged voice either.

If I had to say… a young man…?

‘This feels so strange.’

A baby speaking with a young man’s voice…

I decided to just call him uncle. Anyway, compared to a 3-year-old, all adults are uncles.

“You really don’t know anything.”

“Does uncle who talks nonsense to a little kid also lack common sense?”

“You say you’re a child but don’t act like one.”

“Then should I cry?”

“…”

“Should I start bawling?”

“Sorry. I was wrong.”

“Hmph.”

I made a fist and rubbed around my eyes with the back of my hand. Mina used to nag that this would make my eyesight worse.

“Don’t rub your eyes, it’ll make your vision worse.”

“…”

I don’t know who this uncle is, but I decided to give him a few chances. He said the same thing as Mina, so he can’t be a bad person.

After blinking a few more times, my eyes adjusted to the darkness and my vision gradually became clearer. Oh, I can see…

“Ah!”

My eyes!

“…Evelyn, am I in wolf form right now?”

“You’re in human form, sir.”

“Then why is she acting like that. Does a person get startled seeing another person?”

Crazy, what did I just see…?

The man standing by the window was backlit, yet his beauty was, wow, I thought I’d gotten used to beauty from my parents’ looks, but not at all. I’d gotten used to my parents’ faces, but my immunity to beauty hadn’t strengthened.

He’s so handsome.

His otherworldly white hair added mystery to his beauty. I couldn’t tell his eye color in the darkness, but whatever color they were, they’d surely be pretty. Because he’s already handsome. Color doesn’t matter at all.

But what? Wolf?

“Am I scary?”

Since I was young and covering my eyes after a short scream, the man seemed worried that I was frightened. I shook my head and quickly said.

“No. Not at all.”

“Then why were you surprised?”

“Um, no… just…”

When I averted my eyes to the side, the man strode toward me.

Could you not come closer? I need to preserve my dignity. What kind of embarrassment would it be if I drooled while spacing out?

Then someone stepped between the man and me.

“Evelyn, care to explain why you’re blocking me?”

“Lady Shana is frightened. Please step back, Lord Renate.”

“Hah…”

I perked up my ears.

The face of the small girl who blocked between me and the man looked familiar. It was the puppy that had been sleeping next to me making little sounds.

When she was a puppy, she was small enough to fit on my palm, but when she transforms into a person, she’s bigger than me – so cool.

“Your name is Evrin?”

“It’s Evelyn, Lady Shana.”

“Ev, Evl, brin…”

My tongue is still clumsy. I feel like I’m going to die of frustration. Getting angry at myself for only being able to make baby-like sounds, I frowned, and Evelyn bent down to look at my face.

“Lady Shana?”

“My tongue won’t move!”

“Ah. If Evelyn is difficult, you can call me whatever you like.”

“…Then, I’ll call you Ev for now… Sorry…”

My pitiful state of not even being able to call someone’s name properly…

Even so, Evelyn didn’t get angry and smiled kindly.

Then the white-haired handsome man bent down and suddenly interjected.

“I’m called Renate.”

“…”

“What’s your name, little one?”

“…Shana… Move your face away.”

My heart was pounding so hard it felt like it would burst. I’d thought this while looking at Father and Mother too, but excessive beauty sometimes becomes a weapon.

Heart assassins.

Renate straightened his back as he spoke.

“Aren’t you being too cold to me alone? I’m your lifesaver, you know.”

“Ah! Uncle was that wolf back then?!”

“I can’t believe you actually remember. Are you really human….”

“Wow! Uncle, thank you! Thanks to you, I got warm. You disappeared somewhere so I couldn’t even say goodbye….”

So this super handsome uncle transforms into that huge wolf? Would it be rude to ask him to show me his wolf form? It would be rude, right? If it’s not rude, maybe I could ask.

“It’s better not to talk about that incident in detail. Your parents are listening to everything.”

“Ah….”

Father’s bitter expression came to mind. I quickly shut my mouth.

“I didn’t come here to chat about old times anyway.”

“But still.”

“Your thanks is enough. I didn’t do much.”

Renate was utterly cold. That made him look more mature and cool. It was a maturity I couldn’t feel from Father. When I first saw Father, I thought he’d be a mature person like Renate.

Of course, it’s not that I dislike Father.

“As I mentioned earlier, I came here because of Evelyn.”

Renate placed his hand on Evelyn’s head.

“Is Eve uncle’s daughter?”

“I saw her for the first time yesterday.”

“….”

“As you saw, if left alone, she would have died. Someone had beaten her—”

Evelyn gave a short, firm warning: “Lord Renate.”

‘She probably thinks it’s not appropriate for a child like me to hear, right?’

Honestly, having already seen blood, I didn’t think it mattered much, but I didn’t mind since they were being considerate of me.

“I found her rolling around on the street, injured. I thought you could heal her, so I left her in front of you.”

“What am I, some kind of item….”

“Since you healed my leg, I figured you could heal a beastkin too. Well, honestly, I thought the chances were fifty-fifty.”

Renate shrugged his shoulders.

Someone’s life was at stake and he’s being so tough about it….

“If you had grown up to hate beastkin, well, she would have died.”

Cool, so cool…. Cold, so cold.

Handsome face and ugly personality…. I glared at Renate with coldly cooled eyes. Evelyn seemed bothered by me glaring at her benefactor and added quietly.

“If Lord Renate hadn’t taken that gamble, I would have died as I was.”

“Uh, mm….”

“Thanks to Lord Renate, I was able to meet Lady Shana and live. Thank you for saving me, Lady Shana.”

Evelyn said this while bowing deeply.

“Oh, no, it wasn’t much….”

I just applied some clay. For me, it was an act that didn’t even feel like exerting any power, and it was actually my parents who fed and sheltered Evelyn.

I felt embarrassed receiving such a formal thanks compared to what I had done.

“Kid, you really don’t know anything, do you.”

“I’m not a kid, I’m Shana.”

“No one can heal beastkin.”

“…Huh?”

“They have high natural healing abilities, but neither healing magic nor priests’ healing powers work on them.”

I was about to ask what they do when injured, but stopped myself.

It had only been two years since I was reborn in this world, yet I had already forgotten that this wasn’t my original common sense.

Being able to heal Mother’s illness with clay.

Being able to heal the wolf’s and Evelyn’s wounds….

Whatever my clay was, originally that wasn’t supposed to be normal.

“Are you listening, Shana?”

“Hm?”

“What you did is something no one else could do.”

“Really?”

“…You did something amazing.”

“I see. That’s good. I was able to heal Eve!”

“….”

“You did something amazing. How did you do it.”

Huh, Renate seems a bit annoyed.

“I don’t really know. It just worked.”

“….”

Oops, depending on how you hear it, that could sound really annoying. I quickly added.

“Mama is more amazing. She can even make fire!”

“Duchess Wentworth is a 7th class mage, which is rare for a human.”

So there were classes too….

Magic, which I thought was a symbol of dreams and hope, suddenly felt overly realistic. Having stages meant there was theory, and having theory meant I’d have to study.

‘Thank goodness I have no magical power.’

It’s not that I won’t do it, it’s that I can’t.

“She accomplished something no one else in this world could do….”

“Stop it, Lord Renate. Lady Shana is still a baby.”

I’m getting tired of saying I’m not a baby anymore….

“Where does that tired face look like a baby? Evelyn, you’re a beastkin yet you’re being deceived by appearances?”

“Lady Shana is human.”

“Right, the same human as the one who made you ‘like that.'”

Oh, they seem to be gradually forgetting I’m listening. So can I go back to sleep now?

Ever since becoming a baby, everyone around me always considered me the center of attention, so this moment of disappearing presence was actually comfortable.

Besides, a young body needs to sleep diligently. It was only because I slept more than usual during the day. I desperately held back a yawn that was about to come out.

Since it seems like a serious conversation, I shouldn’t interrupt. Absolutely not.

“Lady Shana saved me!”

“I’m the one who saved you. Shana healed you.”

“It’s the same thing!”

“Beastkin are more comfortable living with beastkin.”

“I don’t have family anyway!”

“So you’re going to live with humans?”

Oh. My ears perked up.

“It’ll take several years before you can pull your own weight, so are you planning to ask your benefactor to raise you too?”

“…Ugh.”

“I came to secretly take you away in the middle of the night, but you’re being stubborn saying you won’t go….”

Evelyn started to sniffle. I, who had been pretending not to listen, suddenly got up and hugged Evelyn around the waist.

“Don’t bully her!”

“…When did I ever bully anyone.”

“Ev’s gonna cry, meanie!”

“I heard from your parents that you said you wouldn’t raise Evelyn?”

“Th-that’s because there might not be anywhere for her to go! Of course I want to raise her!”

Huh. No, wait.

“No, of course I want to live with her!”

“Then I’ll leave her in your care.”

“Eh?”

“I’ve finished talking with your parents too.”

Huh?

“I’ll visit often.”

Renate disappeared just like that.

“….”

What’s this. I just got….

I feel like I’ve been tricked.

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