I Opened an Illegal Animal Hospital in Another World - Chapter 27

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Chapter 7. That’s Too Much (1)

Four more years had passed.

I had steadily grown older and turned seven this year.

‘A child’s time seems both fast and slow…’

When I was an adult, time would fly by in the blink of an eye. Working frantically, not just days but entire months would disappear.

‘Since I worked at a factory, my days and nights were reversed… I had no idea how time passed.’

Those were days when I had no choice but to collapse from overwork. On my days off, I even felt guilty about not working. Thinking about what more I could have done for Mina if I had worked during that time.

Perhaps because I had lived such a tight schedule until I died, the animalistic and fulfilling days until age three were happy, but honestly, I felt frustrated inside too.

I wanted to live lazily, but ‘being unable to do something’ and ‘not doing something’ are different.

Babies don’t slack off.

Babies… give their best even to small tasks…

It wasn’t the mindset of a lion hunting a rabbit, but giving my best because I couldn’t handle even small tasks.

I didn’t want to do anything at all. This is a big difference.

My parents were so overprotective that they wouldn’t let me take a single step outside the manor, and the fairy tales they read to me were boring, but I couldn’t ask them to teach me something else for fear they’d think I was a strange child.

But after the day I was summoned by Raven, I became incredibly busy without a moment to breathe.

Because of studying!

I didn’t even have time to play!

I had promised myself that after being reborn, I would live lazily to my heart’s content!

I was finally born as a rich family’s daughter, so I could have lived like trash, just playing around!

My parents were such doting fools that they wouldn’t scold me even if I were trash…

I did wish to study and go outside, but not to this extent.

‘You want to establish a hospital? Then you’ll need to study!’

‘Huh? No, I can treat people… right away…’

‘You need to know where and how to treat people.’

‘Huh? No, I don’t need to know…’

‘I have a good idea. How about studying together with my son? If it’s a teacher invited by the Imperial Court, the Wentworth Couple should be able to trust them too.’

‘…You’re not listening to me…’

‘If Miss Shana opens a hospital, I will officially sponsor that hospital. So please study hard!’

‘It’s not necessary!’

The beautiful Empress had repaid kindness with enmity.

“Even magpies repay their debts…!”

“That again?”

“I won’t forget this grudge…”

Raven set down his book next to me and sat down.

“Don’t say that in front of other people. It sounds seditious.”

“I am seditious! I’m a very seditious person!”

“Ah, sure you are.”

“So I’m not qualified to study with His Highness the Crown Prince…”

“Now you say that?”

Raven smiled crookedly. Don’t smirk at me, you handsome prince.

Raven, who turned twelve this year, had grown taller and become an even more radiant prince. To be precise, he had been appointed as Crown Prince.

In my previous life, he would have been just a fifth-grader in elementary school, but even I could see he had grown quite tall. His frame was also gradually becoming more solid and broader, so he was starting to look less like a child and more like a young man.

Seeing a blonde, golden-eyed beautiful boy every day has made my standards sky-high, which is troublesome.

Meanwhile, I had grown appropriately for my age, like a proper child! Not that I was falling behind, but just moderately.

‘It’s all because of that show-off…’

No, I definitely don’t feel any inferiority complex, okay? Really? It’s just that he seemed taller than me when he was seven, so why am I so short? I really only think about it very occasionally.

Leon and Ian seemed taller than me too, so why am I so small? I don’t care about it at all.

Since Mother is tall and Father is tall too, I’ll grow tall when the time comes, right?

‘Everyone around me is too outstanding…’

Only I’m small! I eat more than them, so why don’t I grow? Aren’t children supposed to grow tall if they eat well and sleep well?

When I occasionally punched my pillow in frustration, Ella would give me the extremely rational answer: “Children are not plants, miss.”

Ella is definitely a T type.

For reference, Bailey is also T type, and Maria is presumably F type. Mother is T type, Father is F type? I’d like to test them.

Anyway, I had now become a proper child.

Even though I was a bit short, I could easily reach door handles and could run down stairs two steps at a time. I could also eat seasoned meat now. Every time I ate meat, I realized that happiness wasn’t far away.

…Even I think my standards are too trivial and modest… Sob.

“If you didn’t like it, you should have said so 4 years ago.”

“I did say it! I said I didn’t like it!”

“Did you? I don’t remember.”

“Don’t lie! You have such a good memory too!”

“Thanks for the compliment.”

“It’s not a compliment! No matter how much I said I didn’t like it, you just said ‘That’s great, Shana. Let’s study hard!’ and didn’t even pretend to listen!”

“You make it sound like I was the only one. The Wentworth Couple didn’t oppose it either. No, they actually pushed for it saying it was good.”

“…I can study by myself…”

My parents, who had kept me locked up in the manor and prevented me from meeting other people all this time, suddenly started taking me in and out of the Imperial Palace as if it had all been a lie. If this is how it was going to be, please just keep me locked up.

“What’s so hard about it that you’re being such a drama queen? It’s all easy content, isn’t it?”

“You don’t know, you annoying genius.”

“You’re 5 years younger than me but you’re taking the same curriculum, aren’t you? Which one of us is the genius?”

“…I’m just mature…”

“How ridiculous.”

He wouldn’t know it’s true, that young lamb.

When you become an adult, you see, you develop something called know-how. The reason I seemed good at studying was all thanks to that, and I couldn’t keep up with Raven, who was a real genius. He’s still young so it’s like this, but soon my real abilities will be exposed.

“Still, this suffering will be over soon!”

“Huh?”

Raven looked at me with puzzled eyes. What an act.

“You’ll be entering the Academy soon, so my studying will be over too!”

“…”

“The Academy requires all students to live in dormitories, right? There’s not much time left until enrollment, so I just need to endure a little longer.”

“…”

Raven shut his mouth tight like a clam. Looking at the cold gaze he was giving me, hmm, he’s sulking.

“You seem happy about not being able to see me, Shana.”

“Honestly, we see each other too often…”

We see each other almost every day. That means I had to study almost every day…

“That’s too much.”

“…Raven, your acting won’t work.”

“I’m your first friend and only friend. But you’re saying you don’t want to see me.”

“…”

“I’m hurt…”

“You shameless brat. Your acting won’t work.”

Raven quietly lowered his head. His golden eyes sank gloomily.

I know that’s a lie. It’s obviously acting. Raven isn’t delicate enough to be hurt by just a few words, and his heart is pitch black. I know it all, but…

“Raven, stop joking around.”

“…No, Shana. You’re right. I think I’ve been bothering you too much…”

“Stop it…”

“The only friend I can trust is you…”

“Ah, really! Fine! It was a joke! I’ll miss you terribly when you go to the dormitory too!”

I’m going to cry, I’m going to cry! I screamed and grabbed Raven’s shoulders. My troubled face was reflected in Raven’s golden eyes.

“You’ll miss me?”

“Yes, I’ll miss you. I only have you as a friend too… well, that’s not exactly true.”

Since I have Leon, Ian, and Evelyn. Raven narrowed his eyes and looked at me. Why is he so possessive? But this is all because he’s young too. After graduating from the Academy, it’ll get a bit better.

He wasn’t the only one with strong possessiveness. All the kids are like that.

“Anyway, since we’re close friends, it’s natural to miss you. Yes, I’ll miss you…”

“There are parts I don’t like, but I’ll let it slide.”

“…How very kind of you…”

Raven smiled brightly as if he had never been gloomy. It really was all acting after all.

‘This cunning brat…’

Looking at that fresh smile made me suddenly annoyed. I grabbed both of Raven’s cheeks and stretched them out. Raven remained calm as if it didn’t even hurt.

“Y-Your Highness. Your Highness!”

Just then, Raven’s attendant Hugh came running in. He saw me pulling on Raven’s cheeks and hesitated for a moment, but then skillfully looked away pretending not to see.

A professional, a professional.

“Your Highness, His Majesty urgently requests your presence.”

“He’s going to give me another troublesome task…”

Raven had the useless talent of pronouncing clearly even with his cheeks being held.

“What is it this time?”

“You’ll have to go to find out, but from what I secretly overheard, Count Algren came to see His Majesty first.”

“You’re still good at eavesdropping… If it’s Count Algren, he’ll be picking a fight again.”

It seemed like a conversation with complicated circumstances.

I had been resting my chin on the desk, but I looked up at Raven as he stood up. Raven, despite being just a kid, often wore adult-like expressions. What if he collapses from overwork doing that? Like me.

“Should I come with you?”

“You hate meeting Father, don’t you? Just go home. Sorry I can’t see you off.”

“Alright. Take care. Don’t overdo it.”

“Yeah.”

Raven gently patted my head.

I obediently waved my hand instead of complaining.

Yes! I’m skipping afternoon classes.

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