I Opened an Illegal Animal Hospital in Another World - Chapter 30

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Chapter 8. Things Are Getting Complicated (1)

It seems I’ve gone off the rails just 7 years after being born into this world.

‘An unfamiliar ceiling…’

Could this be my second reincarnation? I briefly tried to escape reality, but a familiar voice dragged me back.

“Did you sleep well, Lady Shana?”

“Yeah, Ella?”

“Our young lady is so bold and brave…”

Ella smiled gently as she stroked my forehead and hair. Her touch seemed like she was trying to put me back to sleep, but her eyes weren’t smiling.

“Running away at just 7 years old, and your first night away from home at that.”

“Huh, Bailey?”

When I could only see Ella, I was thinking “Maybe I can survive this,” but now I bolted upright as if cold water had been poured over me.

“Your future looks promising, Lady Shana.”

Yeah, my goal is to become trash that’s not quite like trash, Bailey. Nothing to look forward to…

“Hello, Shana.”

“Shana, did you sleep well?”

It wasn’t just Bailey. My parents, Maria, and even Uncle Lloyd, who were definitely absent yesterday, were all surrounding me.

They were all smiling lovingly, but that scene, which should have been beautiful, was scarier to me than any horror movie. Those were chilling smiles that could rival the grim reaper.

“Shana.”

Mother stepped forward. The final boss from the first round? I gulped and immediately put my head back on the pillow. Then I pulled the blanket up to the top of my head.

“Snore.”

“Don’t act foolish.”

“Yes.”

I sat up obediently again. Scary. My little act didn’t work.

“Shana, you must have something to say to us?”

“I’m, I’m sorry!”

“Why are you sorry, my pretty daughter?”

“For, for going out on my own…”

“And?”

“Co, coming to a place I don’t know…”

“…And?”

“…And sleeping here…”

Running away and staying out overnight. I did the whole set.

I had quite an argument with Raven too. Raven told me to go back home, and I said I didn’t want to.

‘There’s no bed for you here. Stop being spoiled and go back.’

‘Why isn’t there one? There’s one right here.’

‘What kind of nonsense are you talking?’

‘There’s your bed.’

‘…’

My parents would have been contacted anyway, and I’d get scolded as soon as I returned, so why should I go back early? Getting scolded without any sleep would be even harder.

I was the type to avoid punishment until the very end. It would be even better if the person trying to punish me got tired first.

In the end, I kicked Raven out and took over his room. I suggested we sleep together, but Raven refused. His rejection was so quick and cold that I was a little hurt. At that time, Raven looked at me like I was some kind of fool…

That’s too much between us.

As I trembled and looked up at Mother, she maintained her cold expression.

“You’re wrong about everything.”

“Huh.”

“Of course, running away and staying out overnight are bad things, but.”

Mother stretched my cheek. My chubby cheek stretched out like rice cake. It hurts!

My proportions, which I’d been worried about since I was 3, were gradually normalizing, but my face was still plump. If this doesn’t go away even when I get older…

I’ll just insist it makes me look young.

“Keeping it secret from Mom and Dad was the worst thing you did.”

“Huh…”

“Mom and Dad told you, didn’t we? That we’d let our Shana do whatever she wants!”

I nodded blankly. Drool dripped from my mouth, which was open because Mother was holding my cheek. Ew, gross.

“If you wanted to visit His Highness the Crown Prince, you should have called Mom and Dad.”

“Mom is right, Shana.”

“I’m shorry…”

Mother finally let go of the cheek she was holding. I rubbed my stinging cheek and secretly wiped away the drool that had fallen.

Certainly, from the day they allowed me to treat Her Majesty the Empress, my parents’ attitude had changed a lot.

Their love for me hadn’t changed, but their tendency to keep me hidden from the world had disappeared. The petit confinement play was over.

They allowed me to go out with Maria and Ella, and I even went to see festivals with Father and Mother. In summer and winter, we went on vacation to nearby resorts.

‘…I should have told them.’

I thought that no matter what, they probably wouldn’t let me go to a place where an epidemic was spreading.

“I thought Shana wouldn’t just let this slide.”

“Our daughter is righteous!”

That’s not it. I’m just being reasonable… Bailey continued speaking.

“Since you were trying to make us sleep, Evelyn and I watched to see how far you two could manage on your own. We knew everything. We secretly followed you to keep watch and make sure you weren’t in danger.”

“I just slept soundly. Thanks to Lady Shana, I slept so well that the bags under my eyes got brighter. My skin improved too. Sleep really is important…”

“Maria, read the room…”

Ella poked the chattering Maria in the ribs.

Father met my gaze.

“Do you want to save the people infected with the epidemic, Shana?”

“Yes. I can do it.”

“But Shana, no matter how amazing you are, you can’t save everyone in the world.”

I could guess what Father was trying to say.

Well, I wasn’t as righteous as my parents worried I was. (They’re worried that their daughter is righteous, these people!)

If I had been, I would have already been nobly gathering clay to heal all the sick people in the world and spreading it everywhere…

My purpose in rushing here after hearing news about Raven was to pull out that stupid childhood friend who had recklessly rushed into a dangerous place without caring for his own safety. While lecturing him to leave it to the adults and for a kid to get out.

‘I believed there was something called a system in this society…’

In this world, even if limited to high priests, there was divine power that could heal most wounds as long as you didn’t die, and there were also mages who could use healing magic. There were so many apothecaries that they even formed their own guild.

Since the Imperial Court was stepping forward to solve the epidemic, I believed disease management was being handled.

Who would have known they were using the barbaric method of stalling for time and then burning all the quarantined people if that didn’t work.

Even if I could provide treatment, I only had one body.

I didn’t know how many people were infected, or how much clay would be needed to cure that disease. It would be arrogant of me to step forward saying I’d solve everything. What am I, a god?

‘Still, they’re not going to burn everyone. Humanly speaking, that’s not right.’

Even if I’m not righteous, I have a sense of good and evil.

“I’m not saying I’ll treat everyone myself.”

I don’t like being sick either. The ‘energy’ for making healing clay was directly connected to my stamina. And despite consistently training my stamina, I had a constitution where stamina just wouldn’t stick.

If I had spent this much time at a gym in my previous life, I would have already won bodybuilding competitions.

But reality is that I barely maintain standard levels… Maria said it would have been better if I hadn’t slacked off.

My stamina is limited, and people getting infected with the epidemic are rapidly increasing.

“The problem is that the epidemic is only spreading in the Poor District.”

“What do you mean?”

“Because diseases spread more easily when malnourished people are in unsanitary environments.”

“Is that so?”

Father tilted his head and looked at Mother. Mother shrugged her shoulders.

“I don’t really know either. You’d have to have been sick…”

“Me too. I’ve never even caught a cold…”

Amazing… Maria, Ella, Bailey, and even Lloyd had equally puzzled expressions. Raven spoke with an annoyed expression.

“I’ve caught a cold once. Just once.”

“You’re the weakest one, Raven.”

“You get sick every season.”

“Yeah, are you happy you beat me at one thing?”

“…”

Raven glared at me with eyes that very much wanted to hit me. My parents, the sitters, and Lloyd also looked at him with very sympathetic eyes. Raven’s cheeks twitched.

“First, we need to provide meals through donations, and clean the houses and streets. We also need to wash the blankets and clothes clean. Then I’ll provide treatment.”

Because even if I treat them, if they’re left in bad conditions, they’ll get sick again quickly.

“How are you going to explain your power?”

“What if we say Mom created healing magic?”

“And that you, who barely achieved 1st Class, are using it?”

“…That won’t work…”

1st Class was barely the level of creating one circle around the heart, and the only magic I could use was Light. Even that could only create one dim orb of light like a dying battery bulb.

Healing magic with this would be impossible…

“Won’t they think it miraculously got better because the environment became clean?”

“…”

“If I insist it’s just a feeling…”

“Fine. I’ll handle the rest and make excuses, so you do what you want to do.”

“Raven is cool.”

“Say it again with more soul.”

“Cool! Reliable!”

Father jumped in, not to be outdone.

“Shana! What about Dad!”

“Dad is cool too! Handsome!”

“What about Mom?”

“I love you, Mother!”

Mother closed her eyes and leaned her face toward me. I gave Mother a kiss on the cheek, and Father’s cheek too. I should only do this until I’m exactly 10 years old.

“Lady Shana, me too.”

“I’ll help too!”

Maria, Ella, and Bailey also leaned their faces forward, so I gave them each a kiss! Evelyn, come here too!

Raven was watching the series of kisses with a cold stare as if it were foolish. Of course I’m confident. I’m confident, but.

‘I should only give kisses until I’m 8, not 10…’

It was a bit embarrassing.

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