I Opened an Illegal Animal Hospital in Another World - Chapter 52

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52

 

Chapter 12. Who Are You (5)

 

“A familiar ceiling…”

 

This line isn’t funny the second time around either.

 

I stared blankly at my room’s ceiling, then squeezed my eyes shut and opened them. Having seen it to the point of exhaustion since I was a newborn, it wasn’t just familiar—it was downright tiresome.

 

Shana Perry Wentworth (7 years old, female), woke up alive at home…

 

‘…How lame…’

 

I tried to make a joke to shake off my gloomy mood, but it failed.

 

‘I want to see Evelyn.’

 

It wasn’t just because Evelyn had black hair and black eyes, but because I’d considered her my little sister for the past four years.

 

Perhaps because I saw Mina’s face for the first time in a while—a face I’d pretended to forget while living each busy day—it was hard to shake off this sticky guilt.

 

‘You bastard. I won’t forget this grudge…’

 

That man—Seth, was it? I vowed deep revenge in my heart. Since I’m too young and weak for immediate revenge (an objective opinion), I decided to wait for an opportunity.

 

They say a gentleman’s revenge is never too late, even after ten years.

 

I’m persistent, hold grudges, and the type who never forgets resentment (though I don’t hold it often, once I do), so I decided to wait ten or twenty years for the right moment.

 

Just show me your back.

 

I’ll definitely lift any curse I see on someone, I’ll definitely help anyone who’s hurt… I’ll interfere with everything. I’ll have my small but certain revenge.

 

My resentment was deep enough that I’d want to slip him laxatives if he were right in front of me.

 

‘How dare he play such a trick using Mina’s face.’

 

Even knowing it was fake, the words I heard in Mina’s face and voice weren’t easily forgotten. I felt depressed.

 

Mina had always been my weakest point. In my past life, and now too.

 

‘I should stop thinking about it…’

 

Self-blame was like a swamp. The more you struggle, the deeper you sink. I turned my head to the side.

 

“Mom?”

 

The person collapsed beside my bed was Mother. She wasn’t even sitting in a chair—she was kneeling on the floor, collapsed forward, sleeping.

 

Her shoulders seemed to tremble in response to my voice, and Mother immediately drew in a breath and jerked her head up.

 

“Shana!”

 

Her hoarse voice was mixed with tears. I opened my eyes wide, startled by the sudden loud voice.

 

“Uh, huh?”

 

“You’re awake, you’re awake…”

 

Mother raised her body and reached out to me. Her urgent hands swept over my cheeks, hair, and forehead. As if checking whether I had a fever. And as if she wanted to confirm that I was alive and here…

 

“I just fainted for a moment, I’m fine…”

 

“How is fainting fine?!”

 

“Well, that’s not… but since I’m perfectly healthy, you don’t need to worry.”

 

“How can I not worry about you!”

 

Mother seemed to choke up and burst into tears. I was startled and cupped Mother’s cheeks.

 

“Do you know how worried everyone was when you fainted? Evelyn, the twins, even Prince Raven wouldn’t leave your side, so Kail barely managed to pull them away!”

 

“Ah…”

 

“This isn’t the time for this. I should call Kail…”

 

Mother frantically got up and said something toward the door. She seemed to have grabbed a passing person and asked them to call Father. Then she came back and hugged me.

 

Since I prefer giving hugs to receiving them because they feel suffocating, I decided to endure it just this once. Mother’s eyes were stained red. I reached out and caressed under Mother’s red eyes.

 

Get better, get better.

 

“Shana… I was so scared of what would happen if something went wrong with you, so much, so much…”

 

“I’m sorry…”

 

“You don’t know how much I regretted being complacent, thinking that protecting you was more important than catching them since they probably couldn’t target you specifically…”

 

What?

 

“If something happened to you, Mom and Dad would…”

 

I cut off her words mid-sentence because I was too scared to hear the rest.

 

“Mom, what about Raven? Evelyn must have been hurt too…”

 

“You’ll find out soon.”

 

“What about Lili…”

 

When I mentioned Lili’s name, Mother’s eyes briefly flashed with sharpness. But she quickly erased it and said,

 

“That child is perfectly fine.”

 

Though her voice was cold.

 

“I barely managed to stop Evelyn from killing her.”

 

“Gasp…”

 

“She should be grateful for life that she was your first patient. If it weren’t for that, neither Kail nor I would have left her alone.”

 

“Thank you for saving her.”

 

“Why are you thanking me? You’re the one who saved her.”

 

Still…

 

Looking at her pouted lips and whining voice, it might seem like a joke, but seeing the intensity in her eyes that hadn’t yet softened, it was clearly 100 percent sincere. My fierce and adorable mother…

 

I organized the situation from when I had collapsed.

 

Lili who had been controlled by a curse, Raven with a shoulder injury, Evelyn who had hit the wall hard enough to crack it, and me who had fainted…

 

“…”

 

I could easily imagine how that scene must have looked to Maria, the twins, and my parents who arrived late.

 

‘Lili was really in danger…’

 

Later… I should apologize…

 

Even knowing that Lili wasn’t at fault, taking out anger was a different matter. Especially since my parents were extremely sensitive about issues concerning me.

 

And when Evelyn and the twins got angry, they would get excited and lose their sense of judgment. The three often fought in tangles using sparring as an excuse, and when they got really angry, they would fight seriously. My role was to stop them.

 

“Shana!”

 

“Lady Shana!”

 

“Shana!!”

 

Father burst through the door first, followed by Evelyn, the twins, and Raven rushing in.

 

“Shana, goodness… Your complexion is so pale. I’ve called for a healer, so just bear with it a little longer.”

 

“Dad, I’m fine!”

 

Please send the healer away, I beg you…

 

I left Mother’s embrace and wrapped my arms around Father’s neck. Father placed his hand on my back, buried his straight nose against my shoulder, and took a long breath.

 

“Being a father is harder than I thought… It’s only been 7 years, but my heart has nearly burst several times.”

 

“Haha.”

 

This unfilial daughter… is crying…

 

But I was really well-behaved most of the time, wasn’t I? Sure, I recently caused some worry with kidnapping and fainting, but I obediently did all the studying you asked me to do for 4 years!

 

I felt a bit wronged, but the timing wasn’t right to say all that. I wisely swallowed my words.

 

“Shana, if there’s anything wrong, don’t lie and tell us honestly.”

 

Raven, why are you interrogating me like a criminal…

 

“You fainted, yet you wake up saying you’re fine – that doesn’t make sense.”

 

“I said I’m fine because I am fine, but if you ask why I’m fine when I’m fine, I can only say I’m fine because I’m fine…”

 

“…You seem to have enough energy to joke around.”

 

Raven let out a short breath. He looked extremely haggard. His eyelids heavy with fatigue, his pale complexion, and his shoulder fixed with bandages…

 

“Ah, your shoulder!”

 

“Thanks for not forgetting, but you don’t need to worry about it.”

 

“What do you mean I don’t need to! Why didn’t you get treatment earlier!”

 

I struggled out of Father’s embrace and grabbed Raven’s wrist.

 

“You know that when I get hurt, it becomes a big deal.”

 

“That’s not the problem right now…”

 

“It is a problem. If you wake up and heal me, it’ll be like nothing happened. There’s no need to cause unnecessary commotion. I absolutely hate troublesome things.”

 

Even though he said that, it was clear he was doing this because if a commotion arose, it would inevitably affect me.

 

“Come here.”

 

“Hurry and heal me. It hurts like hell.”

 

Really, his way of speaking…

 

“Didn’t I offer to heal you, Your Highness?”

 

“If I leave it to the Duchess, my arm will surely burn away to nothing.”

 

“That’s rude. Healing isn’t my specialty, but I can do it.”

 

“…”

 

Raven didn’t respond further. Father whispered quietly to Mother.

 

“Bear with it, Anais… If you’re arrested for treason, Shana will suffer needlessly.”

 

Not die?

 

“Travel would be difficult at such a young age. I understand…”

 

Raven’s expression became serious.

 

“I have no intention of charging treason just for losing one arm, but that means the Duke also thought the healing magic would fail.”

 

“…”

 

“And yet instead of stopping it, you encouraged it.”

 

“…”

 

Father answered with silence…

 

I quickly healed Raven’s shoulder wound. Seeing that I consumed another handful of clay, there must have been traces of the curse mixed in as well.

 

‘Seth or whatever, at least he kept his promise.’

 

If he had really intended to kill Raven, he could have done it while I was unconscious, which made me feel eerily unsettled. I rubbed my forehead.

 

It really feels awful, but I’m glad I agreed to the deal.

 

…Maybe I’m the one who really has no sense of danger. Korean characteristics never go away…

 

“Lady Shana…”

 

“Evelyn.”

 

This time it was Evelyn’s turn. When I reached out my hand, Evelyn flinched greatly in surprise, then her shoulders began to shake. Her large ears drooped down listlessly. Her ears, so cute.

 

“Thank you for protecting me, Evelyn.”

 

“Sob, sniff…”

 

“Come here!”

 

I spoke with vigor, but I could only sit still with my arms spread wide. Because I was still half-caught by Father…

 

“Won’t you come?”

 

“…If it’s an order…”

 

“It’s a request?”

 

At those words, Evelyn, and strangely even the twins, burst into tears. Evelyn broke down crying, and Ian and Leon bit their lips tightly and hung their heads in sorrow.

 

“I’ll definitely, definitely get stronger! I’m sorry, Lady Shana!”

 

“…”

 

What have I done… The twins probably feel pointless guilt for saying they’d become my knights but weren’t there at the crucial moment, and frustration at the reality that they wouldn’t have been helpful even if they were there.

 

‘Aren’t Evelyn and the twins already strong enough…?’

 

And behind Evelyn, Lili appeared hesitantly. Instantly, Raven, my parents, and even the twins and Evelyn’s eyes turned fierce, but Lili didn’t run away. How admirable…

 

“Lili, are you hurt anywhere?”

 

“…Kill me quickly. I came to ask you to kill me. What I did was.”

 

“What are you talking about. How well did I take care of you.”

 

“…I, I…”

 

“I know you were controlled because of the curse. Right?”

 

Just try saying no. When I looked at Father and Mother in turn, they both shrugged and shook their heads. Raven said.

 

“What happens if I say I don’t know?”

 

“I’ll treat you like an idiot.”

 

“I can’t stand that. Fine. Let’s pretend it never happened.”

 

Lili made another strange expression. What a waste of a pretty face.

 

“…You, you’re strange…”

 

“You’d better get used to it. This one may look like this, but once she sets her sights on prey, she never lets go, so she’ll cling to you quite persistently too.”

 

Raven spoke of me like I was a leech. He got hurt the most and said he’d let it slide, so I have to endure it…

 

“But I have to pay for my crimes! I hurt you all…”

 

“Are you sorry to me? Lili.”

 

“What kind of obvious question is that?! Like those humans who don’t feel guilt even after hurting people, gasp, no…”

 

I grinned at the flustered Lili and said.

 

“Then repay me with your body!”

 

“…”

 

What’s with this atmosphere… Gasp.

 

“Ah, with labor! I won’t accept anything else? Don’t misunderstand!”

 

Raven sneered. Damn.

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