I Opened an Illegal Animal Hospital in Another World - Chapter 75

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Chapter 18. Our Hospital Right Now (1)

 

The next day, my eyes snapped open without anyone waking me.

 

‘I should have beaten him more…’

 

Since he just smiled and seemed to enjoy it even when I hit him, my strength drained away with each blow. Even in my dreams, my physical strength was pathetic, and Seth, who had initially enjoyed being grabbed by the neck and shaken, ended up pitying me by the end.

 

‘Eat better and take care of yourself, Shana…’

 

‘I eat better and live better than you do, you know?’

 

‘Even though you’re furious to the top of your head, this is the best you can do…’

 

‘…’

 

‘Here, should I offer my cheek? Want to clench your fist? You can hit me.’

 

‘Grit your teeth.’

 

‘I won’t dodge, so hit me with all your strength. Got it? Go ahead.’

 

What a pervert. I gritted my teeth and clenched my fist, but in the end, I couldn’t bring myself to hit Seth. It was because I had never once directly hit someone in the face before.

 

He’s really such a piece of trash. Why can’t I…

 

‘Ah, this is hopeless.’

 

At this rate, it would be difficult to beat him satisfyingly when I wanted to punish him. I decided to start working out diligently from today.

 

I’d been making that resolution for 18 years now.

 

Thanks to the thick curtains, the room was dim. The air was still cold, as if it were still dawn. I was lying still, just blinking a few times, when I heard a small sound of someone moving.

 

“Evelyn?”

 

“Lady Shana, why are you awake so early?”

 

“Just… my eyes opened.”

 

I sat up and smiled brightly.

 

Unlike me, who had just woken up, Evelyn was already washed and dressed. She had come to wake me with a bowl of washing water and a warm towel.

 

“You seemed very tired. You can sleep more.”

 

“Weren’t you here to wake me?”

 

When I asked while looking at the washing water Evelyn had brought, she shook her head.

 

“I was planning to call you just once, and if you didn’t wake up, I’d just leave.”

 

“Even though you know I wouldn’t wake up from just one call.”

 

Evelyn just smiled without saying anything. Even if she had called, it would likely have been in a voice so small that even ants could barely hear it, or just a cry in her heart. She had gone through the trouble of bringing warm water just in case there was a tiny possibility I might wake up.

 

“Actually, you seemed so sleepy last night that Bailey was very worried.”

 

“I was just a little tired. I slept well and feel refreshed now.”

 

“That’s a relief. Shall I wash your face for you?”

 

“I’ll do it myself.”

 

Evelyn looked disappointed, with regret clearly written all over her face. I wondered what was so fun about wiping someone else’s face – she asked every day consistently even though I’d never let her do it except when I was sick.

 

I buried my face in the towel soaked with warm water. It felt like my eyes were becoming clearer.

 

“Lady Anais asked you to come to the study when you wake up.”

 

“Mother’s already awake too?”

 

I didn’t ask about Father since he would naturally be awake already.

 

“Yes, she’s waiting. She said to have breakfast refreshingly and finish it early.”

 

“…She didn’t sleep at all, did she?”

 

“Probably not.”

 

Adding ‘probably’ to her answer was surely a small courtesy toward Mother. Mother had definitely pulled an all-nighter doing research.

 

‘The more I see mages, the more they seem like engineering students.’

 

Since I never went to university, I naturally didn’t know any engineering students either. The image in my head was one created by media.

 

Single-minded, pulling all-nighters like eating meals when obsessed with something, frequently overworking themselves. Somehow seeming smart!

 

Our Mina was going to become an engineering student soon. How cool.

 

I had almost no magical power, but even if I had, I definitely wouldn’t have become an excellent mage like Mother, as my maternal family expected.

 

I didn’t dislike studying, but with this terrible stamina, I had absolutely no intention of doing the crazy thing of pulling all-nighters.

 

Even in my previous life when my stamina was somewhat better, I died from overwork after pulling all-nighters. Am I crazy…?

 

When I thought about it that way, Mother was truly an amazing person. She was always full of vitality, her eyes sparkled with life, and above all, her stamina was endless. She turned forty this year, but when we stood side by side, without any exaggeration, we just looked like sisters.

 

Father was someone who exercised diligently, but Mother had stamina as good as Father’s despite living so recklessly.

 

Anyway, neither of them seemed to age at all.

 

‘I’ll just think of them as a different race from my previous life…’

 

Don’t Westerners usually age faster than Asians? I thought their skin was thinner and they wrinkled more easily.

 

Well, considering the frequency of beautiful people, it was better to think of them as a different race. The proportion of beauties around me was extraordinary… Compared to my previous life’s race, they don’t age, use magic, shoot beams with swords, and have many beautiful people…

 

‘Hmm. Definitely a different race.’

 

My mind became very comfortable. Like I’d taken stomach medicine. My chest should be glowing blue…

 

Even while lost in other thoughts, I washed my face cleanly, brushed my teeth, took off my pajamas, and changed into comfortable indoor clothes. Though it was just a long dress anyway.

 

Compared to the dress I wore yesterday, this was practically like wearing nothing. Humans are creatures of adaptation. Sometimes I missed jeans and shirts, but I had gotten used to this.

 

‘I should change into more comfortable clothes when I go to the hospital.’

 

And humans are creatures who never know satisfaction. It was natural to pursue greater comfort.

 

Walking quickly through the hallway that was slightly cooler than usual, I asked Evelyn.

 

“Did Raven really sleep at our house?”

 

“Yes, he already woke up and dragged the twins to the training grounds.”

 

“He has… good stamina too…”

 

Same with the twins. It seems like I’m the only weakling.

 

‘Sometimes you want to avoid the truth…’

 

Let’s not think sad thoughts…

 

“Leon did come in though.”

 

“He came back right away. Ian said he ‘managed to escape somehow.'”

 

“I didn’t think she’d let him go easily.”

 

I thought he’d stay out all night.

 

Thinking of that woman who was as aggressive as a wild boar, Leon’s escape must have been dramatic. I slightly revised my image of Leon, whom I had downgraded to a playboy.

 

It would be somewhat inhuman to do everything while openly showing such distaste.

 

The manor that I had felt was vast even as a baby was still large now that I was fully grown. When the absolute value is large, impressions don’t change.

 

Instead, the hallway that used to feel like running a marathon now felt like a 100-meter dash, and the stairs that felt like climbing a mountain had become simple.

 

Humans who adapt and are greedy grow and develop…!

 

Reaching the front of my parents’ study, I caught my breath briefly and knocked.

 

“Come in, Shana.”

 

“Did you sleep well? Mother. Father.”

 

“Of course. Did you too, Shana?”

 

I walked straight to Mother. Naturally embracing Mother who had spread her arms, I said.

 

“I slept soundly.”

 

Though I had a terrible dream.

 

“But it seems like Mother didn’t sleep much.”

 

“Nag her some more, Shana. Your mother doesn’t listen to anything I say anymore.”

 

Father grumbled.

 

“You slept.”

 

“Only 2 hours?”

 

“…I’ll sleep more later.”

 

“You promised, dear.”

 

“Don’t you have somewhere to go?”

 

“I’ll cancel it.”

 

“If you live like that, people will frown upon you. You should live diligently.”

 

“It feels like we’re back to being students. Keep going.”

 

“Aren’t you embarrassed in front of Shana? As a father, you should set an example.”

 

Father looked straight at me. Then he smiled and said.

 

“You should live doing what you want to do. Like your father.”

 

“Yes, Father.”

 

Father always taught good things and set examples. Even though he spoke like that, he probably had no plans to go out from the beginning, or had canceled since last night. I decided to believe that.

 

His sense of responsibility was even stronger than Mother’s.

 

Anyway, Mother briefly frowned with dissatisfaction and pouted before leading me away.

 

“You brought such an interesting research subject, no, pitiful victim.”

 

“Are you blaming me now? I clearly said I’d tell Bailey tomorrow but I…”

 

“Did you think we’d sleep when you hadn’t come back?”

 

“…You didn’t sleep?”

 

“Your father went to bed after confirming you had returned.”

 

Wait. But why.

 

“But why with Raven…”

 

“Come here! Mother stayed up all night and dissected everything!”

 

It was bothersome for them…

 

If only the twins, Evelyn, and I had returned, it seemed my parents were planning to welcome me. However, unexpectedly Raven came along too, so they decided to just receive a report and pretend not to know.

 

Father was also a duke so he was no pushover, but since Raven had the status of crown prince, no matter how casually they thought of him, there were formalities that had to be observed. Avoiding each other during the tiring dawn hours was also a good strategy.

 

‘Father is absolutely right. Our father isn’t bad.’

 

It’s all Raven’s fault for leaving his own splendid house nearby and following us to our house for no reason. Making my parents, who couldn’t even sleep at dawn, worry…

 

“Look, Shana. If you look here, you can see traces of the curse.”

 

Did I tell them that I saw traces of the demon clan, that is, Seth, there…

 

I carefully observed their reactions, but fortunately my parents didn’t seem to have read traces of the demon clan there. Mother continued her explanation without hiding her contempt for curse mages.

 

“It’s a really vicious curse. It makes any magic be received in reverse while amplifying the effects twofold. If you physically tear someone to shreds and then cast this curse, the stronger the healing power, the more painfully they’ll die.”

 

“Good heavens… How could anyone be so evil!”

 

The exclamation in a tone that sounded like reading from a Korean textbook was quite awkward even to me. I felt Father’s suspicious gaze, but I stubbornly kept looking straight ahead.

 

I am serious. This is my first time hearing this. I am very surprised…!

 

I’m sorry, Mother… I stayed up all night watching spoilers…

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