I Opened an Illegal Animal Hospital in Another World - Chapter 89

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Chapter 20. When You’re Having Fun, You’re Bound to Forget Something (1)

I hoped I had seen wrong, but there was no way that was the case.

It was the first time I had seen Seth while awake rather than in a dream, but he had even delivered a message to me.

‘There’s no way that bastard would do something as admirable as worry or warn me…’

Thinking of those lips that curved as if mocking me reminded me of an elevator ghost story. A story about someone who got on an elevator with a suspicious person and felt uneasy, but then that person got off one floor below them, and just before the elevator doors closed, showed them a knife hidden in their coat before running up the stairs.

Seth’s behavior resembled that suspicious person. It seemed like he was telling me that while it might be too late to avoid it now, I should at least use my head and try to struggle as much as possible.

‘What? Found out by whom?’

If it became known that the daughter of the Wentworth family was a healer in the slums, it would cause troublesome situations, but that would just be annoying, not a threatening situation.

In the first place, I had nothing to hide in my life except my identity. I had never avoided meeting anyone because I thought I shouldn’t.

‘He only told me that many people dislike my power, but since I don’t know who they are or what they’re trying to do, there’s nothing I can do.’

The House of Lepoer?

‘After cutting ties with Mother, they no longer had a reason to target me.’

I had heard that Wentworth and Lepoer were clashing over minor matters, but they no longer had any need to kill me. In the first place, their intention to kill me was to reclaim Mother who had been taken by Wentworth.

A child without a shred of magical power was nothing but a shackle, so they wanted to kill me and bring her back to the House of Lepoer… but now there was no need to kill me. At most, they would just spread ugly rumors about me being hideous, stupid, or strange.

That’s why my parents were willingly putting up with that petty annoyance. Because they had escaped from the anxiety of not knowing that someone from Lepoer had the intention to kill me and not knowing the reason why.

Then was it Seth’s contractor?

‘Mr. Nathan?’

Whether Seth’s contractor was Mr. Nathan or someone around him, if they were on the First Prince’s side who was at odds with the Crown Prince, it made even less sense.

He said I had been found out. The nuance was that there was someone who had been targeting and looking for me from the beginning, not the Crown Prince.

Was there something I had missed?

“Shana.”

In the first place, Seth lied 80 percent of the time whenever he opened his mouth, so maybe he said it just to tease me.

‘That would be just like Seth. He seems to live just to mess with me…’

I ground my teeth. It felt like it would be refreshing to summon that face in front of me right now, grab him by the collar, and shake him.

The more I thought about it, the more convinced I became that Seth was just messing with me.

I didn’t know what had been found out, but whatever it was, there was nothing I could do about it right now. Seth, who still wanted to play more in me, or more precisely in the previous world inside my head, probably wouldn’t let me die at least, so I resolved not to be scared of something I couldn’t even identify.

If only my self-defense ability wasn’t approaching zero, I would have cursed him out. That bad Seth.

“Shana.”

“Ugh, I’ll kill…”

“That’s some violent sleep talking.”

“…I wasn’t sleeping.”

I was just deep in thought.

“Then you meant you’d kill me?”

“How could that be? I meant I was so comfortable I was about to fall asleep…”

“So it was sleep talking.”

“Do you really have to live your life being so nitpicky about everything?”

“If you were comfortable, I’d be fine staying like this.”

Raven slightly lowered his head. His lustrous golden hair flowed down to my cheek, and my surprised face was reflected in his pretty golden eyes.

Before I could even realize why we were so close, a familiar voice reached my ears.

“Move away.”

“I guess you’ve decided to drop the formal speech?”

“Should I use formal speech with a sexual harasser?”

“We’re engaged though?”

“We’ll see how long that lasts. I’ve put up with enough, move away.”

It was Ian. I blinked a couple of times. We were sitting inside a carriage. More precisely, Ian and Raven were sitting. I was being held in Raven’s arms on his lap, just as I had been when he carried me.

Ian spoke menacingly.

“Shana, if you’re awake, come here.”

“Oh, okay.”

Had I been so lost in thought with my eyes closed that I didn’t even notice being moved to the carriage? I really did seem to have good concentration. Who would have thought I’d experience something like a genius’s exclusive trait of not seeing anything else when focused on one thing.

‘I really was just sleeping…’

Unwavering comfort, Raven.

I hope I didn’t drool. I secretly wiped the corner of my mouth with the back of my hand, but fortunately it was dry.

“I wiped the drool for you.”

“…Sorry.”

I… was in the wrong… I should have shown a pitiful collapsed state, but since I was sleeping while drooling, I wasn’t sure if the excuse of having a weak body would work properly. Ian said sharply.

“Shana, hurry up.”

“Ah, I got it. Raven, sorry. I must have been heavy. Your legs probably cramped up….”

“This is when you’re supposed to say I was light as a feather, right?”

“Not exactly a feather, but I know you weren’t that heavy either, so I’ll just say I got it.”

“As you command.”

Raven grinned and helped me up by holding my waist, making it easy to stand. He didn’t seem to use much force, but my body, which had been difficult to move due to being tangled in the puffy dress hem, was pulled up smoothly.

Come to think of it, while my body weight is on the lighter side, adding the weight of the dress and accessories would be quite substantial….

Ian grumbled.

“Why did you collapse there, Shana? We agreed you’d wait until I came.”

“Did it look like I collapsed? Raven suddenly picked me up out of nowhere.”

“You could have at least struggled.”

He said that, then quietly frowned as if even he thought it was unreasonable. I tried to sit next to Ian to appease him, but Raven kept his grip on my waist and sat me down right next to himself instead.

“Break up with that guy quickly, Shana.”

“Calling the Crown Prince ‘that guy’? Ian, have you lost your mind?”

“I apologize, Your Highness. I seem to have lost my reason because I’m so angry.”

“You look pretty calm to me.”

“Judging people by their appearance alone is a bad habit. Right now I’m dizzy with anger because my precious younger sister….”

Ian stopped speaking and glanced at me.

“Has been caught by a completely worthless man, and it’s making me furious.”

“I have similar thoughts. Want to hear them? I’m also quite irritated by several people who hover around my fiancée pretending to be knights when they’re completely useless. It’s even harder to tolerate when they act like older brothers without actually being one.”

“Haha, how would Your Highness know whether they’re useful or not?”

“You can tell by looking. That one beastman girl who sticks close is more helpful than those so-called twin knights.”

I spoke casually as if tossing the words out.

“How interesting. Right now I’m so annoyed with both people in front of me that I want to kick them.”

Both Ian and Raven shut their mouths tight. I guess they don’t want to get kicked.

“Shana. Your foot might break.”

“…Right, I’d better hold back.”

“….”

Ian spoke first, and Raven agreed. While it was nice that the two who had been arguing reached an agreement, my own feelings were endlessly complicated. It felt like I was being ignored, but also like I was being worried about.

“Where are you going? It doesn’t seem like you’re returning to Wentworth Estate.”

Actually…. After making my dramatic collapse and escape, I had planned to enjoy the festival before departing for the duchy. In the meantime, my parents were supposed to proceed with breaking off the engagement using health as an excuse.

But if I said this outright, it felt like he’d chase after me. Even though I knew he couldn’t do that since he’d be swamped with work after returning for the first time in 11 years, somehow….

‘I have a feeling he’d make the impossible possible.’

I thought he’d either create work to accompany me or chase after me anyway.

“To enjoy the festival.”

Ian answered instead.

“Until we received a written pledge from the head of House Lepoer, Lady Anais was extremely sensitive about Shana’s safety, so she couldn’t enjoy festivals separately.”

They even got a written pledge. Well, that would be necessary for my parents to feel at ease. If it was a pledge with an oath, it would have magical devices attached too, so House Lepoer really wasn’t targeting me.

Most importantly, my parents, who had been overprotective of me since childhood due to wariness of House Lepoer, couldn’t possibly miss anything when it came to them.

“Even when she was on the streets of Rierem, they wouldn’t let her wander around. Even when they said it was okay now, she was too busy working during festivals to play.”

“Oh no, come to think of it, they’ll come back really injured today too!”

“That’s why I asked Lady Ella, remember?”

“The kids are scared of Ella so they don’t come much. What if they’re crying while bleeding profusely?”

“…Shana, can’t you see how big those guys are…?”

What is he talking about?

Raven had the same disgusted expression.

“You think it’s cute when guys who are grinning saying they can come see you even when their arm is nearly falling off, instead of whimpering?”

“I knew you’d say that.”

Raven acted smug, saying see, those guys are crazy about you, aren’t they?

“Don’t worry, even without Lady Ella, Lili will prescribe medicine properly. Those guys know their bodies are precious. They come running for medicine the moment they get even slightly hurt.”

“I told them to definitely come if I get hurt anywhere.”

“When?”

“When they were still young. Isn’t it adorable how they keep promises they made as children?”

“…Even among bears, the white-chested red bears famous for being the largest aren’t called cute by anyone…. Similarly, no one finds Gray Wolf Clan members or blue big-eared foxes cute. They’re good guys once you get to know them, but they’re not cute….”

“The bigger they are, the cuter they are, don’t you know?”

“…Sorry, but I don’t get it.”

Ian had a complicated expression.

“I might understand if those guys found you cute instead….”

“Ian, just how many is Shana taking care of?”

“At least several dozen. It doesn’t reach a hundred.”

“….”

I pity you for not knowing how cute my babies are.

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