I Opened an Illegal Animal Hospital in Another World - Chapter 98

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98

Medical Chart 6. Got You, You Rascal (2)

Only after Raven lifted Shana in his arms did Evelyn and the twins come running. They were blackened from being partially caught in the explosion, but surprisingly didn’t have a single scratch.

“Lady Shana!”

Evelyn cried out like a heart-wrenching scream. Ian asked.

“Is Shana alright?”

“For now.”

At Raven’s bluntly thrown words, Evelyn squeezed her eyes shut and opened them. As if trying to shake off terrible imaginings. Leon bit his lips tightly and said.

“Ian, Evelyn. Please take care of Shana. I’ll go help Renate.”

“What?”

“…Otherwise, I think I’ll get scolded when Shana wakes up.”

And he jumped down below the collapsed ground. While Evelyn looked somewhat flustered, Ian spoke.

“I’ll stay here to help people. Evelyn, please take care of Shana. Prince Raven, please use this.”

Raven nodded without answering. Since his arms were holding Shana, Evelyn received the necklace Ian held out.

“A teleport device set to Wentworth Estate?”

“Yes. I’ll activate it.”

Evelyn grasped Shana’s hand and activated the teleport. Just before the transfer, Raven looked around.

The ground swayed like waves and collapsed, making the Central Plaza chaotic and noisy.

The ground had completely collapsed as if hit by large-scale bombardment magic, revealing the underground passage clearly. Most people had fled while ‘stepping on the swaying ground.’ Though the ground had certainly collapsed, something supporting their feet had pushed them away. Those few seconds had bought time for people to escape.

Of course, there were those who couldn’t escape in time. People hanging precariously from collapsed structures screaming, people who had fallen into the underground passage groaning in pain.

However, not a single person was injured. Even those who had nearly been trampled by others’ feet while falling as they fled were looking at each other with bewildered eyes, or staring at their own feet and hands as if they couldn’t believe them.

What happened here?

The underground passage exploded!

We need to call the guards!

Call a priest too, there are injured people here, no one? No one’s hurt?

We’re from the Apothecary Guild! Anyone injured, please come here! No one’s hurt!

It’s a miracle!

People spoke of miracles so easily. Raven looked away from the plaza where no one was hurt and gazed at Shana collapsed in his arms. No one else was injured, yet she alone was covered in blood.

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Bailey headed to Shana’s room carrying boiled water and prepared medicine.

Since divine power and healing magic didn’t work on Shana, the manor was stocked with all kinds of medicine.

From holy water sold expensively by the Temple to various potions from the Apothecary Guild, even mysterious herbs used on other continents were prepared. Of course, medicines whose effects or side effects weren’t clearly established couldn’t even come near Shana. Only medicines with clearly proven efficacy and side effects were used.

She wiped away sweat, blood, and dust with a warm towel and applied ointment.

“Fortunately, no bones are broken. Seems she just fell.”

“We can’t be sure. There might be fractures.”

“….”

Evelyn didn’t let her guard down. Looking at the form and degree of the wounds, it seemed she had simply fallen and rolled on stone pavement, but it wouldn’t be strange if bones were cracked anywhere.

“Lady Shana’s medicine works best, but we can’t use it on her…”

Bailey sighed.

“She’ll have a fever tonight. I’ll watch over her, so Evelyn, go wash up. I’ll prepare clothes and bath water for His Highness too.”

“I’ll nurse her!”

“Wash first. Lady Shana said it herself, didn’t she? An unsanitary environment is the worst for patients. You plan to stay by Lady Shana’s side looking like you rolled in a dust pit? How much harm will that cause those small lungs.”

It was a tone that would have made Shana protest if she’d heard it, asking what kind of small animal she was. She would have said that while durability and function might be lacking, size certainly wasn’t…

Like Ella and Evelyn, Bailey especially treated Shana as if she were still the newborn who had nursed at her breast. The lungs of a baby the size of a forearm would certainly have been small, but Shana was 18 years old.

When Shana occasionally complained about Bailey’s treatment, she would silence her with “Once a baby, always a baby.” She was also deprived of the chance to argue back because of Anais, who would chime in with “That’s right, once a baby, always a baby…”

“…I’ll be back quickly.”

Bailey was one of the few people who could separate Evelyn from her obsession with Shana with just a few words.

“I’ve contacted the Wentworth Couple too, so they’ll be here soon. Your Highness, where are the twins?”

“They’ll come soon. Renate should be able to explain the situation.”

“Understood. Then we’ll wait until then.”

Bailey looked at Raven with eyes that said ‘I’m done talking, so why aren’t you leaving?’ Raven deliberately ignored her and briefly glanced at Shana lying on the bed before speaking.

“When was the last time we heard from Maria?”

“Maria?”

“When was the last time a letter came in that person’s own handwriting?”

“…It’s been over a year, but Your Highness bringing up that child’s name must be because it’s connected to this incident.”

Bailey’s gaze, which had been that of a nanny, instantly turned cold.

“It was Maria’s handkerchief that caused Shana to get caught in the explosion.”

“That child carried around something like a handkerchief?”

“Apparently Shana gave it to her.”

“Ah, that one. She would carry that around… I’ll look into it separately as well.”

Even during the conversation, Bailey showed no sign of worrying about Maria. It was because of her firm belief that wherever Maria was, whatever situation she was in, she would be safe, and even if she wasn’t safe, she wouldn’t have died meaninglessly.

“Shana!”

“Lady Anais, Lady Shana is sleeping. Quietly!”

“Ah, s-sorry. But I did wash up before coming!”

“Then please come in.”

Anais burst in with a face that looked ready to burst into tears at any moment. Kail also entered, catching her to prevent her from falling.

“Bailey, how is Shana’s condition?”

“For now, no bones are broken. It seems like there’s a crack in her arm bone, and she has severe bruising all over. There was some bleeding, but most of it is just scratches.”

“What on earth happened… Where did she throw away all her protective gear?”

“Well, two pieces remained, but there wasn’t a shred of mana left in her body. I don’t know where she threw away all the other stuff. Since it’s Lady Shana, she probably gave them to the bombers telling them not to get hurt.”

That was the correct answer.

As Bailey calmly recited her condition, Anais let out a long breath and slumped down beside the bed.

Shana was still breathing well. She had a wide scratch on her cheek and bruises were spreading dark blue, but she was alive. Anais sighed, covering her face with her palms.

“I can’t let my guard down… Just taking my eyes off her for a moment leads to this. She was just dancing with her father a little while ago…”

Even though she herself was close to being a pacifist, getting caught up in incidents and accidents the moment you took your eyes off her was quite a talent. Anais looked pitifully at the unconscious Shana’s face while examining the artifacts she had used. They were mainly items meant to boost her daughter’s pitiful attack power.

“I wonder if she even dealt half of half the damage to the person who beat her up…”

Probably not. It would have been better if she went around hitting people instead of getting beaten up, but she probably even healed the person who hit her, feeling sorry for them, which made me feel like I was going to explode with frustration.

How could I explain this frustration?

Even after confirming that her family was no longer targeting Shana, Anais couldn’t erase her learned anxiety.

Moreover, since both Anais and Kail had lived their entire lives as strong people, even though her healing power was incredibly strong, Shana, who didn’t have even a shred of power to protect herself, seemed as fragile as something that would burst at the slightest breeze.

Who would believe that a 7th class mage’s daughter lacked even the mana to activate artifacts, and that a Sword Master’s daughter was so frail that her bones would break with a light touch?

Kail approached and wiped her sweat-soaked forehead. At the touch of his hand arranging her matted hair, Shana made a pained sound and pressed her face against his palm. Her fragile act of affection broke their hearts.

“Kail, I’ll stay here.”

“Alright, I’ll take care of everything else.”

“Please do. The twins and Renate will bring back the culprit, but I’m not confident I can maintain my sanity.”

“I’ll try not to kill them either.”

“There’s no point in us killing the people Shana saved…”

Kail also left a brief kiss on Anais’s forehead. Then he pushed Raven, who showed no intention of leaving, out of the room.

“Please explain the situation, Your Highness.”

“You must have received a report, haven’t you?”

“I roughly heard that the floor of the central plaza collapsed. Even though the floor collapsed, miraculously no one was hurt.”

“…There’s the injured person, right there.”

“They’re starting to say it was a miracle because it was a festival welcoming the prince’s return.”

“Mother is quite quick-witted too.”

Raven let out a small sigh.

“Sir, Renate and the twins have returned. They’re waiting in the study.”

“Thank you, Ella. Your Highness, let’s go.”

Ella bowed with an expressionless face. Having already grasped the general situation, the gentle smile she usually showed in front of Shana was nowhere to be found.

Raven once again pondered the peculiar composition of this manor’s members.

An A-rank mercenary worked as a nanny and caretaker, while the parents were a 7th class mage and an unofficial Sword Master. The knight’s order had one unofficial Sword Master, and his twin sons were experts approaching master level. There was also a maid of unknown identity who called herself a dog beastman.

Among them, only Shana was more fragile than an ordinary person. That was why everyone treated her like a soap bubble that would burst at any moment.

‘But no one could protect her.’

Including himself, no one could. It meant they still had a long way to go.

In the study, Renate and the twins were waiting with several people kneeling.

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