Male Lead Is Obsessed With My Health - Chapter 138

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Chapter 138

While Ludvig fell silent, the inspectors at the upper seat felt some kind of pressure and hurried to prove that Arelin was of Paitale’s bloodline.
But.
“Why, why isn’t it reacting?”
The results were a string of failures.
Not once did Arelin’s blood resonate with the Protection Stone Fragment.
It was a Protection Stone Fragment that would absolutely resonate if even a single drop of Paitale’s blood was mixed in.
“Ha.”
Ludvig pressed his forehead.
“Ha ha ha.”
It was truly a stab in the back that made his head spin.
“Really.”
What a relentless woman.
To pull such a stunt?
“Your, Your Majesty…….”
Among those who were speechless with shock at the unexpected result and inspectors who kept fidgeting nervously, Ludvig laughed alone like a madman.
“I never saw this coming.”
He had been so convinced that she was his daughter.
There had been another man in Sione’s life?
She met him within Paitale while evading his watch? Who on earth? Was such a thing even possible?
“She really is a remarkable woman.”
Did she want revenge that badly?
Did she want to overturn my insides like that? Wasn’t throwing me into this kind of hell enough for her?
While his mind grew murky and tangled like swampland, his thoughts finally settled on ‘Valere,’ the younger brother whom Sione had cherished dearly.
Yes, so that’s why Arelin had been in Halbern.
“So that’s it.”
Ludvig shuddered at the meticulous board Sione had laid out.
Even if he succeeded in registering Arelin through claims of a de facto marriage with Sione, the moment Arelin’s Halbern’s Ability manifested, she would be taken away all over again.
Valere, who had registered Arelin as his daughter, would not cast her out, and the only one in the entire world who could teach the newly awakened Arelin was Valere, the current Grand Duke of Halbern.
Furthermore.
Halbern’s Ability was special and rare. If that happened, the Alermagne Imperial Court would not simply stand by and watch.
“Sione.”
Ludvig ground his teeth, remembering Sione, who had so thoroughly outwitted him.
The most pitiful thing amid all this was that he himself still could not let her go, still yearned for her.
No matter how many times he regretted it, no matter how desperately he wanted to hold on again, the time that had already passed would never return.
“Hah…….”
Had he truly lost his mind? That he found even this elaborate betrayal endearing and touching.
Ludvig gave his order with bitter self-mockery.
“Everything that happened today is to be kept secret.”
“Yes, sir.”
“If word of this leaks beyond these walls, no one here will survive.”
“…….”
Everyone held their breath at the dire warning.
It was German, Ludvig’s adjutant, who broke the silence amid the tense atmosphere like walking on thin ice.
“Your Majesty, then…… what shall we tell the Lemuren Kingdom?”
“Tell them that Arelin being my daughter is guaranteed by the Paitale Imperial Court, so they should proceed with the trial without suspicion.”
“If they demand evidence…….”
“Tell them it is a matter of imperial confidentiality and cannot be disclosed.”
German swallowed hard.
“Then, Princess Arelin is…….”
“Yes, I will raise her as my daughter.”
Why? Why go so far?
All manner of suspicious glances poured in, but Ludvig’s resolve was unyielding.
“Because that child is the only trace Sione left behind.”

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Since last night, I had been caught in a peculiar mood.
“My lady, why are you like this today?”
“Would you like something delicious to eat?”
I waved away the pestering maids and sprawled out on the bed in a great big X.
The Duchess’s Chamber. I had only visited it for a moment, yet I felt as though I had witnessed something enormous between Sione and the Regent.
“Meddling isn’t my specialty.”
Did I catch it from Fession?
With a complicated heart, I looked at my Status Window.
There, the answer to my question—is Mehren doing well?—was still being displayed.
[No health concerns. Worrying about you. Handling busy work. Troubled by the complicated state of affairs. Worrying about the Grand Duke of Halbern.]
Mehren remains the same.
Just three weeks, nearly a month apart, and I missed Mother so much.
My eyes welled with tears just seeing the words of his daily life.
[Thinking the residence has become quiet and lonely.]
[Missing you.]
At least it’s a relief that I’m not the only one who misses him.
“I need to be brave.”
There’s a place I need to return to.
“Here goes.”
After getting up, I checked my Status Window again.
The Cool Time for asking a new question had long since expired.
My heart was ready too.
[Please enter a question.]
“Mother. No, tell me about Sione Sigrid Halbern.”
[Collecting information on Sione Sigrid Halbern.]
Beep!
[A medium is required to provide detailed information.]
[Guiding you to the location where the medium exists.]

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Albrecht.
Fession was tapping his foot with an expression of clear dissatisfaction.
“Your Highness, Your Highness, why that expression?”
“Because.”
After Foundation Day ended and the gathering resumed, many children gave up approaching Fession with tearful eyes because he continued to emit an uncomfortable aura.
Only the twins and Harun spoke to him.
“Is it because of Arelin?”
At Ciel’s question, Fession’s expression crumpled further.
“Mehren said Arelin went away to recuperate because she was unwell.”
“That’s right.”
On the day when a large-scale terror attack had taken place in Albrecht.
Empress Azeni, who was shocked because Fession nearly fell victim to a mage’s rampage, had been overprotective for some time.
Because of that, Fession only learned of Arelin two weeks later, and when he heard she had been sent away to recuperate due to injuries from that incident, he thought his heart had stopped.
“Mehren rejected my request to visit her today too.”
If Arelin had been at the residence, he would have gone recklessly, but upon hearing she had been sent to somewhere with good air and water, Fession had been submitting visitation requests every other day.
“We also tried to find out to visit, but Father also rejected our request!”
“Even though he said he had something to discuss regarding the automobile business!”
“Arelin must really be sick.”
Fession and the twins grew solemn.
Harun fell into solemnity as well.
“Hah, Arelin…….”
Fession was troubled.
“Your Highness, Your Highness, what is it? Is it because you can’t see Arelin?”
“Do you miss Arelin that much?”
The twins seized the moment and poked Fession teasingly.
Fession glared at the twins and then sighed.
‘Do I miss Arelin?’
Of course I do.
“It’s more that I’m worried…….”
The twins’ eyes widened as if the answer was unexpected.
“That she might be alone and crying again.”
“Arelin…….”
“……crying?”
Unable to imagine it at all, Ciel and Noel exchanged awkward glances, while Fession sank into troubled thought.
On the surface, Arelin seemed to dislike people and dislike attention, yet she was quick to feel loneliness.
And while being unaware of her own loneliness, she had only just barely begun to admit that she was lonely.
But if she were left alone again, wouldn’t she feel even more lonely?
‘Arelin…….’
From the very beginning, Fession had only one wish regarding Arelin.
That Arelin would not feel lonely.
That he would never see that expression he once happened to witness.
He wanted Arelin to be happy.
This was the pure wish Fession harbored.
If there was any selfishness in it.
It was only that he wanted to be by her side.
‘Those days were really good.’
The unremarkable days spent with a healthy Arelin were so good that he hadn’t even noticed time passing.
“No, this won’t do.”
Suddenly Fession rose from his seat.
“I’m going on an expedition.”
“An expedition?”
“All of a sudden?”
It wasn’t so sudden—in fact, going out on expeditions near the capital with the Knight Order and armed attendants was already a scheduled plan. But what had solidified Fession’s resolve was something else.
“I need to obtain rarer Spirit Medicine.”
He could no longer be satisfied with requests from the Knight Order.
Now he would obtain them himself!
Harun quietly approached Fession’s side, who was steeling his resolve.
“I’ll go with you.”
“Harun too?”
Harun nodded.
“I’m Arelin’s friend too.”

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