Male Lead Is Obsessed With My Health - Chapter 195

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Episode 195

Arelin awoke immediately.
“Is there anywhere that hurts?”
After lying in bed for half a year, it was only natural to expect pain somewhere.
“It doesn’t hurt…?”
Arelin tilted her head, then stared intently at the empty air.
Mehren looked where she was looking too, wondering what could be there, but his eyes saw nothing.
Was she seeing things after just waking up? Could there be side effects?
Mehren immediately summoned the medical staff to examine Arelin’s body.
“Huh…? Why is she fine?”
The physicians were bewildered.
“This doesn’t make sense.”
Arelin’s condition, which had been steadily worsening, had improved. Faced with this near-miraculous turn, they were left as fools, merely scratching their heads.

“I grant you time for parting.”

Only then did Mehren understand what the Grand Mage had meant.
“Mehren?”
A kindness to let them spend these final hours in peace together.
Whatever the circumstances, Mehren’s heart swelled with emotion at the simple fact that Arelin was looking up at him again with clear, conscious eyes.

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Halbern Manor was in uproar from early morning, a cauldron of joy.
“The lady is walking!”
“The lady is speaking!”
“The lady is eating congee!”
“The lady is breathing!”
“You fool, if you don’t breathe, you’ll die!”
Walking, eating, talking, smiling, breathing—everything became cause for tears.
The Childcare Unit, who had long since resigned themselves to never witnessing these sights again, all wept openly.
Arelin was eating when she noticed the staff crying as they watched her eat, and grew flustered.
“Mehren.”
“Yes?”
“Do I look pitiful eating like this?”
Mehren raised an eyebrow.
“Who would dare speak such nonsense?”
“Then why on earth is the Childcare Unit crying…?”
Mehren’s gaze, which had been fixed solely on Arelin, finally swept toward the others.
Upon spotting the foolish staff, Mehren exhaled a weary sigh and dismissed them curtly.
“Pay those incompetent fools no mind.”
“Mm…”
“You should eat more.”
“Y-yes.”
Watching Arelin eat the congee with proper form, Mehren felt the icy heart that had frozen over these past six months gradually thaw.
‘How should I tell her?’
While she slept, he couldn’t ask her consent and had unilaterally decided to undergo the Grand Mage’s treatment, but now that Arelin’s eyes had opened, a different worry pressed forward.
The fear that she might not want to endure such painful treatment.
Still, he had to tell her—but he didn’t know how to broach the subject.
“Mom.”
“Yes?”
“I’m all right.”
Suddenly Arelin smiled.
It was a smile so clear and radiant it seemed impossible she’d ever lost it.
He’d known her smile was beautiful, but he’d never realized it could touch a heart so deeply.
Mehren, who remembered her more often in bittersweet sorrow, found this present Arelin—luminous and serene—unfamiliar to him.
“I’ll receive the treatment well and come back for certain, fully recovered.”
At her spirited words, Mehren’s composure crumbled entirely.
He covered his face with both hands and washed it with dry tears. His throat suddenly tightened; no words would come.
What was he to do with this angel?
She was too precious, too good for him.
The merciless time that had passed seemed nothing but regret.
If only he had done better by her.
“Please.”
Mehren forced the words from his constricted throat, his eyes glistening as he looked at Arelin.
“Allow me to watch you grow.”
Had he ever felt so small, so utterly inadequate?
Mehren’s head bowed weakly, but small hands rose up and gripped both his cheeks firmly. Arelin, drawing close, pressed her forehead against his.
“You’re always my mom.”
Her voice carried not a whisper of doubt, not a tremor of hesitation, and Mehren’s throat constricted. Emotions too vast for words surged within him.
Arelin, in turn, pulled him into a tight embrace, hoping to convey feelings that words could never fully express.
“The father’s role might be a little dangerous, but Mom is only you, right?”
At her bold words, Mehren let out an involuntary laugh.
“Is Valere dangerous, then?”
“Father’s always running about outside. He doesn’t show his face, I don’t know where he is, and he keeps worrying his only daughter.”
Even in Mehren’s judgment, every word rang true.
“Since you have a biological father elsewhere anyway, there’s no harm in trying out a replacement father.”
“Right?”
Discussing it with the gravity of a conspiracy, the two of them broke into uncontrollable laughter.
When was the last time they’d laughed like this?
Suppressing the bittersweet emotions, Mehren asked, “Is there anything you wish to do before the end?”
Arelin, her face gaunt from the loss of weight over six months, smiled brightly.
“I want to see the children.”
She said she hadn’t been able to say a proper goodbye.
“I’m going far away now, so I want to say goodbye to them.”
Mehren could not refuse such a pure wish.

“Arelin!”
“Hello, Chloe.”
“Are you better now?”
I simply nodded.
There was no need to worry her unnecessarily.
The reason I saw the heroine first was because I had something I wanted to say.
“You’re truly a kind and good person, so always live as yourself.”
Looking at her in person stirred various emotions, but Chloe was a precious being to me too. She laughed shyly.
Next came Harun and the twins.
I’d originally planned to see Harun alone.
“Why do you want to see only Harun? We’re friends too!”
“That’s right, no fair playing favorites!”
“These Demon Twins, honestly.”
I felt bad for Harun, who was suffering under the twins’ antics again, but at the same time I couldn’t help but laugh—it was so like them.
Nothing had changed at all.
Half a year had passed, yet they remained the same. And they’d each aged a year too.
“Areli, you’re all better now, right?”
“Don’t ever get sick again…”
The twins approached carefully and wrapped their arms around me. Harun hesitated before joining in.
“When did you two become such whiners?”
“Whiners?!”
“Just call it being affectionate!”
“Mama says affectionate boys are popular.”
“She said affectionate boys get loved.”
So the Duchess Sperom had returned to the Capital residence, having gone to Sperom Territory to recuperate from raising the Demon Twins.
“Mama said she loves all the music you gave her.”
“She said she wants to hear your playing since you’re so good.”
“All right, I’ll play for you sometime if I get the chance.”
Softened by the occasion, I made a promise, and the twins practically glowed.
Ciel especially was delighted—he really did love music.
“You promised, Areli!”
“Yes.”
“You swore!”
“I didn’t swear to it.”
“Hmph!”
“Fine, I’ll swear to it.”
“Yay!”
The twins, having squeezed out even a sworn promise, dissolved into giggles.
Finally managing to peel the now-quieter twins away, I turned my attention to Harun, who’d been relatively silent the whole time.
“…?”
When our eyes met, I felt Harun tense.
He and Chloe would suit each other well.
I regretted not being able to help Chloe’s one-sided love, and not being able to see what the future held for them both.
“Thank you for waiting for me.”
“…!”
At my belated farewell, Harun’s eyes widened.
Since he usually wore such a similar expression, seeing him make such a different face oddly made me proud.
“Take care of yourself.”
“!”
Was Harun just nagging me?
It was very surprising and refreshing.
Wow, so the day comes when even Harun nags me.
Watching Harun flush with embarrassment like a ripe tomato after speaking, I felt the urge to tease him mercilessly, but I barely held back.
And finally, the last one.
“The Imperial Palace—it’s been a while.”
The Imperial Palace, where I’d come to meet Fession.
Knowing he’d always visited me during my illness, I really wanted to see him myself.
“Lady Arelin, please wait here.”
The Crown Prince Palace Garden.
Looking at this place where the children often played and where I’d hidden among the shrubs, I found myself smiling.
Yes, there was a time like that.
The first time I’d encountered Fession here had been awkward.
Lost in those memories, I spotted him in the distance.
“Areli!”
He came running toward me with a bright smile lighting up his whole face.
I was about to run toward him when—
Thud.
Suddenly my heart seemed to sink, and something inside me felt like it was coming undone.

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What?
My vision flickered. Something hot suddenly surged up, and I doubled over and coughed up blood.
I haven’t finished saying goodbye yet.
“Arelin?!”
Fession, confused by my faltering vision, remained frozen—a blurred figure before me—
Before I could say anything, my vision went black.

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