Male Lead Is Obsessed With My Health - Chapter 90

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Episode 90

The moment the Ball Hall went dark, Mehren instinctively sensed something was wrong.
‘The Imperial Palace should have barriers, shouldn’t it?’
“Quick reflexes.”
The man who had approached Mehren—whether he knew something or not—clicked his tongue and vanished.
The suffocating pressure disappeared, and as if that were a signal, the lights returned. Simultaneously, screams erupted from all directions.
“Aaaah!”
“There’s someone here!”
People vanished wholesale, as if swept away by something massive. The Ball Hall descended into chaos.
The Imperial Palace plunged into confusion in an instant.

* * *

I’d lost consciousness for a moment.
When my eyes finally opened, the sight that greeted me left me speechless.
‘This is that place. Sharit Manor.’
Same location, different atmosphere.
The bizarre environment painted in inverted colors made the back of my neck tighten with alarm.
‘They called it the Other Side World.’
My world’s weakest sensor was screaming that I needed to flee this place immediately, yet somehow I remained calm.
“Gasp… gasp…”
“Are you all right?”
Oh, I wasn’t swept up alone.
“This… this place…”
Seeing Leslie’s complexion drain to an ashen white left me at a loss.
It was strange—she kept staring intently at empty air.
There was nothing there.
“Hey, if you could just calm down—”
“Eeeeeek!”
Leslie, her face ghostly pale, let out a convulsive shriek and suddenly bolted away.
Drawing aggression like that wouldn’t end well.
“Ah.”
I wanted to grab her, but she’d already dashed off and disappeared from sight before I could react.
“What do I do.”
I was worried about Leslie.
Should I go look for her?
“Hmm.”
I paused, watching the surroundings twist threateningly.
I wanted to help, but thinking of my own pathetic stamina, I settled myself quietly. I was more of a liability than she was.
“At least Leslie has decent endurance. I can’t even run long…”
Sigh.
I envied people who could run.
“What in the world is happening.”
In the novel, the Other Side World never appeared—so why did I keep getting left behind in strange places like this?!
Suddenly, my hands grew hot. A glowing pattern pulled at me insistently, as if something was calling, but I had no desire to go.
“… How do I get out.”
I looked around at the entirely alien surroundings and sat down heavily.
Would anyone come to save me?
“Mehren…”
The only name I could trust escaped my lips. In the sudden darkness, a longing I’d kept tightly buried seeped through.
“Mom…”
Suddenly, I missed my mother.

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The moment the Imperial Palace Barrier wavered, Valere’s first destination was where the Barrier Stone lay hidden.
It existed in the seam between reality and the Other Side—invisible not only to ordinary people but to Transcendents as well. Yet Valere could see it with the Halbern Ability.
‘Nothing’s wrong.’
The Barrier Stone remained intact, though there should have been some effect accompanying the barrier anomaly.
‘So the problem isn’t with the barrier itself.’
The great protective barrier of the Imperial Palace—created directly by some legendary mage when Albrecht was founded, offered as a blessing for the empire’s prosperity.
The Imperial Palace Barrier was a high-level magic that, despite centuries of advancement in magical theory and magical engineering, remained unmatched in power.
In that case…
Valere stopped mid-stride on his way back to the Ball Hall, having spotted someone while avoiding the officials who’d belatedly come to check the Barrier Stone.
“A Star-rank Mage.”
Robert, a three-star mage from the Sky Tower who’d noticed the barrier anomaly and relocated, replied curtly.
“Do you know me?”
“No.”
I only saw you briefly at the Ball Hall.
Robert, muttering about how unbelievable it was that Valere wouldn’t know him, glanced sideways.
“You seem to understand the situation. Could you explain what’s happening?”
“Well, there’s been an anomaly in the Imperial Palace Barrier.”
“… You’re joking, right? That’s a barrier you can’t easily tamper with.”
The mage’s incredulous rebuttal was correct. It was a barrier one couldn’t easily tamper with—if the opposition were human.
‘The Domain Owner called it “the invisible one.”‘
If something could deceive the eyes of an Immortal, it must be an equally formidable existence.
Though the sudden appearance of this mysterious powerhouse unsettled him, immediate damage control took priority now.
Valere was turning back toward the Ball Hall when it happened.
Crack.
The impact caused the warped barrier to open a gap that would normally remain sealed.
“The Other Side World!”
The Star-rank Mage’s eyes changed the moment he noticed the blue-glowing fissure. Valere’s gaze deepened.
An open gap was a red flag.
There would certainly be people caught in it. If luck was poor, some might even die consumed by the rift.
None of that was his concern.
Valere tried to pass without acknowledging it.
[Valere.]
Had Sloth not spoken from beyond the fissure.
[Your daughter was caught in it.]
“…”
Ah.
Valere brushed his hand through his hair and exhaled softly.
“Hey, hey! What are you doing there?! Back away now! Do you want to die wrapped up in that?! That’s dangerous!”
Whatever Robert was shouting, Valere approached the fissure.
“You there.”
“What?”
“Report this to His Majesty and handle the cleanup.”
“Wait, hold on—!”
Without giving Robert a chance to protest, Valere tore open the fissure and stepped into the Other Side World himself.
Standing before the gaping rift, Robert could only laugh helplessly.
“What in the… Hah. Really, what a… suicidal idiot.”
The forcibly opened gap closed quickly.
Robert knew he would never forget the beautiful stranger’s final moment.
“I hope he found a better place.”
The mage mourned the nameless man.

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Valere’s steps into the Other Side World were without hesitation.
His sight wavered, his senses twisted. An uncomfortable sensation like something squeezing his brain passed through him, and his breathing cleared.
An ordinary human who merely glimpsed, encountered, or entered this ‘rift’ would go mad for any number of reasons, but nothing in the Other Side World affected Valere.
“Illusions…”
The illusions swayed dizzily, writhing to consume human emotion and consciousness.
Was his daughter faring all right?
Worry—it was a familiar yet unfamiliar emotion. A feeling he’d forgotten long ago.
When was the last time he’d genuinely worried for someone?

“I can do anything for you.”

His daughter hadn’t believed those words, but they were Valere’s sincere truth.
He truly could do anything for Arelin—even if it meant surrendering his own life.
‘Though I have no intention of dying easily.’
A place of death for others was a familiar territory to Valere.
Commonly known as the Other Side World.
Another realm existing not in reality, but in reality’s shadow.
It could only be accessed through specific rifts or entrances, making it inaccessible to most.
Such secrets were the specialty of Halbern, and Valere was accustomed to such things.
Wasn’t the Halbern Secret Library itself situated in such an Other Side World?
Moreover.
This was the Imperial Palace.
If the Imperial Palace served as the mirror, then this Other Side World was known to him as well. It was the domain of Sloth, who slumbered in the Imperial Palace—his trading partner.
Valere moved through the quiet yet threatening Other Side World with no hesitation, searching its twisted space.
“She just needs to stay safe…”
As long as his daughter received Sloth’s protection, there should be no serious danger in this domain.
He widened his Aura Sensing, searching for a single presence in the warped world.
And—
“—There you are.”
Not far away.
He found a small figure sitting on the ground, hugging her knees with her face buried.
“There you were.”

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For a moment, I thought I’d misheard.
“What were you thinking, playing alone in a place like this? You’re worrying your father.”
The instant I lifted my head and saw that handsome face, I tensed without meaning to.
An illusion? A dream?
But why this man of all people?
Wouldn’t Mehren or Mom be better choices to trick me? I was questioning the illusion’s selection when the sensation on my cheek made me flinch.
It’s cold.
“Huh, w-wait?”
Is this real?
“Why are you so startled.”
“Wh-what…?”
The cold touch gave the moment a sense of reality, and as I blinked rapidly, my biological father let out a soft laugh.
“It’s not a dream.”
If it’s not a dream, then…
“Why are you here…?”
His gaze softened as he looked down at me.
“Then who should have come?”
“…”
I blinked, then froze as if turned to ice.
That wasn’t what I meant to ask, but it simply didn’t feel real.
He really came looking for me? This man?
“You… you came looking for me?”
“Of course.”
“Why?”
“Because I had to.”
His arms around me were strong and firm as he laughed softly. My frozen body thawed in the tenderness of his voice.
“You’re my daughter, after all.”

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