The Return of Lilietta - Chapter 221

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Chapter 221

Rita recalled what Oli had explained about her constitution.

“Your body accepts Oaths well, but is extremely vulnerable to transformations of Oaths like mana, divine power, and aura. The rejection is much more severe than in ordinary people.”

“It means you have a constitution that goes haywire with healing magic or divine power. Powers that are good for other people’s health become something that drains your stamina.”

“Storing lots of Oaths in your body and using them freely would actually help your health, unlike ordinary Oathbinders. With Oaths in your body, your body won’t go crazy from minor mana or divine power…”

“But be careful not to receive healing magic or divine power treatment when you’re injured, and always carry potions with you. You’ll be beyond help if you overuse Oaths, so be absolutely careful not to overuse them.”

She skipped over the explanation at the beginning and the warning at the end, focusing on what was said in the middle.

‘It means I can handle it with the Oaths in my body even if there’s some rejection.’

Oli had also said she would appear to improve temporarily. Young Lillieta had actually been like that too. Her body gradually weakened as continuous healing accumulated.

‘Let’s just receive treatment like this. Rather than explaining that I have a rejection to divine power but I’m not a demon, this is better. It’ll be good for moving around immediately once the wounds heal. I just need to be careful long-term.’

She had already prepared herself, but she remembered Gid who had spoken about doing one’s ‘best’. So she tried refusing gently once more.

“I’m not in a hurry, so it would be better if you conserved your divine power.”

“Whether it’s urgent or not is for the person treating to judge, Dragon Knight. Young knights tend to think they’re invincible… Ahem, first show me your wounds.”

It didn’t work at all. To them, it would just feel like modesty, which was natural.

“Rupert, go outside.”

“Yes, Priest!”

Dorin, who had sent the boy out, grabbed her arm with a stern expression. Rita gave up and let her unwrap the bandages.

Dorin’s mouth gradually fell open as she unwrapped the bandages.

“Good heavens, dear me.”

Though it had healed slightly thanks to the healing potion, it was originally a serious injury where her entire body had been half-pierced by huge thorns. If Rita hadn’t skillfully twisted her body to avoid the most vital areas as much as possible, it wouldn’t have been strange if she had died instantly.

When she reached the legs covered in wounds after passing the abdomen that had been pierced and healed, the priest let out a shriek.

“What, you’ve been walking around like this? What, go to someone more seriously injured? You’re the most seriously injured! There’s a limit to being patient! You’re crazy, absolutely crazy!”

She raised her hand as if wanting to hit her back, then discovered the wounds on her back too and stopped, fuming, before letting out a long sigh.

“…This can’t be finished in one go. You’ll need to receive treatment for at least three days. During that time, don’t think about wandering around anywhere and lie down quietly to rest. Understood?”

“Yes.”

Rita answered obediently and entrusted her body to her.

Dorin carefully stroked Rita’s wounds one by one with hands covered in softly glowing white energy. Each time, the wounds healed at a visible speed.

‘No big reaction right now. Though I do feel strangely drained…’

The feeling of exhaustion felt no different from just getting tired during the treatment process.

If it was this kind of feeling, it was understandable that young ‘Lillieta’ didn’t know her body was weakening while steadily receiving healing. It was at a level where even the sensitive Rita could only identify the problem by preparing herself in advance and carefully examining her body’s condition.

‘The wounds are healing, but my stamina… my vitality is decreasing. Like blood slowly draining away… With divine power continuously entering… I’m incredibly sleepy.’

Her condition was actually worse than before when she had been moving while enduring injuries. Her breathing slowed, fever rose, and her body went limp.

Her body was fighting back against the divine power that had entered, rejecting it. Like a kind of immune response.

‘If this accumulates… my body would definitely weaken. The reason my body is healthy now is indeed thanks to growing while sleeping for 10 years under the lake.’

The priest, who had carefully used divine power, was wrapping her wounds with bandages again when she saw her drowsy eyes.

“Sleepy? When you receive healing, your body can get tired as wounds recover quickly. When that happens, you need to rest. Not wander around just because your wounds have healed!”

“…Yes, I’ll rest.”

Rita answered while blinking slowly.

“Oh my, what a good knight. How nice it would be if you recover quickly by listening so well.”

Dorin smiled brightly, then tied the bandage knots and helped her lie down.

“Sleep well like this, Dragon Knight. I’ll come again tomorrow.”

The priest turned off the lamp and left. Rita breathed heavily in the darkened bedroom before closing her eyes weakly.

‘I need to make Oath concentrate… No good, my body is too limp. First, sleep a little to recover… then…’

She fell asleep like that. It was sleep close to fainting.

A couple hours later, the small Black Dragon who had been sleeping curled up at her feet woke up.

He yawned softly and looked around the dim room. After checking on Rita who was sleeping while breathing roughly, he waddled across the soft pile of fur toward her face.

The Black Dragon noticed that he could somehow feel heat from her and tilted his head, letting out a low cry.

-Grong.

Something’s strange.

He pressed his flattened nose against her cheek and forehead with all his might, and after confirming it was hot, the Black Dragon’s eye sockets narrowed.

She has a fever.

As soon as he realized it, his heart area ached with worry. Though he wasn’t sure if he actually had a heart or not.

Something was needed to cool her fever. Anything cold.

He thought of the snow piled up outside.

The Black Dragon got down from the bed and headed toward the door. He flew up slightly to pull the door handle open and went outside. Flapping his wings as he went down the first-floor stairs, he encountered a group of boys and girls.

“Huh? Black Dragon?”

Rupert had been bragging to his peers who came to play at the Village Hall about the Dragon Knight and Black Dragon he had seen up close. When an actual dragon appeared in the midst of this, the children became noisy.

“Wow, it’s a real dragon!”

“Whoa, it flies!”

“It’s smaller than I thought!”

“But why doesn’t that dragon have eyes? Can’t it see ahead?”

“Rupert, isn’t the Dragon Knight calling for you? She must have something for you to do!”

Rupert’s shoulders rose at the children’s chatter as he blocked the path of the Black Dragon trying to fly past the first floor.

“Little dragon, did the Dragon Knight tell you to call me?”

Though dragons were quite fascinating creatures, it was only as small as a cat now, so from the perspective of a fairly tall boy, it wasn’t very scary.

Moreover, Rupert and the other children had been protected in the innermost part of the cave and hadn’t seen what kind of fight had taken place in the open field.

It meant they had only heard from adults that a huge Black Dragon had breathed black fire to burn the Inquisitor group to death.

“Huh? Hey, where are you going?”

The Black Dragon, whose mind was urgent, was annoyed by the boy blocking his path. He wanted to attack and clear him away, but he had an intuition that Rita would be angry if he did that, so he just went around to the side.

When the small Black Dragon ignored him and went outside the hall, Rupert was flustered. The friends with him chattered.

“Is it okay to let that dragon wander around freely?”

“Shouldn’t you follow it?”

“Rupert, you’re in charge of the Dragon Knight! Then managing the Black Dragon is your job too!”

There was nothing particularly wrong with what the children said. Rupert hurriedly followed the Black Dragon out, pointing to one of his friends.

“Marie! You go to the Dragon Knight and let her know! That the dragon went outside alone!”

“Oh, okay! Got it!”

The brown-haired girl called Marie headed to the second floor. The rest of the children all followed Rupert, slightly excited.

“Where is the dragon trying to go?”

“Who knows.”

“Is it running away, leaving its master behind?”

“No way! Maybe it’s going to catch and eat something because it’s hungry?”

“Wow, then we can see the dragon eat a monster?”

“How can something that small eat a monster?”

“Stupid, they said the dragon’s original form is much bigger!”

“Everyone be quiet!”

Rupert yelled at the chattering children, then earnestly chased after the dragon’s tail as it headed outside the cave.

“W-we shouldn’t go outside carelessly…”

While running through the narrow passage following the dragon that was flying busily ahead without looking back, one timid boy muttered. Rupert, realizing his mistake, turned to look at the children and shouted.

“Right, you guys don’t follow! You’ll get in trouble if you go outside the cave!”

“What, what about you?”

“This is work for me! I’m not playing, I’m doing a job the village chief personally assigned to me! So I can go out!”

The blue-haired boy replied with a secretly proud feeling and then ran out of the cave following the Black Dragon.

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