The World Mistakes Me for Terminally Ill - Chapter 7

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The World Thinks I’m Terminally Ill Episode 007

[It’s a side effect.]

“Could you explain that in a way I can understand?”

[It’s a side effect caused by the surrounding mana being twisted when future memories are forcibly attached to a past timeline.]

“For a side effect, it didn’t hurt much.”

[It’s not a human illness to begin with. It’s just how causality appears when the world line is twisted.]

Honestly, I can’t understand even half of what he’s saying.

[Anyway, a foolish human wouldn’t understand, so just remember it as a side effect… Hey, don’t hit me!]

When I grinned and showed him the crystal hammer, Kaiseus was horrified.

“Anyway, there’s nothing wrong with my health, right?”

[Yeah. It should actually feel refreshing? Since it’s the process of twisted mana finding its normal orbit.]

I did feel lighter after coughing up blood.

Unlike how he kept his mouth shut when I asked why he told me about the original story, this was quite a kind explanation. Violence really is the answer to problem-solving.

“Good. Then when do the side effects appear?”

[I don’t know that either.]

We stared at each other blankly.

“…You definitely warned me when I coughed up blood. Something about paying a price.”

[That was…]

Kaiseus blushed.

[I wanted to look cool…]

Oh my, like a true black dragon, his chuunibyou phase came early. I should understand that.

‘But it’s troublesome if the blood coughing is random.’

I didn’t just cough up blood, I even fainted. Regardless of feeling lighter, it’s problematic.

‘Come on, surely I won’t collapse in front of people again?’

I decided not to worry about things I couldn’t control.

[Can I go back now?]

“Where?”

[To the ring.]

A moment of silence lingered.

“Come to think of it, even if it’s because of the covenant, why a ring of all things?”

[It’s made from my magnificent horn. I can’t enter the White Forest since I’m not an adult.]

When I looked at him with a ‘really now-‘ expression, Kaiseus made a frustrated face.

[I want to grow up quickly too!]

“Sure, sure, little master Kaiseus. Do as you please.”

[Grr…!]

The baby dragon, flapping his small wings in frustration, eventually did a forward roll.

Roll roll.

The ring that Kaiseus had transformed into fell onto the table.

I picked it up and put it on the ring finger of my left hand.

A small laugh escaped me.

“Not a dog or cat, but I ended up picking up a dragon.”

I was satisfied with my useful dragon companion(?) when it happened.

Click.

I heard someone opening the bedroom door. I turned to look at who had opened the door.

A face that somehow seemed more gaunt than before. But a strange man who still managed to carry that haggard look with a melancholy atmosphere.

“Shubel?”

When I called his name, Shubel’s eyes, which had been unfocused as he entered the room, widened.

Blink.

Shubel’s eyes slowly closed and opened. As if confirming whether this place was really real.

And like a scene from a movie, everything was vividly etched in my mind.

Focus came to eyes that had been dead black. Light appeared, and that fragile, delicate light grew large as it looked at me.

“Elisia…?”

I heard a faintly trembling voice as if he couldn’t believe it.

He hurriedly approached the bed where I was.

From Shubel’s eyes—

Drop.

A jewel-like tear fell.

‘W-wait.’

…Tears? Tears?!

While I was making a shocked face, Shubel grabbed my arm with trembling hands.

“Have you really awakened? You haven’t… left me behind, have you…?”

What kind of lines like a widowed husband are you spouting?

Thanks to that, I snapped out of my daze and slapped the back of his hand.

“I’m fine, so let go. It hurts.”

“Ah… I’m sorry. I was so happy.”

He said that while carefully releasing me with a pale face, and since it was really the face of someone who had suffered terribly, I felt a bit strange.

‘I don’t think we were that close.’

Perhaps because I knew the original Shubel, I felt even more unfamiliar. The Shubel described in the original story had no interest in me whatsoever.

Thorough indifference. And strangers in name of husband and wife. That was our married life in the original story.

‘But what made him change like this?’

I felt strangely shy and ticklish around my chest, so I subtly avoided Shubel’s gaze.

I felt like I might cause trouble if I kept looking, but Shubel became anxious.

“My lady?”

Come to think of it, didn’t he call my name earlier?

“Are you in pain by any chance? Ah, you even coughed up blood, so you absolutely can’t be okay… I was foolish. I’ll call a priest right away…!”

“I’m fine.”

“But—”

“Shubel, look at me.”

Because Shubel looked like he was about to drag a priest here immediately, I hurriedly grabbed him.

I was so rushed that I ended up grabbing his collar.

Thanks to that, our distance became much closer.

‘Mm, this distance is dangerous.’

Not for me, of course, but for Shubel.

Perhaps the stimulation was too intense for the gentle noble young master, as I looked at his eyes wide with surprise and offered a silent apology inwardly.

‘How are you going to survive this harsh world being so innocent.’

I worried while completely forgetting that Shubel had asked “Shall I kill them?” on my first day at Lunein.

I should probably give him some intense life education before returning to my sweet home. That way I can leave with peace of mind.

“I’m really fine.”

I firmly told Shubel.

“Look, there’s nothing wrong with me.”

According to Kaiseus, even the blood coughing was just a side effect and there was nothing wrong with my health.

No disease that didn’t exist would show up even if examined.

At my words, Shubel obediently lowered his eyes while his collar was being grabbed.

His face, shadowed as if lost in thought, was very pure.

I was thinking ‘He’s a cheat character, a cheat character’ when he looked up at me and spoke in a sad tone.

“You don’t have to do that in front of me, my lady.”

…Huh?

“I know you’re a very strong person, my lady. But at least in front of me, I wish you wouldn’t just… endure like that.”

What are you talking about?

I looked bewildered at the man who was confining me while giving the feeling of looking up from below.

‘Wait, when did we end up in this position?’

This is a bit much. I tried to slowly back away, but felt the soft texture of a cushion against my back.

Ah. Right. This was currently the bedroom.

The place we were on was… the bed.

The moment I realized this, I gulped as I looked at Shubel’s eyes that seemed to have gone somewhat crazy.

It was the first moment I truly realized he was my ‘husband.’

“You brat! What are you doing to my daughter-in-law right now! Are you planning to crush a sick child with that huge body of yours?! Move aside!”

It was definitely Bella’s voice, but it was 180 degrees different from her usual elegant tone.

Bella, who had entered the room at some unknown time, was slapping Shubel’s back repeatedly.

Shubel’s face instantly became indifferent before he smiled gently.

“Mother, I am your son, you know.”

“A sweet and gentle daughter-in-law is much prettier than a son who isn’t even cute!”

“Mm, that’s true.”

Why are you agreeing with that?!

Eventually, Shubel moved away with a disappointed expression.

I decided not to ask why he looked disappointed.

“Dear child, are you alright?”

“Yes, Mother. I’m fine. Really, I’m perfectly okay.”

Bella had already returned to being an elegant noblewoman and asked while gently holding my hand.

I answered with an even brighter smile to emphasize that I was fine.

But for some reason, Bella looked even more pitiful.

“The child has become so mature that she’s only learned how to endure.”

I felt dizzy.

‘No, I’m really fine!’

Of course, I did cough up blood.

And I did faint too!

…Looking at it this way, I really did seem like a seriously ill patient, so I groaned inwardly.

In the end, despite the doctor’s diagnosis that I was perfectly fine, I found myself under the overprotection of my in-laws.

“Madam, just to be safe, you should let me carry you.”

“…It’s just going down the stairs though?”

“That won’t do. You might feel nauseous.”

What kind of nonsense is this.

“Change the tableware in this section to a different color, …Bikal?”

“I’ll hold it. Bella should conserve your strength.”

After that, I picked up a fork only to have it taken away while being told to conserve my strength.

“Cough!”

“Kyaah, Bella! Quickly get a doctor and a priest!”

One cough turned the Grand Duke’s Castle upside down.

…Is this right? Is it really?!

Finally, unable to bear it anymore, I declared in front of everyone at the Grand Duke’s Castle.

“I’m perfectly fine.”

“…”

“I’m not sick at all.”

“…”

“I’m healthy! Cough!”

“Turn up the heating!”

“Dear child, breathe! You must breathe!”

“Madam… you mustn’t leave me behind…”

It’s just a cold, but my in-laws’ overprotection is so excessive that it’s troublesome.

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