The World Mistakes Me for Terminally Ill - Chapter 82
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The World Thinks I’m Terminally Ill Episode 082
“…It’s not dangerous, is it?”
It’s an abandoned mine after all. Even though he’s someone with experience serving in the border region, accidents can happen anywhere, anytime.
Yes, accidents.
Feeling chills again, I unconsciously gripped my left wrist tightly. Bikal calmed me down as I stiffened.
“Please don’t worry too much, Bella. The young master is a strong person.”
“Oh, right. Master. I went there before too and it was nothing special. Even if something comes out, if it’s big brother, he won’t even get a scratch, right?”
Erban, who was supposed to follow as my escort, chimed in.
I bit my lips tightly then spoke to Erban.
“Erban, you go check on him. Explain the business in the West too. Make sure all his limbs are intact before following. Got it?”
“Master is going first?”
“We need advance preparations anyway. We should be able to meet around then. If not, we’ll see each other at the destination. You remember the location, right?”
“Of course. But just in case, take this with you.”
Erban created a shadow fox and gave it to me.
The fox that had been tilting its head on the back of my hand wagged its tail, then jumped into my shadow and disappeared.
Erban’s figure also became blurry.
“See you later, Master.”
I asked the butler to station knights and medical staff near the mine just in case, then went to find my parents-in-law.
Fortunately, both of them were together, so I could tell them about my sudden outing.
“Child, of course you have your reasons for everything.”
Jerkhal spoke bluntly.
Bella patted the back of my hand.
“If there’s any danger, just abandon everything and come back.”
“Lunein will always be behind you.”
For some reason, I was at a loss for words and couldn’t answer immediately.
I nodded belatedly.
“Yes.”
Strangely, the chill that had been making my fingertips cold seemed to fade a little.
In front of the abandoned mine that once produced mana stones but lost its usefulness when the deposits ran out.
The man who had entered the abandoned mine early quietly emerged under the moonlight.
Erban, who was lounging in a tree, noticed first before the knights standing guard.
He jumped down from the tree and said.
“Big brother, you’re fine as expected? What’s that?”
Then the others also noticed Shubel’s return.
“Crown Prince, you’ve come out.”
“That is…”
They unconsciously let out exclamations upon seeing what was in Shubel’s hands.
Because there was a magical beast that even these Northern natives had never seen before.
“Isn’t that a Snow Fairy?”
“Oh, so this is a Snow Fairy. It’s my first time seeing one in person, not just in monster guides.”
“Its wings really scatter light mysteriously like an aurora.”
At the mention of Snow Fairy, even the medical staff who had been intimidated by Shubel approached curiously to look at the magical beast.
They had no choice.
Snow Fairies are the only magical beasts with absolutely no aggression, symbolize ‘luck’ or ‘miracles’-
And are rare magical beasts that are difficult to see once in a lifetime.
They were famous for appearing before those who were stranded in snowy mountains or lost in blizzards, showing them the way, then disappearing suddenly.
“So you told us to step back to catch this.”
“Has the lady already gone to sleep? It would be good if she drank a potion.”
The reason Shubel put so much effort into capturing the Snow Fairy.
It was because the Snow Fairy’s light powder was an ingredient for ‘Elixir’, called a panacea in ancient texts.
Shubel had been collecting all kinds of medicinal herbs in the world to cure Elisia’s illness, but when they didn’t seem very effective, he now resorted to even magical materials.
The heir of Lunein was on the verge of changing professions to become an alchemist.
“Oh, speaking of which, Master sent a message, big brother.”
Erban, who had been poking the magical barrier around the Snow Fairy with his finger and giggling when sparks flew with a crack, came to his senses.
At the mention of Elisia’s message, Shubel looked intently at Erban.
Erban shrugged his shoulders.
“Should I just say it? It’s a secret message though.”
“Step back.”
Once it was confirmed that the Crown Prince was fine, those who had come out for night duty returned to their respective positions.
Having received advance payment for night work and even seen a Snow Fairy, everyone looked happy rather than tired.
Since Shubel didn’t particularly issue a gag order, rumors would spread throughout the capital city by tomorrow morning.
‘The Crown Prince caught a Snow Fairy, a symbol of miracles, for Bella.’
Rumors like that.
“So what message did the lady send?”
“Ahem, well, you see. What was it again- I don’t seem to remember, ack! Big brother, don’t throw ice crystals! Erban is dying! If I die, I can’t tell you!”
Once they were alone, Erban, who was being cheeky and climbing up again, made dying sounds.
At their first meeting, he was beaten to a near-death state, and seeing him attack every time despite getting beaten like this, he was just a guy with a strange nature.
Erban pouted his lips. Shubel naturally paid no attention to a man over 180cm tall acting like that.
“Master went to the West. She decided to attend a masquerade ball.”
“A ball.”
“Yeah, she’s going to become a widow.”
Shubel silently looked at Erban.
Erban, who had suddenly killed off a perfectly living person, went “Aha!”
“Not you, big brother.”
“Explain in detail.”
“Like this and like that, she came to attend a masquerade ball at this place, and like this and like that, she came to act as a widow with a child.”
By the way, ‘like this’ and ‘like that’ weren’t summarized words.
Erban threw a fake invitation he had forged in advance.
Whirling.
Shubel caught the flying invitation and checked it.
[Black Swan Lake
Commemorating the fall of a corrupted swan.]
Erban added playfully.
“Hmm, and she went to pick up a young child to play the baby role first… She said it was a child she knew very well? She said they were extremely close.”
Actually, that was a lie. Elisia had only mentioned it in advance to explain the suddenly appearing Kaiseus, but didn’t say anything more.
When she said ‘a child I know well’, it was a bit funny how the covenant ring trembled as if indignant.
“Honey was dripping from Master’s eyes. Must be a child she cherishes a lot. She said the eyes seemed to resemble hers.”
This was also a lie. Elisia had only said ‘a boy with black hair and red eyes’ to inform about his appearance first.
Erban made a fuss over just the red eyes.
Since he’d find out when he saw directly anyway, he thought he’d tease this cold prince a little.
It was payback for almost becoming an ice skewer earlier.
“You know Master is especially weak when it comes to children, right big brother? She can’t take her eyes off them whenever she sees kids. But if it’s a child she knows well…”
“…”
“Well, I’ve delivered everything, so I’ll go guard Master now.”
Erban, who had played a life-threatening prank, disappeared as a shadow.
Shubel stood there for a while, looking down at the invitation illuminated by moonlight.
The reason for giving an invitation when just telling the location would have sufficed.
“…A child?”
It obviously meant to follow. Why? Because that would be more fun.
He recalled events from about two months ago.
‘Well… when you’re by someone’s side, you naturally become familiar with them. The more you see them, the more endearing they become.’
The lady seemed to know children well.
‘…Should I go meet her alone?’
At that moment, she clearly had a look of longing in her eyes.
“Who are you planning to meet alone?”
Under the moonlight, a crack appeared on Shubel’s cold face.
“Elisia.”
He gripped the masquerade ball invitation tightly.
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