45. The Lady of Cianella (3)

“We didn’t talk much. I just asked how long I had been lying down and where Sione-sama was.”

“Hmm… Is that really all there is to it?”

Shione gave an uncharacteristic look full of suspicion.

“I think I was too close to Siabelle unnie until recently…….”

“… He said he wanted to see what happened to her left arm, so I just confirmed it.”

“Is that really all there is to it?”

“How could I lie to Sione? Would you like to take a look at it too?”

“No, that’s it.”

I showed her left arm to Sione, but she raised her hand approvingly, stopping her from moving.

Then, Shione let out a sigh of relief, not knowing why.

“I have already confirmed with my own eyes several times that your arm has found its place. The priest said that he would need to receive divine power several more times… How about it, can you move your arm a little?”

“The wound is healed, but it seems impossible to move the arm yet. Even if you apply force, it will quickly sag.”

“… Trouble.”

Shione sighed lightly when she saw my arm hanging limply.

Apparently, Shione was feeling guilty about my arm being like a wolf.

If I keep doing this, I think I’ll be making such a sad expression next to me every day until my arm is completely healed.

You wouldn’t know that kind of expression once or twice. If I keep looking at it, I think I’ll be bothered and annoyed.

Shione took luck to ease her guilt.

“Don’t worry too much about my arm. Wasn’t the situation unavoidable?”

“Still, if I had been a little more helpful—”

“It’s okay. It would be far better for me to get hurt instead of Shione-nim.”

“… What the hell is the reason?”

“Reason?”

“The reason why it wraps around me.”

The reason why it wraps around Shione.

Nothing special.

Because I need Sione to survive in this damn world.

Besides, if she abandoned her Shione and ran away in every dangerous situation, she would be held responsible for not protecting her from all sides.

If Shione died because of a mistake, she would have to watch the world fall apart with her open eyes.

There… There are also some things that are a little more polite.

Shione was an important presence.

To me or to the damn world.

“At least to me, Shione-nim is more important than anything else.”

“… What?”

“Literally.”

Shione’s eyes widened.

Judging by the way his pupils shook little by little, it seemed like he didn’t expect my answer.

Shione tried to hide as much as possible that she was embarrassed.

Unfortunately, it was obvious.

Seeing Shione’s futile effort was subtly funny, so I smiled a little.

Seeing that reaction made me want to joke around a bit more.

“If Shione-sama isn’t heavy, how can I fight that huge spider by reaching her arm with my own will?”

“That….”

“I just decided that it would be more comfortable for me to dedicate my arm to seeing Sione-sama seriously hurt.”

“… ….”

At my words, Shione finally lowered her head and avoided my gaze.

Shione flinched at his shoulder for no reason and even dyed her ear lobe red.

It seems that you have absolutely no tolerance for unfamiliar words.

I was a bit embarrassed to say it, but seeing him react that way made me feel worthwhile.

I asked Shione.

“Come to think of it, is Shione-nim okay?”

“… What?”

Shione slightly raised her bowed head and looked up at me.

“I couldn’t help it because the situation was the situation… Didn’t I throw Shione-sama?”

“… You stupid.”

“Yes?”

I just asked because I was worried about throwing it on a rough mountain road.

No, you’re swearing here?

Of course, I’m just a fool.

People worry about me like this, but I didn’t expect them to openly criticize me for being an idiot.

“At least… What are you worried about with just that? I want you to worry about you more than me…….”

It was in the middle of that.

It was not easy to understand why he was doing that, but I could see that Shione’s eyes were getting moist.

… Why is that bastard crying again?

Embarrassed.

I never imagined that you would show tears just because you said a little loyal.

If you’re a man with a lot of sensibility, you wouldn’t know that Shione showed tears.

I am dumbfounded by her sudden tears.

“…Are you okay?”

Shione tried to get her to say something in response to my question.

“… Okay. I want to be alone, so could you go out for a while?”

In the end, I couldn’t finish what I wanted to say and just issued a congratulatory order.

When she told me to get out of bed and leave the room.

Shione grabbed the hem of my clothes tightly.

“It’s okay not to come to visit us today.”

.”

“So that I can rest well without thinking about anything today. The priest… From now on, you know that I said I would come after lunch until you get better.”

“… Thank you.”

“Then I’ll see you tomorrow.”

Shione, in a droopy mood, slipped into my bed.

Normally, Shione would lie on that bed and stare at the back of me as I left.

Today, Sione turned her body and didn’t look at me until I left the room.

After coming out of her room, I whispered in Korean.

“… Why are the sisters doing that in pairs today?”

Shia Belle, who has been burdening her with narrowing the distance, and Shione, who has always lost her shameless and foolish appearance, have been smitten with me.

Why the hell is she like that?

I don’t know. Because it didn’t have to hurt me.

I soon gave up on thinking.

I headed for the room assigned to me with light steps.

Up until now, how much did you suffer while following Sione?

I was thinking of taking a good rest without worrying about Shione, who is driving for a day or so.

* *

Is it because I took a good rest all day?

Today, unlike before, I was able to wake up feeling refreshed.

Since it is early in the morning when most people are still asleep, I wanted to sleep a little longer.

When I came back to the territory, I had no choice but to go out because of Shione, who goes jogging at this time every day.

Putting on a maid’s uniform, tidying up her hair, and washing her face. After everything was ready, I looked in the mirror.

“You look good.”

These are not empty words.

It wasn’t for nothing that the owner of the body was going to be sold to nobles with the title of Namgisa.

Although his appearance can make you feel cold and heartless. Now, even if you look at my face objectively, it belongs to the good-looking side.

I looked in the mirror and smiled.

“Well, you have to have a handsome face.”

Even if it’s because I died in the dungeon.

I lost a lot of fame and position and got stuck in this body.

I left the room with a trivial thought.

As usual, I went to Shione’s room to wake her up.

Wonchae sleeps a lot, so if I don’t wake him up, someone will sleep until lunchtime.

I must have tried to wake him up.

“Are you here now?”

… Did the sun rise in the west?

Not only was Shione up first, but she had a neat appearance without a single needle mark that should normally remain next to her mouth.

I don’t know what kind of wind blows people who usually sleep scratching their stomachs at this time.

“When did you wake up?”

“Unlike usual, I woke up early. Are you surprised that I am awake?”

“… I was a little surprised.”

“Whoops.”

At my words, Shione showed a mischievous smile.

“I saw you came, so let’s just warm up and come back.”

“I will follow.”

“No, you will remain here waiting.”

“Yes? Waiting for you.”

“Isn’t your left arm still uncomfortable? Please do not suffer for nothing and wait here.”

“… Thank you for caring me.”

I heard that when a person changes drastically overnight, it means that the day they will die is near.

Today’s Shione is not like her usual girl, she is overflowing with consideration.

Even when I looked at Sione with a slightly puzzled expression, she only smiled kindly.

It was good that I skipped morning exercise and waited in my room like that.

The problem was that her excessive consideration continued even after the sun had completely risen.

“I will bring refreshments and tea-“

“No, that’s it. You’re not very attracted to me today.”

“If so, I’ll clean my room for a while from now on—”

“Why are you going through hardships when you can’t even move your left arm… Ray, you should rest. I’ll make sure to tell the other servants.”

“… All right.”

Maybe it’s because I’m sitting too much, so I want to move a bit.

If I try to do something, don’t they try to put me back in their place right away.

I wonder if you were so grateful for protecting me from Arachne.

Should I say overprotection? She was very conscious of me.

It wasn’t that both of his arms were crippled, and it wasn’t that his left arm was cut off and he became one-armed. It’s just that the arm that hangs well doesn’t work well.

I never thought they would stop me from offering to dust off the dust piled up roughly in the corner of the room with a duster.

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Should I like this. Shouldn’t

Shione, who was determined not to make me do the work somehow, hiding under my blanket and staring at her, was so fresh.

Then she got out of my bed and busily started preparing for her outing.

Also, I left myself alone in the room and I was trying to wander around.

I asked, raising my hips from the chair I was sitting on.

“Where are you planning to go?”

“I’m thinking of going to the shooting range because I want to practice my bow.”

“I will follow you this time.”

“Even if you come to the shooting range, you won’t be able to shoot a single bow… I plan to stay for quite some time, so how about just resting in my room?”

“It must be difficult to shoot an arrow, but wouldn’t it be nice to watch Sione-sama shoot?”

“Hmm… ….”

“I will also tell you things that would be good for you to correct your posture or practice in the future.”

Only then did Shione nod her head.

After getting the ok sign, we headed straight to the gymnasium.

I heard that quite a few knights and soldiers, including Siabelle and Diolia, headed for the Beltrin Mountains just this morning.

Perhaps thanks to that, today’s gymnasium looked a little less crowded than in my memory.

But that wasn’t the only difference.

When Shione and I entered the gymnasium, almost every woman gave me a quick glance.

Before, she and Shione went to and from the gym every day, so she must have gotten used to my existence to some extent.

I can feel the eyes of the women who are glancing at me here and there, their eyes bright, all the time.

… I know that men don’t fit in this sweaty dance floor.

I wonder if this is too much of an interest, considering that he is simply a man.

Sione also noticed that an unusually large number of eyes were focused on this place today.

“… It must have spread already.”

“It’s a rumor.”

“After you fell, there must be one or two soldiers who went there with your sister and saw the Arachne you killed. Even on the way back to the territory, the soldiers were talking about you as a man like a man in a novel.”

“Then… ….”

“Besides, the Arachne you caught was also brought aside for investigation with his priests. There must be quite a few people who saw the corpse yesterday.”

Shione looked at those who were staring at me and said.

“It seems that the fact that you are the one who caught the big Arachne has already spread among them.”

“… ….”

“Doesn’t it sound like you are being called Cianella’s Namisa?”

It seems that I suddenly became a real man.