54. Please

“Ray, we have somewhere to go, so let’s go together.”

“Anywhere to go. Are you thinking of going to the shooting range?”

“No, today I plan to visit Siabelle in the hospital.”

“Siabelle’s hospital visit… Is Siabelle-sama awake?”

Shione nodded her head.

Perhaps it was because he was seriously injured during the mission to search and subdue the cult, but after returning, he lost consciousness and collapsed.

Apparently, two days after she came back, she finally woke up.

But…….

When did Shione, who walked around with me every day, hear the news that my older sister had woken up?

“How do you know Siabelle-sama has awakened?”

“I heard her mother say that she had a private talk with her awake sister at dinner last night.”

“Ah.”

“It might be rude to go see her sick sister at such a late hour… I was thinking of leaving around noon today.”

“I see.”

Yesterday Sia Belle didn’t show up at dinner, I thought she was still asleep in her bed with her distraught.

It seems that she has already woken up, talked to Ainel, and had dinner in a separate room.

I nodded slightly, and Shione smiled and took my hand and led me.

“Well then, let’s go.”

“I will follow.”

I headed for Siabelle’s room, led helplessly by Shione’s hand.

It was obvious that if other servants saw him dragging his hand while dragging him, he would only be seen as a servant going to get scolded for making a mistake.

At the right moment, I released Shione’s hand and leisurely followed her.

When I tried to untie her hands that were slightly clasped, she looked at me with a very sad look, but what?

He said he didn’t like me, but he didn’t seem to have any intention of holding on to me.

In the end, Shione freed her hand first.

After arriving at Sia Bell’s door, Shione called her older sister.

“Sister, are you inside?”

“… Sione?”

“I came here to visit her in the hospital and to talk to her sister.”

“Come in.”

After she gave her permission, Sione opened her door.

I guess I’ll just have to stand here and wait like before, I was talking.

“If that’s the case, I’ll wait here—”

“And Ray, come in too.”

Siabelle’s voice came from inside the room and called me.

The corners of Shione’s mouth went up in a small arc, as if he was satisfied with Siabelle’s words.

“Siabel said so, so let’s go in together.”

“Okay.”

There were bloodstains on her armor, and even her silvery white hair was dyed red.

As much as I even lost her mind and collapsed right after I reported my self-return to Ainel.

Apparently, I was also worried about Siabelle’s condition, so I quickly followed Sione’s back and entered her room.

As we entered the room, we could see Sia Bell greeting us with her body stretched out on her bed.

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“Hasn’t anything happened?”

The condition of Sia Bell, who came to ask Grina and Sione about her situation, did not look very good.

Her long hair was messy and messy.

Her clothes, which were always sharp like a knife, were disheveled.

I could clearly feel her fatigue and guidance in her smile as she smiled.

She couldn’t even tell in empty words that she looked fine.

Shione also made a gloomy expression when she saw Siabelle like that.

“I dared to come here. I’m sorry I couldn’t even stand up and greet you.”

“… It’s okay. Aren’t you sick too?”

Siabel, who read her concerns in Shione’s stiff tone, shrugged her shoulders and said.

“What is that? Speak comfortably like in the old days, Sione.”

“But… Would you like to?”

“What could be wrong? If you speak comfortably, won’t I speak comfortably too?”

Shione nodded her head slowly.

I wonder if it was very awkward for her to talk to my older sister in a friendly tone rather than the hard tone she used to use.

Shione opened her mouth to get her words out and then closed it again and again, and finally, she was able to speak her words properly.

“Sister, how is your body… ?”

Sia Bell raised the corner of her mouth in response to Shione’s awkward words.

“Thanks to the high-ranking priest taking care of me day and night, I feel better. It’s just that the devil’s demonic energy seeped into her wounds, so the wounds don’t heal easily, so it’s a little difficult.”

“To think that Magi had infiltrated….”

“It’s the energy of the demon that flows through your blood, and you don’t have to worry too much about it because you’ve been able to overcome it with her holy power. However, she was told to avoid strenuous movements for a while.”

After that, Shione and Siabelle naturally chatted.

From the middle, Shione’s words changed to honorifics again, but Shia Beldoy didn’t point out Shia Beldoy because her atmosphere had lost a lot of hardness from before.

I was standing there for a while, listening to their conversation.

Smart.

Someone knocked on the door.

“I will check.”

As much as I stood still without being able to participate in their conversation.

Since I had nothing to do but wait leisurely, I quickly opened the door and identified the knocker.

When I opened the water, a man wearing a servant’s attire stood there.

“Do you mind if I ask what happened to you?”

“The head of the family called Sione-nim… Sione-nim was not in her room or gymnasium, so I came here to see her. Is Shione-nim here by any chance?”

The servant who said that looked at Sione behind me and let out a sigh of relief.

As soon as my name came up, the servant explained everything to Sione, who approached me.

After learning that Ainel was calling her, Sione told Siabelle and me.

I was worried about Siabelle saying that she should be able to rest well in the future.

And he told me to go back to my room after talking with Siabelle.

Me and Siabelle agreed with Sione’s words, and Shione went to meet Ainel with her servant.

Because Siabelle and I were left alone in Siabelle’s room.

In her room where her conversation was cut off, only her silence and awkwardness remained and filled the space between me and her.

The one who spoke first in the ensuing silence was Sia Bell, who raised the corner of her mouth before she knew it.

“I told you to concentrate on the treatment of your arm so that you can share the sword as soon as you return from the Beltrin Mountains.”

“… You did.”

“I’m sorry. After I said that—”

Siabel began to untangle my clothes.

No, she’s lost her mind, and after lying down for a few days, did she really lose her mind?

She couldn’t understand her behavior of suddenly loosening her top in front of an extramarital man.

As soon as Shione left, she looked at her with a hard expression on her face.

Sia Bell pulled her right arm out of her clothes and showed it.

“Ah.”

Siabelle’s right arm was wrapped in a thick bandage.

Come to think of it, her right arm was weak when she returned to her estate.

“It wasn’t until my right arm became like this. Sharing swords is going to be difficult for a while.”

“… Are your arms okay?”

Siabel shrugged.

“To some extent. However, the treatment is getting slower because the demonic energy has penetrated deeper than expected… She told me to avoid her violent behavior because it could reopen the wound.”

“If you do, let’s take a rest for a while and share the sword after the wounds are completely healed. I’ll wait.”

At that, Siabelle made a mischievous expression.

“Wait? There is no time to wait.”

“… Yes?”

Siabelle continued as if it was nothing.

“I heard from my mother yesterday that you and Sione will be going up to the capital for the first princess’ coming-of-age ceremony.”

“That means… ….”

“In that sense, I want to ask you something, can you please?”

“… If it’s something I can listen to.”

“Okay, come over here for a second.”

Let me get closer to Siabelle.

She pulled my clothes.

She brought her mouth to my ear and whispered the contents of the request she had told me.

When I heard Sia Belle’s whisper, I couldn’t help but wrinkle her expression.

“… If I relay her words as Lord Siabelle has instructed, I think my head will run away… Moreover, it is not known whether I can attach her words to her.”

“No.”

Sia Bell shook her head resolutely.

“The opportunity to talk will definitely come. Between me and her, there is also a friendship overflowing with her… You won’t be able to run away just by telling me what I’m saying. That’s right.”

I could see Sia Belle’s bright smile spreading through the tousled hair that hid her face.

“She is like me.”

* * *

Let’s organize her thoughts about Sia Belle’s unexpected bombshell words and wait for her in her Sione’s room.

The door opened and Shione returned.

Shione, who had lost her spirits, trudged into her and lay down on her bed.

She looked up at the ceiling of my room without focus, like Shione had lost her soul, she said.

“Ray, what should I do about this situation?”

“If you are in trouble… Maybe it’s about going up to the capital to attend the princess’s coming-of-age ceremony?”

“Yes, the princess… uh?”

Shione turned her head and looked at me.

“I haven’t even told you yet. How do you know that?”

“I heard it in advance from the family head.”

“… You heard something so important and didn’t tell me?”

“The head of the family told me not to inform Shione in advance until he himself speaks.”

When the child Nell came out of her mouth, Shione, who was trying to argue, immediately shut her mouth.

Then, Shione began to sigh, telling the land to disappear endlessly, as if she was worried about what was going to happen up to the capital.

It is only when people are already filled with dissatisfaction that they begin to worry about what the hell will happen in the capital.

I don’t know if it was once or twice, but after a long time, I got tired of not being able to accept the reality and walked to Sione’s side.

Her gaze, which had been staring at the ceiling with a relaxed focus, returned to me again.

Can’t you just do weird things like the last time you broke up your marriage out of rebellion? Let’s get it right this time.

“Don’t worry too much. I’ll take care of all the troublesome things.”

So, don’t just sigh like this to make the viewer feel down.

“Sione-nim just needs to be by my side.”

Even in the capital, don’t think about doing weird things, just stay by my side.

“…Don’t let that happen.”

When I heard that he would take care of all the troublesome tasks, I wonder if the feeling of being pinned to the ground was finally relieved.

“hehehe.”

My master started to laugh, saying that he was finally happy.