Chapter 120
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 120
Chapter Title: Hospitalization - 4
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Why was everyone making such a fuss just because I said I was sick? The whole house was suddenly in an uproar.
"I'm fine, really. It's just a bit sore."
"Sian, you said it hurt so much you couldn't sleep?"
"Clara, that was an exaggeration. I could sleep, you know."
It was just hard to fall asleep because my muscles felt like they were being sliced by a razor every time I moved. It wasn't like I couldn't sleep at all.
"Boo-hoo, Sian, you can't die!"
"Sylvia? I'm really okay. Please, don't treat me like I have some incurable disease."
Sylvia's teary face made my chest tighten.
Who knew saying I was sick would cause all this chaos?
Even Chloe, after a long time, looked at me with worried eyes.
"Honey, are you really okay?"
"Chloe, I keep saying the same thing, but yes, I'm really fine."
I said it confidently, but I couldn't escape the skeptical glances.
Why? Why doesn't anyone believe me?
"Sian always says he's fine."
"Yeah, even before, when he was struggling, he just said he was okay."
"It's not that we don't trust you, honey, but please be honest with us this time."
"No..."
I felt a wave of disillusionment, wondering if I was really such an untrusted head of the family.
And then Ravi, who had examined my body, was pouring oil on the fire.
"Eek? How can the hero move around in this condition?"
"I can move just fine."
"Don't you feel the pain?"
"I feel it to some extent."
Maybe because she served a different god, unlike Helen the childcare expert, Ravi the medical expert diagnosed my condition more precisely.
"There are tears in the meridians all over your body right now. They've been forcibly twisted together, making treatment impossible."
"I heard about that. It's some lethal technique Hardron made, accounting for healing miracles?"
"This is no laughing matter! You absolutely must rest in your current state."
"No, I'm fi..."
"You're not! Clia, go call Senior Forrest quickly!"
It was the first time I'd seen a nymph get angry.
Nymphs can get mad too, huh.
'Is my condition that dangerous?'
Peredil must have had a good reason to strongly oppose my activities.
"A normal person would already be dead."
"I'm a Titan."
"Titans have the same body structure as humans."
And so, I was forced back into hospitalization once again. Once my family heard I was really sick, they started getting anxious too.
"What are we going to do? Huh? Huh?"
"Sylvia, calm down a bit. It's not going to change anything if you keep that up."
"Elsia... you're biting your nails."
"Oh..."
Of course, not everyone was worried about me.
"Sis, big bro's sick?"
"Clia... don't worry too much. Sian will be fine."
"I'm not worried! Big bro's tough!"
Ironically, carefree Clia was the one who trusted me the most.
'I need to get back to work soon.'
Autumn was coming, and it was time to prepare for the harvest. Being laid up during the busiest season felt even worse.
I might end up getting some imaginary illness at this rate.
But the biggest problem was that even the nymphs had no treatment method in the current situation.
"What should we do, Senior?"
"For now, this will ease the hero's pain."
Forrest cut off the antler—no, the tree branch—from his head and handed it to me.
Just sniffing it mysteriously wiped away the pain completely.
What is this? Some otherworld drug?
"Hero, use this when the pain becomes unbearable. But if you use too much, the drug's effects might make your mind foggy."
"Forrest, wouldn't this sell for a fortune? The branches on your head grow back, right?"
"You're already hooked on the drug."
Forrest made a sad face at my joking remark, thinking I was already unable to endure the pain and relying on drugs.
No, I'm still perfectly sane.
"Boo-hoo, I'm sorry, hero. We're too unskilled to help you."
"If something happens, we'll sacrifice our lives to save you, hero."
"No... please, don't do that. I'm really fine."
I hurriedly responded to their words.
I had a feeling some nymph might sacrifice herself to save me at this rate.
"I need to recover quickly."
In the current situation, the only treatment was a divine-grade elixir.
Helen, Camilla, and Knight Peredil were searching for it on my behalf, but I doubted they'd easily find something no one had discovered in a thousand years.
"Nyaaang~"
"Oh! Kammy."
While I was lying there blankly resting, the black tiger Kammy came to visit.
Still a cub, cat-like Kammy climbed onto my shoulder and licked my cheek with its tiny tongue.
"That tickles."
"Nyaaang!"
I don't know if it was my imagination, but after Kammy groomed me, I suddenly felt energy surging.
Is this why everyone keeps cats?
"Nyaaaang!"
I hoped Kammy would keep grooming me, but bored, it suddenly ran off somewhere.
Do a bit more.
As I felt disappointed, someone knocked on the door.
Knock knock.
"Sian, can I come in?"
"Sylvia, come on in."
Hearing my response, Sylvia entered the room right away.
She made a determined face and started saying something strange.
"I heard from the nymph doctors. You need a divine object to recover, Sian."
"That's right."
"I'll tell my auntie. Let's eat up that Burning Ice in the north."
"Sylvia? That's your ancestral god."
"Who cares? I just don't want you hurting anymore!"
"Sylvia, you might get divine punishment."
It was like telling your lover to bulldoze your ancestor's grave and build a building on it, in Korean terms.
"My lord, I heard your condition is bad."
While I was arguing with Sylvia about eating her ancestral god, Vivian arrived, drenched in sweat.
From her appearance, she'd just come back from hunting and rushed over upon hearing the news.
"Are you dying? On the verge of death?"
"Neither. So don't get too worked up, Vivian."
"Not yet. I haven't borne your child... at least the seed."
"No..."
It was nice they were worried about sick me, but I didn't want them suffering from heightened emotions.
I wanted my women to be happy looking only at me, not sad.
"The hero must rest absolutely. Sylvia and Vivian, cool your heads for a bit."
"Yes..."
"My apologies."
In the end, both got scolded by Ravi.
Nymphs sure know how to take charge in times like these.
Knock knock.
"Honey, can I come in?"
This time it was my wife, Chloe.
"Yeah, come on in."
I answered right away.
Chloe entered with daughter Ciel and Helia.
"How's your body?"
"A bit better."
It wasn't a lie.
Thanks to Kammy's grooming earlier, the pain had eased.
"Ahbahbahbah."
Our daughter Ciel, in Helia's arms, suddenly came to me.
"Ciel worried about Daddy too? Daddy's fine."
"Ahbooboo boo."
"I don't know what you're saying, but don't worry about Daddy, Ciel. Just grow up big and strong."
Ciel, whom I'd picked up, grinned widely as if something was hilarious.
"Honey, try this."
Chloe sat beside me and put something in my mouth.
"What's this? It's really good."
"It's a snack Helia and I made together."
"Oh? Helia, what is it?"
"It's a traditional pastry from the Holy Kingdom. Chloe followed so well that we made it perfectly."
"I see... Oh, right. Helia, I have a message for you."
"What is it?"
"The fourth knight of the Black Heaven Knights? Your mother-in-law wants me to pass something on."
"..."
Helia's expression hardened at my words.
"Did I butt into family matters I shouldn't have?"
"No, it's not that. And it's not exactly 'family matters' since we're only engaged."
"I see."
"So, what did the fourth knight say?"
"Not much time left."
"She's always nagging about getting married."
"Looks like you're not close."
"Yes, my fiancé hates the idea of marrying me."
I was shocked by Helia's words.
What kind of race are nymphs? Regardless of gender, they're a race of beauty itself.
Just looking at their faces makes you happy. Nymphs.
Of course, their looks mean they lack masculinity, but isn't Helia prime husband material?
Great at housework, childcare, and even specialized knowledge.
If Helia were a woman, I'd have proposed to her.
"I feel a strange chill."
Helia started shivering as if she had goosebumps.
"You catch a cold? The weather's gotten chilly lately."
"Nymphs rarely get sick, but I'll be careful just in case. It might spread to Ciel."
"Thanks for caring."
"Just fulfilling my nymph duties. Oh, it's Ciel's naptime, so I'll head out."
"Okay?"
Helia exchanged glances with Chloe, then took Ciel and left first.
And Chloe clung to me.