Chapter 60
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Translator: 8uhl
Chapter: 53
Chapter Title: Fever Pitch
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I was about to hand Knox over to Ethan and walk ahead when a casual remark from Knox stopped me in my tracks.
“Miss Cherry, are you sure you’re not infected?”
“What?”
I turned to him, puzzled. What was he talking about?
“I haven’t been bitten.”
“That monstrous strength of yours… it’s not from the medicine, is it? It’s from the infection. You’re just immune, so it stopped at giving you super strength.”
“I’ve had it since long before this whole thing started. For years, actually.”
“Hmm. Years ago, you say… I don’t recall ever hearing stories about Cherry Sinclair’s monstrous strength.”
“Excuse me. Of course, I hid it. I have a social reputation to maintain, you know? They say the virtue of an upper-class lady is her delicacy.”
“Delicacy as a virtue? What a peculiar standard. I’ve never been fond of weakness.”
Knox stroked his chin and answered in all seriousness. I stared at him, dumbfounded.
“Are you just going to keep saying whatever pops into your head?”
“I’m just saying.”
Knox gave me an unabashed smile.
Even while leaning on Ethan for support, Knox was so relaxed and composed. It was so like him.
“You’d better shut up and move before I toss you aside.”
Ethan replied, annoyed.
Knowing Ethan, that wasn’t an empty threat; he could easily pull his arm away right then and there. Knox shrugged and fell silent.
We grew more tense as we neared the mansion. Everyone fell silent, and our steps became deliberate and cautious.
Two monsters were loitering in front of the mansion’s main gate. I turned to Knox and said,
“Mr. Ludpersher, I’ll carry you.”
“…Treat me gently. As if I’m made of glass.”
Knox said with a look of resignation, as if he’d finally given up.
I nodded, handed my bag to Knox, and hoisted him over my shoulder. Ethan watched us with a rather strange expression.
“Hey, friend, just focus on your job. Don’t mind me.”
Knox, slung over my shoulder like a sack of rice, snapped at Ethan with uncharacteristic bluntness. In other words, he was embarrassed and wanted him to stop staring.
“All the blood is rushing to my head. I think I’m going to be sick.”
Ignoring Knox’s muttering, I looked at Ethan. He made a shooting gesture with his fingers. It was the signal to attack.
With the axe in my free hand, I started toward the mansion gate.
But Ethan, at the front, skillfully swung his sword, cutting down both monsters in a single stroke. It happened in an instant. He didn’t even seem to struggle while facing two of them at once.
*Wow, it looks like there’s no need for me to even step in.*
Watching Ethan clear the path, I leisurely walked on with Knox.
Fortunately, aside from those two, most of the monsters had gone into town, so we reached the main gate without any trouble.
I unlocked the gate with the key, and once inside, I finally set Knox down.
“Mr. Ludpersher, you need to rest immediately.”
I said, placing the back of my hand on his forehead. His body had been burning up the whole time I carried him. The wound on his leg must have given him a fever.
Ethan put his weight into closing the open gate.
“Damn it, who the hell installed this thing?”
The gate—the stone gate—was apparently so heavy that Ethan grunted as he slid the bolt shut, returning with a string of curses.
Ethan slung Knox over his shoulder. Knox couldn’t even protest. His fever had been rising steadily, and the relief of being back home seemed to have completely drained him.
His eyelids fluttered for a moment before sinking heavily shut.
And just like that, he fell into a deep sleep.