Author: aji (あじ)
Translator: sleepingjay
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“Master, your face really looks bad……You’re not sick with something, right?”
“If even a healer can’t notice an illness, who can? Shut up and continue doing your job.”
“……All right.”
My terrible countenance was probably because I was thinking about a bunch of things.
The incident with Seira seemed to be causing me more stress than I had realised.
Even in my dreams lately, I had been seeing a lot of shitty stuff.
In these fragmentary dreams, except for that tiny, crying child, everyone else who emerged in the dream had their faces painted over in black.
When I tried to look at those faces, I would wake up, without fail.
Not being able to get a good night’s sleep was poisoning my body.
Should I drink just a little, to get myself to sleep?
Thinking of drinking, unbidden, Jill from that day appeared in my mind.
Even when I was thinking of something unrelated, Jill’s face would appear, which was genuinely unpleasant and frustrating.
It was best to just forget unpleasant stuff. I shook my head and continued to move my hands, trying to submerge myself in work.
The sun had gone down.
When I was leaving the institution with Bel, someone called out to me.
Looking in that direction, I saw the mother from that day, who had rushed in bringing her baby, now with a healthy smile on her face.
“Lilius-sensei, good evening. Are you going home now?”
“Yes, I am. How are you feeling?”
“Thanks to sensei, I feel better. Today, because you listened to me, I was able to have some extra time. ……Sensei, thank you so much for saving us that day.”
After saying that, the mother bowed her head.
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“Rb. Qf’gf atf bcfr atja rtbeiv mtjcuf. Po jcsatlcu tjqqfcr, qifjrf vbc’a tfrlajaf ab mbwf. ……Lfs, sbe abb, ajxf mjgf bo sbeg wbw.”
“Det, yeeet.”
Qtfc atf yjys ibbxfv ja wf, tlr rqlaaif oifk bea.
With all his strength, he was gripping the finger I held out to him in his little palm.
“No, don’t spit on sensei.”
“It’s fine, he’s having fun, isn’t he? At any rate, it proves he’s healthy. I’m glad.”
As we spoke, I did something.
It was of no burden to me, who had a lot of magic, so I quickly performed a healing magic while pulling out my finger from the baby’s palm.
The mother’s eyes blinked in a flick, then she smiled happily as if she understood something.
“It was my fortune to have met a person like sensei. Ah! That reminds me, I heard about it, that you were confessed to by that Commander-sama.”
“…… Yes?”
“The whole town is beside themselves over the story! I understand how he would fall in love with Lilius-sensei. There aren’t many people who are as beautiful and wonderful.”
In contrast to the mother’s gentle smile, I was frozen.
The whole town was excited over it, so did that mean it was already well-known? Was everyone aware of it?
In the countryside, rumours spread around very quickly.
Did everyone in the village also know?
We parted ways with the mother. Bel, who was walking dejectedly next to me, told me with a worried look:
“Master, please cheer up. The reason Master isn’t in good spirits, it’s because of the thing with Commander-sama, isn’t it?”
“……”
“……Commander-sama is a cool and nice person, but still, Master already has a lover.”
“…………”
“Ah! That’s right, let’s go out to eat, I’ll treat—”
“Wait.”
“Eh?”
Wait a minute, what did he just say?
“Just now, did you just say that I have a lover?”
“Er, yes. The one in the ward.”
“That guy isn’t my lover though?”
“……”
“He’s not my lover. If I have to describe it, then he’s more like an older brother to me.”
“…………I–I might have really messed up.”
“Haa?”
At my refutation, Bel’s face turned pale.
I had no idea what he had messed up, but was it really something that would cause his blood to drain from his face so fast like that?
“Anyway, why did you think that guy was my lover?”
“T–that’s because……! A long time ago, that time Master was being courted by a cat beastman, Master said, “I have a lover. I’m the one who can take care of that guy, and he’s important to me!'”
“……! Aah, that, huh. So that’s how you got that misunderstanding.”
When Bel pointed it out, I remembered that there was such a thing.
Around when I first came to this town, there were a lot of people who liked to flirt with me because of my feminine face.
Unfortunately, I like women, not men.
No matter how you looked at it, it was crystal clear that the guy was trying to sleep with me, so I rejected him by saying that I already had a guy I liked.
Even when I was picked up by the village, I was approached multiple times by the young people living in the village. But at that time, I was the worst piece of shit so I said cruel things to them, even making some of them cry.
That guy couldn’t stand watching it, so when someone called out to me, he would let them go through him instead, which had calmed me down.
“So, about that. It was a lie. It’s just something I say to immediately stop persistent guys.”
“……”
Unlike humans, no matter how stubborn they were, beastmen would give up once they heard there was already a lover.
That guy taught me that with beastmen, who believed in soulmates, an euphemistic rejection saying that I already had a lover would have an immediate effect.
At the nostalgic memory, my chest grew warm.
The medical ointment the spirits taught me to make was a medicine that surpassed current medicine in effectiveness.
He was burned by the flame of some monster, which could be a magic beast or demon for all we knew. No matter what kind of treatment we tried on him, at best it just maintained the status quo, and he showed no signs of recovery.
However, thanks to the spirits, I at least had a bit of hope in my grasp.
I had thought I had no luck, but there were still good things.
I was definitely going to save him.
As I once again renewed my resolve, I didn’t notice that next to me, Bel was holding his head, stricken by something.
Translator:
If anybody spots a ‘he/him’ instead of “I/me” anywhere when it’s referring to Lilius, I’d greatly appreciate it if it was pointed out. I’ve gotten so used to Jill’s pov I use “he/him” on autopilot.
Awww Lilius!! Know the truth bb!! I sure do hope Jill explains himself ;v;)/ and Bel better explain it to Lilius what he said to Jill hahahaha
Thank you so much for the chapter!!!~ 🙇🙇🙇🙇🙇🙇🙇🙇
Thanks for the chapter!!
Poor Bel! He messed up pretty badly, and with how dense Lilius is, resolving this misunderstaning will probably take some time. Thank you for the chapter!!!
Even If Lily learns about What Bel said to Jill, he’s so adamant about liking women so maybe he won’t do anything to clarify that misunderstanding. 😖
Thanks for the chapter!
Well, damn. At least Bel knows the truth lol
Thanks for the chapter <3