15: Chapter 8.2 Why are you crying?
(Yak Su-jeong) 15: Chapter 8.2 Why are you crying?
(Yak Su-jeong) The blade that looked so cold felt incredibly hot, but conversely, the patient’s gown brushing against my body felt cold.
I can’t even struggle, probably because this assassin is pressing down my arms with his knees.
A blood fountain erupts before my eyes.
As the blood drains from my neck, the world’s colors fade away.
Just as everything was turning to a gray color.
“Guh, heok!” “Son!
Son!
Aah…
my child, our son…” “Imperial Prince!” “The Imperial Prince has woken up!” Through my blurry vision, I could see the hair of my mother, who was embracing me.
Lily, with her puffy, swollen eyes, was just tightly gripping the edge of the blanket, and outside, priests and doctors came running busily.
Lily, having come to her senses, held a cup and carefully poured water into my mouth.
Water entered my dry throat, and the moment I tried to swallow the water moistening my cracked throat, a foreign body sensation seemed to block it, and I ended up spitting the water out.
“Pfft!
Cough!
Cough!” “Aah…
I-I’m sorry, Imperial Prince!
You were very startled, weren’t you?
What to do…
It’s okay, try to breathe slowly.” “Doctor!
Quickly, his condition!
Check his condition!” My mother laid me back down on the bed, and the doctors and priests surrounded me and began to examine me.
I just stared blankly at the ceiling.
The doctors and priests who finished the examination informed my mother of my condition with dark expressions.
“There is nothing wrong with the Imperial Prince’s body.
As long as he sufficiently replenishes the nutrients and fluids he couldn’t take in, he will soon be up and about…
However, the problem is…” When the doctor hesitated, my mother cried and pressed him.
“A problem?
Speak quickly…
Hurry!” “…It seems the Imperial Prince has suffered a great psychological shock…
It is humbly assessed that he will suffer from a kind of severe trauma.” “Aah…
My son, what to do…
Mommy…
Mommy’s sorry…” Overlapping memories.
[Mommy…
Mommy’s sorry…] ‘Ah…’ Someone is crying around me again.
Even though there’s nothing to be sorry for…
My mother and Lily are both looking at me and crying.
What should I do?
Right, I should smile.
Mother and Lily both liked it when I smiled.
Then they’ll both smile brightly at me, right?
Right, let’s smile!
And answer brightly!
“Mother…
I…
am okay…” I managed to get the words out with difficulty, but my throat tightened every time I spoke, so I couldn’t speak brightly.
This won’t do.
I have to clear my throat, smile, and speak again!
“I…
Heuk!
I!
My body doesn’t hurt at all right now, hehe.
I guess the priests put in some effort!
Lily~ stop crying and give me a glass of water.” Seeing my form, Lily’s expression crumpled as she cried, and my mother just shed tears profusely from her dazed face.
Lily gave me water with a trembling hand, and I barely swallowed it, ignoring the feeling of it getting stuck in my throat.
“Hehe!
I feel alive after a glass of water.
Thanks, Lily!
By the way, how many days have I been like this?
My body feels stiff, so I must have been lying down for quite a while!
Ugh, I must be so behind in my classes…
I’m sorry, everyone.
I’ll make sure to close the window when I sleep from now on.
Still, I’m a 2nd Circle Mage now.
I leveled up while fighting the assassin!
Mother, could you please ask Grandfather to come to the Imperial Castle quickly?
Ah, where’s Father?” Looking outside the room door, Father was standing there.
Father stared at me blankly with trembling eyes.
“Father!
You’re here?
Hehe, I took care of the assassin!
I reached the 2nd Circle in the process, didn’t I do well?
Why do you have that expression?
I’m fine, there’s not a single place that hurts.
Ah, but everything looks gray right now, so could I ask the doctor to check my eyes one more time?
Why is this happening, is it because I haven’t seen the light in a while?” Father stood blankly in front of the room door, unable to come in.
My mother, with a dazed face, shed tears and just kept repeating that she was sorry.
From the way Lily’s shoulders were trembling slightly, it seemed she was burying her face in the bed and crying silently.
“Geez!
Why is the mood like this, everyone!
I’m telling you, I’m fine.” I looked around at everyone, but no answer came.
In the room, there was a suffocating silence and the crying Lily.
And my mother’s apologies just kept repeating…
As I rolled my eyeballs around in embarrassment, the mirror I faced showed me crying while smiling.
“Uh, what’s this, why are tears keep flowing?
Is this why everything looks gray?
Priest!
Can you treat my eyes right now?” Silence filled the room, and no one could give me an answer.
‘Ah…
but I’m fine…’ It seems I didn’t look normal no matter how you looked at it…
I just stared blankly at my reflection in the mirror.