Chapter 69.1

“But milady…”

“If I fall asleep, I will have nightmares. I’ll just stay sitting here like this.”

For the past two days, all she did was sit next to the bed and nod off. But Yurina couldn’t help. It was now almost impossible for her to sleep through the night without losing her mind.

Yurina had been having nightmares as of late. In one of these, she dreamed of Reynard, covered in blood, as a consequence of the accident. Now, in those two days, Yurina felt like she’d had a year’s worth of nightmares.

Betsy couldn’t challenge the determination of her lady. She left the room with a pitcher to fetch warm water.

Yurina closed her eyes as she heard the door slam shut. The image of a wounded Raynard constantly flickered before her closed eyes. One of his shoulders was torn open by wolf teeth, and white bones were exposed.

‘I think I’ll go crazy like that.’

Yurina got up and went to the bathroom. She washed her face with cold water and put her hair in a semblance of order. After that, she nervously washed her hands, and then left.

At the exit, Yurina paused for a moment, amazed at the spectacle in front of her. There was no sound either. But now Reynard was awake and looked around the room anxiously.

For a while, Yurina stood motionless. Reynard’s awakening seemed like a mirage to her.

Raynard, who was constantly looking around, hurriedly got out of bed as soon as his gaze found Yurina.

And when Yurina noticed how his body was still shaking, she quickly ran up to him. She ran to support him, but she didn’t get the chance as Raynard pulled her tightly into his arms.

“Yurina.”

He was still tormented by fever. His voice was so hoarse that he couldn’t speak properly. Yurina wanted to touch his forehead, but this time without success as Reynard grabbed her arm.

After a full two days, Raynard’s tormented eyes scanned Yurina from head to toe. His gaze was tenacious, as if he was trying to find something in her. Yurina’s cheeks turned red even though she knew he had no bad intentions.

His gaze first moved to Yurina’s face, then to her neck, from her neck to her wrists, and finally to her ankles. Perhaps that wasn’t enough, he rolled up Yurina’s sleeves and looked at her hands.

“Thank the goddess, you’re safe.”

Her annoyance and anger once again formed a lump in her throat when Yurina saw Reynard smiling with a completely pained face. She was happy that he opened his eyes. But she couldn’t even look directly at him, so Yurina bit her lip and lowered her head.

She wanted to tell him many things when he woke up.

‘Thank you for saving me, but aren’t you hurt yourself? Are you feeling well? Why the hell did you have to suffer instead of me?’

In fact, when he lay unconscious, she took his hand and muttered these words under her breath, like an obsessive fanatic.

Now, no words came to mind. The only thing that lingered on her mind was guilt. Guilt for hurting him through her own negligence.

Although Marquis Carthia, her three brothers, and Sir Aaron said it wasn’t her fault, for the past two days, Yurina’s guilt had been eating away at her.

“Yurina.”

Raynard gently grabbed Yurina’s cheeks and lifted her head up. Yurina lowered her gaze to avoid him. Then Raynard leaned down and looked into her eyes.

“Why are you avoiding me? Hm?”

He should have been worried about himself, but that wasn’t what he was thinking at all.

Yurina closed her eyes as the sight upset her even more.

“Were you very scared? I’m sorry, if I had time earlier, I would have chopped off the whole thing at the root.”

Hearing his words, one might think that it was she who was the main victim, and not him. When he himself was hurt, he treated her as if Yurina was injured.

And Yurina was unhappy about that.

“And what about you? Are you okay?”

“Hm. Yes.”

“You were bitten in the back.”

“They already helped me. See?”

He moved his injured shoulder back and forth. However, Yurina saw that he was frowning slightly as he moved.

“It’s not good.”

“Now I’m okay.”

“You can’t be okay. You haven’t woken up for two days.”

Raynard smiled mischievously.

“I have been in bed longer than I thought. It seemed like I had only slept for a few hours.”

“But why…”

Yurina paused and bit her lip. Thinking about what happened that day, her emotions were so shaken that she no longer had the strength to control them.

“Why didn’t you use magic then?”