Chapter 120.1

As if to compensate for the time he hadn’t seen her properly, he persistently pushed her. Yurina wrapped her arms around his neck and responded to his kiss, when she suddenly remembered her purpose for coming here.

“Wait, wait, Ray.”

“Hm?”

While answering, he lightly kissed Yurina on the lips, as if a bird was pecking at its food. Yurina pushed him on the shoulder and hit his back. It’s regrettable, but it seemed like there would be no limit if she let him do as he wanted.

Reynard approached Yurina again with a puzzled look on his face, and narrowed his eyes as he saw her slightly avoiding his body.

“You didn’t come to see me, did you?”

“Um, I’m here with both sides.”

She couldn’t bear to deny it, so she slurred her words.

“What did you come for?”

“I have an urgent request.”

“Request?”

“Yeah. Betsy’s nephew has a serious fever. So I decided to give her a vacation, but I am afraid of the machinations of Marquis De Flon. Could you give me some magic tool just in case? Just like that necklace you gave me before.”

“Hmm…”

Raynard rubbed his chin, then walked over to the box where Dave kept the magical ingredients. Yurina, who was following him, looked at the contents of the box.

‘To leave it like this.’

Expensive materials, and the rarest of them, which are difficult to buy even for a lot of money, lay there all mixed together without distinction. Yurina knew that Dave wasn’t good at organizing, but she didn’t expect him to be this sloppy.

“The necklace I gave you last time takes time to make, and basically you can’t use it unless you can manage mana. I need to find an artifact that can be used without mana, but I don’t know if there’s anything suitable.”

Raynard rummaged through the box and pulled out a light blue stone the size of a thumb nail. He lifted the stone high up, looked at it  and placed it in Yurina’s hand.

“What’s this?”

When Yurina asked while looking at the stone, Reynard shook a stone that looked identical.

“It’s a voice communication magic ball.How can I explain this… If we share this, we can exchange conversations even when we are apart.”

Oh, it’s like a phone. Anyone else who heard it for the first time would ask, how is this even possible? But Yurina quickly understood everything and nodded her head.

“But will it work without mana?”

“huh. However, the communication distance is limited, but since Carthia Mansion is in the center of the capital, it should be possible within the capital. Betsy’s house is in the capital, right?”

“Hm. As far as I remember, they recently moved to a place not too far from our mansion to make it easier to get back and forth. Thank you.”

After confirming that the door was still firmly closed, Yurina tiptoed over and kissed him on the cheek.

* * *

“My lady, what is all this?”

Betsy’s eyes widened as she saw the servants loading the carriage. Medicines that are said to be good for fever, snacks and foods that children will like, and even clothes. The carriage quickly filled with all sorts of things.

“It’s a gift from me. Go and give them your family.”

“You don’t have to do anything like this. You don’t have to worry…”

“I want to do it, yes. Betsy’s nephew is like my nephew. Go and take good care of him, and if you need anything, call me. Talk to me if you need more days off.”

Yurina put the artifact she had received from Reynard into tearful Betsy’s hands.

“This is a communication magic ball. If you press and hold the middle part and talk, you can communicate with the artifact you have. If anything happens, call me right away. Got it?”

“Yes.”

“Take good care of yourself.”

Yurina patted Betsy on the back and led her to the carriage. Yurina patted Betsy on the back and pushed her back. Betsy kept looking behind at Yurina.

It was only after Yurina grabbed her arm and rode her on, that she finally climbed into the carriage. She still didn’t feel relieved, so she opened the window and talked about this and that.

“The air is still cold at night, so you have to cover yourself with a blanket and go to sleep. Don’t skip meals because I’m not around, and make sure to eat. Okay?”

“Okay, I get it. Don’t worry and go. It’s not your first vacation, why are you so worried today?”

“It’s because I’m leaving so suddenly. If I had known, I would have asked others to come in return.”

“You only need to worry about your nephew, not about me. It’s clear?”

“But still…”

“If you continue like this, you won’t be able to come the house today. Come on.”

Yurina gestured to the coachman. With the loud neighing of the horse, the wheels of the carriage began to move. Betsy held out in the window her face with an expression that looked like she was about to cry, as if Yurina was still on her mind during the sudden vacation.

“I’ll be back as soon as possible!”

“You don’t have to. Use up your vacation.”

Betsy continued to look back at Yurina and wave her hand even as she waned. Two of Carthia’s knights followed on horseback behind the carriage, which was gradually accelerating.

‘Nothing should have happened.’

There was no aristocrat who sent a family escort with only one maid to go out. Yurina had never escorted Betsy when she went out.

However, given the situation, even if others thought it was strange, there was no choice but to attach an escort. In fact, considering Marquis De Flon’s feelings for Carthia, she thought that even two knights were few.

“Yurina.”

While waving at the moving carriage, Yurina turned around at the sound of Reynard’s voice behind her. Reynard came to her, holding the reins of the black horse.

“What are you thinking about all of a sudden?”

With his chin, he pointed to Betsy’s carriage.

“Don’t worry. Let’s go and make sure nothing is wrong.”

“Ah…”

Yurina let out a belated exclamation as she saw the carriage moving away and the horse Reynard had brought. She was moved by Reynard, who told her just what she wanted as if he had entered her heart.

Yurina nodded and held out her hand to him. In fact, she knew how to ride the horse. Thanks to what she learned in her childhood, she was prepared for the unexpected. But she mounted the horse as Reynard led.

Reynard sat down close to Yurina’s body and started riding.

* * *

Yurina replied that it was okay despite Betsy’s warning that she might catch a cold and sat down by the bed. On the bed was her four-year-old Betsy’s nephew.

The child, who still had chubby breasts, moaned in his sleep. His cheeks, as red as peaches, would normally have looked cute, but thinking that he was bothered by the heat made her sad.

Yurina ran her hand over the hair on the child’s forehead. His hair was damp with sweat and his forehead was hot to the touch.

The hand touching her forehead must have tickled him, and the child licked his rough lips. Yurina looked at him with pity, then she wrung out her handkerchief and put it on the child’s forehead.

“What do you think? Are there any traces of magic?”

She asked Reynard, who was standing opposite. He shook his head as he calmly inspected the room with the child to see if there were traces of black magic.

“There is nothing wrong.”

“So is it just a fever?”

“I think so.”

“Then I’m glad.”

Yurina smiled at him in gratitude and looked at the child. It was a pity that he couldn’t sleep properly because of the fever, but when it was confirmed that it wasn’t due to black magic, she felt a little relieved.