Chapter 120.2

Betsy, unaware of the circumstances, showed a puzzled face, but asked no questions. Yurina spoke up in an attempt to calm Betsy down.

“I got a prescription from Roderick for medicine for fever, so he’ll be fine soon.”

“Thank you for your concern, lady. You don’t even have to do this.”

“I told you. Betsy’s nephew is like my nephew. So, stay home until your nephew is okay and put your mind at ease. If you run out of vacation, I’ll give you more.”

Betsy shook her head.

“No. I’ll be back at work in a day or two. I can’t do this because I get very worried when I’m not with you.”

“But I’m not a child anymore.”

Yurina lightly brushed Betsy and let out a smirk. She didn’t feel bad because she didn’t know anyone else, but the way she was treated as a baby by Betsy seemed to be getting her affection.

At that moment, the grunting child’s eyes opened very slightly.

“Mom…”

When the child’s mother and Betsy’s sister saw Betsy coming, she went out for a while to take care of something she hadn’t been able to do.

‘I missed my mom a lot too when I got sick.’

He is now only four years old. Yurina’s heart broke when she saw the sick child looking for his mother like a duckling. Yurina leaned over and took his warm hand.

“Are you thirsty? Do you want water?”

The child hiccuped, probably startled by the unfamiliar voice, and wiggles his hand to get rid of Yurina’s hand. Having let go of her child’s hand, Yurina got up from her seat and she winked at Betsy. Betsy went over to the bed with a glass of water.

“Mom will come a little later.”

“Aunt Betsy?”

“Yes, aunt.”

“Auntie.”

The child rubbed his swollen eyes, which couldn’t open properly, then reached out his hands toward Betsy.

“Look at it, how I got sick.”

Betsy patted the back of the child in her arms.

“Your aunt missed our Tony a lot too.”

Yurina calmly watched as Betsy carefully fed water to her nephew, who complained of being sick. Although they don’t see each other often, he seems to get along well with Betsy. So the child no longer looked for his mother and simply gave himself up to Betsy.

The child who was rubbing his cheek against Betsy’s chest suddenly looked at Yurina. At that moment, the child’s eyes opened a little wider.

“Wow.”

It escaped from Betsy’s arms and stared at Yurina.

“What’s the matter?”

The child’s brown eyes shone with curiosity to such an extent that it was hard to believe that it was the child who had groaned in pain moments before. Raynard covered his mouth, holding back his laughter. But he couldn’t hide the tremor in his shoulders.

“You are beautiful. You’re an angel?”

Betsy answered in a proud tone.

“Our Tony listened to his mother and ate well, so an angel came to visit him. There’s an angel here, so Tony will get well soon. Yes?”

Betsy winked at Yurina. It was an unspoken request. Understanding what she was trying to say, Yurina went over to Tony and stroked his sweat-drenched hair.

“If you take your medicine and eat well, you won’t have to be sick anymore and you will get well soon.”

“Really?”

“Yes. So, will you take your medicine well?”

“Yes!”

The child answered loudly, not like a sick child. His gaze remained fixed on Yurina’s face.

“Yeah, that’s nice.”

“Angel, angel.”

The child gestured towards Yurina as if to come closer. As soon as Yurina moved closer to him, her child’s lips touched Yurina’s cheek with a sound.

“Angel, you are very pretty.”

At the same time, Reynard’s laughter, which had been laughing continuously, disappeared like a mouse.

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“You can catch a fever or cold, so if you have any problems with your body, you should call a doctor right away.”

“Okay, I get it.”

“Don’t put up with it and say it’s okay, and if you feel a slight sore throat or feel heavy, you have to tell me right away. Make sure to drink warm tea before going to bed and sleep with the duvet covered properly. It’s summer soon, but the night air is still chilly.”

Betsy’s nagging, which was already long, got longer after she met Tony, who had a fever and cold. Even though Yurina kept telling that she understood, she didn’t think her story would end.

“I know. If anything goes wrong, I’ll call Rodrick right away. So don’t worry.”

Yurina replied with strength in her voice and looked at the pendant dangling from Betsy’s neck.

“Betsy, if anything happens, be sure to contact me.”

“I wonder what can happen, but… okay.”

Yurina’s excessive worry, which she didn’t normally do, must have been strange, but Betsy didn’t ask why.

“Then hurry in. Tony will worry.”

Tony took the medicine and went back to sleep, but you never know when he would wake up and look for his mother or aunt.

“Then go back, lady.”

“Yeah, Betsy too.”

After confirming that Betsy had returned to the house, Yurina turned to the carriage. When they first arrived here, the two rode on the same horse, but on the way back, Yurina decided to choose the carriage that Betsy rode.

Yurina, who was sitting in the carriage, staring at the passing landscape outside the window, felt an insistent gaze and turned to ask.

“Why are you looking at me like that?”

Raynard, seated cross-legged, looked at her from the other side of the carriage. When his gaze met Yurina’s, he smiled innocently like a child.

“Angel.”

“…Huh?”

Understanding his words belatedly, Yurina’s cheeks turned red against her will. When she heard it in a child’s voice, she said it was just cute, but when she heard it in Reynard’s voice, it sounded strange to her.

“Oh, how pretty you are.”

It was clear that he was copying Tony’s muttering in excitement, but Yurina’s heart beat faster little by little. Come to think of it, it seemed that she had never heard from him directly that she was pretty.

Like someone who was attacked unexpectedly, Yurina couldn’t find anything to say in response and just blinked her eyes. It was a word she had heard many times since she was a child, but since it came out of his mouth, it felt special.

Reynard watched her silently and moved to sit next to her. He touched Yurina’s heated cheek and muttered mischievously.

“Did you catch a fever?”

His lips touched Yurina’s flushed cheeks. This was where Tony had kissed her. Yurina tried to resist, wondering if he was even jealous of her child. But Reynard was faster. He gently grabbed Yurina’s chin and kissed her on the lips.

Rumble. The road was rough as the two passed through the commoners’ quarters, so the carriage rumbled a lot. And every time this happened, Reynard’s body shook unsteadily.

He pressed his lips against Yurina and grabbed the back of the seat with both hands. He, who had learned the sword, held his balance firmly, but Yurina was still uneasy.

She hugged him a little tighter with her arms. As her body pressed even closer, she let his tongue dig a little deeper. Yurina breathlessly followed as he led her, and she wrapped her legs tightly around his legs.

Reynard’s breathing quickened as she involuntarily ran her calf down his thigh.

“Yurina.”

Only after feeling Yurina’s struggles did Reynard part his lips and sit down next to her. He wiped badly smeared Yurina’s lip balm. She stared at him blankly before wiping her lips with a handkerchief.

“In case you don’t know, I think you’d better go back today and see the doctor before going to bed, just like Betsy said. You always lived with a cold. It might move.”

“Okay, I get it.”

Raynard smiled, pleased with Yurina’s answer, and kissed her again on the lips. Yurina’s lips, even naked without makeup, were still reddish.