CH 33

That day, Nanalee was feeling very poorly.

She woke up in the morning with the usual sleeping problems, but her heart rate was not slowing down.

She focused on the "water drop sensation," but it wouldn't subside as it usually does.

Her face becomes grim as she intuitively senses that the time may be getting closer.

' ...... Not yet, I can't lose yet.'

Nanalee had a light and strength in her eyes that was hard to believe she was an ill person.

She never gives up.

She was resolved to fight this disease until the very end.

She had that determination.

Her son, whose mind had been affected by this disease, even if indirectly, stood up.

As a mother, she could not afford to be weak and let this disease take her down.

This was Nanalee's will and pride as a mother.

"I will never, ever give in. Watch, I will definitely stand on my own two feet again..."

She was lying on her bed, painfully clutching her own chest over her clothes, staring into the void and muttering as if to throw up.

After a while, her heart palpitations calmed down, as if the disease had fluttered under her spirit.

'Hah...hah..., that's all right. Stay quiet. ......"

Shaking her shoulders and taking a deep breath, Nanalee slowly spun her words, her voice trembling.

Nannalee basically never allows anyone to stay in her room at all.

There is no medicine for this disease.

In other words, the only way is to fight against oneself.

As the wife of Count Rainer, she would not let anyone see her weak and suffering.

This was also her pride and resolve as the wife of Count Reiner.

At that moment, there was a knock at the door.

After catching her breath as if nothing had happened, Nannalee replied, "Come in."

, "Nanalee " Reiner's low voice echoed through the room.

Then, "Excuse me," said Rid, and a woman with brown hair and light blue eyes entered the room.

Nannalee had never seen the woman before, so she addressed herself;lf as Rainer's wife.

"I am sorry to be seen in this way. My name is Nanalee Bardia, wife of the Count of Reiner's Frontier. Pleased to make your acquaintance from here on ."

She raised only her upper body from the bed and greeted them.

The way she greeted him was so beautiful that it was hard to believe that she was an ill person .

Rid was struck by the power of her mother, that he had never seen before.

(I didn't know Mother was such a dignified person...)

Rid's only memory of his mother is that he only had contact with her as a family member.

This was the first time Nanalee had shown herself in front of rid in response to a visitor.

, "I am sorry for my sudden visit. My name is Sandra Ernesto. and I am involved in the researching of magic.”

Sandra is also a former aristocrat, so she has learned a set of greetings.

After Nannalee and Sandra finished their greetings, Reiner cleared his throat and began to explain.

"Nanalee ...... actually I have been keeping the name of your disease a secret until now. The reason is that it's an Incurable and deadly disease magic depletion disease. I am a coward for not telling you. ...... I am sorry."

The father, with a mysterious look on his face, chose his words carefully, and then bowed his head toward the mother.

NanaLee looked a little surprised at the words of Rainer, who is usually very stern, but she immediately smiled.

"...... I knew that, you know. So don't look so mysterious."

Reiner rolled his eyes at her words and was surprised at Nanalee's words.

Very few people knew the name of Nanalee's disease.

Had any of them told his wife?　Then, Nanalee answered with a laugh.

"Ummm, don't look so scared, dear. I know my body best. Even if there was no name for the disease, I could predict that it was a deadly disease based on my daily physical condition."

Rainer looked frustrated at the unexpected words.

His wife had long since accepted the illness.

He was the only one who had been timid and turned a blind eye to the fact.

"But...well, this goddamn disease is called Magic Depletion Disease. ...... Finally, you know the name of the 'sick you'?""

When Nunnally said " the sick ," he grabbed the part of his clothes that hit him in the heart and muttered in a low voice.

Then she looked at Rid and called out with an apologetic look on her face.

Rid, I'm so sorry. I've given you the hardest time of all. You figured out early on that I was deathly sick, didn't you?"

I nodded silently.

“Rid had probably noticed it before, rather than me.”

It was more of a deadly disease than a magic depletion disease, though, and that meant that mother would probably not survive.

If mother felt the same way, then there was no doubt about it.

I spoke slowly.

,"...... Yes. Mother's health has not been improving at all since a while ago. The medicine didn't seem to be working either. The doctor was different every time they came to see you, so I guessed that the illness must have been very severe."

Mother listened to my words sadly.

"I was an incompetent mother to let my child find out and worry about it. ......"

Mother turned her head to the side as she muttered this.

I was so flustered that I called out to her.

"Mother, there is no such thing as your being an incompetent mother. If you say that, then Father is an incompetent as well ."

"What?"

Father shouted angrily at my words.

I quickly folded my words into his strong face.

The other day, you said yourself, "I should have been more open with you...I'm an unfit father."

"I don't think this is the place to talk about this ".

Father is unusually flushed and dismayed.

I thought this was my chance to get him to talk, so I said,

"You are too hard-headed , A man like you should sometimes do what he wants to do without thinking. Especially when it comes to family."

Perhaps because Sandra and mother were nearby, my father's face was reddening, but he was holding back what he wanted to say while his temples were twitching.

Incidentally, my mother was watching the exchange between my father and me with her eyes rolled back in her head.

Sandra didn't seem too interested.

"Why don't you just call Meldy 'Mel' without worrying about whether she's thinking ?

With a "snap" sound, Father's angry voice echoed through the room.

"I don't want to discuss that "

" I don't want to go into private life chat , but today, today, I have to say it."

I was scared, but I could not be intimidated by Father's attitude today.

Mother looks surprised and concerned at my defiance of Father's angry words.

The same is true of mother. Instead of running away and not accepting the fact that she was dying, you should have accepted it and faced it. Do you know how lonely she must have been, facing her illness alone?"

At my words, my father " gasped".

The blush on his face had gone away, and he looked rather pale. Then he turned to Mother and apologized.

"Nanalee, I have made a terrible mistake. ......"

Father thought that Mother did not know that she was deathly ill.

But in fact, she was aware of it.

In other words, Father did not know that Mother was suffering alone, fighting the disease day after day.

And he could not be there for her at that time.

My words must have made him realize this again.

, "No, please don't worry about it. I tried not to say anything so as not to burden you. ......:

Mother was smiling at Father's "shun" appearance, which was hard to believe given his usual strictness.

'...... I love you, ...... Nannalee."

"You... love you too."

They looked at each other. They found themselves embracing each other with moistened eyes.

I was unexpectedly in their little world.

As a child, I can't collapse this world.

I make eye contact with Sandra, who is standing next to me, looking indescribably cold because she has been left behind.

Sandra, who is making a grim face at my eye contact, sighs and raises her voice,

" Master Rainer, Miss Nanalee. I am sorry, but may we move on to the main topic?"

My parents blushed and both of them started to giggle as they left the room.

After they left, it was obvious that they were making eye contact and saying, "See you later.

"I'm sorry. Sandra, please explain the purpose of this visit".

Father cleared his throat and asked Sandra to explain to Mother.

Sandra answered and began to explain.

The purpose of this visit is the reagent "magic power restorative.

The potion literally restores a little bit of magic power if you drink it.

It is not yet a finished product, but we have already confirmed that it is effective with my special magic, "Measuring Magic Power.

Magic measurement is a magic that quantifies the amount of current magic in you and those around you and speaks directly into your brains to tell you.

I used this to see if I could recover after taking the medicine.

So, there is no doubt that it is effective.

However, the raw material from which the medicine was made tasted awful.

I had a terrible time when I tried the prototype.

Sandra assures me that it is effective, but it is still difficult to cure it completely.

She told me that she was going to prepare a different medicine that would cure it.

However, there was something a little strange about the way Mother was listening to explanation.

Her face was smiling, but perhaps it was just my imagination, for she was sweating and her shoulders were shaking up and down.

I became concerned and asked her,

"Mother, are you all right?　You don't look so good."

"Rid...I'm fine...ugh...⁉"

"Mother...?!"

Mother, who had been smiling as she spoke, suddenly shows an expression of pain and anguish.

Then, breathing hard, she forcefully holds her chest over her clothes.

The color of her finger nails had turned white due to the force of the pressure.

I quickly performed a special magic "magic power measurement.

Nanalee, magical power number: 8

I reacted to the voice that echoed in my head with"!"

The magic power depletion disease begins to eat away a person when the magical power runs out.

In other words, right now, my mother is as close to death as she can get.

I raised my voice.

“Sandra, please take the medicine quickly before mother's magic power reaches zero.”

"I'll do it."

Sandra tries to get her to swallow the pills she has on hand.

However, mother's symptoms worsen rapidly.

"Hahahaha......u, uuuu...‼..."

Turning on her side as if holding herself up with both hands, Mother mumbled, "Rai...naa...," and began to cluck her mouth.

You can clearly see that it is an unusual and dangerous condition.

'Miss Nanalee, please take the medicine !"

Sandra tries to get her to take the medicine, but Mother won't open her mouth.

She may not even be able to open her mouth on her own volition.

I got on the bed and approached her as close as I could and asked her to take the medicine.

I thought I heard her voice for a moment, but then I realized that she had heard my voice.

I guess she heard my voice for a moment, because she smiled at me a little bit.

But at the same time, I felt the light in her eyes fade away.

"I've come this far and it's no good⁉ What have I worked so hard for?"

"It's can be ended like that !"

Immediately after my wailing, I felt a shock and my father pushed me away from the bed.

Father hugged Mother, who was lying on the bed, as if to suppress her trembling, and kissed her immediately.

I was taken aback by this, but soon realized his intention when I noticed that water colored with reagents was dripping from the gap between Father's and Mother's mouths, which were overlapping each other.

Father intends to give her the medicine by mouth.

"Uh...nn......⁉"

Mother gave a muffled cry as Father gave her the medicine by mouth.

Then, her throat caught.

She probably took the medicine. Sandra also noticed this.

" Master Rid, I need you to measure the magical power ".

As soon as I replied, I measured the amount of magic in my mother's life.

Nanalee, magic power number: 101.

"......, We did it . Sandra ."

The magic value of the mother's clearly sounded 101.

There was no doubt.

The reagent for the magic restorative had worked.

Father and Sandra heard my words and recognized that the medicine had worked, and we called out to Mother together.

"Na ... NA .. LEE"

Mother responded to our voices in a timid but firm manner.

Mother's reaction made me sit up and take notice of the tension that had been lifted.

As I sat there, I burst into tears and sniffles, and I couldn't stop my tears

“I'll call the doctor right away. I'm sure you understand, but the new medicine is a secret. ......"

With that, father immediately left the room and shouted loudly, "Call the doctor!:

As he left the room, father's face was composed, but only his eyes were spilling with tears that he could not hide.

I wiped the tears and runny nose from my face with the sleeve of my dress and looked into my mother's face and asked, "

'Mother, are you all right?

Yes...it's better than usual...I never give up..."

Mother smiled triumphantly as she said this.

Later, a doctor whom Father had called came to examine Mother, but he found nothing unusual.

It was settled that it was probably a sudden seizure.

To avoid any confusion, what happened in mother's room became a secret between the four of us.

Mother was to take n medicine every day, morning, noon, and night.

Of course, it was always kept by her side so that she could take it at any time.

From now on, at least one maid was to be stay in her room in case of emergency.

Father still wanted to talk to Mother, so only Sandra and I left her room.

"The medicine was amazing, by the way. I can't believe it restores 100 magic power."

The maximum effect of the medicine that I had taken with the trial medicine was only 50. In mother's case, however, it was 100, which is about twice as effective.

Sandra responded to me with a look of respect and awe to accompany , and began to tell me a story about when my father gave a mouth-to-mouth.

It was thanks to Master Rainer. At that time, when Master Rainer decided that Miss Nanalee could not open her mouth by herself, he chewed up all the medicine he could find in the mouth, then put some water in his mouth and gave her a taste in her mouth. ......"

I rolled my eyes in astonishment. Certainly, my mother in that condition would not have been able to take it in "pill" condition.

Soon after, my father crushed the pills.

It was probably more than one or two pills.

As a result of crushing a considerable amount of the pills, Mother swallowed more and was able to recover her magical power level quickly.

"Father is amazing, after all..."

When my mother's life was in danger, I could only cry out in lamentation and could not think of what my father had done.

At that time, only father did not give up until the very end.

That is why mother survived.

I sighed in respect and awe, knowing that I was still no match for my father.

"Thank you so much, Sandra."

After letting out a sigh, Sandra said,

"No. Everything is the result of your hard work, Rid. You prepared all the raw materials and the magic measurement, didn't you? I just used them."

In fact, the other day I taught Sandra a magic measurement I developed.

The reason is that I needed to make and check a prototype of a magic restorative.

I didn't expect the results to come out so quickly.

I'm so glad it worked out. I really thought ...... of , worst case scenario, today would be the last day of my mother's life..."

It is true that I may have been the one who made the preparations.

But I could never have done it alone.

Without Sandra's knowledge, I would have been horrified.

"Thank you so much. If you ever needs help, please feel free to ask me."

'You'll remember those words, won't you?

Sandra's eerie smile bothered me, but I let it pass, as it always does.

Then I moved on to my next thing .

"Sandra, do you still have time after this?"

"Yes, I do."

“If so, I have a new special magic trick in mind that I want you to see .”

"...... huh⁉"

Sandra looked dubious at my words.

T.N  On that note  .  It was finale chapter of the grand batch of chapters ! I  just wanted thanks for reading that series so far . We mate it int nerly topp 100 weekly activate rank on novel updates .  So i wanted to thanks  . If we reach plce 50 or so i will try to  release another such batch . Maybe it's  shameless of me . please rate that series on novel update and  lease  review  , if you had some fre time on your hands  .From tomorrow  it will be usual 2 chapter per day posting .