Chapter 105: CH 116

Chapter 116

Translator: Yonnee

RP: Haebaragi_syk

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His short sentence weighed heavily with its implied meaning. If the dragonfolk, who were quite definitely this world’s top predators, would go crazy crazy, there would only be one predetermined result: you will see fire.

Wanting to forestall his rampage, Reina forced herself to answer.

“Ethan, actually… There’s something I haven’t gotten the chance to tell you.”

As Reina called his name, she gripped the fabric of her skirt with her fingertips while biting her lower lip. Shrouding her like a fog, worries filled her.

‘Can I even tell this to Ethan, who has such power that’s out of this world…’

Could she tell him that there was something wrong with her hands and feet, that this was the reason she felt so utterly burdened? In this world where everyone was living their real lives, wouldn’t it inexorably make someone feel upset that she was handling everything here as though she was in a survival game?

‘If I tell you the truth… isn’t it that you won’t understand?’

She came here and was fighting against the plague for the sole, exclusive reason of her own sake. She was not some great victim—merely a selfish human being.

‘But maybe… if you like me this much, maybe you’ll understand me.’

Her red lips opened and closed. Unfortunately, however, she uttered not a single word.

“……”

What if he wouldn’t believe what she’d say?

One part of her dress’s skirt had become crumpled as her pale fingertips grasped it tightly.

‘If Ethan starts treating me like a patient who needs rest…’

Then, regardless of the plague or anything else, he would make sure to evacuate her from this area. And at that point, she would definitely be faced with her household’s opposition again.

But was that all? Ethan would chalk this up to Lehman, and he would never let that guy go. Without any exaggeration at all, after she had gotten to know Ethan recently, Reina was absolutely sure that he would go straight to Lehman and twist the guy’s neck.

‘That… should never happen.’

In the end, eyes filled with anguish and strife disappeared when pale eyelids closed over them.

With her eyes closed, Reina shook her head minutely and held fast to her heart.

‘Yeah. Not… Not yet.’

Once she was entirely certain that he’s on her side… that’s when she’d confess.

Reaching that conclusion, she slowly opened her eyes once again, and what came into her view was him, waiting without a single word of urging.

“The thing is, Ethan…”

Thank you for being here.

She could have just ended it at that, but strangely enough, she really did want to tell him something about herself.

Even if she couldn’t fully lean on anyone at this point, she wanted to confide in someone even a little, to let that person step into the tall fortress around her and reveal what she had been dealing with all alone until now.

Perhaps that’s why.

“Ethan… To be honest, I’m capable of wielding healing power.”

This was a fact about herself that she had been hiding so close to her chest for dear life, but without hesitation, she told him this truth.

“Healing power… Are you talking about the power of Chetrasiu?”

As expected, the only answer she was given was shock. Faced with this question, Reina smiled awkwardly and raised her eyebrows slightly.

“I’m sorry. I should have told you earlier.”

“……”

“I heard that you’re faithful to your principles, Ethan, so I… even more so, I wasn’t able to tell you. I don’t want to be sent to the temple…”

As her confession continued further, his expression changed strangely.

“…Reina. Since you mentioned the temple just now, are you saying that what you wielded wasn’t mana, but divine power?”

“Umm… No. It’s just a simple magic spell, kind of.”

Hearing that the other person’s tone had shifted, Reina tried to gauge his mood.

Since then, she heard no answer from him. A heavy silence stretched between the two of them.

‘What’s wrong though?’

Despite admitting that she had been hiding the truth for the sake of not being sent to the temple, it didn’t look like he felt betrayed by her.

However, it was as if something was deeply bothering him. He was in deep thought.

In the end, Reina couldn’t bear the silence. She reached forward and briefly touched the back of his hand that had thick tendons.

“Ethan… What’s wrong?”

As though wrenched out of his rumination, Ethan belatedly noticed that the expression of the woman in front of him had turned grave. In an effort to soothe her, he softened his voice as gently as he possibly could.

“Nothing at all.”

“But why did you look so serious just now?”

“There was just… something that crossed my mind for a moment.”

It was a vague answer, but what more could she ask if the other person had answered with that?

“Reina.”

“Yes?”

“Can you show me the Chetrasiu power that you have?”

“Sure.”

Upon hearing her response, Ethan unfastened the cufflink on one of his wrists. Then, he pulled up his sleeve, revealing his arm that was dense with muscles underneath.

“Huh? Why did you loosen your slee… Gah!”

Reina didn’t even get to ask the full question when Ethan suddenly used the sharp tip of the cufflink to stab into his forearm.

At the sudden situation, Reina freaked out.

“Ethan! What did you just do!!”

“There has to be a wound to check your healing power, of course.”

“Then you can just check it! Why did you have to hurt yourself!”

Rather taken aback, Ethan didn’t expect that she would react so strongly.

“Are you alright, Reina?”

“Shouldn’t I be the one asking you instead?!”

In a flurry, Reina hurriedly grabbed her handkerchief on the table and pressed it down against the affected area. She was so startled that her hands were shaking.

“…I’m sorry. I didn’t expect that you’d be this surprised. I should have told you beforehand.”

The angry young woman stood up from her seat with a grimace affixed upon her countenance.

“It’s not a matter of giving advance notice or not!”

She started to look around the room, and as soon as she found what she was searching for, she ran to that side of the room and back again.

Then, she sat down in front of him once more, soaking a clean cotton cloth with rubbing alcohol.

“Reina, I’m fi—”

“Be quiet, what about this is fine?!”

“……”

“Just check the healing power as you feel it!”

She continued to raise her voice as though she was scolding a mischievous child, pressing down on the wound. From the cloth, the small circle of blood began to get bigger.

“I’m going crazy, seriously. You could have just checked, so why did you stab yourself, huh? And in the middle of a plague-ridden area like this!”

But why exactly was it like this.

The more she scolded him, the more the corners of his lips turned up.

Seriously. Crazy.