«I'd expect no less from Laya's granddaughter. Well done, Bia.» Agnes was very pleased.
"I'll handle all the cumbersome stuff, so you just focus on waking up, Allie," Bianca said. "I'd better get going now, but I'll be back in the evening. Have a good dream until then, my beloved friend."
Bianca bid my unconscious form farewell and left.
â¬The Eye Overseeing All Chaos makes a fuss, saying Bianca finally confessed her love for you.â
â¬The Eye Overseeing All Chaos instructs you to close your eyes right away so you can start dreaming about Bianca!â
But my eyes are already closed! In any case, I wasn't given a chance to fall asleep because someone else entered the room. I heard the sound of brisk footsteps, but that wasn't conclusive enough to tell me who it was. Luckily, Agnes identified the person.
«Oh, it's Prinz. Judging by his uniform, it seems like he cracked another teleportation stone to see how Ailette is doing during his break.»
Then I heard his voice.
"Allie, my sweet sister..."
Rinz... I longingly called out his name in my mind. What a shame. He could've met Bia if he had been here a few minutes earlier.
â¬The Eye Overseeing All Chaos nods and says he should've been there to see Bianca admit her feelings for you.â
Prinz gave me a short update about the people in the kingdom.
"Everyone in the kingdom of Vinchester wishes for your speedy recovery, Allie..." He wasn't finished. "And so does Raewyn."
Then he suddenly changed the topic to something completely unexpected. "Actually, I was hoping you'd go for Raewyn over the master of the holy sword. But I have to admit... What he did on the Litennial Plains was quite impressive. It seems to have made Raewyn give up on you as well... He said he will start addressing you properly by your title from now on. So I hope you understand, even if he suddenly starts sounding cold to you. Give him time to recover from his unrequited love."
I was suddenly grateful that I couldn't speak because I didn't know how I would respond to that information.
Prinz then returned to his duties, leaving me in my thoughts. I had no recollection of what happened after I turned into a Demon Lord, so I could only assume what might have occurred from the brief glimpse I got of Tesilid when my mental barrier was temporarily restored.
No one else could've risked their life to put a candy in my mouth the way he did. No wonder why everyone is so impressed.
â¬The Scale that Judges Souls smiles with satisfaction.â
The visits didn't stop there.
"Don't die, Ailette."
No one's speaking of my death except you, Ephael.
"You're so dumb! Why did you... Ugh."
Come on, Hestio. Are you crying on me?
"Please come back to us, big Sis."
At least you aren't being dramatic like the rest, Ash. Do take care of them for me, will you?
"Sister... I'm trying really hard, but I could never fill your shoes. We need you."
Poor Hilde... I'll be there in just two days, I promise. I felt sorry for her, so I tried to see if I could plead her case. Lord Voice, please have mercy on Hilde. Do you think you could promote her to Tier 8?
â¬The Voice that Shapes the World promises to promote her when the time is right.â
â¬The Voice that Shapes the World proudly claims that they are not a petty god who only grants one Tier 8 saint per era.â
You're the best! Thank you!
After my comrades from the Silver Citadel left, it was my parents' turn to visit my bedside.
"Allie... I told you to come to us or go to your grandfather if you ever run into trouble during your travels. Why did you volunteer to do something so dangerous by yourself?" My mom was chiding me. "I don't need you saving the world. The whole world means nothing to me if I lose you, and I wouldn't know how to live on without you, Allie. So please wake up..."
"Elthea..."
I could hear my dad trying to console my mom. The last time I heard my mom sound so helpless was ten years ago, back in the salt desert dungeon. Hearing that voice again made my heart sink.
I drove a stake in my mom's heart! What a terrible daughter I am! I was busy blaming myself when I heard my dad's voice.
"Allie."
Yes, Dad? I was ready to be scolded. But my dad decided to talk about something else, probably because my mom already scolded me enough.
"Sir Tesilid hasn't been eating or sleeping properly ever since you fell unconscious." My dad explained, "He's been getting by somehow because I've been forcing him to take supplements and sleeping potions, but it will eventually affect his health if he keeps this up."
I was lost for words. Tesilid... Why did he have to act like this? I was listening in somber silence when my mom interrupted in a singsong voice.
"Oh my, did you see that? Her finger twitched when we started talking about her boyfriend."
«Yes, I saw it too!» Agnes chimed in.
"I suppose that's why they say daughters will leave you when they fall in love."
Ahem.
My father took a serious tone once again. "Allie, Sir Tesilid will be in great harm if you don't wake up soon. So, please come back to us."
Just two days, Dad. Please take good care of him until then. Agnes started grumbling once my mom and dad left.
«You heard your father. What he said is true. Tesilid looks terrible... Oh, speak of the devil. Here he comes.»
Aura users have astoundingly good hearing. Once I started paying attention, I could hear footsteps approaching outside the door. They sounded sharp with knightly discipline, even when he was being as discreet as possible. I immediately realized
Tesilid was here.
«Gosh. He never leaves this spot for more than two hours in a row.»
The door opened, and footsteps approached the side of the bed. The maid attending to the room seemed quite used to the drill because she immediately left the room once Tesilid stepped in. I heard something lightly scrape the floor. It sounded like he was placing a chair right next to the bed.
"Allie."
I must've missed him dearly from the moment I regained consciousness because his baritone voice sounded ever so sweet to my ears.
More. Let me hear more of your voice. That's the only part of you I can have right now.
Tesilid gladly obliged. "Please wake up, Allie," he pleaded. "It's been ten days already..."
Yes, I know...
"Why won't you come back to me?"
How I wished I could answer him.
"Please wake up. Don't leave me all alone in this world..."
His words seemed to echo in my heart. I was quite sure the TM gods only gave me my sense of hearing back. But for some reason, I could feel an acute pain in my chest.
«You should've gotten more sleep. It has barely been two hours since the old man sent you to bed,» Agnes chided him gently.
"I did get some sleep. But I just couldn't keep sleeping..." Tesilid trailed off and switched to a topic he preferred. "How is Allie? Did she show any progress while I was gone?"
«Well...»
Her reluctance shocked me.
Come on, Agnes. What's the matter with you? You saw me move my finger when I heard Tesilid's name, didn't you? You could tell him that...
«I'd rather not tell you.»
"But Saintess Agnes... Why not?"
«I don't want to give you false hope because you look like another dose of despair might make you harm yourself.»
Her words silenced him. Tesilid didn't deny Agnes' evaluation of his mental state, which made me wonder how awful he looked right now.
â¬The Voice that Shapes the World says he won't be doing any harm because he is the harm himself.â
â¬The Advocate of Confidentiality puts their hands over the Voice that Shapes the World's mouth to shut them up.]
That was the end of Agnes and Tesilid's conversation. The spirit never made any sounds as she moved, and the aura master was highly capable of staying discreet. So, it felt as if I was all alone in the room once they stopped talking.
I could only wish the two days would pass quickly.
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I tried my best to sleep, but it didn't work. My physical condition aside, my mind was wide awake after sleeping for ten straight days. I had to do something so that I could make it through the two days with nothing to occupy my mind. Luckily, the transmigrator support system gave me several things to do.
To pass the time, I eavesdropped on the conversations between the gods of the Transmigration Bureau.
â¬The Advocate of Confidentiality sighs and says they don't know what might happen to this universe now.â
â¬The Voice that Shapes the World makes fun of them, saying die-hard purists don't have any imagination.â
â¬The Architect of the Skyscraper of Suffering thinks Reed's actions will prove to be the key to the new plot.â
â¬The Critic for Balance snaps and says the overpowered transmigrator with 3,118 stigmata can handle him.â
Then I read some novels available in the Ultimate Library.
â¬The Scale that Judges Souls beams as they go over the romantic fantasy novels in your Ultimate Library.â
â¬The Eye Overseeing All Chaos whines that there aren't enough GL titles in there.â
And I also did some shopping.
â¬Â«System» Logging into the [Transmigrator Item Shop].â
â¬Â«Notice» New Halloween-themed items available...â
But I still have too much time left.
Eventually, I got so bored that I opened a feature I hardly ever used.
â¬Â«System» Initializing [Transmigrator Community Chat].â
â¬Â«System» Please treat all chat participants with dignity and respect. We can all work toward creating a clean chat room.â
Someone greeted me the moment I logged in.
[DemonicCreatureCook]: It's big Sis KillHeal! Welcome back!
[HaremConstructionWorker]: KillHeal is here?
[SuccessfulDeokhu]: Really?
[UndercoverOverlord]: I don't see any messages though.
[UndercoverOverlord]: Did you just say that to get our attention?
[Purist7]: No. You're the attention seeker, remember?
Oh, well. There goes my plan to remain unnoticed.