Chapter 48 – Treatment is in urgent need……
”It’s a severe case of inflammation that needs treatment urgently.”
“… …. Yes?”
“So, treatment is urgent…” “
“No, next time.”
“I have a lot of abscess.”
“All the way… ?”
“Epyema.”
“Jjuuu… Ugh?”
“Nooooo~♩”
“Symptoms?”
“Symptoms.”
I couldn’t figure out what to say. In the end, I cautiously asked Professor Aegis, who was smiling softly.
“…. That… Because I lack medical knowledge… “
“Aha! hehehe, I understand. It might be a bit of an unfamiliar word. “It’s a rare trait found only in foxes.”
Rare characteristics… ? For a moment, my heart sank as I wondered if it was some kind of serious illness.
I don’t know if she knew how I felt, but at that moment, Cecilia, who had been writhing in her arms, looked up at me and began to crawl on my shoulder.
“People don’t know it, but the fox race is a race blessed by spirits. It is a widely accepted belief that they are a race created by the Spirit King himself in the distant past. In fact, the race with the best sensitivity to spirits is the fox race~♪”
“Okay… Joe… Ugh… Just a moment, Professor…… Hey Cecilia… ? Let’s come down a little… ? “He’s kind~ hahahahaha.”
“Seonsan… Nii… “
As I lifted her up, tiny Cecilia struggled with her arms and legs. Meanwhile, Professor Aegis spoke quickly.
“A spirit is actually closer to an illusory entity without a set shape.”
“Yes… yes… “
“The fox tribe is a race, but at the same time, they also have characteristics as spirits~♪ And one of those characteristics is a characteristic called bulge, which makes them look younger.”
Getting younger… ?
I looked at Cecilia.
When I tried to force her away from me, she puffed up her soft, puffy cheeks, making a pouty face as if she was upset.
“Experienced fox people can freely change the age group they want, but young fox people instinctively change their bodies to suit the environment~♩ Unless they are physically threatened, they usually reach the extreme psychological level. “It’s time to reach that point.”
“Mentally… ?”
“When you are under a lot of stress or have dramatic emotional changes, you can think of it as reducing stress by instinctively changing into the most loved version in order to relieve it.”
So, does this mean that Cecilia unconsciously decided that being her younger self would be the easiest to love? ?
I stared at Professor Aegis, wondering if it was some kind of joke, but she only responded with a grin.
She said she needed treatment urgently, but after hearing her story, I realized she didn’t really need treatment.
… So does it have to stay like this? There were more than just one or two questions.
Click!
There was a sound of something falling. When she turned her head, she saw familiar faces coming in one after another and standing awkwardly at her entrance, as if they were playing some kind of game of tag.
The Undine who brought Freyja, Ignis, and Lin are looking at me frozen in shock. It was somewhat embarrassing for Freyja, who had been avoiding encounters for the past few days, but she didn’t let it show.
The problem was their reaction.
I face them with a puzzled expression.
Why is everyone like that?
Like someone who has seen some kind of monster.
I face them with a puzzled expression.
Cecilia approached me like a beetle and jumped into my arms. She tried to pull it off again, but the fern-like hand that was tightly gripping the hem of her dress took so much strength, and it seemed as if she had fixed it with sticky glue and had no intention of falling off. When she finally gives up and raises her hands, she purrs, purrs, and makes strange noises.
It’s all the time… I’m embarrassed…
“……… ?”
Hmm?
Now that I think about it, I think I’m missing something important….
Wait a minute… What did Professor Aegis just say…
Symptoms.
It’s called jaundice.
Being loved… She said she would change into whatever she thought was easy.
To whom?
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Hmm. Let’s calm down.
I realize too late that the tone is strange. In some cases, it was such a fatal sentence that it could destroy all the honor and trust I had built up until now.
Professor Aegis is in front of you.
I’m sure I’m smiling, but my smile is a little different than usual.
Turn your head and look toward the entrance.
Freya, Ignis, Undine, Wrynn. The group was there except for Ran, who was just entering recovery.
…… Let’s calm down.
It was not the time to be worrying about Freyja because I had a fever.
It is clear that you are misunderstanding.
When our eyes met, Undine, who came to her senses belatedly, blankly took a step back.
“Easy to be loved… ? Teacher……………… ?”
“Oh, no… Undine! “Don’t look at me like that!”
“… Love… Young kid… Well, was it like that? I don’t even know that… “
Undine looked away from her with tears welling up in her eyes, and then she suddenly began to cry bitterly.
“Huh… ! I am… I already covered it all… Ugh… “
“Grow up! Grow bigger! “What are you talking about?!”
Then Ignis stroked his chin and said.
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“… Hmm. “This is a bit shocking to me too.”
“Ignis?! “Stop playing around and help me!”
Then Freya tilted her head with a strange expression.
“………. Hmm… Eugene. I’ve always thought that he strangely doesn’t take lovers, but that’s just his taste… ?”
I don’t know what on earth that subtle expression is thinking.
“… Who would have thought that what was thought to be the best weapon was actually a defect…. “Do you think it would be a good idea to look into reduction surgery now?”
Professor Aegis… ? Damaging national treasures is a crime.
“Oh, brother! I respect my brother’s taste… !”
“Lin… ? He’s nice… Would you please stop hiding and come out? “My brother is not that kind of person!”
Rin, who was hiding behind Freya, seemed to have no intention of even showing her face.
At some point, Cecile Malangria crawled up onto her shoulder again, grabbed my hair, and started waving it around.
“Seonsannii…. Hi Jo….”
“… Uh? Now? No!”
“…… ? hahahaha…… Hi!”
I just said no out of common sense, but thick tears began to form in Cecilia’s round eyes.
“I forgot ~ It’s not like she loses her memory or anything just because she gets younger, but her mental age regresses based on her appearance ~ ♪ Please treat her gently as little Cecilia, not as a student now~”
… Speak quickly too.
“Hmm… OMG… cadet… eww… “
“Tea… Are you nice? Let’s not cry… ?”
“Huh… Ugh… “Hwaaa!”
It exploded.
In the end, it took a long time for Cecilia, who started crying, to fall asleep from exhaustion.
***
I returned to the lab and wiped off the cold sweat with a dry towel.
I never would have guessed that clearing up confusion and resolving the misunderstandings of people around me would be this difficult. Her whole body trembled at the thought that she was almost accused of being a s*xual fanatic who needed to be arrested and investigated immediately, as she had a shady affection for children.
I couldn’t relax until I sat down on the bed with my exhausted body. My shoulder was constantly aching, but I couldn’t complain about the heavy weight I felt on my back. Baby lion barely put to sleep……… No, it’s a fox.
“It’s not falling…” .”
I heard in a horror special radio story section that when a ghost sits on her shoulder, she experiences a weight similar to a stone being placed on it. I don’t believe in ghosts, but even if they did exist, would there really be a ghost so idle that it weighs on my shoulders?
My shirt was already long and a couple of front buttons had been torn off. Even if I didn’t care much about clothes, I knew that I couldn’t wear this from today.
There is something worse than a little ghost hanging on my shoulder. I can clearly feel that Cecilia is sleeping soundly.
When I think about it again, the expression ‘I sleep soundly’ is not really the right expression.
No one would use the expression ‘suffering’ after seeing a child sleeping with his bracken-like hands tightly clutching my shirt.
Flying squirrel… ? I felt a little sorry to call the fox family a flying squirrel, but I couldn’t think of a more suitable word than flying squirrel.
Anyway, what should I do with this? Professor Aegis said that it is difficult to control its abilities because it is still immature, and that it will return to its original form when the time comes.
The question is, when will that be?
We can’t continue to have strange misunderstandings.
Knock knock.
I weakly answered the quiet knock on the door.
“Please come in…” ….”
“Ah, Eugene. Hi… ?”
“Freya… ?”
“Oh, yes.”
Freya stuck her head out in front of the door in an awkward posture and smiled when she saw Cecilia hanging on my back. She is weak towards children.
“… “I have something to talk about for a moment. Do you have time?”
“Uh, uhh. Come on in. “I’ll bring you a cup of tea.”
“Thank you.”
After the clan disturbance, I kept my distance from Freya.
… She might have found out that she’s been avoiding encounters lately. It’s not impossible if she’s quick-witted.
“What’s going on?”
“Ah… Yeah, it’s nothing special… “
How should I answer if someone asks me if I know about Moonlight Chaser?
As she was trying to come up with answers to the questions she wanted to ask one by one, Freyja also felt that her mood was a little awkward and fumbled with the items on her table.
Among the things she touched were the documents that Fedonandez had submitted at the last meeting of the group.
… The height of insincerity scrawled on a flyer.
I don’t mind reading it since there’s nothing particularly important, but I decided to make an excuse first.
“…… What’s this?”
“Oh, that? The crown prince and princess are coming to our school this time. “I made some scraps to let students know about the influence of the Holy Sword Hero.”
“Even if I scrap it, I can make some money out of it…. “Why did you put so much effort into the flyer?”
“I got this on the street, but I keep the things I’m interested in and use them on backing paper. “It’s about thinking about the environment.”
“Really? Is it bigger than it looks? …… hehehe, let’s take a look and see what kind of advertisement you’re so interested in….”
Freya turned the flyer over, as if opening a surprise box, with a flushed face.
Are you that curious about my interests?
This is the flyer brought by Fernandez in the first place.
Because I had no way of knowing the contents, I too was curious and stuck my head out.
The advertisement was written like this in cute phrases.
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The boundary line between ‘boy’ and ‘girl’ is 12 years old? 13 Years old? What is the upper limit of height?
Putting an end to the debate that has heated up the academic society for a long time!
Re-establishment of agricultural standards! A very large forum attended by former President of the Korea Agricultural Society, Fedonandes (31, freelancer)! The 17th of next month! We invite you now.
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