“Come on, ah.”
He shook his head at the spoon that came close to his mouth.
Then, Lee Yu-na, who was holding a spoon, looked at me and asked.
“Why is it so hot?”
“no. It’s not like that, but why are you feeding me?”
With that said, Lee Yu-na looked at me with a gaze that seemed to be asking what she was asking.
“Why, yes, because I am your caregiver.”
It was as she said.
At one point, Lee Yu-na’s name as my caregiver was written on it, and when I asked if there was something wrong, the nurse returned the answer that it was true that the guardian applied directly.
My guardian is formally Lee Ye-eun.
That said, I don’t know why Ye-eun Lee designated Lee Yu-na as my caregiver.
“… Then I’ll just eat it myself. It’s not that I can’t even spoon.”
“Um, so will you? Should I eat it all instead of leaving any leftovers?”
Saying that, Lee Yu-na meekly handed me the spoon.
Yep, that was the problem.
She accepted it without any hesitation, and she really started acting like a caregiver.
To be honest, I thought she would immediately reject the role of caregiver.
And, perhaps having noticed my thoughts, I replied like this without any hesitation.
‘First of all, I am nominally your employer. Of course, the employer’s job included this, and above all, I was already receiving a salary in the name of your employee. It’s much more convenient to work like this.’
… What could you say to me?
I had to quietly accept her as my caregiver.
And what really surprised me was that all the other children except for her accepted her role as my caregiver without any hesitation.
The reason was that, as I said before, there was a good reason for her to take on the role, but there was also the fact that, except for Lee Yu-na, each of them had their own busy work.
In the case of Han Su-young and Choi Hyeon-woo, they were asking about Nam Hyeon-hwa, whose whereabouts were unknown, and Choi Hyun-woo said that they were looking for a new sword to use.
In the case of Ivan, he said that although he had a sense of the new ability of the Magic Bow this time, he was still unstable, and as he trained repeatedly, he often sought advice from Evangeline.
Lastly, in the case of Jin Ye-seul, he said that he was conducting various experiments with the ankles of the executives of the ‘Children of Milited’, who had been organizing and stealing information obtained while staying at the place where her older sister Jin-jeong was staying.
… Of course, I could see Han Soo-young and Jin Ye-seul often showing signs of dissatisfaction, but they seemed to be convinced on the surface anyway.
“Can I help you?”
“No, what am I supposed to do? It’s not too difficult.”
Lee Yoo-na boldly answered Choi Hyun-woo’s question.
She opened the window with a skillful move, and when she got up, she took off my pillowcase to change it.
Ivan was sipping coffee and watching me eat.
“Why do you look at people eating like that?”
I was eating something I didn’t know whether to eat it or killed it, and when I told him, he gasped and burst into laughter.
He then lifted the paper cup he was holding slightly as if toasting.
“No, just. I was thinking about eating chicken with Hyeonu later.”
When he stopped spooning, he giggled and sipped his coffee.
As I let out a small sigh, Han Soo-young, who was sitting next to me, asked me.
“Jihyuk, do you want to eat chicken?”
“No, it’s not like that. I just ate porridge every day, so I got bitten.”
“Then shall I secretly bring it?”
It was Lee Yu-na, not me, who answered Han Soo-young who asked that question with her eyes shining.
“Then if you get caught, will you really be banned from visiting Sooyoung this time?”
“Ugh.”
Han Soo-young made a stern expression on her face.
It wasn’t because he had brought tuna kimbap to me, but was caught by Ahn Joo-hyuk and received attention once.
“But Yuna, you are really good… .”
As if embarrassed, Han Soo-young muttered like that.
As she said, Lee Yu-na, who was skillfully changing the pillowcase and tidying up the surroundings, answered with a slight smile.
“There were many times when I took care of my younger sisters while helping Sister. So I know how to do some simple things.”
At her words, Han Soo-young nodded slightly.
I smiled at her like that.
“Let’s eat together later. If the doctor says not to do it, there is a reason.”
At my words, Han Soo-young meekly nodded while making a face that she didn’t like it because she was thin.
“Whew… .”
After I finished eating the porridge to some extent, I turned my head without thinking and met Jin Ye-seul, who was staring at me.
“… … .”
Then she turned her head without saying a word.
Apparently, he was deliberately avoiding his gaze.
A few days ago, at dawn, Jin Ye-seul woke up from sleeping in my bed and made a strange sound like a scream and ran away as if running away.
And the next day, he came by himself and apologized for causing trouble, and since then he has been showing a squeaking attitude.
Did Jin-jeong said that she was covered in a blanket and screamed like crazy.
She used to tell me as if passing by that the mattress had been ruined in the run-off as she kicked the duvet.
“Jihyuk, would you like to lean forward for a moment?”
“Uh, uh.”
Then, Lee Yu-na skillfully changed the pillow covers and put them on my back.
Then, looking at the almost empty dishes, he nodded and pulled out a water bottle with a straw.
“Come on, Jihyuk. water here. Drink slowly so as not to be stingy.”
“… … .”
After sitting silently for a moment with her attitude as if she was caring for a child, Yuuna tilted her head and asked.
“why? do you want to go to the bathroom? Or would you like me to wash your hair?”
“No, it’s not like that… .”
“Are you having a hard time moving?”
I shook my head violently at her question.
It was because until yesterday, I had vivid memories of taking out a patient’s urinal, telling me to speak without hesitation whenever I was having trouble moving.
“Because I’m not that sick. I can eat alone, and I do not need Yuna or your help from the bathroom to washing. Am I really okay?”
At those words, Lee Yuna looked at this side with eyes that were a little energized.
“Ahn Joo-hyuk didn’t say that. So are the nurses.”
“Hey, that’s… .”
“Besides, Jihyuk said that your condition is due to a curse.”
Lee Yu-na spoke in a timid voice, but in a harsh voice as if urging.
“Don’t you remember that I told you to pay special attention to the weakness caused by the curse, as your condition can temporarily improve and on the contrary, it can deteriorate rapidly, and that no one really knows how your body will change because it has not yet passed? So when I go out for a walk, I only go out in front of me at a set time. What if things get better a little bit, and then something big happens? What are you going to do then?”
“ha.”
At her words, I let out a small sigh.
Yeah, I was just looking for an opportunity to know when to speak up, but I’d rather speak at this opportunity.
With that in mind, I looked at everyone, including her, with serious eyes.
“Only you know this. in fact… .”
I told them in a quiet voice for a while that their current condition was due to an overload of abilities, and that weakness was a penalty for that.
It was impossible for me to say everything from the Seven Bells to the King of Thorns, so I explained it in a lumpy way, and added that I didn’t have to act like that because it could get better with time.
“… Okay, so this is what Jihyuk is saying?”
Lee Yu-na, who had her arms crossed with a serious expression like before, looked at me and asked.
“Your weakness right now is simply a penalty for using excessive abilities, and will it get better over time?”
“right.”
“Do not lie.”
Yuuna exhaled in a cold voice.
And he looked at me with cold eyes as well.
“Are you telling us to believe those words now?”
“No, is it real? Why am I lying to you? The reason I’m hiding this is because it’s just that I don’t want other people to find out about my abilities.”
“You really are… .”
With a bright red face, Lee Yu-na began to tremble.
Noticing that it was due to anger, not shame, I quickly looked at Jin Ye-seul.
“Yes, you don’t know. Am I lying now or not? And you saw the last time I used this and lost strength due to the recoil.”
“Uh, huh?”
Jin Ye-seul was startled and then smiled awkwardly.
Then he nodded slightly.
“that… That’s right. Jihyuk is not lying now.”
It was when she breathed a small sigh of relief at her testimony.
Han Soo-young, who was sitting still, quietly asked me.
“Does it get better with time?”
“yes.”
“Then how long will it be?”
“… uh?”
“Jihyuk, you said that.”
Han Soo-young spoke in a calm voice with no highs and lows.
“It was a penalty for excessive use of abilities. Then, Jihyuk probably knows something about you too. How long does it take to be penalized due to overload, and how long does it take for the body to heal?”
Saying so, she looked at me quietly.
“I hope you don’t say that you don’t know what your abilities are.”
I quickly checked the status window.
However, as in my memory, there is only an explanation that the curse was given as a penalty, and it did not say how long after the penalty was lifted.
“that is… Maybe a month or two.”
“… … .”
“… … .”
“… … .”
Now even Choi Hyun-woo and Ivan were looking at this side with serious expressions on their faces.
Han Soo-young asked with a small sigh.
“… Don’t you know?”
It was time to immediately deny her words.
“If you’re going to lie, don’t do it, Jihyuk-ah.”
Jin Ye-seul whispered quietly.
She was looking straight into my eyes.
“I can see how nervous you are right now. The sound of your heart beating, the sound of your pulse. If you lie, I know right away, as you asked before. Just tell me this.”
Don’t you know the exact time?
After those words, an uncomfortable silence passed.
In the midst of everyone’s attention, I had no choice but to nod my head, and Lee Yuna, who saw it, turned around, grinding her teeth.
“… I’ll go out for a bit.”
As soon as she left, Han Soo-young and Jin Ye-seul also got up.
“sorry. Hyunwoo. Can you hold my seat?”
“… … .”
… Something strange is going on.
With that thought in mind, as I tried to get up, Choi Hyun-woo quietly placed his hand on my shoulder.
“Ji-hyuk, I understand your feelings, but this time, you did too much.”
“okay.”
Ivan also looked at me with a confused expression.
“We are not stupid… Were we not that hot?”
“no. Why are you… .”
“Ji-hyuk.”
Hyunwoo Choi let out a small sigh.
“The fact that you can be debilitated by the penalty of overuse of your abilities… To a certain extent, we all know it.”
“Hey, the reason I couldn’t answer properly is because I haven’t used that much power before. So I don’t really know how much time it takes to recover… .”
“Now you said it with your mouth.”
He said with an anguished expression on his face, as if his powerlessness was pathetic.
“Didn’t you say that you haven’t used your abilities for so long now? But the ability… How on earth can we believe that it costs only so much to literally squeeze it out, even to the point of death?”
“… … .”
I kept my mouth shut.
He seemed to understand now why the three had suddenly opened the door and left.
Choi Hyun-woo, who placed his hand on my shoulder, was just bowing his head, and Ivan was also muttering something in his native language.
Sbangali whispered quietly in an atmosphere that felt like it was going to be put on the stomach.
[This is one, it’s worse than any other morning drama.]
I closed my eyes quietly as I listened to his giggled laughter.
It was because he had an intuition that whatever he said now would only deepen the misunderstanding.
* * *
… I don’t know if it’s because of the reaction after the commotion, but ten days have passed without anything special.
Lee Yu-na, Han Soo-young, or Jin Ye-seul… At the very least, I thought that Choi Hyun-woo and Ivan would bring up the story again about that day, but they didn’t say anything about the day as if they had made a promise.
I also kept my mouth shut because I didn’t want to do anything that poked out the beehive for nothing.
It was because they all had the same reaction no matter how many times they tried to talk.
After a few more Sbangali giggles or Laune’s silent shaking of her head, I realized that it was best to just sit quietly.
“Then we will go.”
“You take good care of yourself.”
“Oh, thank you for coming.”
Kim Yoo-hyeon and Choi Hyun-seong, who came to visit, said so and got up from their seats.
It was because of the relative relaxation of management and rules as his physical condition improved over the past few days.
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Or, people like Evangeline and Laura, who were close friends in Sipgang, often came to visit.
Even that Ahn Do-hoon came and surprised me, and I received an anonymous letter written in neat handwriting telling me to take good care of my body, which was clearly sent by Hyun-hwa Nam.
In the case of Kim Yoo-hyeon and Choi Hyun-seong, who just returned, they came to hear only that I was not feeling well, but in the case of most people, they were aware of the situation to some extent.
Therefore, every time he came to visit, he created a heavy atmosphere, and at the same time, he had no choice but to pay attention.
In that sense, visiting Kim Yoo-hyeon and Choi Hyun-seong was a good change of mood for me.
It was when the two had left and picked up a novel that they had brought as a gift.
smart.
“Yes, it is open.”
At the sound of the knock, Lee Yu-na, who was sitting by the window reading the same book, got up and answered.
And before she opened the door, someone opened the door and pushed her head inside.
“Excuse me. here obviously… Ah, right here.”
The person who opened the door looked at me with a smile.
“Sir Lyle?”
“long time no see.”
That person was none other than Cass Lyle.
He picked up the envelope he was holding and said to me.
“I came to visit you.”