Lose Interest in the Herbs!
Temarr hyung’s gaze slowly swept over Coco.
Hyung, are you in a bad mood?
His rigidly set lips slowly opened.
“That won’t do. Ren must go…… with me.”
It seemed like hyung had stopped himself from saying something.
Still, I’m happy! Hyung said I have to go with him!
Coco suddenly frowned and turned to look at me.
“Hey! Didn’t you say you’d be fine staying alone when you woke up? Even though you can move, you still need to be careful. Don’t you know that doesn’t mean you can just move around freely? The capital is so far from here, with your stamina you’ll faint right away.”
“Mind your own business.”
I turned my gaze away.
Ugh. Embarrassing.
That was because I thought I’d be too much of a burden. If hyung said he’d leave me behind first, I’d hate it! So I just said it first like getting a head start! I always want to go with hyung.
But saying that was embarrassing…!
“……Is there perhaps a problem with Ren’s body?”
Ruman, who had been quietly listening, asked while rubbing his eyebrow.
He had a smiling face, but somehow his expression looked terrifying!
No, why are you asking that, so scary!
I glanced at Coco with a slightly anxious heart. Irritation filled her purple eyes. She unfolded her crossed arms and sighed.
“You….”
“Ren.”
Hyung blocked my mouth. Both hyung and Ruman looked at Coco with serious faces. She exhaled as if exasperated.
“Are you asking because you don’t know?”
“Coco, you!!”
“Ren, don’t be rude. Don’t yell.”
“…….”
Coco made a briefly apologetic expression.
Fine. I know too that yelling during a conversation isn’t polite.
“Ren isn’t a Hero like you guys.”
“I’m aware.”
“I don’t know why you’re insisting on taking such a frail child.”
“Is Ren… very frail? Compared to ordinary people?”
“Ha! To think the person who’s his hyung doesn’t even know that.”
Coco glared at hyung with narrowed eyes. It was sarcasm filled with sincerity. As if she’d wanted to say this for a long time! Hyung’s jaw twitched. It seemed like veins were standing out a bit……!
No, why are you adding that I’m frail……. And why are you saying things to our hyung? What if hyung gets angry!
Fortunately, Coco only said that much and closed her mouth.
Luckily, it seemed she didn’t intend to bring up the herbs I carry around or whether I have an illness. I felt like I’d thank Coco if I looked at her, so I glared at hyung’s worn-out shoes.
Tsk. The leather shoes I bought for him……. They’re probably still stuck in the warehouse.
I’m upset.
“Temarr. It seems like it would be fine to leave Ren behind. They get along so well like that.”
“…….”
‘What!’
I almost got indignant. Coco also pursed her lips.
At Ruman’s sly voice, hyung glared at him murderously. Temarr hyung, who silenced Ruman with his gaze, looked at Priest Kirki and the physicians.
“Is he more frail than the range of ordinary people?”
“Well. He does seem to be on that side. But it’s not bad, you know?”
Priest Kirki tilted his head.
“The ‘Aras’ that makes up his body is very clear too!”
“Oh, Ren. As expected, I said you were extraordinary from the first time I saw you.”
Ruman, who spoke as if complimenting, looked at my face and started laughing by himself again.
No, are you crazy? You really laugh out of nowhere these days!
I grumbled inwardly.
‘Aras’ was something that collectively referred to some kind of energy that governed life force.
Hmm. The pharmacist harabeom said something like that too.
I think he explained it in detail, but I was young so I don’t really remember the content.
Great, Priest Kirki. Say more good things! That way hyung can comfortably take me with him!
“Ah, a bit peculiar… Kyak! Coco-nim! Why…….”
Gasp.
My eyes that were only looking at the floor saw it!
Coco stomping hard on Priest Kirki’s foot!
She probably did that to shut Priest Kirki’s mouth. Thank you, Coco……. To Priest Kirki’s foot, I send my humble condolences.
When I sneakily raised my head, Coco was now pressuring the physicians with her gaze.
“Well, he is frail but it’s not serious.”
“As long as he doesn’t suffer external injuries, it shouldn’t be a problem.”
The physicians answered in turn.
‘What, why are they staring like that again?’
I lowered my gaze because I didn’t even want to have a staring contest.
The young physician hyung brought keeps looking at me.
Annoying. I don’t like it! Don’t look!
If only hyung wasn’t here, I would have rammed my body into him! Damn it!
I suppressed my temper and clenched my hands tightly.
“It would be better to leave him behind.”
Coco only added that regretfully.
“No. Ren will go with me.”
“If the guardian says so, I have nothing to say! Coco-nim, please give up! Coco-nim has this cutie Kirki! I’ll become Coco-nim’s friend in Ren’s place!”
“Please. Shut. Up. Kirki!”
Kirki smiled brightly.
Hmm, Coco suffers a lot too. Still, it’s fortunate she has someone who stays with her like that.
It was hard in the forest, but still, in this vast castle there seem to be many people on Coco’s side.
That gray-haired man Hugh who threw himself off the cliff to save her too.
There’s also the scary-faced knight named Seton and Priest Kirki. All the castle’s maids seemed to like the Princess. That was fortunate.
My eyes met Coco’s. She turned her head with a displeased expression. Why! How did I look at you that you’re turning your head away?
Anyway! Since the situation is like that, I’m relieved, and I want to go with hyung too! Goodbye, Coco!
“I don’t like it.”
That’s what Coco said.
In the end—naturally—the conclusion was reached that I’d leave with hyung. Yahoo! But was Coco’s permission really necessary? Hmm. We could have just left anyway.
“Now, look here. Around the affected area….”
A physician belonging to Coco’s family explained in detail about how to wrap bandages and take medicine.
While only looking at hyung!
No, I’m the patient so shouldn’t you be explaining to me?
“Ren! You need to concentrate! The one giving the blessing is important, but the one receiving it is important too!”
“Ah, I got it!”
Kirki bestowed many small blessings on me. Light burst out sporadically. I had to bite my lip and hold back what I wanted to say under hyung’s stern gaze! Priest Kirki-nim! I’m not even a demon, so there’s no need to sprinkle this much holy water, right? Coco, stop him please……. Coco, who saw my desperate gaze… went one step further and told him to pour all the holy water he had. Is there any need to bathe a person in holy water!! Not knowing how precious it is! And in the midst of that chaos, the young physician opened his mouth.
He was the man who’d been staring at me from earlier.
If you have something to say, say it clearly!
When Coco frowned telling him to speak, the physician hesitantly fumbled and pulled something out of his pocket.
What is it?
It was a small cloth pouch.
“Well.”
The physician’s eyes, who kept trailing off, were sparkling.
And toward me!
No, why are you looking at me like that?!
Now it wasn’t annoyance but frustration from curiosity!
“This herb. Where did you obtain it…….”
“…….”
“…….”
‘Why is that coming out from there?’
What the physician pulled out was…… my herb.
Damn, where did he get that? Don’t tell me my bundle…?
I clamped my mouth shut because I felt like I’d scream.
“Where did this come from?”
Coco asked, snatching the herb from the physician’s hand.
“Well, I mentioned it then…… something fell out from a pouch or something and I picked it up.”
The physician looked around hesitantly.
“What is it that you’re making such a fuss?”
Ruman showed curiosity.
“Ah! It’s nothing much, but it’s a very rare herb.”
“An herb? What illness is this herb used for?”
“This isn’t really an herb used for illnesses. It doesn’t have much efficacy, it’s just rare and hard to obtain.”
“Ah, is that so?”
Ruman seemed to have lost interest.
On the other hand, I felt like all the strength in my body was draining away.
That physician knows nothing about this herb.
I was completely drained from glaring at the physician’s mouth without even breathing. I felt like collapsing onto the bed right away to catch my breath. But if I did that, hyung’s mind might change and he might leave me behind. I didn’t want to cause a commotion for no reason and create trouble, so I held back firmly.
Coco seemed to be looking at me with pathetic eyes.
“Why did you suddenly bring that up?”
“Ah! I was curious if there might be some other efficacy I don’t know about that you carry it around for. And where you got it from…….”
The physician looked at me. His body was hunched with shoulders curled as if tense, but his eyes were sparkling with curiosity and scholarly passion!
So that’s why he kept looking at me earlier…….
I felt both sorry for misunderstanding and annoyed. Of course, I’m very grateful that he gave emergency treatment and saved me and my companions……. But that herb was my most sensitive part that I didn’t want exposed.
I glared at the physician’s hand.
“There’s nothing like that. I just drink it as tea because it has a nice fragrance.”
