4-11: Screw the Truth, Let Punch You (3/3)
Shinichi!!
Shin!?
Nakamura-sama!
But the voice of those around her quickly brought her back.
He had already lost consciousness, yet his eyes remained open. Stella held him in her embrace and could still feel a tinge of warmth and breath coming from him, but to everyone else, already, he looked no different from a corpse.
Just how long had he been subsisting on willpower alone?
Did he keep fighting while in this state?
Did he ss around just to break the enemy while in this state?
Was he that angry seeing them hurt?
Calm down. Youre in the presence of a gravely ill patient, Stella said.
The mont she felt a heat different from that of burning anger, she sternly commanded those around her in her usual voice as the head maid.
Imdiately, she cast spells to stop the bleeding and treat the boy, then she gave out orders one after another.
Hannah, Cattleya, erect a sterilized barrier, Stella said.
Huh? Ah, yes! Hannah said.
Right away! Cattleya said.
Pile up so clean sheets and maintain a Formation of Vitality. Its too dangerous to move him, so well be treating him right here, Stella said.
Understood!
Frau, talk to the count, but inform him only of the necessary details, Stella said.
Ill make sure he doesnt bother us! Frau said.
Clara, take Kite-sama with you and bring anything that might be useful from the manor What we have on us might not be sufficient. [Stella]
Understood, but Kite-sama is Frau said.
Its fine. My wounds have healed already, so just give the word, and Ill carry anything! Kite said.
Lilisha-sama, please lend us your remaining mana. That shouldnt burden you too much. Miya, Kaya, support , Stella said.
But of course. Use my mana as much as you want! Lilisha said.
Leave it to us! Miya and Kaya said.
Ill be focusing on the deepest wound. Its worse than expected, so I likely wont be able to divide my attention. Louise youll be in charge of the fractures, the surface wounds, as well as stopping any bleeding that might occur. He cant lose any more blood than this. Alisa, youre responsible for the other organs that I havent touched. Not a single one should be left with any damage. Robelia, youre responsible for supporting everyone and administering treatnt with magical potions. Were all exhausted and have bled a lot today, but were counting on you, Stella said.
Yes! Louise said.
Ill do my best! Alisa said.
Leave it to ! Robelia said.
Dont even think of holding back. If you need to, use all the resources we have. Be it your strength, mana, tools, dicines, or even the hidden treasures of the royal family. Use everything! That is fine, right? Stella said.
Yes, I give you permission under the na of Lilisha Earthgant, Lilisha said.
Despite the rapid succession of instructions, each of them moved imdiately upon receiving their respective orders.
With the approval of the princess, the counts mansion, which had already been turned into ruins, was transford into a treatnt room that surpassed any makeshift hospital; thus, Shinichis treatnt began.
So moved frantically, so focused on maintaining the environnt, and so poured their heart and soul into administering the treatnt.
Of those, the one with the grimst face was none other than Stella.
To an onlooker, it appeared as though she had simply exposed his abdon by cutting his clothes and was touching it, but by applying healing magic, she could feel his body inside, allowing her to assess the boys overall condition.
It was a bit late on her part, but no wonder Johann was so shocked.
Wounds severe enough to be called grave. Moreover, 11 persons worth. All of that was gathered onto a single person. Indeed, it begged the question, just how was he still alive?
She had skilfully dispersed the wounds, avoiding anything lethal, but there were hardly any organs left unscathed, at best, only the heart and lungs, but even those were far from unhard. There were multiple internal bleedings, and the boys internals were marred with wounds. Unnatural cracks could also be seen on his bones all over.
Evidently, his wounds had reached even to his bones. Shinichi was able to move unfazed by preserving himself with magic, but what was really ridiculous was that exerted so much effort over sothing so misguided.
That frustrated her so much that she wanted to yell at him.
The boy was on the verge of death, or should be according to the wealth of dical experience that she possessed.
His whole body was in such a terrible state that she actually found herself at a loss where to start.
Still, she ticulously and accurately closed the wounds as she saw fit. Sothing had to be done, yet one step wrong was sure to put more burden on the boys body.
This was a delicate task akin to walking on a tightrope woven from spider silk; hence, it was not sothing that could be entrusted to others.
After all, there was no one here more proficient at healing magic than her.
Failure would be tantamount to declaring Shinichi dead.
!
Thats why she had been concentrating.
But perhaps it was precisely because she spurred herself on in that manner or because she believed that she shouldnt be overly tense that she beca conscious of that gaze looking at her.
She had forgotten to close the boys eyes in her panic, and now that she noticed them again, she found them uncomfortable.
She quickly closed those eyes with her other hand. Now, if not for his countenance, the boy would look no different from when he was sleeping.
Inadvertently, she found herself letting out a breath of relief, and she traced her fingers on the boys face, reminding her of that carefree smile of his before he collapsed.
Ill leave the rest to you.
That was a face void of all doubts.
From the bottom of his heart, the boy truly believed that she would save him, and that she wouldnt let him die, that she wouldnt abandon him.
But that was only a given. She was prideful enough to believe that she wasnt completely powerless or heartless.
Moreover, the boy would never entrust sothing to them that they couldnt complete before losing consciousness.
But even then, this was pushing the line.
With wounds this grave, the slightest mistake was bound to leave behind an abnormality sowhere.
Despite that he left himself at her care and this defenseless.
How selfish could a man be?
How trusting?
This man decided to entrust his life to them just like that.
Perhaps, hed entrusted sothing even beyond that.
A warrior that easily transcended them, and a torntor that made demons appear lenient in comparison.
He knew so much from the start, yet he kept his distance and did not directly intervene.
This person who laughed, got angry, sighed, beca depressed, all on their behalf, now entrusted everything to her and believed that there was nothing wrong with that at all.
Whether she wanted to or not, she had no choice but to accept it that at this very mont she was elated.
He had given her just a few words, but those words gave her more pride than anything else in her whole life.
She wanted to et those expectations. She wanted to succeed.
That passion urged her to move, and for a mont, she forgot that she was a maid, and she had stepped ahead of her master.
Though she had received permission to do so, to go as far as touch that which did not belong to her was clearly a breach of ethics.
Her face burned up, and she looked like she was about to burst into flas, so to vent that she started grumbling.
Sheesh, you went off on your own, then you left everything to and collapsed just as selfishly! Why are you so self-centered only when it cos to stuff like this? Say sothing weird again, and I swear Ill send you flying even if soone tries to stop .
Understand? She told her unconscious partner.
Shed rely said out loud what everyone else was thinking, but even the other three girls focused on treating the boy couldnt help but turn toward her with astonishnt.
By the ti Stella realized that there had been a strange tone mixed in with her grumbles, it was already too late. Her face twitched.
Shed intended to grumble in a scolding manner, but instead she ended up sounding like so sentintal woman.
Focus.
Ah, yes!
Stella forced the matter to be ignored, and her sisters complied. Though the situation called for it, they were likely terrified of the consequences of poking at her mistake.
The maids focused on their respective tasks once again, but those with relatively easier jobs couldnt help but gossip.
Our big sis made an amazing face just now, didnt she?
Yep, yep. Shes our older sister, and yet even I felt my heart thump.
That Stella Fu fu, she actually made such a womanly face.
Stellas grumbles had sounded so womanly that her unintended audience couldnt help themselves but hope for an encore.
Lilisha would co to know about her blunder a few days later and tease her endlessly for it, but for now, Stella concentrated.
After Shinichis condition had sowhat stabilized, and he was transported to the royal villa, Stella continued to care for him tirelessly, foregoing even her own rest, for four days and four nights.
There were several monts when his condition was at risk, but Stella dealt with everything properly. As a result, he woke up on the morning of the fifth day. He woke as though it were a normal day, and he even casually asked, Huh, why are you in my room? And was promptly punched in the face. Youko would later remark how masterfully executed that straight was.
Tl Note:
Title for the previous 04-84-11 was wrong. Apparently, I just copy pasted the title of the old chapter and didnt notice.
Also, the site crashed last week, and I had to rebuild it to fix everything. Unfortunately, the old the no longer works for so reason, so were going to be using this new the instead. Theres no dark mode, and the previous-next buttons arent limited to their respective series. That will be fixed eventually, it will just take so ti. Regardless, for now, the site is serviceable.
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