(From Blue's Perspective)
"I want to try."
"No, Your Highness. Absolutely not. Your Highness is not okay right now. You will fall down and hurt yourself," Ruby said firmly.
Now I could sit down on my own and hold a glass or a few less heavy things. So, I decided to try to take one or two steps. Since my body did not hurt as much as before, I thought it would be okay to try it now.
But no matter what I said, Ruby remained unchanged. She did not let even stand. I tried to convince her, but she seed as firm as Detrius this ti.
"Your Highness, your body is weak. You cannot stand. Please try to understand," she said.
"Just a bit. You can hold... ," I said. "Look..., my throat doesn't... hurt much as w-well. I stutter very l-little now...
And my body is w-well as well."
"Still, Your Highness, it's not enough recovery," she said. "His Highness told not to let Your Highness move at all. I will do anything for you. You can ask . But please, don't push yourself."
"Haa...," I sighed. "It's really... frustrating to stay like this... all the ti. And it's been... more than t-two weeks already..."
"When Your Highness will get better, you can be like before again."
"Can I?"
"Of course. Your Highness will surely get better," she said.
I was wondering about this for a while, but she never ntioned that both the child and I would be alright. It was as if she knew that only one of us could be okay. But she hid it almost perfectly. Since I was sick and had nothing to do, I paid extra care while listening to others. Perhaps that was why I caught even the slightest aning of soone's words.
Mother had co to visit twice even though Dem told her not to. I told him that it was not a problem. But he did not listen to and there was a quarrel between him and his mother. His mother never argued with him much. She agreed to whatever he said. But yesterday, for a mont, I felt like I saw anger in her eyes.
It was for a mont, but then she smiled again. Perhaps it was just a mistake of my eyes.
If she looked at with those eyes, I would not be surprised. She could be angry at because his son behaved like that because of . But the strange thing was- she was not angry at . It was like she was angry at Detrius.
"Do you want to eat sothing, Your Highness?" Ruby asked.
"No... I'm not h-hungry..."
"But you haven't eaten anything in the morning as well," she said.
"I ate! A slice o-of... bread!" I protested.
"But that's not enough. Your Highness is not a kid. So, you need to eat more," she said.
"Don't wanna..."
"If Your Highness doesn't eat, I will call His Highness," she said.
"I... I will eat..."
Ruby brought so vegetable soup and kind of forced to have it. I did not have any appetite, but still, I would rather eat than have her call Dem. If Dem ca here, he would feed more.
"Your Highness, don't eat the broccoli only. Eat the carrots too," she said.
"Carrots taste weird..."
"I think it's the other way around usually," she muttered.
"Huh..."
I hated carrots. They were very sweet and tasted strange. But I liked broccoli. Perhaps it was because of the bitter taste. It was not like I liked bitter things. Broccolis were the only exception.
After I finished the soup, I felt better than before. I should not have whined not to have it. Ruby looked at with her eyes clearly saying- 'See? Told you!'
"Now that I'm... strong again, h-help ... stand...," I said.
"No, Your Highness."
"Just a bit. I swear I won't... do anything e-else..."
"Your Highness..."
"Co on..."
"If Your Highness looks at like that... it's impossible to say no," she mumbled.
"Hehe..."
Ruby helped stand up though she was reluctant. It was not as hard as I thought it would be. I did not have much of a hardship standing. I had confidence that I would be able to take a few steps. The dicine surely was effective even though the doctor said it was temporary.
"See? I can... stand...," I said.
"Do your legs hurt at all, Your Highness?"
I shook my head. "Not really... though they are... a bit w-weak..."
"Your Highness doesn't need to push yourself just because His Highness said that you should get better as soon as possible," she said.
"I am really... better though," I said. "It doesn't m-matter what D-Detrius says... but I can only a-act like... this when I'm r-really feeling... better.
So, don't... worry about m-."
"Your Highness is so frail. I am afraid that Your Highness is trying too hard..."
I chuckled. "I am really a-alright; at least... better t-than before..."
Ruby did not look fully convinced which I did not expect her to be as well. She was always like that. No matter how many tis I said that I was alright, she never believed. Though I lied a few tis not to worry Dem or her too much, this ti I told the truth.
"Help ... take a f-few steps..."
Ruby held both of my hands and I tried to move my leg slightly. It was not too hard, but I had to go slow.
'It feels like I'm learning to walk for the first ti...'
"Gosh, it feels good... to be a-able to... stand...," I said.
"Why isn't Lord Luc coming back yet?" she muttered. "He said he is going to look around for a bit. But he isn't back yet."
"Do you n-need him... for sothing?" I asked.
"It's not that. If Lord Luc was here, then I would be able to get so flowers for Your Highness."
"Flowers? W-Why?" I asked, surprised.
"Don't you rember, Your Highness, that you asked for Iris," she said.
"I did? I... forgot..."
These days I had been forgetting things too. Dem said that the dicine I took at night always got out of my senses. That was the reason I did not rember anything of the nightti. But I started to forget things at other tis as well.
"Well, you should take... to D-Dem's study... I will stay t-there and you can g-go... to get so flowers," I said.
"But, Your Highness should not walk that long way," she said.
"What long w-way? It's just... beside, I an, almost beside... this room," I said.
"What if His Highness gets angry?"
"Why would... he get a-angry?" I asked. "This room f-feels... suffocating now. I need to... go out."
"Alright," she sighed. "If Your Highness wants..."
Ruby helped take small steps out of the room. It was hard, but not too much. It was manageable.
I was still in my nightgown. Since it was very not tight at all, I felt comfortable. And besides, my stomach hurt as well. So, the baggier the cloth was, the more comfortable I felt.
"Babe? You're... What are you doing here?"
I thought Dem would be in his office. But I t him on the way. It seed he was coming to our bedroom.
"What're you doing here?" he asked and held carefully by my shoulders.
"Can I get the flowers then, Your Highness?" Ruby asked.
"Yes, s-sure," I nodded.
"What flowers?" Dem asked, looking at .
"For ."
"Oh... But what are you doing here? You're not supposed to leave the bed. You are weak," he said.
"I'm not... I am better n-now... Look, I can take... a few s-steps as well," I said as I moved my legs to show him that I was not too weak.
"But..."
"I'm fine..."
"Is that... You carry the dagger everywhere?" he asked, pointing at the side of my nightgown.
There was a pocket there that I told my personal designer to make. I got pockets made in all of my dresses so I could carry so things with . But in the case of fancy dresses, the pockets were hidden.
"Hmm," I said. "You're the o-one who... told to do... so."
"Well, I didn't know you really would," he muttered.
"Well... Dem, look out!"
"What..."
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