Please Leave The Sickly Villainess Alone

First, I returned to the castle and received treatment for the wounds I had sustained while fighting the magic sword.

The marks left on my neck also disappeared completely with the water mage’s treatment.

“I’ve healed all the wounds. However, it seems your body has accumulated a lot of fatigue, so rest should be the priority, Your Majesty.”

Luka nodded at the mage’s words and approached me, saying:

“Are you feeling better?”

“Oh, much better.”

“I’m glad.”

Luka smiled faintly and gave a short kiss on my cheek.

“Rest for a while. I’ll be back soon.”

Luka had to decide on the future direction of the Carven Kingdom.

“Okay, I’m a bit sleepy. When I wake up, I’ll explain everything about what happened.”

As I burrowed into the blanket saying this, Luka gently stroked my hair.

“There are knights outside. If you happen to wake up and want to go out, tell the knights. I’ll come.”

However, the words he spoke with an angelic face were not so gentle.

“Huh…? Am I confined?”

“Confined? Don’t worry, I’ll only be away from you for a moment.”

Even if it’s for a moment, you’re admitting it!

As if I looked like a potential fugitive, Luka gripped my wrist with his hand as if putting handcuffs on me and said:

“If you disappear from my sight once again, I really might…”

He raised my hand to his cheek and said in a low voice:

“Go mad.”

In his crimson eyes, an intense obsession swirled as if he would devour me.

Although it wouldn’t happen, if our positions were reversed and Luka had run away from me, I might have fallen into anxiety like Luka and restrained him too.

Yes, it was my fault for sending just a letter to inform of my whereabouts.

It seemed it would take a long time to explain the mishap of the disappeared letter.

“Go, Luka. I’ll stay here quietly, so don’t worry.”

I’m sure I said something similar when I left Luka on the battlefield.

Luka must have remembered that moment too, as his grip on my wrist tightened.

“Th-This time it’s for real! You said there are knights outside. If you don’t trust me, trust your subordinates and go.”

Luka agreed to my words.

The knights he had stationed outside were proof of their capability.

“I’ll be back soon, my Ria.”

I waved my hand, telling Luka not to worry.

Finally, I was left alone in the quiet room after he closed the door and left.

Actually, saying I was tired was just an excuse.

I needed to transfer my magic into the famous sword of the Carven Kingdom that I had finally obtained.

Then I wouldn’t need Sister Serine’s magic stabilization or the high-quality potion Luka had made anymore.

I raised my hand and summoned the green sword just like I usually summoned the red sword.

Woong-

A lustrous sword with a green gem embedded appeared before my eyes and slowly descended onto my hand.

I grabbed the handle and blinked rapidly at a sudden thought.

“Come to think of it… how do I transfer my magic?”

At my words, the green sword resonated as if mocking me: Woong- Woong–

I could faintly feel its emotions, just like with the red sword.

They said it was a pair of swords, and it seemed their personalities were similar too.

The green sword soon floated up and pointed at my hand.

Looking down, I saw the sun pattern.

“You want me to use healing magic on you?”

The green sword dropped back onto my hand with a thud, as if to say that was correct.

I wondered if this was right, as using more healing magic would push my body to its limits.

But since there was no other way, I hesitantly infused healing magic into the green sword.

“Cough, cough!”

At the same time, I coughed up blood, tasting the familiar metallic flavor I hadn’t experienced in a while.

It felt like blood was flowing backward.

“Why…!”

Just as I was about to resent the green sword, the sensation of my insides being turned upside down disappeared completely, as if my body’s constitution was changing.

And soon, along with a refreshing sensation, I could feel the magic that had been rampaging through my body slowly draining into the green sword.

My magic, which had been like an overflowing water tank, was slowly returning to normal levels.

“Haaah…”

I felt the strength leaving my body, but at the same time, I could feel the excessive magic that had been threatening my life gradually decreasing.

The magic flowing through my hand into the green sword sparkled.

The blood coughing was just a temporary phenomenon due to using magic after a long time.

Like someone receiving a blood transfusion, I slumped my body and watched the lights draining into the green sword.

With my other hand, I wiped the blood that had trickled from my mouth.

“Maybe because it’s been a while since I coughed up blood, the amount is quite a lot…”

Wiping with my hand alone wasn’t enough.

In the end, I had to wait for the green sword to absorb my magic until it brought me back to the range of a normal person.

About 30 minutes might have passed when the green sword resonated with a Woong-, signaling it had reached its absorption limit.

I couldn’t gauge how much magic had drained from my body.

However, the refreshing feeling I had never experienced before seemed to remind me that I had finally escaped from being terminally ill.

“Finally… Finally!”

I jumped up from the bed and shed a tear of emotion.

‘My life starts from now on!’

The feeling of facing this unbelievable moment was indescribable.

Bang-

“Ria, I’m back…”

That’s when it happened. A familiar man entered as the door opened.

“Luka!”

I wanted to hug him and jump up and down.

However, Luka’s expression only hardened.

I immediately realized the reason.

“Ah, this is!”

I hurriedly grabbed a handkerchief from the desk and vigorously rubbed my mouth, which was stained with my blood.

Somehow it seemed to spread wider the more I rubbed, but I had to reduce the visual horror Luka was experiencing.

When I felt the blood was somewhat wiped off, I threw the handkerchief on the floor and waved my hands, saying it was okay.

“Luka, this isn’t the problem. You know, I…”

I’ve become completely healthy!

…That’s what I was about to blurt out.

Luka spoke a step ahead.

“Did you hate me so much that you ran away to this far-off foreign country in that condition?”

“Huh?”

Luka walked up to me, picked up the blood-soaked handkerchief I had carelessly thrown, and said:

“You said you’d stay by my side for life. You should keep your promises… so I won’t go mad, Sister.”

I’m not sure how much of a shock my blood coughing gave Luka, but looking at Luka smiling brightly, one thing was clear.

His gentle face now looked like a dark bird of prey.

Even more so because this was also the cause that took me away from him in my past life.

I remembered. How Luka had tried everything to save me.

And how he finally succeeded in bringing me back to life with the Elven Stone, which seemed like a last-ditch effort.

Luka caressed my face, which had turned pale after coughing up blood once, and said:

“As soon as the war ended, I ordered the Magic Tower to create a magic tool that could absorb Ria’s magic.”

“What…?”

Such an unconventional tool was enough with just the green sword in this world.

However, our dear members of the Magic Tower, who are quite worked up, might be burning the midnight oil researching day and night at the Emperor’s order.

“And I ordered them to bring the elixir of immortality from the east. I’m not sure if it will be effective, but…”

He was thinking only of me, just like in my past life.

“I’ve also obtained dragon scales that are said to stabilize body magic, so…”

Luka couldn’t finish his sentence.

Nevertheless, I could hear the unspoken words.

‘Please don’t leave me in any way.’

What exactly was my existence to this person?

“You… what would you do if I die again?”

This time, there was no Elven Stone to turn back time.

Really, what would you do when my existence truly comes to an end?

This was a half-impulsive question, and an extension of the doubt I had in my past life.

“If you die, I’ll bring you back to life again. Until it becomes your life’s happy ending.”

That was the answer Luka gave as he caressed my blood-stained mouth.