Weird Gazes
“……what, are with these gazes?”
We rode on the back of Levine-san, who dragonified, and came back to the Royal Capital. Levine-san flew us back despite being somewhat angry at Anima-san, who rode on Levine-san’s back without flying by herself.
We then had the gate soldiers verify our Guild Cards as we’re entering the Royal Capital, but everybody is looking over here a whole lot. I don’t know the reason, and they won’t answer me even when I ask.
Everybody looks over at me even after we enter the Royal Capital. Is it because we had the parade previously?, was what I thought, but it seems that that’s not the case judging from everybody’s gaze.
How do I put it, they were bright eyes that carried respect and envy during the parade, but now it gives off the vibe of compassion, or should I say, pity. Perhaps she found it strange that I’m finding it strange, Anima-san
“Do you not get it?”
asks me. Anima-san points at her right eye when I nod. As I try taking a look, wondering if there’s something in Anima-san’s right eye, my head was smacked by Anima-san.
“Idiot. Not me, you. You were wounded from the battle with Levine, right! Everybody is bothered by that”
……ah! I immediately hold onto my right eye with my hand. I’d totally forgotten about it. Although I suffered severe injuries on the right half of my body from the battle with Levine-san, I had forgotten about it because most of the pain subsided since I used Maximum Healing. I cast Magic on my right eye as well, but all I could do was emergency treatment because my Magic Power was limited.
“Anima-san. How does my right eye look”
“The wound has been blocked, but traces of the burns remain. Everybody is looking because it looks painful”
……that’s what it is huh. It’s because I healed it incompletely. I’ve closed my right eye since I pretty much couldn’t see out of it either. However, this turned into something horrible. Who knows what everybody will say to me. Everybody too knows that I’ll suffer injuries, but they get extremely worried about me when I do.
I came back home even as I’m feeling slightly uneasy. Hilde-san and the others should be awaiting my return inside but……it, it’s hard to go in. Anima-san is tilting her head at the back. Levine-san is turning away.
Alright, I resolve myself and enter the house. I open the door vigorously and says I’m home〜 loudly. Immediately after, I could hear footsteps walking over from the inside, and the first one that showed up was
“Welcome home, Lei……sa……n……”
Priscilla. She came to welcome me while smiling sweetly initially, but her complexion gradually changes upon seeing my face. Her reddish complexion went beyond blue and turned white. And then
“Kyuー”
she fainted!? I immediately go to Priscilla’s side and embrace her. Ah, that’s close. To think that she’d actually faint. Is this wound that disgusting? Perhaps it came out of my mouth, my head was smacked by Anima-san once again.
“That person is a girl who’s fond of you, right? Anybody would end up like that if they see their beloved suffer such injuries”
……I guess that’s true. I probably won’t be able to remain calm if I hear any of my fiancees suffered severe injuries. And then after that
“Priscilla, she’s taking her time at coming back. She’s not actually flirting with Lei at the main entrance, right?”
Aerith shows up while saying. Caro is also there behind her. And then the two of them smile at me when they find out that I’m around, but when they see my wound and the unconscious Priscilla
“Lei! What’s with that injury!”
The two of them immediately come beside me, grab my face with both hands, and look at me. My, my neck……. Everybody catches the flustered voices of the two of them and shows up. And then there’s a pandemonium when they see my face. ……what should I do.
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“……”
“Do you have an excuse, d・e・a・r?”
Hilde-san, who’s giving out a tremendous amount of intimidation, although she’s smiling. Levine-san, who sits in seiza in front of her, who’s standing with both hands on her waist.
Eclat is sitting on my right shoulder and licking around my hideously burned right eye. While chirruping “Kyuー…….Kyuー……”. Eclat’s tongue is ticklish.
On my right side, Alexia is healing my face for me with Water Magic. Alexia is the only one besides me who can use Water Magic in this house after all.
The ones currently in the living room are me, Eclat, Hilde-san, Levine-san, Anima-san, Alexia, Aerith, Ferris, and the teary-eyed Chrona, who’s preparing the tea for us.
Helen and Caro are taking care of the unconscious Priscilla after bringing her to her room on the second floor.
Uーn, I’m happy that everybody’s worried about me, but it feels they’re being a little bit oversensitive. I had known that I’d be injured if I fight Levine-san. I’d also resolved myself for that, so I have no hard feelings or whatnot towards Levine-san at all.
It instead made me think that I need to become even stronger. I convey that to everybody, but they say that although they understand it in their head, their feelings don’t. It’s the if someone you like gets injured〜 that Anima-san was saying previously huh.
“Leave it at that, Hilde. Lei is saying it as well, and it didn’t develop into a serious incident after all”
“Anima-sama. That is true but……”
“Uuu, sorry, Lei. Even with my Maximum Healing, your right eye is……”
That can’t be helped. Most of my vision didn’t return even when I cast it after all. It looks like the burn mark ended up remaining as well. Alexia, who’s bothered by that, is teary-eyed as well.
“Don’t worry about it, Alexia. It’s simply because I didn’t manage to block it completely. Hilde-san too. I’m grateful to Levine-san, and I don’t have any hard feelings towards him”
I say that, and Hilde-san took a step back, albeit reluctantly. Levine-san seemed relieved.
I take out a mirror from the Item Ring and check it out. There’s nothing I can do about the hideous burns on the right side. The area below my eyebrow all the way to my cheek has turned black from the burn. My eye has turned slightly white. I guess even the inside of my eye was burned. I couldn’t tell because it was too painful.
People will end up being frightened if they see this eye. Let’s close it. There are hideous burn marks remaining on my right arm as well, but I can move it decently thanks to the fact that I treated it. So much so that it’s no different from before the injury. I suppose nobody can tell if I’m wearing clothes.
“Leaving that aside, Lei. Do you have a blacksmith to make your spear for you? Let me say it beforehand, but a run-of-the-mill blacksmith won’t be able to even scrape an Attribute Ruler’s fang, you know?”
Anima-san says something like that to me as I’m checking my injuries. ……is that not rather bad?
“What, there’s no need to worry. Sylphe would probably know one. That fellow’s greatsword is made from my fang after all”
Shishou‘s greatsword is made from Anima-san’s fang huh! I had thought that it’s an absurdly sharp sword that’s constantly clad in Magic Power. But to think that it’s something so amazing.
“It’s just that”
“It’s just that?”
“Since she made that during the war 300 years ago, they’re probably not alive though”
……are you serious.
