Chapter 90: Things that never change (7)

“It’s okay, I can still fix this.”

With a trembling body and gaze, I looked around in the heavy atmosphere.

I had been rolling around on the bed fighting for control with Lina, and thanks to that, the bed sheets and blankets were stained with blood.

My white pajamas were also dyed red from wiping the blood from my hands, and blood was still dripping from the wound.

As if red wasn’t bad enough, there were three times as many blood-related elements.

As expected, it would be impossible to fix this, right?

I kept calling out to Lina, hoping she could come up with an excuse, but she wouldn’t even allow me to enter the mental world, let alone answer.

Damn woman.

I looked at Laura again.

A body and gaze frozen like an ice sculpture.

I wish she would at least say something, but was I going to have to be the first to open my mouth because I couldn’t bear this situation?

“Uh…I think you’re misunderstanding something right now. It may look serious, but it’s all an accident…?”

“Sera, why?”

It was all an accident.

I had simply cut my hand while trying to cook, and I had just rolled around on the bed fighting for control with Lina.

But Laura didn’t even pretend to listen to my words and only said what she wanted to say.

Her unfocused eyes were so scary, like a ghost in a horror movie.

“Why…? Why what?”

“Aren’t we enough? Was the baby that precious?”

No, what are you talking about, baby?

Of course babies are precious beings, but that didn’t mean I could understand what Laura was saying.

Besides, weren’t we enough?

I had long felt that Natalia, Laura, and Caelia were screws loose in my party members, but could it be that they themselves had started to realize it?

Well, she couldn’t do anything in the Forest of White Haze, and Natalia was completely incompetent except for providing a house and food.

Perhaps she was feeling inferior.

“..No. Laura, Natalia, and even Caelia. They are all capable and precious colleagues. It’s just…Lina was too strong.”

“…”.

Praise is good for people with low self-esteem, but it’s also a good way to make them understand that it’s unavoidable.

Lina was involved in the incident that happened in the Forest of White Haze, and as the first Saintess and the new Demon King, she was beyond the limits of what we could handle.

No matter how much the Hero’s party was blessed by God, they couldn’t go against Lina’s plan.

When I said that, Laura was silent for a moment and then lowered her head.

Oops, since I was the one who suppressed that Lina, does this also not have credibility?

But what can I do if I’m such an excellent Saintess?

[..It wasn’t that you suppressed me, it was a draw.]

Damn woman, you didn’t come out when I called you, but you come out so well at times like this.

Unlike your first impression, you seem to be getting more and more brazen?

“So, so you tried to die…?”

“..Huh?”

I was cursing inwardly at Lina’s words when Laura suddenly asked if I had tried to die.

Her gaze was directed at my hand, which was still bleeding.

I see, in Laura’s eyes, I must look like a crazy saintess who was harming herself.

Finally realizing that fact, I hurriedly decided to clear up the misunderstanding.

“This was just a slight cut while I was cooking…The blood got on like this because I was looking for a bandage.”

“Lies, Sera is a saintess.”

“…”

That’s right, I’m a saintess, so why was I trying to find a bandage?

Even though I’m not confident in healing, I can easily reattach limbs, so why would I?

Lina told me to find a bandage quickly, so I didn’t notice, but now that I think about it, there was no bigger fool than me.

[That’s right, you were a saintess, right? I forgot because you’re so stupid.]

Lina apologizes to me in the mental world.

Thank you.

Thanks to you, I’ve become a suicide hopeful.

“Don’t die, please don’t die.

It’s my fault.

Because I’m stupid…Because I couldn’t protect Sera…!”

“Laura?”

At the moment when I thought I was going to be completely misunderstood as a mentally ill person because of the stupid Lina, Laura suddenly ran into my arms and I fell on the bed.

Then, the face of Laura, who couldn’t stop crying.

I didn’t know what the reason was, but she was so worried about me to this extent, and I felt a little happy.

It’s not that I admire this little b*tch, but Natalia and Laura can’t be left out of the adventure story as the Hero’s party.

That’s right, it’s natural to be sad when a colleague disappears.

Thinking that I had caused a misunderstanding, I slowly raised my hand.

“Who said anyone was going to die? I still have a lot to do. What happened just now wasn’t what I wanted.”

I stroked her hair as it was.

Laura, who was a little calmed down, asked again, “Really…?”

Then it’s really true.

In the first place, if Lina hadn’t told me to find a bandage, I would have healed it myself, but it was a little much to touch Laura’s hair with my bloody hand, so I hurriedly focused my divine power.

Then the room was filled with warm light.

This much of a wound will disappear without even leaving a scar.

I hope Laura will clear up the misunderstanding.

“Really, you’re really not going to die?”

“Yes, I promise.”

“Okay, I’ll believe you…”

Laura barely believed my words after checking several times.

Really, what a hardship because of Lina.

Having done my best to explain that I wasn’t trying to commit suicide, I quietly closed my eyes on the bed.

The scent of sunshine still remained, even though it was stained with blood.

Why was I so sleepy?

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The hand holding the spoon stopped in the air.

The pajamas and the mansion, which had been cleaned as if by magic, and even the potato soup with steaming heat.

Before she knew it, it was evening, and the servants had arrived at the mansion.

“..Sera, what’s wrong? Are you thinking about something?”

Looking ahead at the familiar voice, I realized that Laura was talking to me.

A face with a complicated expression for some reason.

What was I doing?

“No, I feel like my memories don’t match…”

“I asked you to taste the soup you were going to make for the Hero.”

Ah, that’s right.

I was going to make food for Su-hyeon myself.

So I was going to show Laura, who came to visit me, the taste first.

The soup I made was definitely sticky like semen, but now that I looked at it, it smelled delicious and looked quite appetizing.

Maybe I have a talent for cooking?

Maleus pfficial is a saintess with the greatest talent ever, and this much cooking skill.

I was already starting to fear my future.

Whoever it is, the person who marries me is very lucky.

Thinking that way, I looked out the window and saw the red sunset.

I should go back soon or the sun will set, is it okay?

While rejoicing at my talent, I was also wondering if I had been holding on to it for too long, Laura took my hand and quietly opened her mouth.

“Sera, what comes to mind when you hear the name ‘Lina’?”

“..Well, it’s the name of the first saintess, right?”

“Yeah, that’s right.”

If it’s Lina, isn’t she talking about that damn woman in me?

Looking at Laura as if she didn’t understand the meaning, she lowered her eyes apologetically, saying “It’s nothing.”

I couldn’t understand what she was trying to say.

“Sera…Have you ever been pregnant?”

“P, pregnant!

There’s no way I would do something like that!”

“Th, that’s right…”

Then the question came again.

Could it be that she still mistakenly believed that I was pregnant?

So she was preparing to cut open my stomach, watching for a chance?

As I felt in the Forest of White Haze, I was keenly aware that the baby ending was really imminent.

Looking at her again, she didn’t have the relaxed expression typical of that damn little girl.

I definitely thought this was dangerous.

So now that we were alone, it was time to put the stake in that I had never been pregnant.

If I tried to show her my virginity, Lina would definitely make a fuss, so let’s try to persuade her with words first.

“I’m telling you for sure, I’ve never been pregnant. I don’t want any strange misunderstandings!”

“Sorry, I’ll keep that in mind.”

Huh?

If it was really a baby ending, she should have kept pressing me, but Laura, who had easily agreed unexpectedly, got up from her seat.

She apologized to me as it was.

Did she put something weird in the potato soup?

Looking around slightly, the expressions of the servants were unusual.

“Sera, tell me if it’s hard. We’re enough to do the rest…”

“Suddenly…?”

“Yeah, Sera’s safety is the top priority.”

Whether she didn’t want my answer or not, Laura was preparing to leave the mansion as it was.

I didn’t think of stopping her because the sun would be setting soon, but I couldn’t help but feel strangely uneasy.

What on earth was she trying to say?

[Have you ever been pregnant?]

“Are you crazy? Of course not. More than that, my hymen is still intact.”

[That’s strange, but why did she try to erase memories that didn’t even exist?]

Laura tried to erase memories related to pregnancy?

Then the reason why things didn’t connect between the morning and evening was because of that?

Come to think of it, I was retching a while ago, and could it be…

Laura’s back, which was getting further and further away.

No, no, I thought that way, but I couldn’t rule out the possibility that came to mind.

I’ll have to meet Laura again tomorrow.