episode_0024

It seems like the shock was quite big.

When I see you casually showing a side of yourself that you have never shown in the month that you have known me, like this.

‘but···.’

Because I literally almost died.

If I hadn’t come up with the extreme method of dropping a hint at the last moment… one of us wouldn’t have been here. And there is a high probability that it would have been me.

Since he’s experienced something like that, it’s completely understandable why he suddenly acts like this.

‘···But isn’t this a bit excessive?’

I glanced and looked to the side.

JoJo was there, slightly kneeling. Holding the end of my needle tightly with my hand.

To be honest, I wanted to hold his hand instead of the hem of his clothes, but I couldn’t because my hand was wrapped in what looked like a bandage, just like my arm. So, although it was unfortunate, I felt both strength and determination in the hand that was clutching the hem of the clothes, as if I would be satisfied with this for now.

Because of that, it was very difficult to say anything.

” Well, I’m sorry, but I can’t help but go down-”

“···I don’t like it.”

“So, you don’t like it? There’s nothing you can do if you don’t like it.”

Should we really say that he is the one who will end the life of the Han Dynasty in the future and become the first emperor of the Wei Dynasty?

Cao Cao’s tyrannical behavior continued thereafter.

“So what do you think? Is there anything wrong with your body?”

Does that mean they won’t leave you alone if you say something strange?

The purple eyes, which were normally like violets, were particularly cruel today.

In that way, Jojo, who looks like a young lady from a noble family from the front, couldn’t bear it with the pressure from her biological parents behind her. Beads of sweat began to form on the forehead of the man named Congressman Bang.

A situation in which any decent member of the National Assembly would have gone away in anger, asking how they could impose such a burden on someone who had received a request, even if only for the sake of their pride.

However, was Dr. Bang, the doctor examining my body right now, a true doctor who thought about the patient’s condition before his own pride? This situation was so uncomfortable that my white eyebrows twitched non-stop, as if I was dying, but even so, the wrinkled hand that was holding my wrist did not let go.

How long has it been like that?

” Hey, Rep. Bang, if you don’t plan on killing me like this, please say something. ”

“···.”

“Suhyeon, what about my son? Is there anything wrong with that little body…”

“···Gaga, calm down.”

The moment my father’s mouth opened once again, unable to shake off the nervousness that had begun to boil over using silence as fuel, the hand that had been tightly grasping my wrist placed it on the bed and stepped back. Then, he took out a fine cloth from his pocket and repeatedly dabbed at the beads of sweat that had formed on his forehead.

Rep. Bang, who had drawn the attention of everyone around him to me with such a simple gesture, finally opened his mouth.

“Hmm, first of all…”

first?

“I think it can be said that we have passed the urgent crisis.”

“Well, is that really?!”

Was everyone just waiting for those words? The faces of those around him, including my father, who jumped up from his seat as if unable to suppress his rising passion, became noticeably brighter.

Of course, that wasn’t the end.

“However, as I was taking the pulse, I felt that my energy was a bit low.”

“Such…!”

“I guess it’s because you shed a lot of blood…”

“Well, then what should I, or rather we, do?”

“Fortunately, Confucius is still young, so it appears that this problem will be resolved naturally over time, but he will still suffer from minor illnesses for the time being. Because my body is much weaker than before.”

Did he feel as if every single negative word that came out of the mouth of the man called Congressman Bang was his own fault? The hand that was holding the hem of my dress tightened even more in case it slipped out of his hand, and his light pink lips pouted out. Unusually for a child, there was a deep furrow between the eyebrows.

For a moment, I was smiling bitterly as I looked up at the face that anyone could see was holding something down, but at the same time, it looked like an ugly duckling. However, compared to when I first woke up, I raised my arm, which seemed to have regained some strength compared to when I first woke up. I raised my finger and poked the crease that had formed between someone’s eyebrows.

I wanted to rub it gently with my fingers, but since I didn’t have enough strength, I had no choice but to be satisfied with that for now.

“Then, if you feed him some health food…”

“No! It might be possible after my physical condition improves, but it’s definitely not possible now. Because your body won’t be able to accept it.”

“Then what should I do about eating right now?”

In that way, my father and mother prepared to leave the room after advising me that it would be better to let the man named Rep. Bang rest for a while as they closely followed the man from both sides and asked him questions about how to take care of my body.

Of course, even during that time, JoJo didn’t know how to leave the seat next to me.

Perhaps they were worried that I wouldn’t be able to rest comfortably because of Jojo’s presence next to me. My father and mother seemed to want to take Jojo with them, but they shook their heads slightly and pushed them away.

Looking at his current mood, he wasn’t in the mood to listen to what he was saying. Also… this is just my guess, but it seemed like he had something to say to me.

Do you want to say thank you for saving me?

Thinking that this might be the case, I quickly drove the two of them and the servants who followed them out of the room. The only people left in the room were Jojo, who was occupying half of my bed, and Soa, my maid.

Although we have been face to face almost every day for the past month, perhaps due to the circumstances, So-ah couldn’t help but feel anxious about Jo-jo’s presence clinging to me.

“Well… I’m so glad you woke up safely. Master.”

I don’t know if it was because of that, but his voice was unusually cautious.

“You made a fuss about something that caused you to faint for a moment…”

“Why do you say that! You’ve been down for a week!”

“···Really?”

For some reason, when I woke up, I really had no strength in my body.

It would have been worth it to have been unconscious for a week. No matter how good a five-year-old’s body is at fuel efficiency, isn’t there a need for something to enter his mouth before he uses his strength or not?

And I don’t know if it was because I realized that fact again, but a sharp sound, like someone being submerged in water, came from the cloth-wrapped side of the boat. It was right after that that Jojo, who had been tightly clutching the hem of my clothes as if declaring that he had no intention of leaving my side no matter what happened, jumped up from his seat as if he had never done that before.

“Kitchen.”

“Yes?”

“Kitchen, where are you?”

“Yes? But that…”

“It’s not something a noble lady like you should do,” he said while looking at So-ah, who was unable to continue speaking, perhaps because she was overwhelmed by Jo-jo’s energy as he looked directly at her.

“Okay, just let me know.”

“Well, still…”

Following Jojo, I was also being recruited, so I guess I couldn’t hold on any longer. So-ah obediently revealed the location of the kitchen. Jojo, who had been listening intently to So-ah’s explanation from beginning to end, left the room at a brisk pace right after the explanation was over.

As I watched Jojo run away, his sleek black hair flowing and flowing, as if he couldn’t keep starving me like this, one thing suddenly occurred to me.

“Now that I think about it, it’s So-ah.”

“Yes?”

“What clothes was I wearing that day? Did you throw it away?”

That’s why I asked So-ah, who came over to change the cloth wrapped around my body, a question that may have seemed a bit out of the blue.

“Clothes? Why is that suddenly…?”

“Is there anything in it? There must have been something in it.”

“Oh, if that’s the case, put it in the box here…”

After hearing that, I looked inside the box that So-ah brought, and I was able to see that there was something neatly placed inside that I had secretly purchased from one of the stores I was visiting at the time.

It must have been a long time since we went out alone together. Originally, I was planning to give it to her as a bit of a surprise on her way home… but I never thought it would take more than a week to hand her this small headdress.

‘Should I just pretend it never happened? Anyway, he probably doesn’t even know I bought this…’

Thanks to that, I had that thought for a moment, but I quickly shook my head.

Still, from Jojo’s point of view, it must have been the first time in his life when he went out to play with a friend. To be honest, I think the reason such a monumental moment is filled with such bad memories is because…

So, if it ends well at least, wouldn’t it be a bit of consolation to Jojo?

Hey, I don’t know.

I’m just trying to get my money’s worth, so why not just hand over what I bought?