episode_0052

I looked at Sarah lying on the bed.

Sarah, who was suffering from a fever, was lying disheveled in bed without even taking off her school uniform yet.

“Sera, didn’t you just use a respectful word to me?”

“What… ?”

“You just wrote this to me.”

“I’ve never done that before? Why do I use honorifics to you… ?”

Sarah’s voice had no energy at all. I think I just heard this, but when I asked, he said he didn’t use the honorific. I couldn’t be sure because I heard it so instantaneously. Maybe I heard it wrong.

“Okay. First, let’s change clothes and go to the hospital.”

I left Sarah’s room for a moment. The sound of clothes being changed could be heard from beyond the door. I also took off my school uniform and changed into my clothes at Hyehwadang. When I entered the room again, I saw Sarah had changed into comfortable clothes.

We set off for the internal medicine clinic closest to Hyehwadang.

” Has your fever subsided? You took a fever reducer earlier.”

“I took it, but it didn’t work.”

Although she took fever reducers earlier, Sarah’s fever did not subside. When we arrived at the internal medicine clinic, we took a number, waited, and entered the treatment room. An older doctor looked at Sarah’s condition.

“Hello, Se-ra Kang. Are you here because your body suddenly developed a fever? Do you have a headache or cough?”

“I don’t have a cough, just a headache.”

“You said that taking fever reducers was not effective… . First of all, when an acute fever occurs, there is a high probability that it is an infectious disease or an allergic reaction. Did you eat something wrong today or are you allergic?”

“I didn’t eat anything wrong. I don’t have any allergies or anything like that.”

“Medicines you usually take… ?”

“I don’t take any medicine.”

“Okay. Let’s take a test.”

After that, Sarah went around the internal medicine clinic and examined her symptoms in detail. We also checked for allergic reactions and performed blood tests. However, even after undergoing several tests, no abnormality could be found. In the end, even the doctor could not find the exact name of the disease.

“Hmm… . We don’t know the cause either. I will prescribe medicine for Se-ra Kang. I’ll try it for three days and see you again if the fever doesn’t subside.”

It was literally a fever of unknown cause.

We got medicine at the pharmacy and returned to Hyehwadang. Sarah took the medicine, changed into pink pajamas, and lay down on the bed in her room. By then, Sarah’s condition had worsened.

“Ha… .”

Sarah couldn’t get out of bed because she felt weak. It was the first time that the girl, who was always full of energy, showed such a sullen appearance. I wet a towel with water and placed it on Sarah’s forehead.

“Oh, the car.”

“Was it too cold?”

“No, I like it because it’s cold… Yo.”

“?”

I didn’t hear wrong this time.

Apparently Sarah wrote these letters to me.

“Did you just use polite language again?”

“What are you talking about… ? I’ve never done anything like that.”

“Hmm?”

The strange thing was that Sarah was not conscious of the fact that she had used an honorific term towards me. Does it make sense that he doesn’t remember what he said? Is it a rare disease that causes people to use polite language when they have a fever?

Although I was concerned, I didn’t think about criticizing a sick child for his tone or anything like that.

“Sera, let’s eat. What should I eat to feel energized?”

“I have no appetite at all… . I’m just going to starve.”

“No. I’ll boil porridge.”

I went to the kitchen and made porridge with the ingredients I had in the refrigerator. It was a porridge made with vegetables and eggs. As soon as the porridge was boiled, Sarah stood up unsteadily, took the bowl, and ate it. I also had porridge for dinner next to Sarah.

“The porridge is delicious… Yo.”

Suddenly, the words “delicious” came out of Sarah’s mouth.

I was eating porridge for a moment so I didn’t see Sarah’s expression.

“Delicious? Didn’t you say you had no appetite?”

“The food is made with sincerity… Yo.”

It’s filled with sincerity.

I was heartbroken. Sarah recognized my sincerity. The desire to nurse Sarah next to me arose. Of course, I would have continued to nurse even if my sincerity was not recognized.

“You are kind… Yo.”

I never thought I would even hear words of kindness. This was a compliment so direct that I felt embarrassed. For some reason, Sarah’s tone of voice seemed to have softened a lot. Is it possible for my personality to change just because I’m sick?

However, it was only for a moment that his tone of voice softened.

Sarah’s tone quickly returned to normal.

“Jinwoo, I ate all the porridge.”

“Uh. Give me a bowl.”

“I don’t have an appetite so I can’t really taste it… .”

“What? Didn’t you just say it was delicious?”

“When will I?”

Sarah ate the porridge and went back to bed. This time, he couldn’t even remember that he said the porridge was delicious. Sarah’s condition was more serious than expected and she seemed to be losing her mind.

I cleaned up the dishes in the room and took care of Sarah, who was sick. Whenever I had time, I re-wet the towel and placed it on Sarah’s forehead. Coincidentally, there were several portable ice packs in the refrigerator. I took out an ice pack and put it on Sarah’s hot face.

“Isn’t it cool?”

“Ugh… . I feel like my fever is subsiding.”

“Ice compresses seem to be effective. Would you like to do the back and armpits too?”

“That’s it. It’s a shame there.”

Sarah was so embarrassed that she couldn’t apply the compress under her pajamas. As I was disappointed, I applied ice packs to my limbs, hands, and feet. After applying the ice pack, Sarah’s complexion, which was in pain, brightened slightly.

“Hu… .”

At midnight, I put down the ice pack and took a moment to catch my breath. Sarah, who was lying quietly on the bed, stared at me. He looked like he had something to say to me.

“Why? It’s Sarah. What should I bring you?”

“No, I’m not asking for anything… .”

Sarah pulled the blanket up to her neck and muttered.

“… The thing you take care of by my side. Applying ice packs and boiling porridge.”

“Why are you taking care of me?”

It was the moment I asked back with a puzzled expression.

Sera spoke honestly without hesitation any longer.

“… Thank you for taking care of me. You are really kind.”

“Huh? uh… .”

Hearing Sarah say thank you somehow gave me a new feeling. Of course I was grateful in my heart, but I never thought I would hear it in person. Sarah had strong pride and rarely showed weakness to others.

I felt embarrassed for no reason and cleared my throat.

“How kind.”

“Jinwoo… .”

The atmosphere suddenly became warmer.

However, the warm atmosphere did not last long.

Sarah, who was looking at me, opened her mouth with a puzzled expression.

“Yes… ? But can’t you hear the bells somewhere?”

“Sound of bells? I can’t hear you.”

“Listen carefully. It seems like the sound is coming from the direction of the shrine.”

Sarah said she heard the sound of bells. I couldn’t hear anything. Hyehwadang, where it was just the two of us, was quiet.

“I’ll go to the shrine.”

Just in case, I went directly to the shrine. I opened the door and went into the room, but I couldn’t hear any sound.

There was a silver bell inside the shrine.

It was a sacred object of Serah placed on the altar. However, because the bell had no contents, it never made any sound even when shaken. I shook the silver bell myself. As expected, there was no sound of bells.

I returned to Sarah’s room and said,

“I can’t hear anything from the shrine? There are bells, but they don’t make any sound.”

“… That’s strange. I hear the sound of bells I keep hearing sounds from the direction of the shrine.”

Sarah was now hallucinating the sound of bells. The tone of voice had changed earlier, and this time, it was like I was hallucinating. It didn’t seem like the typical symptoms that cold patients suffer from. I told Sarah the story of what I had experienced next to her.

“Your tone changed to polite earlier. Now I’m hallucinating the sound of bells. Do you have any idea what’s going on?”

“Did my tone of voice change for a moment? This is what I call hearing hallucinations… ?”

Sarah lay on the bed and was lost in thought.

After a while, Sarah cautiously opened her mouth.

“Isn’t this a new disease?”

“Ah. No way.”

boot.

It was a disease experienced by shamans. It is an illness that shamans experience temporarily before receiving divine blessings. The symptoms of new patients were diverse, including suffering from a high fever of unknown cause, having scary dreams, or hearing auditory hallucinations such as the sound of bells or gongs. What Sarah was experiencing now matched the symptoms of the new disease.

High fever of unknown cause.

I’m speechless.

The sound of bells is heard as an auditory hallucination.

If he was suffering from a new disease, everything would be explained.

“That’s right. It’s Sarah. You said you received Naerimgut before.”

“… I got it in elementary school.”

Sarah had already received a ritual from Hwayeon Bodhisattva when she was young. It was a shamanic ritual to welcome spirits. Thanks to the lowering ritual, the conditions for a spirit to reside in Sarah’s body have been met since ancient times. Until now, Sera had not been able to attend the divine spirit due to lack of practice.

“I guess the spirit is coming to me now. So, my body suddenly started to hurt.”

“It’s fascinating. Aren’t you unable to meet the spirit because you haven’t practiced enough yet? Have you usually practiced training?”

“The practice of shamans is to help people and accumulate virtue. You could say that what we usually do is exorcism, which is a special practice for me.”

“Oh… .”

“And praying to the spirits is also a practice. You know that I pray in the morning at the shrine.”

Helping people was itself the practice of shamans. Walking around with me and performing exorcisms was a form of training for Sarah. In game terms, experience points increased each time an exorcism was performed. Now, I think my experience level has increased enough to be able to contact the spirits.

I asked Sarah, who was lying in bed, about her illness.

“Do you know how to cure a new soldier?”

“If the spirit dwells in me, the patient will naturally get better. No need to worry about illness.”

It seemed that when the spirit dwelled in her body, Sarah’s illness naturally got better.

It was not a fatal disease, but a disease that could be cured if you waited.

Even though we found out that the disease would get better, we were not at all relieved.

Now another problem has arisen.

The problem was the spirit that would reside in Sarah’s body.

“Hey, but… Isn’t this a big deal?”

“It’s a big deal.”

According to Hwayeon Bodhisattva’s prophecy, the identity of the spirit that would dwell in Sera was almost determined. She was a celestial fairy and a high-ranking person who had a relationship with Sera in her past life. We had already found out who that fairy was through a past life experience.

Sarah said with a nervous expression.

“Hongryeon… . Princess Hongryeon will dwell in me.”

Princess Hongryeon.

She was the goddess we met in our dreams in our past lives. She was the older sister of Sarah, who was a fairy in her previous life. The only spirit that could dwell in Sera was Princess Hongryeon. Hwayeon Bodhisattva’s prophecy and conditions were 100% consistent.

“Wow… .”

“I don’t know what she might do again. Even in the dream, your relationship with me wasn’t very good.”

When they met in the dream, Princess Hongryeon was angry with Sarah.

At that time, it was resolved in a good way because Princess Hongryeon showed a whim at the end, but it was not known whether she would behave the same way in real life. It was a story about what they might do if they met in real life.

Will Princess Hongryeon, who appears in reality, recognize us?

I didn’t know that either. Because it was in a dream that we met Princess Hongryeon.

Maybe it was Princess Hongryeon’s first time seeing us.

“Sera! This was not the time.”

“Qu… .”

“You know, I bought an offering last time. I’ll put it on the shrine in advance.”

It’s not like we’ve been waiting all this time.

In preparation for Princess Hongryeon’s return, expensive offerings were prepared in advance at Hyehwadang. These were offerings prepared to appease Princess Hongryeon.

Sarah was sick, so I was the only one who could move right now.

“I will prepare the offering ceremony, so you can rest.”

“Please do me a favor, Jinwoo… . Please do something about that woman.”

I began taking out the offerings and placing them in the shrine.

So that when Princess Hongryeon becomes strong, we can make an offering to her at any time.

Soon a fairy would come to Hyehwadang.