episode_0125

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Emma, exhausted from running, staggered forward like a zombie.

She continued to call Inho. The more this happened, the more focused the attention of passersby was.

Hans, who was worse off, grabbed her by the shoulder, but she violently shook off his hand and continued on her way.

As time passed, someone appeared and called out to Emma, dividing the group of people gathered in groups.

“Miss Emma!”

“……?”

When she turned her head to see someone calling her, Emma’s eyes widened.

It was a nurse who visited the mansion with the doctor the other day.

“Mr. Kate?”

A nurse named Kate approached Emma.

“I finally found it. What if I stay here?”

“Well, what is that?”

What are you talking about? Emma’s overheated brain found it difficult to think.

“Teacher Inho. Ah!! It hurts…!”

As soon as Inho’s name came out of Kate’s mouth, Emma suddenly changed.

Emma grabbed both of the nurse’s shoulders and pushed her without even taking a breath.

“Master? Do you know where the master is? Are you hurt? Did you collapse? Are you in the hospital? Please speak quickly. I think I’m going crazy. Mr. Kate. Please please please please tell me. Quickly. Quickly!!!”

“Leave this alone…”

Kate tried to shake Emma off, but her restraints were tight.

“Doctor Inho, you are in our hospital now. You are resting in bed.”

Kate said as she crawled in, enduring the pain of her shoulder being crushed.

At Kate’s words, Emma’s empty eyes filled little by little, and soon the hand holding Kate lowered.

“Phew… What kind of power… Anyway, I went to the mansion to find Miss Emma. I guess our paths kept crossing.”

“Uh, how long has it been?”

“It’s been about an hour and a half since you came to the hospital?”

“Ma, are you in a lot of pain?”

“Our teacher examined the patient and said there was no life-threatening condition.”

“Ha… I’m glad.”

Emma sat down on the street.

It looks like the tension has been relieved and the legs have relaxed.

Kate held out her hand to Emma.

“Wake up. I have to go to the hospital. Miss Emma is Teacher Inho’s guardian.”

“Guardian… Guardian….”

Emma muttered, holding Kate’s hand and standing up.

“Also, I think Miss Emma needs some treatment.”

Kate said, looking at the open wounds here and there.

“Uh, let’s go. Lord, because the master is waiting.”

Emma said in a hoarse voice.

Emma ran to the hospital with Kate, and Hans, who had been hesitant, followed behind, carrying a lot of luggage.

***

“……”

Emma looked down at Inho, who was sleeping soundly.

“I think the problem is that I keep going back and forth between warm and cold places.”

The doctor standing next to Emma explained the cause.

“Sudden changes in body temperature are not good for the human body. It’s dangerous even for young people, but even more so for people like In-ho…”

Suddenly, tears flowed from Emma’s eyes.

Her stomach was muddy.

I was intoxicated by the peaceful days that had come after a long time, and I hated myself for not being able to take care of my master.

and….

“Emma, don’t cry. Huh?”

Hans, wondering where he had seen something, took out a handkerchief from his pocket and tried to wipe Emma’s eyes.

match!

A cheerful sound echoed in the hospital room.

Everyone was startled by the incongruous sound, and the doctor and nurse looked at Emma in surprise.

“…Huh?”

Hans cupped his beaten cheek and looked at Emma with wide eyes.

It was because he didn’t know that Emma would hit him.

Facing Hans directly, Emma raised her hand again.

match!

With another cheerful sound, Hans’ head turned.

“M… Ma?”

match!

yet again.

match!

One more time.

As soon as Hans’ head turned, Emma slapped him on the cheek, and before he knew it, blood was leaking out from Hans’ torn lip.

“Ugh…!”

While Hans, who still did not understand the situation, was unable to properly resist, Emma grabbed Hans’ face and turned him forward.

And again.

match!

“I.”

match!

“Stingy.”

match!

“If you distance.”

match!

“Kill me.”

match!

“Throw it away.”

match!

“Did you?”

match!

It wasn’t until blood was flowing from his torn lip and nose that people around him realized the seriousness of the situation.

“Miss Emma! Calm! Calm down!!”

The doctor sealed Emma’s arms behind her and dragged her backwards, and the nurses grabbed Hans, who had fallen on the floor, and took him out of the hospital room.

“If only you hadn’t kept bothering me!!!”

Seeing Hans walking away, Emma swung her foot, but it only cut through the air.

“Let go! Let go! I will kill you!!!”

Her hoarse voice, filled with hatred and murder, was nothing short of terrifying.

She continued to struggle, and the doctor holding her body stuck out his tongue with more force than expected.

As Hans went out of the hospital room, Emma flopped down on the floor.

“Phew….”

The situation must have calmed down a bit now, so the doctor released her and she started acting differently.

match!

She slapped herself.

In a century that had no mercy, Emma fell to the side.

“Miss Emma?”

Emma stood up like a roly-poly and slapped herself again.

Suddenly, she fell sideways again.

In just two strokes, she had a split lip like Hans’.

“Ugh….”

She lay down on the floor and cried.

She ripped her hair out with both hands.

“Crazy bitch. die! die! die!!! You are not qualified to be a maid!!!! What kind of guardian does a bitch like you do? You should just die on the street!!! Annie should have lived instead of you!!! die!! Just die!!!”

“Won, calm down! Miss Emma. If you make a fuss here, Teacher Inho won’t be able to rest!!”

The doctor rushed over and took her hand again.

As he mentioned the owner, Emma’s struggle slowly faded away.

Knowing that his words had worked, the doctor continued talking.

“The more you act like this, the worse Teacher Inho’s condition gets. Didn’t you talk to me? I will take good care of Teacher Inho.”

“Teacher… I am Master…”

“It was a mistake, wasn’t it? Because you’ve lost your energy for a while, you’re going to sleep. Don’t be too hard on yourself. There is no danger to life right now.”

“Ugh… Hmm….”

She purred lowly like a wounded beast.

‘Teacher Inho… you have a quite unique child.’

The doctor clicked his tongue when he saw Emma for the first time.

***

Inho opened his eyes when Emma, who had found peace of mind, was sobbing next to him.

“Umm… Emma?”

“Lord, master?”

Emma felt so sorry for the owner who called her by her name.

Skinny limbs, body still shivering from the cold. Just looking at it brought tears to my eyes.

“Hospital…? It’s an unfamiliar ceiling.”

“Yes. It’s a hospital. A passerby brought the teacher who had collapsed on the street.”

As Inho spoke while looking at the ceiling, the doctor standing behind Emma answered.

“Why did I collapse?”

“I think it was because my body temperature dropped too suddenly. His physical strength was also not good.”

“I see.”

“…….”

“…….”

“Emma.”

Breaking the silence, Inho called Emma.

“Yes! Master, please speak. As my master’s faithful maid, I will do anything.”

“Then would you like to get some treatment? I think my body is very damaged.”

Inho said as he looked at her wounded body.

“But….”

Emma, who didn’t want to leave his side, hesitated.

“Come on.”

Inho spoke with a slightly firm tone, and Emma followed the nurse to the treatment room like a dispirited dog.

“You seem to be carrying around a pretty eccentric maid.”

The doctor said, looking at the door Emma had left.

“He’s a good kid.”

Inho spoke calmly,

“Hahaha. That’s right.”

The doctor agreed.

“By the way, teacher. I have something to ask you.”

Inho raised his gaze slightly and made eye contact with the doctor.

Although he was a decrepit old man, a sharpness that could not be hidden flashed in his eyes.

“Yes, please say so.”

“How much is left?”

“Yes?”

“My lifespan.”

Inho took a moment to catch his breath. He took another breath and spoke calmly.

“How much time do I have left?”

“……”

“……”

“…You knew.”

“It’s just that I feel like I’m losing strength.”

It’s not a lie, In-ho tried to build up his stamina by engaging in various activities after being possessed, but for some reason, he was clearly feeling that his energy was falling more and more.

I thought I had recovered all my vitality while possessing, but it was only a temporary increase in stamina, and my body was still at its limits.

And today. Seeing In-ho collapse on the street, In-ho realized that he didn’t have much time left.

“…how should I tell you.”

“Please feel free to tell us. After all, I’m a dementia patient, right? Haha.”

“Mr. In-ho is probably the only dementia patient who says that.”

The doctor chuckled as if it were absurd.

“I’m not sure, but… 6 months at most. As short as 3 months.”

Inho thought as he listened to the doctor’s sentence.

‘I need to get ready. ‘Another death.’