Chapter 301: Sympathy

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“I’m so glad you’re awake. Are you okay?”

“Oh, welcome back. I’m fine.”

Shana came to my room a few minutes after Yug and the others went into me and the sword because I wasn’t feeling fine.

“I’m glad you’re okay. I was worried about you.”

“Thank you.”

Shana was checking her forehead with her right hand and my forehead with her left hand to check my temperature. I didn’t come down with a fever, so that doesn’t mean anything, does it?

“I’m waiting my turn, and I’m going to go. You’re still sick, so don’t move. Take care of yourself.”

“Oh…hmm? Waiting your turn?”

The temperature check by Shana was fine, and Shana was about to leave the room. I think it’s not a sickness, because I’m not sick. And what do you mean by waiting your turn?

“Ah!”

“Oh, Carina.”

Shana went out of the room, and Carina came into the room in the form of replacing Shana.

“Um! I’m sorry!”

“Huh? What?”

Carina approached the bed where I was and suddenly apologized to me. I asked her what she was apologizing for.

“I didn’t do anything and that’s why your arm was…”

“Oh, that’s what you mean. I don’t really care, and you don’t have to apologize and this time, the opponent was strong, so it can’t be helped if you didn’t do anything.”

It’s almost impossible for Carina, who hasn’t evolved yet and hasn’t made a contract with a beast, to deal with the Emperor Lich demon.

“No, no… It’s not that I couldn’t do anything, it’s that I didn’t do it. I was afraid of that demon, of my power being discovered…I was afraid of so many things that I didn’t do anything…”

Carina said as if wringing her hands with tears.

“What I did was no different from leaving Zeros-san to die. So I can’t ask you to forgive me. I said this to make up my own mind.”

As Carina said this, she took a small knife from her chest. She used it to cut the bangs that were covering her eyes.

“I will use this eye to make up for what I have left behind this time. So please look at the changed me.”

Carina said this with her cut hair and a small knife, and bowed her head deeply.

I don’t think Carina left me for dead after hearing what she just said. In fact, I even think that Carina saved me. When I defeated the Emperor Lich, I was missing an arm and I think there was a lot of blood coming out of it. At that time, Carina must have treated me immediately. Otherwise, I would have likely bled to death. So from my point of view, Carina saved my life.

“I don’t think you left me to die, but I’ll be watching to see how you change from now on.”

“Thank you!”

I will keep an eye on Carina’s change from now on so as not to let her decision to cut off her bangs, which had been hiding her eyes that she wanted to hide so badly, go in vain.

“So…when you are fully recovered, I would like you to have a one-on-one mock battle with me. I will show you the power of my eyes then.”

“I’m totally fine with that. I’d rather ask you to do it myself.”

I’m really looking forward to seeing what kind of power Carina’s eyes have. If she wanted, I’d like to have a mock battle now, but I’m afraid everyone would be angry with me, so I won’t do it.

. “I’m sorry I’ve talked so long! Please take a good rest!”

With that, Carina left the room. I was left alone again, and a few minutes later Sophie came in with some food.

“It may not be enough, but I’ve prioritized foods that are good for your digestion, so please bear with me.”

Sophie brought a soup with many vegetables. Indeed, there was not much meat and it was a little insufficient. However, there was a good amount and it was tasty, so I was satisfied.

“Well, I’m going now, so please take a good rest.”

“Ah, yes…”

After finishing the soup, Sophie said that and walked out of the room. To be honest, I don’t feel sleepy at all, probably because I have been sleeping for five days. Moreover, I don’t feel any worse for wear. So I’m just busy lying in bed.

For a dozen or so minutes, I lay sprawled out on the bed in a daze, feeling like I had something I needed to do.

“Ah! Status! I didn’t look at my status!”

I remembered that I hadn’t looked at my status since the fight with the demons. The mission I felt I had to do was to look at my status.

Right now I’m just alone and bored, and this would be the perfect time to look at my status.

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