Published at 21st of November 2020 06:12:31 PM
Chapter 103: 103
Fabian’s arms were warm . They had been hugging each other like that for a long time . Even when Sir Philip came and examined her again a moment later, Fabian still didn’t let her go .
Sir Philip then checked Evelyn’s symptoms, and he quietly shook his head and opened his mouth, “I don’t know the cause, but this isn’t a disease; it doesn’t harm your body . In my opinion, this is just nervousness … Princess, have you been worried in many ways lately?”
“That’s… …yes”, Evelyn answered lowly .
“It’s probably because of that . When there’s a sudden change, usually, our body reacts first . First of all, I’ll prescribe a tranquilizer for you to take when you sleep and a nutrient supplement to replenish your body’s energy . ”
“Is that enough?” Fabian looked at Philip and asked him in a solemn voice . When Philip was still an Imperial doctor, Fabian never wondered about his wound, so he was a little embarrassed to ask this question .
“First of all, follow my prescription and take medicine until it runs out . When you’re tired, you should take a stabilizer and sleep more . But after that, you have to compensate for it by eating a lot . ”
Evelyn still complained about her dizziness and headaches . In that case, it was better to rest than to eat as she had no appetite .
“All right,” Fabian answered him instead of Evelyn, even though the prescription was given to her .
“Princess, this syrup . ” Sir Philip handed over the exact amount in a spoon, and Evelyn swallowed it with a slight frown . Philip sighed after she had finished drinking her medicine as if he was done with his job .
“All right, let’s go . I can’t go through the secret passage anymore, so I’d better go out of Your Majesty’s bedroom . “
Fabian glared at Philip as he said so .
“…… Of course, that passage is for Your Majesty only, but you can make an exception . Please take a look at this old man . ” Philip tried to use his age as an excuse .
The secret passage from the Inner Palace to the Chamber of Secret was very narrow . So, it was embarrassing and hard for Philip, who had fat-belly in his old age .
“It’s up to you which way you want to go through . It doesn’t matter for me,” said Fabian indifferently .
“Huh?” asked Philip . “Your Majesty is not going?”
“No . ,” he said .
Usually, it was time for Fabian to finish his morning dress-up and start his official duties .
“No…? …then…… a council or your job?”
“The doctor seems to be free these days . Are there any developments in Adrian’s treatment?” When Fabian attacked him with a critical question, Philip noticed it right away and decided to shut his mouth .
“This old man will go back now . ”
After Fabian nodded, Philip sighed and escaped from the room . However, he was a bit worried about how to slip his fat-belly between the narrow walls of the Inner Palace .
“You heard what Sir Philip had said, didn’t you?”
“Yes…I think it’s because of my nervousness . ” Evelyn whispered .
“Not that part……he told you to sleep more . ”
Evelyn nodded, “But, I want to meet Nora and see Adrian first, and after that, I’ll rest . ” she begged . “No, you can’t . ” Fabian, however, refused with a firm voice .
“Adrian has more than enough energy to get an Emperor worn-out . Far more tiring than doing state work . ”
Evelyn wasn’t willing to refute it . In fact, The great King Arthur, Miriam, Nora, and the rest of the maids raised both hands and feet to handle Adrian’s overflowing energy .
“And I already asked Nora to take care of him,” said Fabian .
Evelyn was delighted to hear that it was Nora, who took care of Adrian . It wasn’t a big problem then, as Sir Philip said, she only needed to sleep for half a day and get up to eat .
“But Your Majesty, why you……” Evelyn was stunned when Fabian took off his outer jacket and hung it on a chair . And her eyes widened when he started unbuttoning the top of his white shirt . “Wh-what are you doing . . !” she snapped quickly .
“Hmm? You have to follow the doctor’s prescription . ”
Fabian, with a nonchalant face, climbed to the bed in a plain shirt . But, he didn’t stop there; Evelyn bit her lip in embarrassment when Fabian suddenly hugged her waist from behind .
“Y-Your Majesty…Well, I’m… that, you know, … . I-I need to prepare …er……” Evelyn’s face turned red . It was rather fortunate that Fabian was behind her back, so he couldn’t see it .
“Do you need to prepare for a nap, too?” Fabian curiously asked her .
Blinking, Evelyn closed her eyes and then opened it again . It was a frequent occurrence while dealing with Fabian . “That’s not it! Why should I sleep with Your Majesty?! “Evelyn’s face became redder when he grasped this situation . She’d rather die if Fabian knew what she was thinking right now .
“Because I said I’d stay with you . ” However, Fabian didn’t seem to know Evelyn’s suspicious thoughts . Still, she felt very awkward sleeping with him in the same bed .
“I’m already fine now . ”
“There’s no guarantee you’re fully healed . ”
After a moment of silence, Fabian pulled Evelyn and laid her in his arms . She couldn’t remember how long it had been since she lay on his shoulder, but her body got used to finding its place .
As she leaned her head in a slightly recessed place under his broad shoulder, Evelyn could feel Fabian’s pulse . It made her feel at ease, and she stayed in that position for a while .
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“Your Majesty… . . ”
Suddenly, she wanted to call him .
“I’ll feed you more syrup if you ask me anything related to my work . ”
“……I am not a child,” she muttered low . The syrup was very bitter . Fabian must have noticed it immediately from Evelyn’s face when she drank it .
“This may be my selfishness, but ……” Evelyn paused and barely spoke . “I wish Your Majesty wouldn’t go anywhere now …… . ” When she said so, Evelyn’s cheeks were hotter than she expected, and quickly buried her face halfway in Fabian’s chest .
Fabian reached out, stroking Evelyn’s hair gently, and said, “Your nightmare was nothing, it’s just something bad . ” He didn’t mean to say anything bad, but Evelyn’s body hardened . Fabian, who was hugging her, could feel it .
“… … No . Whether it’s a nightmare or reality, I’ll protect you, so there’s no need to be afraid . How bad was your nightmare…?” He tried to soothe her .
“I can’t remember it well . But it’s very……I was lonely and afraid . ” Evelyn already knew what the scene was like . It was the thirty-year-old her who was dying alone and, sadly, neglected by Fabian . In her nightmare, Evelyn wished to die in despair . There was no reason to live, and dying was salvation for her .
“I don’t want to…… . ” Evelyn’s lips muttered a little . Fabian, who was listening to her, looked puzzled . “What do you mean?”
“What? What did I just say?”
“Surely, you said ‘I don’t want to’…… . ”
“I don’t… …want to?” Evelyn, whose eyes began to close as the sedative took effect, slowly repeated Fabian’s phrase . It seemed that something like this had happened before . Was it also the effect of nightmares? At that time, Evelyn was still alive and well, without losing her mind .
“I don’t want to die . ” Evelyn suddenly raised her upper body and shouted it clearly into the air .
In the darkness, whether it’s a nightmare, a fantasy, or a memory, Evelyn said she didn’t want to die . Over and over again .
“Evelyn, are you all right?” Fabian also got up and looked at Evelyn anxiously .
“Just… … I remember my nightmare… all of a sudden . ”
Evelyn was mildly surrounded by a complicated mind . Fabian, however, couldn’t dispel his fears and took her back in his arms . “That’s a terrible nightmare . I don’t want to imagine you dying . ” he recited low .
It’s peculiar to see him like this . In her previous life, Fabian would abandon her when she was dying and go back to work .
“Evelyn, even if this Empire is destroyed, I won’t let you die lonely and in vain . ”
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Her body that Fabian touched felt warm, and Evelyn’s head became confused .
“Someday… …when I’m as old as Sir Philip, the day before I die, that’s the only day you can die . ”
It was a lovely word . But the mist in her heart didn’t go away . As Evelyn stopped talking, Fabian quietly closed his eyes, leaning his head against her to see if it was a stabilizing effect .
[‘I don’t want to die . ’]
The words burned hotly like a tattoo that just carved in the flesh . It wasn’t a mere nightmare when Evelyn saw it with that intense vision like a deja vu . There was nothing more incredible about Evelyn, who had died and returned to twenty again .
In the past, Evelyn knew herself as a woman waiting to die miserably . All her memories were like that, and sometimes her moment of death that followed was awful . But the desperate voice that she heard today in the darkness was clearly hers . So she could be sure that it was real .
She didn’t want to die at all ……yes, until the last…she didn’t want to die .
It was a moment that reminded Evelyn of herself, who had been begging until the end of her life . Then the scene of her death, which she had never doubted before, was totally reversed .
The effect of the stabilizer and the confusion in her head got mixed up . When asked which one was true, it was both . Since Evelyn, herself, was the subject of her memory .
The memories were very subjective and easy to distort, especially at moments of intense emotion .
[‘My other memories …… are they still intact? ‘]
For the first time, Evelyn had doubts about her death . She thought she remembered everything, but just missing a single word changed the meaning of her death .
[‘Something is missing, … . maybe there’s more?’]
Her doubts continued to raise questions . But again, a white mist began to reappear in Evelyn’s head .
It’s also hard to tell when it happened . Since when did that dark and mysterious white mist start to cover her memories? Evelyn couldn’t recall it at all .
“Hmm . ” At that time, Fabian, who had soundly fallen asleep, turned back and naturally pulled Evelyn aside . As was his old habit, he put one leg on top of Evelyn, something that hadn’t changed . When the warmth of Fabian’s body touched closer, the fog in her memory seemed to fade away .
“Eve… . . Lynn . ” He was calling his name in silence .
Evelyn wrapped the back of Fabian’s hand with her arms . Same as Adrian’s little hands, now, Fabian’s hands were precious to her as well .
“Fabian…” Evelyn whispered small to herself, so she wouldn’t wake him up .
“Maybe, I missed you, too . ”
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Now Fabian’s warmness enveloped her was indescribably calm . Everything remained where it was, and there was no change in his breath or body scent .
As soon as she confessed her heart, Evelyn put herself in his arms and hugged him tightly . She finally realized how much she missed him all this time .
“Like this… deeply . ”
Evelyn just didn’t want to admit that she always missed his embrace .
***
The top floor of the glass-lined tower was filled with sunshine, which made it sting .
That place usually had thick curtains . It was a rather unique building since David and the Pope were the only people who could come in and out . Mostly, the top floor was so narrow that even one person could barely enter .
“Ha…… . ”
David was sitting alone in the middle of the small room . An unknown pattern was painted on the floor, centering around his chair . There were six thin glass bottles filled with a mysterious colored liquid scattered around it .
“It’s getting even more complicated now . ”
Instead of the seven pieces of glass that had already shattered, thirteen other bottles of glass stood in a circle . One of them exploded last night with a sharp tone .
But that wasn’t the end of it . David was staring at the glass bottle, which had begun to crack .
Clink, clink!
Sure enough, the cracked glass bottle exploded with a loud crash . One of the fragments scratched David’s cheek and shed red blood .
“Is that woman trying to break her seal of memory?” David muttered with cold eyes . As always, he still couldn’t understand why the poor woman named Evelyn tried to break the seal .
“Why do humans… … want to repeat vain things?”
His violet eyes stayed in the broken glass bottle . Now that half of the totems needed for the spell had been broken, the Evelyn’s seal would soon lose its power .
And David had a responsibility to stop the tyrant’s awakening who would break the balance of this continent .