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nChapter 48 – Fina’s Perspective 5

nBefore going to the Royal Capital, it’s time for Fina’s perspective!

nThough I intended to write this earlier, I forgot.

nMother was in pain when I woke up this morning.

nHer suffering was different from usual.

nShe wasn’t conscious.

nThere was no response, no matter how much I called her.

nI tried to give her medicine, but she didn’t swallow it.

nEven so, I did my best to get her to swallow it.

nHowever, her condition didn’t improve.

nA lot of sweat was running down Mother’s forehead.

nMy younger sister, Shuri, was standing next to the bed with a worried expression, calling out “Mother! Mother!”

nIn this situation, it was no use.

nThere was nothing we could do.

n「Shuri, please look after Mother.」

n「Big Sis?」

n「I’ll be going to Uncle Gentz’s place, so don’t worry. If it’s Uncle Gentz, he should be able to do something.」

nI patted my sister on her head, and then headed to Uncle Gentz’s home.

nHe shouldn’t have gone to work yet.

nI ran.

nFew people were out and about this early, so it was easy to run.

nWhen I arrived at Uncle Gentz’s house, I pounded on his door with all my strength.

n「Uncle! Uncle Gentz!」

nUncle appeared after I beat on the door.

n「What’s the matter, this early in the morning?」

n「M-mother is!」

n「What’s wrong with Tirumina?!」

n「She’s in a lot of pain! It’s different from normal!」

nI couldn’t stop my tears any more.

n「Even though she drank her medicine, she didn’t get better!」

n「Let’s go to your house.」

nUncle Gentz started running to my house.

nI also ran as if my life depended on it.

nI couldn’t see Uncle Gentz’s figure anywhere when I arrived at the house.

nWhen I entered the house, Uncle Gentz was calling out to Mother in a loud voice.

nHowever, there was no reaction.

n「Damn it!」

nUncle Gentz looked at Shuri and me.

n「I’m going to go look for medicine. You two look after your Mother.」

nAs Uncle Gentz flew out of the house, I grasped my Mother’s hand.

nShuri held Mother’s hand together with me.

nPlease. Somehow, save Mother.

nIf there is anything I can do, I’ll do it, so-

nNo matter what, please don’t take Mother away from us.

nI beg of you...

n「Mother...」

n「Fina, Shuri......」

n「Mother!」

nMother regained consciousness!

nMy wish was heard.

n「Fina, Shuri, I’m sorry.」

nWhy are you apologizing?

nMother hasn’t done anything bad.

nTears welled up in Mother’s eyes.

n「Mother.」

n「It might be useless already. If mother happens to die, you must rely on Gentz. If it’s that person, he will surely help you.」

nMother spoke as if she was in great pain.

nWas mother going to die?

nI didn’t want to think about it.

n「I’m sorry, you two. You had to put up with someone like me.」

nShe squeezed our hands, which were clasped in hers, with a frail strength.

nHow long has it been since Uncle Gentz went out?

nHe hasn’t come back.

nIt might have only been three minutes or so, but I felt like hours had already passed.

nHurry and come back soon!

n「Uuu.」

nMother’s suffering began again.

nSomeone, anyone, please help.

nShuri’s small hand squeezed mine strongly.

nI cannot give up here!

n「Shuri.」

nShuri’s eyes turned towards me.

nThey looked anxious.

n「Hold on to Mother’s hand, okay?」

n「Big Sis.」

n「It might be useless, but if it’s that person!」

nI left Mother to Shuri and rushed towards Big Sis Yuna’s house.

nI couldn’t complain that I was tired.

nI could see Big Sis Yuna’s house, the Bear House.

nI opened the front door without knocking.

n「Big Sis Yuna!」

nBig Sis Yuna was there when I entered the house.

n「What’s wrong?」

n「B-Big sis, Yuna, m-my mother has...!」

nIt was no good. My voice wouldn’t come out.

n「Calm down first.」

n「My mother was in pain, and...even though she drank medicine...it was no good...I went to see Uncle Gentz, but...he went out to look for medicine and hasn’t come back...I-I, what should I do?」

nMy tears wouldn’t stop, even as I looked at Big Sis Yuna’s face.

nEven though I came here, Big Sis Yuna wasn’t a doctor or a pharmacist.

nHowever, if it was Big Sis Yuna, I was sure she would be able to do something.

nBig Sis Yuna gently placed her hand on my head.

n「Un, I understand, so can you guide me to your house?」

nI guided Big Sis Yuna to my house.

nAfter we arrived and entered, Uncle Gentz was there.

nHad he obtained medicine?!

n「Fina. Bear missy, you’re also here.」

n「Uncle Gentz, what about the medicine?」

n「Sorry.」

nHe lowered his head.

nIf it was such an easily obtainable medicine, then Uncle Gentz should have been able to obtain it.

nThat’s why I couldn’t get angry at Uncle Gentz.

nI approached my Mother.

nShe was suffering so badly that I could barely bear to look at her.

n「Gentz...if...something...happens...to me...my daughters...please...」

n「What are you doing?! Saying things like that!」

n「I...sure gave you...a lot of...trouble...the medicine...and Fina...Thank you...」

n「Don’t worry about that! If you sleep, you’ll get better, so don’t talk any more!」

n「Shuri, Fina, come here, let me see your faces one last time.」

n「「Mom!」」

nI couldn’t see Mother’s face because of my tears.

nMother embraced us with her feeble hands.

n「I’m sorry that I couldn’t give you anything. And, thank you, Shuri, Fina.」

nShe separated from us and looked at Uncle Gentz.

n「Gentz, please look after the two of them.」

n「I get it, so don’t say any more. Looking after these two will be troublesome for me, so you just rest and recover from your illness.」

n「Gentz, thank you.」

nMother closed her eyes.

nIt looked like she wasn’t able to open them anymore.

nI tightly grasped Mother’s hand.

nHer hand was cold.

nAt this rate, she won’t ever open her eyes again?

nShe won’t ever call my name again?

nMother, Mother, Mother!

nPomf pomf.

nI heard the strange sound of something being hit behind me.

nWhen I turned around, Big Sis Yuna was clapping her hands.

n「For starters, the three of you, please calm down.」

n「Big sis?」

n「I don’t know if I can do anything, but I’ll take a look, so let me through.」

nBig Sis Yuna separated us from the bed.

n「Please hold on a little longer.」

nBig Sis Yuna placed her Bear Hands on top of Mother’s body.

n「Cure.」

nMother’s body shone with light.

nThat brilliance gave a pure and warm feeling, as if a god was there.

nMother’s breathing slowly settled down.

nThe sound of Mother taking suffocated breaths had just died down.

n「Heal.」

nA different magic was activated next.

nMother’s eyes slowly opened.

nThen, as if nothing was wrong, she got up from the bed.

n「...There’s no pain.」

n「「Mom!」」

nI rushed up to her.

n「Looks like I succeeded somehow.」

n「Miss, what did you do? It was as if you were a priestess from the heavens. No, never mind that, miss, thank you.」

nUncle Gentz expressed his gratitude to Big Sis Yuna.

nThat’s right. I also need to thank her.

n「Big sis Yuna, thank you.」

nAfter that, Uncle Gentz and Mother began to talk about repaying the favor.

nThat’s right. I had asked Uncle Gentz about this before.

nHe had said that asking a priest to cure Mother’s disease would require paying a large amount of money.

nI recalled that the amount of money was a super high amount.

nThere was nowhere close to that much money in my house.

nHowever, she was my mother’s savior.

nIf I could do it, I would repay it, even if it took my whole life.

nWhile I was thinking that, unexpected words came out of Big Sis Yuna.

n「I don’t particularly need money or anything. I only wanted to protect Fina’s smile.」

nI think I’m going to cry again.

nI wondered if it was possible to repay all of Big Sis Yuna’s kindness while I was still alive?

n「But, in that case-」

n「That’s right, if there’s anything that I can do, please say it!」

n「Once I’ve recovered, I’ll do anything!」

nThat’s right. Even if Big Sis Yuna says that a reward isn’t necessary, it’s not good.

nIf there was something that I could do, I would do it.

nHowever, the moment Uncle Gentz and Mother said 『anything』, the sides of Big Sis Yuna’s lips rose up.

n「In that case, I have a favor for the two of you, one that you cannot decline.」

nBig Sis Yuna started to say such things.

nThe atmosphere in the room became heavy.

nI wondered what she would say.

nBig Sis Yuna looked over the room, before finally resting her gaze on Shuri and me.

n「Fina, please go with your sister to buy some delicious food, as well as something nutritious for your mother to eat.」

nHaving said so, she handed me money.

nWas it something that she didn’t want us to hear?

nBig Sis Yuna, what do you plan on saying to Mother and Uncle Gentz?

nHowever, what Big Sis Yuna said was correct, since Mother needs something nutritious.

nIn the end, it was decided that I would go look for nourishing food, along with Shuri.

nI was anxious, but it couldn’t be helped.

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nFina 「Big Sis Yuna, thank you for curing my mother.」

nYuna 「You don’t have to worry about it.」

nFina 「As thanks, let me give you something important to me.」

nYuna 「We’re both girls, you know.」

nFina 「I know. However, other than that, I don’t have anything else that I could give you.」

nYuna 「Fina...」

nFina 「I offer my life to you, Big Sis Yuna. Please accept it!」

nYuna 「That’s really important in a different meaningー!!」

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