The Youngest Daughter Of The Great Wizard Of The Famous Swordsmanship [EN]: Chapter 181

181. The Way to Save Daniel (2)

2024.04.29.

Rosette sought out members of the remaining subjugation force who possessed some medical knowledge. Two volunteered, both wearing worried expressions.

“I learned the basics from the town doctor, but I’m not sure if I’ll be of much help,” one said.

“Me too. I’m worried I might just be a burden,” added the other.

Rosette reassured them.

“It’s okay. You’ll do fine. We desperately need your help right now.”

“We’ll do our best.”

“We’ll try our hardest.”

Rosette first used magic to put Daniel to sleep and anesthetized the wound. Her hands were sweaty with tension, but she tried to remain calm.

‘If it’s really too late, Daniel…’

It wasn’t just about him losing the use of his legs. In this condition, Daniel’s life would truly be in danger.

Tears welled up in her eyes, but Rosette bit her lip and swallowed them back.

Someday, they would look back on this as a memory. To make that happen, she needed to treat Daniel safely and return to the capital together.

She didn’t even ask herself if she could do it. It wasn’t a question of whether she could, but that she had to.

She would save Daniel and see him marry Ines safely.

She would also completely heal his legs and see Daniel become a Sword Master.

‘But what if something goes wrong? What if it’s already too late?’

She tried to think positively, but the moment she placed her hand on Daniel’s leg, negative thoughts crept in.

‘If that happens…’

Should she turn back time again? She had already done it once, so maybe she could do better if she went back again…

Then, Joshua placed his hand over hers. His warm hand on the back of her hand was comforting. Only then did Rosette realize that her own hand had become cold with tension.

Joshua whispered softly, just loud enough for her to hear.

“There’s no next time, Rose.”

Was he telling her to do her best? Rosette couldn’t fully grasp Joshua’s meaning, so she turned her head slightly to look at him. Because they were so close, the tip of his nose brushed her cheek.

“You’ve done your best. Even if a tragedy occurs, you don’t have to take responsibility for everything and solve it. No, I hope you don’t.”

He was speaking vaguely, afraid that someone else might overhear, but Rosette understood what he was saying.

Joshua was advising her, worried that Rosette might turn back time if something happened to Daniel. It was as if he had read her mind.

“Even though I might be able to fix everything again?”

“There’s no guarantee that a miracle will happen twice.”

“…….”

“And things could go wrong.”

That was true. Rosette agreed.

Perhaps the miracle of turning back time could only happen once.

Besides, even if she successfully turned back time, she wasn’t confident that she could fix everything.

What about Joshua? Would Joshua, who was always by her side, return with his memories?

Probably not. The artifact that had helped him preserve all his memories had been used to save Rosette a while ago.

What if Joshua forgot everything? How much would he remember? What if he went back to being an eleven-year-old kid…

“More than anything, I don’t want to lose you. So do your best, but don’t regret the outcome.”

Rosette hesitated, then nodded.

“Okay.”

Then she declared seriously.

“I won’t regret it. I’ll definitely do it.”

Rosette began to treat the wound with the help of the knight who had experience assisting a doctor.

She sterilized a small knife, cut open the wound, and removed something that was lodged inside. Everyone was surprised when Rosette pulled out something about the size of a small pearl.

“Was something like that lodged in there?”

“Why didn’t we notice? The doctor should have checked.”

“It probably didn’t look like this at first. The poison probably grew like this inside. It’s likely that it grew rapidly in the last few days when he couldn’t use his hand.”

“Then is he okay now?”

“I don’t know.”

Rosette entrusted the knight with stopping the bleeding from the wound and looked up at the sky.

‘Please, Bbibbi…’

How long had it been?

[Bbit!]

A small bird flew in from afar.

[Bbeueu!]

Bbibbi was holding a grass in its beak that looked similar to what Rosette had described.

Bbibbi put the grass on Rosette’s palm and asked urgently.

[Bbiit? Bbit?]

Is this it?

Rosette carefully examined the leaves of the grass and finally relaxed and smiled.

“I think this is it.”

She couldn’t be sure just by looking at the shape of the grass, but the grass that Bbibbi brought had a faint aura of mana [magical energy] that couldn’t be felt in other herbs.

Rosette took out tools from her bag again, crushed the herb, mixed it with other medicinal ingredients, and applied it to the affected area.

Then the knight finished the treatment, wrapping Daniel’s wound with the clean bandage that Rosette had given him from her bag.

“Is it all done now?”

Rosette wiped away the cold sweat and replied.

“I’m not sure yet, but I’ve done my best, so let’s wait a little longer.”

She checked Daniel’s complexion up close.

Even though she had anesthetized him and put him to sleep, he seemed to be in some pain, as he was slightly frowning. There were beads of cold sweat on his forehead.

Fortunately, his complexion seemed better than before. He was still pale, but the grayness on his face had slightly disappeared, and his lips had regained a little red color.

“There might be some pain left in the wound, so I’ll let him sleep a little longer. That will help him recover. He must have lost a lot of energy because he hasn’t been able to sleep properly.”

Rosette infused mana into Daniel’s body once more and stood up. Then, Lucas, who had been watching with clenched fists, hugged her tightly.

“Kid, you did great! Really…”

He burst into tears again like a child.

“I really… This is the first time in my life that I’ve felt so helpless. I came all the way here and couldn’t do anything. I was just a burden.”

“No, Oppa [term of endearment for older brother or male friend].”

Rosette buried her face in Lucas’s arms.

“I endured thanks to you too. And you found out that the space was separated by mana.”

“I just made a suggestion; you actually found it.”

“Still, I couldn’t have done it if I had come alone without you. Thank you for coming with me.”

It wasn’t just a compliment to praise Lucas, but a sincere statement.

Of course, she was worried about bringing Lucas along at first, but even when she was about to lose her mind, Lucas stood firmly by her side, so she was able to endure.

It was a journey where she realized that Lucas, who she had always thought of as a childish brother, also had a mature side.

Rosette rubbed her face as if she was acting spoiled, and Lucas tried to laugh it off.

“The kid is finally recognizing this Oppa’s true worth.”

Rosette nodded instead of answering. Then Lucas laughed even more excitedly.

Once they had relieved some of their worries, Rosette and Lucas were able to hear what had happened to the subjugation force in the meantime.

The first thing they heard was why Joshua and the subjugation force had attacked them.

It was Lord Roten who explained.

“Memento?”

“Yes. It’s a monster name we made up, but it doesn’t have a clear form and appears differently to each person. Usually, it looks like the person they love the most.”

Lord Roten smiled bitterly.

“It’s very vicious. Even though we knew it was fake, we had to keep feeling guilty for having cut down our loved ones.”

“So Joshua…”

Rosette looked at Joshua, who was avoiding her gaze from a short distance away. He seemed to be still in shock from almost hurting Rosette with his own hands.

[Woof!]

Only Silver, oblivious, continued to wag his tail and lick Rosette’s hand. Lucas flicked the wolf’s head. It probably didn’t hurt much, but Silver whined and pretended to be in pain.

“Hey, wolf. You could tell the difference between monsters and people, but why were you standing still when His Highness attacked the kid? You should have stopped him!”

[Whine.]

“What are you whining about like you did something good!”

[Bbit! Bbi, Bbit!]

Even Bbibbi joined in, and Silver drooped his tail.

“It’s okay. Joshua told you to wait, so you couldn’t easily step in. Right?”

[Woof!]

Silver was still sulky even with Rosette stroking his head.

Earlier, when Bbibbi questioned what he had done, Silver explained that he couldn’t step in because Joshua had told him to stay still.

“Actually, I kept seeing other people, but this time I saw the Princess and the Young Master, so I was a little confused. But I thought it was also the monster’s trick. How could a monster that imitates other people not imitate the two of you? It was a more reliable hypothesis that the monster was playing tricks than that the two of you had come all the way here.”

One of the knights stirred the bonfire with a long poker and said awkwardly.

“That’s what happened. I’m sorry for attacking you earlier, Young Master Adrian. Are you hurt anywhere?”

“It’s okay. I’m just too skilled.”

Rosette listened to Lucas and the knights talking and held Joshua’s hand tightly, who was sitting next to her.

He was sitting slightly apart from Rosette and didn’t look at her.