What Happens When The Second Male Lead Powers Up [EN]: Chapter 744

Rendezvous (4)

Um…

“If I go in alone…

…It might not work.”

It wouldn’t work. I stood alone in the hallway with the door wide open.

I had a washbasin filled with lukewarm water and a few clean towels tucked under my arm.

I diligently looked around, but Jibril Diop, who was supposed to be guarding me today, was nowhere to be seen for some reason.

I thought he was incredibly diligent, but does he sometimes oversleep? Well, that kind of suits him better.

I nodded to myself and waited in place for a while.

Even during that time, the patient lay still in bed, without even a twitch.

“……”

“……”

I’m sorry to say this to a sick person… but he’s handsome even from a distance.

If Cedrick is like a masterpiece of God and Sir Johan is like a national actor, then this person feels like he was made with computer graphics.

-Hoo-it, hoo-it, hoo-it-hoo-it!

“That’s right, this way… No, a little more to the left!”

I turned my head for a moment because I heard birds chirping outside the window.

If you listen carefully, you can also hear the voices of people working hard to restore the Lord’s castle from early in the morning.

I briefly thought of the troublemakers, but the children were busy helping with the affairs of the Rasso Lord’s castle these days, so they slept in late.

I felt too sorry to wake them up just to ask them to guard me. I decided to wait just five more minutes and admired the patient’s profile from the doorway.

He was very pale, like a wax figure being dried after being cast.

“……”

“……”

When I first came here, Count Roy’s condition was very critical, and he had never opened his eyes except for the moment he regained consciousness at the entrance to the annex.

I heard that he had lost a lot of blood in the forest and had his pulse stop several times during the surgery.

Fortunately, thanks to the excellent healing priests here, and thanks to the doctors who acted as local veterinarians and performed numerous surgical operations…

“……Umm.”

“……”

He barely survived, really. It’s a miracle that even I, who found him that day, find hard to believe.

“……Water.”

“……”

Water, now that I think about it, if I keep standing here, the wash water will get cold.

Should I heat it up again later…?

“Water, please…”

“Huh! Yes, I’m coming!”

Wow, thank God! Our critically ill patient has awakened!

“Excuse me. I’ll help you sit up a bit. No, I shouldn’t do that. I heard that you shouldn’t move too much yet because of the abdominal surgery. Just a moment.”

I didn’t need to wait for a guard or anything, and the patient had regained consciousness, so there was no time to hesitate outside!

I hurriedly went into the room and put the washbasin on the side table.

After repeatedly checking that the water glass was clean, I busily filled the glass with the water bottle, and only slightly rested my thighs on the bed, without disturbing the balance of the bed as much as possible.

Then, I gently lifted the back of his head, who still hadn’t opened his eyes.

“Lukewarm water is coming. You’ve been on an empty stomach for a long time. Try taking a sip slowly…”

As his head tilted slightly, his chapped lips naturally parted.

I slowly poured water into the man’s mouth.

His eyelids still didn’t rise, but fortunately, I could see his Adam’s apple moving.

I felt a great sense of relief.

The feeling I had felt dozens of times in the military aid station rose again from the depths of my heart.

-Gulp, gulp…

“There’s plenty, so you can drink slowly.”

Thank you. God or whoever, thank you for saving this person.

“Ugh…”

“Yes, wait five seconds for the water to go down, then I’ll lower your head. You can relax. Five, four, three, two, one. Okay.”

After he had enough hydration, I laid him down again and hurriedly pulled back the window curtains.

It was a very important task for the patient to get sunlight every day.

After slightly pushing the window to check the outside temperature, I opened the corner of the window farthest away from him, where the wind wouldn’t directly touch him, halfway.

I have to ventilate for only five minutes every hour and close it right away. It’s a big deal if the room gets too cold.

“I’ll provide ether right away. It’s not healing ether, it’s pure ether supply time to help strengthen the paladin’s vessel and improve recovery.”

I quickly organized the area around the chair and explained.

“When that’s done, I’ll help you wash your face simply, and then check your temperature once. Can you eat anything?”

“……”

I glanced back and asked, but there was no answer.

The patient didn’t move his lips or open his eyes.

Well, he had such a big surgery for hours, it would be strange if he had the strength to speak.

Even if he is a cardinal-level paladin, he is someone who has crossed the line several times.

I quickly understood and picked up the logbook on the side table.

The names of the other priests and Sant [likely a shortened form of ‘servant’ or a specific role within the clergy] were written in a row here, and the time and details of their care for the patient were also recorded in detail.

I held the magic tool quill and wrote my name and visiting time at the bottom.

“Jung Yeseo, 7:40 a.m… The patient regained consciousness for the first time. Provided half a glass of water because he asked for it…”

At that time.

-Thud!

“……Huh?”

The right hand that was writing was suddenly grabbed.

The speed was so fast that I thought a grasshopper had stuck to it for a moment.

But it was clearly the hand of an adult male as big as a pot lid, and it was so strong that I felt a bruise just from being grabbed. An ominous feeling ran up my spine.

I blankly turned my head to the right. The man’s large shadow was covering me darkly.

For the first time, our eyes met.

“That…”

In an instant, there was a voice of a certain young master ringing in my head.

‘Hey. Don’t move from the front of the door until I come. Got it? Don’t move a single step.’

‘I said I understand, how many times are you going to say it, young master.’

‘Which madam usually does pious things, huh?’

Gulp.

“Count…”

“……”

“…Count, uh, uh!”

-Kwaaaang!

Suddenly, my body was lifted up, and at the same time, a gust of wind blew and the door slammed shut!

“Ugh, sir! Sir, I’m not a bad person. I’m not trying to attack you, and I don’t have the strength to do that! Please!”

I shouted as loudly as I could, but Arno Pan Roy kept moving with his head drooping.

However, judging from the staggering, it didn’t seem like he was strong enough to throw me and kill me.

I don’t know if I should call this fortunate!

“Sir, it hasn’t been long since you had surgery! You’re not even healthy yet, so it’s difficult if you do this, ugh!”

-Thud!

I fell onto the bed from my back! Black water stained the blanket where the quill had fallen.

I hurriedly supported my upper body with my elbows and held out my palm to him. Stop right there!

“Sir! Calm down. Take a deep breath in and out. I am an unarmed priest. If it’s ether, I can give it to you right away…”

“……”

Why are this person’s eyes like this, huh?

Why are they glistening and gone bad? Can’t he properly judge what’s going on right now?

-Paaaaat…!

[……Count Arno Pan Roy. Can you hear my voice? I will share ether with you so that you can calm down.]

I immediately deployed the sanctuary and gave the oracle.

Then, surrounded by dazzling golden light, he slowly lowered his upper body and supported the blanket with both arms.

Fortunately, he did not reject my power.

He’s eating ether well. The speed is not bad for a paladin who has just regained consciousness.

“……”

[That’s right, very good. Don’t attack me, though. Slowly take a deep breath… Huh? What are you doing?]

What? Why are you unbuttoning your shirt?

[Sir, are you hot? Should I open the window more?]

“Here… Somewhere.”

The man mumbled, groping his body with a very subdued voice.

I just opened and closed my mouth like a saury that had been suddenly pulled out of the water.

I felt dizzy with the sudden development.

Long gray hair flowed down to the tip of my nose, his long eyes were strangely open, and the count’s buttons were becoming more and more free, but honestly, I didn’t even know what was going on, and I was just scared and embarrassed, so cold sweat was pouring down from the top of my head.

“……It’s gone. Where is it?”

“Yes? Yes? What, what, what?”

……Wait, is he looking for his belongings? Suddenly, that thought came to my mind.

-Kwagaagang!

“Uaaaagh!”

-Thud!

The door fell off, and the man’s head was snapped back!

I screamed and gasped for breath in an offbeat rhythm.

Someone was grabbing his hair and flashing a fierce glint in his eyes—

“How dare you.”

Heoeok.

“Sir Johan, Sir Johan! Don’t kill him!”

-Kwagwaang!

“Oh my god!”

He slammed the critically ill patient into the wall!

I was horrified and covered my mouth, then covered my nose, making a fuss.

I didn’t need anything else, I had to stop him somehow.

Or that person will die again!

-Pathetic…

“The death in front of you didn’t seem so scary.”

“……Ha……”

As Sir Johan spat out coldly, the count, who was cornered, smiled faintly as he was hit by the debris of the stone wall.

‘Long time no see.’ It seemed like I heard such a whisper. Warning, that’s forbidden!

“Don’t laugh for no reason, Count. Something big will happen.”

“……Is that so?”

“No, it’s real!”

I felt a sense of crisis.

Sir Johan just said it openly, you’ll die here if you’re not careful!

“Since you touched a precious person, I’ll have to cut off that hand first.”

“Hehe……”

“……Yes?”

What is it? Why is that person laughing but I can’t laugh?

Is this perhaps a joke that only air attribute knights can understand?

“Sir Johan, you’re not really going to cut off both of his hands…”

“Were both hands used? Then there’s no choice.”

He turned to me and said softly like latte foam. Yes?

“Please leave for a moment, Palace Lord.”

“No, no, no, no, no! That’s not it! I don’t know what you’re thinking, but that’s not it. That’s not it, that person is…!

-Ssaeaeaeek! Kuwoong!

“Wooeok!”

Crazy! At this rate, the annex will collapse!

“Sir Johan! He was doing that to find his belongings! It’s real! It must have been a valuable item, I’ll find it for you right away! Yes?!”

-Hwiririk, hwi-i-ing!

-Kwagaagang!

“Oh my! Patient!”

‘I’ll save you no matter what!’ From then on, I never left the room and crawled around on the floor.

My purpose was to find Count Roy’s belongings as promised, but I also knew that if I kept loitering like this, Sir Johan wouldn’t be able to use his strength properly because of me.

Even though that person is an enemy, he has never been in conflict with us anyway, and he is also a person of Princess Eliser, and above all, he is a critically ill patient right now!

“How can I let him get hurt again like this when I saved his life? You have to live…”

I barely arrived in front of the side table with the momentum to stick my forehead to the floor.

And with hurried hand movements, I thoroughly opened all the drawers.

Of course, it’s a personal item, so even if they confiscated weapons, they must have put basic items here.

Of course, they would have kept it where the patient could reach it. So maybe around here…

-Dalgeurak!

“This is… What is it? A necklace?”

The first thing that caught my eye was an ornament tied to a luxurious gold string.

The cameo with the delicate carving of a beautiful woman’s profile caught my eye for a moment.

‘……Heshina [Likely a reference to a deity or important figure].’

Maybe this person is, that…

“Keheok!”

-Hwiririk! Peoeok!

“I’m going! I’m going! I found everything!”

This is not the time.

I hurriedly took out the entire drawer and poured it all out on the floor!

-Kuoong…!

-Dalgeurak, dalgak!

“Look at this, Sir Johan! The Count was looking for his necklace. Perhaps with his wife’s face engraved on it…!”

-Degururu…

Huh?

“That is…”

From an unidentified black silk pouch, something that looked like a tree fruit rolled out.

It was quite large at a glance.

The surface was wrinkled as if it had been separated from the branch for a long time, and overall it was flaxen, reminiscent of a wheat field.

It was only after the fruit touched Sir Johan’s shoe and stopped that…

-Tok!

“……”

“……”

“……”

……I realized that it was emitting a strange light.

Suspicious. What is that?