Stretching out her hand, she scattered them back into the air and watched them slowly descend.
She had no idea why she was doing something so strange.
She felt like seaweed.
Meaningless motions continued, like aquatic plants swaying with the current.
Perhaps she had injured her head rather than her leg.
She was blankly lost in such thoughts when she heard the door open.
Turning her head, Talia looked at the intruder.
Carrying an armful of fabrics, the nurse burst inside and shot her a fierce glare.
“How can you still be lying there!”
The shrill voice unpleasantly scraped at her ears.
Talia pulled the blanket over her head.
The nurse immediately snatched it away and continued in that piercing voice.
“Get up and wash yourself immediately! You made such a fuss about refusing to entrust your body to anyone else, drove all the maids away, and now what exactly are you doing?”
Talia glared at her with narrowed eyes.
She couldn't understand what she was saying.
Hadn't she only been sleeping? Had someone come while she was asleep?
Her unfocused eyes wandered around the room.
Broken dishes and scattered objects lay everywhere.
Apparently, she really had caused a commotion.
“Get up already!”
The nurse forcibly pulled her limp body upright.
Talia merely stared blankly at the woman's flushed face with sleepy eyes.
Perhaps frustrated by the sight, the nurse struck her own chest with a fist.
“Just how many herbs ✪ Nоvеlіgһt ✪ (Official version) have you burned while I was away? You can barely walk as it is, and how are you planning to enter the ceremony hall like this?”
“The ceremony hall?”
“You have a wedding to attend!”
“Who's getting married?”
The nurse's round face turned as red as a plum.
Her obvious fury amused Talia.
With her tongue half-loosened, she muttered carelessly,
“Congratulations on your marriage, Nurse.”
“You are the one getting married today!”
The nurse shrieked like a goose with a broken neck.
“You insisted on it yourself, so why are you acting like this!”
Talia furrowed her brows.
Come to think of it, she had agreed to marry Varkas.
When had she said that?
She couldn't remember.
It felt as though her sense of time had melted away into smoke.
Blinking slowly with vacant eyes, Talia finally lowered her feet to the floor.
Anyway, today was her wedding day.
In that case, perhaps she really shouldn't be lying around like this.
Staggering, she walked behind the screen.
“I'll help you with the bath and getting dressed in your undergarments. The rest will have to be handled by the maids from the Empress's Palace.”
“...Mm.”
“And absolutely no scratching or hitting.”
“What am I, a cat? Why would I scratch people?”
The nurse made a face as though she had put something inedible into her mouth.
Finding the foolish expression amusing, Talia grinned, causing the nurse to let out a long sigh and strip off her nightclothes.
“Just hurry and wash yourself.”