It was not certain if this place should be called a guest room or an infirmary.
Compared to other places, the place was quiet. Nainiae placed Riley on the bed for him to lie down. It looked like she was feeling they just got past a major problem.
“… This place is a lot better than the cave, right?”
Having heard Nainiae’s question, Sera, who unpacked the luggage on the room, placed a new wet towel on Riley’s forehead and nodded.
“Yes, definitely.”
Riley was still asleep, but Sera assessed that they won’t have to worry about his condition getting worse from the fever.
“Now, the problem is when the Young Master will wake up.”
Almost immediately after Sera said that, Riley uncovered the blanket that was up to his collarbone. He started to struggle.
“… Uu… Uuu.”
It looked as if he was having a nightmare. Perhaps it could be that he was suffering from fever still. He completely crumpled his face and scratched at the bedsheet. Nainiae anxiously bit her lips.
“Young Master…”
Sera also looked concerned as she looked at Riley who was suffering. Sera said,
“I really can’t figure out the cause. If your sleep magic’s effect has run out… then he should wake up. I wonder if we should contact Lady Iris too.”
Sera thought about Iris who was concerned about Riley before they set out for the trip. Sera anxiously bit on her nails and looked at how Nainiae was doing.
“Nainiae.”
“Yes?”
“Is there anything you can think of that might be causing this?”
Having heard Sera’s question, Nainiae looked at Riley, who was struggling, with her right eye. Nainiae, unable to help it, nodded eventually.
“Yes, I do. There is something, but…”
The problem was that the people that Riley was thinking about right now were people who Nainiae could not locate with her eye.
“This problem is not something you or I can resolve.”
Although this was just a guess, Nainiae thought Riley must be suffering because he was dreaming about the people who didn’t live in this world.
‘He was probably thinking about them even before falling asleep.’
Nainiae deduced that the matter regarding these people must be something Riley really didn’t want to think about to the point of giving up sleep for many days. Riley finally stopped struggling. Having noticed, Nainiae pulled up the crumpled blanket back up.
‘Because he sees things he does not want to think about when is asleep, so… That’s why he is trying not to sleep.’
After covering Riley with blanket, Nainiae was unable to lift her head. She started to just look at the floor.
‘… I didn’t notice it.’
Drop…
A water drop fell on the blanket and made a small water mark.
‘No, actually… I was avoiding it too.’
Nainiae was curious about the person Riley was constantly thinking about. However, because Nainiae was afraid that she might get hurt from finding out… She had been avoiding asking him about the truth.
Nainiae thought Riley ended up like this because of her weakness. Nainiae started to shed teardrops.
“Nainiae?”
Concerned, Sera placed her hand on Nainiae’s shoulder and asked,
“Why are you crying?”
“Ah, I am sorry. It is not… the time to be crying like this.”
Nainiae tumbled to wipe off the tears on her hand quickly. To get a grip, she slightly slapped her cheeks and thought hard about what she could do.
‘Is waiting all I can do at the moment?’
Not long after Nainiae started to think hard about this, she could hear two knocks on the door.
“Um?”
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To put it nicely, what Nainiae did was to protect a patient. However, to put it harshly, what she did was no different from breaking in. Having heard the knocks, Sera prepared for the commotion that could happen soon. With hardened look on her face, Sera said,
“… Yes.”
In response, the door handle rotated, and the door opened. A woman in dress entered the room.
“Ah…”
Sera recognized who the woman was. She was the daughter of Duke Phillisneon Family who visited Iphalleta Mansion last time. The woman was Princess Reutrina Phillisneon.
“P… Princess.”
Sera lowered her head and greeted the Princess to show respect.
“…”
It seemed Nainiae was not interested about the Princess entering the room. Nainiae just looked at Riley who was lying on the bed. She didn’t move an inch.