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at something felt weird but words did not come out.
In the end, the Grand Duke held my pale, tired face as I froze.
I was just being overly sensitive… he was just like my dad.

“I’m fine.”

Just before he left the room, he stopped.

“Bebe…!”

“I’m fine.”

I said I was fine once again in case he didn’t hear me the first time and smiled.

That didn’t calm him down.
I opened my eyes and the Grand Duke, who opened the door suddenly despite my talking and movement, raised his voice to the point it rang loudly.

“Come to the clinic right now!”

“Wait, what?”

Surprised, Cecilia rushed with others as she saw me in his arms and paled.

“My Lady! Is there something wrong?”

“I’m fine…”

So stop Daddy.
I had to say that, but I couldn’t speak properly.
My body didn’t feel like my body.
It was as if someone had poisoned my body.

“Oh my gosh… What happened?”

“Suddenly she could not speak and her whole body stiffened.
Her face also turned pale.”

Cecilia hurriedly beckoned to the people around her as if she understood.

“Go get some warm water right now.
I’ll take care of  you.
Maybe a hug…”

“No… I don’t…”

“Yes?”

Everyone seemed to be perplexed by the unexpected words of the Grand Duke.

“What should I do? Can I give you a hug?”

“Ah… well, that’s… His Majesty will just keep talking to you…”

Only then did he nod and lay me on the bed.

“I’m really okay…”

In the meantime, the feeling of tightness all over my body slowly dissipated, but the Grand Duke and Cecilia, who sat next to me, were busy looking after me.

“Really… It’s really okay.”

“It’s not okay when I see it as this.”

“Really…”

I laughed at him who still didn’t believe me, but to no avail.

Eventually, the doctor came in even before I could speak.
The doctor hurriedly entered the room and began treatment before he calmed down.

A terrible silence came, and only the sound of the doctor treating me filled the room.

The Grand Duke, who seriously watched, opened his mouth at the end.

“What do you think?”

“…”

“I asked how it was.
Is there a serious problem?”

“As I am a member of the National Assembly, I cannot tell you exactly what the situation is, but it is not the general situation.
My Lady, I heard your body suddenly stiffened.
Have you felt that before?”

At that, I let out an ‘ah’ and nodded.

“Well… My back sweated, and I got a strong headache… like someone hit my head with a hammer…”

“Hmm…”

“And…”

I looked at the doctor for a while and waved my hand towards the Grand Duke.
Then he bent down and leaned in to listen to me.

“Ah… I felt this again when someone entered the magic room last time.
But this time, it was like… it was like asking for help.
Am I feeling this because of that?”

The Grand Duke, who was listening to me seriously with a ‘hmm’ sound, stood up and sighed deeply.

“Your Highness, may I ask what’s going on?”

“No.
Is the child okay?”

“…I don’t know, but I think the magic in the body interfered.
But there’s nothing wrong medically.”

He nodded at the words.

“…Then, what would you do for the child?”

“First of all, unlike how it looks, I can make medicine to replenish physical strength, but it is difficult to give medicine for no apparent reason…”

As if this had happened often, the doctor looked into the Grand Duke’s eyes.

“…Is it not enough? This time again…?”

“No, I think it’s okay this time.
Then, I’ll leave and bring the medicine later.”

“Thank you.”

I wasn’t sure what the Grand Duke was doing, but the doctor looked serious.

Afterwards, the doctor quickly erased his serious expression, bowed his head and hurriedly went outside.

“…Dad.”

“Huh? Are you okay, Bebe?”

The Grand Duke, who had hardened his face like an angry man earlier, released his expression.

“Yes, but, are you harassing the doctor?”

“I’m not.”

“It’s suspicious.”

“Anyways… Did you just say that to my ears on purpose?”

“Yeah… I think it’s weird.
I’ve neer felt that way before.
It was like someone… someone was asking me for help.”

I didn’t know why, but I didn’t know who and I felt a strange feeling and a numbness in my chest.

My head hurt as if I had been beaten.

“…Right.”

“Did I… get weird?”

“No.
I just… I think I may have resonated with someone after listening to you.”

“Resonated?”