I Will Become the Queen of the Enemy Country

Elise bowed her head in relief.

“I’m glad. I didn’t want to send you home either.”

Karan tapped the window with the hand that had been on Elise’s forehead.

The window, designed for communication with the coachman, slid open.

“We’re going back to the lodging.”

“Your Highness, we agreed to see the festival.”

Elise grabbed his arm as if to stop him.

Her hand was also hot.

Thinking of Elise, who must have hurriedly prepared to meet him in such a state, his heart felt heavy.

He felt ashamed of himself for feeling disappointed and having negative thoughts.

“Elise, how can you go around with that body?”

“Your Highness, you were looking forward to it. I don’t want to disappoint you.”

Elise was mistaken. What Karan was looking forward to was not the festival, but the time spent with her.

“It’s okay.”

“I’m not okay. I was also looking forward to…”

Suddenly, Elise closed her mouth. She was surprised to realize her own feelings.

‘Did I look forward to seeing the festival?’

Why, she’s not a child.

“Why indeed.”

“Elise, let’s go back to the lodging and think about it later.”

While Elise was confused about her feelings, Karan made a decision.

It took less than 30 minutes for the carriage carrying the two of them to return to Karan’s lodging.

This was because he had firmly held Elise’s waist and urged the coachman to go quickly.

****

Karan had changed his lodging from the original inn to a small house.

He wanted Elise to be able to come and go from his lodging without discomfort.

Elise said it didn’t matter, but Karan didn’t like her going in and out of the inn.

The lodging prepared by Chase was not used. Chase had recommended Karan to stay within the palace. He naturally refused.

“Your Highness, did you enjoy it? Did you eat a lot of delicious food?”

Haltbin came down with a thud and spoke.

“Call for a doctor immediately.”

Haltbin’s excited face hardened rapidly.

Karan’s atmosphere was not good.

Haltbin looked at Elise standing next to Karan and immediately understood the situation.

“I will bring the most competent doctor immediately. Should I prepare a separate room for Miss Elise?”

“No, to my bedroom.”

Karan simply ordered and helped Elise up to the bedroom.

Elise’s condition, which had looked fine when she left the Worton estate, deteriorated rapidly within just 30 minutes.

It was because she had relaxed after meeting Karan. She even struggled to stand upright.

A pitiful gaze wandered near her forehead.

Karan, who seemed to be pondering something, let go of Elise. Elise reflexively leaned against the wall.

“Karan?”

“I can’t, Elise. Excuse me.”

Before she could ask what he meant by ‘excuse me’, he suddenly lifted her up.

He quickly moved and laid Elise on his bed.

Elise lost consciousness quickly. Karan anxiously paced around the room.

“Your Highness, I have brought the doctor.”

Just as his anxiety was reaching its peak, Haltbin arrived with the doctor.

The doctor hesitated at the heat that could be felt as soon as the door was opened.

“What are you doing? Why aren’t you examining the patient right away?”

Doctor Leber, who was suddenly called out, moved slowly even at Karan’s shout.

“Rushing always leads to mistakes.”

He even talked back.

He clicked his tongue inwardly and examined Elise.

“When did she start having a fever?”

The doctor asked.

“I’m not sure, but it seems she wasn’t feeling well since this morning. She said she couldn’t get up.”

The doctor nodded as if he understood, and continued his examination, listening to Elise’s breathing and checking her complexion.

Then he opened his medical bag, took out several types of medicine, and stood up.

“Give her the medicine and let her rest deeply.”

“Is that all?”

“Yes. Do you have any other patients who are sick?”

Karan didn’t move from around Leber, who was packing his medical bag.

Leber, who had tightly held his medical bag in both hands, looked up at him.

“You’re just going to leave when the patient’s condition is bad? Without explaining why she’s sick?”

Bedrokka is a medically advanced country, but does the doctor have no sense of responsibility for the patient?

Karan’s eyes turned cold.

“It’s a simple body ache due to overwork. Just rest and eat well, and the disease will get better.”

“Then what is this medicine?”

“It’s a medicine to quickly reduce the fever. The explanation is over, so can I go now?”

Leber’s mood was rapidly deteriorating.

Anyone who heard the situation would understand Leber’s feelings.

He had closed the medical center’s door and was resting deeply for the New Year’s festival, when a man suddenly rushed in saying there was a patient who was dying.

Leber had thrown away his first vacation in six months and rushed over.

But what awaited him was a simple overwork patient, and the obvious person who called him was acting arrogantly.

“Stay until the fever goes down.”

“Excuse me?”

“You said it’s a simple body ache. If she takes the medicine you prescribed, the fever will go down quickly, right? If not…”

Leber frowned.

“What will you do if not?”

Leber was confident in his diagnosis and prescription, but he gritted his teeth at the arrogant attitude of the barbarian.

“I guess I’ll have to cut off the useless hands and head. Oh, should I gouge out the eyes?”

Leber’s mouth slowly opened.

Leber was known as a healer who treated severe patients.

Most of the patients who came to him were in poor condition, on the verge of death.

Therefore, he was not surprised by things like flesh being torn, cut, and things popping out from inside.

It meant that he had a strong stomach. However, his heart tightened at the savage barbarian’s recent words.

‘It’s not a joke.’

Leber had no prejudice against the Tetris people. So, knowing that Haltbin was a Tetris, he rushed with the mindset that all patients under the sky are the same…

‘Just to receive such a threat.’

It would be insufficient even if he received a word of thanks.

“Will you see the patient again now?”

Karan asked. Leber, who had been contemplating for a moment, shook his head.

He had held out with just his skills. He did not refuse even the surgeries that everyone else avoided, and the pride of saving patients wriggled from deep within Leber’s body.

“My diagnosis was not wrong. If the fever does not go down by tomorrow morning, come and see me. Ah, but… what will you do if my diagnosis is correct? Should I pierce your ear hole? Or how about your earlobe? I can cut it off very neatly.”

Leber, who had regained his composure, provoked Karan in return.

Karan, who was stung, stroked his mouth. In the meantime, Leber ran out as if fleeing.

“Shall we bury him quietly?”

Harltbin asked. Karan shook his head.

“Leave it alone. We have to watch the result. Bring him here.”

Haltbin bowed his head and disappeared like the wind.

Karan, who gained trust in Leber’s confident attitude, picked up the pill.

“Elise.”

He pulled Elise’s body, which was as hot as a boulder, into his arms. Elise’s body was boiling.

How much pain she must be in.

Karan’s mouth dried up.

“Elise, you need to take the medicine.”

Even though Elise was limp, she couldn’t open her eyes at Karan’s call.

She had to take the medicine, that way her fever would go down.

Karan let out a long sigh.

He couldn’t just wait for her to wake up. The room air was getting hotter because of her fever.

He said it was overwork. Her weakened body wouldn’t be able to withstand this heat.

“I’ll be rude again.”

Karan decided to use the method he had been thinking of from the beginning.

He pushed the pill through her dry lips.

Then, Karan held water in his mouth and tilted his head over her face.

Through his hot and rough lips, Karan let the water trickle.

The unconscious Elise couldn’t swallow the water that flowed down her lips.

Tsk. Karan clicked his tongue and held more water in his mouth.

Then, he deeply kissed her. He pressed the water perfectly without giving her a chance to let it trickle out.

Gulp. Finally she swallowed the medicine.

Karan had intended to retreat like a gentleman. However, Elise did not let him go.

She placed her hand on his neck and delved deeper into his body.

“…Cool.”

Karan bit his lower lip.
She only did this instinctively to survive. So, he shouldn’t entertain any other thoughts.

She was a patient. He must not attribute any other meaning to her actions.

He had to push her away and leave like this.

“It’s cool…like it.”

Thud. Her weakened hand fell down his body.

The touch that restrained him disappeared. Nevertheless, Karan…

“This is treatment. You know that, Elise?”

Karane, throwing off his shirt, embraced the hot body of Elise.

Elise’s small head nestled into his arms.

It felt like a merciful gesture, pretending not to know, even though Karan knew the ominous thoughts that were going through the mind.

Karan gently stroked her hair.

Overwork…..

What made her push herself so hard until her body reached this point?

If it was right in front of him, he would tear it apart.

His eyes glinted with a sinister light.

****

Elise woke up from her sleep due to the heavy weight pressing down on her body.

She slowly opened her eyes and then closed them again due to the pain.

Even with her eyes closed, they still sting.

After several attempts, Elise managed to open her eyes with difficulty.

When the moistness of her eyes cleared, her vision became clear.

Elise slowly assessed the situation.

Where she was, why she was lying down, and why Karan was holding her tightly.

The answers rushed in the form of memories.

Karan waiting for her in front of the Worton Mansion, his big hand measuring the heat inside the carriage, and the sensation of being held.

‘I must have lost consciousness.’

Looking at the medicine on the table, it seemed that Karan had called a doctor and given her medicine as the fever had gone down.

‘His Highness has been nursing me.’

It was not enough to make him wait, but he also had to carry her.

“This is the worst.”

Her voice came out torn. Elise sighed, massaging her throat.

Elise had ruined Karan’s day. Elise felt pathetic.

‘I can’t even take care of my body properly.’

It was true that she had been busy since regressing.

There were many things to do before leaving Bedrokka with Karan.

So, she often skipped meals and stayed up all night.

There were also many times when she pretended to sleep in front of Regina and then sneaked out of bed.

‘I thought I could handle it because I’m young.’

How long has it been since she regressed and her body broke down, she really didn’t expect this…

‘I wasn’t unaware.’

Elise had felt something different from her previous life since she returned.

‘Mana couldn’t be felt clearly. And I’ve been sleeping more compared to the previous life.’

She thought it was a temporary aftereffect of experiencing the tremendous magical phenomenon of regressing.

But the amount of mana did not recover, and she eventually collapsed.

‘Could there be a problem with the regression magic?’