Even after returning safely from a day as a grave robber, the salon looked the same as usual.
Of course, there were differences in that the number of servants always waiting in the salon was reduced, and the tense expressions of the Duke and Duchess of Cissena were sometimes noticeable.
However, that was only visible because I knew the context, and there was no difference that was noticeable to the outside world.
What was more important than that was the condition of my body.
“……Hitch!”
“Sister, are you okay?”
“Yeah. My nose just feels a little itchy.”
“You don’t have a fever?”
Lariette asked worriedly, placing her hand on my forehead.
From the day after the grave robbing, the coughing continued.
I thought it was a cold, but it doesn’t seem to be a cold… … .
“Can I go to the salon?”
Hey, it’s too unusual not to go to the salon just because you have a cough.
“Of course. You’re making such a fuss over a cold.”
“It’s fortunate that it’s just a cold, but it could spread into a major illness.”
“You’re only coughing like this?”
Despite my words, Lariette continued to look worried.
“How about seeing a doctor?”
“Ah. What are you doing with a cold?”
“It might not be a cold, but a bigger illness.”
“It’s a bother. If more severe symptoms appear, let’s go.”
“sister.”
“I’m strong, Lariette? Can’t you tell when you see my strength?”
Lariette let out a long sigh when she saw me raising my arms and showing off my muscles.
“Sister, you said I returned just before death.”
“Yes. That’s right. That’s why you even accused me of conspiring with the demons.”
“……Ugh, I’m really sorry about that.”
Lariette tried to kneel again. I hastily grabbed her shoulder by the lariat.
“Wake up, wake up.”
“I’m really sorry about that….”
“I know. I know? It’s a joke! If you keep kneeling like this, your joints will go out!”
When this topic came up after the misunderstanding was roughly resolved, Lariette knelt down and apologized.
He seems to feel a lot of guilt because he sold his older sister, whom he was close with, for conspiring with demons.
But as a Romance fan, I can understand! That’s the scope of a returner’s thoughts!
Besides, I escaped the investigation safely, and it was an opportunity for me to run into Klaus often, so I didn’t feel too bad about it.
Still, from Lariette’s point of view, the guilt seemed to be greater, no matter what I thought.
“……Sorry.”
“It’s not that you don’t understand. Anyway, in your life before you came back, a big problem happened because of me.”
Although it’s not exactly my fault, it’s the original Elena’s fault.
But Lariette let out a long sigh.
“I can’t say it’s all my fault…”
“Lariette.”
“Anyway, I’m worried. In my last life, there was an invasion by demons, but it wasn’t all that bad because there was even a strange plague. It’s called the violet disease.”
“Ugh, I see.”
But why are we suddenly talking about the plague?
“Sister, you have a bad cold right now.”
“My cold?”
“Back then, when the plague broke out, everyone’s symptoms were like this!”
… … uh?
