
That afternoon, I left the academy again. My destination, Aunt Sera's house.
Usually, you cannot leave the academy during the workday unless in very special circumstances such as a direct relative falling seriously ill. A sick cousin is not reason enough to leave, but luckily, I have some privileges at this school. Besides, I just gave Evelyn a spell to find dark clouds this afternoon, so she doesn't mind helping me.
Well, I'm going to leave even without his permission, so it's just a formality.
In no time, the train arrived at Aunt Sera's house.
Once I was there, I immediately saw the tension in the air.
"Cousin!" Andrea rushed towards me and hugged my back. She then started sobbing in my chest. “Lina, day..”.
"Sst, relax." I stroked Andrea's back gently. "Let's go in first and tell me what happened."
Andrea snorted and nodded. When I entered Aunt Sera's house, I realized that I wasn't the only one there.
Both of my grandparents were there too, besides, Aunt Dayana and her son, Charlie, were also sitting nearby. Aunt Sera and her husband are not here. They might be in Lina's room.
Contrary to my expectations, my grandparents didn't seem too happy to see me.
Grandpa Steven looked at me with an angry look and snorted. As for grandma, she sighed with a complicated expression and threw away face.
I was shocked, but Aunt Dayana immediately explained the reason to me.
“What do you expect when the whole capital knows that you are in a relationship with the daughter of the Riea family?”
Uh? So this is the reason?
Aunt Dayana saw my expression and giggled. “Father almost went crazy when she found out that you were dating princess Riea. Hahaha, you should have heard it! He called you a naive boy who fell in love with a honey trap! He was almost hit by an attack of anger, hahahahaha. Dad was really stupid; knowing it was you, it was clear that he was the one who fell into the honey trap.”.
Hey aunt, is that your opinion of me?
My poor heart. I'll make sure to punish you later.
Huh, it seems like I should explain the situation to them. Fortunately, my grandparents weren't very stubborn, so it shouldn't be too difficult to convince them.
After this brief pause, I heard Lina's situation from Andrea's mouth.
“... In other words, is this some kind of disease where?” i asked.
"Yes." Yeah." Andrea replied sadly. “According to the doctor who observed him, where his possession was contaminated by something and now causes a counterattack on his body.”
I furrowed my eyebrows. Diseases like this are very rare. To think Lina experienced it.
However
"i don't understand. If it was just a contamination of mana, the situation shouldn't be too severe, right? ”
Andrea nodded with a sad look. “Normally no. The problem is that the contaminants are very resistant. What's more, the entire pond where his was already completely contaminated, thus making the situation even more serious."
“Doctor says that he can not do anything, but we can try to ask a priest. We did as he said and invited a pastor here, but after he saw him, he said, he told us that any disease of this kind can only be cured by someone at the level of archbishop or saint/saintess himself.
Mm?
“... Let me guess. You cannot invite an archbishop, right? ” my word squinting.
Andrea nodded with red eyes. “Sepupu, if this continues, Lina will die.”
I sighed and patted his head to calm him down. I then looked at Aunt Dayana doubtfully. “Aunt Dayana, with the influence of our auction hall, it should be easy to invite an archbishop. What's going on?"
Aunt Dayana reached out her hand helplessly. “I tried, but most of the archbishops are not in the city, and for some people around, they are 'too busy' to come here. I tried to offer an interesting donation, but it didn't work .. As for that saint .. Someone like me isn't qualified to see it.
As expected, there is something fishy here.
Inevitably I remembered the words Saintess Safelia said to me the last time we met.
So this means, yes.
I'm getting angry now.
Aunt Dayana shivered as she felt a brief flash of killing intent. Fortunately, I controlled it so quickly that he thought it was just an illusion.
"Cousin, can you help my sister?" Andrea looked at me as if grasping a straw. Even though he didn't know my true strength, he thought that maybe I could use my influence as a prince to help his sister.
I nodded with a smile. “Don't worry, I'll find a way. Can I see Lina first? ”
Andrea nodded. He then took me to Lina's room.
Aunt Sera was already in the room. She sat by the bed and looked at her daughter with teary eyes.
"… Auntie." I felt sad when I saw my aunt's condition.
Aunt Sera looked at me and smiled weakly. "Klaus, you're here."
"i came as soon as I found out about Lina's situation" I said.
“Is that? Thank you." Thank you."
I furrowed my eyebrows. I could see the situation was not good just by looking at Aunt Sera's expression.
To be honest, I barely recognized him. Her seductive presence had disappeared, replaced by a tired, downcast look. His black eyes had lost their usual luster, replaced by a pitiful gloom, and his long black hair seemed to have gained a tinge of white.
Aunt Sera was only 36 years old, but she currently looked more like a fifty-year-old woman.
I took a breath and walked towards him. Then, I hugged her body tightly.
As soon as she felt my embrace, Aunt Sera cried. Inevitably I felt sad to feel her tears wash over my clothes. At the same time, I felt even more angry towards Saintess Safelia.
If he really was behind this, I would definitely kill him.
After Aunt Sera calmed down, I paid attention to my little cousin.
Perhaps sensing my gaze, Lina opened her eyes and smiled weakly.
"Cousin, you're here."