Whispering Verse

The serious illness represents the side effects of Sha De swallowing those "dirty things", but since the side effects appear, it means that the power that did not originally belong to Sha De is successfully becoming a part of him.

Not only could he feel that his spiritual limit and recovery speed were increasing while he was in a coma, but even the girls taking care of him could also feel this.

"His hair and beard are growing really fast."

The 22nd day of the month of the Wind Rises, Saturday.

When Shade woke up in a brand new morning, he heard Luvia and Tifa talking.

Before he opened his eyes, he unexpectedly found that he was in particularly good spirits today. Although his body was still a little tired and his headache had not completely disappeared, compared to the pain of the past few days, which was like a sledgehammer hitting his temple, the feeling at this time was almost like little Mia scratching his skin.

From what he knew about his physical condition, this could almost be considered a cure.

"Yes, his height has grown by half an inch (about 1.27cm) in more than a week. Although it is not much, it is almost impossible at his age."

Tifa agreed softly.

Shade had no intention of eavesdropping on the conversation. He wanted to open his eyes to show that he was awake, but he felt the quilt on the side was pulled up slightly, and then a hand gently pinched his upper arm:

"Not only his height, Shade's weight has also increased, and his bone density and muscle strength have increased. But the strange thing is that from the appearance, Shade's body shape has not changed at all. There are no exaggerated muscles. I have gained a lot of weight and my abdominal muscles are at their original level.”

Luvia said softly, then released her grip on his upper arm and tucked the quilt back in:

"Even those magic arts that can permanently enhance physical fitness, such as [Body of Steel] [Strength of Giants] [Phalias' Strengthening Technique] [Silver Knight's Ears], do not have such exaggerated effects. I even I doubt that Shade can defeat the earth elemental giant spirit with his bare hands just by relying on his physical fitness."

"It shouldn't be that exaggerated. Miss said, the witches think that Shade's physical changes are more similar to...evolution."

It can be heard that the black-haired maid is trying her best to find a suitable way to say:

"The spiritual runes of ring warlocks are different, which causes the physical quality to be very different even if they are in the same ring. Those twisted powers are probably extremely compatible with some of his spiritual runes, which leads to this phenomenon. This is the body The all-round enhancement of quality is not actually important to the enhancement of unarmed combat ability, what is important is the further evolution of life forms."

"He will probably live longer than all of us."

Luvia said very gently, even if Shade closed his eyes, he could feel those purple eyes looking at him.

"That's great, he won't leave before me."

"Please don't say that early in the morning."

Hearing this, Shade finally opened his eyes. Neither Luvia nor Tifa were surprised by his awakening.

Tifa gently helped him sit up, and said hello to Shade softly, as if she was worried that too much noise would kill him. Then she got up from the chair beside the bed and arranged for the maids to bring breakfast.

Luvia touched his forehead, then put her hand on his chest to test his heartbeat:

"The body temperature has returned to normal, but the heart rate is still a little fast. But it should be getting better. According to my divination, it will take a few days for your fusion of those powers that we cannot understand to completely end, so your condition is still It will take a few days to fully recover.”

"Let me raise a possibility. My heartbeat is fast. Maybe it's because you are listening to my heartbeat."

Shade said, looking into those purple eyes. Luvia also looked at him, and after a few seconds she smiled. She smiled beautifully with her eyes narrowed.

"When I hear you say something like this, I know that your spirit is much better than the past few days."

She said, holding little Mia aside who was lying on the quilt to prevent the cat from crushing the "weak" Shade.

Mia's energy has not been very good in the past two weeks. She lies next to Shade's pillow all day long, as if she is worried that Shade will die at any time. The reason why every time Shade opened his eyes, he could see Mia either at the bedside or on the window sill was because the almost one-year-old cat had never left at all.

"We prepared daily cat food for it according to your instructions, but its food intake is one-fifth less than what you said."

Luvia said, seeing Shade saying that she was fine, she put Mia back on the quilt. Shade leaned against the bed and stroked the cat. Little Mia seemed to be able to notice that Shade's mental state was much better, and she lay obediently under his hands without moving:

"I feel like I've been in a dream this week. Now that I've woken up from the dream, I still can't distinguish between the memories of the past few weeks and which ones are real and which are dreams."

"I still remember one night, I asked you to get up and take medicine, and you waved your hands in fear and said you didn't want to take medicine, as if I was trying to kill you."

Luvia said angrily, reaching out to help Shade tuck his feet. Shade recalled it and realized that he had dreamed about the story in his hometown where one hundred and five men and three women robbed homes together.

"Now that you are finally getting better, we are relieved."

Luvia said with sad eyes.

"Thank you for taking care of me these two weeks. Without you, I would probably be curled up in the quilt by myself, waiting for the doctor to find out that I didn't go to the meeting."

"Do you still need to say thank you to us? Shade, you yourself know what's going on with this disease. From now on..."

"Luvia, if I don't do that in Randall Valley, what else can I do?"

Shade asked. He looked into those purple eyes, but actually he didn't know who he was seeing at this moment:

"Sacrifice Siris? Or let the guardian swallow the pollution and then explode? That is not the ending we want, especially not the ending you want."

Luvia pursed her lips and said after a moment:

"Then let the church handle it and let the damn madness spread across the world. You yourself said that the end will come when it comes. I don't care about other people, I only care about you."

"That's not what you should say."

Shade said with a smile, then reached out to hug Luvia, and at the same time noticed that he was wearing pajamas that he had never seen before:

"But from the current point of view, the results of my choice are not bad? The story of Randall Valley has been solved relatively satisfactorily, and although I have been seriously ill for more than a week, my life is not in danger, but I have benefited. Even if I still have it in the future My resistance to devouring weird things is much greater than it was a little over a week ago.”

"Do you want another time?"

Luvia raised her voice slightly, and then held Shade's hand:

"Shad Suellen Hamilton, promise me, if you want to take such a risk in the future, you will at least discuss it with me in advance, okay?"

Generally speaking, being called by your full name means that it is a very serious occasion.

"I know you won't lie to me."

Luvia said, and Shade pursed his lips:

"Okay, I promise you that whenever I have the opportunity, I will take the initiative to discuss it with you."

The fortune teller lady had a smile on her face, just as Tifa came back with the maids. But instead of eating first, she washes up first. Shade can only brush his teeth by himself, but according to the practice of the past few days, Tifa has to wipe Shade's face with a hot towel herself.

"I'll do it myself today."

Shade, who felt that his body had entered the recovery period, said, and then Tifa looked at him with an angry look, and took action without even discussing with Shade.

After eating, they conducted a simple examination on Shade, and then confirmed that Shade's physical condition had really improved significantly. This made the girls very happy, so Luvia went to work at the Prophet's Association as usual, while Shade was asked to stay in bed and continue to rest.

He originally wanted to read a book to make up for his "laziness" in the past two weeks. But after all, my body still hadn't recovered. After reading for half an hour to understand the standard process of purifying and processing impurities in potion making, sleepiness came over me.

Normally, Shade would insist on reading it, but since he was still sick, he simply put down the book and fell asleep again.

When I opened my eyes, it was already noon two hours later.

The home seemed very lively, and Shade heard many people's voices from the living room. He tried to get up with Mia in his arms, and came to the living room in his pajamas, only to find that not only Luvia and Tifa were there, but also Miss Carina and Dorothy.

"Good afternoon, ladies. I'm so glad to see you."

Seeing that the girls he could call "family" in this world were all there, Shade felt that his mental state was better.

Luvia wanted to ask Shade to go back and rest quickly, but Dorothy thought that it was just as good to let Shade get out of bed and take a walk, or to let him lie back in bed after lunch.

So after a week, Shade finally gained the right to eat at the table.

At the usually deserted dining table, three more people suddenly appeared to eat with him, which made him feel that No. 6 Saint Teresa Square became more and more cozy.

Tifa still refused to sit down with Carina, and was busy in the kitchen with the other maids.

The ladies at the table took advantage of the lunch period to tell Shade what happened in the more than a week since he was seriously ill. There are always various things happening around Shade, but the world will not stop just because a stranger closes his eyes and takes a break from a serious illness.

"You have received your honorary degree."

This was the news that Dorothy brought back. Although Shade had obtained a good paper from Randall Valley, the subsequent co-publication with Professor Manning and other miscellaneous matters were all handled by the writer and Her Royal Highness.

"The degree awarding party happened the day before yesterday. Everyone knew that you were seriously ill, so I helped you get the degree certificate and the Medal of Honor, Honorary Doctorate of Hamilton~"