“That must mean you have quite a few precious people in your life.”
“Yes, quite a few…….”
“Including a lover?”
“Yes, of course…….”
Pout.
The princess once again pursed her lips, not hiding her dissatisfied emotions. For me, it was nothing short of a bewildering reaction.
What on earth is going on with her?
Fortunately, the phenomenon didn’t last much longer.
“Anyway, I’ve hired someone for you, Sir Ian.”
“For me, you say?”
“That body of yours isn’t normal, is it? It can’t be healed with divine power, after all.”
It was an even more incomprehensible statement.
My body was indeed collapsing due to an imbalance between my physical form and my mind. But what could possibly revive my broken body besides divine power?
The answer didn’t require waiting.
“Alchemy.”
It was a word I hadn’t heard in quite a long time.
When I couldn’t part my lips for a while, Cien went ahead and continued her explanation on her own.
“She’s a senior researcher from the School of…