Chapter 15 (1/2)

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「Geho! Gehogeho!」 (Callus)

My body seemed to be strange when I woke up.

My head was throbbing, I was coughing nonstop, and the cup fell when I was careless for a moment.

I don’t have to do some testing, I seemed to have caught a fever.

I caught a cold, and it was difficult to get out of the futon.

「Callus-kun, morning.」 (Claire)

「Good morning, senpai!」 (Charlotte)

I heard Claire’s and Charlotte’s voices from the outside.

Because it was morning, they came to wake me up.

「Good morning……」 (Callus)

I tried to reply, but I was surprised when my voice did not come out.

I tried replying again. As I thought, my voice was hoa.r.s.e and could hardly be heard.

「Callus-kun? We’ll be intruding, okay?」 (Claire)

「Excuse me for entering!」 (Charlotte)

Since there was no answer (barely heard), they said their excuses and went inside my house.

「Ah, good morning! Senpai!」 (Charlotte)

「You were awake, Callus-kun.」 (Claire)

「Ah, good morning……」 (Callus)

「Eh? What happened to your voice, Callus-kun? Is it possibly a cold?」 (Claire)

「Looks like it……」 (Callus)

I can’t seem to speak clearly, it was bit tough to talk.

「No way, let me see for a bit ー hot.」 (Claire)

Claire measured my temperature by sticking her forehead with mine.

「How? It wasn’t there last night.」 (Claire)

I also wonder why.

「Senpai, please sleep! I will gather herbs around the vicinity.」 (Charlotte)

「Un, Callus-kun should sleep.」 (Claire)

「Wait, what about Wilf-sama‘s cla.s.s……」 (Callus)

「Eeh? That’s no good, it’s bad fever, Callus-kun. You have to take a day off.」 (Claire)

「That’s right, senpai.」 (Charlotte)

「No……I’ll go.」 (Callus)

I stood up staggering.

I want to go to the old man’s place.

I can level up just by attending.

Even if I were to take the day off and attend tomorrow, it seemed too much of a waste.

So far, I had smoothly gone up by 1 Level everyday, and getting interrupted now will be wasteful.

「But, aren’t you terribly hot?」 (Claire)

「It’s alright……I’m just attending.」 (Callus)

That’s right, I should just go and take attendance.

「Is that so?」 (Claire)

I nodded, and gazed straight into Claire’s eyes.

「……I understand.」 (Claire)

「Then, I’ll be carrying senpai!」 (Charlotte)

「You, Charlotte?」 (Callus)

「Yes! Please senpai, let me carry you!」 (Charlotte)

Charlotte stared at me.

With that much enthusiasm, I decided to just let her carry me.

After that, I went to the old man’s cla.s.s and only attended, falling immediately asleep on my desk as if it was my bed.

With that, I properly raised my Level.

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After the old man’s lesson, I returned to the castle with Claire and Charlotte.

「Please rest properly as soon as you get home, Callus-kun.」 (Claire)

Claire said concernedly.

Even during the old man’s lecture, she was looking at me with an anxious face.

「Then I’ll just do that……」 (Callus)

I don’t have to worry anymore, and decided to take a day off.

My fever was getting higher.

My head was hazy.

「Are you okay, senpai? As I thought, isn’t it better if I carried you on the way back?」 (Charlotte)

Charlotte asked with worry. Her voice also doesn’t have that usual enthusiasm.

「I’m all right.」 (Callus)

「Butー」 (Charlotte)

「Leaving that aside, could you please gather some medicinal herbs that could help relieve a cold?」 (Callus)

「Hai! I’ll be gathering it afterwards!」 (Charlotte)

「……please go now, I’ll have to drink it soon.」 (Callus)

「Uh……」 (Charlotte)

Charlotte looks at me. She seemed lost. She was hesitating as to whether she could just leave me like this.

「Sharo–chan. Leave everything to me.」 (Claire)

「I understand! I’ll be going!」 (Charlotte)

Charlotte explosively broke into a run.

After she disappeared, Claire said something.

「Callus-kun, you’re really kind. You kept Charlotte away to prevent her from transferring your cold.」 (Claire)

I definitely didn’t do that sort of thing.

「You are also someone who doesn’t catch a cold that easily.」 (Callus)

I thought for a moment and said something different.

「Isn’t that a bit cruel? I can also catch a cold.」 (Claire)

「Even if you did, you’ll be fine again in no time after munching on some leaves.」 (Callus)

「Ah, defintely so.」 (Claire)

She recovers too fast! I wish I was the same, too.

「The day before yesterday, I seemed a bit feverish, but it disappeared when I was munching on some leaves.」 (Claire)

She confirmed it.

The Caterpillar’s leaf munching seemed to not only be effective on wounds, but can also cure colds. I might acquire it since it seemed useful.

……no, as I thought, I can’t really stand munching on leaves.

I walked with Claire.

Furthermore, my head was blurry.

「Callus-kun, are you really alright?」 (Claire)

「I would like to build Claire’s and Charlotte’s house properly.」 (Callus)

「Eh? What are you talking about, Callus-kun? Just little bit more, Callus-kun.」 (Claire)

「Your Levels were rising up steadily fast, we should train bit more.」 (Callus)

「Callus-kun? We’re almost at the castle, so hang in there.」 (Claire)

My head was getting fuzzier, and my body feels light.

I don’t seem to know where I am.

I feel languid, and I’m sleepy.