Chapter 306 – Inside and Outside (1/2)

Taiyou ran into the school’s nurse’s room and found a pained Youran atop a bed with Kohaku caring for her beside.

「Youran!」

「Hey, don’t shout so, husband.」

She said in a silent, emotionless tone. Taiyou calmed down a bit and groaned without thinking.

He shut the door behind him as he walked inside, stood next to the bed, and looked down at Youran.

「I heard she passed out…is she okay?」

「She’s fine. The nurse and a doctor already looked at her, and they said it’s just fatigue. She’ll get better if she rests.」

「Fatigue…」

He whispered, yet felt relieved.

All of the tension that prompted him to burst into the room had dissipated.

「You look relieved, Taiyou. You must have been quite worried.」

「Well, I’m always worried about Youran. She’s the one out of all of you that’s the most tied up by various things.」

「You’re right. She’s got troubles at home and abroad, that she can’t find peace from.」

「At home and abroad?」

It wasn’t a phrase he was used to hearing, so he took a breath and thought it over.

「I know abroad, but what do you mean…at home? She doesn’t have anyone fighting her at home.」

「You’re right about that.」

「So…?」

「She has no enemies here.」

「…」

Taiyou was silent. Kohaku was speaking in a roundabout way again, and he tried to make sense of it.

「Well, fatigue is fatigue, Taiyou. She’s still struggling, so give her a while to rest and she’ll be okay.」

Kohaku said and stood up.

「Kohaku?」

「I’ll take my leave. You should be here, so that when she awakens, you’ll be beside her. That’s the best medicine.」

「I see.」

Taiyou nodded and sat down on the chair beside Youran.

After Kohaku left, Taiyou simply sat in the room, watching over her.

Her graceful face was flushed red, she moaned now and then, and since her brow was wet with sweat, Taiyou wiped it off when he could.

「Home and abroad…huh.」

He gave up trying to figure out what Kohaku had meant by home.

He thought that nothing really serious was happening in his own house, even if anything did.

Kotone, Suzune, Kazane, Kohaku, Youran, Akiha.

And Taiyou.

There was no reason for anyone to feel bad about his family. He thought that nothing would rise to the level of becoming a problem, even if there was an issue.

The problems were all abroad.

「Although if the Juunishimas have problems outside of my family, I’d like to be of help, but…」

He prayed that he could always be a physical way to resolve any problems she might have, as he looked over her.

Soon after that, she opened her eyes.

「It’s…you.」

「You woke…good. Go back to sleep.」

He stopped her from trying to prop herself up, so she just continued lying in the bed.

「I…why…」

「You passed out from fatigue.」

「…oh…」

「Do you know why?」

「…lack of sleep.」

Youran quietly answered, as if she accepted the answer.

It didn’t seem that she was lying. When she lied, she seemed much cooler and more composed.

「Lack of sleep? So you have a lot to take care of outside our family?」

「Not really. I mean, there’s a lot to do, but it’s nothing difficult.」

「But you have to take care of all of it yourself.」

「Only the final decisions, I’m not doing all the other stuff I used to…」

Used to must mean before she became one of Taiyou’s wives.

It was a time when she not only ruled over other people, but she would also disguise herself and liked to leave her palace and do whatever she wanted until she was satisfied.

She was a different girl back then.

「But you ended up like this.」

「I’m fine, I’ll be back to 100 percent in a bit.」

「Maybe it’s because you’re working too much for me?」

「…there’s no way I’d do that.」