Chapter 24 - What Happened That Day? (1/2)

Chapter 24 – What Happened That Day?

Part 4. Accident

To begin with, I’m not dead.

“My Lady!”

I didn’t want to know how long I was unconscious, but when I opened my eyes, I could hear Florinda’s voice calling to me. The sudden loud noise made me frown.

“Keep your voice down, Florinda. My head hurts,” I mumbled.

“Oh my, oh my. I’m sorry!” Florinda apologized profusely as she grabbed one of my hands. I cracked open my eyes and tried to look around.

Was I really alive? Seeing that I was breathing fine, I guess I was not dead after all. I let out a grateful sigh of relief.

“Hmm… I will bring the Master and Madam!” Florinda exclaimed, and she rushed out of the room. She must be going out to retrieve Count and Countess Bellafleur.

I was the only one left in this spacious place. The room was very big, probably for the stability and benefit of the patient, so I honestly was very bored while I waited for Florinda.

‘Urgh, I’m sure I’m still alive.’

I carefully tested my limbs to see if they were still working. I could move them somewhat, but it was painful enough to judge that it would be beneficial not to do so.

I took a deep breath. What if I could not use any of my body parts…

‘But still.’

I was so glad I was still alive. That was my only thought.

‘Come to think of it, I don’t know if the carriage driver made it out safely.’

He was in front of me when the other carriage crashed into us, so he probably suffered a greater impact. The thought suddenly made me feel uneasy. I managed to awaken relatively uninjured, but I didn’t know if he was so lucky. I should have asked Florinda about that. A sinking feeling settled in my mind.

‘What the hell was going on back then?’

A carriage on the opposite side of the road suddenly crashed into a carriage that was traveling just fine. The one responsible for it all was that other carriage. Unless they were crazy, why in the world would they do such a thing?

As I ruminated over this, my thoughts were suddenly interrupted by the door bursting open.

“Marie!” a voice cried.

I was lying down and couldn’t see the owner of the voice, but I could guess who it was. I managed a smile and welcomed two—no, three people.

“Mother, Father.”

“Oh, my daughter,” Countess Bellafleur cried as she plopped down by my side.

“Mother, I’m fine,” I said quickly upon seeing her lament like this.

“What do you mean you’re fine?” Countess Bellafleur rebutted in a trembling voice. “You have been bedridden for five days straight. Five days!”

“…”

That was a long time. I put on a sour expression. Even before I was transported to the book world, I had never been this indisposed before. I had never been in a traffic accident nor had major surgery.

Fearing that my parents were worried, I gave a nod of my head. “ I am really fine, Mother. I can still laugh and talk like this. See?”

Countess Bellafleur fixed me with a hopeless stare. “According to the doctor,” she began gloomily, then stopped to sigh. A moment later, she continued again. “There’s no place in your body that wasn’t bruised. Your right leg is completely broken and so are your ribs.”

“…”

That was pretty serious…

Still, at least the injuries weren’t severe enough to cause a disability right? I thought I was hit quite hard in the accident.

Countess Bellafleur seemed to echo my thoughts. “The doctor said only your bruises were serious, but other than that, you are fine. I’m glad you’re not dead. It didn’t even cause disability.”