Chapter 196 Nausea (2) (1/2)

Chapter 196 – Nausea (2)

Translator: Atlas / Editor: Regan

She felt so nauseous. Leah gagged and retched into the bushes, vomiting in agonizing spasms until she staggered, clinging to a bush.

“Haa, ha…” Gasping, she pulled out a handkerchief to wipe her lips. She couldn’t believe she had been able to hold back her nausea for so long. She was so dizzy, she had to cover her eyes with her hands.

Normally, she would have just said that her stomach was upset to avoid eating. Cerdina often hinted that Leah needed to be careful with her diet if she wanted to keep her figure, so surely she would have preferred if Leah skipped breakfast.

But as much as Leah wanted to please her, strangely the thought that she should hide her nausea filled her mind.

Why am I doing this?

It seemed that something had been wrong ever since she met that strange man the night before. There was a cracking sound in her ears, an echo of the noise she heard every day.

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Lately, Leah had eaten very little.

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No matter what she ate, her stomach rejected it. Fortunately, she had gotten sick from being out in the rain, so she had an excuse not to eat. She had no appetite.

Sometimes even a light soup made her nauseous, so she secretly vomited. Watching Leah get thinner day after day, Blain was furious. He wanted to expel all her ladies-in-waiting from the palace, but she managed to dissuade him.

Though she felt nauseous no matter what she ate, there was something she craved. It was a taste she couldn’t clearly remember, but she longed for it even as she ate and vomited day after day.

Even as she grew thinner, the emissaries for the wedding celebration arrived, and Blain went to welcome them personally.

The banquet was expected to last for two weeks as delegates arrived from countries all over the continent. Leah hoped for many diplomatic connections and accomplishments while so many were in Estia, but Blain was opposed to her meeting them. He even tried to dissuade her from attending the welcoming banquet.

“You don’t have to go.”

Before, she would have meekly done as she was told, but on this occasion she strangely had the will to argue.

“It would be impolite. The emissaries came for the wedding celebration…”