I Became a Barbarian's Bride - Chapter 47
Her eyes were as blue as sapphires, but the pupils, which had not seen light for a long time, were cloudy.
Nisha could tell from a glance.
‘…The treatment didn’t work.’
She took a deep breath and clenched her fists tightly.
Sometimes, she could intuitively sense where her life force was needed in the other person.
Because it was purely intuition, there were times when she was wrong, but this time, she was almost certain.
‘…It can’t be that I can’t heal her.’
She was perplexed.
She had wanted to incur a debt through this.
At least, she wanted someone who could be a shield for her once when something went wrong.
‘Not like this…’
She raised her hand and irritably rubbed her mouth.
“Can you see? Titi.”
“…Blurrily, but a little. You’ve aged much more than I remember.”
At her slightly humorous remark, the former king’s eyes widened.
Her cloudy pupils kept moving as if scanning her surroundings.
Nisha was slightly shocked that she couldn’t heal her patient.
‘I’ve never fully recharged for 24 hours.’
Would it be good to try once?
No, I must do it.
To make herself seem useful, it was necessary. She didn’t want to hear that her healing power was insufficient.
“Useless thing.“
“A rat that does nothing but consume food in the castle… with nothing to show and so many demands, someone like you is exactly what we call trash.“
“What can you do right? You can’t even act cute, and you’re the worst as a woman and a princess. Everyone hates you. No one would care if you died.“
Suddenly, memories surfaced, and she took a deep breath. She clenched her fist, then released it, slowly controlling her breath as she was accustomed to doing.
“I’m sorry. I came to help, but I couldn’t.”
“What are you saying, dear? Thanks to you, I get to see these beautiful eyes for the first time in decades.”
The former king kept touching her cheeks, looking into her cloudy pupils, and spoke to Nisha.
“If I recharge my healing power a few more times, I think I can completely heal her. Sleeping a lot helps recharge it, so I plan to sleep through the entire day today.”
Since her breath returned at midnight, if she stopped her breath right after midnight, she would remain breathless until the next midnight.
“Would it be alright if I visited again the day after tomorrow?”
“I’m fine with it, but… this kind of power, it must come with a heavy price…”
“I must sleep alone in the dark. Fortunately, that is not that significant of a price to pay.”
In a slightly worried voice, Nisha waved her hand and spoke.
“Then, I’ll head back to my room first to prepare for recharging my healing power. It was nice to meet you.”
As she spoke somewhat hurriedly and started to turn, Kagan narrowed his eyes and gently grasped her wrist.
“Wait. We were supposed to have a meal together.”
“Oh…”
Now that she thought about it, she remembered asking for a meal to be prepared.
Turning back, Nisha nodded and stood still.
“Why don’t we have the meal here together? Nisha.”
“Oh, I’m fine with either, so I’ll follow your lead, Kagan.”
“Alright. Kagan.”
“I’ll arrange for the meal to be prepared here.”
With a rather indifferent tone, he whispered for her to wait a moment and then turned around.
“The garden would be nice… After a long time, I feel like seeing some color.”
Although there wasn’t much for her to see with her clouded pupils, she spoke calmly and smiled.
Nisha followed her gaze out the window, fixing her eyes to the air.
She saw the barren land and the vast expanse of the sky.
“First, I’ll heal this lady, and then I’ll ask for a favor regarding Mary.”
It seemed a bit ambiguous to bring it up now.
Not knowing where the boundaries lay, it seemed better to pay the price now and ask for a favor later.
