I'm the Only One With a Different Genre - Chapter 85

Chapter 85
Health Advocate

‘Did the kids move me?’

The last memory I had was rolling on the floor, so someone must have found me and moved me to the bed.

‘Ugh… I need to drink some water.’

My legs felt heavy as I swung them off the side of the bed, sitting on the edge.

“Yawn… Ahem!”

Yawning made my throat sting, so I quickly closed my mouth. Just as I was about to get up and find some water,

Click.

The tightly closed door opened gently, and Iris, with a somber expression, entered the room.

“Oh, ahem… Iris—”

Instinctively clutching my throat, I managed to utter her name. Iris, who had been looking down, snapped her head up to look at me.

“Ah…!”

With a short gasp, Iris dashed to my side in the blink of an eye with incredible speed.

“Brother!”

“Ugh!”

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Iris hugged me so tightly that I fell backward, my body collapsing onto the bed with Iris in my arms.

“Brother, Brother…”

“Huff…”

I wanted to comfort her, but her slender arms were squeezing my waist so tightly that I could barely breathe. I weakly patted her back.

“Su…rrender…”

Iris seemed to understand and quickly let go, startled.

“Bro—…ther.”

Her voice echoed in my ears, and my vision darkened.

‘Wait, am I fainting right now?’
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That was my last thought before I lost consciousness.

***
I regained consciousness at some point later, as if waking from a dream.

“Ugh…”

“Lian!”

“Brother!”

“Everyone, be quiet! Brother is a patient!”

The buzzing around me made me slowly open my eyes to see a bunch of worried faces.

“Ahem, wa…ter…”

My throat was so dry that I could barely speak. Someone supported my shoulders and back, propping me up halfway, while another person brought a cup to my lips.

Gulp, gulp.

“Ah! That’s better!”

With my thirst quenched, my mind cleared, and I felt some strength return to my weak body.

Growl…

Now, if I could just fill my grumbling stomach, I’d be back to my old self.

“Ah, I’m hungry.”

I muttered reflexively. Noah jumped up and ran out of the room. I saw red hair peeking through the open door.

“Master…? Master…?”

Jess’s voice came from outside, hesitating to come in. I muttered with a dazed expression.

“Why is Jess… out there?”

“I told her not to come in because she’d probably rush in and hug you if she knew you were awake.”
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Still feeling groggy, I mumbled what I was thinking, and Lily answered.

“Can we let her in? She looks so pitiful.”

“No, we can’t. You’ve been unconscious for a whole week. You haven’t had a proper meal, so your body is very weak. If Jess rushes in, it won’t end with you just fainting.”

“A week…? Me?”

I murmured blankly, and someone hurriedly came into the room. It was Nero and Noah.
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“Brother! You’re awake!”

Nero quickly approached the bed and checked my condition, while Noah brought a tray over to the bed.

“Whine…”

I could hear Jess whining outside the door. I looked at Lily and spoke.

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“I’m fine. Can you please let her in?”

“You’re not fine at all!”

Suddenly, a shout startled me. Turning my head, I saw Noah staring at me with a furrowed brow. She handed the tray to Nero and came closer, starting to speak rapidly.

“Do you know what you looked like when we found you? You were lying on the floor, completely unresponsive no matter how much we tried to wake you! A day passed, then two… Do you know how anxious we were, thinking you might leave us for good…”

Tears welled up in Noah’s eyes as she spoke, and my body froze in place. She bit her lip, looking down, and asked in a trembling voice.

“Why didn’t you tell us?”

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“Tell you what?”

“That you weren’t feeling well enough to the point of fainting… Why didn’t you say anything?”

Sweat trickled down my face as I rolled my eyes.

‘It’s not that. I just picked up a gemstone from the floor and fainted while examining it.’

I couldn’t bring myself to say it, fearing they’d think of me as someone who picks up random things and ends up in the hospital for it. Imagining their concerned eyes turning cold with disappointment made my body freeze.

I didn’t know my brother was like that.
At your age, picking up random things from the ground…
You made us worry for nothing. What a waste of time.

I imagined myself bathed in a spotlight, sinking to my knees like a tragic heroine as I cried, “Kids, I’m sorry! Don’t go!” and the kids leaving with cold expressions.

With that image clear in my mind, it was even harder to speak.

“Uh, uh… That is…”

Desperately searching for a plausible excuse, I rolled my eyes.

“Lian!”

“Oh my…!”

“…?”

Noah seemed flustered, and Lily, who had been watching quietly, came closer to examine my face.

“Why are you sweating so much…”

“Oh.”

I had been sweating profusely, trying to avoid being shunned by the kids, soaking my clothes and the bed.

“Sorry, I made a mess of the bed and my clothes.”

“What are you talking about now!”

I apologized for dirtying the bed, causing Lily to scold me with a stern face. I began to look around nervously like a guilty puppy.

“It’s not about the dirty clothes—no, this isn’t the time for that!”

Lily quickly left the room, running off somewhere. I blinked and looked in the direction she had gone. Nero placed the tray on the bedside table and spoke.

“Lily has been studying healing, so she went to get some medical tools.”

“Ah. But I’m not sick. Really, I think I’ll be fine once I eat something.”

I was being completely honest, but all I received were stern looks in return. Nero spoke firmly with a look reminiscent of Lily.

“Let’s get you examined first, then you can eat. We don’t know if you’re in a condition to eat yet.”

Given his clear logic, I had no choice but to slump back onto the bed limply.

‘If I just eat, I’ll feel all better…’

As I sulked and thought this, I felt someone gently take my right hand. Turning my gaze, I saw Iris holding my fingertip with a sorrowful expression.

Her tentative touch tickled my fingers, and when I grabbed her hand, she looked startled and stared at me with wide eyes. I smiled as gently as I could, trying to reassure her.

“Sniff…”

“Huh?”

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Tears started to well up in Iris’s eyes. I tried to sit up and hug her, but a firm hand pushed me back onto the bed.

“Stay still.”

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“Yes…”

Noah’s eyes gleamed as she spoke in a low, firm voice. Her charisma made me shrink back and quietly place my hands on my chest. After some time,

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“Master!”

Jess and Lily entered the room. Jess seemed to have gotten the message to be gentle and approached cautiously. It was adorable.

‘What’s all that stuff…?

My gaze shifted from the cute Jess to the items Lily had brought in.

“While raiding various places in the organization, we found some good stuff.”

Lily said as she laid out the unfamiliar items on the bed and pulled the blanket off me. She then boldly lifted my shirt.

“Ahhh!”

“…?”

A feminine scream erupted unexpectedly. Noah had retreated with her face flushed, covering her face with both hands.

“Master… Are you very sick? Should I lick it to make it better?”

Jess sniffed and stuck out her tongue with a sorrowful face. Lily pushed her away, saying that wasn’t a good idea, and picked up an object the size of a grown man’s fist.

She twisted the round object, revealing that it was just a case. Inside, there was something resembling a medical bandage. Lily slapped it onto my solar plexus.

She took out three more bands, sticking one on my forehead and one on each calf. Then she tinkered with some other tools.

‘She looks like a mad scientist.’

Watching Lily move reminded me of the world of scientists with strange mechanisms, where things would flash and clatter until a microwave would ding and something would be completed.
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After some time, a square machine began spitting out what looked like a receipt.

‘It’ll say I’m healthy, right?’

Aside from being hungry, there was nothing wrong with me, so it should say I’m in perfect health.

“…Why?”

That should be the case, but Lily’s face had gone pale as she read the results.

End of Chapter.