Why Me? (Re: Zero X Male Reader)

Chapter 18

Chapter 18. A Disease Known as Despair

Emilia was tired.

Not physically, she get enough sleep last night and eating healthy food -and it's delicious too- so there is no reason for her body to be exhausted.

It was her mind that was tired, she exhausted mentally.

In the last two days when she see Y/N laying in bed, helpless, trapped, hurt, and in pain, very tremendous pain. He literally almost died after all, so close to dead, his body is almost like a boiling pot! Had she and Rem not there to help him...

Emilia: 'No, no! Don't go there! Don't go there!'

Emilia shook her head, eyes clenched tightly and banish the idea. There's no way she will going there, Y/N won't be gone, he won't die, he is strong, true he is not invincible -she is not that naive to believe so- but she knew that IF he goes down it will be kicking and screaming -or something like that according to Rem.

He still going to show that he is defiant to the last, still going to show that he is powerful, strong, never give up.

And yet he almost died yesterday...

Then to make matter worse this morning when she visit him he is awake.

That was supposed to be a good thing, a joyful moment, at least after two days in coma and burning himself he is finally awake! He was fine! He was back!

Except... Except he did not...

When he woke up, he did not smile at her like always, he did not talk and trying to reassure her with his gentle -and teasing- words, and he did not look at her with the usual caring and tender eyes.

He wake up with a scream

Scream that filled with terror, pure terror. Not only that but also... Madness.

He was shrieking and shouting incoherently, yelling with eyes bloody red and filled with utter fear while clawing himself as if there's something that biting and crawling him from inside.

They tried to comfort him in instant, they're in there. They cast healing spell to him, trying to calm him down but it was useless. Even Beatrice can't do anything. The moment they try to heal him his unique Magic Resistance thrown them away violently, something that never happened until now -they never have problem healing him after all, when they try to calm his fever using magic days ago is proof of that- and it shocked her just how potent that is to be able to repel Beatrice.

They tried to use sedative but they are afraid how his body will react seeing his strange Magic Resistance pretty much nearly killing him yesterday and seeing he keep hurting himself and they don't have any option  except one, using physical way -albeit she and Rem very reluctant to do that. Alas it was meet with the same result, they try to knock him out but it's not working.

Ram's frying pan that is broken can testify that. The pink oni hit him in the head many times until it bend and broke but it's not working. That actually made Emilia realize just how tough Y/N truly is in first place, he is not normal Human after all, his strength and speed is proof of that so his endurance is surely as strong as them.

Though he is not immune to piercing but to blunt force Y/N's is clearly far tougher than anything she ever seen. And in the end it take Puck himself who pick a gigantic rock and drop it in his head.

Fortunately that work, though it left Beatrice a bit exhausted since she have to teleport them to somewhere to pick the boulder and transport them back to the manor.

It has been few hours, now already close to noon and he still not showing any sign he will wake up again...

And perhaps it will be better if he didn't wake up for now...