Chapter 4: Sleeping with the Enemy

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"Young Master, wake up."

"Umm, what is it.."

"Young Master, if you sleep here, you'll ruin not only your reputation but also the face of the family. So please get up quickly."

"Heummm..."

I almost died the day after I returned because of Irina's curse.

Shocked by this realization, I was quietly lying down dazed in the empty banquet room, but I quickly pretended to be drunk when Kania entered.

"Kania...carry me..."

"Young Master, you're well aware that I..."

"That's right! Our Kania is a warlock, isn't she?"

"Y-Young Master!"

"Besides, she's always in a weak state because of the curse she bears as a warlock...well, I guess she can't help after all..."

"I-I'll carry you on my back. Please, just stop."

"Hehe...thank you! Kania!"

Kania took a deep breath as she slung me onto her back, and then she started wobbling.

"Woah... phew..."

"May I put you down for a moment?"

"I don't think I will need to get off if you hold me in an upright position."

"........"

Kania trembled slightly after hearing this, then soon responded in a guttural, irritated voice.

"I'll fix it."

"Giddy up! Run, run!"

"...Ha, really?"

So Kania slowly started heading towards my dormitory, listening to my fake drunk rambling with her dead eyes fixed on me.

"Cough! Cough! Cough!"

"What's wrong with you this time?"

"Don't worry about it...keep following the way you were going, you Black Magician...Oh, did I just say you're a Black Magician, not a Warlock...?"

"......."

And so I began imbuing life force into her while she carried me on her back.

Kania will not last long and die soon if I don't infuse life force into her periodically like this. That's why I have to infuse life force into her whenever I get an opportunity like this.

For reference, the larger the area of contact, the more life force I can transfer to her.

So, I tried to imbue months' worth of life force at this opportunity, but soon I gave up when I remembered that Kania was also looking for a chance to kill me.

So I started infusing a little more life force than usual to relieve her fatigue as I snuggled close to her back and pretended to sleep.

"I don't know if it's God's trick or what..."

At the same time as I was sharing my life force, Kania, who was carrying me on her back, suddenly muttered in a spiteful voice.

"...even for my sister's sake, this time, I must kill you."

'That's too much.'

I felt nauseated, as I couldn't even spit the blood that came up to my mouth since I was already overdoing it by sharing my life force with Kania. In the meantime, she's declaring that she's going to kill me. Thanks to this, I felt my heartache.

However, this is inevitable as long as I act like a villain.

Now, to Kania, I'm a piece of trash that's aiming for her younger sister, who has shown time and time again to have an outstanding talent in healing magic.

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