Lady of YeonSung (Lisrene)

Chapter 9

"Irene."

Jewol entered the room and found Joohyun brushing her hair up into a ponytail. He approached her.

"Are you feeling better?"

Three days had already passed since she had returned from the ChiHwaRu. After getting soaked in the rain and dealing with all that ruckus, Joohyun caught a serious cold. She spent the past three days recuperating.

"Yes, I think it's gotten better."

It was half true. Her fever had cooled, and she was no longer having cold sweats, but her whole body ached. But otherwise, she was fine. For some reason, she felt odd. For the past three days, she'd been having strange dreams.

In her dreams, the man was chasing after her. She escaped him as she teased him. Then she felt him bury his face against the nape her neck, and she would wake up in shock. She felt as if she could still hear his raspy voice through the rain.

Sometimes she'd wake up laughing. Sometimes she'd wake up startled.

It seemed that she had been traumatized. This feeling was so strange, and she hated it. Now wasn't the time to be thinking about that strange man. She needed to focus all of her thoughts on the Heukra! Joohyun quickly shook her head.

"Why don't you rest for a little longer?"

For some reason, Jewol's face looked pale and thin.

"Brother, are you sick as well? Just how much work was there to do at the Academy? You didn't come home for two days."

Joohyun looked at him with worry. Jewol shook his head and smiled awkwardly. Did something bad happen? Joohyun frowned.

"They just gave me a lot of work to do."

"Aigoo, please go easy on yourself."

"I think it's best if you focus on your own recovery. How could you go out in the rain like that?"

"I'm sorry."

Joohyun smiled sheepishly. She thought Jewol would only worry if she told him that her face had been seen by a strange man at the ChiHwaRu, so she didn't tell him.

"Ah, that's right! What were the materials you wanted to look at from the Academy?"

"The materials regarding Ancient Baran."

"Can't I just get them for you? Access to the Academy is limited. It's not open to just anyone."

"Uh... I think I have to look around to know what I'm looking for. Is it impossible for me to get in?"

"Of course not. You have me..."

Jewol's eyes narrowed as he smiled playfully at her.

"Take this ID with you."

It was an ID made of jade. Did this mean that she would have to disguise herself as a man?

"You can just wear my clothes. You'll go out with me and just change in the carriage."

"Ah, then can we go today?"

"How can you leave in your condition?"

"I can go. If I continue to lie down like this, my body will ache even more."

There was something she wanted to find out as soon as possible.

"But you should still rest a little while longer. You look terrible."

Her face did look a bit gaunt after she had gotten sick, but three days had already passed. Her heart was getting impatient. She needed to move. Now wasn't the time to be sick and lying down.