Mahnu, An Immortal's Journey

Chapter 41

When they got to Bena again, it had been well into the night and Mahnu woke up as King Richard picked her up from the carriage.

"Richard?"

"Mahnu! You're awake..." The King sighed with relief. The only reason he had let her sleep was because Jaclyn had said that she was fine and didn't look worried...But he had been worried and felt better now that she had awoken.

Mahnu, widened her eyes and quickly said, "Wait...Let me down."

He quickly put her down and she vomited near the pathway, that led into where they were staying.

"Jaclyn!" The King yelled out.

Jaclyn came to Mahnu and examined her.

"Well!? What's wrong!?" King Richard said impatiently.

Mahnu didn't talk but sat there silently as Jaclyn said, "I'm not worried, Your Majesty. With the trip and her condition, I'm sure it's fine."

"...This is fine!?" He asked appallingly. For once he wished he had spent more time around the Queen when she had been pregnant.

If he thought this was normal, then he wouldn't be so scared!

"Richard!" Mahnu said weakly.

"Mahnu, are you okay?"

She nodded and he picked her up again, to take her inside, not wanting her to get a chill on top of everything else.

Mahnu didn't know why Richard was worrying so much! He was adorable and it made her feel special, but she couldn't let him continue on like this when she knew that Jaclyn was not worried, "Calm down, Richard, I trust her words."

She trusts me? Jaclyn was momentarily paralyzed.

...Even though I hadn't trusted her earlier, she still trusts me now?

"Yes, of course, you are the doctor." Mahnu said, looking at her from the bed that she had just been laid on.

"...Oh." Jaclyn forgot. Of course, the words of a doctor should be able to be trusted.

"Don't get upset Jaclyn, it's not just because you're a doctor. I already trusted you before we started to get followed."

Her words were clear and stating basic fact. As Mahnu knew many of the thoughts that Jaclyn had back then, they were still very innocent and if she was to put herself in Jaclyn's shoes, Mahnu thought that she might have even thought and acted similar to what she had...So, she couldn't blame her.

The reason why she trusted her wasn't just because of her innocent thoughts, but also because she had not thought of herself, putting her unborn child first. That...And if any one of them was a schemer, Jaclyn thought it to be Mahnu!

Thinking back to all the times that Jaclyn had put Mahnu down, it was still laughable, but good, because Jaclyn had not thought how to use Mahnu or how to even flirt with the King.

At first, Mahnu had not thought of this, but during their journey, it had come to pass because the ride had been boring and made her feel sick, so she just tried to think of something to try not to think about her circumstances at the time...And this was the decision Mahnu had made.

Jaclyn was silently happy and smiled back at her. "Thank you."

King Richard was sitting on the bed, playing with Mahnu's hands, when Marcus came in. "Sedric is gone. He disappeared yesterday."

Mahnu then spoke in a croaky voice, "He was asking those men to knock me out cold, yesterday at Sedric's house. He told them to take me to his hideout, as he was going to go there after."