I Wish You Well In Your Next Love, My Love - Chapter 48

“Wait here.”

Gerard’s black shoes finally disappeared from my view.

If it would calm the nausea in my stomach, I felt like I could do anything. Dear God, I’ll never drink again.

But it had only been one glass of wine.

Even if I have no tolerance for alcohol, my body wouldn’t collapse like this from just one glass of wine.

Just as Gerard said, the deep contact purification must have played a part in ruining my body.

“Huu…”

After retching for a long while, there was nothing left to come up.

A cool breeze brushed past, wiping away the sweat gathered at the back of my neck.

“Rinse your mouth.”

Gerard had returned before I noticed and held out some water. It looked like he had gone to buy it. He could have just left me here.

Perhaps he had run back in a hurry, because his words were broken by sharp breaths.

Gerard personally opened the cork of the glass bottle.

“Here.”

I didn’t refuse and rinsed my mouth.

“Do it two more times.”

Just as he said, I rinsed exactly two more times and handed the glass bottle back to Gerard. At that moment, something slipped into my mouth.

A small round piece rolled around on my tongue.

It was a candy with a faint cherry flavor.

When I looked at him while chewing it, Gerard frowned irritably.

“There’s no pharmacy near this neighborhood.”

“What kind of crazy herbalist would open a pharmacy in the slums. It would all get stolen overnight.”

“……”

“It’s fine because we prepare cheap medicine in advance. As for expensive ones, it doesn’t matter whether there’s a pharmacy or not because we can’t afford them anyway.”

When I staggered to my feet, Gerard quickly stood as well and grabbed my arm.

“Want a piggyback ride?”

“It’s just a hangover. You’re overreacting.”

“What does the name of the illness matter.”

“I don’t want to.”

“How stubborn.”

When we passed through the winding, foul-smelling alley, the bright and open street of the capital appeared. We had only crossed a single alley, yet it felt like we had fallen into a completely different world.

Looking at the hired carriages passing along the road, I hesitated for a moment.

‘Should I take one.’

But with no income right now, it was a luxury.

If I had been short on time, I might have thought about it longer, but there was still plenty of time before the afternoon class.

“Then, see you later.”

“You’re walking?”

The place to catch a hired carriage was in the opposite direction.

In this condition, insisting on walking, I wondered how pitiful Gerard must think I looked.

“I’m meeting a friend here. We’re going together.”

“Which friend. Arvina?”

“You think Arvina is the only friend I have?”

“Then who.”

“Ah, I do.”

“Who.”

“Why do you keep asking. Like my father.”

“Then I’ll be your father. Who is it.”

“My father always respected my choices and never forced me to reveal things I wanted to keep hidden.”

“What about your mother.”

“Why are you being so childish.”

We bickered in the middle of the street.

If I didn’t answer him properly, it felt like he would keep holding onto me until sunset.

I was just about to make up some random name.

“Commander?”

At the sudden voice, my head turned.

A large carriage had stopped beside us.

Soon the door opened, and a handsome man with brown hair tied back stepped down from the carriage. He looked at Gerard with astonished eyes, then immediately bowed politely.

“Wasn’t today the day you were supposed to conduct field inspection? What are you doing here right now…”

The man’s eyes slowly slid downward and eventually reached Gerard’s hand holding onto me. His green pupils widened as if they might pop out.

…I instinctively felt that the situation was becoming complicated.

Before the misunderstanding could grow worse, I quickly tried to pull my hand away. Or at least I tried to. However, my attempt failed because Gerard tightly intertwined his fingers with mine.

The man’s face instantly became serious.

“Commander, who is this… person?”

“I happened to find a trainee Purifier who was sick, and I couldn’t just pass by.”

The man stared at Gerard as if he couldn’t believe it.

Of course. The superior who normally seemed like he would ignore any injustice without a second thought was now abandoning his duties just to look after a mere trainee Purifier.

I clearly saw the man’s hand twitch slightly.

He seemed to think someone else was wearing Gerard’s face. It looked like he desperately wanted to punch his superior to confirm his identity.

But he couldn’t bring himself to do it because he feared the consequences if the man really was Gerard. In the end, that turned out to be the right choice.

“Perfect timing.”

While everyone was still confused, Gerard spoke cheerfully.

“We’ll escort her ourselves.”

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