Little Tyrant Doesn't Want to Meet with a Bad End Chapter 490.2: Nothing Compared To You (2)

“Darling, I’m fine…”

“You aren’t fine at all.”

“… The relapse was much more severe this time. I’m still feeling weak even at this point… But for some reason, I feel much better now that you’re with me.”

“…”

Charlotte had spoken those words with the intent to reassure, but Roel slowly widened his eyes instead. He had just thought of a possibility. Charlotte saw his contemplative look, and her eyes also turned serious.

“Could it be that…” she murmured in realization as she recalled everything that had happened.

Charlotte had been suffering attacks from her affliction throughout the journey, but her condition started turning for the better when Roel caught up with her. In the period of time afterward, the two of them were practically glued to each other, and she hadn’t suffered any attacks ever since then.

And this attack happened only after the two of them parted ways, albeit just for a single night.

Even if the two cases above could be reasoned out as an extreme case of coincidence, what about her waking up shortly after Roel arrived at the scene?

In fact, it was with this inkling of suspicion in mind that Grace chose to leave Charlotte’s side and call Roel over. She had a weird feeling that Charlotte’s recovery had something to do with him.

The reason was still unbeknownst to them, but it was likely that Roel’s presence had the effect of suppressing the affliction. It might even be possible that the unprecedented severity of the earlier attack was the affliction’s rebound from having been suppressed for a prolonged period of time.

Roel instinctively turned his gaze to Grace. The latter immediately stepped forward to report on Charlotte’s condition.

“Young miss. According to the mana graphs, your condition showed a significant improvement upon Lord Roel’s arrival.”

“To think that’s really the case…” Charlotte murmured in shock.

Roel spent a moment in deep thought before he finally posed a question.

“Charlotte, did you notice any anomalies last night?”

“Not at all. Ah! I’m not sure if this counts as an anomaly, but I vaguely recall

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