With that resolve, the moment he lifted Bella and stood up.

Raven witnessed a surprising sight.

He felt a slight sting and looked down to find the little one holding one of his fingers, biting it like a baby nibbling.

“My throat is dry…….”

Babble.

The action, like that of a baby, was more ticklish than painful.

Raven blankly stared at his finger, now soaked with saliva.

‘Could it be that she wants blood like a vampire……?’

Among the books Raven had been reading lately, there were some about vampires.

Unlike what he heard when he was young, they don’t consume ordinary human blood.

They absorb the power of hunted demons or sometimes engage in bloodsucking among themselves to meet their blood needs, which was the lifestyle of vampires.

‘Maybe…… my blood might help.’

Though a hybrid, there was undoubtedly demon blood flowing in Raven’s body.

If this child needed blood due to a vampire’s instinct, simple first aid might be possible.

Raven bit his thumb, letting out a little blood, and dripped it into Bella’s mouth, who was almost at the point of passing out.

It was only a drop or two, but the effect was more than expected.

“Uu, Uu……? Raybong?”

Whew, did she survive?

Her calling his name with a lisp was a bit shocking, but that was not what mattered now.

After confirming that Bella’s breathing and body temperature had fully returned to normal, Raven carefully laid her on the bed and covered her with a blanket.

“Wait a bit. I’ll call someone.”

“Mm…….”

With a weak response from Bella, Raven dashed toward the door, only to trip over something.

Inside what looked like a jewel originally tinged with red, tiny cracks were spreading all over.

‘I feel something dangerous about this.’

Sensing that it was no ordinary object, Raven picked up Bella’s magic stone and ran outside.

And shortly after, a commotion broke out in the Rose Palace.

(This is a time separator.)

“Bella! Are you alright! My goodness, what has happened!”

“My God. Just look at how pale our baby has become! What are we going to do about this?”

“I’m totally fine……!”

After fainting and miraculously recovering, I found myself surrounded by maids and being inspected for quite some time.

Wondering if I had hurt myself, if I had a bruise from falling.

“It would be a disaster if even a scratch appeared on this plump and soft cheek, like wellkneaded bread dough! If that’s the case, we must blame the floor and smash it all up…….”

Listening to such nonsensical babble, I almost felt the phantom pain returning to my once again healthy body.

“Fortunately, it seems that there’s nothing wrong with your body, Bella.”

After shooing the bustling maids out of the room, Sione, who had come closer, looked unusually sad.

The moment I saw the magic stone in her hand, I immediately understood why she was making that face.
“Perhaps the reason for your sudden collapse was this magic stone. It seems that Bella was unable to withstand the rate at which the magic was being absorbed, and it broke.”

“Of course, Glkuna.”

“I should have detected this danger earlier. I’m truly sorry, Bella.”

“Ah, no! Ttione! It’s not like that.”

I hurriedly explained the cause and effect of what had happened up to now with hands and feet.

There had been signs of the magic stone being damaged little by little for some time, and I had planned to tell Elga just before she arrived.

I should have told her earlier, but I didn’t dare to tell her for fear of worrying, so I laid bare my inner thoughts without reserve.

The fact that this situation occurred was all my fault, and as I begged for forgiveness and conveyed my sorry feelings, Ttione, who had been quietly listening, warmly took my hand.

“We know that you did it because you were worried about us, Bella. What wrong could be with you? It’s only natural to feel sorry for putting you through this.”

“Ttione…….”

I bowed my head deeply, feeling a twinge at the tip of my nose.

I shouldn’t have worried such a kind Ttione.

I regretted telling her the truth late, thinking I was considering her, who would have understood all the circumstances.

“But how did you recover? If you had collapsed due to the depletion of magic, there should still be some aftereffects left.”

“I don’t know well either.”

In fact, all I remember is that Raven laid me on the bed just after I collapsed, looking like he entered the room.

I couldn’t remember anything before or after that, as if someone had painted it over with black paint.

“Raven said he heard a strange noise from Bella’s room as he was passing by. It was fortunate that he found you early, and your body condition wasn’t bad, but you should rest for a while.”

“Yeah. I think resting would be good too.”

“We should ask Elga to come a little earlier. It would be terrible if you collapse again in the meantime.”

“Uhhuh. Please do that. But where’s Raven?”

As I asked about Raven’s whereabouts, a chill ran across Ttione’s face.

And the next moment, a shocking statement flowed from her mouth.

“I’ve locked Raven in his room for a while. I’m thinking of suspending his lessons for a time.”