Chapter 90: I'm glad

Huff. Puff.

Haaa.

Desire's breathing could be heard in this room as his lungs kept going up and down.

His situation was clear as his body was still beet red, and how his breathing was still rough.

Some minutes have already passed ever since he was brought here, and no amount of rest has allowed his body to become better.

Well, there's no way Desire would become better now just because he rested for a while.

After all, his situation was just that harsh.

That was why Jarina was currently panicking as she waited for Teresa, who was checking Desire's condition again.

'Just what did happen to him? He was fine when we were talking...'

Jarina thought as she looked at Desire.

Even though the wood bed that Teresa made for him was made from magic and had quite a strong resistance, Desire's body heat was still burning some of the wood.

Of course, the wood was just regrowing itself back as the wood kept feeding on Teresa's mana.

And Jarina was thinking about how hot Desire must be for the wood that composes the village head's house actually to melt!

'No matter how much I think about it, it's just weird.'

And from what Jarina has seen so far in Desire's symptoms, she could only conclude that it was weird.

After all, Desire was alive and kicking before. And now, he is bedridden and was gasping for air.

It was absurd that the difference was only a few minutes ago.

"Jarina, come here. I found something." Teresa said as she continued looking at Desire.

Although she couldn't find anything before while they were in the forest, she didn't give up on it.

Well, with how panicked and impatient Jarina was looking right behind her, she couldn't just wait for more symptoms to show up.

Besides, just the fact that Desire's body heat could burn the wood here is already a deadly one.

"What did you find?!" Jarina said as soon as she got near Teresa.

She didn't overstep her boundaries, such as touching something as that may put Teresa's work to waste.

However, when her eyes went back to Desire's body again, her eyes went wide.

Her violet eyes slightly quivered as she looked at Desire's body that had...its normal skin tone now.

And her lips curved upwards when she realized what was happening.

Her lips then parted as Jarina spoke with quite the brightened look.

"His skin color is becoming normal! Is he okay now? What happened?!" 

What Jarina said was right. After all, although the rate of the skin going back to its normal tone was slow, it was going back to the original.

Desire had a light skin tone, and that light skin tone was coming back to light as the redness of his body was getting smaller and smaller.

"His chest throbbed a lot more vigorously than the rest, and his body suddenly started becoming better."

Teresa spoke as she kept looking at Desire.

This was something that was unknown to her, and this was something that was related to something to Desire.

That was why she found this...event quite interesting.

She then pointed at the wood bed that Desire was resting on as she continued speaking.

"Look. The wood part on his head isn't burning anymore. However, his body's hotness on his lower body is still burning the wood."

It is what Teresa said.

The part of the wood bed that was still burning is the part where Desire's lower body was touching.

And the wood bed that his head was touching was no longer burning.

And this occurrence made Jarina think something.

'Head? Isn't that the part where Desire's body first had an increase in temperature?'

Jarina thought as she kept watching Desire's body become better.

What she was thinking was correct, as well. The first body part of Desire that got hot when Jarina was carrying him was his head. To be exact, it was the back of his head.

There's no way she would have forgotten that part when it was literally minutes ago.

Besides, it was also the time when Desire accidentally hugged Jarina for the first time.

Well, it looked like Desire wanted the hug in Jarina's eyes.

Jarina shook her head when her thoughts went that far.

'Head...is it connected to his head why the hotness began from it?'

Jarina thought that there was something that hit, attacked, or something wrong in Desire's head.

After all, it was the point of the start, and it was also the point of the end of Desire's hotness.

Although she still couldn't say that Desire would definitely get better, the signs were just so obvious.

However, Jarina couldn't continue thinking about it as the process of Desire's body returning to normal finally finished!

"Is he fine now?" Jarina asked Teresa.

Although she wanted to check for herself, Jarina controlled herself.

After all, Teresa was the one with knowledge between the two of them.

It was better to let her do her thing. And that was exactly what Teresa did as she measured Desire's body.

And what she found out was...

"He's...fine now." Teresa spoke as she turned around to Jarina.

"He's fine now, but what happened to him is weird."

"From what you told me, he suddenly began heating up, and then now, he suddenly began to return to normal."

"There's definitely something wrong here. We may have to wait for a couple of days to know for sure."

Jarina nodded her as seriously as she could. She then began to ask the question that she wanted to ask.

"So...how is Desire?"

Jarina asked as she fidgeted with her fingers. Her face even turned to be hopeful, but she looked as if she were trying to repress it.

At least, for Teresa, that was how Jarina looked like right now.

And that was why she smiled. Teresa smiled as she answered Jarina's question.

"He's just sleeping now."

And when Teresa finished what she spoke, Jarina quickly went to Desire's side as she looked at Desire.

She wanted to confirm it with her eyes.

That Desire was safe.

And that she did.

"Zzzzzz." 

Desire snored off in his sleep as if he weren't even in that kind of situation before.

He looked to be peaceful.

"I'm glad."