Chapter 470: Chapter 62 - Antidote Panic
From the entrance of the Central Command tent, I saw Mio, who was panting after running, and Yulia, who was carrying a medicine box in her hands.
I, who was standing with my twin sisters and eating the fruit that came from the nature magic of the vines, was suddenly attacked by a sharp gaze from Yulia.
Tap...
Tap...
With her sharp eyes locked on me, Yulia immediately ran and threw something shiny and sharp to me, aiming at the fruit I was holding.
My danger detection ability was not active, and that happened so quickly, so the fruit I was holding was hit by a sharp object from Yulia.
Srriinnggg!!
I just turned my gaze to Yulia and smiled softly.
My action of swallowing the leaves of a mildly poisonous plant seemed to have triggered the anger of Yulia, as a female doctor who serving on this military expedition.
Without being able to say a word to greet Mio and Yulia, I was like a cornered cat about to be caught by them.
The bright light of the magic lantern looked terrifying when it showing Mio and Yulia’s faces, who seemed to be seriously about to scold me after doing such a dangerous act.
Gluupp...
My eyes immediately fell on my chair, and I immediately walked back to sit down, without realizing the silly action I had done earlier had made two women who were known to be scary when angry, I try to keep calm when they scold me.
I unconsciously swallowed my saliva and still tried to smile calmly, even under the glare of Mio and Yulia.
The sharp object that knocked the fruit out of my hand was an early sign of the anger of the female doctor in charge of monitoring the health of everyone on the military expedition.
Tap...
Tap...
My feet walked towards the chair, and I sat on it. Of course, it caught the attention of my twin sisters.
"What’s wrong, Onee-sama?"
"Why do Mio and Yulia seem angry with Onee-sama?" Alice asked as she ate the fruit that came from nature magic.
Creesshh...
Creesshh...
"Great question, Alice..."
"I’m also curious about the answer. Especially with Mio holding the bottle of antidote potion. It seems... Lily-nee has done something reckless while we were immersed to satisfy curiosity in our heads," Alyssa said while looking towards the entrance of the Central Command tent.
Swiiinnggg!!
Swwiinngg!!
Sttuuuddd!!
Stuuuuddd!!
The sharp object thrown by Yulia, turned out to be a throwing knife, it also hit the fruit that my twin sister was holding.
"Aaahhh!! My fruit!!" Alice looked disappointed after the ripe fruit filled with sweetness fell to the ground and became dirty.
"I just took one bite, and now it’s all dirty. What did Lily-nee do to make Yulia doing something like that?" Alyssa asked, staring at the fruit that had fallen to the ground.
I wanted to answer it, but the situation was so tense.
I didn’t even dare to glance at Mio and Yulia, who were still at the entrance of the Central Command tent and slowly walk closer to me.
Swwuussshh!!
My nose suddenly caught a familiar scent, and a cloud of cherry blossom petals obscured my vision. My eyes, obscured by the petals, shifted to Mio, who furrowed her brows and emerged from the cloud of cherry blossom petals.
Poommpp!!
Using only her thumb, Mio opened the bottle cap of the antidote potion.
"Forgive my presumptuous actions, Lily-sama."
Without any words to prepare me to do something, Mio’s hand immediately opened my mouth and poured the antidote potion into my mouth.
Gloooooppp...
Glloooppp...
The bitter taste of the high-grade antidote potion immediately filled my mouth, and the sharp smell of bitter herbs pierced my nose.
"Urrrkk!!" Unable to avoid Mio’s actions, I was forced to drink the bitter antidote potion.
The bitter taste made me reluctant to drink it, but I had to do it to make Mio feel calm and relieved after I drink the antidote potion.
"Lily-sama..."
"Make sure to swallow all of the antidote potion and don’t vomit it out," Mio said in a gentle tone and smiled at me.
Her tone was gentle, and she smiled warmly at me, but her actions were far from the respect a maid shows her Master. In contrast of her gentle-rude action, Alice and Alyssa received warm treatment from Yulia.
"Alice-sama, would you like to drink the orange-flavored or apple-flavored antidote potion?"
"Also, please drink the antidote potion immediately. I received a report from a panicked military aide saying... There a woman dared to eat the leaves of a poisonous plant."
Hearing those gentle words coming from Yulia made me realize my guilty position, who made Mio panic.
Gluuppp...
Gluuppp...
I knew that Mio was panicking and trying to pour the antidote potion into my mouth directly, but swallowing this bitter antidote potion took time and great determination.
I don’t like strong, bitter tastes, and still leave a bitter aftertaste in my mouth!
Gluuuppp...
By swallowing the strong, bitter taste and finishing a bottle of antidote potion, it was enough for Mio to feel calm and breathe a sigh of relief.
"Huufftt... I was almost too late in giving Lily-sama the antidote potion," said Mio while smiling at me.
The smile on Mio’s face, which looked relieved, made me smile wryly, "You know... I’m immune to light poison, right?"
Between Mio’s relieved smiles, I asked her, and things turned silent for long times.
"..."
"..."
"..."
Besides Madam Estelle, who was busy explaining the written report method used by Marquess Rommel’s military to Lisa and her triplet nieces Elf, and Mio, who was silent for a moment, her body suddenly trembled after realizing what I said.
"T-That’s right, Lily-sama has undergone poison immunity training so she can attend the royal dinner!" said Mio, who was now holding her hair and realizing the futility of her actions.
"Oh, if I remember correctly, I was once part of Lily-sama’s training to become poison-resistant with Marquess Rommel," said Yulia, who looked calm and didn’t feel guilty after throwing a knife at me.
"You two shouldn’t panic too much," I replied coldly and now looked at Mio, who was feeling embarrassed after her panic ended in vain.
I sighed lightly and immediately stood up from my chair to pick up the fallen fruit. "This fruit will end up being wasted if it is not cleaned and eaten."
My hands immediately picked up the three fallen fruits and gave them to Mio while giving her the order, "Clean them and cut them into small pieces as a dessert for my dinner."
"This fruit comes from nature magic taught by the Goddess of Nature, so it’s safe... and not poisonous," I continued, emphasizing my words about the non-poisonous fruit to Mio.
"I-I understand, Lily-sama."
With a hesitant hand gesture, Mio accepted the three dirty fruits I give to her. As a sweet fruit and blessed by the Goddess of Nature, they would be a waste to throw away. Rinsing them with clean water and cutting off the dirty parts was enough to allow them to be enjoyed as a fresh fruits from nature magic spell.
I have understood some of the elements and minimum requirements for casting natural magic.
What Alice and Alyssa need to cast nature magic, right now is... a holy magic that comes from the Goddess of Nature.
However...
I can’t imagine my twin sister being a devout believer who worships the Goddess of Nature to casting a nature magic.
"This is going to be a little hard to explain," I muttered under my breath as I glanced at Mio’s departure to wash fruit and looked at Yulia.
"Yulia... is it just me, or have you differentiated the antidote potions from my twin sister and me?" I asked Yulia, who was standing next to my twin sister.
"Uguu!!" vaguely, and paying close attention to Yulia’s facial expression, I could see her trying to act calm after doing such a rude thing to me.
"I-I can explain what happened, Lily-sama. So please calm down little bit... okay?" Yulia replied with a smile and put down the medicine box she was carrying.
Pllooookkk...
Yulia put down the medicine box she was carrying and opened its contents, walked towards me, and took the empty bottle containing the antidote potion that Mio had previously take to pour on my mouth.
"Umm, well... I could say... I panicked along with Mio and took a high-level antidote potion for Lily-sama to drink immediately. F-For medical reasons. I just panicked and forgot that Lily-sama had undergone poison immunity training from Marquess Rommel," said Yulia, explaining what had happened from her perspective.
"How could you panic when you know that I’m immune to light poison like this?" I replied while moving my fingers and feeling the effect of the poison that caused the stiff on my muscles, slowly disappear.
"I-I panicked... and forgot, Lily-sama. Besides!! Who wouldn’t panic when they hear about Lily-sama being poisoned!" Yulia replied, puffing out her cheeks and justifying her panic with a logical reason.
While puffing out her cheeks to make her look cute and taking the empty bottle of antidote potion, Yulia stroked my hair and looked into my eyes.
"Lily-sama is an important person who will carry out the responsibilities as a Matriarch in the future. I would definitely be worried if I heard news of Lily-sama being sick, injured, or poisoned. To be honest, Lily-sama is also at fault for this, you know!"
"What kind of good idea to eat the leaves of a mildly poisonous plant!"
For some reason, I felt like I was being scolded by Yulia in a way that was both harsh and cute at the same time.
I mean...
Yulia at this moment looks like she’s scolding me, but her cheeks are cutely puffed out, and her hand is stroking my hair...
Doesn’t this just look like she’s scolding me with a sense of worry?
I feel guilty about this...
"I’m sorry, Yulia..."
