Chapter 14 – Can I Give You a Massage?

“Arisia…!”

Calling out the name of his beloved, Allen awoke.

“Uhhhhh”

Her entire body was covered in cold sweat as her bed became damp.

Allen said that it was only after she caught her breath several times that she realized she was dreaming.

It was a strange dream.

Alicia was being hugged by someone, shaking her waist and letting out her painful moans.

It was evident that she was being severely bullied.

Allen ran to her, wanting to save her right away.

But as she got closer, she realized that Allen had been mistaken for her.

Aricia wasn’t in pain.

Rather, she was very happy.

I was in such a good mood that I was groaning.

But Allen, watching her, felt like her heart would break.

Why?

If Aricia is happy, she must be happy herself too.

She couldn’t know

“Mmmm… Allen…”
“…Huh?”

It was only then that Allen found Aricia asleep on her own bed.

“Arishia…”

While she was sleeping, I wonder if she was watching over her.

Her mother, Rosa Mia, had been like this often, but it had been a long time since Aricia had kept her bed.

In particular, she blamed herself for the recent worsening of her Allen’s illness, and she was strangely avoiding it.

She who did that is now protecting her side like this.

Allen’s expression, stiffened by her bad dream, finally loosened up.

The morning sunlight streamed in through the slightly open window.

Yesterday when Allen took her pills and went to sleep, she was still before sunset.

But now that the sun was rising, she had slept quite a long time.

Allen spends a lot of time in her bed, but it’s been a long time since he slept soundly for such a long time.

Her body was very refreshed.

At the end she had some strange dreams… Seeing the face of Aricia, who was asleep without knowing the world, she had already forgotten the content of her dream.

“Thank you, Aricia…”

Allen stroked her sun-drenched golden hair, remembering her yesterday.

Saved her life

The stranger Alicia brought… A human man named Seonwoo Lee provided the medicine.

At one time, she felt uncomfortable with the man, but now she didn’t feel that way either.

She said that if she had lost her life, she would have been sad for Aricia.

Allen thought she should thank the man who kept Aricia’s smile today.

“Ugh… Allen… There… Can’t be…”
“…”

At her strange drool talk, Allen laughed bitterly at her.

What the hell are you dreaming about?

I thought I had to wake her up soon because her legs were numb, but she was Allen who wanted to keep seeing Aricia’s cute side.

But worry for a while.

Is it because of the morning sunlight filtering through the window?

Or did he feel a hand stroking his hair?

Alicia, who had been talking in her sleep for a long time, slowly raised her eyelids.

“Woke up?”
“Eh… Allen…?”

Alicia, who was not yet awake, looked around her blankly, then she met Allen’s gaze again.

Then, for some reason, she lowered her gaze again to check her own body.

Inadvertently, Allen also followed that gaze.

Her breasts rise above the sky-blue dress.

In her childhood, she didn’t care much, but after her coming-of-age ceremony, she couldn’t keep her eyes on Aricia’s growing body.

It’s the same now.

Allen hurriedly looked away from her.

“What’s wrong? Did you have a bad dream?”
“…Ah.”

After a while, Aricia’s face turned red up to her ears.

“Arisia?”
“I’m sorry…!”

Soon, Aricia stood up from her seat.

“Mi-sorry…! I… I just fell asleep just looking at her face for a while…! Ugh… Then I’ll be gone…!”
“Now, wait…”

But before Alen had time to catch Aricia, she hurriedly ran out of her room.

“…Why are you doing that?”

Was it fainting to see her sleeping face?

But the same goes for this one.

Rather, if you look at the frequency, Allen Iza must have shown her face a lot more.

Because of her weak body, she was always him on her bed.

“Well, it doesn’t matter.”

Allen stretched her as hard as he could.

“…What?”

Only then did he notice a change in her body.

It feels like going back to childhood before the curse manifested.

In fact, since the curse of growth retardation begins to appear around the time secondary sexual characteristics appear, it was Allen who had the experience of running around the village with Aricia in childhood.

However, after the curse was activated, his body rapidly weakened.

It became a body that could not get out of bed without the help of others.

But why?

I felt very light now.

‘If this…’

Allen carefully removed the covers and moved his legs out of bed.

Soon, he sat down next to the bed, took a few deep breaths, and then stepped onto the floor with a stern face.

“Ah…!”

Alone… Stood

Originally, there was no strength in the legs, so they would have collapsed.

He was able to stand on his own.

Allen suppressed his joy and decided to walk forward little by little.

One step. One more step.

At first he pressed against the wall, but soon realized he didn’t even need that.

Walking… Possible.

No dizziness at all.

It was as if the body had returned to its state before the curse appeared.

“Nonsense…”

Allen felt her tears come out.

She didn’t know that being able to walk on her own was such a joy.

It must have been because of the medicine I took yesterday.

Allen couldn’t contain her joy, and she walked out of the room.

She wanted to show others how healthy she was.

“Mom?”

After she came out to the living room, Allen looked around her and found Rosa Mia.

Alicia just passed away, but she would be Rosa Mia.

Recently, her condition had deteriorated and she had been confined to her room, so even the appearance of her living room seemed unfamiliar to Allen.

Are you still sleeping?

Allen still walked awkwardly to Rosamia’s room.

Rosamia’s room was right next to Allen’s room.

“Mom?”

She opened the door, but Rosa Mia was nowhere to be seen.

Looking at the well-made bed, it looks like you’ve already woken up…

As soon as she wakes up, as usual, she visits Allen’s room to check on her condition.

In other words, at this time, even if Allen didn’t bother to step forward, she would have come to find him first from Rosa Mia’s side.

“Did you go out to pick fruit from the morning?”

She checked her drawing room and kitchen just in case, but Rosa Mia was nowhere to be seen.

The only thing I haven’t looked for is the second floor.

But there is nothing on the second floor.

There is one empty room to be exact, but it is currently unused.

Irumina, who was originally the owner of the room, is now living outside.

Even Rosa Mia doesn’t go upstairs except for occasional cleaning.

I was just about to conclude in my mind that I must have been out, too.

“…Allen?”

From the stairs on the second floor, Rosamia came down.

“Mom?”
“Allen… You, how…”

Rosa Mia is startled when she finds Allen standing alone, and she approaches him.

“You, how did you come here by yourself… Are you feeling okay?”
“It’s okay, Mom. Look, I’m full of energy right now. I can walk alone like this.”
“Ah…”

Rosa Mia was also quite surprised, covering her gaping mouth with her hand.

At that, Allen moved around the living room proudly. She even did a little jump in place.

Soon, tears welled up in Rosamia’s eyes.

“Black…”
“Uh, Mom? Don’t cry. It’s good, but why are you crying?”
“I’m so happy… That’s why…”

Rosa Mia hugged Allen as she wiped away her tears.

Although she was already a full-fledged adult for her age, her Allen’s height was much shorter than Rosa Mia’s because of her boyish body.

Naturally, her Allen’s face was buried in Rosa Mia’s voluptuous breasts.

“Uh, mom… I’m suffocating…”
“Uh… Really… I’m glad…”
“Mom…”

Rosa Mia held Allen in her arms and suppressed her bursting tears.

It was only after a while that Allen was freed from the arms of her Rosa Mia.

“Really… You’re fine, aren’t you sick?”
“Yeah. I’m really fine, Mom. It’s probably because of the medicine I took yesterday. So… Huh?”

As Allen was about to say that he wanted to thank Lee Seon-woo for providing the medicine, something strange caught his eye.

“Mom? There’s something strange in your mouth?”
“Yes?”

At Allen’s words, Rosa Mia hurriedly turned her head away and wiped her mouth with her hand.

That was when Allen tilted her head.

“Hi?”
“Ah, Seonwoo…!”

Seeing Lee Seon-wu descending the second-floor stairs after her, Allen bowed her head.

“I… I couldn’t thank you properly yesterday. Thank you so much. You provided a precious medicine for me…”
“Oh, that? Never mind. Well, that’s great. Ha-am…”

Lee Seon-woo seemed to be still awake, scratching his lower stomach and passing Allen’s greetings roughly.

“By the way, we’ll be living together in the same house from today, isn’t the tone too stiff?”
“Yeah? What is that…”
“Don’t call me Seonwoo, just call me hyung. You say you’re 20 now? I’m 28, so I’m the older brother, right?”
“Ah… Then I will. Seonwoo hyung…!”
“Good, good. Please take care of me too.”

Seonwoo Lee smiled broadly and tapped Allen on the shoulder.

Compared to the day before, she was Allen, who seemed a little awkward when she acted quite friendly.

“Um…But what does being together mean…?”

At Allen’s question, Seonwoo Lee moved his seat and approached Rosamia.

“Huh? You haven’t told him yet, Mr. Rosamia?”
“Yeah, I was about to say this… Gee!?”

Suddenly, Rosa Mia raised her toes with a small scream.

“Mom?”
“Ah, no… It’s nothing… Soggy…”

Rosamia smiles awkwardly with blushing cheeks. However, without any time for Allen to question, Lee Seon-wu continued talking.

“Actually, I also decided to live in this house from today. Well, it’s kind of like a home stay.”
“Homestay? What is it?”
“Simply put, I’m going to take care of this town for a while. I have various things to do.”
“Ah… That’s why you came down from the second floor.”
“That’s right. Now the room on the second floor is mine, so from now on you have to knock when you come in?”
“Haha, I see, bro.”
“I’m hungry anyway… Is breakfast ready yet, Mr. Rosamia?”
“Hayeot…Ji, from now on…Prepare…”
“…Mom?”

For some reason, Rosamia’s voice trembled with anxiety.

Her cheeks were flushed too, and the way she twitched her body felt very strange.

“Well, it’s nothing special. Then I’ll go up and sleep a little longer. Come wake me up when everything is ready.”
“Yes, yes…”

Jumulluck.

“Haha…!”

At the same time as Lee Seon-woo turned her body around, Rosa Mia collapsed from her seat.

“Mom…! Are you okay?”
“Uh, yeah… Nothing… I got some cramps in my legs…”
“Okay? Would you like me to massage you?”
“No… I’m fine now… Then Mom will prepare breakfast, so don’t push yourself too hard, Allen, and rest in her room.”
“Uh… Okay.”

Rosa Mia smiled awkwardly as she headed into the kitchen alone.

Allen looked at her from behind with anxious eyes.

‘… It’s because of me that you’ve suffered so much until now.’

However, she was so relieved to see her self-confidence that she woke up after dusting off her seat today, and her fatigue took over at once.

Allen thought that must be the case.

‘Thank you, Mom. But starting today, I’ll do my best.’

Allen said that in her heart.