BXBX NOVEL Chapter 194 Philine
The sun rose to the middle of the sky, pouring its warm glow onto the royal palace.
Soldiers and servants moved around frantically, preparing for the celebration event speedily.
The capital which was filled with burnt corpses and gloominess was now covered in a cheerful atmosphere.
Families walked on the street merrily, with no fear on their faces. The soldier who had dark looks on their faces also sported a smile and cheerful looks.
Without exception, everyone held admiration and gratitude for the person who allowed them to live such a carefree life.
Zick. A mysterious alchemist and swordmaster who found the cure for Revelner disease.
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With Arianell sitting on his lap, Zick looked out of the window leisurely. The festive mood in the air did not go unnoticed by him.
'For some reason, I have a hunch that something major will happen at this party.' Zick's eye narrowed.
It was a weird feeling, but Zick took it seriously. He knew that such instinctual feelings of his were correct most of the time.
"Yawn....." Zick yawned, feeling bored doing nothing.
Truthfully, there was nothing to do even in the secret lab for him. All the work was managed by Yuriel right now, Zick would only drop by sometime to see the progress and have fun with Yuriel in bed.
'Ah~ It feels like I am no longer needed.' Feeling this new emotion Zick smiled bitterly. In the end, he didn't let such emotion affect him in any way.
Zick lightly pressed Arianell's cheek with his index finger: "Isn't it boring just sitting and doing nothing?"
Even he had no idea why he was asking such a question.
Arianell shook her head with a serious look.
A pleasant voice left Arinell's mouth: "With father, not boring."
"Ha." Zick chuckled hearing her childish and serious voice.
'She only speaks in such an insignificant matter...Hmm, it might be important to her, I guess.' Zick patted Arianell's small head in silence.
At that moment, Someone knocked on the door lightly. Zick immediately sent an instruction to Arianell to activate the invisible granting device.
Arianell had already done it a few times, thus she was not flustered. She did not know the reason for Zick to hide her, but neither did she care. She just did what he told her to do.
Walking to the door, Zick opened it with a calm look.
At the other side of the door, Varine and Seveleen stood with the cat.
"Sir Zick, why are you wearing such casual clothes?" Varine asked as if confused.
Both Varine and Seveleen were wearing luxurious clothes, given by the royal family.
Seveleen nodded her head too: "The celebration will start in a few hours so why are you wearing such clothes?"
Noticeably, Seveleen had dropped the nonprofits while talking with Zick.
Zick's brow rose hearing this, he could guess the reason for Seveleen to be acting like this.
'She must have realized the position I held in her heart after I vanished for more than a week. It's surprising for her to hold such feelings toward me, the gods must have been trying to influence her but she still turned out like this.' Speechlessness rose within Zick.
Inviting them to sit inside, Zick started speaking with honorifics with Seveleen.
"I was so busy creating the cure that I lost count of the time. I think I will start preparing in a while, thank you for reminding me, miss Seveleen." Zick rubbed his nose in embarrassment.
Seveleen wasn't that downhearted seeing Zick using honorifics, he at least did not reject her advance.
'Honestly, I don't mind having a close relationship with her, but on the other hand, I feel it to be unnecessary. And there was a possibility of this being a ploy from the gods too. So I have to keep my guard up.' Zick cautiously considered the matter.
Seveleen had a question that she wanted to ask but in the end, she just bottled it up.
It was regarding Levienel, originally, she thought this woman would go away after finding the cure, but she still stayed behind. This confused Seveleen.
Seveleen had no connection with the reason Levienel stayed with Zick anymore. Therefore, she could not disrespectfully dig into it.
Sometimes, the biggest enemy to a person is not others but oneself. Being restrained by such a mindset, Seveleen was a good example.
After speaking for a while, Varine and Seveleen left, seeing that Zick still had to prepare.
'Sigh...Girls never change I guess. They got prepared so soon even though the ceremonies would start in the evening.' Zick shook his head thinking this.
Putting the reappeared Arianell on one of the couches, Zick moved to the dressing room.
Yes, there was a dressing room within this room, Zick was also dumbfounded to find its existence in the beginning.
Opening the wardrobe, a series of different kinds of dresses greeted Zick. All of this was sent to his room a while ago by the other heirs.
Almost all of these clothes appeared flashy, making Zick squint in distaste. He never wore such eye-catching dresses, or more like, he didn't like wearing them.
At that moment, Zick sensed the wristband in his hand having mana fluctuations.
Sending his consciousness within it, Zick saw Yuriel's message in it.
'So a biological golem was created at last.' Zick felt good seeing his forces increase.
He didn't need to go there as this biological golem would not have a consciousness like Yuriel. It was an emotionless puppet that would hear all of Zick's orders. He had given some of his blood to Yuriel a long time ago too.
Thinking for a while, Zick sent back a message: [Its name is Unit one.]
A very simple name.
Sending this, Zick continued looking through the wardrobe to find something not so flashy looking.
In the end, Zick settled on a white robe with a flower crest on it and some formal pants, and a shirt with many intricate designs on it.
Taking a simple hot bath, Zick changed into it and sat on one of the couches. This time around, he began training in mana while teaching Arianell how to master magic and mana.
Shockingly, there was already a characteristic in Arianell's mana and there was no need for mana nerves either to store it. Her different body than that of a human could store it with no problem.
It soon turned evening, putting Arianell to sleep back in the Teleportation circle. Though it was still early, Arianell fell asleep in no time.
Zick moved to the party hall after fixing his clothes and hair.
'I wonder if Elina already reached peak rank by now.....' Having such random thoughts, Zick walked leisurely in the corridor.
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Philine, the daughter of Duke Wenerious. She was very famous in the society of the nobles, known as the most beutiful woman of the era. No one denied such claims either, as it was true.
And Philine was also the one and only heir of Duke Wenerious's family.
But, this noble woman's reputation as a famous villainess was known throughout the noble society. She was arrogant and looked down on others with disdain.
The only thing that could be commendable would be that she was very smart. She never did anything that could harm her family in any way. Her academic results were astonishing.
Philine looked at the letter in her hand, this sheet of paper contained the reply to the request she made to her father.
A beutiful smile was drawn on her face reading the reply on it.
A perfectly well-kempt white hair, with a face as if crafted by an artisan was reflected in the mirror before Philine. The smile just made her appear even more enticing.
'Zick....' Certain memory rose within her.
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Using almost everything Duke Wenerious could use, all kinds of medicine were brought to prolong Philine's life.
Infected by the Revelner disease, there was no hope left for her. But still, her father tried every way to prolong her life. In hope that a cure for this cursed disease would be found.
However, such a wish did not come true, at least till his daughter was in the final stage of the symptoms. Which meant, she was half step already within the coffin.
A mysterious man appeared near the area controlled by Duke Wenerious.
This man could cure the Revelner disease. It felt unreal and even looked like a trap in the eyes of duke Wenerious. But finding some proof that the rumor was true, this man, Zick, was immediately summoned into the manor of duke Wenerious.
Philine holding her last breaths looked at the person who suddenly appeared before her. At that moment, her beutiful face was covered in black blemishes and a pungent smell wafted in the room. Most of her skin had already rotted by then.
Most of Philine's body was covered in bandages at that moment.
Zick playing his kind person act did not even bat an eye looking at Philine.
"Please try to open your mouth, miss Philine. Everything will be alright now." Zick said, smiling harmlessly.
Philine had already seen many alchemists and doctors say the same thing, so she felt his word to be consolation too. There was a weird thing, she could tell that others were lying, but the man before her looked confident in his words.
But Philine could not open her mouth, she did not want to move it. She tried to convey her denial through her eyes to Zick.
"Hmm...Excuse me then, it might hurt but please bear with me for a second." Zick slowly placed his hand on Philine's face as if caressing it.
Nevertheless, such gentle movement caused waves of pain to travel within Philine — She was not paralyzed like Seveleen.
Tears welled up in her eyes enduring the pain coming from her cheek.
"It's alright, please endure it for just a while, I promise that you will never have to go through it again." Zick started pouring the cure through Philine's slightly opened mouth.
The cure traveled to Philine's throat sending another wave of pain. At last, she couldn't take it, her hand involuntarily held Zick's wrist but it couldn't even budge his hands.
Seeing Philine trying to block the cure by clenching her teeth, Zick inserted his index finger to stop it.
Philine's father looked at all this with a heavy look. Zick wagered that they could kill him if Philine were to die because of him. Thus, he watched all this without moving.
After a while, Philine stopped struggling by herself. Ridicule passed by her eyes feeling her body stabilizing.
Seeing her teeth still holding on to Zick's finger, embarrassment passed through her eyes. She loosened her jaw hurriedly.
"Don't move so hurriedly, your body must have become very numb by now, so take it one step at a time." Zick continued feeding her a healing potion, causing all the blemishes on her face to vanish. Then he fed her a stamina potion too.
Philine opened her mouth slowly: "Ah, Uh, na, na...me..."
Understanding what Philine was trying to say, Zick smiled: "It's Zick, take care of your body from now on."
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"Zick...Though he is the same as others having a mask on his face all the time. I want to break through it and look at the real him." Philine smiled while feeling a certain emotion in her heart, causing her to bow her head to hide her face from the maid behind.
No one knew, but this woman, Philine, was born with the ability to see through other people's false nature. A diviner.