Chapter 458: Sick (3)

| I'm feeling somewhat better now, should take 3 or 4 more days till I get better, I hope. |

"When they say trials and tribulations married people go to, I don't think this is it, Cordelia."

"Hey, this is you getting sick we're talking about, you never got sick." Lia replied

"Why did you think even your beloved auntie is here, you getting sick while being what you are is basically everyone's death sentence." Eliza added "And mind you, I would love for us to raise Leonard together."

Lia and Eliza are currently at my bedside watching over me, people are actually taking shifts to look after me which is weird, Luke would then watch over Leonard for some grandfather and grandson time.

"The author is sick too, does that mean if he dies, we die too?" Lia asked "I mean, the dimensions and fabric of our universe entirely relies on him after all."

"You trying to raise a flag?"

| Doesn't work that way in my world, now don't disturb me as I try to help one of your enemies from 2 guys named Bob and Dick. |

"It sounds like a title of a comedic show in the 1970s or something."

"You are more calm than we thought you'll be." Eliza replied

"I have to be, you guys are panicking too much. Dabria cried over the death of the remnant of Nova, so I had to stay calm, now I'm sick despite being promised that people like me wouldn't, a few other reincarnates are scared of a disease being able to bedridden them like I am now."

"Then why don't you let me give you a sponge bath?" Lia asked

"You just want any opportunity to see me without my clothes, so a shower is fine by me since I can be by myself."

"We haven't been married for long and you're already finding excuses to be away from me, my parents warned me this would happen."

What? Seriously, now it's my fault? Marriage is hard and now I'm also too tired to just deal with her, but then again I was the one who proposed this idea, Dabria let it all out so most people around me know now.

Eliza then handed me this small golden laurel wreath bracelet, which is just the altered version of the original that I got from Nike, which I wore, I asked the Olympians, it got several blessings on it, so it's good to have, like the blessing of victory that is almost as much as the blessing from the goddess herself.

"Thank you. How's business at the royal forge?"

"With some of the lessons of Hephaestus which I passed on, we are now taking in more apprentices and even teaching professionals around the kingdom." she answered "Neelofar may become a smith powerhouse kingdom in the future."

"This kingdom have benefited too much ever since I came."

"I think I benefit the most." Lia giggled

This kingdom has always been very reserved, staying underwater, out of everyone's radar, but yet very powerful, keeping spies in every other kingdom up there while remaining unknown.

But even so, this kingdom have spent a lot of resources, people thought they were wasting money involving with those other kingdoms across the continents, so people asked for reduced taxes, but after people know how powerful I am, they are more willing to pay the current rate.

Struan also made sure to give people a proper raise and did reduce the taxes a bit since by me being here with my bonds, we got more business opportunities and stronger safety. Some foreign officials even tried to visit my family members in secret, hoping to get close to them to convince them to let me go work for them instead which no one was dumb enough to fall for it.

My dad and uncle John were noble children raised by dumb and abusive parents, they know all those scheming tactics, I got a report about them, only my cousins seems to have learned a lesson after I took away all their wealth and statuses, my grandparents delayed them and used their hard earned money to gamble and try to get rich quick, only to owe debts and die very sad deaths, luckily that kingdom didn't pass the debts onto my cousins who apparently got their own homes and living a modest life now,

My dad suggested that we should visit them someday since they're technically family despite his past, but I kinda don't want to since I was the one that ended their privileges in the first place, they might still hate us.

"It must be hard to be you right now." Eliza giggled "Usually busy but now you're forced to stay in bed, personally I don't mind.

"It is, sneezing every several minutes is relieving to my condition but it's very annoying. Coughing is the worst part."

"That's why you should just rest and don't think about a lot of things." Auntie said as she popped in with my dinner and some of my medicine "Tonight is chicken rice. The rest of your family seems to have picked up on the way we cook and our similar recipes, but I threw them off the scent, don't worry."

*****

3rd person view

"Just keep running everyone!" Amora shouted as they are still running through the maze

"We are!" Damon replied

Currently the group is running from a swarm of insects that seems to never end, they have tried creating walls of flames and other spells, but with the shifting maze and the endless amount, they have to keep running.

The maze is an endless spatial array, Lee told them to just keep running in one chosen direction, no matter what, to never lose faith and run towards that direction in order to escape, it will take hours and the task would be grueling but there are no other ways to escape it.

It took them about 10 hours of running through the maze and obstacles but they came out to this room of a giant chessboard with each pieces taller than 6 meters, the door shut behind them and poison gas started to be pumped into the room.

"Where is Perseus and his stupid chess skills when we need him?!" Diana exclaimed