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Back in the living world, where it was still raining. Inside the castle and inside Belle's chamber, Rav stood before the bed with worried lines forming on his forehead as he watched the the lady on the bed, who had strangely gone still, with her heartbeat turning faint and shallow with each passing minute.

He had been sitting next to the bed after she had fallen asleep, but a few minutes later, he noticed sweat breaking out on her forehead, and blood began to form on the back of her hand. She had groaned in pain a few times, and at first, he thought it might pass.

But as more time went by and the signs worsened, his worry began to grow. It was then he noticed something terribly wrong, her heartbeat had become faint, and her breathing turned shallow, almost nonexistent.