Chapter 75
“You! Bring her back here this instance!”
Onee-san started running with Mia in his arms as curses were thrown over him .
“I’m sorry! Please get out of the way! Oh, please lend me that!”
“Eh!? Ah, yes!”
I chased after onee-san .
Passing the servant by my side, I borrowed the fan that he had .
“My cutie pie! Where do we go!?”
“Let’s use the first room next to the exit! The sailors-”
“Oh, lil’ miss! Over here!”
Looking around, at the same time I was about to call out to him .
The same sailor back on the deck apparently heard our conversations and wanted to help us out .
I flew down the flight of stairs and entered the room just next to it .
“Miss Bianca, if you see my brother can you please bring him here?”
“Alright!”
I looked back over my shoulder and asked her .
“What should we do next?”
Onee-san laid Mia gently on the bed and asked me for instructions .
I took a deep breath to organise my thoughts .
What do you do first when you have a heatstroke?
“…Take off her clothes and cool down her body . ”
“In that case it’d be bad if I stay here . Can I leave her to you?”
Onee-san looked at Mia and opened his mouth after pondering for a while .
Even though onee-san is what he is, it seems he’s still uncomfortable seeing the naked body of the opposite sex .
“Yes . ”
Onee-san stood up once I gave an affirming nod . “Please take care of her . ” He tapped my shoulder lightly before leaving the room .
In return, Miss Bianca and Klaus stormed in .
“Mary, I’m here!”
“Mary, here’s water!”
“Thank you very much! Brother, please leave . Can you help me, Miss Bianca?”
“Of course, what should I do?”
“Please raise her feet up slightly . ”
“Got it . ”
Undoing her buttons, I opened up her chest area .
Moving her bangs out of the way, I placed a wet cloth on her forehead . Then did the same with her neck and chest and started fanning on them .
Miss Bianca inserted some bedding under Mia’s feet .
It’ll be good if her temperature would go down with this…
“Shall we wait and see?”
“Let’s do that . ”
I kept on thinking while fanning Mia .
What should I do if the person herself doesn’t wake up?
I’m sorry I had to strip you butt-naked, but it’s better to cool down your armpits and thighs, you know?
That said, it’s not an easy task when there’s no ice .
I wonder how much easier this would be if Lutz were with us .
The moment I muttered so in my heart, I remembered the amulet he gave me .
I touched the pouch that was hanging from my waist from the outside-
“Mary!”
“Eh?”
I was checking the hard feeling through the bag with my fingers when she called my name .
Following her sight towards Mia, I saw Mia’s eyelashes moved as she regained her conciousness .
“Uu…”
Small groans escaped her petite lips and slight wrinkles lie between her eyebrows .
While we were watching, Mia slowly opened her eyes .
“Mia!”
She naturally wandered towards the origin of the voice . Mia looked back and forth between Miss Bianca and I before blinking multiple times .
Life slowly returned back to her empty eyes .
“Where am…”
Mia muttered in a tiny voice .
Her voice was certainly coarse and dry, but it seemed that she was not hallucinating .
That’s good news .
“This is the cabin closest to the stairs . ”
“Eh…I’m…”
“We’ll talk later . For now let’s get you a drink . Can you sit up?”
Mia was trying to say something but I held up my hand and stopped her before asking .
She gave us a nod before trying to sit up and I poured some of the water into a glass .
Mia took a sip of the water while being helped up by Miss Bianca and opened her eyes wide . She stared at it for a few seconds before tilting the whole glass upwards .
“Slow down…”
Although I only poured about half of the glass, the water disappeared in the blink of an eye . Furthermore, she presented the empty glass to me as if asking ‘Please give me more!’ so I had no choice but to pour more for her .
Mia, who gulped down about half of the water jug, breathed out a comfortable sigh .
“Delicious~”
Like I thought, it’s heatstroke after all .
’That’s a relief . ’ While smiling, Mia glanced between her glass and me alternately .
“What is this? It’s really delicious!”
And like she said, I remembered that it’s not just water .
“It’s a mixture of lemon water with a pinch of salt and sugar . ”
With only just those ingredients, it can be sort of like a quick sports drink .
It’s perfect for heatstroke and even though it’s super easy to make, it’s pretty tasty .
“It’s already this delicious with only just that?”
Mia kept repeating that it’s ‘amazing!’ and ‘delicious!’ while holding the glass in her hand .
“You look a bit better now . That’s a relief . ”
When I said that, Mia raised her face as if she remembered something .
“That reminds me, why… Don’t tell me, did I collapse?”
“Yes, you did . You lost consciousness while you were talking . ”
It was Miss Bianca who answered her question .
Mia’s face turned blue . Perhaps unconsciously, her hands clenched the sheets so tight it nearly turned white .
“What do I do? Miss Flora! …Ow-!”
“Wait!”
Mia tried to get up in a hurry but since her body wasn’t good enough yet, she abruptly fell over .
Miss Bianca quickly supported her in time . Luckily, she didn’t fall out of bed… But that was close .
“It’s reckless if you move too suddenly . ”
“But without Miss Flora’s permission, I can’t just have a rest on a whim!”
I tried to calm her down but she won’t listen at all .
Miss Bianca brought her brows together, clearly frustrated .
“Her permission? …You collapsed you know!? That’s clearly unreasonable!”
She has a point .
But Mia still disagrees . If we have it her way, she would probably stand out there until she breaks .
More wrinkles grew on my eyebrows in reaction to terrible workplace abuse . I tried to dismiss my frustrations with a sigh and held my forehead with my hand .
“Mia, if you go back to work like that you’ll just collapse again . ”
“But-“
“If you’re going to collapse again then there’s no point in going back . Might as well get a better rest here . ”
I stared at her and asked ‘Am I wrong?’ Mia slipped down looking like a scolded child and muttered a small voice ‘No, you’re not . ’
Me and Ms Bianca had wry smiles on our faces as Mia finally calmed down .
“In that case, take your time and rest properly . ”
Retrieving the glass from her hand, I then told her to lie down .
Mia obediently got into the bed . I pulled up the cover to her shoulder and tapped it lightly .
“…”
Mia’s body seemed like it needed rest and she soon began falling asleep . Her eyes were closing but then they were open again as if she had remembered something .
I realised that a vague gaze was directed at me and lightly turned my head towards her .
Her lips slowly moved and a gentle voice slipped out .
“Thank you for rescuing me . ”
“!”
Leaving me there with my eyes wide in surprise, Mia silently fell to sleep .
“You’re welcome . ”
I muttered softly as I tended to the wet cloth on her forehead .
TN: “Her permission? …You collapse you know!? That’s clearly unreasonable!” The ‘unreasonable’ here was translated as ‘force majeure . ’
From Wikipedia: Force majeure or vis major (Latin) – meaning “chance occurrence, unavoidable accident”, is a common clause in contracts that essentially frees both parties from liability or obligation when an extraordinary event or circumstance beyond the control of the parties, such as a war, strike, riot, crime, or an event described by the legal term act of God (hurricane, flood, earthquake, volcanic eruption, etc . ), prevents one or both parties from fulfilling their obligations under the contract .
Meaning it couldn’t be helped since an event like collapsing/fainting is beyond one’s control and would not need one’s ‘permission’ for one to collapse on the floor because of a heatstroke, for example . But since ‘force majeure’ sounded out of place, I replaced the word .
And the same as always, if you see any mistakes please comment below and I’ll try to sort it out… Once I get to it . Sorry for the long TN section .
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