The Male Slave of House Sianella - Chapter 43

Chapter 43: Lady of House Sianella (1)

My broken consciousness began rising to the surface.

The senses that had been trapped in a deep swamp also reawakened, stimulating my five senses.

My memories, which had remained hazy as if covered in fog, began to emerge vividly.

'Sione and the arachne.'

I had saved Sione from nearly having her head taken off by the arachne, and eventually managed to kill that spider.

Though my left arm got a big hole because of it, I somehow avoided the deadly poison.

And I protected Sione without her getting any major injuries.

So now?

Given that I was breathing just fine, I seemed to be alive.

Then what about Sione and that blood-scented dead tree?

My head throbbed as I fell into worries without easy answers.

Well, after working that hard, I deserved enough rest.

I didn't know why I was taking on such worries.

I chuckled while erasing the chain of questions.

'...Seems I'm well enough if I can think like this.'

The blood loss from my left arm mangled by the arachne must have been considerable.

Not only did blood pour out from my torn flesh like a basin, and my bones were crushed.

Finally, this body couldn't even handle all the magic and collapsed from exhaustion.

Though I thought that moment would be my deathbed when I lost consciousness.

Seeing how I was lying on something this soft like a bed, it seemed my lifeline was much longer than I'd thought.

By the way.

'What happened to my shattered left arm?'

Before opening my eyes to check my left arm, I tried wiggling my left hand.

Twitch twitch.

Along with the feeling of cloth on my fingertips, sensation was clear too.

Perhaps they'd given me strong painkillers.

It moved well without any pain.

'No different from usual.'

Though the arm had been so mangled, and at the end before losing consciousness I couldn't even put any strength into it.

Now when I focused on my left arm after waking, strangely there wasn't even pain, just a ticklish sensation.

I lifted my arm to look at it.

Droop...

"...My fault for expecting too much."

Though I couldn't feel pain.

My left arm wouldn't respond well to my strength.

Well, it moved slightly when I really tried.

The way it hung limply and wouldn't properly obey suggested the muscles were all damaged.

"Hah..."

Though my body was my only possession.

Having my arm completely ruined made my mood darken along with it.

Only after roughly feeling the state of my arm did I finally open my tightly closed eyes.

I saw a ceiling.

It wasn't from the camp tent in the Beltrin Mountains.

But if asked whether it was an unfamiliar ceiling I'd never seen before, that wasn't it either.

The familiar atmosphere suggested it was somewhere I knew well.

I raised my upper body to look around.

A large, soft bed that could fit two or three people.

Moreover, with the design I often saw and familiar blankets.

Looking anywhere, this was the same bed Sione lay in every day.

Furthermore, seeing the room's scenery I'd cleaned to the point of being sick of it and gone in and out of constantly.

"Sione?"

This was none other than Sione's room.

However, the room's owner was nowhere to be seen, not even a strand of hair.

Well... putting aside Sione's whereabouts.

Me being here meant we must have returned from the Beltrin Mountains to the territory.

Then at least a day must have passed since I lost consciousness.

Thinking I must have been lying here quite a while made my whole body feel achey somehow.

I roughly stretched my body while examining my left arm.

"Not bad."

The condition of my left arm looked quite good.

Though strength wouldn't enter it well, the outside appeared perfectly healed.

Seeing how the crushed bones had knit and new flesh had grown, it seemed a priest had poured holy power into my arm.

My sunken mood improved considerably thanks to the efforts of a priest whose face I didn't even know.

Thanks to that, at least the external appearance was the same as before being bitten by the arachne.

I wouldn't have to furrow my brow at a hideous appearance every time I looked at my left arm.

I let out a sigh of relief.

After roughly understanding the fragmentary situation.

Finally the status window that had been floating in the corner of my vision caught my eye.

"How did it turn out?"

With that small mutter, I quickly rolled my eyes.

[3 Quests have been completed.]

[Would you like to receive the quest rewards?]

Since I wasn't in the mood to read each status window.

I skipped all the unnecessary details I didn't need to see and checked only the rewards.

The first quest, 'Monster Elimination', had these rewards:

[Bond with Sione Sianella increases.]

[Siabel Sianella develops deeper interest in you.]

[Through resonance with Sione Sianella, a small portion of your original power is unlocked.]

[Your mana efficiency has slightly improved due to Siabel Sianella's interest.]

Perhaps because I saved her from the orc and arachne.

Though the status window clearly said only a small amount of power was unlocked, I sensed more mana and abilities had been unlocked than before.

Spirit magic.

Increased affinity with the wind attribute.

Not only would the efficiency and power of whirlwinds and gentle breezes increase.

Now I could sufficiently find people's presence or sounds within a certain distance.

Through information carried on the wind.

It was a good ability.

But that made the timing even more regrettable.

'If only I'd gotten this a bit earlier.'

If I'd had this ability before getting a hole punched in my arm.

I could have detected its presence even before approaching that dead tree where the arachne was.

Though I was happy to regain a technique I'd used effectively as a Hunter before.

I couldn't help feeling bitter about wind affinity coming only after I was already injured.

I shook off my lingering thoughts and moved on to the second quest, 'Reconciliation with Siabel.'

[Relationship between Sione and Siabel has improved.]

[Having gone beyond improvement to make real progress, rewards are enhanced.]

[Siabel Sianella's talent awakening accelerates.]

[Sione Sianella's talent awakening slightly accelerates.]

The rewards weren't bad.

Though there was nothing directly beneficial to me, a servant's pride also comes from their master's glory.

It couldn't be bad that Sione, who I needed to help survive somehow to change this world's fate, would become stronger.

Moreover, Siabel's talent, which already showed prominence with the sword, would bloom even faster.

Looking at how all the quests seemed to have reasons for pushing House Sianella, it wasn't too disappointing.

Well, being human, I was a bit annoyed there was nothing beneficial for me.

But this much I could accept by turning a blind eye.

And what drew my interest most from this quest.

Wasn't the talent awakening of Sione or Siabel.

"When did they become close?"

Just how did Sione, who had been so awkward with her sister, become close with her again?

Until before catching the arachne, I'd thought this quest wouldn't be cleared during this monster elimination.

Something must have happened while I was collapsed from exhaustion.

...I'll have to casually ask about this when Sione returns later.

Thinking this, I finally checked the last reward.

My first emergency quest since falling into this world.

Since emergency quests all showed impossibly difficult levels but gave valuable rewards in return.

Without hesitation, I immediately checked the final rewards.

[Bond with Sione Sianella greatly increases.]

[Siabel Sianella finds you even more interesting.]

[Through resonance with Sione Sianella, one of your original powers is unlocked.]

[Your mana efficiency has considerably improved due to Siabel Sianella's interest.]

"Oh."

I internally rejoiced.

Though there had been many twists and turns, I'd ended up getting great rewards for taking down just one arachne.

Given what I'd gained, it was natural for my mood to improve.

Though I was pleased that mana efficiency had improved considerably rather than slightly.

What drew my attention now was that one of my original powers had been unlocked.

Though what it was wasn't written.

It was fine even if the status window didn't bother explaining.

Because I could already sense with my five senses what ability had been unlocked.

"This is beyond expectations."

I could feel abundant spirit energy taking root in my body.

Cool, swift energy coursed through my body with each heartbeat as I slowly exhaled.

The heated air left my body.

Feeling fresh air enter my body again.

I calmly and surely regulated the increased spirit energy.

"This should do."

The moment the energy properly settled in my body.

I raised the corner of my mouth.

Not just energy to increase spirit magic's power.

Not some crude ability, but a byproduct gained along with spirit summoning being unlocked.

How could I not be happy?

Though it consumed a lot of mana per summon, spirits were worth more than their cost.

The real spirit magic was all powerful, completely different from the shoddy copies I'd used while struggling to gather mana.

Moreover, since the spirit I could summon was none other than a wind spirit.

With the spirit's power, there should be little trouble grabbing Sione and running from most dangerous situations.

Having gained this, I should try using it once.

I called the spirit.

There was no need to call it verbally.

Just desperately thinking was enough to call a spirit.

That's when.

Whoosh!!

A fierce wind blew and struck the window.

Clatter!

"Finally here."

The tightly closed window opened, and a sharp wind entered the room.

The wind gathered before the bed and created a small vortex.

Whoosh...

"Huh?"

It scattered and disappeared just like that.

I was bewildered.

No, properly speaking, the spirit should appear inside the vortex...

Just what was going on?

I could find the answer in a status window that suddenly popped up.

[Connection between this world and the spirit realm is uncertain.]

[Spirit summoning has failed.]

"...What the fuck?"

...This had to be a joke.

With an awkward smile, I called the spirit again.

Whoosh—

Whoosh...

"Hah..."

No, this was just wrong no matter what.

I tried calling once more.

But the answer was the same.

The vortex that appeared through the window just kept scattering into a breeze before long.

At the same time, my highly elevated mood plummeted straight to the depths of hell.

Was this how a balding person felt?

The feeling of having something given unfairly taken away for no reason wasn't very pleasant.

"Hah..."

I lay back down on the bed with a heavy sigh.

I needed time to cool my head, as thinking about this further would just give me stress to death.

As I was quietly organizing my thoughts with my eyes closed.

Creak.

The door opened and a visitor arrived.

Since only Sione would come here, the owner of those footsteps must be my master Sione.

Perhaps because thinking of Sione reminded me of her crying tears right before I lost consciousness.

I sat up to greet Sione with a somewhat more welcoming feeling than usual.

"Sio..."

But I couldn't finish saying Sione's name.

The person who came to Sione's room was none other than her sister Siabel.

She wore not a knight's armor but formal dress with beautiful patterns intricately engraved.

The cold knight's appearance was nowhere to be seen.

With her hair down rather than tightly tied up as usual, there was no trace of knightly stiffness in the beautiful young lady's appearance with her long flowing hair.

As I stared blankly at Siabel, encountering her again in this unexpected appearance.

She tilted her head with a faint smile.

"When did you wake up?”

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