The Male Lead Is Obsessed With My Health Chapter 372

Arellin looked at Pession with sharp eyes.

“Did you laugh?”

“I didn’t. Really.”

Pession, who had almost laughed, barely managed to control his expression. Even this 모습 was so cute that a silly grin wanted to spread across his face, but he felt like he’d be hated if he did, so Pession desperately held it in, even stabbing his own thigh.

“That’s weird. You laughed just now.”

“Hahaha.”

Pession brushed it off with an awkward laugh and poked Arellin’s cheek again.

Arellin glared at Pession.

Pession laughed and picked Arellin up, bouncing her gently like she was a little kid.

“Our Arellin, want to eat some food?”

“I’m paaaast the age for that.”

When Arellin said it with a serious face, Pession instantly backed down.

In the end, Pession rested his chin on his hand and smiled warmly as he watched Arellin munching on the ice cream he’d bribed her with.

Just then, Mehen and Valer, who had finished their accumulated couple(?) conversation, came back to them.

“Gasp, Daddy has a handprint on his face!”

After spotting the large handprint on Valer’s cheek, Arellin looked at Mehen with sparkling eyes.

“Mom, did you finally suc.ceed at spe.cial trai.ning?”

“Hehe. No, it was equipment power.”

“As expected, humans are creatures of tools.”

Arellin gave a thumbs-up. Mehen smiled happily at the praise.

When Mehen, holding Arellin, turned his head, he saw Pession and Valer glaring at each other.

The two were deep in a heated debate of their own, and the topic was nothing less than
‘Which Arellin is cuter?! Past VS Present.’

“You don’t get it, Crown Prince. Arellin right now is better. She looks healthy and lively—how cute is that?”

“No, when Arellin was young, she was weak and wobbly and would collapse just from walking a little, but she was incredibly cute too.”

“Well… back then, Arellin was shy around me. That was cute.”

Valer and Pession reminisced about the past at the same time. Young Arellin……

Compared to that, present Arellin looked younger on the outside, but she was staring at the two of them with much colder eyes.

“Look at that sulky face—she’s still cute now, right? Oh, that reminds me, Crown Prince. Did you hear about how Arellin keeps fixing her words while cursing her pronunciation?”

“Ah, it’s way too cute. I admit it.”

“Ha, I can’t decide which is better!”

“Let’s just agree they’re both insanely cute and move on.”

“Shall we?”

Hearing their conversation, Mehen laughed and said,

“You’re having such a stupid discussion.”

“I think so too.”

“If it’s Arellin, of course she’s cute no matter what.”

“Mom’s no joke either……”

Mehen was supposed to be the normal one.

Still, Arellin didn’t really mind her mom finding her cute.

Mm-hmm, exactly.

After finishing the debate, Pession—who was discussing the schedule to return from Lemuren to Albrecht with Valer—suddenly remembered something and asked Arellin,

“By the way, Arellin. When are you going back to normal?”

“I don’t know.”

“?”

Instead of adding words, Arellin glared at the status window that showed no sign of changing.

“You don’t know…? Why?”

“Because I don’t know.”

“…???”

Seeing Arellin answer flatly and then hug Mehen tightly, only Pession grew serious.

“Then does that mean I have to… love someone while overcoming the age gap in appearance…?”

Pession’s pupils trembled at a crisis he had never even imagined.

“I-I need to find a way to get younger too……”

A sudden, intense sense of danger.

Pession’s mind started spinning wildly.

 

 

 

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Northern Castle.

Chloe stood in front of the walls of the Northern Castle—the last line of defense for humanity—and thought.

The road to the Northern Castle had not been smooth at all. Still, she had managed to make it here by using the money and connections of the noble lovers she had charmed so far.

‘Master was against it.’

Do you even know what kind of place the Northern Castle is? Do you know how dangerous it is?

The nagging had been endless.

‘But I had a reason I had to come!’

Once again, Chloe thought that the only one on her side right now was Cheyen.

“Even though I don’t have enough power to stand beside you yet, if you help me, we can be together.”

Hearing words that sounded like obvious sweet talk, Chloe briefly wondered if she might have been caught by some bad guy trying to trick her.

‘You see that kind of thing all the time in games.’

Probably the final boss type.

But even so, there was a reason Chloe firmly grabbed Cheyen’s hand.

【Cheyen】
【Affection: ♥82】

‘If it’s the status window, I can trust it.’

That was why she had come all the way to the Northern Castle—to carry out the method Cheyen taught her that would mess with Arellin the most.

‘But how do I get past that?’

Whoooosh—

“Brr, it’s cold.”

The sharp wind that blew just then was enough to make even a Korean shiver. Pulling her fur coat tighter, Chloe thought hard.

‘The castle gates are tightly shut. Doesn’t look like they’ll open.’

She even checked whether she could use magic to force her way in…

‘Not a chance.’

Just how was she supposed to get through?

As she wandered aimlessly around the Northern Castle walls—

“Lady Chloe.”

“Gasp.”

“We’ve been waiting. He sent us.”

A man in a robe smiled gently. At the words “he,” Chloe’s eyes sparkled.

‘Look at this thoughtful care—totally different from those other target characters!’

With a voice full of excitement, Chloe asked,

“Are you here to help me?”

The man smiled.

“No need for many words.”

As the man’s hood fluttered back, Chloe caught a glimpse of his face.

“Huh?”

Why is this person here?

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Jaren, after yet another argument with the Saren Knights, climbed up to the Northern Castle watchtower. For once, not many monsters were swarming in today, so it was quiet.

Still, the absence of one person seriously bothered him.

“Brother, you’re here again today. Have you seen anyone? That young lady named Chloe, I mean.”

Quayen gestured with his chin.

Jaren turned his head in that direction, then tilted it in confusion.

Why would someone go to the bottomless abyss, where monsters swarmed…?

“She went that way.”

“…What?”

Is my brother joking right now?

“You’re kidding, right?”

“No.”

“Then why did you just watch her go?!”

Quayen stroked his chin.

Originally, Quayen had tried to stop Chloe too. But before he could even get close, he saw the face of the man leading the girl.

‘It was definitely Valer’s face.’

At the same time, through instinct and ability, Quayen realized that the man was not the Valer he knew—but by then, the two had already vanished.

Looking toward the bottomless abyss where they disappeared, Quayen groaned.

“What on earth are they trying to do?”

 

 

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I guess I fell asleep without realizing it.

When I opened my eyes, a strange scene appeared.

A shattered moon floating in the sky, fragments of stars falling down, a paradise turned to ruins, a landscape where it was impossible to tell day from night.

Wow, that dream again.

‘The place with the slime.’

I don’t know why I keep dreaming of this place, but I’ve come here so often that I’m starting to feel attached to it.

“Where’s the slime?”

Since I thought of it, I should say thank you. Thanks to you, I didn’t die and managed to save Dad.

If the slime hadn’t taught me how to use divinity, wouldn’t I really have died this time?

“No matter how many times I see it, it’s a strange sight……”

Suddenly, I realized something was different.

“Huh? I’m not slurring my words!”

Is it because it’s a dream?

“That’s a relief. I’m free…….”

If the end of the world came, would it look like this?

The land of this world was all sand.

“This… it’s all weathered away.”

At first, I thought maybe there was a sea nearby and brushed it off, but that wasn’t it.

Everything around had turned to sand, and only the biggest things barely remained, scattered everywhere like sleeping remains.

What was even more interesting was that every building was in a different style.

“Hm, why is this here?”

While looking around for the slime, I unexpectedly came across a familiar building.

“…Halbern’s secret archive?”

Not the whole archive, but buildings that seemed to be parts of it. Not only was the shape familiar, but Halbern’s crest was carved into them.

‘Mac, he was a good elephant.’

I touched the books that crumbled just from contact, but when I thought they might have belonged to my ancestors, I felt uneasy and stepped back.

“But seriously, where is that slime?”

I was starting to get scared. I wished something would appear.

Just then, when I casually turned my head, I screamed without realizing it.

“Eek!”

A man I didn’t recognize was watching me from a distance.

Who are you?!