‘Though Erenhorn probably wouldn’t lose in terms of being strange.’

But that one was just strange, not eerie.

While Saena was very concerned about his body temperature, she realized the wounds were more urgent.

She applied the potion to all the small wounds she had remembered earlier.

‘…I’ve treated all the visible areas.’

The problem was that the water seemed to be turning an even deeper red.

There must be a major injury somewhere under the water.

Saena took a deep breath, then reached into the bathtub from as close to him as possible.

Due to Constantine’s huge size, she couldn’t feel around his entire body from one position.

Having checked his back area earlier, it was now time to examine the front.

Saena slowly focused on the sensations in her palm. Due to how he was draped over the tub, she had to slip her hand in carefully to touch him.

There didn’t seem to be any wounds from his chest to his abs. Her hand moved from his right side, past where his hip bone protruded, down to his thigh.

Somehow his body seemed to tense more than before, but Saena continued moving her hand.

‘Where could it be…’

She couldn’t reach the left side and left thigh area that was against the tub wall. While it seemed to be in this area, the problem was that she couldn’t treat it in this position.

It seemed she would have to wake him up after all.

Saena slipped under his arm that was hanging outside the tub.

She somehow managed to get his body more upright by supporting it on her shoulder, though his large frame made her break into a sweat just from that effort.

“Constantine.”

Saena cupped his tilted face in her palm and called his name.

“Wake up. Please, just wake up for a moment.”

“……”

Fortunately, this time he seemed to hear her voice.

His white eyelashes fluttered before slowly revealing blue pupils. Though his gaze seemed somewhat dazed, he appeared to recognize her.

“Saya.”

“Let’s go to the bed.”

“Bed… can’t…”

“It’s okay. Can you stand?”

“Yeah…”

Though his responses were oddly slow, it was still fortunate.

There was no way Saena alone could have gotten him out of this tub.

Water streamed down his n*ked body as he emerged from the tub.

Saena felt her face reddening inappropriately, but tried to act natural as she dried his body with a towel. Though she hastily dried one particularly prominent area in the middle of his body that was drawing too much attention.

‘Ah, it’s here as expected.’

But she found the wound. It was indeed on the left side. The wound looked more severely pierced than the one on his forearm. There was also a long, crushed wound on his thigh. It looked as if he had been rammed by a bull with massive horns.

‘That must hurt.’

Saena quickly led him to the bedroom.

Constantine obediently(?) sat on the bed as she directed.

“Oh right, the potion.”

She had left the potion bottle in the bathroom.

As she turned to get it, her wrist was suddenly grabbed.

“Constantine?”

“……”

“I’ll be right back.”

But he pulled her closer into his embrace.

Being pulled into his n*ked embrace, she felt inappropriate areas against her hands.

Startled by the feel of his bare chest, she pulled her hands away. But when he pulled her again, she flailed to keep her balance and ended up bracing against his bare thigh.

It was very awkward, but his encircling arms were both weak yet strong, making it difficult to escape.

“Co-Constantine? Let me go for a moment.”

He stared at her without blinking.

“What’s wrong?”

His eyes still looked dazed, making her think he might not be fully aware that this situation was real.

Yet those eyes held layers of complex emotions that were strangely visible.

Something like desperation, yearning, and persistence all mixed together.

Though she felt something was odd, when she felt wet liquid against her palm on his thigh, Saena snapped back to attention.

‘Blood!’

Getting distracted again…

She needed to treat him first.

“Just wait a moment. I’ll be right back, okay?”

“…You’ll come back?”

“Yes. I’ll just get the medicine, it’ll be quick.”

Saena slowly pulled away from him.

Fortunately, this time he let her go.

Saena quickly went to the bathroom to get the medicine bottle, then returned to the bedroom.

True to her word, she came back quickly, but Constantine remained exactly as she had left him, sitting on the bed staring at her.

Including his prominently displayed lower half from earlier.

“……”

Saena slowly sat down on the floor in front of him.

Though it was to examine his thigh and side, the position gave her such a clear view between his legs that she had nowhere safe to look.

Feeling she should cover him somehow, Saena pulled at the bed sheet. Since the sheet wouldn’t come free from where he sat, she pulled from another side to at least drape it over his lower body.

She would only need to lift it slightly to check the wounds anyway.

“Ah, uh…”

But suddenly he pulled her into another embrace.

The sudden pull while she was in an awkward position made her balance tip toward Constantine.

Saena ended up pushing him down onto the bed, falling on top of him.

“Ugh.”

Her face instantly turned bright red.

She felt something pressing explicitly against her stomach.

“Saya…”

As if trying not to forget her name, he had been repeating it over and over since earlier.

No, beyond just calling her name, his lips now touched her ear.

“Saya, Saya…”

Then moved down to her neck.

He buried his face in the hollow between her neck and shoulder and took a deep breath.

“Haa.”

After inhaling deeply as if he had hidden an air hole there, Constantine pressed his lips against Saena’s collarbone and held her even tighter.

“Co-Constantine…!”

She needed to apply the medicine first, wasn’t he in pain?

The arms holding her seemed loose yet powerful, making it impossible to escape.

‘What should I do…’

She tried her best not to put too much weight on him at least.

Her mind kept spinning with terrible images of his wounds bursting open twice their size if she put her full body weight on him.

But soon his head dropped heavily. Though his arms remained around her, they felt slightly looser. When she slowly raised herself up, even the encircling arms fell to the bed.

He had fallen asleep.

‘Seems he hasn’t… slept much lately.’

Beyond his pallid complexion from blood loss, the dark circles under his eyes seemed to speak of recent insomnia. In that state, perhaps the warmth of contact with her had immediately lulled him to sleep.

Saena saw her chance and grabbed the medicine bottle. Then she diligently applied the medicine to his quietly sleeping body.

His muscles twitched strangely as she rubbed in the medicine. Though he was asleep, she found it odd how the elevation under the blanket in the central area seemed to gradually rise, but she deliberately avoided looking there and focused(?) on the treatment.

After quite some time…

The front(?) treatment seemed completely finished. She wasn’t sure if there were still wounds remaining on his back, but there wasn’t much more she could do.

It wouldn’t be right to turn him over.

‘Ah, this feels uncomfortable…’

Now that his treatment was done, she became clearly aware of her own state.

Come to think of it, she was in quite a state.

She had just come back from being out, and her body had been in lake water. Supporting him out of the tub had made her generally damp, and now she was stained with blood too.

‘…Would it be okay to leave him like this?’

She felt slightly worried.

Though he seemed to be sleeping soundly, would he wake up? At least the surface wounds were treated…

The wounds on his side and thigh were quite severe and would probably need medicine applied for several days.

‘It’s getting cold too.’

Perhaps due to her wet clothes and hair, she felt her body cooling now that the task was done.

Now Saena was the one who needed a hot bath.

“Ah!”

But suddenly her waist was grabbed again.

Though he had definitely been asleep, the moment she tried to get up from the edge of the bed, he wrapped around her like he caught a fish and pulled her into his embrace.

“Constantine?”

Looking at him, he wasn’t awake. It seemed he had grabbed her instinctively.

Was it because of her warmth?

But her body was quite cold now too. So rather than warmth, it seemed more like an unconscious action.

Though it was rare these days, she quickly adapted in a way, since Constantine used to always do this when he actively sought her out.

‘Just a little longer…’

She thought she should stay by his side a bit longer to let him fall into deeper sleep.

Taking advantage of his sleeping state, she brushed away the hair that had fallen over his forehead. And she repeated this action several times.

‘Since he wouldn’t do this when in his right mind…’

The feeling of his soft hair brushing against her palm was quite enjoyable.

“……”

However, she too fell asleep in that position.

Long outing, horseback riding, swimming, and then taking care of Constantine. In truth, Saena was also extremely tired, needing immediate rest.

Without knowing when, her consciousness slipped into sleep.