# Chapter 44: 44
However, the wolves' attention was diverted.
For these hungry and low intelligence monsters, the death of one of their own became bait as he became a piece of meat to devour and became more attractive than the enemy in front of them.
Radis also joined the group.
The hand with mana wrapped around him was like a blunt and heavy weapon, or it could also be a sharp sword.
Like a hungry beast, Radis cut down the wolves.
He crushed the wolves' heads, twisted their necks, and stabbed them in the chest.
At the same time, his expression was calm.
As if she were simply cleaning her small room: dusting surfaces, scraping wax from candles, making the bed, and sweeping the floor.
Rather, those familiar moves were even boring to him, and he destroyed the wolf pack one after another.
Whine…
In an instant, the entire clearing was covered in wolf corpses.
Those who survived were infidels.
Frightened or injured, they fled limping and moaning.
Radis stopped there and did not pursue them.
She wasn't there to hunt.
Among the corpses, Radis took out the magic stones from the third eye of each wolf, where he could feel their strong miasma.
He didn't forget to cover his hands with his sleeves while doing that.
Most of the magic stones he obtained from the three-eyed wolves were as small as a grain of wheat.
It would be difficult to get a high price for them, since three-eyed wolves were considered low-ranking monsters.
However, it wouldn't be strange if she was kicked out of Marquisate Russell tomorrow, so even that was something she appreciated.
—Well then, first…
Radis sighed, looking at his body that was covered with the black blood of the wolves.
—I have to wash… and then come back.
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While washing the black blood in a stream, Radis decided to meet Marquis Russell as soon as the sun rose so that he could talk to him about what he couldn't say yesterday.
But he couldn't do what he had planned.
She caught a terrible cold that day.
In retrospect, that was a plausible outcome.
He had overexerted his body when he was not yet accustomed to mana, and at the same time he used too much mana, sweated a lot, and then washed himself with a cold stream.
And to make matters worse, he returned on horseback, crossing the cold wind without having dried himself first.
It would be stranger if he hadn't caught a cold.
But then something strange happened.
Allen, who visited Radis for breakfast, discovered that she had a cold and suddenly had an expression as if she was about to faint.
—Call the doctor!
-I'm fine. It's just a cold.
—Bring him right now!
Radis was rarely visited by a doctor.
And even more so, it was impossible for a doctor to visit her for something as insignificant as a cold.
The doctor Allen called was the Russell House family doctor.
In the midst of the fever and all that commotion, Radis felt so grateful that she didn't know what to do.
Still, the doctor was not angry with Radis. He didn't make fun of her for calling him just because of a cold, and he didn't make her feel intimidated by all the medical fees either.
The doctor kindly said he would diagnose Radis and prescribe some medications.
Drinking the prepared herbal mixture, Radis's stomach felt warm as he lay down on the soft bed.
She felt a little bad because of the fever and her whole body hurt as if she had been hit, but still, she felt a little… no, she felt very good.
While she was in the Tilrod home, no one cared for her, even when she was sick.
Every time Radis was sick, Margaret just said to her:
—Rest well and get better.
Radis always had to endure everything alone, whether it was when she had a stomach ache after eating spoiled food, when she had a terribly high fever, or even when she broke her finger while using a wooden sword.
“It's the first time someone cares about me.”
After his cold got better, Radis decided he should thank Allen.
But strange things continued after that.
—I'll help you change your clothes!
—Do you want some water with lemon?
—How about warm milk with honey?
—I'll change the wet towel on your forehead!
Two maids came to Radis's room at the same time, alternately.
She fell asleep because of the medicine. Then, when he opened his eyes, the maids were there, but he went back to sleep. And when she opened her eyes again, there were other maids.
This was a Marquisate, so it must be natural for the maids to take special care of their guests like that, but...
There were too many of them.
It was as if almost all the maids in the house had come to visit Radis.
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