My Novel Antagonist is My Husband
Chapters 16. Lamadur

“Dad! What's up?” manya panic. Dad really didn't move. The guards who had been following behind started to approach.

“Dad's okay, Alissa. Mungin is just exhausted,” Dad replied with a smile. However, Father remained unmoved from his place. He seemed to have difficulty supporting his own body.

“Master, you can stand?” One of the guards started to worry.

“Help me standing," Father commanded. However, despite being helped by the bodyguards, Dad still fell in peace.

Is this .. lest it happen today?

“Kak Theo! Brother Cass!” call me to the two older brothers who are already a bit far ahead. Thankfully, Theo turned his head among the crowd. Theo immediately ran back to my place. Cass followed him from behind.

“Dad! What happened?!” ask Theo. My answer remains the same.

“Theo, Cass, I'm sorry, but we have to cancel today's sightseeing show, yes,” pinta Dad.

Cass is out. “Why? Dad sick?”

“Daddy is just exhausted, Cass. Theo, take your sisters to the carriage cabin, yeah. I'll be helped by bodyguards to walk after you.”

“Good, Dad!” theo Sahut. He immediately took my hand and Cass to go to where our horse carriage was parked.

But more surprising things happen. Dad fainted in the support of the bodyguard.

“Dad!”

***

Arriving home, Dad was immediately carried by the guards to his room on the second floor. It all happened so fast in my eyes. Duchess Rinia was busy calling the doctor when she saw her husband faint like that.

Theo, me, and Cass are waiting outside my door. The doctor went inside and checked. The door of the duke's room was guarded by two bodyguards on the right and left sides. Cass walked back and forth in front of the door. He looked anxious as well, even though his favorite sightseeing event was off.

Is it possible, that illness came to Duke Valcke today?

In the story "Knight Lucius", I wrote that Duke Valcke would die when Alissa was seven years old from an illness. After that, Alissa's life was increasingly tormented in Valcke's residence, because there was no one else who could defend her there.

Duke Valcke's illness began to appear early symptoms when Alissa was six years old, but I did not write exactly when. The most important thing is that Duke Valcke's death is an important point in Alissa's life.

Of course, a lot has changed now. In addition to Duke Valcke, I as Alissa also have Theo and Cass who have been good. Plus, there's Dea I can ask you to do this and that. Alissa Valcke is not as lonely and tormented as she once was.

The doctor came out of Dad's room, along with his mythical animal in the form of a furred white rabbit. I suspect, that the rabbit has light elements, just like Kyu. The owners of mystical animals with light elements are indeed many who take work as doctors.

Usually, after a doctor examines a patient's illness using medical science, the doctor will ask his mystical animal to start treating in detail on the diseased body part. That is how doctors work in this world.

Theo immediately approached the man. “How is Dad, Doc?” ask the eleven-year-old.

The doctor smiled and responded. “Everything will be fine, Young Master.”

Theo himself seemed to be in disbelief. “Did Dad get lamadur disease?

That kid is smart. The doctor was struck by Theo's question.

The eldest son kept pressing.” Tell me the truth, because I am the successor of my father, the successor of the Valcke family! I deserve to know what happened, even though I know I'm not an adult!”

The doctor smiled weakly. Maybe he felt it was unethical to tell such a big illness to a small child. But Theo himself is right. He's Duke Valcke's replacement if anything happens to him. Theo should be able to replace his father in any conscious situation.

“Three of you are stoic, yes. I will continue to visit here to check his condition,” said the doctor, before he finally left in front of us.

“Sister, what's lamadur?” ask Cass innocently. At the age of eight years, he did not understand the name of the deadly disease.

Theo looked at his sister, then stroked Cass' head. A rare sight. Theo's never been like that before. Cass realizes something is wrong with his brother.

“Kak Theo why?”

“Cass, Dad is very sick. You don't be naughty, yes, so Dad doesn't have much thought.” Theo said in an unusual tone. This time, tenderness and sadness rang out from his voice, not as fierce or gluttonous as the previous days.

Lamadur is a disease that attacks organs in the body, especially bones. The initial symptoms, the patient will experience aches in the joints of his body. Then, it proceeds to temporary paralysis of one limb, whether it be an arm or a leg. Furthermore, the patient will be attacked by permanent paralysis, until his respiratory tract is attacked. Eventually, the patient will die from breathing difficulties.

This disease is so strong. Only high-level light magic was able to defeat the disease. However, the owners of light-emitting mystical beasts were quite rare in this world. If Duke Valcke wants to survive his illness, then he must be taken to one of the temples in another kingdom. The supreme light magic only belonged to the priest who settled in the temple.

Is lamadur a disease that really exists from the earth? No, I'm just making it up. I didn't do any in-depth research on the full range of paralysis diseases. I just wrote that the duke was paralyzed to the point of being untreatable, that's all. I didn't expect that I would be Alissa who had to lose her father like this.

This time, with the power of Kyu, I can definitely heal Duke Valcke. My magic may not be as high as the priests in the royal temple next door. However, I have been able to transform even if only a little. I just need to continue to train my knowledge while still treating Dad until he recovers.

I promise you, I will also change Alissa Valcke's destiny to not lose her father.

To treat Dad, I had to cast Kyu magic on him up close. I had to visit her room often, when others were not there. I had to do it so that Kyu's whereabouts would remain a secret.

Duchess Rinia came out of her husband's room. He threw a glance at Theo and Cass, then missed it for me, as usual.

Duchess Rinia called out to the bodyguard who appeared to be on standby in front of the room.

“You should always keep watch in front of this room. Do not let anyone who is not a family member or a servant who I assigned into this room at will. Do you understand?”

“Ready to do, Mistress!” sahut the guard.

What's?! In addition to family members .. it means … .

For the first time, Duchess Rinia looked at me. For the first time in more than a year, I lived in this house, he realized my presence.

Apparently, in the order he gave to the bodyguard, he indirectly prevented me from entering Dad's room at all.

***