CHAPTER 551: CHAPTER 551 - A SUDDEN HEAT CRISIS (PART 2)

After just a few seconds, I felt my mother’s presence as if she was just right beside me. It gave me the feeling of warmth and a sense of calm almost instantly. It was similar to the feeling I had, the first time I heard Lia’s voice inside my head. It should have been a scary experience for anyone but it was not like that in my case.

The feeling that came after was similar to when the inherited knowledge poured inside my mind the first time I arrived in this world. The only difference is that this one was more smooth and also not dizzying or overwhelming in any way.

As my mother checked Marius through my touch using her knowledge and experience as a mother herself, she made sure to share the knowledge to me on what she is exactly checking and what the things that she found out during the check-up meant. It was shocking but at the same time enlightening for me. Though I am already starting to get an idea of what is happening, I kept my thoughts to myself and waited for my mother to give her final assessment of the whole situation.

The whole check-up did not even last a minute when I felt my mother’s presence leave my body and I quickly opened my eyes, eagerly waiting for anything that she was about to say. She didn’t let me wait for too long as she said in her usual nonchalant manner, "The only way to quench this heat is through intimacy. I don’t know what this ves-, I mean husband of yours did before but I think he used some type of medicine to forcefully fizzle out his heat. All of them, from the very first one. I just can’t pinpoint how many times he has done it or how much of that medicine he has taken for it to be this worse."

When I heard the word "worse", my eyebrows instantly furrowed as I asked, "What do you mean worse, mother? Is there something very wrong with his body? Can’t we do something to cure it or reverse the damage?"

My mother was silent for a bit as if thinking about something carefully. Although it has been a long time since I felt this way, I have to admit that I was nervous this time and I couldn’t help but feel a bit of self-blame at this time.

Was this all my fault? I did not know that a kiss would turn into something this complicated.

On a positive note though, it might be a blessing in disguise. At least I found out early about it. I just don’t know if Marius had any idea what he was actually doing to his own body.

Sensing that my emotions are spiraling out of control for a bit, I heard my mother’s firm voice and emotional voice as she said, "Calm down. It is not life threatening. You can cure him gradually but not immediately. We need to address the heat first before it causes even more problems. Only you can help him out on that."

My eyes widened at my mother’s statement. Is she actually asking me to do it with a sick mystique?

As if reading the question in my mind, she immediately instructed, "You bring out those healthy drinks first, alright? Give some of that to him first. He looks fed at least so he’ll be fine. Dry him up at least and place him on the bed to rest."

I immediately followed my mother’s instructions and fished out (A/N: pun intended) Marius from the bathtub. I just used magic to remove all of his clothes then dry his body down since it is most convenient that way. I placed him on the bed and covered him with a few layers of blankets.

I conjured a few vials of health potions and anti-fatigue potions from my storage space then made him drink it by guiding the liquid from his mouth to inside his body through my mana. I suddenly realized that besides these two types, there is one more potion that I have to give to him. But just as I was about to open the lid of the last bottle, I heard my mother’s voice again, this time a little panicked.

She hurriedly said, "Luna! Wait! I almost forgot! Don’t use anything to stop you from making babies. It would damage his already weakened womb. Since he is on a full-blown heat, this is the perfect time to have a child with him. He is willing to do it anyways, right?

Seeing my face frown at all the things she said, she added, "Don’t make that face! If you are worried about not getting back on time, you can just use your little time trick to give enough to be with him and then just teleport. You won’t be late at all on your return to the academe."

I sighed heavily at the situation that me and Marius are in. I like him and I want to do it with him but not like this hurried and unplanned manner. Though we both wanted this badly, it still seemed like we are being forced into the situation and everything just feels off for me.

While I was contemplating on how to move forward, Marius stirred on the bed and slowly opened his eyes. He stared on the ceiling for a bit and then there was a sudden shift in his reaction. As if realizing that he was in an unfamiliar place, he abruptly sat up on the bed and he turned his head around trying to find anybody around him. His eyes were alert and ready to either fight or escape wherever he may be.

When his landed on me and he realized that it was me who was in the room with him, his alert eyes softened and he breathed a sigh of relief. I was quietly observing him all along and never did my eyes left him.

With a serious face, I told him the things I discovered as well as the things bothering me as I said, "Our kiss earlier triggered your heat all of a sudden. My mother helped me check on your body since it seemed like you have been out of it and you suddenly have a very high fever earlier. She said your womb was damaged due to prolonged use of whatever method you chose to fizzle out your heat even before it starts and far too many times at that. Why are you even doing that to yourself and why is the method you used had to be this bad for your body?"

Instead of reasoning out or explaining his life choices, I saw Marius’ face changed to that of shock as he looked down slowly to his own body and then his right hand reached for his lower abdomen. He murmured but it was loud for me to hear, "I thought it was just uncomfortable, painful at times but bearable. Why..."

He then looked up at me with teary eyes and asked, "It was a medicine my grandfather personally made for me upon my request. He did warn me of its side effects and possible heavy consequences of taking it on the long term but at that time, in my mind, I thought that not getting into trouble in Ceryneia was my priority for the sake of our family. I never thought... Are you saying I can’t have children anymore or am I dying or something?"

I looked at him innocently and responded indirectly, "I gave you some health potions and also ones for anti-fatigue earlier while you were unconscious. Hopefully, those would help a bit to ease symptoms or any pain or discomfort that you might be feeling. As for having children, I guess we can only try our best from now on, right?"

In my mind, I couldn’t help but wonder if he has gotten dumb from the kiss earlier or if the heat has clouded his mind but he hasn’t realized that I have already stripped him naked. I was kind of expecting to be scolded by him when he looked down earlier but he only touched his lower abdomen and nothing else. He hasn’t even noticed that there should be clothes between his palm and his stomach when he touched it!

As for his womb issues, the health potions surely would have helped him greatly and I even gave him two vials of it just to be sure that it could at least do something for his health concerns and yeah, I panicked a bit. The rest of the damage should heal automatically once my mana flowed inside him so we should be all good for now.

I purposely made my answers vague and phrased it that we can only just try our "best" to have children. In my head. I kind of wanted to see what his "best" was and what he looks like when he’s working hard to get something that he really wants.