Chapter 42: Call ambulance! But not for me

Almost two years have passed since I started living as Set’s mother in this world.

Like usual, I woke up from sleep, gave Set, who was still sleeping soundly, a good morning kiss, and was about to wash my face when I felt a sense of wrongness, something different.

Unable to just let it pass, I examined myself closely in the mirror and found the source of the discomfort.

It was…

“My eyes… aren’t opening?”

That’s right.

My eyes, which were originally open just a tiny slit, were now closed to the point where it was unnoticeable no matter how I looked…!

Normally, at this level, objects should appear blurry or invisible, but strangely enough, my vision was clear.

No, it even felt like it had improved compared to before.

Experiencing this miraculous phenomenon where my vision improved despite closing my eyes 10 times more (1mm 》0.1mm), I pondered the reason why this suddenly happened.

However, no matter how much I thought, I couldn’t find a suitable answer to explain the current situation.

It felt like trying to solve a problem that actually had no answer.

I had never heard of a person’s body changing drastically overnight, neither in my previous world nor in this one.

Of course, this world has magic and various intelligent life forms besides humans, but even considering that, this event was utterly inexplicable.

It was even more so because I hadn’t done anything particularly special.

Since it wasn’t likely to cause problems in daily life, I decided to let it go for now, but if my eyes had suddenly gone blind, I would have been extremely panicked.

Waking up to find the whole world steeped in darkness, and being unable to see the face of the most precious being anymore – it would be a tragedy profound enough to plunge one into endless despair, never to rise again.

I decided to definitely investigate the cause of this later and, for now, walked along the now-familiar scenery to carry out today’s tasks.

Riven had said she would take the day off today and look after Set, so Set didn’t accompany me.

It was a bit disappointing, but considering my strange physical state right now, I actually felt relieved.

Today, my body’s senses felt different from usual, making the streets I always passed through feel somehow unfamiliar.

‘Familiar yet unfamiliar…’

It just felt like I wasn’t my usual self.

Or was it simply because Set wasn’t with me?

I seemed to be having more stray thoughts than usual.

Barely arriving at the place where I receive delivery tasks, I saw the empty interior and thought I had arrived later than usual, heading to the counter.

There stood the receptionist, greeting me with a smiling face.

Just as I was about to apologize for being late, she greeted me first.

“Hello! You’re the first one here again today.”

“It’s amazing how you arrive so early when you come from farther away than the other delivery personnel.”

“Pardon? No, today I…”

“That’s not right…”

Receiving today’s delivery items from the receptionist girl, who seemed to be under some grand delusion, I went outside.

Only then did I start seeing my fellow delivery workers approaching one by one.

According to my perceived time, I was sure I had arrived at least 20 minutes later than usual and thought everyone had already left.

For now, the delivery task was more important, so I set off to work without saying anything.

But even while doing so, the persistent feeling that something was off prevented me from concentrating properly.

Naturally, when unable to concentrate, a person is bound to make mistakes.

“Hup, Kyaaak!?!”

Ultimately, while jumping through the trees, I misstepped and fell down.

The only fortunate thing was that the moment I fell, I lifted the delivery item upwards, so it wasn’t damaged.

Having fallen to the ground, I got up to check my sore butt… huh?

It doesn’t hurt?

The height I fell from was at least 5 meters; a height from which an ordinary person wouldn’t be surprised to be seriously injured.

However, examining my body, although my clothes were dirty and torn in places, there wasn’t a single scratch on my body.

It was fortunate that I didn’t have to worry about scars, but this was something I couldn’t just overlook.

Besides that, other incidents occurred, like hitting my head on a tree while not looking ahead, causing the tree to fall over, or kicking the ground to run a bit faster and ending up flying far away.

Faced with this utterly impossible situation, I became almost certain.

“There’s definitely something going on here.”

“Someone who can figure this out… First, let’s exclude Zoe from consideration.”

Hmm.

No matter how urgent the situation, Zoe is a bit much.

Even if she knew the cause of this, she would surely add unnecessary embellishments to every explanation, stated or unstated.

Then the remaining options are Shen or Zed, Aurelion Sol… I wonder if Lee Sin might know something too?

Somehow finishing the tasks, I returned home and first told Riven about the events of the day.

Riven made an ambiguous expression and said she had never seen such a thing before either.

‘Even though I don’t have many people to rely on right now, asking someone with amnesia was probably not the right move.’

As I was about to leave without much success, Riven suggested it might be better to test things out and understand the situation more accurately.

‘Certainly, if I remain in this state without knowing anything, I won’t even be able to approach Set with peace of mind.’

Accepting Riven’s suggestion, I decided to first check how I could get injured.

First, I tried getting hit lightly with a wooden bat.

Riven asked if I was okay, but if I could get hurt by something like this, I wouldn’t have been fine when I fell from the tree.

Naturally, the result was the bat breaking… No, why did it break?

Then Riven, perhaps feeling competitive, said she would bring her sword this time.

I wasn’t sure about sharp objects, but I stayed silent, thinking she wouldn’t hurt me too badly.

However, my expectations were completely off.

“Dieeeeeeeeee!!! Wryyyyyyyyyyy!”

“W-wait a minute! This is!”

Clang!

Seeing Riven charging at full power, I thought I was going to die, but there was just a sound like a sword striking steel, and she flew far away due to the law of action and reaction.

At that sight, both Riven and I froze for a moment with dumbfounded faces.

‘Is this that ‘Iron Body’ technique or whatever my friends used to talk about?’

Setting aside the durability test for now, we decided to measure strength next.

Riven told me to hit her with all my might, and when I asked if she was serious, she confidently puffed out her chest, saying most attacks wouldn’t faze her.

Still, just in case, I threw a normal punch…

Whoosh, Thud!

With one punch, she flew far away and crashed into a rock face.

Cracks started forming on the rock Riven hit, and then it began to crumble along with Riven.

Panicked, I instantly pulled Riven out and put my ear to her chest to see if she was dead… well, the position of my ears is a bit inconvenient for that.

911! 911! Ah, there are no paramedics here.

Instead, I checked the pulse on Riven’s arm, and thankfully, it seemed she wasn’t dead.

First, I needed to somehow sort out this situation, so I infused Riven with natural mana to boost her healing ability.

Next, that shattered rock… I need to hide it somewhere.

Ha… What in the world is going on…