“No, please, you don’t have to get up.” Lee Jun-Kyeong said, waving his hand and trying to dissuade Merlin from getting out of bed. She nodded and laid back down, her complexion pale and clammy.1

“I never thought I’d ever see you look this week,” he commented as he looked at her condition.2

She, who ruled the Round Table, had always been a powerful and mysterious figure to Lee Jun-Kyeong, larger than life. But, at this very moment, seeing her just lying weakly on the bed made her feel human.0

“You finally look like a person.”0

“Pfft… I was always a person…”0

Merlin looked back at Lee Jun-Kyeong with a small smile etched across her pale complexion.0

He responded with a smile in turn, “I always thought you were some sort of mysterious fairy or a yeongsu.”[1]0

It wasn't a lie. Lee Jun-Kyeong had sincerely felt that she was special, as both she and Arthur had an aura that was too special to be considered human.0

“Ho ho.”0

Merlin only smiled incomprehensibly at Lee Jun-Kyeong’s comments. She immediately adjusted her expression as she responded to him, “Your face is full of worry.”0

“...”0

“Did you come to ask me something?”0

Lee Jun-Kyeong cautiously nodded. Merlin was the greatest mage of the century and was as strong...0