My Sister Picked up the Male Lead - Chapter 11
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Facing each other, we made a silent promise to keep quiet. However, we couldn’t just stay at the abandoned house to kill time.
Knox will turn into a child when the sun rises. I don’t know when Knox’s cycle started but I’m sure that today was not the end of it. Even if I was wrong and today was the end of his cycle, I could not stay here just believing in an assumption.
There may be an abundance of herbs here, but there was no food nor drinking water. Unlike my house, the abandoned house did not have a well.
“What do you think about staying here for a day?”
“No.”
I shook my head firmly.
“If we just stay here and wait, we would be losing our stamina. So, we have to get out of here now.”
“Do you have a plan?”
At that moment, Knox grabbed his sword. But no matter how good he was at the sword; he would find it hard to handle that many monsters without his memories.
Scanning the garden carefully, I saw something hidden inside the fence. I ran quickly and looked at the red flowers.
“Knox, do you remember me talking about the poisonous plants in the forest? This was what I was talking about, Tethes!”
I exclaimed as I pointed at the flowers to Knox who ran after me. Next to the red flowers, lay the remnants of the exploded fruits.
“When the Tethes’ fruit bursts, the liquids and gases it releases are poisonous to both humans and monsters.”
“More poisonous than the powder that you threw?”
“Yup. Even if the effects are temporary, the poison is real. Don’t get too close. It explodes upon touch.”
“How do you plan on using it?”
After pondering over it, I asked carefully.
“Can you remove the fruit from the branches without touching it?”
The faster he swung his sword, the faster the fruit would break off from its branch. Let alone a sword, I found it difficult to even cut leaves from plants without my hands shaking.
Tak.
“Is this okay?”
Before I could even finish speaking, Knox snapped the branch.
… Was this even possible?
Didn’t you say that you didn’t even remember how to wield a sword?
“It doesn’t smell.”
… How can a person without his memories wield a sword so well? Towards the man who had no difficulty chopping off branches, I could only gaze and leave my mouth agape in astonishment.
“I think the more I use the sword, the more I remember how to wield it.”
Once I heard those words, I froze. This can be dangerous…
“… We did it.”2
“… Yeah. I don’t think I can do it ever again.”
Like the first time we met, I looked up at Knox who trapped me underneath him. I could see the scarlet light creeping up over his shoulders. It looked like we were just in time.
“Uhm, Knox… You weren’t hurt, right?”
“I was just about to ask you the same. I’m not sure. I think I’m fine.”
His hand gently grabbed mine. He turned my hand over, showing my palm which had become swollen as if it had been stung by a bee. It must have been from that time when I grabbed the Tethes fruit directly.
“Oh this. Uhm, it doesn’t hurt that much.”
Quickly, I hid my hand from him before smiling awkwardly. But after seeing my wounds, his expression didn’t look good.
In our brief silence, all I could do was look around.
“… If you’re going to be like this.”
“Knox?”
I couldn’t breathe for a moment.
“Didn’t you tell me that I wasn’t special to you?”
While I stuttered in reply, his purple eyes seemed to pierce right through me. So, I turned my head.
The light from the sun seemed a bit dim today. That was strange. Why didn’t he change immediately after the sun rose? A long time had passed since it first became morning…
At the sight of the laying child, I muttered.
“… What’s going on?”
Why did he become a child only after morning had come?