章 17: Dying

Anastasia was lying on her bed, still out cold.

A little further away from her bed, Zenon was sitting on a chair and was waiting for her to regain her consciousness. He took a deep breath in and thought, ‘When will she wake up? Is it even normal for humans to stay unconscious for a whole night?’

No. It was not normal at all. It was one of the symptoms of her disease.

Anastasia was dying.

And she was forced to come to Sorvando as a tribute bride to find the cure for her disease.

Princess Anastasia had always been a sickly child. She started showing the signs of her deadly illness in her early childhood years.

She would faint if she performed physically straining activities like running and horseback riding. If she played in the water for a little bit longer, she would easily catch cold and fever. She was always underweight, no matter how nutritious food she had.

Not just that, she would also sweat profusely during her sleep, making her susceptible to cold.