Fernand stared at the small face lying against the pillow. The tired look was painful, but the loneliness was better than that. The prince was lonely, but he wasn't. It seemed even more painful.
But as the prince took his hand out of the sheets and stretched out to look for something, Fernand sighed a relief. And he tried to hold out his hand to clench his little quivering hand, but the prince's next words kept it.
"Drug, give me"
Fernand couldn't say anything, he just stared back at his dark eyes staring at me.
"If you take it and go to bed, you'll be cured... Medicine, please."
A small hand wandered in the air, seeking medicine.
Fernand had no choice but to pick up the chilled medicine from the side table, dissolve it in a glass of water and hold it in the hand of the prince. When the prince was impatiently receiving the glass, he raised his trembling body in a curled up manner and drunk it to sip the contents. He handed the empty cup to Fernand and fell asleep, sinking into his bed.
The prince slept so deep that it seemed like it was blinking. But the prince was accustomed, so he immediately understood that this was after a long sleep.
The reason why the sheets that are visible to the eyes are dimly illuminated by the light of the lamp is because Ichi has taken care to reach for a jug or medicine when he wakes up in the middle of the night.
--throat...
When the prince looked up for a jug, he saw a figure on the front window. The light of the moon was fainting on Fernand's profile. He was reading something like a book in the light of the lamp. The spectacle was so gentle that the prince was quietly gazing at him.
Eventually Fernand noticed the Prince's eyes. When I closed the book and came to the bedside, I touched my forehead with my palm, probably because of the heat. With that touch, the prince finally returned to me.
"Why are you here?"
Fernand just smiled a little when asked by the prince. then,
"The heat has gone down, my throat will have dried up," he pulled into the jug.
"...No, I don't need it."
In reality, my throat was dry, but my high fever was shaking my shin. Even if you get a glass, you will not be able to drink and will spill. Then you will be more worried.
-I may not be able to put it in the garden anymore.
Therefore, I wanted to make me think that if I take the medicine, it will be "heiki." And I'm used to being "heiki". I've been "heiki" for a long time... Then you can put it in the garden. I can get it out of the room.
"There is no way..."
Fernand left the room, so the prince was relieved. But if he didn't know he was awake, he might have been reading a book by the window. I regret that I should have not been noticed. When I thought so, I became sad and curled up in the sheets so that I could entertain my heart.
――Because it's okay, it's "heiki".
"...Is there some trouble in the prince?"
Fernand's voice echoed nearby and the prince stiffened. I was wondering if I could come back.
"The prince will thirst."
The prince tried to shake his neck while leaning against the futon, but unexpectedly struggled with his freedom of body. The sheets were flipped over and Fernand's worried face appeared.
"I prepared a good one."
Fernand picked up the glass container from the side table and picked up a small, transparent object with his fingertips.
"This is frozen molasses."
Fernand then said, as usual, he ate it first. And as usual, he told me what it tastes like.
"Cold, sweet, and just like water with melted sugar cubes."
The second was brought to the prince's mouth. When I opened my mouth obediently, I gently pressed the cold mass with my fingertips.
--Cold and sweet, like sugar cubes...
A lump like something lumped up on the prince's chest, which became tears and spilled out of my eyes. Fernand's long fingers wiped the tears off. So I didn't care.
"It looks like the prince needs another drug."
Fernand's angelic face approached and a warm object touched his forehead.
"I will be with you tonight"
Fernand said that and stroked the prince's cheeks repeatedly with both hands. With so much comfort and security, the prince was enchanted to sleep.