Elysia tried to drag her body out of the pool but forgot an essential fact during her trial run to pull her body out: her still-broken hand.
It was painfully throbbing and Elysia suddenly realized that she was not supposed to get her bandages wet.
Now not only had she disobeyed her doctor but she also made her condition significantly worse than before. Why had she forgotten to ask Eve to cure her hand? And, would it have even mattered in the end?
"Lady Dirac, your one minute is up. Should I come in and help you-"
"STAY OUT THERE. YOU WILL MAKE THINGS WORSE IF YOU COME IN NOW."
Elysia knew what shouting at the poor maid would do to her reputation but she did not have a good reputation anyway.
The least she could do was to throw her dignity as a peaceful person away to divert an incoming disaster.
