Debuff Master

Chapter 321

“What? What happened?”

“She’s unwell!”

“Unwell? Brunhilde is unwell? Is that even possible?”

The official information published by BNW states that elves were genetically superior to humans.

Seasonal flu?

Elves couldn’t possibly get the flu.

What about major illnesses?

They would never get any of the major illnesses!

The main storyline of BNW stated that the elves’ DNA would never mutate, so they were not going to get lung cancer no matter how many packs of cigarettes they smoked.

An elf would also never have any rare diseases or hereditary genetic diseases.

They also possessed extremely high resistance to viruses, so they were immune to most illnesses caused by viruses, such as colds or even the major ones.

In fact, the only race that could withstand radioactive poisoning, unless it was from a powerful source such as Irradiate, were the elves and the elves alone.

But Brunhilde actually got sick?

This did not make any sense to Siegfried, no matter how he tried to understand the situation. The elves were perfect beings; he couldn’t imagine what an elf with the flu was going to look like.

“What’s happening to her?”

“T-That is… She’s getting skinnier and skinnier…”

“Skinny?”

“The royal physician has taken a look, and she weighs only thirty-nine kilograms…”

“What?!”

Siegfried was shocked.

Brunhilde’s original weight was fifty-five kilograms, and she weighed heavier than she looked. It wasn’t really strange, as she was a Sword Expert who possessed ample muscles and just the right amount of body fat.

The fact that she only weighed thirty-nine kilograms meant that she was no different from a premature baby among elves, shocking Siegfried.

“What happened? Why did she lose so much weight in such a short period of time?”

“I… I don’t know. Even the royal physician has no idea…”

“…”

“Hyung-nim! We don’t have time to dilly-dally! We should quickly go back right now! Her condition might deteriorate at this rate!”

“Let’s go! Hurry!” Siegfried exclaimed.

“Siegfried! Did something happen?” Taycan asked.

“My wife is sick.”

“W-Wife? You were married?”

“Yeah.”

“I see, okay. It was nice to meet you; let’s meet again later. I’ll keep in touch.”

“Sure.”

In the end, Siegfried did not get the opportunity to request a one-on-one duel with Taycan as he had to make haste back to the Proatine Kingdom.

***

“Honey… you’re back…?”

Brunhilde’s face looked so gaunt that she looked like she had been starving for months. In fact, she looked so bad that she looked like someone who had contracted the zombie virus if her current look was described with a pinch of exaggeration.

Siegfried felt pain welling up from his chest, and tears started welling up in his eyes.

“Where… Where does it hurt…? What happened? How can this happen to you in just ten days?”

“I have no idea… I just started rapidly losing weight…” Brunhilde replied with a faint smile as if telling him not to worry.

However, it was impossible for Siegfried not to worry.

How could he not worry when his beloved wife was slowly withering away?

“I will be fine soon…”

Siegfried held Brunhilde’s hand tightly before he left the room to find the royal physician.

“What’s going on?”

“I… I have no idea, Your Majesty…”

“You have no idea?”

“The symptoms Her Majesty is showing is something I have never seen in my life. I have lived my entire life as a physician, but I have never seen such a case before! Please kill me for my incompetence, Your Majesty!” the royal physician cried out as he fell flat on the ground out of fear.

“Do you really want me to kill you?” Siegfried asked.

“Y-Your Majesty?”

“Ignorance isn’t a sin.”

Siegfried was not a narrow-minded person who would blame the royal physician. He knew that an elf-like Brunhilde suddenly withering away was an extremely rare case, so he decided that picking on the physician was not going to help at all.

“Please summon all of the kingdom’s officials to the throne room,” Siegfried said.

Soon, a meeting was held.

“Your humble subject has no idea, Your Majesty…”

“We do not have any clues about her condition, Your Majesty…”

“This is quite the rare case, so it is difficult for us to say what is…”

None of the officials could say what was wrong with Brunhilde.

“Your Majesty, what about we inquire with Elondel regarding the queen’s illness? Her Majesty is an elf, so the elven physicians would know best…” Michele advised.

“Ah! That’s a great idea!” Siegfried exclaimed before he ran to the communication room and called Elondel.

Three hours later…

“What? My daughter is sick? How is she sick?! Call the physician at once!”

“Yes, My Lord!”

.

Lohengrin, who was a sucker for his daughter, immediately commanded the presence of Elondel’s royal physician after hearing that Brunhilde was sick.

“I have been a physician for hundreds of years, but the princess’ illness is something I have never witnessed…”

Unfortunately, even the elven physician failed to diagnose Brunhilde’s illness.

“Please… Please find a solution… This is a royal order from your king. Find anyone who knows what’s wrong with the queen and bring them to me at once,” Siegfried commanded.

He felt angry at the whole situation, but he did not have time to express that anger as he rushed back to nurse Brunhilde.

“Here, have some porridge. You’re losing too much weight…”

“Yes, dear.”

Siegfried took a spoonful of porridge and brought it to Brunhilde’s lips, but…

“Urff…!”

She started gagging before she could take even a single bite.

Morning sickness.

Her morning sickness was so severe that she couldn’t even eat plain porridge.

“I… I have to eat… our baby must be starving right now…” Brunhilde muttered as she caressed her stomach where the baby, who only had one hundred days left before being born, according to Deus, was being nurtured.

‘Argh! This is driving me crazy!’ Siegfried felt his heart was being torn into pieces after seeing the state Brunhilde was in, and he was now having a hard time discerning if this was real life or just in the game.

‘I have to find a solution. Not only will Brunhilde be in danger, but even the baby will be in danger! I can’t let my daughter die like this!’ Siegfried felt crippling fear at the thought that he could lose both his wife and daughter at the same time.

‘Never! I won’t let that happen!’

He clenched his fist and swore that he was not going to let them go like this.

“Don’t worry. I will do whatever it takes to find a cure, so please hang in there,” he said while holding her hand. Then, he left in search of a person who could at least diagnose her illness.

Unfortunately, the dozens of physicians, doctors, and even priests who visited were unable to diagnose Brunhilde’s condition.

Three days later, Brunhilde lost more weight.

She looked like her weight was only because of her bones and organs.

“Dear…” Brunhilde called out in a faint voice, and then she asked, “Our baby… Can we protect her…? We can, right…? I don’t mind dying, but please save our child…”

“Don’t say that! Nobody is dying! Please, hang in there! I’m finding a cure for you right now!” Siegfried exclaimed. However, he was helpless as well, as nobody could diagnose her condition. The only thing he could do was to use top-tier HP and Stamina potions to prevent her from withering to death.

‘Should I ask master…?’

In the end, Siegfried was left with no choice but to go to Mount Kunlun and ask Deus for help. Nobody could diagnose Brunhilde’s condition right now, so the only person he could think of who could solve this problem was his master, Deus.

Perhaps Michele read Siegfried’s mind?

“Your Majesty, now that things have turned for the worst…” Michele carefully said.

“Master?”

“Huh?”

“Weren’t you going to say let’s go ask master?”

“No.” Michele shook his head.

“Then?”

“What do you think if we seek help from Saintess Janette, who is currently at the Constantine Holy Empire?”

“The Saintess?”

“Perhaps her powerful healing spells could heal Her Majesty?”

“You’re right! We still had that option!” Siegfried exclaimed in delight after finding a solution to this problem.

Saintess Janette.

Siegfried believed that she could heal Brunhilde with her abilities that once prevented him from dying with her heals and buffs.

“Call her right now! Hurry!”

“Yes, Your Majesty!”

Michele rushed to the communication room.

***

Siegfried was exhausted from everything, but he didn’t log out.

He stayed in the game and by Brunhilde’s side.

There was no way he could log out when he was so worried about her.

“Please don’t worry. We have requested help from the Saintess. She will come and heal you up in no time!”

“Dear…”

Bam!

“Your Majesty!” Michele rushed into the infirmary bearing good news.

“The Saintess has personally come after hearing that the queen is unwell!”

“Oh!” Siegfried exclaimed as his face brightened.

The Saintess of the Nameless God, Janette. She was a Master Healer and Buffer, and she would definitely be able to heal Brunhilde.

“The Regent of the Constantine Holy Empire, Her Eminence, Saintess Janette, is entering!” the herald announced the Saintess’ arrival.

“Long time no see, Your Majesty.”

“Yes, it has been a long time.”

“I apologize for not attending your wedding ceremony. I was busy with the affairs of the empire…”

The Constantine Holy Empire was going through a tumultuous period of subjugating the corrupted clergy members and the nobles after the civil war ended.

“It is fine. I am grateful that you made time to visit us here today.”

“I thank you for your understanding. Is she…?”

Saintess Janette looked at Brunhilde and said, “She must be the queen. The Regent of the Constantine Holy Empire greets Her Majesty.”

Brunhilde replied in a faint voice, “It is nice to meet you. I would love to greet you standing, but unfortunately, I can’t even stand at the moment… I hope for your kind understanding…”

“Dear, the Saintess is here, so there’s nothing to worry about now, okay?”

“Yes, dear, thank you.”

Siegfried held Brunhilde’s hands tightly and stood by her side.

‘They are a nice couple. His Majesty is a bit lacking with his looks compared to Her Majesty, but he’s quite able in his own ways, so…’ Saintess Janette thought that they were an excellent couple.

It was a given that Siegfried’s looks would be severely lacking compared to Brunhilde, who was an elf, but everyone would agree that the two of them were a great couple.

“I will start the treatment as every second counts for the princess within Her Majesty’s belly,” Saintess Janette said.

“Yes! Thank you very much!” Siegfried exclaimed with a bright smile.

“Hmm… A crack has formed in her life vessel…” Saintess Janette muttered after inspecting Brunhilde’s condition.

“Life vessel…?”

“Yes, every living being has a life vessel,” Saintess Janette replied before she explained, “I am unsure of the reason, but Her Majesty’s life vessel has cracked. That is precisely the reason behind her withering away.”

“Then what should we do?”

“We just have to patch her life vessel up, and I’m going to do it now.”

“Oh!”

“Then…”

Saintess Janette gathered as much holy power as she could before injecting it into Brunhilde.