When Fang Li woke again, the sky outside was already nearing dusk.
After checking his temperature and finding that it seemed to have dropped somewhat, Fang Li prepared to get up.
But before he could rise, a pair of small hands pressed him back down.
"No, Lord Fang Li."
A familiar voice, carrying a trace of sternness that it usually lacked yet still full of worry and concern, reached Fang Li's ears.
"Your fever hasn't gone down yet. It would be better for you to keep resting."
Even without looking, Fang Li could recognize the considerate voice.
"Rem?"
"Yes, Lord Fang Li's Rem."
Hearing the Oni girl speak as she always did, openly declaring her willingness to devote herself without the slightest shame, Fang Li gave a wry smile before turning toward the bedside.
Rem was there, attending to him, with a basin of water beside her.
Fang Li could feel that his entire body was much fresher now. The sticky sensation caused by sweat when he woke that morning had completely disappeared.
It seemed that Rem had wiped down his body while he slept and even changed his clothes.
This really is...
Fang Li smiled wryly again.
Partly because his body had become so sluggish that he had not even noticed someone doing something so extensive to him.
And partly because the Oni girl before him had attended to him without regard for the difference between men and women.
That said, if it had been anyone else, then aside from Sylvia, Fang Li definitely would not have remained unaware, and he would have felt at least somewhat embarrassed.
But when it came to Rem, for some reason, he accepted it calmly.
After all, there were not many people, even across all the worlds, whom he could trust instinctively.
Thinking