There's something wrong with Sadie. I had never seen her like this before.
After the earthquake, which rarely happens in the Heedata Empire, she has become unusually sensitive. For example, she could tell with her senses alone how many steps someone would take to enter the mansion, or exactly how many hours, minutes, and seconds it would rain.
Sidhi himself was at a loss as to why this was happening. Naturally, Rico, Mei, and the rest of the family are worried about her.
Sadie says that the closest she can come to having such a feeling is that she has a hunch. However, it seems that information is always flooding into her head, and she has been getting headaches in the evenings. According to May, the headache will continue for a while until he gets used to this state, because his brain is not able to process the amount of information that is rising in his head at the same speed as his brain.
Perhaps because of this, she began to have insomnia that night.
She would sleep, but she would wake up too soon. It seems that she is physically rested, but her mind is still awake. Rico and Mei, who were worried about her, had Feri produce sleeping scales, and by using them, she was finally able to sleep.
While Sidie's awakening was exhausting for her, it was an unexpected boon for the people around her.
She assisted in medical research at the medical research institute in Agartha with May and others, and at the same time acted as an advisor in the research of Agartha's crops and the improvement of the dwarves' skills. These tasks have been dramatically improved or enhanced thanks to Sidhi.
It was truly razor-sharp intuition. She would look at a stalled research or technological development project for a while, and then she would immediately come up with a solution. There is no evidence for it, but when we do as she says, we get better results than we were aiming for. The staff is overjoyed, but on the other hand, the laboratories in Agartha are busy gathering evidence for the method Sidhi has come up with.
However, perhaps because of the excessive use of her brain, Sidie has gradually become thin. In proportion, she began to crave for sweets. Apparently, her body craves sugar when her mind is working at full capacity, and she pops a sweet into her mouth whenever she has a free moment.
Sadie's mouth is usually full of Japanese sweets such as manjuu (steamed buns). Cakes and the like are fine, but I have decided that if she keeps eating them, she will surely gain weight, so I have recommended her to eat Japanese sweets.
So far there has been no change in her body shape, but even for those Japanese sweets, I came up with a new way to make anko (red bean paste) and told the store to make it for her, and it turned out to be surprisingly elegant. I'm happy to say that I'm a master of anko, but Sadie is still suffering from a headache and seems to be in a lot of pain.
I couldn't stand the sight of her, so I left the capital with Ilimo on my day off and headed for the meadow. In the capital or in the mansion, you can't help but receive a lot of information. I wanted to take her to a place where there was as little as possible and let her rest and relax.
It was still cold in Agartha. The meadow where I brought her was a silver world. I took a big bed out of the endless storage and put it on the snow. I lay Sadie down on it and set up a ward. Naturally, I have added a barrier to keep the temperature constant and to block out as much sound as possible.
"...... how do you like it, Sidhi?"
"...... Thank you. It's very, very comfortable."
Sadie is groggy as soon as she lays down on the bed. She opened her eyes and gazed blankly at the white, silver world.
"...... in a little while, the earth will shake again. It will continue for the next ten years or so. Three years from now,......8 at exactly 12:00 on the 14th of August, a volcano will erupt on the Dalysian continent. It will explode on a fairly large scale. ......"
She is mumbling like a prophetess. I pat her head gently and open my mouth.
"Sadie. Why don't you get some sleep ......"
She nodded weakly and slowly closed her eyes. I sprinkle some of the scale powder that Fairy had given me beforehand around Sadie. After a while, she began to make small breathing noises and fell asleep. I put the back of my hand on her cheek and watched her sleeping face for a while.
She woke up after an hour or so. It seems that an hour of sound sleep suits Sadie's constitution better than a long sleep. When she woke up, she stretched herself up and moved her head from side to side, making a jerking sound.
"I slept well ....... I feel refreshed."
"Good. Sadie, take it easy. You can take a nap in a big open space like this for a while. No one will come here and no one will know anything. I'll put up some shifting wards and you can rest here.
"Thank you. Mr. Linos ...... me ......"
"What's up, Sidney?"
"I'm afraid of myself. I feel like I'm going ...... crazy."
"Yes, I know. You've suddenly awakened. Is that common among dwarves?
"No. No. I have never heard of it. Mei has Dwarf blood, but she said she has never been in this condition.
"Well, ...... maybe you should have May or Roni check it out once."
She burst into tears, as if she could no longer hold back what she had just endured. I hugged her gently, telling her it would be all right. Suddenly, my mind was bombarded with all kinds of information. It must be hard. I know how Sadie feels.
"Dear Linos, ...... I ...... want to be with you all the time ....... I love you ......"
"Sadie ......"
I continued to stroke her back gently for a while.
By now it was almost evening and Sadie had calmed down. Now, as we were about to return to the residence in the capital, there was a response to my presence detection. Ilimo seemed to understand this and was staring in the direction of the response. But I recognized this reaction.
"......What is he doing?"
From the far side of the meadow, a few people on horseback are slowly heading in our direction. I got on Ilimo with Sidi and drove her toward the group.
"Hey, it's you."
"What are you doing?"
Moving gracefully across the snowfield were the Maine Tier kings.
"I heard there is an ancient treasure sword in the village of Kanashiri. I was eager to see it."
"You still love to see the sights and treasures, don't you?"
"Because it's fun, isn't it?"
He opens his mouth in the same nonchalant manner as usual. Sadie continues to stare at him.
"Oh, is this your first time? King Maintia of the Hradime Kingdom. This is one of my wives, Considie.
"Well, this is a very pretty-looking princess. She is still a young ...... Dwarf, I see. Excuse me on horseback. My name is Hradime Roscano Maintia. Please make yourself at home.
He bowed gracefully to Sidi from his horse. He may be a fool, but he does this kind of etiquette very beautifully. He is a wonder.
Sidi returns the greeting as usual, but she is staring at King Maintia.
"...... Sidi, what's wrong?"
"......"
"Sadie?"
"......Ma'am, is there something wrong with my face?"
King Maintia also stared at Sidhi with a puzzled look on her face. She stares at the king with her eyes moving up and down, from side to side, without moving a muscle. Then, his right hand slowly moves into her bosom. And when her right hand reappears, it is holding the mithril dagger she always carries for protection.
"Sidie, what are you ...... doing?"
"Yaaaah!"
The next thing she knew, she was leaping at King Maintia with her dagger pointed at him.
"Whoa!"
The king, startled by this unexpected act, falls from his horse onto his back. Sidi quickly mounts up on the king's chest.
"You crook!
With her exclamation, the daggers clasped in her hands were thrust at the king of Maintia.