“No—no... I wasn’t dreaming. I actually saw Eira vomiting blood in her apartment.” Kael tried to deny what Lucas was saying.

Lucas pressed the emergency button to call a nurse because he was concerned about Kael’s agitation.

Basically, Kael should have been treated by a psychologist, but for the past four days, his physical condition had also been very poor. He’d forgotten to eat, forgotten to drink—he’d even seemed to forget himself—and as a result, he’d become malnourished.

Yesterday, Lucas found Kael having a seizure and moaning in pain inside Eira’s room.

“Calm down, Kael. It was just a dream, okay? You’re just fixated on that strange illness that’s afflicting...