The hero's gender is yet to be determined after rebirth.

"...Radiant Healing!" Just in case, Kurara cast a light spell on Lorenwei. It wouldn't do any harm anyway, so she figured it was better to be safe than sorry.

Sylph said, "I am an elf, and I am naturally sensitive. Perhaps I can detect any other deceptive techniques left behind."

She touched Lorenwei's forehead, across her cheek, and down to her chest. Even with the blanket and bathrobe in the way, the elf felt a little nervous and shy, as if she were touching skin herself.

"Don't overthink it. I don't know if Lorenve is cursed or has contracted some kind of illness. I need to investigate carefully." Sylph focused her mind, intently sensing the situation.

Although fingers are not hearing aids, the elf's keen senses detected that Lorenve's heartbeat had quickened.

Is it like before, when I feel my heart race when I touch the body of someone I like? Sylph closed her eyes, unable to stop her mind from wandering.

It took several moments of focused concentration to complete the investigation.

"You don't seem to be feeling well either? Your face is red." Kurara looked at Sylph with a puzzled expression.

Sylph felt ashamed and quickly made an excuse: "Ah, my kind of probing technique is quite energy-consuming and will cause my blood to accelerate."

All three of them checked, but still couldn't find any curse on Lorenwei.

"I'm fine." Lorenwei got out of bed and struck a rather strong pose. "Actually, if there were any curses, the protective charm my mom gave me would definitely have blocked them."

The three women were then relieved.

"If you feel unwell, you must tell me." Sylph held Lorenve's hand, her eyes still filled with worry.

Kurara observed this with slight confusion. Was this affection for her master, or for a teammate?

"Alright! It's good that you're alright. Let's ride Puyo together to the end of the hot spring!" Melan called out.

"Don't ride King Slime yet!" Siruff immediately stopped her.

Yes, it was from jumping off the slime that she threw up. Even Sylph, who was holding Lorenvie's hand, felt Lorenvie's hand tremble.

It wasn't that she minded the slimes, but... Lorenwei cried out in her heart: I'm allergic to hot springs now! Don't even mention that place! Please!

Although it was a false alarm, thankfully, the heated sparring match between Kurara and Sylph was also stopped.

Kurara and Sylph occasionally exchanged glances, each feeling somewhat embarrassed.

They were not petty people in the past, and were friends, but when it came to their feelings, they were like oil and water. Especially after Kurara discovered that Sylph and Loren were entangled, her vigilance became wary, and she couldn't suppress her jealousy.

However, Kurala felt ashamed, realizing she had been taking her anger out on others. It was just a matter of personal feelings, and she was too embarrassed to explain it clearly at the moment.

Next, Kurara took the initiative to suggest that they stop sparring, and the four of them began to verbally exchange magical insights and martial arts experience in the room.

However, during dinner, Lorenwei felt like she couldn't eat anymore, as if she was already full and started burping a little.

After going to bed, Lorenwei started to feel nauseous and went to the washroom to vomit again.

Meilan happened to get up in the middle of the night and saw Lorenwei vomiting again.

Still half-asleep, Meilan swayed and mumbled, "Congratulations... you're pregnant..."

Chapter 142 Memories and Reenactments! Lorenwei's Ambiguous Princess Carry Through Past and Present Lives

"Is Your Highness Tang unwell?" Kurara asked Lorenwei with concern.

Lorenwei, dressed in an earth-yellow monk's robe with a red kasaya over it, was clutching her stomach in discomfort.

Sylph, also dressed in monk's robes, exclaimed from the side, "My master is suffering from severe abdominal pain; he must have caught a chill."

Kurala quickly approached and asked anxiously, "Brother Tang, did you drink the river water before entering the city?"

"I drank half a bowl of water, and then my stomach started to hurt."

Kurara was stunned for a moment, then took a few steps back and covered her mouth to laugh.

Sylph jumped in front of Kurara and called out anxiously, "What are you laughing at? Hurry up and bring me some hot soup!"

“Little Master, there’s no need to be angry. Hot soup won’t cure Tang Yu’s stomachache,” Kurala said slowly. “The river outside the city is called the Hot Spring River. Tang Yu’s brother must have drunk its water and is probably about to have a baby!”

“Hot spring river? I seem to remember being held underwater in a hot spring…” Lorenwei felt her memory was hazy. “No, it seems like you guys were the ones who held me underwater and made me swallow some water…”

Kurala approached Lorenwei, who was clutching her stomach, and said, "Oh dear, don't worry about these details. Tang Yudi just needs to focus on giving birth."

Sylph also came over, her words carrying a teasing tone: "Don't worry, Master, I'll find you a gentle midwife, and I guarantee you'll give birth to a healthy, chubby baby."

"Wait—no! I'm not Tang Sanzang! I didn't drink the water from the Mother-Child River! I don't want to have children!" Lorenwei gradually regained consciousness, and her memories slowly came back together.

She struggled to wake up from the nightmare, but the female national teacher, Kula, and the Monkey King version of Sylph approached her with sinister smiles and grabbed her arms on the left and right.

Lorenwei felt her stomach hurting more and more, as if there really was some little life stirring inside.

Inside the bedroom in the hot spring village.

"He's still not awake. He must be quite ill." Sylph withdrew her hand from her forehead. "Luckily, he doesn't have a fever."

Sylph looked at Lorenwei, who was still sleeping on the tatami mat covered with a blanket, with a worried expression.

The sun was high in the sky, but Lorenwei was still asleep.

They certainly wouldn't bother her, but they could tell she was sick. Although Lorenwei had fair skin, her face was noticeably pale, a sign of poor health.

"Does it sound like you're talking in your sleep?" Sylph leaned closer to Lorenwei's gently moving lips, listening intently.

Lorenwei's voice was very soft, as if she were talking in her sleep: "I don't want to have children..."

“…” Sylph almost burst out laughing. No girl in the world could say that as hilariously as Lorenwei.

"What's wrong? What did she say?" Kurara asked, noticing Siruf's distorted expression.

Sylph hesitated for a moment, then told the truth: "She said she didn't want to have children."

Kurara's turquoise eyes widened: "...Huh?"

Sylph couldn't help but laugh: "I think it's hilarious too."

"She probably has a stomachache. Maybe she had a dream. Or maybe she ate something bad, otherwise she wouldn't have vomited before." Kurara didn't consider the possibility of Lorenwei being pregnant at all, unlike Meilan did...

Sylph seemed thoughtful, knowing that Lorenve might have drunk a lot of hot spring water: "Maybe she drank too much hot spring water?"

Kurara was right, and Sylph's prediction was accurate as well.

"Lorenwei drank hot spring water? No way?" Kurara was incredulous. She didn't think she had soaked in the hot spring with Lorenwei, but who would drink hot spring water?

Sylph realized she had said something wrong and might have made Kurara suspicious of Lorenwei's relationship with Loren, so she quickly corrected herself: "Ah, she's a terrible swimmer, but she can be just as crazy as Melanie. She splashed around in the hot spring for ages and swallowed a lot of water, so she left early yesterday."

Kurara shook her head: "Really, she usually seems very steady and reliable when doing missions, but I didn't expect her to still have the mind of a child."

"How should we treat it?" Siluf didn't deny it and directly stated her judgment, "I think she just drank too much hot spring water, which caused her stomachache, right?"

After feeding the Slime King, Meilan came in from outside: "Is Lorenve sick? I thought she was pregnant. I saw her vomiting in the bathroom in the middle of the night."

"Don't talk nonsense. It's not that she's vomiting, it's that she's pregnant." Sylph said, both amused and exasperated.

Kurara nodded: "It really does sound like they've drunk too much hot spring water."

Meilan, however, insisted on asking, "Why does vomiting mean you're pregnant?"

Kula: "Vomiting alone is not enough to judge; first, you need to have a boyfriend."

Meilan's eyes lit up: "You have a boyfriend, so you, Kula, also..."

"No, no, no..." Kula blushed and shook her head rapidly.

At the same time, Kurara felt a little hurt, a feeling that was vaguely present in her heart.

“Yes, having a boyfriend isn’t enough. You need a destined connection and a commitment to stay together for life,” Silph declared solemnly, while glancing at Kurara without anyone noticing, her eyes filled with a hint of smugness.

Meilan blinked: "But you don't have a boyfriend."

"..." Sylph wanted to bury her head under the tatami mat; it was too dangerous!

"Then eat more!" Meilan, the winner who had easily outmaneuvered the two beauties, sat down next to Lorenwei and checked on her. "Grandma said that if a person is sick, as long as they eat their fill, they will be 80% better."

"Poor child, how much suffering she endured as a child!" Kurara and Sylph looked at Melanie with pity, not caring about her useless advice or the hurtful words she had just spoken.

"Come on, Lorenwei, have something to eat!" Meilan reached out and nudged Lorenwei's shoulder.

"Shh—" Sylph and Kurara gestured for Melanie to be quiet. "Let her sleep a little longer."

"No, I'm awake." It would be strange if she weren't awake. With the help of Meilan, Lorenwei struggled out of her dream, shook her head, and quickly regained her senses.

Luckily, Meilan helped her escape the dream. Lorenwei didn't know if it was from pain or fear, but she was sweating profusely.

In the dream, the midwives had arrived, the royal advisor Kula had already ordered someone to boil some hot water for the baby's bath and was going to find the registrar, while the Goku version of Sylph was preparing to name the child...

Feeling weak all over, she struggled to get up several times.

"Don't get up, rest well." Sylph stopped her from getting up: "Tell us how you feel, and we'll assess your condition."

"Discomfort in the upper middle abdomen, mild stomach cramps, vomiting, heartburn, acid reflux, and hiccups—that's acute gastritis," Lorenwei said with a wry smile.

Kurara readily agreed, "You know a lot about this condition? That's good. How can we help you treat it?"

"Let me think... I guess it's something to strengthen the body. Right now, the illness is in its acute phase, so directly using healing magic to enhance blood circulation wouldn't be appropriate." Lorenwei began to prescribe medicine for herself.

There are no antispasmodics in this world, so slowing magic might be an option.

"My stomach hurts quite a bit; it's a stomach spasm caused by toxins. I need to find a way to slow down her peristalsis and muscle spasms." With that in mind, Lorenwei cast a slowing and restraining spell on her upper abdomen.

"Hey? Don't do anything reckless!" Sylph panicked. If she weren't afraid of interrupting the spell's backlash, she would have grabbed Lorenve's hand.

"It's alright, I'm confident. Not all debuff magic will necessarily cause harm; sometimes it can even be beneficial," Lorenwei said confidently.

The three women were stunned. They couldn't understand why she had cast a debuff spell on them.

Without antibiotics, how can we deal with the rampant bacteria in my stomach? Should we consider using a dark-based life curse spell?

Uh, well... while my affinity for dark magic is decent, I'm not very good at controlling the timing of my spells, so I'll pass. Lorenwei pondered, starting a life curse on her stomach; she might end up with a zombie stomach.

“I’m not too thirsty, and I’m not too dehydrated. But… my lips are a little dry, right?” Lorenwei asked the three women around her.

“Your lips are a little dry, I noticed that a while ago,” Sylph said hesitantly, but quickly blushed and hurriedly waved her hand, saying, “Oh, I didn’t mean to kiss you, I just wanted to look.”

Lorenwei: "..."

Kurara: "..."

Meilan: "?"

Sylph covered her face.

"Well, my condition isn't too serious right now. As long as I stop the pain and prevent dehydration, the symptoms will subside quickly." Lorenwei changed the subject. "The slowing therapy I just used has worked. I feel much better." Lorenwei could clearly feel that the slight spasms in her stomach, due to the slowing-motion restraint technique, had improved a lot, and the pain had lessened.

"Really? You can't lie to us." Kurara stared into Lorenwei's eyes.