DR

by whoamI_88

Name : Doctor Resignation

Summary :

When the humble little Duke dies suddenly, the estate falls into the hands of the
rebels. The rebellion was simply suppressed by the imperial family. The problem is, I,
Lice Estelle, will be forced into the rebels and hanged.

'It's not fair!'

I was just the most talented doctor on the estate.

Now that I'm here, I'll be your doctor and make the little Duke healthy so that the
rebellion can't happen!
"There's no one for Eran more than I do. So you have to listen to me."

"Run! Run! Run! I need to build up my immune system!"

"Eat this glue. Oh, don't just talk back and eat."

Why are they so big? I wasn't this good physically, but anyway, I was happy to resign
because I raised it well.

"Resignation?"

The decadent, cool-looking eyes were slanted.

"Liche, you said you were the only one for me."

Before I knew it, his legs were tangled, and he whispered softly in my ear as if he
were seducing me.

"But can I let you go? I'm not even a fool."

Unlike his past life, he has become so robust that his personality seems to have
changed.

A full-length romance fantasy written by Yun Na-jin, <the doctor resigns after doing
everything he needs to do.>

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The prologue

"This is all because of the death of Duke Eran."

"Just if Duke Eran inherited the throne of the Duke ·······."

"Then the crazy Wedderick would not have come to be Duke Sergius."

There was a sound of people whispering in the next door.

The Duke of Serius lost his stable successor, Eran Iliad Serius, half a year ago.

He was unable to inherit his title because he could not get up from his sickbed even
after he reached adulthood, and eventually died as a minor.

The new duke who came to succeed him was Eran's cousin, Wederick Visses, Cedar.
And as soon as he got on the dukes, he joined the rebels and quickly turned Serius
into a battlefield.

Forsaken. Of course, the rebellion, which had no justification or ability, was simply
suppressed by the imperial family.

However, almost all of the young people in the Duchy of Serius were either killed or
injured, and we had to pay a huge amount of responsibility compensation.

All those who actively participated in the rebellion were hanged. The problem is that I
was also hanged.

"·······No way."

I shook my hands and clenched my head. I was only nineteen now.

"I, why, why, why, why, why, ···."

I was just the best doctor in the land.

I just treated a large number of territorial residents, but the imperial family charged
me with playing a 'great role in expanding the rebel army.' But anyway, he's in
prison.

Lynn had nothing I could do.

Having been praised as a genius since the age of 13, I was able to set up an
independent lawmaker not long after I reached adulthood.

So I thought you were finally earning some fame and money.......

"It's unfair. ······."

There was no such thing as loyalty to the imperial family or the duke.

It was enough if I just lived peacefully day by day.

But suddenly he joined the rebels.

I just saved him because he wanted to save someone.

I was so frustrated that I was about to lose my footing.

"Lady,"

I was sniffing, and an old lady who was in the same prison as me secretly talked.

"Is that so unfair?"

"Of course it's unfair "

I replied curtly, as if to say something.

"Suddenly, I'm going to change my neighbor's head and kill myself. But you can't run
away without the doctor dying."

Then the grandmother, who was wearing a collar, sneaked up to me.

"Lady, are you a doctor?"

".......Yes."

I looked at my grandmother with suspicious eyes. I'm not known as a genius doctor
by a Sherius estate.

There was no way to see it.

It was clear that he was an outsider who was somehow trapped together.
"That's a very capable doctor, too. To the point where it's such a waste to die "

"Really?"

Grandma asked with her eyes glistening,

"Well, I'm having a hard time every day because I have a headache for no reason
.May I know what to do?"

"Give me your hand."

I was destined to be executed tomorrow, but I took her by the hand of a doctor and
started several visits.

"It's a pain caused by a mana collision inside. Have you ever taken other people's
mana recklessly? It's also a magical power with tremendous power."

It wasn't a common disease, but my grandmother's eyes grew bigger when I asked
her.

"Oh, how did you know? I don't know what caused it..."

"I am a doctor who is known to be a genius around here."

I continued in a weak voice.

"Eat the moon flower tea every morning and cut off the beef. It's better if you mix
the flowers and isar glue together. Then the side effects will disappear."

"Oh, really?"

"Don't take the strange mana into your body in the first place."

"It's all consequential."

I took a quick prescription and sighed. Anyway, seeing that she was trapped with me
who will be executed tomorrow, she almost died soon.

I was wondering what all this meant, and my grandmother shone her eyes.
"Thank you, genius doctor. Do you need anything? Just say anything."

"Me?"

I spoke in desperation.

"Then save me."

'" It's.... I'm not the emperor. Tell me something else."

You told me to say anything .....

and then I said what I was desperate for.

"Well, I'm from an orphanage, but I don't know my biological parents. Can you tell
me?"

Even now that I'm sentenced to death, I want to see my family.

It was sad that there was no radish.

It was sad that it was my destiny to die so lonely without anyone crying over my
death.

"My crystal ball broke when I came here.... I could find it for you if I had that."

You told me to say anything, but it's just an empty word.

I didn't have to say what I wanted anymore when I was dying tomorrow.

So I answered him insincerely.

"Well, I don't want anything more. All right, Grandma. What do I need now?"

" hmm...."

Grandmother squinted her eyes.

"I can't save you, but I can give you a chance to live."

"What ? "
" change the future miss "

I looked at my grandmother with cold eyes.

" I'll make you back in time."

that was my last memory of nineteen.

When I came to my senses with the end of the conversation, I turned thirteen again.

"No way....."

I blinked when I saw myself reflected in the mirror. Brown bobbed hair, green eyes.

A little girl with a strange face stood.

This is what my grandmother in prison said about the 'chance to live'!

Turning the clock, I was able to live a life other than being crushed in the
Cerseus estate and killed in a rebellion.

" yes."

Looking at the clothes, it was still summer.

I remembered this outfit. I'm in the Sherius Territories.

It was the same day that he decided to leave the nursery school in Seok and enter
the assistant of the local councilors.

"Let's just run away."

You'll have to leave the nursery and get a job soon anyway.

I was a genius doctor, full of tremendous medical knowledge, so I never went

anywhere to starve to death. You're a congressman, you're everywhere you go, so
there's plenty of course.

"Out of the territory of Serious, I'm just jumping to safety,"

I muttered determinedly with a small load.

It was then.

"Unnie! Don't forget us!"

"You have to come over often, sister."

"I know you have to go out when you're 13, but I'm sad. ····."

"You were very smart, even if you weren't good."

"No, you were nice to us."

My younger brothers who grew up together at the nursery came to me.

"Lice, I heard you decided to go to Teacher Jitban's assistant?"

And even Elburn, who loved me like his own sister.....

saved me, who was a baby in a basket flowing into the river, and even named me
'Lice.'

"It's really small, but it's still a gift. Be a great doctor as you dream."

Dr. Elburn hands me notes and pens . He smiles sweetly with his red eyes. I felt like I
was hit on the head because I would have saved my allowance for months to buy
such a high-end notebook and pen.

These men later all die when the imperial army sweeps the Cersei lands.

"Ah,·····."

Is it the right choice to just run away and live alone?

I looked at the precious nursery people with confused eyes.Although I didn't have
parents, I lived pretty well in the nursery.

"I ····."

I took a deep breath , after taking the pens and the notes . I couldn't just tell when I
knew the future of this land.

"teacher .... no sir , I'm going to Sherius Castle."

" what ? "

Teacher Elburn asked, surprised.

"Why there?"

"The Duke of Serious's physician,I heard Arganim is looking for an assistant."

"Arga's always looking for an assistant."

One of the children said in a ball-mensory voice.

"Everyone got kicked out in less than a week."

"I'm not getting kicked out."

I raised my head and said indifferently.

"Why?"

"Because I'm a genius."

I could say that because I had all the medical knowledge until I was nineteen.

A child looked at me with a suspicious look.

"But why would the symbol go to the wicked Arga?"

"That's "
I said earnestly.

"It's because I'm too nice and soft-hearted."

You could stand out alone, but I wanted to explain long-windedly that it was a choice
you made for the Sherius estate because you were in my heart, but I quit.

Teacher Elburn replied looking at me with trembling eyes.

"He, yes. Our Lice is smart and nice."

So I left the nursery and headed for the Duke of Serius.

Duke Serius's physician, Argaate Perelerman, was a fairly capable member of

Parliament.

Above all, he ran a large herb top, and always lived with the word that he needed a
tide.

Of course, there are no kids who stay together for more than a week because of their
high standards and bad personality.

".....That's the only way to get into the castle."

I finally made the decision of a true medical person.

I'm not running away to live alone, but to not hand over the Seers estate to the
hands of the insane rebels.

In order to do so, he had to prevent Wedderick from coming to the Duke of Cerius
overnight ······

"We need to save Eran Serius. No matter how."

Eran, who suddenly died at the age of 19, had to be saved on the same day as me.

"What was it like at the end?"

Finally, I remembered Eran, who just became an adult from a distance.

He kept coughing because he was thin.

'At that time, Perelleman didn't even look at it properly because he thought he'd do it
on his own.'

"I'd build up his immune system since he is a child , I'd better observe it carefully."

If you save Eran, the duke well safely inherited, then this estate would not be in a
ridiculous rebellion.

"When everything goes well and there's nothing to do ·····."

But the doctor is Perelleman's own master, He was in his mid-30s, so there was no
possibility that I would become the official doctor of the duke.

"......you can look for your parents , It would be nice to have a family."

I didn't know my parents. Well, I thought I could live well without my parents
because I was so smart.

However, before returning home, I was curious about my parents who had never
been curious when it was time to die.

Did they abandon me? Or did they lose it for unavoidable reasons? I wanted to know
the roots thinking that I was going to die anyway.

Even if you can't find it, Unlike my last life, it would be nice to get married and make
a family.

"Let's do something about it, starting with Eran."

I proudly went to the Duke of Serius with a small load. I'll take a recommendation
letter from Elburn.
1

1. Duke's new assistant,

"Yes."

Serius's physician, Argaate Perelerman, was a young man in his mid-30s with brown
hair and brown eyes.

He looked at me sharply, raising his glasses.

" < The Child Care Center > you just got out of there , and you'll be my assistant ?"

" yes "

I nodded proudly.

Then Perelleman smirked as if he were dumbfounded.

" Even the fifteen or sixteen-year-olds who have studied enough in other clinics can't
last a week, so I'll assist you with a letter of recommendation from the nursery
teacher?"

" yes "

"Do you know what in the letter of recommendation is?"

" uh ....I'm smart so it work ?"

Drinking tea brought by the Duchess' maid, I answered calmly.

I knew that all the people of the Duke of Serious were arrogant anyway.

I haven't met her in person yet, but The Duchess of Cerius is also rumored to have a
very bad personality and so will he.

After the death of the Duke of Cerius, she was in charge of managing the estate, not
a little fault.

When she had just become an agent, the bodies of the users and the dead would
hang from the gates every day for the first half of the year.
Of course, such a politics of fear has completely eliminated theft, fraud and
embezzlement that were suddenly rampant after the Duke's death.

However, it was good enough for the people of the land to believe and live because it
was competent and clean.

The problem was that one day he died suddenly with his only son, Eran.

'Wait.Both of them are sudden death······And right after that, Wedderick's on top of
the peacock. Then he joined the rebel army.········. Something feels odd.'

I frowned .

Well, that was just a matter of finding out.

"Should I say it's true,····? reckless or arrogant?"

Perelman said

and give me the letter of recommendation with his tongue clenched.

[ I recommend Lice Estelle as your assistant. She may seem a little conceited, but
shw is still a very smart and smart kid. The way you talk is like an old man, but isn't
it still cute the more you see it?

< Zeha Nursery>

Elburn Kite.]

I know you've done your best in your own right, Mr. Elburn, It was really a doubtful
letter of recommendation to be appointed as an assistant doctor.

"Mr. Elburn doesn't have much talent for writing recommendations."

I shrugged my shoulders when Perelman snort at me .

He's attending the duke's office. He was one of the richest men on the continent. It
was because the top of Ferelleman's herb was almost in the form of a monopoly. Of
course, he dies early when he rebelled against Wedderick, who led the rebels.

'It's a waste to die.'

I listened to his sarcasm in one ear and thought through it.

'He has a dirty personality, but he's pretty handsome at that age.'

Putting down the teacup, I raised my head and asked confidently.

"Is it a problem that you don't have experience in congress, and you're young? But
I'd be better than the older and more experienced congressman."

"What?"

"You can try it out if you're unsure of me."

"Yes "

Perelleman sighed, taking out a box of herbs.

"A cheeky kid will have to face reality to come to his senses."

He spoke unkindly, putting five herbs on the table.

"Tell me your name."

"Daldal grass, aramchos, bech flowers, hirate roots, amandelion "

I immediately replied.

Perelleman's own forehead was slightly frowned as if it had not been expected.

He took out five other herbs from the bottom of the box with a more serious face.

"Salle flowers, swallows, daisy grass, leaves of the Zika tree, and fruit of
Myeongjicho."

Of course I didn't hesitate to answer them all.

Perelleman's eyes looked at me absurdly.

"You, you······ What is it? Not many people have seen the fruit of Myeongjicho on the
continent."
"It appears in the book."

"What is the fruit of Myeongjicho used for?"

"A stomachache caused by a side effect of horsepower and high blood pressure. It
can only be collected mainly in spring on Mount Dera Force."

Explaining everything he ask for , I smiled as if I had seen it.

"Then, if you mix the Salle flower and the swallow's cone?"

"It's good for an early cold. Of course, it doesn't work after some progress."

"Of the ten herbs you've seen, hemostasis What's the herb related to?"

"The leaves of the Zika tree. Of course, Hirate's roots have a similar effect, but it's
expensive and rare, so it's better to use the leaves of the Zika tree."

Perelleman, the owner, wiped his eyeglasses for a while and looked at me quietly.

" 13 ? "
" yes "

"No congressional experience?"

In fact, I had an experience of opening a lawmaker, but I answered naturally at the

age of 13.

"Yes."

"But how do you know all this?"

"Because I'm a genius "

I said confidently, and Perelleman's own eyes narrowed in an instant.

"Really."

But all I can say is, It was really just that.

Strangely, Perelleman asked slowly with a soft voice.

"Then, why on earth would you be my assistant?"

I hesitated a little and answered with my eyes down.

"I want to be under a more genius."

"Hmm, big!"

That was true.

Perelleman's work was famous for being the most outstanding member of parliament
in the neighborhood, and he was able to do business greatly due to his abundant
knowledge of herbal medicine.

'What is it?'

I looked at Perelle Mann's little red-eared self-crop and looked up.

'I think your expression is better than before.'

Perelleman, as if he were trying to be nice, with his mouth curled down .

"......I'll register you as my assistant for now. But if I don't like it, I have to go to the
Peacock."

" I know "

'And that your personality is really dirty.'

I gladly nodded at his arrogant words.

"Then come with me. I'll tell you where to stay at the Duchy."

When Perelleman stood up, the maid next to him panicked and intervened.

"Sir, we can guide you. You don't have to do it yourself ····."

"I'm not going to show her the room myself because I like her."

I also feel pressured, so Perelleman stopped talking to the maid coldly.

"Put some snacks on the table before dinner."

"...what?"

the maid asked, sick in the mouth.

Perellemann said, frowning.

"How come thirteen people are so short and skinny? Don't you feed anything in the
nursery?"

I was just naturally short. He was short even when he grew up later. I think you're
blaming me for my physique.

Looking at Perelleman's work with a stunned look, he asked again with an aggressive
tone.

"What do you like? What kind of food do you like?"

"Uh,······sweet things."

"We can send it up by type."

"What?"

"You said it was from the nursery. What would you have eaten there?"

I was about to get angry because it was clearly a remark that ignored me.

"You'll have to try everything in the city to see your taste.Choose the most delicious
food and request it if you are hungry.I'll tell the kitchen."

I was a little confused, so I decided to just shut up.

2

"Hey, you want this room?"

Immediately, I was assigned a maid named Jenny.

Jenny was a warm-looking maid in her mid-40s with brown hair and blue eyes.

Perelleman's work and his own work came up together.

"It's always an empty room."

Perellemann replied bluntly.

I was slightly surprised by the very girly room.

It was a room with a cute atmosphere that could be used by a noble young man of
my age.

However, it seemed that human hands did not burn for a long time.

"Just wear whatever you want there."

I was surprised when I opened the closet carefully.

It was because the child's clothes, which looked new, were full.

"Ha, but..."

I don't know why, but Jenny seemed a little embarrassed.

Ignoring the embarrassment, Perellemann's self-critic said bitterly.

"Anyway, after this season, I was going to throw away all the clothes. It's nice to
have a baby girl here."

"Go, thank you..."

I don't know what it is, but I said hello in a cool manner to give all these pretty
clothes.

Perelleman replied grumbling again.

"I don't give it to you because I like you. These are clothes to throw away, but a girl
who fits comes and gives them to me. There are no young girls your age in this
fortress."

"Oh... yes."

"Keep that in mind. I'm just giving you clothes to throw away."

"Yes, I'll be aware that you've dumped these clothes on me."

When I answered immediately, Perelleman said, raising the glasses.

"I'll send you the books you need to see, so memorize them by tomorrow."

"Yes."

"Don't you ask me how many books I have? How much is it?"

"I don't care."

I shrugged my shoulders.

"I can memorize a medical book that I read once without missing a Mr. To."

Perelleman laughed as if he was dumbfounded and left without saying hello.

After a while, Jenny, who was alone with me, asked me carefully.

"That lady... ..... she made her assistants memorize almost dozens of books. Why
don't you tell me you can't make it tomorrow?"

"It's too much."

I answered with a blink of an eye.

"I'm a genius."

It was so obvious that I had no intention of hiding it.

Having knowledge up to nineteen years old, the probability of pretending to be stupid
has become more unlikely.

Jenny smiled with a funny face instead of a puzzled look.

"Oh, my God... it's just like when you were a child. That's what Jajak used to say
when she was the only one. He's a genius."

"What?"

I asked again if I heard it wrong. I'm the same? I'm the one who has a dirty
personality?

"Yes, I was wondering why you gave her your daughter's room..."

"What?"

I jumped up and down with the sound of 'Daughter's Room'.

So this pretty, comfortable room is the one that Perelman's daughter

used?

'Then the dresses that the girls would wear...'

"Oh, to be exact, the lost daughter."

However, I had never heard such a thing before I returned to Korea.

I tilted my head and looked at Jenny.

Then Jenny briefly explained with a rather bitter look.

"There's a daughter I lost without seeing her face. He blamed himself for it so much
that the Duke allowed the Duke of Cerius to build his daughter's room. Don't give up
hope and wait."

"Oh... I see."

I don't know who it is, but I thought it would be a pretty big hit if I were alive
because the top of Ferelleman was quite money-sweeping.

"Oh, there's your room at the end of this hallway."

Jenny said affectionately, tying my messy hair again.

"Are you talking about Prince Eran Serius?"

"Yes."

He was the one I had to save somehow.

I sighed lightly as I recalled a 19-year-old small princess who coughed with a thin and
miserable appearance.

From now on, he had to watch slowly and find the cause of the disease and fix it.

'We're on the same floor, it's perfect to run into.'

That's what I thought.

"Oh, my, pretty."

Jenny smiled happily, picking out a dress that fits her and putting on matching
accessories.

"You look like an aristocrat when you decorate it."

"If you put it down, it's all like a noblewoman."

I answered, flapping through the bookshelf.

"Of course, thanks to my fair skin and clear features."

Jenny couldn't hold back her laughter at my snap words.

"Oh, my..."

Jenny murmured as she looked at me again in the mirror, who was smaller than her
age.

"It's like I'm watching your version of the girl."

"......isn't that a curse?"

I stretched out the 15th book on the table.

I looked through all the books delivered just in case, but there was nothing I didn't
know.

Rather, I actually knew more because they were knowledgeable six years ago than I
knew.

In fact, my ability now depended on discovering new things rather than knowing the
knowledge that already exists on the continent.

"You're quite busy. As you know, Perelleman's top is running."

"Yes, I know."

"I've offered to resign several times because I can't always be attached to the duke,
but I've been forced to stay because my wife has asked me to."

"Why?"

I tilted my head and asked.

"A Duke of Serious would be better off using a resident doctor."

"I believe in your skills."

Jenny patted my hair and said.

"Because as soon as the Duke of Cerius left, he died."

"Ah."

right

I felt my memory and nodded.

While Perelleman stopped for a moment because he was so busy that he could not
attend the doctor's office, the Duke of Cerius, who had been living his life, died.

So now the Duchess was in charge of a number of territories, and perhaps her only
son Eran would be commissioned when he reached adulthood.

"Even Eran can't let you go like that, so he's holding you desperately."

"Is Prince Eran weak, too?"

"Yes, in the last few months, you've managed to save yourself from dying."

Perelleman's work was good, and he was loyal to the Duke of Cerius. If he couldn't
save Eran in the end, it must have been a pretty difficult disease.

'Really, I'm gonna have to look at it as soon as possible. Maybe it's a disease that you
have to take care of from an early age.'

I reminded myself of my purpose once again.

"Now, shall we get up?"

Jenny smiled as she held my hand.

"There's a luncheon scheduled with the author."

"Ochan?"

When asked with a tilted head, Jenny sighed slightly and continued.

"Yes, the vast majority of our assistants... left this castle without passing this first
luncheon."

I nodded slowly because I had experienced the rough nature of Perelleman's work
yesterday.

"But for some reason, I'm afraid you'll come back safely."

"I suppose so."

Jenny giggled as I answered calmly.

***

"If you mix the idharin grass with pumpkin juice."

"There is a temporary relief from muscle pain."

"Suddenly, when you get a headache and get into convulsions."

"Once we've administered seed flower juice, we'll respond and decide on a future
prescription."

The meal was excellent.

I grew up in a nursery and lasted six years as an assistant to an individual lawmaker,

and had just opened a council member, and had never eaten such precious food
before returning home.

Perelleman asked endlessly about the contents of yesterday's books, and I answered
nonchalantly and emptied the plates.

Of course, no other applicants would have had a bite. The atmosphere was so icy that
I could feel it.

It was because Perelleman's own work only asked questions without saying hello, and
he shot a cold look that seemed like he should not be able to answer one.
Of course, I answered without hesitation until the dessert came out.

Perellemann stopped questioning only after I started eating pudding.

"That's useful."

It was his impression that he asked all kinds of questions and received answers
throughout the meal.

"Is it only useful?"

I said calmly, eating a little bit of pudding.

"It's hard to find a talent like this anywhere else on the continent."

I'm 13 years old now and I had a clear purpose, so I just came in as an assistant, not
someone's ability to fall under.

"That's very straightforward. "

"It's a doctor's virtue."

I spoke from the bottom of my heart.

"I don't lie."

It was true.

"He's really nice and full of humanity."

No matter how much I thought about it, I could stand out by myself, but my heart
that came in here to save all the people of this territory was so warm that I was
amazed.

"Yes."

Perelleman laughed.

"You have a personality similar to mine. I'm also very honest and good."

Where the hell are you going? You look like you don't have any humanity from the
way you talk and the atmosphere, but you're showing off!

When I didn't answer anything, he told me with a straight face.

"The thought you're having right now is the thought I'm thinking."

"......."

Ferelleman's own work and I seemed to be either very good or very bad.
3

"You know, I'm pretty busy running the top. We return to emergency
situations of course, but we are not always attached to maneuverability."

When the simple test was over, Perelle Lehmann looked at me and spoke in a low,
fast voice.

"Yes."

I answered calmly and entered the fact that I picked up.

"Personally, I'm busy."

Busy work probably meant looking for a daughter.

"So my assistant always stays in the Peacock, and if there's an issue, he has to make
an emergency prescription and call me. You should never be stupid to do that."

"Of course."

I nodded as I ate the last piece of pudding.

"If a doctor is stupid, he'll be in trouble."

"I don't think you're stupid enough to see it, so I'll introduce you to your wife and
heron tomorrow."

He gestured to the servant and said something.

Soon, three more pudding came up in front of me.

"If it's good, don't save it and ask for more. Because you don't look there."

I can't believe I don't look there.

He had a knack for making it difficult to say thank you.

'It's better if you say you're good than it was useful earlier, right? '

He said something else whether he misunderstood my sulky expression.

"I'm in trouble today. Baroness Ishider and his English name Wedderick are here, so
both of you are busy."
I almost chewed my tongue because I was mumbling with pudding in my mouth.

'If it's Wedderick, it's Eran's cousin who brought down this estate and brought it
down! '

If I hadn't had a sense of duty as a doctor, I would have planned to kill Wedderick
somehow now.

Anyway, doctors have a lot of knowledge about poison.

But I was uselessly too strong in the idea of respecting life.

'It's medical science that I learned to save people, not medical science that I learned
to kill.'

I couldn't use medical knowledge to kill people, if I don't know anything else.

Anyway, Wedderick and his father are here.

When Eran died and recalled how quickly they took control of the territory, my teeth
were divided.

'It's suspicious. Like you've been after... Wait, since before?'

Come to think of it, it was weird.

As soon as Eran died, he waited, and he said Wedderick was the only one of his kind.

Didn't he enter the Duchy just for the reason?

In addition, the complicated inheritance of aristocrats, famous for taking months,

took place quickly.

'Even the very next day or so, he declared himself joining the rebels...'

In common sense, if you haven't prepared for a long time, it can't be done so quickly.

I gulped down the pudding left in my mouth.

'Then... ..don't tell me?'

***
After the meal, I started looking around the Peacock with Jenny.

It was my first time staying in a Daegwi residence like this, so I couldn't help my eyes
going around.

Everywhere was colorful and tidy, and the scale was enormous.

'This wonderful place was completely devastated......'

At that time, I could not say anything to the orders of Wedderick and his aides and
treated the rebels
.
The treatment was not good, but I remembered working silently to save people
anyway.

Jenny grinned as she was walking in needless remorse.

"As expected, the luncheon must have been a success."

"There was nothing quite good or bad. I'll see you tomorrow anyway."

"Then it's incredibly successful."

Jenny raised her thumb and said.

"Usually, he sheds a lot of tears and teaches hard for about a week. Then, he
introduces only the assistants who endured it. I guess you're convinced, too."

"That's understandable. I already have all the qualities of a doctor."

Knowledge, personality, and posture.

I answered as if it were obvious, and Jenny laughed as if she had heard an interesting
joke.

"You're very busy. If you leave a reliable assistant here, you'll feel better."

"Is it because of the top?"

"Yes."

Jenny sighed and gave a faint look.

"Actually, the top is doing better than it needs to be, and I'm here and there in the
continent looking for your daughter.
He's asking for somebody."

"Ah..."

I didn't know there was such a heartbreaking story behind the huge Perelleman top.

"And then my best friend, the Duke of Cerius, was not there when he was in critical
condition, so he couldn't even leave this place because of the guilt."

Jenny smiled bitterly.

"He's a very pitiful man. I hope you'll be a great assistant and ease your burden."

Hagiya, did he say that every year he bought clothes for his daughter's age and threw
them away?

I could see how desperate he was to find his daughter.

He had not heard of his daughter before his return, so he could not find her and died
at Wedderick's hands
.
This time, I will stick to Eran and save him somehow, so maybe he can find his
daughter.

'Then will you die, too, of that grumpy castle?'

I was walking in the garden with these beautiful and altruistic thoughts, and I heard a
very intrusive sound from somewhere.

"Erann, what if you can't catch a ball like this? As expected, something's a little bit
with you. You'd better just not move."

Eran?

I turned my head to the name of the character I've been looking for all along.

"People think you're funny. As I've said, don't exercise especially. It'll be a
laughingstock. You've been sick since you were a kid."

Wait. Who is gaslighting whom?

Where I looked at with axe eyes, there was a 17-year-old boy sarcastically in front of
13-year-old skinny Eran.

Light brown hair and dark red eyes.

Looking at the slightly raised eyes, Wedderick was clear.

And I could see the back of Eran, who was shorter than me, holding the ball in a
sullen manner.

"And even if you eat a little, you'll gain a lot of weight. It's also a characteristic of
children who are sick like you and keep lying down."

Wedderick constantly tried gaslighting with a disapproving face.

"I see..."
Eran lowered his head and murmured.

"So don't eat as much as you can. You don't want to be a pig, do you? If you're
hungry, eat this snack that you gave me secretly."

No, he's not. Let's see. Let's see.

I let go of Jenny's hand that I was holding.

"Lady?"
Jenny looked down at me with her eyes wide open, maybe surprised when I let go of
her hand.

I answered calmly.

"Go ahead. I have a place to go for a while."

"Suddenly?"

"Yes."

"No, maneuverability is complicated..."

"I already memorized the geography."

Leaving Jenny behind, I strode across the garden.

4

Eran liked his cousin Wedderick.

After the death of the duke's father a few years ago, his mother, the duchess, used to
suffer from an unexpected headache. Nevertheless, I was always busy with the
management of the land.

In addition, he used to fall down and lie in bed all the time because he was weak, but
Wedderick was the only brother who played with him since he was very young.

In addition, Wedderick always worried about himself and said the right things.

"You'll have a headache tomorrow if you're taking a class or something."

"But Sir Jeffrey said I was good..."

"You'll see—you'll have a terrible headache tomorrow."

When Wedderick said so, the next day he would have a really terrible headache.

"Don't eat too much meat or vegetables. If I gain weight, I'll ignore you."

"Ferelleman said don't leave any food..."

"Well, you'll have a stomachache when you're done eating it."

As Wedderick said, my stomach used to hurt after that.

So Eran kept listening to Wedderick better.

Her doctor, Perelleman, recommended that she move often and eat well, but it didn't
reach her well because she was hard and only said what she wanted to say.

And I was afraid that Wedderick wouldn't come back when he didn't listen to it.
Wedderick was his only brother and friend.

"Of course you shouldn't tell your own master or your mother that I said this."

"Why?"
"Because Perelleman wouldn't let me play with you because he wouldn't let me listen
to him. Then I won't let my aunt who follows your words."

"Really?"

"Then you have no one to play ball with and no one to talk to."

Eran was six years old when the Duke of Cerius died. At that time, the Duchess was
the one who lost her husband.

Panic and Youngji Salim, who suddenly took over, were not in a situation to take good
care of Eran because it was too much.

For a six-year-old boy, Wedderick's words, which he often visits and plays with
himself, were more reliable than those of Arga, which looked scary.

And after seven years, I turned thirteen.

In the meantime, Eran didn't play as much as he wanted to be laughed at by others

as Wedderick said, and he didn't eat properly because he was afraid of gaining
weight.

I never read or studied when I heard that I would have a headache.

So he was not educated by the Orthodox until he was thirteen, nor did he learn
swordsmanship from the Knights.

There were many life-and-death situations, so it was not a situation where one could
do something in a row.

Whenever Arga did that, he somehow saved him, and only prescribed him clearly, but
did not enforce his lifestyle.

His role was to check his physical condition as a good doctor, not because he had no
income.

In addition, he also had a situation where he could not pay attention to Eran. I was
half crazy and looking for my daughter.

Even if the Duke of Cerius hadn't died, so if the cold Duchess hadn't caught him with
tears, he wouldn't have been attached to the fortress.
Eran was slowly weakening amid the indomitable indifference and neglect of the
elders.
There is already a chronic disease, but the development was considerably slower than
the age because it did not eat well and did not move.

On that day, Eran was playing ball with Wedderick, who had come after a
long time, and he lowered his shoulder when Wedderick said not to play ball
anymore.

As expected, I couldn't do anything, and it was when Eran was depressed at the
thought of it.

"Princess is thirteen."

Suddenly, I heard a strange voice, and when I turned around, a pretty girl with brown
bobbed hair and green eyes was looking straight at him and talking loudly.

"You can't have the same development as the 17-year-old Master Wetherick."

It was Wedderick who replied to that.

"Who are you? I've never seen you in the Duchy before..."

Looking at her pretty and luxurious clothes, she didn't look like a girl working in a
castle.

However, as far as he knew, there was no girl his age in the city.

The girl tilted her head, not answering Wedderick's question.

"Mr. Wedderick, I just heard that Baroness Isider was looking for you. Don't you think
you should go?"

Wedderick was suspicious, but he couldn't treat the girl because her clothes were so
luxurious.

I wanted to be a local aristocrat Yeong-ae, with her bold tone and expensive
accessories.

"You seemed to be in a hurry. Hurry up and go."

I've never seen him before, but I didn't think he was talking nonsense because he
even knew Baron Ishider's name.

"..........I see."

Wedderick put a handful of cookies in Eran's pocket, then turned around and went
into the castle.

Then the girl smiled broadly at Eran.

"I'm 13, do you want to play ball with me?"

Eran, who was lying only inside the fortress, was the first to see a girl of the same
age.

***

I wanted to kick my shin with my collar on the spot, but anyway I was a commoner
and Wedderick was a nobleman.

Having driven Wedderick out of the country with lies, I was able to face Eran only
then.

'Oh, wait.'
Eran's eyes staring at me were as black and deep as the night sky.

I was a little shorter than I was because of my poor development, but I was slightly
embarrassed by my clearer features than I thought.

In the past, when I saw corruption in the distance, I didn't think of it, but he was a
cool-headed boy who seemed to be quite handsome if he raised him well.

"You were handsome when you were young..."

I calmed down my embarrassment thinking about the skinny man I saw before I went
back.

"Playing ball?"

"Yes."
"You, do you know who I am?"

It was a voice full of alertness.

"Sure."

I answered calmly.

"You're the Little Prince of Eran Iliad Serius."

He shut his mouth awkwardly when he smartly recited his full name.

"Try it with me, play ball."

Pick up the racket Wedderick left behind, and I had a simple rally with Eran.

After a while, I was surprised to see Eran, who was skinny and small and ignored by
Wedderick.

'No, what's wrong with him?'

It was better than I thought.

I was also very athletic, but I kept missing the ball he sent me.

Nevertheless, it was Eran who was embarrassed.

"Sorry..."

"What? What?"

"As expected, I did something wrong..."

"What are you talking about?"

I put my hand on my waist because I was embarrassed.

"It's just that Confucius is so good that I can't take it."

"But Wedderick said, I'm doing it wrong..."

"How can he not get a 13-year-old's ball and flip it upside down?"
I was speechless and after one murmur, I put down my racket and stood in front of
Eran.

"Mr. Eran."

"Huh?"

"Play ball with me from now on. Not Mr. Wedderrick."

"Wederick would be ignored if he did something like that with someone else..."

"No, you're too good."

It was true.

I looked over again at the skinny Eran's figure.

"I really don't lie. He's honest and straightforward. Of course this is true."

"Really?"

Even though it seems that he does not eat much, he seems to have developed small
muscles and large muscles, and the ratio of his elongated limbs was good.

"But..."

Eran blinked at me. His initial vigilant voice was a little soft.

"Who are you?"

"Oh, for me."

I grinned as I took his hand and led him into the castle.

"This is Perelleman's new assistant. It's called Liche Estelle, so please call me Liche
comfortably."

"Ah..."

Eran looked disappointed in my answer.

"Then...... I can't stay long anyway."

"What?"

I was wondering what this was about, so I looked at it and Eran answered with a
small voice.

"Self-made assistants can't survive the full moon."

"I don't."

Ah. What am I supposed to say?

I answered lightly as if it wasn't a big deal.

"He's much smarter and better off."

Still, Eran's expression was full of doubts, so I shrugged my shoulders.

"I told you I wouldn't lie. We'll see if he's here for a long time or not."

"Well, okay."

I didn't seem to believe it very much, but I laughed because I felt like I was looking
at a cute little boy who answered quickly.

"Prince, make a promise with me."

"What is it?"

"I will never be kicked out, and I will play ball with Confucius and study together.
Then..."

I stood firmly looking at Eran's black eyes.

5

"Irban intelligence, sir."

Arga received a report from her closest aide, Diel.

Although Daniel was 18 years old, he was a bright boy who believed in him the most.

With pink hair and blue eyes, Daniel had a good, curly face, but he did a great job
when asked to work.

The report received was full of lists of girls with 13-year-old blond hair and green
eyes.

"The names that have been adopted or registered in the nursery have been marked in
red."

"Good job."

"Are you going to go yourself again this time?"

"You should."

Arga said firmly, rubbing her tired eyes.

"Because you need me for paternity tests."

The top of Arga traveled all over the continent, searching for all the girls with blond
hair and green eyes who looked just like their biological mother, who turned 13 this
year.

She was a daughter who had never seen her face before, but I thought there would
be at least one resemblance to her or her biological mother.

When a suspected child was found in many ways, he immediately began a paternity
test.

The paternity test took a considerable amount of time because it had to see various
reactions.

He was so eager to find his only daughter that he spent time recklessly and recklessly
looking for her without any clues.
"But..."

Daniel hesitated a little bit and was careful.

said crab.

"Blonde and green is clear information..."

"I'm sure Baroness Eccider said so."

Arga said, reading each name of the report.

"I had blond hair that looked just like my mother and green eyes like a leaf."

"......."

Zion Narnia Laberi.

Arga's wife, who was seven months pregnant, went out alone to attend her mother's
birthday party.

Arga was then involved in important medical research by the imperial family, so he
was expected to follow with a 10-day gap.

La Sioni, a study of his count, left home first, saying that he could not be late for his
birthday party because he was worried about him.

Arga treated her in person and checked again and again that the double fetus was a
healthy daughter and had little chance of premature birth before letting her go first.

Xioni's family was on Laberi Island, a beautiful, quiet and picturesque place, but it
was very far from the capital.

However, Sioni stopped by the port of Baroness Ishider's estate to go there and had
a premature birth.

Fortunately, Baron Lee Sider is not a doctor, but he was able to receive the child well
due to his abundant medical knowledge.

I said.

Sioni, who had warmed up for such a short period of time, took her baby on a boat to
the island, saying that she could not cause trouble in other people's lands for long.

And they just disappeared. Literally missing.

This was the whereabouts of Sioni and her daughter, who were told by Baron Ishider.

Soon after, Zion's body was found in a very remote and unexpected place on the
continent. But there was no body of a newborn baby around.

In the end, Perelleman, who was half insane, was a researcher and hit him
over the count.

It was shortly after that that she began to search the continent for her only daughter,
whose life and death are unclear.

That was 13 years later.

"The Baroness Isader is the brother of the Duchess of Cerius. And he even accepted
my daughter himself."

Arga said as if there was no more doubt.

"I have no possibility of premature birth. I even made a mistake."

No matter how much time passed, Arga's voice trembled every time he said it.

"There's no way I can misrepresent such important information."

Daniel was forced to nod his head slowly and change the subject.

"I heard you got a new assistant."

"Well, new."

Arga shrugged her shoulders.

"The tide changes every day."

"But this time, they gave me your daughter's room."

Arga smirked at Diel's words.

It was a rather impulsive decision to give the blind assistant a daughter's room.

Medical knowledge is surprising, but the fact that a 13-year-old was confident that he
was a genius seemed to see his childhood.

Although he had brown hair, his shiny green eyes seemed to resemble Zioni, so his
old clothes were slightly bothering him.

It's clothes to throw away when the time comes anyway.

I'll give it to this kid. I thought about it and made him use the room.

"You looked pretty smart and smart. I just want to make it long."

Not being able to say that Arga seemed to see his childhood, he grumbled.

"You have to be comfortable here so you can't say you're going anywhere else."

"Where else?"

"With that knowledge, it's not weird to open a congressman right now. If you teach
me well and stay here for a long time, I'll have more time to find my daughter."

"First time. You've never liked the tide, have you?"

Arga opened her eyes with an ax.

"He's not exactly a favorite."

"Well, I suppose so."

Daniel scraped his chin nervously.

***

I squinted, climbed a large tree in the garden and watched Baron and Wedderick
leave.

It turned out that they had stayed for three days and were about to leave. So
Perelleman asked the Duchess and Eran to say hello tomorrow.
'Both of them were rebels. It's probably all planned that Eran took over the Duke of
Holland-Serius as soon as he died.'

Eran was staring at the back of the carriage with a sullen look like a dog looking at its
owner who was leaving.

The sight of it made my outfit burst.

What I felt while talking to Eran was that his psychological dependence on Wedderick
was too great.

As a result, when Perelleman and Wedderick said the exact opposite, he only followed
Wedderick's words.

-Não quero que se machuque.- Murmurou com um biquinho.- Vou ter que
cuidar sozinha daqueles três anjos.-Completou rapidamente, fazendo Lauren sorrir.

-Eu não vou.- Garantiu com tranquilidade.- Inclusive, consegui uma quantia pequena,
mas já é algo, em pouco tempo terei o suficiente para começar a me virar sozinha.-
Camila fechou a expressão.- E aqui está sua parte, é um começo de pagamento por
tudo que anda gastando comigo.- Camila fechou ainda mais a expressão.

-Não quero seu dinheiro.- Respondeu emburrada.

-É seu dinheiro, eu uso sua casa, você compra os ingredientes e até as embalagens,
me ajuda com as crianças, isso é o justo e nem começa a pagar por tudo.

-Não quero seu dinheiro.- A outra voltou a repetir, chegando a cruzar os braços,
emburrada.

-Camila, é o justo.- Lauren falou em tom definitivo, entregando o dinheiro para a

outra.

-Helena, você quer dinheiro?- A engenheira ofereceu alto, ouvindo a corrida

apressada. Em menos de cinco segundos já tinha uma Helena de mão estendida e
sorriso enorme e banguela em sua direção.- Aqui, foi a fada do dente.- Explicou,
entregando as notas para a pequena.

Lauren faltava soltar fogo pelos olhos, enquanto Camila sorria de lado, sentindo-se
vitoriosa.
Rapidamente a pequena dividiu a quantia, dando um pouco para Becca e um pouco
para Bruno, os dois haviam se aproximado quando ouviram falar de dinheiro. Depois
de separar a própria parte, pegou o bolo maior olhando para Lauren que bufou alto
escutando Camila sorrir. Ela obviamente sabia que a pequena faria aquilo, eles
sempre dividiam qualquer dinheiro daquela forma, partes iguais para os menores e
quantia maior para a irmã mais velha.

Porém, houve uma pequena mudança, Helena dividiu a quantia maior em dois,
entregando uma metade para Lauren e a outra para a própria Camila de volta.

-Mas eu te dei.- Camila reclamou, tentando devolver o dinheiro para a pequena,

vendo que Lauren era a que sorria naquele momento.

-Mas é assim que dividimos o dinheiro da família, você é família agora mam...titia
Camila, e vai acabar gastando com a gente mesmo, Lauren diz que o mais velho fica
com mais, porque sempre é o que gasta com todos.- Foi Becca quem explicou,
recebendo os polegares de concordância da loirinha que havia tido o gesto.

A engenheira não queria, mas sentiu os olhos lacrimejarem um pouco, o que cuidou
de esconder rapidamente. Com aquela explicação não havia forma de recusar, então
acabou aceitando o dinheiro.

-Eu deveria ter feito ela te dar desde o começo. – A de olhos verdes zombou, fazendo
graça com sua cara.

-Cala a boca, boboca. Vou ler o diário sozinha.- Ameaçou com um bico.

-Ei, nada disso traidora, não pode fazer sem mim, é algo nosso.

-Não é.

-É SIIIM. – Lauren rebateu, se jogando em cima da mulher que se deixou envolver

pelo abraço gostoso.

-Tudo bem.-Camila cedeu com um sorriso.-É realmente algo nosso.

Camila Cabello 18 de Junho de 1820- Londres (mais especificamente pronta para o

baile)

Eu estava me sentindo bonita.

Aquilo se configurava na coisa mais estranha que já havia me acontecido. Eu já tinha

me sentido inteligente, engraçada, bondosa, paciente, ligeiramente atraente até, mas
nunca bonita, nunca genuinamente bonita. Porém, aquela noite era exatamente como
eu me sentia, bonita.

O vestido encomendado em Madame Fleavour se moldava perfeitamente ao meu

corpo, realçando curvas que nem mesmo eu sabia da existência. Os tecidos de
costura detalhista e perfeição centimétrica, se desenrolavam ao meu redor de forma
majestosa, não do tipo espalhafatosa, mas sim, muito elegante e de refinado bom
gosto.
6

The next morning, Perelleman's own diary was handed over.

"In the afternoon, I'm going to say hello to your wife and Prince Eran, so read and
understand until then."

Jenny opened her mouth as she looked at the medical log piled up on the desk.

"No, ma'am, you should have given me this much yesterday."

"No."

spoke with ease.

"It's possible enough."

He left without giving any reply.

I began to look closely at the medical log while Jenny picked out pretty clothes and
groomed my hair.

"That's too much."

Jenny sighed.

"You've never asked a three-day assistant to memorize a medical journal like this."

"Of course."

I answered in an insignificant way.

"You can't just pass on the Duke's personal information to a helper who doesn't know
when he'll be out."

"Then why don't you..."

"I'm gonna stay here the whole time. Six years at least? I'm sure you've noticed that,
too."

Having said the specific number, I calmly started reading the next medical journal.

The Duchess was suffering from chronic headaches and intermittent stomachaches.
The symptoms were stressful. And each time Perellemann gave her a very
appropriate prescription.
Surely a good doctor was a good doctor. It was different from the doctors I met
before I went back.

'But why die suddenly in six years? The prescription's really appropriate...'

Of course, there was a bigger problem.

It was Eran.

It is said that a high fever comes with occasional seizures in stomach, headache, and
toothache, which are unknown causes.

Of course, Perelleman's work saved Eran well every time, but it was only a temporary
expedient because he didn't know the cause.

'Perelleman's little girl is so distracted that she can't stick to Eran every day. If I stick
together and look closely, I might know the cause.'

It was my unconditional goal.

'Then we'll be able to develop a cure somehow. Six years is enough.'

To do so, I had to do some research, and to receive the herbs needed for the study
smoothly, I needed Perelleman's own support.

'If I knew the future, I would be kicked out of being treated like crazy.
Ferelleman's lab needs to be at his disposal. At least when he's out.'

If my ability is recognized anyway, I will leave for a while to find my daughter. Then
you may be able to use the lab, which will have all kinds of herbs and advanced
experimental instruments at that time.

'This is my second goal. Make it accessible.'

After reading all the medical journals, I was determined to cover the last page.

***

"I'm your new assistant."

Perelleman introduced me without any particular example.

I greeted Jenny with a polite skirt to make it worth the effort.

"This is Lice Estelle. I look forward to your kind cooperation."

"What a surprise."

Isabelle Cecilia-Serius, the Duchess, did not look very well.

However, she looked much younger than her late 30s, and she was a beauty with
sleek silver hair and black eyes. Strangely cool eyes looked quite like Eran.

He did not point out Perelleman's blunt remarks, but he had little expression, as he
was known to be cold.

"I can't believe I'm introducing a new assistant in three days. Didn't you usually make
them quit before you even introduced them?"

The Duchess continued, looking sharply at me.

"And you look quite young."

"I'm thirteen."

Perelleman replied, drinking tea in a minor way.

"And age and intelligence are not necessarily proportional. I almost completed my
current medical knowledge when I was thirteen."

I also nodded.

It was a knife-cut look, but it didn't bother me very much.

"So do I."

Eran, who was sitting next to the Duchess, smiled slightly at me.
I always tell you the truth, but neither Jenny nor Eran could tell why they were
laughing.
"........."

The Duchess's gaze at me showed that she was incredibly trustworthy.

Of course, it was not that I didn't understand. Perelleman, Erando, and Jenny all
looked like that when they first saw me.

"What."

The Duchess lowered her eyes.

"My assistant, she's totally in the care of her doctor. I think you did a great job."
"I'm good at everything."

"And cutting the tide."

"I don't have much patience for stupidity."

I understood the words and nodded quietly.

Perelleman's work turned the subject with no expression.

"Is there any inconvenience?"

"Not at all. I just have a little headache every day, and if I drink milk, I get aching."
"Liche."

Perelleman called my name right away.

"How can I prescribe it?"

I answered smartly.

"I think we can give you the oasis glue and the root of Daron as you prescribe. Why
don't we avoid dairy products as much as we can, and if we can't, we can prescribe
extra petals for my crone?"

"But if the headache doesn't stop."

"I use Esta Kereloni therapy."

Perellemann nodded and then looked at Eran.

"Is Confucius comfortable?"

"Yes."

"Are you controlling your diet and exercise?"

"Yes."

I shook my head inside.

I knew clearly that neither of them was. It seemed to have become a habit to lie to
Perelleman's own work.

"Liche, what would you do if Confucius suddenly collapsed?"

"It depends on the symptoms, but I will follow the basic policy in the Jebelon Book of
Medicine and contact you immediately. Because the cause is unknown."

"Yes."

What I felt after looking at the medical log was that my prescription and Perelleman's
were almost the same.

Maybe it's because they have the same opinion about the same disease.

Perelleman only slightly raised his mouth, but I could tell after seeing him for three
days.

It was clear that he liked my answer quite a bit now.

"From now on, I'm going to see Liche for the time being. If you feel uncomfortable,
please contact Liche."

"......what?"

The Duchess frowned.

"You're giving your three-day-old assistant the Duke's medical attention?"

Sharpness was smeared from her tone.

"I'll watch until I'm sure. And when trust is built enough..."
Perellemann said firmly.

"I'm thinking of going to Irvia."

Irvia was a southern region where people had to cross the sea quite far by boat.

Seeing that the Duchess couldn't say anything, she seemed to be going to find her
daughter.

They said it was a contract condition in the first place.

"I've been watching, but if you can't trust me, let me know. I'll stay longer."

"........."

There was a moment of silence.

The Duchess was forced to nod her head.

"I understand the situation because I have to go there myself to check my parents."

However, it was a voice full of cold wind that he would never trust me.

"But it's very embarrassing. "To be honest, it's hard to understand no matter how
much I gave my full powers to my doctor."

I blinked my eyes and answered back to the words.

"I fully understand your concern, but please trust me for now."

No matter how cold the Duchess was, I was not worried.

This is because I had no reason to lose trust in the Duchess anyway.

"I'm really outstanding."

"... ha."

The Duchess sighed as if she would no longer speak.

I only say the right thing, but... faith was something I had to build on my skills
anyway.
Instead of further persuasion, I made another plan inside.

'Perelleman is planning to go to Irvia to find her daughter.'

Irvia is quite far away, and it will take quite a while to do paternity tests there.

If you get permission from the lab in there, you'll be able to study as much as you
want.
7

"Then I'll back off."

The Duchess was busy managing the estate anyway, and we had to move quickly.

She could not stop Perelleman, but expressed disapproval by not replying to our
greeting.

Only me, Perelle, and Eran had to come out together.

As soon as Perelleman left the duke's room, he greeted Eran with a dry voice and
disappeared somewhere, and Eran and I went back to their respective rooms
together.

As I said hello to him and tried to enter the room, Eran looked up at me and smiled.

"It's true that Perelleman likes you."

"Yes."

When I saw Eran from afar when I was 19, I never thought he was cool at all.

However, the thirteen-year-old Eran seemed strangely cute and handsome.

Looking like the Duchess, her long curved eyes, dark eyebrows, black hair and white
face were quite impressive.

"I told you. I don't lie."

As I entered the room, I patted Eran's hair without realizing it.

"I heard from Jenny earlier that she has a bell in her room that leads to my room.If
you feel uncomfortable, please ring the bell. I'll be right there."

"I know."

He sighed slightly.

"My mother is suspicious. He's usually cold, and he's like that to me, too. He's been
sensitive since his father died, so I understand if he's offended."
"More suspicious than less. I'm not offended."

In fact, I answered calmly because I thought it was nothing special.

"You'll eventually see my great skills and recognize me."

Eran stared at me with black eyes and nodded.

"Yes, if you don't lie like you said, that would be right. I'll be watching."

When I was with Wedderick, he seemed like an immature baby, but speaking was
more dignified than I thought.

I smiled slightly as I saw Eran walking proudly to his room after raising his chin.

"Mr. Eran, don't leave anything for dinner tonight! It's an appointment! No one else
looks down on me. Trust me! Promise!"

Eran turned around and nodded slightly, so I smiled satisfactorily.

Since I became like this, I wanted to raise it well.

***

I thought hard when I came into the room.

It was an unconventional treatment just to have Perelleman greet me as an assistant

and give me full medical treatment in three days.

However, it was another problem to keep the lab free.

Still, I found out what I really needed from the previous conversation.

'A paternity test. I need to develop it.'

At this point in time, almost 10 tests must be carried out to verify the paternity. In
addition, each test is quite tricky and takes a very long time.

But I know that a new paternity test method will come out after 6 years.

That's about three days faster by reducing 10 tests to seven, but where is it?
'Probably...... a combination of Efron glue and Sirica roots.'

I've never read and reproduced myself in a newspaper article. Still, I

thought I could recreate it after a few experiments.

'If you make it in ten days and give us results, we will let you use the lab. If you can
find a faster way to test it.'

I asked Jenny to bring me Efron grass, Sirica roots, and simple experimental
instruments. And I stuck myself in the middle of the afternoon and started
researching.

It was a simple task that only needed to find the right combination, but of course, a
few trials and errors were needed.

I thought I had to find out in 10 days, so I devoured my research by eating bread in

the evening.

Meanwhile, the sun set and the moon tilted.

"Almost... ..I think I know."

The night when the entire fortress was bathed in darkness.

I was still struggling with the roots of Sirica, but suddenly the bell rang at my
bedside.

According to the maid in charge of the magic item, if the bell rings green, it is a call
from Perelleman's own work, and if it rings blue, it is Eran's call.

'And if it rings red, it's called the Duchess.'

I stopped studying and stood up with a nervous look.

Bell was red in color.

'Madam? In the middle of the night?'

The cold face of the Duchess came to mind.

It wasn't exactly the two of them that they wanted to face during the night, but now
was the time to run.

***

"You have a headache."

The Duchess said with a Parisian look on her forehead.

She uttered with an expression that she wouldn't care much.

"Give me some painkillers."

"Do you have a migraine on your right as usual? Or do you have any symptoms of a
throbbing pain?"

The Duchess stared at me.

I shrugged my shoulders.

"It's all in the medical journal. And the more detailed the symptoms, the better."

She sighed at my answer.

"I have a sharp pain."

"Yes."

I gave out one of the two drugs I had prepared, and the Duchess drank in one gulp
and lay back down.

Taking the medicine bottle, I sat by the bedside and held her hand still.

The Duchess looked at me with a suspicious look.

"Are you not going?"

"I'll stay until you fall asleep."

I held her hand tightly and smiled slightly.

"And when you have a headache, if you inject mana yourself like this, it's a little
water-free."

"......."

"I don't think you gave me this prescription because you're a man."

The Duchess stared at me, but she wouldn't let go.

Time of silence passed and her eyes slowly began to close.

"Are you not afraid of me?"

"Yes."

When Yeongjimin came and asked for a ruling or when the users made a mistake, she
always made a 'too much' disposition.

In addition, they always had a cold face, so everyone used to avoid it.

But...

"I'm confident that I'm good at my job, why would I be afraid of you?"

There's no reason for me to be scared.

"...... "

"In the end, you'll trust me."

I gently patted her hands.

The doctor was not a wizard, so he could not use magic himself.

However, an excellent doctor could diagnose or control the flow of mana in the human
body.

In particular, putting in mana was a very careful task. I couldn't do it unless I was a
really talented doctor.

'Like me, for example.'

The Duchess murmured in a slightly sleepy voice.

"Long time no see."

"......what?"

"To hold someone's hand and fall asleep."

I answered low, injecting her with warm mana.

"It's my first time."

"What?"

"Waiting to hold his hand in someone's room and fall asleep."

"....."

"I grew up in a nursery."

Before returning to the hospital, he had never gone to someone's house for business
trips even when he had accumulated medical knowledge while working in a clinic in
earnest.

Therefore, it was my first time waiting for someone to fall asleep like this.

At the nursery, everyone gathered and slept, and everyone was tired after working all
day.

Of course, I was curious about my parents, but I thought they were smart people
regardless of who they were. Otherwise, I couldn't have been this smart.

"But why did those smart people lose me?"

I didn't know if I lost it or if I died early.

I could live well without my parents, but of course I couldn't help but wonder.

'I wish I could find him in this life.'

It will grow well anyway, so no matter what the situation is, I can do well without
resentment if I live.
If I fail to do so, I was planning to make a new family and become a good parent
myself.

"Liche."

The Duchess murmured with a slightly drunk voice.

I was a little surprised because it was her first time calling my name.

Earlier in the afternoon, she didn't even call her son, Eran.

"What?"

"You don't even know your parents' faces?"

"Yes."

I answered calmly.

"I wish I had a family."

Silence flowed again, and the Duchess murmured in a whisper. It was definitely a
voice that was falling asleep.
8

The next day, Jenny knocked carefully and came in.

"Hey, miss."

As I looked up while reading a book, she said with a slightly surprised look.

"My mother sent me a present."

"Gift?"

"Yes......you said you liked sweets."

I didn't remember saying that.

"No, it's not."

On second thought, I said that to Perelleman on the first day.

The Duchess must have asked Perelleman what I liked.

"So he sent me a strawberry cake."

"Oh, really? Yes, thank you."

"But the size..."

I almost fainted when Jenny saw the carefully pushed tray.

I've never seen such a big cake in my life.

I thought everyone could eat a piece of it even if I brought it to the nursery.

I opened a short note on the cake with trembling hands.

It was very refreshing this morning because I could sleep well.

I heard that you like sweets. I am sending you a small gift in the hope that it will be a
good afternoon.

I'm going to choose the chief dessert chef of the palace, so please wait a little longer.
A small gift, chief dessert chef at the palace!

No matter how rich the Cersei lands are they?

Even at one time, it was a shocking scale.

I mumbled with a troubled face.

"I think I can eat for three months and ten days..."

"If it doesn't suit your taste, you'll have to return it to the kitchen. He's cutting the
chef."

"Oh, no."

Though not long gone, the Duchess was strangely extreme.

Anyway, I couldn't finish this by myself.

I even felt like I had to eat for a few days.

I, lost in thought for a moment, clapped my hands and said.

"Can I have it with you, Eran?" Because it's too much."

I'm sure he's not doing anything in the room.

'The more you lie down, the less energetic you are and the more droopy you are......'

Let's hurry up and get closer and make them do this and that.

There was a difference in status, so I had to wag my tail first.

***

"My mother sent me a cake. Go?"

Eran tilted his head and asked.

"Yes."
I gave Eran a piece of cake and said while eating three pieces.

"I helped you because you didn't sleep well last night."

"How?"

"Why?"

"... ..I can't sleep well at night either."

"It's because you don't move much and don't see the sun."

I spoke calmly.

"Heran's headache is a little different from yours."

"But..."

"If you can't sleep, will you let me sleep well tonight?"

Eran stared at me.

"You're amazing."

"What?"

"You said it yesterday. You'll be recognized by your

mother."

"Oh, it's not much."

I answered calmly.

"You can just look at me in that big context, that I'm not lying."

"Okay then."

Eran nodded as he ate the last piece of the cake.

"I'll listen to you. I want you to sleep well tonight."

"Shall we? Give me a second... ..."

Holding hands was the easiest way to identify individual mana.

I was surprised when I grabbed his hand inadvertently.

"Eh, Mr. Eran?"

I jumped up and touched his forehead.

We talked casually and thought he was fine to eat the cake.

"Doesn't your head hurt? Why didn't you tell me when you had such a fever?"

I thought I could tell whether it was painful or not just by looking at other people's
faces, but I didn't notice it at all.

Eran quietly avoided my eyes.

"Don't you think I'm bothering you... like the rest of your assistants?"

"My mother told me not to show weakness to strangers easily."

"But Confucius is sick and young."

I quickly picked him up and laid him on the bed.

And she urgently asked the maid who was passing by the hallway to bring fever
reducer, all kinds of herbs, notes and pens.

Lying on the bed, Eran asked quietly.

"... do you know why I'm sick?"

"To be honest, I don't know."

I tried my best to diagnose the disease, but I couldn't find the name of the disease.

If it were an easy chronic disease, Perelle Lehmann would have already noticed.

I meticulously recorded his mana flow and the effects of various prescribed herbs
once every 30 minutes.

Lying in bed and taking medicine, he began to reveal whether he was relaxed, and
the rain on his face revealed the disease he had hidden cows.

It was obvious that I couldn't even have dinner at this state.

I changed the cold wet towel on his forehead several times when the fever began to
rise.

"...go ahead. I'm fine with this much pain. I'll be better soon."

He said with his eyes wide open. It seemed familiar to hide this level of symptoms.

"It's not about getting better, it's about getting used to it. And when you get used to
the disease, your body gets worse and worse."

I said as I put my cold hand on his cheek to wash the wet towel.

"Go to bed for now. And it's not okay to be sick this much."

"You can't fix it anyway."

"But you'll be better right now."

"What does that mean if you're going to keep getting sick like this?"

"If you do your best, you'll get a little better."

I grabbed his thin wrist and injected him with a sap.

"Genius, I've done my best, but you can't be cured."

"......."

"I'm going to make it happen. Trust me."

"Why on earth?"

"I'm worried about you. It's the quality of a real doctor."

I grinned and patted him on the shoulder.

The effect of sleeping pills on the sap made him slowly
blink.

His body will be much more comfortable once he calms down his insanely wild spell.

***

When Eran opened his eyes, the dawn was coming.

It was in the afternoon that I had tea time with Lice, who brought the cake, so I slept
for almost 12 hours.

The headache that had been bothering him chronically disappeared and his head was
clean.

He originally didn't mean much to the users who came and went to the castle.

In particular, Perelleman's assistant quit a lot, so he was even more interested.

When measuring his fever or delivering medicine to Perelleman's own errands, it was
often felt that he was bothered by his illness.

So from one point on, he began to suffer alone without pressing the bell that called
his assistant.

It won't get completely better anyway, because I didn't want to show my teeth to
strangers.

The Duchess was busy controlling the estate and raised him strictly, so he was used
to being wary rather than being childish.

Of course, I didn't expect much from the new young assistant.

When I approached him to play ball with him, I was glad to see that he was of the
same age.

However, I thought it would be difficult to be sad when I leave because I was so

affectionate.

But the little girl of the same age was recognized by the tricky Perelleman, and she
won her mother's heart like an iron castle.
When Liche came with a cake, he was honestly pleased. So I didn't want to show that
it hurts even more.

However, Liche immediately noticed that his condition was not good and immediately
began to deal with this and that.

"...... "

Eran looked silently at Lice sleeping on her stomach at her bedside.

The towel on the forehead was still cold. He must have been nursing next to him all
night.

No assistant stood by him all night long for a 'disease that won't heal anyway.'

Perelleman was busy taking the medicine prescribed by him and asking him to call
him out if anything happened.

Heran's eyes turned to the note next to Liche.

His condition, which changes every 30 minutes, was recorded in a dense manner.
Even the changes in mana in response to herbs are carefully.

"If you do your best, you'll get a little better."

Her words that she does her best to make herself feel any better seemed to be true.

Eran unwittingly patted her disheveled brown hair.

I felt like I had already given a little affection to this new assistant.
9

After the night I continued to stand by Eran, his condition improved

considerably.

He is not completely cured, but his high fever, which had been bothering him
continuously, has improved a lot.

It was thanks to my hard work and carefully prescribing herbs.

"..........thank you."

Eran came to my room, cleared his throat, and thanked me in person.

"It's much better."

"Of course. Someone prescribed it."

"...... weren't you tired that day? Stay up all night and nurse."

"Keep putting in the herbs, observing the mana, changing the wet towel, holding
hands if you feel like you're having nightmares, calming down if you feel like you're
going wild."

"But thanks to you, I slept well. It's almost the first time I've slept so well."

"A good night's sleep is a health requirement. Did you sleep well last night?"

Eran shook his head slowly.

"And ..... I want to sleep well, but I don't want you to have a hard time."

I said quickly, shining my eyes because I thought it was good.

"There's a way you can sleep well if you don't."

"What is it?"

"Are you going to listen to me?"

"..........Uh."
"Really?"

I held out my little finger.

"I mean, listen to everything."

"......for the time being."

He slowly hung my little finger.

The condition of 'for the time being' was on, but I grinned with joy inside anyway.

' You're caught! '

Now I had to train him to listen to me better than Wedderick did.

"Go out after you're done. You need to move your body. Let's take a look at the sun."

After finishing the short tee time quickly, I led Eran's wrist.

The weather was nice and the sun was warm today.

"Would you like to race over there?"

Eran's chronic disease is also a chronic disease, but his immune system was currently
at a poor level.
Usually, even a 13-year-old didn't move like this, and if he didn't eat, he would be
miserable.

"You won't move much, so you'll have a hard time at first. You should eat this first
....."

I fed Heran a herb that strengthened her physical ability while she blinked.

I've been lying in bed for most of the time, so I'll need this prescription for a while to
do light exercise.

But I thought I would have fun soon because I thought I had good athletic skills when
I played ball last time.

It was my plan to give these simple things to the knights if I had some physical
strength.

It is because the knights will be better than me to build up their bodies by training
anyway.

To do so, I had to learn the joy of moving my body first.

The race was a decoy, and the rest was only ordered.

"Mr. Eran! Run! More!"

I sat under the beautiful tree and shouted while drinking the lemon juice Jenny
brought me.

"One more round! Because you look so cool when you run!"

I said it roughly, but Eran glanced at me and began to run more vigorously.

Having made you run so hard, the amount of food you eat will increase.

Anyway, it was best to move a lot, eat a lot, and sleep a lot during the growth period.

"Two more laps, and let's have dinner together!"

I tried to get him to run and catch his breath, but I had dinner with him.

"Mr. Eran, you have to eat it all."

"......but."

"You're hungry. Finish it. Hurry up."

I'm good at calculating a balanced diet and starting to feed foods full of nutrients that
are good for various growths.

I even cut him steak, salad, seafood, and even put him in his mouth.

He used to take it as if he couldn't help it if I held out a fork.

I've been brainwashed by Wedderick.

'You can't eat it. Your body shape has become a mess and everyone will know you
ridiculously.'

With the belief that I should break the false belief, I eagerly pushed the 13-year-old
small peacock into a fork.

'It's like the nursery's taking care of your sisters. '

I felt strange proud inside when I saw him open his mouth.

"Now, take a shower and look at the book until you fall asleep. I'll keep you
company."

"Books?"

"Yes, there are a lot of books here."

In the spirit of service to the Duke of Serius, I even decided to look at the study of
my successor.

After washing up with the help of a servant, he lay half on the bed in his indoor
clothes.

I gave him the thickest book and I also opened the herbal medicine for the paternity
test.

"Tell me when you feel like you're going to fall asleep."

Unlike usual, I moved quite a lot today, so of course I'll fall asleep when I read boring
books.

But it was my illusion, and Eran was focusing on the book until after midnight.

'No, you should go to bed early to grow taller.'

Slightly embarrassed, I talked to Eran quietly.

"Mr. Eran, aren't you sleepy?"

"The book is interesting. It's been a while since I saw you."

"Long time no see?"

"I read a lot until Wedderick told me not to."

".........."

Anyway, Wedderick was the problem.

I made a gentle suggestion.

"......then why don't you just cover your book and go to bed?"

"I can't sleep."

"Lie down for now."

After dimming the lights, I sat by his bedside and held his white, small hand still as I
did to the Duchess.

Eran was startled and smiled and held my hand together.

I didn't have to put in mana because I didn't have a headache, but I had to pretend
to do anything.

"If you keep your eyes closed, you'll fall asleep."

"Isn't that uncomfortable, Liche? If you're sitting like that?"

"What? It's okay."

"It's wide here. Would you like to lie down with me? You must be tired, too."

I shook my head in surprise.

Even if the 13-year-old suggested it with a pure heart, I couldn't even imagine lying
side by side on a man's bed.

"It's all right, Mr. Eran. Just close your eyes quietly and fall asleep. I'll watch you fall
asleep."

I patted him slowly, looking at his long eyelashes, red lips, and high nose.
I thought I could watch him fall asleep, but when the lights got dark, I fell asleep.

Come to think of it, I didn't sleep well yesterday and studied since dawn today, so I
also lacked sleep.

I started to doze off without realizing that I was dozing off.

***

"Liche."

It was Eran's bed.

'I said I wouldn't lie in bed with you, but...'

Before I knew it, Eran was grabbing my hand gently.

'Oh, but why are my hands so big?'

Looking up at Eran, I swallowed my breath.

Not a 13-year-old kid, but a young man with a surprisingly solid body was looking
down at me.

'Dream? Must be a dream.....'

I was too surprised to say anything even though I realized it was a dream.

It was completely different from Eran's skinny appearance before I returned, but her
beautiful features and black eyes were definitely Eran's.

"You don't lie or anything. "

The eyes with a decadent and cool atmosphere were bent thin.

His presence above me was so great that I was suffocated.

He was a man with a breathtaking appearance and a sense of intimidation.

"You're the smartest and most upright person I've ever met... and you're the only one
who cares about me."

Uh......... I certainly did say so.

When I blinked and couldn't say anything, he looked at me intently.

"You were always right when I saw you."

Before I knew it, my legs were intertwined, and I whispered softly in my ears as if he
were seducing me.

"But can I let you go? I'm not stupid."

It was so close that I could even feel his breath.

I was strangely stuck just staring at his long eyelashes.

For the first time in my life, I thought my heart was about to explode. I didn't do that
before I died.

As soon as I tried to say something with my trembling lips, my eyes suddenly opened.

***

"Ah."

Likewise, it was Eran's room.

I was thirteen years old, and likewise, Eran, thirteen, was already asleep.

"It must be a dog dream..."

I was about to let go of the hand I was holding with Eran to slowly return to my
room, but I couldn't let go of my grip even when I was sleeping.

I struggled alone and managed to get my hands out, and I forgot all my blurry
dreams when I returned to my room.
10

I was confined to my room every spare time to study the new paternity
test method.

It wasn't that difficult in a state of roughly background knowledge, if it was

completely blank.

I think I know the ratio roughly, and when I got a sense of the additional herbs, I
went directly to Perelleman's own work.

"Give me the Etoff petal?"

I used to get herbs through Jenny, but I felt like I should get the petal myself.

This was because Etoff petals could be used as poison if taken for a long time.

Somehow, I was an outsider who had just come to the Duke of Cersei.

"No."

Perelleman refused firmly as expected.

Before I could answer anything, he kept on talking stiffly.

"You have two options."

"What is it?"

"To turn off right now. And..."

His eyes flashed with suspicion.

Well, the situation with Duke Cérus wasn't very good right now.

The Duke is dead, the Duchess is sick like every day, Eran's chronic disease is
unknown.

In addition, the Duke was the only son. Eran was the only blood that would inherit the
Cerseus estate.
"You tell me why, and whatever the reason is, I won't believe it, and you waste each
other's time and then you turn it off."

It's true that I was so clever that I liked him, but I couldn't have easily gotten a lab to
be so wary.

Well, it was only natural for the doctor to protect his patients unconditionally.

Still, I didn't intend to turn off gently in front of him.

If you can't get it by begging, you can give it to yourself.

"Then can you read my report first?"

I have presented a brief summary of the report.

Perelleman's self-made expression, which was frowning, was seriously hardened. The
title itself was "a study to simplify paternity testing."

"If you finish reading the report, combine the efron glue and the root of the syrica in
a 3:1 ratio, boil it for more than 80 hours, and then add some etoff flower leaves to
stir....."

Perelman's work was passing through the report with my explanation.

His eyes swept through the type quickly.

"We can speed up the time it takes for paternity tests by three days, and the
procedure is quite simple."

"How the hell did you..."

"I originally wanted to experiment until the very end to get the right quantities of the
Etoff petals, but if you don't believe me, you can do it yourself."

Perelleman seemed to have already understood everything in my report. It was quite

complicated, but he was also smart.

However, he could not save Eran. In the end, it meant that my shoulders were heavy.
"Oh, my God."

"Well, I'm smart."

It was a combination that would not have been easy to find out if it had not been for
regression, but there was no need to explain it.

Instead, he shrugged and said, "It's nothing."

"I just did some research because I thought it would be useful for you."

He was blunt and cold in tone, so I didn't like him very much, but if you look closely,
he was a poor person.

I lost my wife and daughter, I went to the end of the continent to find my daughter,
and I lost my best friend.

I felt sorry for his life, staying at his close friend's house and selling his mind
elsewhere.

I don't laugh at all like that because there's really nothing to laugh about.

Well, an arrogant, stubborn personality may be innate.

"It's not exactly that I like you or anything."

I said it straight out of fear of misunderstanding.

"Just, you gave me your daughter's room, and I wanted to help you."

Perellemann sighed, covering his head.

"Ah ....."

I greeted him casually as I saw him.

Well, I didn't expect him to say sorry or thank you right away.

However, seeing that he couldn't look into my eyes, he must have regretted what he
said earlier.
"But even if I was your doctor, I wouldn't have given my assistant the Etoff petal."

It was a consolation in its own way, but I didn't know if he understood it.

"Then take a rest. I'll leave the rest of the research to you."

And I didn't forget to add like I was spilling.

"Well... if we study more in earnest, maybe we'll get better results."

Please get caught, please.

"Your daughter's room is too small to be used as a lab. Oh, of course, I love the
room.
Yo."

I quickly added that I was afraid that I would steal a cozy and comfortable room, and
left Ferelman's room with a bang.

***

Arga once again kicked her tongue when she saw the contents of the report given by
Liche.

Until now, the assistants used to struggle to look good to him in order to stay
together somehow.

Hagiya, his skills were very famous on the continent, although he was not the
imperial doctor because of the precedent of leaving the research center due to the
disappearance of his wife and daughter.

The Duke of Serious, who has nothing to lack, would have begged him to stay
because he could be distracted.

But Lice was different.

He was the youngest and the smartest, but he did not smile or act cute.
He just showed off his ability in a natural way.

Obviously, he was completely different from his assistants so far.

The way of thinking is strangely similar to that, so I think we can communicate well
even though we're young.

"Jenny."

"Yes, ma'am."

Jenny was a maid with him from her own house, and the fact that she was attached
to Liche was somewhat surveillance-oriented.
It also had a meaning.

Because the situation of those people is not good, he/she was not bringing
anyone in with responsibility either.

But a child who liked it so much appeared in a timely manner.

It is true that Liche was so excellent that she was greedy as a sidekick, but it was
also her own mindset that she should not be too vigilant.

"Has there been any suspicious signs?"

"Totally ......"

Jenny took out a bunch of paper while blurring the tail of her horse.

"But there was a rather unusual day."

"What is it?"

"I've had a note that Lady Lice brought since she got here. I think I've been taking
care of her all night long."

Arga picked up a bunch of paper from Jenny and began to read quickly.

"I copied everything just in case, but I didn't know what it meant... but there was
nothing else that was really unusual."

"Ah."

Arga's forehead, which was quickly looking at Jenny's copied record, was frowned.

I didn't use any herbs that could be a little dangerous, and I was still trying all kinds
of treatments.

The injection of mana, which requires careful control of the amount, and the aspect of
it are recorded in detail and meticulously.

Seeing the record, Arga sighed and muttered unknowingly.

"I think we can stop monitoring."

They were not only skills but also records of sincerity.

If you didn't mean it, you couldn't have prescribed such a rare and cumbersome
prescription.

I didn't find anything out, so I tried all kinds of methods all night and cared for them,
but they didn't report it.

I even liked the fact that I didn't show my face for nothing.

He cleared his throat and said arrogantly.

"Send Liche a cake or something. Thank you, and I'm sorry for the random
suspicion."

Arga expected Jenny to look as surprised as she could, but Jenny hesitated with a
perplexed look.

Perelleman crossed his head and frowned.

"It's because there's something that could happen. I don't really care about her. Don't
think it's weird."

"Uh... that's... that's..."

"My daughter comes first. Even if she's using my daughter's room, I don't mean to be
particularly nice."

"No, ma'am."

Jenny shook her head quickly.

"That's not it."

"Then?"

"In fact, my wife sent me a huge strawberry cake yesterday."

Perelleman's mouth opened.

"......what?"

Only then did he remember asking what Lice liked, as the Duchess passed by that
morning.

On the first day, I remembered the answer of "sweet things" and the pudding I was
eating at the first luncheon, saying lightly, "You seemed to like sweet things."

But the reason is!

He clenched his hand unknowingly.

"He called me once during the night with a headache. You must have liked the
prescription then."

I caught a glimpse of it in Liche's medical diary.

After paying attention to proper prescription and sleep, he thought that the treatment
was also excellent and handed it over.

Of course, putting in mana is a very delicate task, but I was slightly impressed that it
was excellent.

"So a three-tier cake filled with trays ... No matter how much you like sweets, you
won't be craving a cake today."

Perelleman's expression became serious by itself.

Jenny was slightly surprised by the subsequent murmur.

"...... I shouldn't have taught you."

"What?"

"Jenny."

Perellemann raised his one-alcohol glasses with a more serious look than ever before.

"I want you to know what else Lice likes."

"If you ask for it yourself ....."

"If I ask, you'll misunderstand. Well, the misunderstanding of liking or caring for
yourself."

"......."

"Sneakly find out. There must be something you like more than a piece of cake."

"Hmm ..... yes."

"Ah."

Jenny was going out with a look of wonder, but Perelleman's son quickly called her.

"There's one more thing to be careful about."

"Tell me."

"Never let your wife know first, but keep your security."

"......."

Jenny was about to say something, but shook her head and just gave her a courtesy
and went quietly.
11

It's already been a week since I came to Duchy.

In the meantime, Eran has been relatively healthy except for lying down with
dizziness.

When Eran began to have a seizure in a cold sweat, Perelleman Zazak was used to
prescribing and lying in his room.

"This is often the case."

Her eyes were half-closed when her prescription was half-calm.

However, seeing a little boy suffering from the disease made me feel bad.

"You'll be all right tomorrow morning."

It was true in the present situation, but I knew he would die in the end.

So even if Perelleman left, he could not easily move.

"Liche, you go, too. I'll stay."

"No, ma'am, go and rest. I heard you have something to do early tomorrow
morning."

I squeezed a wet towel and sat by Eran's bedside.

"I'm a doctor's assistant, so I think it's natural. I've been taking care of her all night
before."

The Duchess eventually nodded and left.

So I stayed with Eran all night.

"......Liche?"

Eran, who was almost unconscious, looked at me with a hazy eye to see if he had
come to his senses in the middle of the night.

"Go to sleep, Mr. Eran."

I patted him and said.

"Are you going to stay here again this time?"

"Yes, until you're all right tomorrow morning."

Eran reached out his hand helplessly.

'You're like a baby...'

I held his hand and grinned.

"Yes, I'll hold your hand. Go back to sleep."

"Yes..."

He closed his eyes again and murmured.

"......please stay here."

"Yes."

Even though it grew well, Eran woke up several times that night to see if I was there.

Such a deep night has passed.

I couldn't find any other symptoms of Eran that night either. Still, the cause of his
illness was unknown.

This does not mean that there was no income. Ever since I've been up two nights,
I've been on the lookout.
Well, Eran's really starting to stick with me.

In addition, Eran used to spend a day as I ordered every day by day.

So every day of our lives went well.

"Wow, Mr. Eran! I think you're faster than yesterday!"

I used to shout soullessly and look at Eran running in anticipation of the beautiful
tree.

"Run! Run! Run! 'Cause I need to build up my immunity!'

No matter how much I say there is a difference in status, I feel a little more
comfortable talking because I'm in the position of being asked to.

Eran, who ran a few laps, sat next to me gasping.

"I ran one more lap than yesterday."

"How do you feel? Are you feeling good about your body?"

"Yeah, I think it's refreshing."

I wiped his sweat and let him drink water.

During the break, a nutritious sandwich was also placed directly into the mouth.

It was to completely block the possibility of forcing myself not to eat.

"Don't leave a meal. You have to eat it all. That's how I'll play with you."

Fortunately, Eran had no objection to me feeding him myself.

"Maybe you'll sleep well tonight."

"I suppose so."

Eran replied with a muzzle.

Looking at it over and over again, I thought it was cute.

I didn't like children very much, but there were more children who followed me than I
thought in the nursery.
I even wiped Eran's sweaty hair slightly because I remembered that he was
grumbling and taking care of me.

Eran stared at me and asked me with a smile.

"But you said you'd play with me. Then I don't want to go to bed early today."

"Go to bed early to be strong."

"Really?"

Eran's eyes became satisfactorily thin, as if they were at this time.

"So you're gonna stay with me tonight, aren't you?"

"What?"

"I fell asleep quickly because you held my hand."

That's not it .....

I got a little flustered.

I was just trying to grow taller, holding hands to make you fall asleep quickly, and
closing your eyes.

"The night I was sick last time, you held my hand, so I got better."

It's not like that .....

It was because of Perelleman's prescription.

I tried to make that clear, but Eran was helpless.

"I think I've really gotten better lately."

Eran grinned and said,

"Even my dizziness is completely gone today. Maybe it's because I slept well."

"Well ..... I repeat, a good night's sleep is a condition of health."

Now that it's like this, I couldn't help it. You've been yelling so loudly to trust me, but
this is enough.
I... I...

"Okay, I'll stay with you tonight until you fall asleep."

These conversations were repeated over and over again.

I thought I wouldn't mind sleeping alone, but Eran insisted that I should be next to
him.

"Not just tonight, but continuously."

"......well, yes."

I answered in an insignificant way.

I thought a child would feel good if he/she slept well after a long time of insomnia.

"But you should go to bed earlier."

' That way, you'll be taller and stronger.'

The color of her face seemed to be better than the first time I saw her, and her
expression seemed to be rich.

'If you raise it well, it'll be really cool.'

I was lost in thought when I saw him drinking water.

I'm working on this pan-human peace, and I'm not gonna be able to satisfy some
personal greed.
I thought I'd open it.

Eran, who was last seen before returning to Korea, was so unattractive that raising
her would not be worthwhile.
So if you're going to keep him healthy, I'm going to make it my taste.....

' Your features are pretty, so I think you just need to grow like this, and it's better to
have a big body. Tall and strong.
And then ..... your voice will be a little lower when your voice changes, right? The
lower it is, the cooler it is, the better, so I need to take care of my throat. From now
on, you should ask them to put some roots in the sandwich as a good quail for the
denaturizer.'

The image of a young man with slightly decadent yet handsome black hair faded
away and disappeared.

I had a good memory, but I couldn't figure out why I suddenly remembered such an
afterimage.

'Have you ever seen a patient like that before? That's weird. If you're that handsome,
you'd remember.'

I tilted my head when I saw 13-year-old Eran who said he knew nothing.

"Is hiking an exercise?"

All of a sudden, Eran asked me a question, so I quickly erased my thoughts.

"Sure."

"Then can I go to the hill behind the castle tomorrow?"

"Nice. Did you want to go there?"

"Yes."

"Yes, I'm going tomorrow."

A quiet smiling child's face was full of excitement.

I patted him on the cheek and smiled brightly.

Behind the castle was a small hill close to the hill rather than a mountain.

"Are you all right, Mr. Eran?"

"......yes."

I can see he was out of breath, but he walked bravely.

Behind us, two knights were following the escort.

"Did you want to come here?"

"Wederick said there are a lot of cherries here."

"Oh, really?"

I walked holding his hand with sparkling eyes.

"I'll have to pick it up."

He spoke calmly as if he knew he would.

"I thought you'd like it."

"What?"

"Last time you had dinner, you saved your fruit dessert."

"Because I'm from an orphanage, I tend to save it if it's delicious."

The sky was blue, the weather was nice, and birds cried here and there.

Eran's hand, which held my hand tightly, was warm, and the way to walk singing a
spinning song was peaceful.

'I think it's the first time I've been on such a leisurely picnic.'

Climbing the hillside, we decided to have a snack for a while.

We sat side by side in the sunny spot while the escorts prepared the picnic basket.
"Good."

"Nice."

As Eran came up, he held out another cherub, and I didn't refuse and quickly ate it.

"Even if it's hard, moving around and seeing the sunlight makes me feel good and
easy."

"I'm right, right?"

I said with a smile to repay you for eating cherries.

"I also picked birthe grass on my way up. It will help your growth if you eat it. Eat
this grass."

"......it looks strange."

"But you said you'd do everything I told you to do."

He took a bite of the grass I was offering and spit it out as if it was not delicious.

"It's really bitter. It's not tasty."

"Oh, don't just talk back and eat."

I soothed Eran, who was sullen, by forcing him to put birthe glue in her mouth.

"Instead, I'll blow you a bell pepper and make you a ring with rabbit grass flowers."

"What is it?"

"You can do it when you come out to play in a place like this."

It was when I was distracted for a while to find some rabbit grass flowers and some
unsuitable grasses.

He turned his head when he heard that the snacks were ready, and he saw a snake
approaching Eran's ankle.

"Mr. Eran!"
I was surprised and ran to him, dropping a bunch of rabbit grass flowers.

If it was a red body with black spots, it must have been an Erbonia worm with mild
toxicity.

It would have been a big deal if weak Eran was bitten.

Without time to think, I hurriedly hugged him and rolled sideways.

"Ugh!"

I felt a sour pain in my ankle.

It wasn't long before the view began to blur.

12

"Liche? Liche!"

The first thing that came into view was the black eyes that dropped tears.

"......... Mr. Eran?"

"Are you all right?"

"Yes."

I cleared my throat and raised myself.

"It's been about two days."

Eran looked at me with trembling eyes and nodded.

Seeing him unable to say anything, it was obvious that he was to blame for being
timid.

' Phew, it's not like that. '

Somehow I felt sorry for him.

He suddenly hugged me.

"...... I was worried."

Listening to a small voice that seemed almost deaf, I patted him on the back.

It was breathtaking to see how strong Eran was to hold me against my weak
physique.

"Erbonia worm venom is good, and if it's toxic, it can happen in two days. I'm sure
you've prescribed it well."

I forced him apart and grinned.

"That's true, but ...... it was so disturbing. I'm afraid you won't be able to open your
eyes again. Why did you get bitten instead of me?"
"I'm healthy, so I can use one medicine or another, but Eran has a chronic disease, so
it's hard to use herbs. It's better for me to get bitten in many ways."

However, Eran did not seem to be convinced.

"Liche, don't ever do that again. Promise me."

Eran squeezed my hand with a nervous face.

"...... I can't promise. Her health comes first for me."

I moved my head with a perplexed face.

"...... but."

As Eran tried to say something, the door opened and Perelman's own work and the
Duchess came in.

They seemed to be displeased with me somehow.

"It would have been reasonable for you to be bitten without a chronic disease, but
....."

Perellemann sighed and checked my physical condition. He looked down at me and

said in a low voice.

"But what if it wasn't an Erbonia worm, but a more toxic deadly snake ...."

"I didn't think about it because I knew it was an Erbonia worm."

I spoke calmly.

"I think it's been treated well because I saw my head slightly dizzy and my mouth
was dry, Mr. Birch."

"Do you think I can't do this kind of basic therapy?"

"I believe it and got bitten."

The Duchess couldn't say anything and just sighed, stroking my head.

She just muttered, saying, "I can't even say thank you and sorry."

As Perelleman said, it would have been much more difficult to prescribe if Eran, who
has an unidentified chronic disease, had been bitten.

' Then I said I gently convinced him that Wedderick was a good place.'

The Erbonia bog had the characteristics of living in a colony. The hill itself meant that
it was home to the Erbonian worms.

'Maybe it's just one of the traps he's just thrown.'

Anyway, there was nothing good about the name Wedderick.

"Once you've come to your senses, let them rest."

Perellemann cried and said, taking Eran off from me, who was hanging on to me.

"We need stability, so let's get everyone out."

"Yes."

I nodded and said calmly.

"Please prescribe a sleeping pill. With flowers for the moon."

"I've already prepared."

After taking the sleeping pills that Perelleman gave me, I fell asleep in a quiet room
where everyone went out.

I had a dream in a dreamy ritual. The background was blurry, so I couldn't tell where
the place was.
But .....

A surprisingly handsome black-eyed man was holding me tightly from behind.

"What if you catch a cold, Liche? You don't dry your hair in the middle of winter."

With long brown hair, I was not answering much.

"I'm from a nursery school, so I'm used to just putting it around the bush. It's
annoying to stop them."

"And if you get sick even a little bit, I'm too scared to do it."

A soft touch swept my hair.

"If it bothers you, I'll do it for you."

He began to oil my hair and tidy it up.

His touch was so soft that I felt strangely tired.

"Ha......."

But little by little, whenever his long fingers touched his ears or neck, it felt like his
fur was sticking out.

' Is it just my mood? '

Then the man asked quietly.

"Is there anything else that bothers you?"

"What?"

"I'll do everything for you. Everything that bothers you."

His breath tickled as he spoke into my ear.

"Isn't it bothersome to wash up?"

"What?"

As I jumped and looked back, his thumb went down my neck and gently pressed
down on my sunken collarbone.

He grinned as he flinched his shoulder with a strange feeling.

"Why, did you think something weird?"

"......... that's what he meant. But I didn't think it was too strange."

"Be strong about it, so that it won't be unfair."

I was speechless and I kicked my tongue, and he began to lick my ears with his
slippery palm, wondering if there was some spice left.
"I didn't feel wronged, I really imagined a lot."

"Really!"

When I turned around and tried to hit him, he quickly put his cheek on me.

"If I hit your chest, your hands hurt because it's hard. Hit me here."

I was dumbfounded.

What, he's so weird .....

He was so sweet, but somewhere he was kind that he was out of focus.

"Even a little, never get sick, Liche...... that's one experience."

"That kind of experience?"

"The experience of the world falling apart."

Again, he gently hugged me tightly.

"That's when I knew. I mean, you're already in my world ...."

"Isn't that a long time ago?"

"I've never hated having a chronic disease as much as I did... until you woke up. It
was."
He was not wrong when he said that his chest was hard.

You're as nice as your face ...... a little crazy, but that's about it.

Thinking about this, I quickly woke up from sleep.

And when I fell asleep again, I completely forgot about the dream.

***

Following Perelleman's prescription, I recovered quickly.

I was lying down without research, but it was not without results at all. He gained
complete trust from the people who wrote the ball.

I didn't get bitten by a snake instead of aiming for it in the first place, but it was good
anyway.

Perelleman said he would leave me at the Perelle Castle and leave for Irvia far south
to find my daughter.

The Duchess and Eran agreed completely to leave me alone.

I quickly returned to my seat.

Her ophthalmologist, who opened her heart to me perfectly, was attached every day,
but she wasn't the only one who spent time with him.

I prescribed the Duchess one headache pill and one stomachache pill and was invited
to tea time out of the blue.

Neither the Duchess nor I had a very pleasant tea time because we don't usually talk
nonsense.

However, the table was filled with colorful tea foods that made my eyes wide.

"What's the most delicious thing?"

"What?"
"It's a collection of different chefs' ambitious works."

The Duchess spoke in a solemn tone.

"If you choose your favorite, I'll hire the chef."

"He must have a job ....."

"I'll pay you twice your annual salary."

I opened my mouth wide.

He has a wealth comparable to the imperial family.It must have been true.

Indeed, Baroness Isider and Wetherick are working on it from now on to swallow it
up.

It was on my mind that Wedderick was taming Eran unhealthy.

And then I gave this rich, well-off estate to the rebels and ruined it.

It was the result of sighing in many ways, as the rebels should have been competent.

"Isn't that fair recruitment?"

The Duchess tilted her head and asked if I misinterpreted my complicated expression.

"This is a complete blind test."

"It's not about blind testing ...... and if you want to hire an expensive chef, you'll
need to see a lot of other food besides sweets."

"If you can't do anything else, you can ask me to make your own dessert."

The Duchess spoke casually.

13

After a light sigh in embarrassment, I looked at the Duchess' complexion

and changed the subject.

"Talk to the maids and add dandelion flavored oil when you take a bath. You'll have a
much better complexion and smoother skin texture."

"...... Really?"

"It's a cosmetic prescription that doesn't do much for headaches or stomachaches, so

I'm sure you haven't lived this far."

"........"

"But every time a person looks in the mirror, he or she feels better, and he or she
gets energized at the beginning of the day, which will be good for your health in the
long run."

Perelmann's son is a very indifferent man. It was obvious that the Duchess, a young
widow, was not paying any attention to the complexion.

The Duchess nodded her head and said she would keep it in mind, then smiled very
lightly.

"I heard you're taking good care of Eran these days. They're taking care of everything
from their daily habits."

"Yes."

I nodded my head.

"Exercise and good sleep are important for immunity, so you have to keep your habits
in shape from an early age."

In the meantime, I slowly developed Eran's basic stamina and helped him develop
muscles.

"Thank you very much. I'm so grateful to you for the last snake incident ...."

The Duchess sighed.

"He doesn't listen to me very well. In fact, since Eran was young, I've been so busy
and he's been sick so often that he didn't have a chance to build attachment."

"Ah."

"In the meantime, I've been saying that I shouldn't be weak because I want to raise it
strong, and now I don't even know how to get close."

"I can't help it."

I spoke calmly, picking up a nice-colored macaron.

"I have nothing to do outside of the Duchy, so I'll take good care of Eran."

"You're the same age as Eran, but I don't know why you're so trustworthy."

The Duchess suddenly kicked her tongue at my outfit while drinking tea.

"But did Perelman buy all those clothes for you? It's luxurious, but it's a little different
from the trend that's going around."

I shrugged and answered the first thing Perelman said.

"No, it's your daughter's, and she abandoned it to me."

"What?"

The Duchess' expression hardened cold.

"That's what the indifferent person does."

It was a strangely sharp voice.

Wait a minute... you two weren't really close, but we were pretty close, recognizing
each other's territory.

"Make sure you're free tomorrow afternoon."

"What?"

"No, I'll send a catalog of all the foundations in the capital to Jenny's side this season,
so pick a tailor you like. I'll call you right away."

***

"Lady, do you like your meal?"

"Yes."

It's already been a long time since I came to the Duchess.

I answered Jenny's careful question insincerely.

"Everything is delicious. It's very nutritious, and the kitchen listens to my requests."

"What about clothes?"

"It's all good, well. Honestly, it doesn't compare to what I used to wear at a nursery."

"But you sent me the catalog ....."

"I think it's just a happening between you and your wife."

I had seen a mountain of catalogs, and I had chosen a tailor who would make me the
most comfortable clothes to work with.

I don't think it's really important, but I didn't know why Jenny was so restless.

"Do you need anything else?"

"Yes, everything is fine."

Whether it was clothes or rice, it was not comparable to the nursery school, and the
problem was that I had not yet properly identified Eran's chronic disease.

In the meantime, there was nothing noticeable even when looking closely at medical
journals and post-prescription reactions.

Even though he was attached to Eran quite often, he couldn't find the cause.
Rather, while staying with me, Eran was getting quite healthy in my view.

And everyone on the Duchy used to look at Eran with astonishment to see if the
energy was delivered.

'You have to make me feel better until Wetherick comes next month.'

Wetherick and Baron Isider used to visit once to forget.

Baron Ishider asked after his sister, the Duchess, and Wederick was meant to be a
match for Eran, who was lonely and sick.

'Isn't it something you regularly spy on or plant people!'

I was so busy thinking about it.

Fortunately or unfortunately, the paternity test was handed over to Perelman's own
son, so he didn't pay any attention.

I was waiting for the lab to be allowed to use as a reward.

So the useless things Jenny was asking couldn't be heard.

To be honest, I thought Perelman's own son would give me the key to the lab, asking
me to study more methods of paternity testing right away.

However, I thought I sprayed enough rice cake, but there was no action yet.

He only looked at me with complicated eyes even when he met me, but eventually
broke up while sharing a medical diary.

"Hey, miss."

"Yes."

"Well, if it's not your favorite, or your favorite, or your favorite, or your favorite food?
Oh, you read medical books every day. Medical books?"
"It's good to read medical books. But there are already plenty here, so I don't need
any more."

"Do you need a friend of your age? When I see how close you are to Eran......."

"No."

Another thirteen years old was not needed.

I shook my head firmly.

"My friend of the same age, I don't like this. I have a high mental age. A smart kid
around 19?"

To be honest, I didn't need such a friend. It was just a roundabout remark because I
thought I should answer Jenny anything.

After my insincere answer, I said calmly.

"There's nothing really uncomfortable or necessary. So you don't have to look at me."

Jenny's face almost turned into contemplation when she turned her head to say
goodbye.

Only then did I frown at the sight of something strange.

"What's going on? What's going on?"

"That's...."

Jenny sighed and hesitated to speak out.

"Ferelleman's son wants you to know what you like..."

"Why?"

"It seemed like you wanted to say sorry and thank you for the doubt."

"Then you can do it yourself, right?"

"......because you're not that kind of person."

"That's right."

I nodded, recalling the blunt face that looked like a needle wouldn't fit in.

But I needed to convey my intention exactly.

"What I like is research."

I smiled vaguely as I looked Jenny in the eye.

"Well, a nice lab with lots of herbs... that's a shame."

'Please, please let me use Perelman's lab!'

I just wanted it to be delivered well.

***

Upon receiving Jenny's words, Arga was lost in thought.

To be honest with you, I wanted to ask you a favor. Please study more about
paternity tests.

However, the first cold refusal of the herb kept me from speaking out because of
shame.

He was even bitten instead of Eran by a snake, and it was also on his mind that he
kept an eye on him for suspicion.

So somehow Jenny tried to figure out what Liche liked .........

"It's a wonderful lab."

Arga fell into deep inner anguish.

It was because it seemed too obvious to ask for more research on paternity tests.
Of course it's for that purpose, but I really want to do something for Lice .....

It was also worrisome that the Duchess sent catalogs and tailors.

The indifferent and feisty man had no idea why he was nice to Lice.

"Anything else?"

"Well ... you just said it like you were passing by."

Jenny added that she was not confident.

"I don't like friends of the same age, and I think older friends before and after
nineteen would be better."

"Oh, yeah."

"You're so smart, you'll need a smart friend, right? She's been sick since she was a
child and hasn't had a proper home education."

"Before I was sick, I was called a genius..... huh."

Arga, with her tongue filled with regret, turned her head to the right as suddenly as
she remembered.

On his right side stood a boy, Diehl, who was acting like an archer.

"You're eighteen, aren't you?"

Diel had an ominous hunch, but he nodded.

"I'm sure you're smart...."

"Ah."

The pink-haired boy answered slowly with a clumsy smile.

"Go, thank you?"

"I didn't say thank you."

Arga spoke coldly and grinned.

"I'm going to Irvia. So you don't have much to do, do you?"

"I'll always make it work."

Diel was technically an 18-year-old slim man standing on the border between a boy
and a young man.

He was a commoner who had worked at the top of Ferrellmann since he was very
young and was intelligent enough to be seen by Arga.

He was taller than his peers, and with a gentle impression and gentle personality, he
blinked at Arga's thin eyes.

Of course, there was no such thing as a sad premonition.

Arga grinned and said.

"If the lady sent a tailor to give you clothes..."

"Come on, my son."

"I can send Diel to present the lab."

Diel's expression hardened as he tried to enjoy his vacation while Arga was in Irvia.

Arga continued firmly, whether he knew what he thought.

"As I leave for Irvia, make Lice the best lab with all kinds of spectacular, spacious and
lab equipment."

"What? Even if I told you to use your own lab..."

"Liche's, much cooler than my lab."

"My son... this is the Duke of Cerseus. I'm not the only one who wrote himself."

"Do you care? Get permission from the Duchess."

"......yes."

Diel was sick and tired of the impudence to build a lab in a person's castle.
Arga raised her chin and added, looking at Diel with an absurd expression.

"And be a very close friend of Lice's in the name of creating a lab."

Diel nodded sullenly.

He had no choice anyway.

14

'I think I've given Jenny enough hints. Why isn't she telling me to use the
lab? '

I ate a snack with Eran in the garden and bit my nails.

'I thought Perelman was about to leave.'

I was giving Eran milk with herbal powder filled with all kinds of nutrients, and
suddenly someone came to us.

"You're Mr. Lyche, aren't you?"

It was a man with pretty pink hair and a very tall, soft impression.

"Yes, but?"

"Ferelleman sent it to me. I heard you prefer older friends."

That's just what I said .....

I was going to answer something, but suddenly Eran held my hand tightly.

His black eyes were glaring strangely.

"Are you done eating? Wait a minute. I think I need to talk to him."

When I took the cup from Eran, I turned to Rodiel with one hand held tightly.

"Your son Perelman sent me a friend?"

No, I definitely said what I wanted, but I wondered why I sent you something
useless.

"It's called Die Molekin. He's been working at the top of Perelman for a long time, and
he's 18 years old."

I was about to say that I didn't need a friend with a look of what it was.
But the tail of my mouth crept up at Diel's subsequent words.

"And he appointed me to be the executive director of his exclusive lab."

'A dedicated lab? The executive role? Was that such a grand thing to do?'

"Uh ..... I could just use your lab."

"I've asked you to make it wider, more colorful, and more stylish."

I asked you to rent a lab, but you said you'd build a new one?

As expected, the rich had different scales. I'm a commoner to the bone, so I never
thought of it.

Of course, there was no harm in building a new space for me.

The mere thought of it made me smile at Diel's blue eyes.

"Well, no problem."

"For now, I've told you that I've secured space. Do you need a greenhouse site, too?"

"I wish there were."

"Then we'll discuss the overall interior, furniture, and the necessary experimental
equipment."

"You must have a hard time."

Diel replied with a shrug.

"It's my job."

And he added with a smiling face.

"Of course, you said you needed a smart friend who was 19 years old, so I was called
in. Yes."

"Hmm."

"Then I'll see you later. I will contact you after investigating the candidate for the
greenhouse site."

"Yes."

Since Ferrellmann sent it to him, he must be smart and clean.

I nodded with a pleased look.

Originally, I heard that the people at the top of Perelman are good at work and break
in many ways.

The first time I had a good selection of people, I was led by Perelleman, who was
crazy about his daughter, but the top part of the group was very, very strong.
I was able to make a profit.

Diel came out polite and said hello to Eran and moved away.

'It's better to have a desk as spacious as possible, and to ask for all the expensive
experimental equipment.'

I hummed with excitement, and I could feel a stinging gaze from the side.

"Mr. Eran?"

I looked at him with a curious look.

"Are you uncomfortable? You're sick."

"... no."

Eran's eyes narrowed.

"Did you need a friend, Liche?"

"What?"

"A smart friend of nineteen?"

I felt strangely questioned, so I answered with a slight hesitation.

"Well .... I didn't really need it, but it's true that friends had good conditions."

Eran held my hand so tightly that it was a little painful.

"Why do you have to be nineteen?"

That's the age before my regression .....

I began to release each finger in perplexity to let go of the hand.

"Just wondering if we could communicate?"

"So ....."

Suddenly, I thought Eran's new eyes looked strangely like when the Duchess was
angry, referring to Perelman's own creation.

"Liche, do you like someone like that?"

"If you're that kind of person..."

What kind of person is that?

I tilted my head thinking of Diel.

Diel was a stranger to me, too. I didn't have any thoughts yet, so I was at a loss to
answer.

I hesitated for a moment, but my hands froze, so I changed the subject without
realizing it.

"But Eran, let go of your hand for now."

"Liche is the man who cares for me the most."

He gave me a positive answer when he spoke forcefully.

"That's right."

"But do you need a friend?"

"It's good to have, it's not."

"I'm not a friend of Liche's?"

"What?"

Barely removing his hand, I opened my eyes in a fright.

"You're talking about a big day, Er Ann." Eran is a noble, heir to the Serious family.
I'm a commoner. Friend, that's ridiculous."

But when I noticed his disappointment with his haggard expression, I softened up a
piece of strawberry in his mouth.
added with

"We are much more connected than friends."

"...... really?"

"Sure."

Wetheric will come again soon.

I spoke firmly, wary of the boy who had not come yet.

"A lot more sticky than a friend, a lot more than a blood relationship... is the only
relationship we have."

"It's an appointment."

"Sure."

Looking into his black eyes, I nodded.

 "You can't change, Eran."

"Yes, but ....."

Eran mumbled down the snow.

"I want to be tall, too."

'Oh, my God!

I felt like I wanted to scream.

"I want to be smart."

'Good idea!'

I couldn't express it outside, but I felt like I was about to shed tears with pride.

"If you're not 19, you'll look like nineteen."

His grumpy way of speaking was so cute.

I never thought I was cute when I saw my children, but when I looked down at my
long eyelashes or soft cheeks, I laughed.

Maybe it was because I thought I was raising it.

Even his sulky, sullen expression seemed like a child somewhere, so he barely held
back what he wanted to pat his hips.

"Then just do what I say."

I fed him another strawberry, which was said to be good for growing tall, but I also
put some bitter grass rose thorns in my mouth.

Eran, who would have been annoyed that he would not eat bitter things, accepted
them without any complaints.

"You can eat well, exercise harder, and sleep well on time. Exercise requires someone
more professional."

"I don't need it unless it's Liche."

"Yes, the Knights will be more helpful than me to be tall and strong."

"Then what makes you smart?"

"Of course that's not enough for me to read a little at night."

I was rich in medical knowledge, but I didn't know much about aristocratic culture.

Naturally, this was also an area to be entrusted to experts.

"It would be nice if the tutor would take it easy and read all the books on the ball."

Still, Eran was shorter than me.

It was cute to see him tilted his head, and I felt sorry for giving me affection easily.

Looking at my mushy red lips, I swallowed an unprovoked smile.

***

A few days later, the son of Perelman left for Irvia to find his daughter.

"I'll be back in three months."

"Ah."

The Duchess nodded her head as if she were fine.

"I hope you find your daughter this time. Have a safe trip."

Usually, the Duchess expressed disapproval and asked for a little faster return.

But this time, I didn't feel any regret.

The Duchess stroked my brown hair and grinned.

"Because I have Lice."

In the meantime, the Duchess has never visited Perelman's own work.

It was also true that I looked much better after completely giving me a prescription.

Because I gave a more detailed prescription than Perelman's own.

"I hope you have a safe trip."

Eran also held my hand and said as if he wasn't too disappointed.

In the meantime, it looked much stronger after feeding and sleeping well. Definitely
because he was young, the change appeared quickly. I gained some weight, and my
eyes sparkled.

Perelman said to me in a shudder.

"Send a pigeon if something happens. I'll be right back. It's natural to have regular
correspondence."

"Yes."

I nodded my head.

"Have a safe trip."

"What are you talking about?"

Perelman's own son frowned.

"You should see me off to the harbor."

"What?"

"You're my assistant."

Eran tilted his head and stepped in.

"But the assistants have never...."

"I need to order something."

Perelmann's son spoke stiffly.

"Follow me with Diel. I'll stop by a laboratory on my way."

My lab and greenhouse were well prepared under Diel's leadership.

It seemed like we were going to go see the lab supplies now.

Diel, who was next to Perelman, smiled kindly and reached out to me.

"I guess you want to give a present to Liche yourself. Let's go together."

"Speak straight."

Perelman's own son grumbled.

"Do you know how to look at the instruments or go with them because you don't trust
them."

"Oh ..... yes."

There was no harm in buying experimental instruments with Ferrellmann's own

creation, which is extremely expensive.

'I'll have to choose the most luxurious one myself.'

I spoke carefully to Eran holding my hand.

"I'll be back, Eran."

"...... yes."

Eran's hand fell as if it was regrettable. His wary eyes stared at Diel and looked at me
again.

"I'll believe it."

'......what the hell?'

15

I don't understand what you mean, but I pat Eran's hair once.

Then Diel and Perelman followed the sons of Perelman into the carriage.

The peacock was quite large, so it took quite a long time to get out. Come to think of
it, it was the first time I went outside since I came to the Duchess.

'Even shopping! '

Of course, the tailor called by the Duchess measured my size and made my clothes as
much as I could, but it was not fun to buy things myself. I like experimental
equipment more than clothes.

"Khhmmm, that outfit ....."

As I was riding in the carriage, the son of Perelman talked to me when he saw my
yellow clothes.

"Oh, it's a gift from my lady. And these earrings."

"...... not so good. Not much decoration."

"I chose the design of the clothes."

Looking at it, it's neat and nice. But the earrings are too fancy."

"I thought it was the prettiest ....."

"But neat clothes go well with colorful accessories."

Next to him, I could see Diel shaking his head.

Ignoring both of them and turning my head, I witnessed a strange sight.

As soon as I got close to the window, D.I.L. who was sitting on the other side kindly
explained.

"It looks like the guards are dragging the gypsies."

"What do you mean Gypsy?"

I didn't know much about gypsies even before I went back. It's just people floating
around, and most of them are magicians.

Since gypsies rarely revealed themselves as gypsies, it seemed that they had never
actually faced each other.

"They're magicians who are not allowed to do it. They're doing a lot of prohibited
mana experiments."

"Ah."

"Unauthorized magic always has side effects."

Come to think of it, I didn't know much about magic. He dealt with mana, but was not
interested in anything other than medical aspects.

"Looking at her being dragged like that, she must have used some kind of forbidden
magic."

"Then what about him?"

"He'll be chased away somewhere after he's tried. If you've done something too big,
you'll even be put to death."

The death penalty.

I trembled when I had actually been on death row.

I stared blankly at the gypsy being dragged back and took a breath.

'Oh, my God.'

Where did you say familiar silhouette, it was familiar grandmother.

The grandmother who regressed me, who shared the prison with me, doesn't even
know her name.
'It must have been a gypsy!'

I was so frustrated at the thought of my death that I didn't care much about my
grandmother's identity.

'Wait, so is that a forbidden magic?'

Well, I've never heard of the magic of turning time.

I bit my nails, recalling the mana I had been bumping against in my grandmother's
body.

That grandmother's identity was not important now.

'Side effects? '

If there were always side effects, what kind of side effects would I have with magic?

Even though I wanted to chase and ask, the guards and grandmother had already
disappeared.

I leaned my head against the carriage with anxiety, closed my eyes, and lost in
thought.

***

"Well, I just... well, I liked the old days when I was with Eran. That's what I was
saying."

Am I supposed to speak in a flustered tone?

A young man with black eyes could be seen beyond the blurred vision.

Her eyes are stretched out and her red lips are drawn in arcs.

It was Eran's familiar features.

But something was a little different from Eran I knew. Do you feel a sense of
incompatibility?

The large-sized man had no cuteness at all, and had a strangely beastly look in his
eyes.

"Oh... what, you mean when you were a kid?"

He took my hand and gave me a strawberry.

"Then feed me."

"...... what?"

Oh, he must be really crazy. What's this big guy asking you to feed him?

I gazed at him with my hands holding strawberries.

"You've always fed me food."

"That's when you're a child ..."

"I haven't changed much since then."

He slowly grabbed me by the wrist and bit the strawberry in my hand.

When his lips touched his fingers, the fever in his ears rose.
"And ..... I've always been holding hands, remember?"

He smiled wisely, slowly clinging his fingers to the other hand.

"There's no way it won't fly, our smart Liche."

His lips were still stuck in my finger.

He slightly touched my finger with his front teeth and fixed it with his lips.

The back of my neck was tense and I felt strangely possessed.

No matter how much I thought about what to answer, all the brain cells felt
paralyzed. At that time, my body shook as my vision became blurred.

"...... Che, Mr. Liche!"

I opened my eyes wide.

"We're here."

"What?"

"Experimental equipment expert."

The A was shaking me up. He must have fallen asleep in the carriage before he knew
it.

Shame I had dozed off in the meantime, I quickly got off the wagon.

And soon, I forgot about the dream of blurring the feast of all the experimental
instruments in front of me.

***
Joaquin Liam Kissington.

The commander of the Knights of the Duchy, he was a white-haired, green-eyed

veteran.

He was surprised to see Eran, who came suddenly, and almost dropped
the sword.

Heran, whom he knew, was shorter than his peers, dwarfed, and hated moving.

Since he often suffers several times a month, everyone in the duchess thought he
could just live safely.

'I thought the bones themselves were born great...'

Until the age of seven when Eran began to get sick, Joaquin said little Eran had a toy
sword.
I used to be happy to see him go away.

Eran's appearance is similar in many ways, except for the color of his eyes and the
Duke of the Great, who had black hair and red eyes.

Therefore, I once expected that my skills would be as good as that of the late leader.

"What brings you here?"

"I'm going to learn swordsmanship."

Joaquin was briefly embarrassed when he saw Eran, who was his grandson.

Eran raised his chin and said one more time.

"You'll be tall, you'll be big. It's getting stronger. To do that, Lice said she needs to do
some exercise."

"That's true, but ...."

Until now, Liche would only let Eran run.

He said, "You shouldn't teach other sports wrong for no reason," adding, "You should
improve your physical strength and learn from the professional staff of the Knights."

Whenever Eran said that, he shook his head. It was just because it was good to spend
time with Lice.

To be honest, I was satisfied with my daily life of exercising, eating snacks, reading
books and falling asleep together. There was no reason to spend time with others.

But things have changed now.

"Liche, do you like someone like that?"

It was a great shock that the son of Perelman sent Diel as a friend of Lice.

Diel was tall, handsome, and even mature.

If Lice needed a 19-year-old smart friend, she had to grow up quickly.

"Didn't you say you were sick and tired, Eran?"

"I'm a little better these days. And ...."

He had been stuck in his room and had not met anyone because Weatherick
constantly whispered, "You will look funny if you do something in front of others."

Other aristocratic Yeongsiks have been holding swords since they were very young,
but they did not know how to hold swords properly even though they were thirteen
years old because they were sick. That's why he hid himself even more from
qualification.

Now, however, there was no room for qualification.

When the back of Lice, who was riding in the carriage holding Diel's hand, came to
mind, he began to feel strangely nervous.

Lice was smart, pretty, and taller than herself.

If Lice had always dreamed of a smart, cool, tall friend .....

It was no longer important to be laughed at in front of others.

"I want to be strong."

"We're lucky if you say so."

Joaquin smiled raggedly.

The Duke of Cerseus' master has always excelled in both swordsmanship and
resourcefulness.

"I'll attach the correct teacher first. Zickel!"

When Joaquin shouted loudly, a young man with red eyes and red hair quickly ran.

He had just passed the age of man, but his body was firm and he was very large, so
Eran swallowed dry saliva.

"This is Zickel Kays, Mr. Eran."

"It's not the best swordsman, but it's the best teacher for young trainees."

Joaquin smiled, sweeping his beard.

"But the training is a bit harsh. Personality is not a good friend. Would that be all
right?"

"Yes."

Eran nodded as if nothing were wrong.

"You're a lot later than everyone else, you've got to work a few times harder."

Neither Joaquin nor Zikel expressed, but they were quite surprised.

When Joaquin carefully told the Duchess about Eran's training, she would recall an
anecdote in which she had initially pressed her sick son and only hurt each other.

So in the end, it was a good thing to just live, so it was decided not to touch it.
I guessed that there would be Eran's vulnerability in the background. But Eran's
expression was even bold.

"You can't always be a child."

At Eran's words, the Knights all exchanged glances of joy.

It was a look that they finally found hope in their young lord.

However, there was a fact that no one knew at all.

If Lice said, 'I like Eran so much now.' Meyeran would never have visited the Knights.

In other words, all this happened because of Lice's thoughtless remarks to Jenny.

From that day on, Eran began taking fencing lessons from Zikel.

When Eran was carefully learning how to hold the sword again, recalling Liche's face,
Lice completely forgot her and was happily shopping.
16

The carriage arrived in perfect heaven. The huge store was selling all kinds
of experimental equipment.

"So what combination of beakers ....."

Diel followed me and Perelman's own son, who was busy running between the
experimental instruments, and kept meticulous records.

"Of course by size."

"It should be every size."

Perelman and I responded immediately.

"Then what kind of syringe..."

Every word of the word, Perelleman and I spoke at the same time.

"The injection machine is unconditionally from the territory of Veria."

"The syringe on the territory of Siberia is the most hygienic."

It was embarrassing that all the goods were in agreement.

Diel recorded meticulously and checked the condition of the item and whispered to
me secretly.

"Do doctors have the same eyes?"

"No. Well, do you want me to just bring the same stuff from the store?"

"But why do you all choose the same thing?"

"Maybe you have similar tastes."

"It's kind of weird to say this, but..."

Diel glanced at Perelman's own work, examining surgical instruments from far away,
and continued.
"The two brown hair keep saying the same thing at the same time, so I think I'm into
family shopping."

"Diel."

I sighed.

"The most common hair color on the continent is brown."

"That's right."

Diel shook his head.

"I'm just saying that. He's so rock-solid."

"......."

"It's just the same thing that you're never going to let it go."

"I know it's not a compliment. Let's go. He's waiting for us with a look of
disapproval."

I grabbed Diel by the wrist and quickly approached his own son, Perelman, who was
holding a surgical instrument.

Anyway, it was this guy who spent money.

When I ordered a lot of expensive and rare ingredients and equipment that the store
owner's mouth could catch my ears, I also thought that the wealth accumulated by
the top of Perelleman was great.

Even though he's a writer with a small estate, he can shop without a price ....

'So every year I'm remodeling my daughter's room and stuffing her with age-
appropriate clothes and accessories.'

Well, if you hadn't lost your wife and daughter, you'd have the earl by now.
The imperial medical researchers, led by the emperor himself, did not find much, but
were the top research institutes that were difficult to enter.

I would also have written an application if I were not a commoner.

'If Perelman hadn't jumped out and stayed on, he might have announced a
tremendous achievement.'

At least he wouldn't have wandered all over the continent with that crazy eyes, but he
was a poor man.

It is not easy for a genius to acknowledge a genius.

Perelman's own son and I spoke only to each other, but silently
acknowledged that each other was quite clever.

To the extent that I used up a copy of the DA Note, I bought everything I wanted
without hesitation.

It was said that the delivery would be done as an agent, and D.L. was going to take
care of it anyway.

Back in the wagon, we really have now left for the harbor to see off Perelman's son.

"Thank you."

I climbed into the carriage and spoke to the son of Perelman.

"I'll study this and that. The paternity test, too.

"...... "

At times like this, I thought I would laugh, but Perelman kept silent.

"Of course, I hope you find your daughter this time, so that you don't need it."

"Yes."
Perelman replied in a locked voice.

Perelman, who had been silent for a long time, coughed in vain and opened his mouth
as if he couldn't stand it.

"Liche."

"What?"

"So..."

"Yes."

"......."

"Speak."

"...... better than a dress, right?"

I didn't understand the words and had to tilt my head for a while.

' Dress? What dress? '

Diel whispered quickly.

"The dresses you gave me as gifts."

I was dumbfounded and opened my mouth.

"It's much better than a three-tier tray strawberry cake."

"...... what."

"As expected, the doctor knows the best about the mind."

He didn't even answer correctly, but Perelleman leaned back in the chair with a
satisfied face and arms crossed.

"My gift is better in many ways. Right?"

Diel sighed and spoke quietly.

"Just say yes. Please."

"Well, yeah."

It was a strange farewell in many ways.

The time was ambiguous, so I had to go to his room in the middle of the night
because Eran told me that he had muscle pain.

"Sword training?"

I asked in surprise as I attached herbs to my legs that were effective in relieving

temporary pain.

No wonder, I was carefully prescribing the medicine so that it wouldn't hurt just by
running.

"So far, you said you just had to run, right?"

"But you said you shouldn't just run forever."

I sighed at the skinny Eran's legs.

"Of course you need it, but you're still a little baby ....."

"Baby."

Eran shrugged his shoulders.

"She said she's really good. I don't know if I can believe it."

"Why don't you believe me?"

"Wederick said I was feeling sluggish. I can't speak properly because I'm a little
princess."

"No, I didn't hit Eran's ball on the first day. You'll have good motor skills."

"Well, I have to believe you."

Eran said with a slight grimace on his forehead if his legs hurt.

"Hurry up and sleep. I'll be there for you."

It is now a habit to hold Eran's hand until he falls asleep.

I covered Eran with a blanket, dimmed the lights, and held one hand in Eran.

Black eyes looked at me through my long eyelashes.

"Liche."

"What?"

"Did you have fun today?"

"It was nice to be out after a long time."

"Did you have dinner with Diel?"

"I had one servant, one horseman, and four of us. I'm a commoner."

"Really?"

"Why are you laughing?"

"Eat with me tomorrow."

"Yes, I will."

"I have to get up early tomorrow. Zickel said, "I'm training since dawn."

"Then go to bed quickly."

I gently held his hand and patted him on the chest out of the covers.

"I'll keep you here."

It wasn't long before Eran closed his eyes.

I smiled with a slight sweep of black hair.

"You know, Liche."

"Yes."

"I thought I might be dead when I wake up. I think it hurts more when it gets dark,
and I hate it when it's night........."

I listened to him quietly.

If you are already sick, your heart will weaken, and I felt sorry for how lonely and
anxious you must have been.

"I don't hate the night at all since you kept me to sleep."

I stroked his publication cheek.

"I'll protect you from things that are scarier than the night."

A smile fell on his face.

"I promise. I'll be healthy and protect you from everything."

I didn't have much faith, but I nodded my head.

It was like being healthy and protecting a lot of people even though they were
Serious.

"Yes."

Looking into his black eyes, I answered.

"I look forward to it."

The emergency bell was ringing when I came back to the room after seeing Eran fall
asleep.

'Red! Ma'am!'
You can call me by a maid or a maid, but it was obvious that you didn't want to let
others know because you only ring the bell.

'Since when have you been ringing?'

I started running like a log.

Just in case, I ran fast into the Duchess' room without hinting that I was in a hurry.

It was terrible to think that the bell kept ringing while I was in Eran's room.

'If you've missed the golden time.'

It's not yet time for the Duchess to die, but I didn't know.

Anyway, she'll die in six years.

It was when I rushed to open the Duchess' door without knocking.

"......Liche?"

"Madam!"

My legs were about to relax when I saw the sight in front of me.

The Duchess dropped her handkerchief with a very embarrassed face. And the
handkerchief was clotted with blood.

It was not a small amount.

I swallowed my breath as I saw the blood in the air.

' There were no blood clots written in the log.'

But the Duchess' face was filled with embarrassment that I had been caught, rather
than fear of bloodshed.
17

"Go, blood, blood..."

I couldn't hide my look of despondency at the moment. In this case, all prescriptions
had to be re-prescribed from the beginning.

There was a pause between the two for a moment, but I was the one who eventually
started moving first.

I calmly put together a new batch of herbs, handed them to the Duchess, and sat in
front of them.

"Breaking blood ... You hid it, didn't you?"

The Duchess did not answer.

I probably wouldn't have known if the Duchess didn't wait for me today, or if I
knocked. You just have to hide your handkerchief and keep your head down.

"Why did you hide it?"

Six years later, it occurred to me that the Duchess' death could be due to this.

"If you hide your symptoms, the doctor can't give you proper prescriptions."

"I know, I know, but..."

The Duchess sighed.

I looked still at the handkerchief stained with blood with sad eyes. Perhaps no one in
the Peacock is aware of this.

"The Earl of Perelleman once offered to quit seven years ago."

"......."

"When my husband, the Duke of Cerseus, began his blood drive. They said that if you
have blood, it's a serious matter, so you should stay with your doctor."

"That's right."
"But he says he's... hard to stay with because he has to find his daughter. So I
changed my doctor's intentions, and the result was...."

So the Duke of Cerseus died, and Perelman returned.

"If I say I'm going to have a blood transfusion now, I'll leave Perelman for the same
reason."

The Duchess went on calmly.

"But!"

"I think Eran is much more important than I am. She's the only successor here."

This was why the Duchess hid her blood. Just in case your doctor changes and you
lose Eran, too.

"I don't care if I die early. If Eran can come of age and pass on the peacock safely."

However, we have been making the wrong prescription.

"Erann will live a safe life while Perelman remains the doctor. You've already saved
me from the brink of death several times."

"Anyway..."

I said with a sigh.

"I'm glad I found out."

"... are you going to tell Perelleman's own son?"

"No."

I said at once because I knew how far he had gone in search of his daughter with a
grim look, and I thought I knew what the Duchess was saying.

"I'll just give you a prescription for you."

"......thank you."
"I'm a pretty good doctor, too. In a way, it's better than you."

"That's... that's right."

The Duchess smiled slightly out of tune.

"It's reliable."

"It's going to be a little more complicated. It's going to be completely different."

"........"

"There are many causes for each blood. It's difficult to prescribe it
correctly until the analysis is completed."
I packed the Duchess' handkerchief.
"I'll take this. For analysis."
The cause was to be determined by analyzing the components of blood.
The Duchess might not die if I find out the cause well.
Perhaps the Duchess of Perelman's blood has been given the same prescription for
the next six years.
"Liche, is that someone else's blood okay?"
"It's my job to see blood. Besides, I have a lab now...."
The words dimmed the Duchess' expression.
"Yeah .... the lab."

"I heard you allowed me a greenhouse site for herbs. Thank you."
"How can I not allow you to use it?"
The Duchess spoke softly.
"Ferell wasn't the only one who allowed it because of his own creation. It was for
you."
However, there was a bit of urgency in his voice.
"Go, thank you."
"...... I'm sure Perelman said he'd make you look great, right?
"Yes, he bought me all kinds of equipment today."
I answered lightly, but the Duchess's eyes narrowed.
"....... huh."
She bit her lower lip for a moment and muttered.

"I'm sure you put it on with money. The only thing on top of Perelle is money."
Objectively speaking, it was the same for the Duchess who ordered a bunch of
dresses.
But I pressed my heart to point out the truth with patience for the patient.
"Anyway... you should never hide your symptoms from me."
I held the Duchess' hand tightly and said.
"Even if it's a very small one. I'm different from Perelleman, so there's nowhere else I
should leave."
"...... are you sure?"
"Yes, I'm still young, where else would I go? I don't even have a family."
In fact, I had no intention of leaving here until six years after Eran and I reached
adulthood.
I'll save Eran if he gets well and becomes a Duchess.
The Duchess coughed slightly and answered with her eyes glistening.
"Yes, I see."
Suddenly, I thought her black eyes were really similar to Eran.
***
"Yes, I'm going to the left now."
It has already been 10 days since Eran took a fencing lesson from Zikel.
Zickel didn't look after Eran because he was a minor. And Eran didn't whine and
worked hard at dawn.
Zikel and Joaquin said he had quite a lot of talent.
He didn't believe it because he had been brainwashed by Wederick for seven years,
but it didn't stop.
When I felt weak, I recalled Lice with Diel.

These days, the two have had a lot of time together because of Lice's lab.

He said there are many issues to discuss, from interior to arrangement of various
appliances.

Eran felt strange anger rising inside when he saw Diel and Lice together.

I wanted to send him away, but he seemed to be a necessary person for Lice.

Eran's self-esteem was not high yet to say anything to Diel.

So he was trained hard by Zikel with the determination to become an adult soon.

"Oops!"

Zickel told him he was going left, and he tapped him on the right side.
When Eran looked at him with a protest, he shrugged.

"Life is real, Mr. Eran."

"Clearly to the left ..."

"Are you going to believe everything? How many people lie."

Seeing Eran's face as unfair, Zickel said firmly.

"You must be vigilant. You shouldn't believe what others say."

"But Lice doesn't lie, and she has to believe what she says ..."

"It's a doctor's virtue."

Geckel answered in a sly manner.

"Of course, doctors shouldn't lie and gain trust from patients. But other people have
different stories, Eran."

"......"

"You're not a doctor, are you?"

Eran was angry, but there was nothing specific to answer.

"Everyone might tell Eran a lie. Keep that in mind."

"Not Liche."

"Lichen, you're a doctor. I'm talking about other people."

Zickel bent down and stood up in a low voice, eye contact with him.

"You must be able to deceive someone for your purpose, too."

"...... because I'm not a doctor?"

"Sure. You may have to know how to hide your mind, and you may have to be a little
coercive, and you may have to talk a little bit. There are times when I have to change
it. Because Eran has to rule over this estate."
Eran nodded slowly.

Geckel grinned and handed him the fallen sword.

"When you reach adulthood, you'll have a lot more to ask for."

The word 'desire' suddenly reminded Eran of Liche's face. He was very happy with
Lice's time now.

"Every time you do that, you have to do everything you can, okay?"

"Okay."

Eran nodded his head.

"Like I lied to teach Eran about this."

"I don't really want to lie, but ...."

Eran sighed and murmured.

"I won't forget that we have to use every means. I don't even have to be honest."

"Yes, it's not necessarily swordsmanship, but from now on, Eran should be a
schematic person."

Zickel grinned as if he liked the eyes of Eran, who was fixing the sword again.

"Okay, I won't forget."

"Then, once again ....."

"Ah."

Eran blinked as if he had only thought of it.

"I might be a little late for training for a week from tomorrow."

"What? Why?"
"My uncle, Uncle Roman, and my brother, Wederick brother are coming."

A few days ago, I got a letter from Wederick.

In the past, I would have waited for the occasional Wetherick, but I forgot that it was
actually time for Wetherick to come.

Come to think of it, I thought that we wouldn't have to come soon if it was the same
now.

I was busy training in the morning, and in the afternoon, I studied with a tutor who
started calling me a few days ago, or read a book with Liche.

And I ate dinner with Lice like a habit and fell asleep early.

I felt much more comfortable and better than being with Wederick.

But Wederick was the only cousin he was with when he was left alone.

You shouldn't have considered yourself annoying just because you're busy these
days.

Come to think of it, Lice came when Wetherick stayed last time, so he spent a month
with Lice.

"Oh, is it already?"

Zickel scratched the back of his head.

Baron Ishider and Weatherick were used to being such regular visitors.

"Well, come to think of it, I haven't seen you for quite a while .... Oh, my gosh!"

Before I knew it, Eran's sword was on Zikel's neck.

Eran grinned and said.

"I'm a fast learner, aren't I?"

Geckel pressed against the rising anxiety.

"Ha, ha."
I didn't know that a small child would learn deception so well. Besides, his acting
skills are so natural.

'Okay, okay?'

Looking at Eran's innocent black eyes, Zickel smiled awkwardly.

18

I said we should make the lab as soon as possible, and I said, "Diel needs
to make it as soon as possible."

"After sending Perelman's son, I met more people."

Diel sighed and shook his head. However, for that matter, they quickly completed the
lab.

In a lab equipped with all kinds of equipment, I began to heat up analyzing the
Duchess' blood, among other things.

"Breaking blood ,...."

Looking at the various symptoms in a combination, there was no particular natural

disease that came to mind.

It was such an unusual combination that even Perelman's own composition could not
be recognized.

"Something's weird."

After testing with all kinds of reagents, I found something surprising.

"...... it's poison."

I swallowed dry saliva watching the Duchess' blood responding to the Sirica grass.

It was not a natural disease.

Someone was artificially poisoned by the Duchess.

The problem was that I had no idea who, how, or when, was using poison.

"It's a very slow-moving poison with hippies."

I murmured nervously when no one was listening.

The characteristic of the poison used by the hippies was that it caused ordinary
headaches and stomachaches.
So, although never suspected, I had to eat steadily for a very long time.

Even if it's a small amount at least once every two months .....

"Wait a minute."

I opened my eyes wide when I saw the results of the test.

The concentration of poison had been considerably reduced.

That meant it was time to poison the Duchess.

'It would be the same for the Duchess to be addicted to poison anyway.'

No one could know exactly who poisoned it, but the background was clear.

Maybe I'm the only one who knows now in the world.

It was Baron Isider and Weatherick who benefited most from the Duchess' death.

'But Baron Ishider is the Duchess's biological brother.'

If I made a statement suspicious of Baron Lee Si-der, I might be kicked out.

Come to think of it, I was told that Baron Ishider and Weatherick would soon visit the
Duchess.

'I'll find proof that I can't get rid of it'

I rubbed my tired eyes and made up my mind.

'It's a hippie anyway. If you decipher it, that's it.'

I had to trap and wait while detoxifying the Duchess' body.

2. Find a clue.

There were guests who regularly visited the peacock once to be forgotten. Baron
Ishider and his son Wederick.

"How have you been, Sister?"

Baron Roman Jacques Isider greeted me with a pleasant smile.

He had the same silver hair and black eyes as the Duchess, but he had different
impressions.

"Well, it's just that."

The Duchess answered carelessly.

She was originally cold-hearted, so she wasn't exactly gentle with her younger
brother Roman. I thought it would be a good thing if I didn't just go anywhere and
get into an accident.

It was inconvenient to visit often even when the Duke of Cerseus was alive.

He used to make excuses for coming to see his sister and carefully ask for wealth.

I didn't know what on earth I was doing that kept me short of money, but the
Duchess used to throw some jewels because the Serious estate was abundant.

Since childhood, the great Duchess with Roman has known his characteristics well.

With a timid and impulsive nature, he was incompetent in many ways, except for the
medical profession's small knowledge.

However, Roman was the only heir in his family, and no matter how unfortunate he
was, he couldn't pretend not to know.

"Wederick is playing with Eran."

Roman was the perfect brother on the outside. She was always gentle to the cold
Duchess, and she was weak from an early age, unilaterally followed and cared for
her.

After the Duke of Cerseus died, Roman could be lonely. came more frequently under
the pretext of

He would step up and side with her when there was a conflict with the household
gods.

She was basically indifferent to Roman and Wederick, but she was in a state of
psychological debt to Roman through various circumstances.

Wetherick also took good care of Eran and did not prevent the visit. She also had a
hard time taking care of Eran because she was tired of sudden responsibility and
heavy work.

The persistent disease has weakened people constantly.

"Are you still very sick?"

"Now I'm used to it."

Roman sighed anxiously.

"...... didn't you tell him all the symptoms?"

"Yes."

"Good job."

Roman drank tea slowly.

"You have to protect her."

When Roman first found out that he was in bad condition, he advised him not to tell
Perelman himself if it was a serious symptom. It was the first sound Roman liked in
his life of advice.

She was also Eran's most precious, and Perelman's son was the best doctor on the
continent.

He is barely holding on to his guilt over the Duke of Cerseus, but he didn't know if he
would leave if he bothered.

"But you've improved your complexion."

"Thank you."

"But what's that car? It's very beautiful."

Roman asked curiously as he saw a car of search other than himself.

"I came in as a gift, and they said it wasn't good for a man."

"Who?"

"The new assistant of Perelman's own."

"Ah ...."

Roman scratched his nose with a frown.

"You mean the assistant hasn't changed in a month?"

"Yeah, he's so clever that he must have liked his own son, Perelman."

The Duchess drank tea thinking little.

In fact, the tea was made from herbs prescribed by Liche.

However, Lice added one more thing, advising people to drink the tea frequently
every day.

He said it was not good for a man, and said, "Don't give me anything left."
According to Liche, men immediately stop paying attention when they say, 'It's not
good for men.'

And he also asked no one to say that it was a herb.

According to her, someone can reversely infer that there is a rumor that it is a
medicine for no reason and then blood is awakened.

Anyway, he was a smart kid.

You tricked the medicine into a car so that no one would notice your blood.

Eran is now 13, too young. The entire duchy will be shaken if it is known that the
Duchess is seriously ill.

In fact, it was intended to secretly hide that Lice was giving the Duchess an antidote,
but the Duchess had no idea about the situation.

"You liked Perelman's own work? I'll have to see this."

Roman is fun sweeping the mustache. said as if

"Why don't you invite me to dinner?"

"Ah."

The Duchess shook her head coolly.

"I'm sorry, but you'd better have dinner with Wederick tonight, Roman. I'll send you a
meal to your room."

"What?"

"I have a previous engagement."

"Then tomorrow ......"

"Tomorrow, too."

"......."
"As you know, I always eat lunch alone, so take care of your lunch, too."

"No, you're only going to be in three days, and you can't have dinner with me?"

"What's the point of having an alternative meal together? If there's anything you
want to say, say it now. Is it really necessary to do it in a restaurant?"

Roman looked upset, but he couldn't speak any more because he knew the cold
nature of the Duchess.

***

"You're taking fencing lessons?"

Weatherick smirked as if he were dumbfounded at Eran.

His cousin, whom he met after a long time, was doing something ridiculous.

"I told you not to do it. What do you listen to your brother for?"

Wetherick opened his mouth nervously. His cousin needed to take his words a little
more into account.

"She said I was good."

However, Eran did not look sorry as usual.

He shrugged his shoulders over milk.

"I'm actually feeling much better these days than before, so I'm fine."

"...... stop drinking. I'm getting fat."

"It was okay to eat a lot because it moved a lot."

"Who?"

"Liche."
"The .... the new assistant of Perelman's own?"

Wederick asked disapprovingly. The new assistant, Griche, was somehow offended.

I didn't feel good when I first fell for it because I thought it was an aristocratic love.

When Baron Ishider lied that he was looking for it, he quickly went into the castle, but
when he met Roman, he said he had never said such a thing.

"Let's meet the assistant."

"No."

"What?"

Wetherick's head was spinning. I was dumbfounded by how the child could change so
drastically.

It was hard to believe that Eran said no to himself firmly.

"Why?"

"You're seventeen."

Eran didn't forget Lice's words that she preferred older people.

"What's that?"

"No, no, no, no."

Due to Wederick's absurd rebuttal, Eran did not explain it anymore and kept his
mouth shut.

Wederick caught his sheep shoulder in embarrassment.

"Erann, listen to you. If you miss him, show him to him. He's a good brother."

"......"

"I'm the only friend and cousin you've been with since you were very young, but can't
you show me a pretty girl?"
Heran's forehead was wrinkled by the word "pretty."

Seeing that Eran's eyes were very young, Wederick almost took a backward step even
though his opponent was a child.

"He's my doctor."

"What?"

"I'm Perelman's assistant, but Perelman's son is the one who signed with Serious, so
sequentially, Lice is mine."

"You, you ....."

"You have the right not to show your brother."

"I'm connected to you by blood. But what right?"

"But you're not Serious."

Wetherick kicked his tongue out of absurdity and squinted as if he had suddenly
noticed something.

She was showing her disapproval after seven years, saying she wouldn't show her
now.

"You want to look good on the girl, Lice or Nietzsche ....."

"......."

"You need to lose some weight to do that. You're definitely busier than I was a month
ago."

"What?"

"Don't eat for a while... eat this."

Wederick handed Eran his usual snacks.

"But Liche needs to eat well ....."

"As you say, Lice is your subordinate, so I have to say that. I'm the only one who can
speak objectively and coolly."

"......."

"You don't seem to have it, so don't tell Liche."

"...... okay."

Wetherick had a complex look on his face when he saw Eran accepting the snack.

His body was definitely stronger than a month ago and his eyes looked clear.

"You didn't eat the snack I gave you last month, did you?"

"...... I ate a lot of this and that, so I never got hungry."

"You looked a little ugly somehow. Skip the meal a few times and eat what you gave
me."

Wederick stroked Eran's black hair and grinned.

"Then you'll be cool. You've been right so far. It's a secret only for men. Okay?"
19

"Liche, is it good?"

"Yes, it's very, very delicious."

I nodded my head with my eyes twinkling.

Then the Duchess's expression brightened.

Pretending to be such an innocent child didn't really suit my aptitude, but I couldn't
help it for the time being.

"Thank you for doing me a favor, ma'am."

"What kind of request is this?"

My request was simple.

I couldn't eat late summer seafood because it was too fishy, so I was asking you to
remove seafood from all your diet for the time being.

He insisted that he could not eat seafood because it smelled bad even if it was in the
kitchen.

Of course, at my request, the Duchess spoke to the kitchen and took out all the
seafood and sea-flavored condiments.

And the use of seafood in the kitchen was completely prohibited for a month.

The hippies, which the Duchess was addicted to, had a fishy scent that allowed them
to sneak into seafood dishes.

So if you ask him to remove all the seafood from the kitchen, the criminal will be very
nervous.

I had to inject poison regularly, because the time was passing.

Then there was only one thing the criminal could do in this situation.
'Catch it.'

I clasped my fork without realizing it.

Even the Duchess did not tell the plan because she was afraid she would consult
Baron Ishider.

Anyway, the two were brothers and sisters, and my plans could be completely
disorganized.

'If possible, Baron Ishider will be able to......'

Just in case the two of them went out to eat, I also kept all the meal appointments
while Baron Ishider stayed.

That's how I came out for two consecutive days to have dinner with Eran and the
Duchess.

"You must have had a bad meal because of the smell of seafood."

"I didn't, but I put up with it a lot."

"Oh, my God, at the height of my life."

The Duchess sighed sadly. Then, I saw Eran, who was barely eating, and said a word.

"Eranne, don't you still have a big appetite?"

"Yes."

Eran nodded while drinking water.

"If you eat a lot, you don't feel very fast..."

'That's not think so.'

I squinted my eyes.

These days, Eran has eaten well.

It was natural to get an appetite after moving a lot and sleeping well.

But now I thought I'd gained some weight and become stronger, and as soon as
Weatherick came, I was like that again.

'You two seem to be playing this afternoon...'

Normally, I would have fed her, but it was hard to be with the Duchess.

'I really can't be without you in this family.'

I shook my head and ate steak alone.

We must stop the duchess from poisoning, and help Eran grow normally...

There was really one or two things to care about.

"But the aristocracy is very good. The rich aristocrat. '

Technically, I was still a commoner, but I wore high-quality clothes worn by

aristocratic young children, had a maid, and even had a private laboratory in a
spacious room.

It was an environment that was not comparable to the old life that I lived in a small
hospital as a assistant.

'So let's help.'

Thinking of the criminal who might be in trouble because all the seafood was gone, I
looked at him.
And while the Duchess went to the bathroom for a while, she whispered quietly.

"Why aren't you eating?"

"I don't really like it..."

Perhaps something had happened with Wederick.

"Let's have a detailed conversation later when we fall asleep."

I whispered quickly towards Eran.

I thought I'd have to arm myself one more time when I put you to sleep tonight.

***

Diel was farming unseasonably in a greenhouse.

Kippurts were hard to get, but they were not hard to raise. If you sow seeds and sow
magic fertilizer hard, it will bear fruit in three days.

"High-quality talent like me..."

Diel, who was watering hard, grinned and straightened his waist.

The person who farmed this ridiculous farm was a little girl who was not even tall on
his shoulders.

"You're just like Perelle's own son. It's not a friend, it's a boss."

While grumbling alone, Diel's face was smudged with a smile.

He's a gentle-natured man who's been talking to only one person behind his back,
and when he knew Lice, he was...
There are two opponents.

But as much as he was lame, he liked Perelmann's own work and Liche.

At first, when Perelman asked him to be friends with a 13-year-old girl, he thought he
made her do something really weird.

However, he was forced to listen as a member of the top team.

I was wondering if I should play anything, but Lice was surprisingly like Perelmann's
own.

He has a cold expression, shameless confidence, and a slightly indifferent personality.

Lice was really like Perelman's alter ego when he was trying to get the lab started
quickly.

Of course, I had to say it to Lice and get a bloody look.

Strangely speaking together, he didn't look like a 13-year-old, so he spoke naturally.

"First, Perelleman asked me to be friends with you."

"I don't need it. I'm just saying, but I don't want to ...."

Lice shrugged her shoulders.

"Didn't you actually ask me to take care of my lab or the greenhouse rather than my
friend?"

"...... that's right."

"Then my subordinate?"

Diel was sad about his situation that he couldn't answer the question.

In fact, Perelman left him on the duchess, meaning to support Liche in many ways
while he was not confident.

"Since we are commoners, let's not use such sad expressions."

"Yes, then let's be friends. The person who does your friend's request, I'll know it."

"You can be more comfortable. Shall we talk to each other?"

At Lice's coy words, Diel gently suggested.

This is because it was awkward to put honorifics on each other because they were
commoners, but since they were Riche and D.L.

Lice stared at him and nodded.

"But he's still five years older than me, and how can he let go so easily... I'm."

"...... uh, huh?"

Anyway, she was an oddly confident girl.

In fact, she was a genius recognized by Perelman himself, and she seemed to know
the fact very well.
She didn't really need Diel, but she just asked a ridiculous favor.

"Put Kippurz in the greenhouse."

"Huh?"

The one-sided order, which never ends, left D.I.L. quite embarrassed.

"Kipurts seeds are hard to get ....."

"You can do the top of Ferrellmann."

"Well, that's right."

"Kipurtz has a very strong scent, so just by walking around, the scent will get
ingested and everyone will ask."

"I guess so, huh?"

"Then I'd appreciate it if you could tell me everywhere that you're raising Kippurz,
saying I needed it for research."

"Can I ask why?"

"No."

Diel was forced to nod.

Well, I couldn't help it if the boss's assistant told me to.

"But Dee will find out, soon."

But I didn't think Lice was doing anything useless.

This is because she has been watched so far, to the point where the self-sacrificing of
Perelman recognized.

When he went to the Duchess to get permission for Lice's greenhouse site and lab, he
was honestly very surprised that the permission was so willingly dropped.

You're offering a doctor's assistant a bigger place in the castle than the doctor?
But after Lice came, the atmosphere of the castle definitely changed.

The son of Perelleman, who was not interested in anyone,

It started from giving her a daughter's room.

For now, there were testimonies from the maids that the Duchess was brightened and
less likely to blow.

The most changed thing was Eran.

Perhaps because Lice grabbed, exercised, and fed, the nervous little prince who was
stuck in the room had become a boy with a complexion.

Of course, Eran didn't seem to like Diel very much, but ....

'When I see you, I have a weird backache.'

Diel tilted his head while watering Kippurz.

"Anyway, if you see what you've done to me, or you've asked me to do.... something
will happen."

Strangely, I was looking forward to it.

20

It wasn't comparable to having a good meal, but I gave Eran a cup of milk
with various nutrient-rich herbal powder.

"Mr. Eran."

I looked at Er-An, who was taking it nicely, and asked seriously.

"Do you like Mr. Weatherick so much?"

"Yeah, because he's my only friend and his own age."

"Then can you let me meet you? Let's play together."

I wanted to see with my own eyes what kind of tricks I've been making.

But Eran shook his head, who was willing to nod.

"No."

"What? Why?"

I was surprised at the unexpected reaction and asked.

"Wederick says you're pretty."

"You have a good eye. But why?"

"You like older people, too."

"I just don't like children very much..."

Eran's eyes narrowed.

"No matter what. You seem to have gotten a lot closer to Diel these days."

I tilted my head.

'Did I get close to Diel? '

We talked informally to each other, but we didn't think they were really close friends.

You mean, a friend like a son or a close aide who left me with Perelleman?

As far as I can see, Diel was a congenital obedience. It was clear that he was the type
who grumbled and rejoiced inside even if he tried hard.

"But do you want to meet Wederick?"

Eran fiddled with my hair and murmured.

"A playboy."

"......what?"

I opened my mouth wide.

"I heard it's hard for a playboy to be around."

"Who taught you that word? Do you know what it means?"

"Zickel."

He was a swordsman in the subject.

I sneaked in and found out that swordsmanship was a good teaching skill, but it was
not a good reputation for personality.........

I got a point on my forehead.

"You told me this and that because I said I wanted to become an adult soon."

"What if I'm talking about this or that?"

"The Story of Adults."

I didn't want to ask the adults that Zikel told me, so I quickly laid Eran down and
covered him with a blanket.

'Go to sleep. It's not urgent right now.'

Eran reached out his hand familiarly.

I held the hand and swept Eran's black hair.

"Mr. Eran."

Wetherick was to stay at the Duchess tomorrow as well. I am a commoner no matter

how well I treat them here, and I have no talent to stop them from meeting.

"Do you like Wederick or me?"

"Huh?"

"No. Do you believe me, or do you believe me?"

"........."

"Lady Eran, we were supposed to be unique to each other. Did you forget that I said I
thought of Er An the most?"

I said with a sigh of frustration.

Then, Eran replied sullenly.

"The doctor said he wouldn't lie, so trust Lice more."

"You have to have someone you trust by your side. And no matter how old you are,
you're a baron."

I looked into Eran's eyes and said firmly.

"Heran is the owner of this castle, so her thoughts are the most important. Not the
others. Don't listen to anyone else in front of what Eran thinks is right, what she
wants, and what she likes."

"... you're talking about something similar to Zickel."

"Of course, Little Princess."

I patted him on the chest. After a while, his eyes closed tightly.

***

'Where am I?'

It was such a fancy space that the snow would go around. Magnificent music was
playing, and people were dancing in pairs.

'Is this the party you've only heard of?'

When I lowered my eyes, it was a beautiful dress that I had never worn before.

'I'm a commoner, but why do I stand in this kind of place?'

More than that, I'm not a 13-year-old.

I was heading to the balcony for an appointment.

When I opened the door of the balcony, the black-haired young man smiled with his
eyes half-moon-shaped.

"You're late, Liche, did you dance well with the bloody Crown Prince?"

I was definitely smiling, but I felt like I was grinding my teeth, so I stepped back a
little.
The man was beautiful even though his dark eyebrows were slightly frowned.

I was answering something, but strangely the scene got blurry and I couldn't hear it
well.

He slowly got up, closed the door, and wrapped it around my waist.

"Didn't the wolf man keep his hand on your waist?"

I took a backward step and he whispered in my ear.

"Where else, where the flesh met the bastard."

I felt a hot breath and put strength on my toes.

"I've known you're a playboy since I was a kid, but you're still too much."

There was a huge height difference, so I couldn't see my face well.

His slow stroke of my brown hair gave me goose bumps on my shoulders.

"It's okay to be a playboy..."

It was a very unfair remark, but I stopped breathing because of the hard touch I felt
at my waist.

"You always have to stay with me."

The young black eyes twirled in a dizzy view.

"You said the most important thing is to do what I think."

I called my eyes to keep my head straight and see the young man properly.

Like I've seen quite a bit of it somewhere, it's a sculpture of a beautiful

appearance and strangely eye-catching red lips...

When I tried to come to my senses somehow, it suddenly became noisy outside.

I turned around in astonishment at the sound of embarrassment.

"Liche! Lice!"

I jumped to my feet.

It was my room.

"Liche! Are you awake? Open the door!"

I shook my head to escape from the hazy and somewhat eerie afterimage of my
dream. This was Diel's voice.

Before I knew it, the morning sun was shining into the room.

Wearing a gown over my pajamas, I opened the door.

Diel looked down at me with round eyes.

"As you say."

I felt like I was running away from sleep.

Of course, I forgot all of my dreams.

"The greenhouse key is gone."

I got you, you punk!

***

My greenhouse, which Diel decorated with the Duchess's permission, was near the
garden.

Although not very large, it was enough to grow herbs in many difficult environments.

Doctors all had small greenhouses to grow herbs that were not easy to get or needed
to be taken right away.

Perelmann's self was an exception because he was setting up a top specializing in

herbs. Because he could get all the herbs by saying a word to Diel.

Now that I think about it, I could have done that, but at that time I didn't know Diel
had a "hobby to obey the superior."

Anyway, it was me and Diel who had the keys to the greenhouse.

A few days ago I told Diel beforehand. Don't lock your door by leaving your
greenhouse key with a big doll on your desk.

And finally the key was stolen. In other words, the criminal was going to show up in
the greenhouse.

Since Kippurz has been working hard day and night, whenever Diel moved, the scent
of Kippurz came out.

"Diel."

I spoke seriously in the greenhouse looking at the fruit of Kippurts.

"Think about your career again. Don't you want to go home? How can you raise them
so well?"

"It didn't suit my aptitude."

Diel grumbled back.

"I just did my best because it was you."

It seemed to me that I could see why the son of Perelman was calling Diel the closest
man.

"You're really..."

I looked up at Diel with a look of emotion.

"You're good at anything, and above all, you have a great sense of slavery."

"Slave? I just did my friend a favor."

"Diel, it's not a shame to listen to someone smart and smart."

"My last pride."

Looking at his pink hair, I held back my laughter.

"Don't look at me like that."

Diel shook his head as if he was burdened, but did not forget to water the Kippurts
meticulously.

"I think Perelman is watching."

I shrugged at a chubby Kippurz fruit. And he pointed to a bag of fertilizer piled up on

one side of the greenhouse wall.

"Now all you have to do is..."

"Yes, what is it?"

When I saw Diel answering me coldly, I thought that slavery was inevitable.

"It's hiding there."

"There?"
"I'm sure the unsub who stole the key will come back... and it doesn't mean anything
if we two catch it, just like you.
We've got to hit the scene."

"When are you coming?"

"It must be an early evening when the scent of Kipurz is diminishing."

I put a disposable communication magic ring in Diel's hand and said,

"So you're undercover."

"Well, over there?"

"Yes."

"And contact me as soon as someone comes. I'll be here all evening."

After dinner today, I was going to propose a walk to the Duchess.

21

"Yeah, it feels good to take a walk after a long time."

The Duchess said with a satisfied look.

"I'm glad to hear that."

I tilted my head while answering.

' This looks a little strange to me...'

I had dinner with Eran and the Duchess again today.

As I blinked, Eran seemed to eat more than yesterday, even though he was
crunching.

As planned, I suggested that you move your body after meals, and that you take a
walk to see the greenhouse Kipurz is growing well.

They nodded their heads.

Naturally, I thought the Duchess would stand in the middle and Eran, who was short,
would walk on both sides, but neither the Duchess nor Eran naturally stood next to
me.

One hand was caught by the Duchess, one by Eran, and I stood in the middle of a
pawn, slowly circling the garden.

"Heroan, don't you need to play with Wetherick?"

"We rode together in the afternoon."

"Riding?"

"Yes, he taught me how to ride a horse."

"I see."
The Duchess nodded with surprise.

"I won."

Eran spoke indifferently, but I looked down at Eran with emotion.

I was so happy to beat Wederick, no one else.

If you gain more experience one by one, you will not be swayed by Wederick's words.

"Good job."

I looked down at Eran with a big smile.

"I wish I had gone sightseeing."

"Yes, if I knew I'd win, I'd show you."

"If I hadn't won, I would have cheered for her a lot."

Eran's proud expression was cute, so I smiled softly.

"That's too bad."

"Then we can cheer for you next time."

"I'll cheer for you next time, and only for you next time."

"Yes."

Eran grinned.

"For the rest of my life."

At that time, the ring I was wearing on my finger shone brightly.

It was Diel's call.

Eran squinted and looked at my left hand.

"What?"

"Oh, shall we go to the greenhouse now? Just around the corner."

I led the two men with a hurried steps.

There was no light in the greenhouse. But again, the door locks of the greenhouse in
the corner were unlocked.

"Huh? Why is the door open? If Diel were in there, he'd still be bright."

"The door's open?"

The Duchess also frowned.

When I ran to the greenhouse, I immediately lit up the magic and shouted loudly.

"Who is it?"

I could hear the sound of a round and round Kippurts falling. Where the
sound was heard, a woman in a maid's uniform was shaking.

Behind me, the Duchess and Eran looked at the maid's contemplated face with
puzzled expressions.
Indeed, neither Baron Isider nor Wederick could have stolen it himself.

I didn't think I would be able to catch the background right away, but I felt somewhat
drained.

Still, I couldn't believe I caught the tail, so I shouted triumphantly.

"To steal my kipurtz?"

"Oh, no..."

The maid's red eyes shook uneasily.

"This is... D, D, Diel asked me to..."

"I never asked for that."

Diel crawled out, tapping his waist between the piles of fertilizer. He did a great job of
making me do it.

He simply tied the shaky hand of the maid and knelt before me.

I said with my arms folded, with the duchess and Eran in the background.

"The scent of Kippurz is so unique that it's hard to steal unless it's early in the
evening, right?"

"Lee, Lee, Liche, I just want to try it, I want to try it..."

"Try something. It tastes the same as melon. It's not that famous for food, is it? It's
hard to get it because there's no demand."

"Well, that's... "

"The strong scent of Kippurz is neutralized by the scent of especially fishy hippies."

Turning around and glancing at the Duchess, I continued.

"And hippies... are addictive flowers that cause long periods of blood, headaches,
abdominal pain, etc. You know that, right? "

The Duchess turned blue.

The only person who could understand this was the Duchess here. Diel or Eran are
the Duchess's.
It was because he didn't know the symptoms.

I raised my maid's chin.

"These days, all the seafood in the kitchen is gone because of me. I'm sure you're in
trouble now that there's no food to hide the hippie petals that you have to put in
periodically."

Tears were in the maid's eyes. It wasn't exactly a big spy.

"But now that Kippurtz, which can remove the scent, has appeared in this garden
greenhouse......... it must have been tempting."
"Well, that's... "

"There's no way he didn't know because he's been running all over the place."

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I don't know anything. Really, I just did what I was told."

The maid struck her forehead in contemplation.

"Liche, how..."

When Eran blinked and asked, I raised Diel's hand. A disposable communication ring
like mine was shining.

"Actually, it was all a trap. I planned it with Diel with a communication magic item."

This was my role.

I looked back at the Duchess.

"Erann."

The Duchess spoke coldly.

"Bring in Lord Joaquin. I'll have to interrogate him myself."

As I expected, the Duchess wanted to keep things secret.

There was no way to know when it was darkened.

The cold Duchess seemed to have decided that there was no need to create anxiety
on the territory because even Eran's chronic disease was known.

Besides, a maid working for the Duchy......... a serious security problem.

' will , that's not my concern.'

I held the quietly trembling Duchess' hand.

The Duchess looked at me quietly and suddenly hugged me.

"Thanks, Liche."

She whispered in her trembling voice. It was quite different from the tone in which he
said he would question her directly.

I raised my little hand and patted her on the back.

***

That night, Diel came shaking his head.

"The maid bit her tongue as soon as she started torture."

"Really?"

I answered calmly, handing over the book in the lab.

I didn't think everything would be solved so easily anyway. However, it was a success
to some extent even if the Duchess was warned that someone was aiming for the
Duchess.

' They're the ones who've been constantly destroying Eran until he reached
adulthood.'

Trying not to be disappointed, I pulled myself together.

' It can't be this easy.'

A maid who worked for a long time on the peacock could not have named Baron
Ishider.

They would have pre-arranged the family's livelihood or something they needed.

"I came in four years ago, and the person who wrote the letter of recommendation is
already the one who left the peacock. She was a maid who only works in the kitchen,
and she said her hometown was a lie."
"Who wrote the letter of recommendation?"

"The assistant of Perelman at that time."

I covered the book with a thud.

Perelman's assistant was famous for being less than ten days old. In other words, it
was a perfect environment for outsiders to come and go without any doubt.

' Then I'd be in danger if I kept holding on to this position.'

Now I had to worry about my safety.

I sighed, thinking that I should be nervous.

"Liche."

Diel looked at me with sparkling eyes.

"I don't know the details, but you got something, did you?"

"Yes."

"I didn't know it was the Kippurts or the hippies, but... it went as you planned, did
it?"

"Of course. It's all medical knowledge anyway, so ordinary people don't know."

"Would Baron Cedar have been there for a little more detail?"

"What?"

"Oh, Baron Ishider is not a doctor, but he has a lot of knowledge about that."

I've never heard of this before.

As expected, I thought I couldn't plan this meticulously without knowledge of herbs,

but I couldn't believe I was the one involved.
"That's why your daughter took him in person."

"Huh?"

"As her wife gave birth to Ishider's estate in seven months, Perelman doesn't even
know her daughter's face. It's just that she looks just like her own wife, and she's
green-eyed...."

"I see."

"That's why you're searching for all the 13 year old girls in the green of blond hair on
the continent."

I wasn't really interested in that, but now all the puzzles were being worked out.

Baron Lee Sider was more vicious and planned than expected. A man who destroyed
his sister and nephew for a long time and blew up this estate.

"Anyway, Liche, you were a little cool today."

"You mean."

I answered insincerely.

"If I'm as smart as I am, it's nothing."

"Well, yeah."

"But everything was easy thanks to you. Thank you for your good work."

"What."

Diel smiled proudly.

"If you have anything to ask... no, let me know if you have anything to ask."

"You left Perelman and I grumbled that I was here."

"That's the thing..."

Diel said with a serious face.

"I feel more proud to listen to you.
It's cathartic."

"That's a relief."

In the future, he seemed willing to listen to me.

"But there was someone else who looked a little more thrilling than me."

Looking at my distant expression, Diel continued.

"It must have been the same that I couldn't understand, but Eran was looking at you
with her eyes glistening."

"Oh, really? "

"You must have thought it was cool, too."

Well, that's it. I'm not that big of a deal. said with a shrug.

"I know."
22

"Melanie was caught."

In the middle of the night, Baron Ishider sat Wetherick and spoke quietly.

"Of course, he bit his tongue without saying anything."

"Do you know how they got caught?"

"It is said that he was caught stealing the fruit of the new tide's Kippurts. I don't
know anything more."

Baron Lee Si-der's expression was seriously hardened.

"There's nothing I can tell. Is it just being caught as a fruit thief, or is it that you've
been constantly injecting poison?"

"Didn't the Duchess tell her father, too?"

"He's such a quiet man. But we need to assume the worst and be careful."

Wederick nodded carefully.

"But Esther and Kane are still there."

"I need to get a little bit of myself for a while. I still have a lot of time. Because Eran
is still young."

"But..."

Weatherick frowned at his brow.

"It's a little different. I think Eran got close to the new assistant. Besides, I don't think
she eats the snacks I give her anymore."

Baron Ishider's brows were frowned upon.

"You're the new assistant again?"

"Yes, you must be very good. It changed a lot a month ago. They seem to take care
of me much more carefully than Perelman."

"A 13-year-old can take care of you."

"But he says he's still using Perelman's daughter's room. The rumor has it that he's a
genius, and Perelman's own son was so happy that he even set up a lab."

"...... "

"If she stays as an assistant, it's hard to get a new person in."

"You need to be careful. You should meet her in person."

Baron Ishider said to Wederick.

"I'm not going to do anything right now, but in the long run, I think it's better to get
rid of it anyway."

"Eranne does wear it, but I think we should take a look."

Wederick answered with his arms folded.

Heran was the only remaining blood of Prince Serious, and her godmother was
Duchess Serious.

When all his father's plans are fulfilled, this peacock becomes his own.

Although he has already posted a name for the rebel forces, Wederick was excited to
think of taking over this vast estate and colorful ball writing.

It was the same for Baron Isider.

"I can't wait to see you occupy this castle."

Baron Ishider smiled happily and looked at his only son.

A suggestion that suddenly came to Baron Ishider, who was just such a peripheral
aristocrat in the corner of the estate, was like a dream.

"If things go well, the estate of Serious will all belong to your son."
The rebel's final mastermind ordered Baron Cedar to do all this.

"You only have to destroy Perelman's wife and the daughter in the boat."

It bothers me that I didn't see the end of the "daughter in the ship" in person, but
Baron Ishider achieved the result that the person wanted anyway.

The daughter seemed unlikely to be alive, and even if she was alive, Perelman's son
would never be able to find her.

"You just have to do what I tell you to do. Do you understand?"

He has always been ignored for being timid and incompetent compared to his sister,
Duchess Serious.

The Duchess is absolutely after the Duke of Ceres. I wouldn't doubt that. You'd think
you wouldn't be that black.

But you can't imagine that Baron Ishider is being ordered to do one thing or another
by "the man."

"In exchange for those two lives, isn't it a good deal for the Duke of Cerseus?"

We'll have to wait a long time, but so far it's been successful and worth it.

I wanted to swallow the Duke of Cerseus quickly and give him strength.

When he succeeded in rebellion and rose to the highest position, Wederick would take
possession of this vast land and enjoy the status of the nobility.

***

The next day, I had a tea time with the Duchess.

"It's almost the first time I've ever felt like someone was taking care of me after the
death of the Duke."

The Duchess's lips were raised very slightly.

She was drinking the pink tea I prescribed for her. Now, if you keep purifying it for
such a long time, there will be no sudden death like before.

"And to keep a secret. I know most of the saints just stole it and I executed it without
mercy."

"Asking someone to bite their tongue for stealing... would not be very good for the
reputation of the peacock."

"It's okay because I'm not a benevolent image."

That was right.

Even before the return, there was no rumor that the Duchess was good at everything,
but she had a good personality.

It was known all over the territory that there was no mercy for the wrong person.

Although less now, when the Duchess had just become a deputy, the body of a sinner
continued to be hung at the entrance of the Duchess.

Having always suffered headaches and sleeplessness, it must have been inevitable for
a person to be sensitive and sharp.

And it's been pretty extreme, so ....

"It could alert the newcomer."

"You don't even know who's trying to hurt you."

I calmly said, not being able to say that my brother Baron Ishider was behind it.

"You'd better keep being careful. You'd better not hide your symptoms even if it's
very small, but you'd better collect blood regularly and test it."
Baron Ishider would never give up, so he had to gather evidence steadily.

I had a lot of time here, too.

"I'm sure someone with professional medical knowledge is behind it."

I added in a significant tone.

Some medical-educated people know this, so we can't point him out right away.
However, it meant to know.

"And if you intend to hurt her, you could be in danger, too."

"Maybe Eran's chronic disease..."

"I think that's possible."

"Liche."

The Duchess clasped my hand.

"Please, take care of Eran more than I do."

"I'm still trying hard to keep an eye on it. I can't find the cause yet, but I'll keep
looking for it. So please keep a close eye on the ball."

Now, the headache and stomachache will gradually disappear, so there was nothing I
couldn't do.

I won't be able to let Perelman in as his assistant because of me, so I don't know
what kind of route he's going to put in the secretive regime.

In addition to the maid caught this time, there will be lower-class people who are
already in place.

"Liche... can you promise me?"

"What?"

"Never, ever leave the Duke."

"At least I won't leave until this is all settled and Eran is safe."

The Duchess' expression, which she expected to be satisfied, became strange.

What about after that?

"......uh......I've never thought about it?"

"Why don't you continue to be a doctor in the Duchy after you become an adult?"

"I have Perelleman's own son."

"You can kick him out."

"No, can I change my attitude just because I saved you?"

You even asked me to stay...

The Duchess smiled at my shameless face.

"He's going to go away looking for his daughter, thinking he"

"Uh......um......."

"I'll treat you better than anywhere else, okay?"

"Bird, I'll think about it. We still have a long way to go."

I didn't want to plan that far into the future. It's hard to save this crumbling duke
right now ....

"I'd like to do something in return for this, do you have anything you want?"

"I've never had such a luxurious meal in my life."

I said it without hesitation because I was really living without shortage.

"But if I could ask you a favor... I'd like to find my family."

"Family?"

"I used to be a nursery school student."

"Ah..."

"Wouldn't it be related to this estate, given that it was dumped in the vicinity of the
Duchy and flowed into the river?"

As I talked, I became desperate and kept on talking.

"If anyone has lost a 13-year-old girl with brown hair and green eyes, I'd like to take
a paternity test."

The Duchess tightened her grip on my hand.

"Yeah, Liche. I'll deliver it to the whole duchy."

"Thank you."

"Family... Yeah, maybe you need a family. That's natural, but I didn't think so."

Suddenly I was conscious that I couldn't think of the cold look when I first saw her.

Someone would be very surprised to see the Duchess have this kind face on me.

Because he was cold enough to cut off the tongue of the stolen maid in front of
others.

"If you need a mother, consider me a mother."

"What are you talking about!"

I shook my head in surprise.

"I'm a commoner, and you're a noble. That's too much of a burden."

Within the empire, the difference between the rank of the nobility and the common
people was enormous.

Even marriage is illegal, but I can't believe you think like your mother......... you're so
much older than me in your previous life.

It was one thing to be proud of my skills and to know the subject as a commoner.

"......so."

Somehow the Duchess sighed with a sorry face.

23

After tea time with the Duchess, I came out to the garden to look around the
greenhouse, and I saw Eran and Wederick playing with a racket.

"Oh."

I saw you two playing together a month ago.

Unlike then, Eran's eyes had a desire to win.

Compared to the little boy who only looked sorry for being drooped, he grew up
mentally in a month.

I sat in the shade of a nearby tree, wanting to pat my ass.

"Mr. Eran!"

I shouted loudly.

"Win! Way to go!"

At the words, Erando Wederick caught a glimpse of me.

After a few exchanges of balls, Wederick eventually missed Eran's ball.

Wederick frowned and said patheticly.m.

"Eranne, what if you give the ball like this? It's a foul."

"Huh?"

"You missed the end of the racket. I told you, you're not athletic."

"It didn't miss. I wanted to send it there."

"You don't even know the rules of the game? Ha......so all the servants will ignore
you."

I jumped to my feet. It seemed like we couldn't just wait and see again.
"No."

Hey! Why is my kid so cheesy!

I strode to stand beside Eran.

I spoke confidently in front of Wederick and Eran, who were surprised to see me.

"I saw it, it didn't hit the end of the racket and it wasn't cheating."

"What do you know?"

"Wederick was able to hit it with just a little more arm extension. It's a mistake by
Mr. We Derek."

"Hey, you're Perelman's new assistant, right? Where are you cheeky......"

It was Eran who stepped forward at the horse.

"What a disaster."

Eran raised his chin.

"Don't talk to Liche."

Wederick's eyebrows wiggled.

I was also surprised that I never imagined that Eran could make such a scary face.

It's also aimed at my cousin who didn't know what to do with him.

"No matter how big a brother you are, if you get mad at Lice, I won't let you go."

"Are you going against me, Eran?"

"This is the Duke of Cerseus."

I got emotional at the moment.

How can a child's personality change so quickly?

The growing child was also heavily influenced by the surrounding environment. I was
wondering if I had improved my spirit after taking swordsmanship classes in the
Knights.

"I am the second owner of the Duke of Cerseus, and you can't treat me recklessly in
my domain."

"My man?"

Wetherick snorted as if he were dumbfounded.

"You're .... you're closer to Lice than I am?" This commoner girl who hasn't even been
to the Duchy, who doesn't even know where she's from?"

I answered the question.

"I think so."

For some reason, I still had a strong desire to protect Eran.

So I added bluntly.

"Of course not? I'm prettier and cuter."

"What?"

"I'm not sure if this is a comparison. In many ways, I won by a landslide."

Wederick's face blushed.

However, he couldn't seem to say that he was prettier and cuter.

'I was going to put out a hand mirror if you say that.'

Of course, it was obvious that he wanted to make more disturbances by saying

something to the common people.

However, Eran was stronger than I thought and was only breathing hard.
"Oh... I'm a little smarter, too."

"You, really!"

It was not until the veins in his eyes were red that Eran tapped him on the arm as if
he were soothing.

"Don't get me wrong, brother. I like you very much, too. But I just warned Liche not
to be rude."

"Eranne, you..."

"I hope you don't be too upset. Actually, it's all true."

Oh, my God, it was winter time with emotion.

"Liche, shall we go? I'll take you to your room."

I gave a coy look to 17-year-old Wederick and slipped my tongue out of Eran's
sleeve.

There was a strange sense of triumphant.

As I turned around, leaving him huffing, Eran looked at my left hand first.

"You're not wearing that ring?"

"What?"

"The one I shared with Diel yesterday."

"Ah."

I looked at Eran and said nothing.

"It's a disposable communication magic item, so I can't use it anymore."

"Then did you throw it away?"

"I haven't thrown it away yet, I'm in the lab. Why?"

"Ah."
Eran grinned.

I tilted my head and continued.

"It's a one-time use, so I'll throw it away now."

"Then throw it away with me."

I didn't know that Eran had a hobby of throwing things away.

It's not difficult, and I was proud of you for taking my side in front of Weatherick, so I
nodded gladly.

***

A peaceful time passed after Wetherick and Baron Ishider left. And exactly 100 days
after leaving the Duchess, Arga returned.

Diel went to meet Arga at the port himself. I waited for him with some expectations,
but of course there was no little girl to follow. Also in Irvia, finding his daughter
seemed to have failed.

Now his complexion darkened at the thought of searching another area.

The continent was large, and thirteen girls with blond hair and green eyes were
unusual, but quite a few.

Now he will have to do it again while the Duke of Perelman remains at the
Duchy.

"My son."

The long voyage made it a little rough, but Arga had a pretty handsome face.

The light double-edged brown eyes, smooth jawline, and slim appearance still caught
the attention of women's attention.

In fact, some noble women even sent a scandal. Of course, it was Diel's job to burn
the connections.
Arga was not interested in remarriage at all, and she seemed to devote all her life to
finding a daughter who looked just like her beloved wife.

"Thank you for your hard work."

Arga sighed and nodded. Just by looking at his expression, he could see that he
suffered a lot and that there was no harvest.

Instead, workers were unloading behind him.

"But what about that?"

Diel frowned at the unbroken load.

It was usually the first time I saw Arga because she preferred to move as simple as
possible.

"Well, this and that ....."

"This and that?"

"I picked it up here."

"What?"

Diel was dumbfounded and scratched the back of his head.

"Well, so what are the things you picked up here?"

"Irbian trinkets, dresses and shoes worn by aristocratic youngsters ....."

"........."

"High-end experimental instruments, fresh herbs, the latest medical books and new
drugs, etc."

"You've picked up a lot."

Arga did not answer back, raising her glasses.

Diel shrugged as he climbed into the carriage with him.

"And are you going to throw it away to Lice?"

"Liche is the only one who deserves to use these items in the peacock."

"Just be honest. I bought it because I thought of it."

"You might take it as a sign that we should do more paternity test research. I don't
want to burden you."

"You said you picked it up on the way, and you don't feel pressured to give it all to
me?"

"I don't think so."

At Arga's words, Diel nodded slowly.

If he knew Lice, he would say thank you and get everything.

"Well, I think so, too."

When Diel says a word, he will proudly say that he is necessary for the Duke and Arga
to the point where he deserves it.

But I couldn't refute it because it was right again.

Arga looked out of the window with her arms folded and said in a tone that she
couldn't stand it.

"Diel."

"What?"

"While I'm away ..... what did your wife do to Liche?"

"Uh......um......."

"Have you bought me anything greater than what I'm taking with me?"

"Oh, no."

When asked about Arga's questioning, Diel unknowingly stuttered and shook his
head.

"Liche didn't want it very much."

"Yeah, there's no way the bone-deep noblewoman knows Lice wants to be a doctor."

"Uh... but he's doing what he wants."

Arga opened her eyes as if she wanted me to speak quickly.

Diel continued cautiously, feeling the frozen atmosphere of the carriage.

"Lee, Liche is helping me find my biological parents. The whole duchy has an edict
saying that he's looking for people believed to be Lice's parents."

"Parents?"

"Sometimes people come to see my 13-year-old daughter with brown hair and green
eyes, but so far no one has passed the paternity test."

"........"

"Well, why don't you think positively?"

said Diel with a clumsy smile.

"So Lice isn't just doing paternity tests for you. Oh, my. It's good to find your
parents."

"......."

Of course, there was no such thing as softening the atmosphere of the carriage.
24

"Oh, this is crazy."

I threw a pen and hugged my head in the lab.

There was a request from the Duchess, so I could not find out the cause of the
chronic disease even though I had been keeping up with Eran and giving him various
prescriptions.

Of course, I have swordsmanship classes, and I am feeding them well in many ways,
so it is much better than before.

However, intermittent seizures and dizziness still did not know why.

Well, we couldn't even find Perelman's own masterpiece.

My immunity went up a lot, so I didn't have a life-or-death situation like in the past,
but my mind was impatient.

"I have to save it somehow."

When Eran took swordsmanship classes or learned this and that from a tutor, I would
stay in the lab all the whole time.

Baron Isider and Wederick still often visited, but no movement was seen.

' They're great people who worked with their breath until they reached adulthood.'

I used to grate my teeth when Wederick came to Eran and get irritated alone.

'And they'll wait years and years to come up with a new ruse. It's not normal.'

A little strange was the Duchess's tone of occasional tea-time talk about Baron Isider.

The Duchess used to say the nuance, 'Roman has neither the intelligence nor the
audacity to plan his own grand scheme.'

I wondered if I didn't know my younger brother so much, but I wondered if a cold-

hearted person like a duchess would see such a person.

'Or is there a bigger background?'

But that wasn't something I could know. For now, it was too much to focus on
defending the Duke of Cerseus.

What I had to keep was my place as an assistant.

Now that I know how comfortable Perelman's assistant position is for them, I couldn't
slow down my guard either.

In the meantime, each day went by carelessly.

Sometimes people would come to see a couple of girls, saying they had lost a 13-
year-old girl with brown hair and green eyes.

However, even before the complicated and long-running paternity test was
completed, the initial hair test revealed a "disagreement."

Well, I didn't think I could find my parents easily.

But whenever new people came, and it turned out that they weren't, the Duchess
called me and had dinner together.

Eran was there with me, and I emptied the plate even if I didn't open my eyes.

I could see that I was being considerate of no more nagging.

'You're all grown up.'

I'm fine because I don't expect much anyway, but the Duchess used to say it several
times.

"Stay in the peacock for a long time. This is your house."

Well, that wasn't bad either.

I didn't forget that I was a commoner, but anyway, I wore luxurious clothes worn by
aristocratic young children and had a meal prepared by others.

I saved the Duchess' life, but I thought it was natural to treat her like this.

It was absolutely not brazen.

"Why don't you make an official contract as your doctor as soon as you
reach adulthood?"

There was no better job than here for your own safety.

"......think about it."

Once I saved Eran, I could think of my daily safety.

If we can't cure Eran's chronic disease like this... the result was terrible.

After finishing the meal, I entered the room with Eran, and Diel was waiting for me in
the hallway.

Eran frowned and held my hand tightly.

"Where? What's going on?"

Diel said, forcing himself out of Eran's eyes.

"Ferelleman is here."

"Oh, right."

Come to think of it, I thought today was the day when Perelman's own work came.

"Of course I should say hello."

"Uh, there's a lot to throw away from you. He said, "Oh, my God."

"Throw it away?"
"Well, you know."

I shrugged my shoulders. And after stroking Eran's head, he said.

"I think I should go to my own master. Eran, can you study dinner by yourself?"

In the meantime, we used to study in the room together room after dinner.

I read medical books, and Eran did the homework given by the tutors.

The tutors used to make a fuss, admiring Eran's ability to learn.

I had never been educated in the aristocracy, so I couldn't judge objectively, and
Eran was not particularly proud, saying, "All the people below me are like that."

"You have to come when you sleep."

Eran replied sulkily.

"I can't sleep without you."

"I've told you a few times. It's just a feeling. You can sleep well alone."

I would still hold his hand every night until he fell asleep.

When I held my hand tightly and saw Eran's sleeping face, I used to think that she
was as cute as raising a little brother.

"Come, though."

So, these wild-goosebumps seemed just like babies and affectionate.

"Well, it's not hard."

It was only after I nodded, that Eran went into his room one more time after aiming
for Diel.

"Hey..."

Diel sighed and said.

"I don't think Eran hates me, do you?"

"Uh."

It was a reasonable inference considering the way he looked at D.I.L.

Still, if the little boy was scared, how scary he was, and D.iel seemed to care a lot.

"Why?"

"You must be ugly. Just looking at it makes me feel bad."

"Objectively, I don't think that's it."

"Children may have different eyes."

"You're not a kid?"

"Aren't you smart for a kid?"

"But I'm thirteen..."

"Noisy. Let's go to your own master."

"......yes, I don't think you're a child."

Diel immediately shut his mouth and led me to the room of his own Perelleman.

Few of the great burdens brought by Perelmann's own son were to my liking. In
particular, there are so many clothes now that it was difficult to deal with.

Irvia even had a lot of summer clothes because it was hot in the southern part of the
country.

If I were an ordinary aristocrat, I would have needed colorful clothes because I would
go to tea time and salon here and there, but I was just a commoner.

Technically, I was an assistant hired by a duke, hired by Perelman's own son. It

meant that they should wear pretty clothes and accessories only in the peacock.

Just because you're out of town doesn't mean you have anywhere to go.

Perelleman looked slightly disappointed when he saw my sour face, but he didn't
show off.

"Huh?"

But there was a shot that turned it all upside down.

"It's ..... it's the first herb I've ever seen in my life.

I breathed with glistening eyes.

It was a unique herb that I had never seen before returning, and even if I looked at it
a little bit, it seemed to have a great effect.

"I've never seen it before, so I brought it. They used to call it a soft glue there. It's
called the South."

Perelman's self-sacrifice finally looked up with pride.

"There are definitely many rare herbs because of the unusual climate of the Irvian
region."

"Well, I heard it's hot all the time there."

"I wouldn't have been interested in the herbs of the land that normally wouldn't have
been shown yet...khhm ."

"I don't think so?"

"Yes, you like research. Go... Hani..."

"Ah."

"Well, not just for that reason."

He slowly closed his eyes and nodded as if to let him go behind Perelman's own back.

I replied with a shrug.

"Yes, I will remember that my research has never given you rare herbs that you
weren't particularly interested in."

"Yes, remember."
Perelman said with arms crossed.

"I had to buy a very expensive container to keep the grass fresh."

Feeling guilty about the words, I found out and confessed voluntarily.

"The paternity test... couldn't go any further. I've been taking care of Er Ann all day."

"Yes. Her priority is her."

"No matter how hard I try, I can't find out the cause of the disease ....."

"It's going to be difficult. I've been looking, but I just don't know."

Perelman said, shaking his head.

I sighed and murmured with anger.

"I've raised my immune system a lot with regular sleep and proper eating habits, but
I can't... I think I'm addicted to some kind of poison."

"I've thought about it, but once you're addicted, it's meaningless if you don't know
the solution."

Diel, who was still listening from behind, stepped in.

"Well, I know you're not on good terms with him, but why don't you ask the Imperial
Medical Center?"

At the same time, we answered the ridiculous remark with a face of patheticness.

"Do you think the Imperial medical team knows when we don't know?"

"How do the Imperial medical team know when we don't find out?"

Diel made a slightly fed-up look.

25

The place called "Irbia," where Perelman visited this time, was quite far
away. I had to sail south for quite a long time by boat.

How far it is at the southern end, Irvia has no four seasons and has been told that it
is summer. That's why very few places in the Empire go. It was.

But when I became nineteen,

Suddenly, trade became active among doctors, and the grasses of Irvia had a very
unusual ability.
It was just because I was going.

I was also thinking of getting some and researching them, but Eran died and there
was a mess.

So I looked hard for a few days at a strange herb named "Sleek Grass" brought by
Perelman's own son.

"My son."

Then I drew a great conclusion like a brilliant genius doctor.

"Can you go over this?"

Perelman himself came to my lab and read my report.

I didn't think it was right to have a better lab than my doctor, but...

"This is the analysis of Eran's symptoms, and this is the effectiveness of the glue."

Of course my conclusion would be right, but it was pretty good to have someone to
review.

Perelman's expression became serious after reading the report quickly.

"Yes... this prescription can cure it even if you don't know the cause."

"Right?"

"But it's quite a prescription."

"There's no other way."

I shrugged my shoulders.

It was a disease that had no name or cause, but it was a possible prescription
because it had a unique effect.

By doing this, Eran could be healthy. There were only a few conditions on my mind.

Perelman sighed as if he were worried.

"Erann is thirteen now. No, it'll be fourteen soon."

"But he is the only successor to Serious. Even if we search all the continents right
now, there's no room."

I spoke with a firm.

"I don't know what will happen to the estate if you die of chronic disease. And... we
have to send it quickly. as much as possible."

"Quick? You're too young."

"You don't have to drag on. There's no guarantee of a better cure."

"I'll have to talk to you."

Perelman's self-sacrifice covered the report and stroked my hair.

"......good job."

My eyes got round.

Is this guy complimenting me? Of course he's good, but he's the son of Ferrellmann,
who only lived in his own taste?

Of course, I didn't know that he would say this, who thought it was possible because
he brought soft grass.

"Uh, uh... what."

The atmosphere quickly became awkward.

Perelman and I endured awkward silence for a moment, and Perelman spoke first.

"No, this happened because I brought soft grass with excellent insight."

Now I think we can communicate a little, so I added it in a coy way.

"I'm so smart that I figured this out in a short time."

We struggled until we finally got to the Duchess and Eran.

***

It was the first time the four of us sat at a table except on the first day I came.

The first person to speak was Perelleman.

"I have something important to tell you."

"If you're going to quit."

The Duchess calmly lowered her eyes while drinking tea.

"Please wait until Lice becomes an adult. You have to wait until adulthood to register
as a doctor."

I rolled my eyes in embarrassment, but the Duchess remained calm.

"You can just put your name on the contract as you do now and find your daughter as
much as you want."

"......that's not it......."

"Of course you shouldn't take Liche later. Let's say Liche writes a contract with us
directly."

"Madam."

"Anyway, Lice's horse is still acting as Jo Su-ji, almost as a doctor. They're paying me
accordingly."

He sounded so cold that he was like a different person. No, the Duchess was originally
that kind of personality.

Ferellmann's own work did not seem to care if this conversation was familiar.

"I'm not quitting."

"Is that so?"

The Duchess tilted her head and looked at Perelman.

"Then why did you sing it all of a sudden?"

"Licce's hard work has found a way to cure Eranim's disease."

"What?"

Herando and the Duchess also breathed in surprised eyes.

There was a pause, and Eran said with a big smile.

"It's Liche, too."

I was not confident to face the pretty smile, so I slightly turned my eyes away.

"I've certainly never been sick enough to die since you came."

"But it's not essentially recovered."

I said, lowering my eyes.

"You collapsed a few days ago, saying you were dizzy."

"But it wasn't as suffocating as it used to be."

Perelman's own son sighed, raising his al glasses.

"It's because of the overall strength of the body. As Liche said, you haven't fully
recovered. Without essential treatment, we don't know how to get worse during the
growing season."
"So."

The Duchess said with a desperate look.

"What's the cure?"

"Liche found out..."

Perelman said, beating me on the shoulder when I couldn't open my mouth.

"You can eat a special herb called 'salt grass' in Irvia."

"Ah."

The Duchess blinked.

"It's very simple. Is it hard to get the herb?"

"It's hard to get, but I've already got it."

"Then isn't it over?"

"That's...."

Looking at the face of the Duchess shining with joy for a long time, Perelman's self
continued.

"We need at least five years of post-mortem treatment."

"If it's a post-treatment..."

"There should be no sudden change in temperature outside. Soft grass is a plant that
is originally vulnerable to temperature changes."

"........"

"It means you can't stay in the duke with four seasons."

The Duchess and Eran's mouths opened slightly.

"For five years, you have to stay in the South, where the temperatures are the same
every four seasons. There must be a typical Irvia region."

In other words, the only successor of the duke was sent to the southern land where
he had to sail far away by boat.

For 5 years.

"I'm sure Irvia will be the most comfortable place to live because the city is bigger
than anywhere else. It's the place I've just been to. Security is good and peaceful in
many ways."

Eran, who is just fourteen, will not be able to step on this land until he is of age.

The Duchess' eyelashes trembled, knowing what the words meant.

"If you don't mind, you may go through other studies..."

Perelman said calmly.

"I, who have studied for a long time, and Lice, who is far smarter than others, find it
difficult to find a solution in a different way."

There was a moment of icy silence.

The Duchess is sitting still. Someone looked at me and said in a low voice.

"Liche."

"Yes."

"Is that really how you worked out?"

"Yes."

"Do you think Eran should go?"

"......yes."

The answer was difficult, but there was no change in thought.

Heran's eyes poured on me who couldn't look at her.

He begged me to sleep with him every night, but now he'll fall asleep alone in the far
south.

"Yes."

The Duchess no longer hesitated and nodded in my answer.

"I trust you."

And then he said, "You saved my life." I felt that the word was omitted.

I also knew it was a difficult decision, so I couldn't even face Eran's eyes.

Even though she's been four months or so, she's the kind of girl I brought up, and
every night I patted her up and whined to her.

"How about you, Eran."

"You can't be healthy unless you go."

Eran, who expected to whine that he would not go, answered more calmly than he
thought.

"I believe in Liche, too. I'll go."

He was a child who had never been out of bounds.

He was always weak, so he didn't go out well outside the peacock.

It hurt me so much that I remembered the skinny boy when I first saw him.

Leaving this cozy castle for five years in the far south of Irvia.

"If you eat soft grass, all the pain and symptoms will go away, so you can stay like a
perfectly healthy normal."

Perelman explained with a heavy voice.

"Of course, you'll have to come in for a lot of tests to see more accurately. At least
not comfortable in everyday life
It won't happen."

"Really?"

"Even if you're far away, it could be an opportunity to spend your growth period
healthier and more pleasant."

There was a pause, and I couldn't say anything either.

It was Eran who broke the silence.

"Let only a few people from the Knights go with me."

Eran spoke bravely, looking at the face of the Duchess full of worries.

"I still want to practice swordsmanship."

"He is the sole heir to the Duke. Not a few, but of course one division, including the
attendants."

I also nodded enthusiastically at Perelman's own words.

I felt more sorry because Eran looked at my eyes and smiled a little.

I thought it was enough to save him, but he seemed to have become attached more
than I thought.

"We can go."

The duchess laughed with constraint as if she were okay.

"Three or four times a year, we'll all go to see you in Irvia."

"Yes."

I didn't say anything.

There was a reason why trade with Irvia was active since I was 19.

From the coming spring, pirates were on the rise, and the sea route between Irvia
and the Empire was to be cut off.
Until five years after Jade, the Crown Prince, finished cleaning up the pirates, we
could not go to Irvia either.

That's why he insisted on sending Perelman to his own son as soon as possible.

We won't be able to meet again in five years, but we won't be able to correspond until
then.

' I'm glad to hear that.'

I've got all the regrets I can get.

' As I'm far from Wederick, I'll be able to grow up to my character without being
intimidated by anyone.'

Before regression, Er An, a 19-year-old in memory, was thin and had no strength in
her eyes...

I was worried that if I wasn't around, I wouldn't be any more dwarfed.

I was sad that I had to wear it next to me to grow taller and stronger.

But the most important thing is that he doesn't die prematurely and lives healthy.

Eran was just drinking tea boldly.

26

"Look, Mr. Eran."

That night, I said to Eran, packing her medicine.

It was a medicine that helped to grow or supplement the body's energy in Irvia's hot
climate.

"If you're too tired from the heat, take this red wrapper, and if you feel dizzy, take
the blue wrapper. Gi's medication..."

"Liche."

Eran sighed as he looked at the piles of medicine.

"Too many. You said you'd come often. We can bring it back then."

"You never know. I don't know when the sea road will be blocked."

I said, sweeping Eran's hair.

In fact, I couldn't say now that I would be completely cut off after exchanging only a
few letters.

"It must be hard for you to stay away alone, but thank you for making a quick
decision. I'm sorry to give you this."

"What."

Eran answered like an adult.

"It's more important to be healthy and live longer."

"It is."

"I wish I could ask Liche to follow me, but..."

That was my wish, too.

If I followed Eran to Irvia, I would feel much more relieved.

But I was technically the assistant to Perelleman's own son, and Perelman also had to
go out regularly to find his daughter, so I always had to be on the peacock.

Furthermore, in Irvia, Eran had nothing to do with his doctor because he had only to
recover.

Rather, it was reasonable to stay next to the Duchess who was managing the estate.

It was because the Duchess was paralyzed when she was sick or in big trouble.

Baron Isider and Wetherick are also around here, and the danger is definitely this
way.

"I'm sure you can't do it."

"I'll write to you often."

Of course, it will be until next spring when the sea road is blocked.

"Liche, don't forget me."

"How can I forget Eran? I'll never forget. I'll be looking forward to returning to this
estate every day, in good healthily. Sincerely."

If Eran doesn't return healthy, all this will be futile.

I held him by the hand with eagerness.

' You have to grow up well without me...'

"Oh, Liche, can you pack this for me, too?"

"Yes, what?"

"It's a snack that Wederick gives every time he comes. I heard eating instead is good
for your health, but I haven't eaten much lately."

What the hell is this? Wetherick was feeding Eran what?

My eyes began to flash.

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"It's just that my brother gave it to me a long time ago... and most of the days I
didn't eat it after you came."

Of course I thought I knew all the diets, but I didn't know there was such a variable.

I confiscated all the cookies from Eran.

If Wetherick was secretly feeding, it couldn't be good for him.

Or maybe it's.....

"Leave this alone."

"Why?"

"It's a long time ago. Of course it would have gone bad."

"My brother said it's okay to leave it for a long time."

"I have better medical knowledge than you. No, you've been fine even if you didn't
eat it."

"But..."

"Anyway, no. There's no cure for eating snacks and stuff like that."

After cutting him off firmly, I searched the drawer and found all the snacks, but there
were only a few.

At this point, it was suspicious that Weatherick was feeding Eran something.

I'm going to the lab right now, holding back what I want to analyze, and I'm going to
watch Eran fall asleep.
I sat by the bedside.

"Liche."
"What?"

"Come and lie down with me. It's uncomfortable."

I always refused to lie down together, but I thought there was nothing I could do
because I thought it was the last night before I reached adulthood five years later.

I lay together on his wide bed and looked at him.

I said it again, patting him on the cheek, which he had gained quite a bit of weight.

"Be healthy, and please come back safely."

"Liche, I think you really like me."

Eran grinned.

"You said you'd come here several times a year, but why are you looking so fond?"

' No, I haven't seen you in five years.'

"It's too bad that we broke up. I'm worried."

"I won't forget."

Eran whispered low.

"Honestly, when I told you to stay in Irvia for five years, it was true that you and
Perelleman were momentarily resentful... because I know you're all worried."

"You're still young, but that's too much. But it's all about Eran."

"Liche, I told you we were the only relationship we had with each other... closer than
friends."

"Yes, I did."

"Even without me, you can't say that to anyone else."

"I'll never do that."

I answered with a smile without realizing it. In fact, there was no one to say such a
thing.

"I'll just think of you every day for five years. Really. So come back healthy."

"Me too."

Eran held my hand tightly.

"I will also think of Liche every day for five years."

We talked about it and fell asleep before anyone else.

***

"What kind of guy is he? What?"

A young man with black eyes was smiling holding my cheeks. No, my mouth was
smiling, but my eyes weren't smiling at all.

My dark eyes were filled with anger, and my back goal was cool for a moment.

'Dream? '

The man's hands were too big to cover my face, and we were even lying side by side
on the bed.

His little finger slightly touched my earbuds and his shoulders flinched.

"Who are you going to cheat on and leave me?"

His eyes narrowed.

"Just tell me your name, it's okay. I won't kill you."

"He, uh, I mean ....."

"What do you mean resignation? How do you think that? What?"

His long fingers carefully swept the back of my ear and patted my hair. Heat rose
from the already close body.

"That's too much, Liche."

The faces were so close to each other that I could count even the long eyelashes.

"Thirteen, when you fall for a while, you're going to be pathetic and leave? Does that
make sense?"

I thought I was saying something, but I couldn't hear my voice strangely. Only his
low voice was clear.

"For the five years I haven't met you, I've been thinking about you every day as I
promised."

The red lips were almost touching.

"What do you think now that I can see you every night?"

I barely opened my eyes and said. I finally heard what I was talking about.

"Resignation is my right."

It was my usual, clear tone, but it wasn't the child's voice. I also felt like I was
already an adult, not thirteen.

"Liche ....."
Eventually, he dragged me by the back of my hand and kissed me, and I heard a
strange sound.

"uhh,ohh ....."

"If you don't seduce me this way, I always answer so coldly."

He slightly bit my finger with his front teeth and bent his eyes.

"It's driving me crazy."

His tongue began to wrap around, licking my finger gently.

The problem was that my eyes kept on his red lips and his moles. He didn't use the
word "attraction" for no reason.

You wretched man!

I was afraid I'd be in big trouble.

'Wake up, Liche! Are you crazy? No matter how handsome and fit you are, why can't
you beat your instincts?'

Did my brain have such a dominant trait in the cornea?

Feeling ticklish, I shook my head in a whirl and forced my eyes wide open.

And before I knew it, the decadent black-eyed man was gone.

There was only thirteen Erans who held my hand and fell asleep. Eran's hands, my
hands, like maple leaves.
Got it.

'What a strange dream.'

Like all dog dreams, in a few minutes, everything would be volatile, but I jumped out
of my bed because of the embarrassment of what happened.

' This is not the time. Let's just dig into the ingredients of those beggars.'

I packed those sinister snacks and quickly left Eran's room.

27

Eran so left on a large civilian ship with the Duke of Cerseus flag.

It was heartless to see countless attendants, knights, and the finest items of all
empires.

I only raised it less than half a year ago, but I still had a affection that I was attached
to every day, so I cried when the ship left.

'19... he'll be back when he's an adult.'

I sighed, looking at my small back. Now we won't see each other once until then.

'I tried to grow it up, grow it up, make it stronger, and keep my voice in good shape
when my voice comes...'

I don't have to do as I please, but I tried to raise it to my taste, but I was sad.

However, I tried hard to hold myself together, saying that I would recover a little, so
it would be better than 19 before the return, which was almost collapse.

'Even if you come back weak, if you live.'

Anyway, the important thing was not to lose this estate to Wederick.

I strongly insisted that the servants and knights to be together should be made up of
people who have stayed in the Duchess for more than 10 years unconditionally.

It was to block the end or grass of Baron Ishider.

Even if it was mixed one or two times, there would be nothing big to do, but it meant
that we would do our best.

"Liche."
Diel shook his head as he saw the Duchess leave me with the list of servants and
knights without question. It was almost like sending unconditional trust.

"This peacock is like you."

"In order of intelligence, it's not surprising."

I gave Diel a note and shrugged.

After sending Eran, I immediately set out to study. Because I had to figure out the
ingredients of the damn snack.

Eran would definitely feel better, but he could have hidden another unknown
symptom.

In addition, the snack could have caused a chronic disease that didn't require it.

"Get me the reagent that's written here."

"..... is this a friend request?"

"Yes, it's never an order."

It's the same in nature anyway, but if it's better to hear it, D.iel nodded his head
hard.

"It's all very rare."

I couldn't figure it out with the reagents I had, so I wrote down all the reagents.

"But you can save it, right?"

"Of course ..... no, of course! Just give me some time."

Mixing the cookies with poison was quite a tricky task.

It was not easy to analyze because it was mixed with all kinds of materials and even
preservatives.

'If you analyze it hard, it's not until five years later that Wederick gave it to you.'
If even I didn't know, Eran probably wouldn't have told anyone.

No matter how much the Duchess believes in me, Wederick was her biological
nephew.

Besides, I was a commoner and he was an aristocrat. It was ridiculous for the
commoner to accuse the aristocrat.

Even when I tried to tell Perelman, he considered Baron Ishider a benefactor just
because he accepted his daughter.

In the end, I was the only one who could find out.

'You can do it, you know. I'm smart.'

I thought, glaring at some of the snacks in the lab instrument.

'By the way... I can't even use my hands directly with Eran now, so you're going to be
quite annoyed.'

The Duchess will not be easy to aim for again because I am analyzing my diet, snack
menus, and sleep time with my eyes wide open every day.

In addition, outsiders were now visiting the peacock very rarely.

The Duchess's vigilance has increased to the fullest.

'If you can't go after the Duchess directly because of me, I'll start working on it when
Eran comes back. Rebellion starts to sprout around that time.'
I knew that this position where I was stuck was originally used by them.

You'll leave me alone for nothing now, but I'm sure you'll try to get rid of me when
you start acting.

'We'll see.'

I raised my chin and bit my lips tightly. And I started to write a long letter to Eran
who had arrived by now.

Anyway, I was a kid who was far away because of my prescription.

At least in a few months, the correspondence would be cut off. I'm sending you as
much as I can now.
I did

I nagged 'to be healthy,' 'to move hard,' 'to study steadily,' and 'always be careful.'

Thinking that I haven't seen you for five years, the letter kept getting longer.

Finally, I emphasized there several times that I should grow up confidently and
confidently, rather than being gaslighted by a strange guy.

***

Time has passed very sincerely for five years.

As expected, shortly after Eran went to Irvia, pirates raged and blocked the sea route.

It is natural not to be able to go see Eran, and the correspondence is blocked.

It was barely enough to live or die using pigeons that could only exchange short
correspondence.

[How's your health?]

[Be healthy.]
It took months to exchange such short notes, but it has never been cut off.

[Is everything all right?]

[He was tall.]

Once, a magic item miraculously connected and heard a voice.

"Mr. Eran! Are you sure you're you sure? Are you feeling any pain?"

"......... do it... each... forget it..."

The connection wasn't good, but Eran, who was sixteen at the time, had a voice for
sure that she had met her metamorphosis.
It was very different.

[What are you doing?]

[Thinking about you.]

[Why?]

Of course, there was a limit to the contact exchanged only by note.

[I miss you.]
I was lonely there, and I felt a little younger.

[You.]

The notes that we talked all night long as children were short.

[Always.]

Still, I had no doubt that this was the right choice.

'Really, if Eran dies, it's all useless.'

Since the Knights were joined by a huge number of people, returning from a peaceful
period of growth in Irvia was a way to change the future in many ways.

For five years, the people of the Duchy were all alike.

It was really good news that without Eran, the visit of the missing Baron Weatherick
and Ishider was noticeable.

Eran will be much safer in Irvia where they can't use their hands at all.

Of course, I took great care not to let their influence increase in peacetime.

After the assassination attempt, the Duchess tightened the boundaries of the castle.

As I recommended, no new users were received, and I also checked the Duchess'
health condition and diet every day.

As a result of thorough preparation for no one to do anything futile, nothing much

happened in the Duchess for five years.

A little sad, nothing much happened to Perelman's own son. He searched for his
daughter all over the continent, but he couldn't find her for five years.

"Are you sure about blonde hair and green eyes?"

Diel had secretly raised this question to me.

"I'm a baby, so I don't think you'll know at first glance. A baby is born with short
hair."

"But well, without that premise, we have to search every girl in the country."

I shrugged and answered lightly.

To be honest, I felt sorry for Perelleman's own work, but it was still a matter for me
anyway. I can't find my family.
Because I was doing it.

Some people came and went from time to time, but my biological parents couldn't
find it after all.

We would have dinner together without saying a word when Perelman's son left a
long journey and returned exhausted or when the candidates for my parents who had
visited the castle went back.

"We're constantly working on drugs that can speed up paternity tests, so why don't
we find them before they die?"

In fact, I had a lot of time now because I didn't have Eran.

I used to investigate the damn preservative loaf or study the paternity test drug.

Of course neither was easy.

"Liche, are you coming of age?"

"Yes, I'm coming of age this summer."

"Do you know your birthday?"

"No, it's just the day I arrived at the nursery. The day the nursery teacher picked it
up from the river."

"......my baby was born in June."

Perelman's own son took off his one-al glasses with a sigh.

"There were so many things I wanted to do. I wanted to cherish them more than
anyone else, and raise them more than anyone else."

He muttered, sweeping his rough face.

"I don't know how happy I was to know you were my daughter.I used to talk about
things I wanted to do with Zion, who was full day by day."

It was a fact that I could tell just by looking at the room I was using.

I spoke softly in a comforting spirit.

"Ha...... I can't believe I haven't seen him grow up."

"Life is long. I'm looking for my parents with that in mind."

"This year... you won't be able to find it, will you? I wanted to find it before I reached
adulthood, but it doesn't melt."

"There must be a lot you can do for your grown-up daughter. We collected all the
things we missed so far. You have a lot of money."

"......should I?"

"You're old enough to get married, aren't you? There's a lot I can do for you do."

I said in thought.

"For example, you're looking for a really nice bridegroom..."

"What are you talking about?"

His eyes, which were dim and sad, suddenly flashed. I almost had a hiccup with a
completely different look.

As if it were terrible just to think about it, Perelman's own son grated it.

"My daughter never gets married."

"Yes, yes?"

"It's a waste of my daughter."

I put my hands near my mouth without realizing it.

Oh, my God. What should I do with her...

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3. He's coming of age.

"I mean... I'm doing great.You mean?"

Roman drank tea in front of the Duchess, pretending nothing was wrong, but he
seemed to be burning.

I thought I was doing everything well, but one day suddenly Eran left for the far
south.

I didn't know how embarrassed I was when I heard the fact late.

In addition, five years have passed without a single break in trade.

"Okay, now that the sea is open, it'll be back. The Crown Prince has made sure he is
victorious."

"That's great."

Roman replied with a smile, thinking nothing was possible.

Even the Crown Prince came back alive from the pirates' den.

"Is it true to be healthy there?"

"When I heard the news, I definitely felt better."

"That assistant girl did it, didn't she?"

"Yes, he's very talented and reliable."

Unlike the Duchess, who looked unafraid, Roman had to hide his nervousness.

The attempt to poison the Duchess was caught along the way, and five years of
staring at the opportunity, but failed to let a new spy in.

Not only that, but it was also difficult to use spies who had been on the alert
surrounding the Duchess.

It was frustrating not to be able to touch Eran, but now he's coming of age...

I couldn't let go of my hands anymore.

***

He was stuck in the lab for a quick paternity test in the morning, and D.L. burst in
with the door open.

"Liche!"

He gasped and shouted my name, so I turned around frowning.

"Why?"

"You were right."

"I'm always right. But what do you mean?"

"Prince Jade will eventually wipe out pirates!"

Diel sat in front of me, thrilled.

I put down the herb that was analyzing the ingredients and nodded slowly.

By now, I remembered that Jade, the crown prince, had completely defeated all the
pirates.

'Prince Jade...... a man of great ability.'

The Serious estate had great wealth and military power.

Wetherick quickly used this estate as a base for the rebels, and he didn't last long, so
the Crown Prince was there.
It was suppressed by Eid.

'But he was also a man of no mercy.'

The man who sentenced me to death was Prince Jade.

No, to be a little more precise, they were the ones who sentenced them to death after
saying, 'Bring me a list of all the people who helped the rebellion.'

Of course, Crown Prince Jade probably didn't know I was there, but she was just a
rebel base.

Being a doctor would have put him on the beheading list.

'But it's the same thing.'

At the end, he was even one-eyed from afar.

It was heard that when the pirates were wiped out, the wounds that were wounded in
the battle continued to be added.

'As expected, you'd better not get tangled up with them.'

I shuddered as I recalled the terrible dungeon.

Spring was coming anyway.

In other words, it was already five years since Eran went to Irvia.

Now, Irvia's sea route will open and correspondence will be possible.

"As soon as they're cleared, they'll be back on track."

"Good for you."

I was still eating well and doing well.

He wasn't that tall before returning, but he was just as tall as he was then.

The brown hair was still quite long and curvy, and now I'm wearing dresses for girls.
The Duchess also used to say that I now look not a girl but rather a noble spirituality
with marriage.

Of course I tried not to miss this flow of time.

There is not much time left until the revolt begins in earnest.

In the meantime, there was a coming of age for Eran and me.

Eran will return, and he should not have inherited the duke safely, nor should he be
sick anywhere. Like I've been protecting the Duchess for the past five years.

Never should this estate fall into the hands of the rebels, so Baron Isider and
Weatherick.

After a long time since I came to the Duchess, I have become attached to many
people.

Wederick was a cruel man who killed even Perelman's own son.

Of course, Perelman's own son died, but Diel couldn't have died.

At first, it started as a representative humanity, but now there are so many precious
people that I desperately wanted to keep it somehow.

"By the way, Liche, is the new maid okay?"

Jenny, the maid who stood by me for a long time, was forced to leave the duchess a
month ago, saying her mother was in critical condition.

She was a native Perelman, so her hometown was not this way.

Well, Jenny is quite old now, so it's time to retire.

He knew Perelman's childhood, too.

And a new maid came in, and I was a commoner anyway, so I didn't need her very
much.
I wasn't even a child anymore.

Just help me get my hair done or dressed, that's all.

"Well, no matter who comes, it's the same."

Esther, the new maid assigned to me, was originally in charge of cleaning and
bedding in the Duchess, but was selected because she was quite good at hand.

"But I'm definitely good at getting my hair done."

I shook my curly brown hair straight from my chest.

"Didn't you cut it a lot cleaner than Jenny?"

"That's true."

"By the way, Diel, you're just in time."

"Huh?"

Strangely, Diel had a characteristic that came out well when I wanted to make him do
something.

It was a good condition for the Sioux.

"This is a letter I wrote to Jenny, and I'll go to the Geoffrey auction house tomorrow
morning."

"Giffrey Auction Market?"

"Maybe the dragon's toenails will be auctioned."

I said, recalling my old memories.

I have been interested in paternity test reagents in the past, but I have continued to
collect news from the medical community.

I heard that another researcher who sold dragon claws at a high price developed a
method of paternity testing that is quite accurate and has fast results.
At that time, I had no money to buy dragon claws.

The researcher, who later joined the rebel army, died after encountering the prince's
army, and there was no way to figure out how to do it anymore.

The dragon's claws were so rare and expensive that they didn't even come to the
auction house.

This auction alone is the first product in 14 years.

"Get it."

The bottom line was that I had to buy it and study it.

In the meantime, I tried hard to use other materials, but there was nothing to replace
the dragon's claws.

It took too long to wait for the researcher to develop anyway, and there was no way
he could persuade the future of joining the rebels.

"Money is ....."

"Put it on to Perelman."

I answered in a coy way.

Perelman told me to use as much medicinal herbs as I wanted for my research.

' Technically, the dragon's claws aren't about seconds, but how much money does the
Perelman top have. That'll be about it.'

In addition, the son of Perelman said nothing about my spending.

On the contrary, I used to look up for fear of asking the Duchess to do something.

So I said it without conscience at all.

Diel also nodded as if he had asked something.

"Let's write to Jenny, auction tomorrow morning."

He murmured again and answered bravely.

"You have to do me a favor."

"......yes."

I replied with a smirk.

"Please, my friend."
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Now fully recovered, the Duchess asked me to join her in the afternoon.
After neutralizing the poison, which had been poisoned for five years, many of the
Duchess' headaches, insomnia, and intermittent abdominal pain disappeared.
"Liche, did you hear from me this morning?"
"Yes."
I nodded at the clear-looking Duchess' complexion.
"I heard Prince Jade has finally wiped out all the pirates."
"Yes, sir. The Irvian sea route will open soon."
She wasn't very happy, but she still had the expectation of seeing her son in five
years. There was a gentle expectation for
The Duchess and Eran were all sick after the death of the Duke of Seondae, so they
couldn't get close and lost their relationship.
In fact, she smiled a lot more when she looked at me than when she looked at Eran.
However, the Duchess sincerely cared for her son, Eran.
I always remembered her saying that Er-An-man should be saved, no matter what
happens to be.
The desperation of holding onto Perelman's own, hiding his blood.
"Then Eran can come back. It's already been five years."
"Yes, spring is already coming."
I said with a grin.
"You've recovered a lot now. You won't feel dizzy or have seizures. Of course, we
haven't found the cause yet, but where can we even treat it?"
"You didn't celebrate your coming of age ....."
I had a guilty conscience and sipped the car for no conscience.
In fact, it was a distant land spent knowing that we would not see each other for five
years, and that we would spend our adulthood alone in a foreign country.
But I didn't know I would use this treatment either. My dream that I wanted to raise
better than anyone else was also frustrated.
"But he must have grown."
"Sure. You're nineteen now."
"I hope you look a lot like your predecessor."
The Duchess glanced at the portrait on the wall and said,
"He was tall, he was strong, and he was one of the most handsome men."
I also looked at the portrait of the Duke of Cerseus.
He was a man with a good appearance and definitely handsome, and attractive
eyebrows and straight eyes.

'Don't expect too much......'

I breathed a little, recalling Eran of nineteen, who was dwarfed and grumpy.
The only thing that resembled the grown-up Eran and the Great Duke in memory was
black hair.
The Duchess is also a very beautiful woman, and it's a shame why she couldn't come
out like that by mixing them up.
It was nothing but crying.
Childhood was quite a small age, so in a way it was a reverse.
"Even if you didn't grow as well as we expected, you should welcome Eran."
I spoke softly in case the Duchess was too disappointed.
"You're the only successor to Serious in any way."
"Liche, how can you be so mature."

'That's because I know the future .....'

"I'm ashamed of myself for not being able to watch my mother grow up
properly."
"No."
I answered in a sullen manner.
"It's because I didn't get a better prescription because I wasn't good enough. But I
can't find the cause, and I can't find the perfect solution, so I'm thinking in a way that
I can recover unconditionally...."
I had my own guilt about sending Eran away.
It could have been a little bigger, but I knew there was a long sea route to the south.
I sent it away in a real hurry because of it.
You must have felt completely disconnected from the estate for five years, but how
lonely must have been the little boy who relied on Wederick, whom I sometimes
meet.
I felt bad.

'You'll blame me inside.'

But with the doctor's heart that forced me to give medicine to someone I didn't like, I
tried to be firm.
Even if he came and was upset and cold, he had to keep his eyes open as carefully as
if he had protected the Duchess anyway.
until all the rebels are safely put under control or found evidence to reveal to
everyone what they're up to.
"Liche, I hope you never tell me I'm not good enough because of you."

The Duchess patted my hair.

"That's how you saved Eran, too. I don't know if you know how I want to do
anything."
".........thank you. Anyway...."
I said with all my heart.
"I miss Eran as much as you do. No matter how it changed."
Even if it's a disappointing look with anxious eyes, a small body that looks like a rib,
and a hair that doesn't have any gloss, smile brightly.
I'll give it to you.
***

"Oh, are all the damn pirates finally wiped out?"

At Zikel's report, Eran grinned and threw the sword he was holding on the floor.
Irvia used to take off her coat when she was training on the field during the hot
weather of all seasons.
My body was full of muscles, which were glistening with sweat.
The maids went around the street on purpose, looking sideways at their tall
shoulders.
Eran murmured eeriely whether he knew the fact.
"Prince Jade has finally done something to do. If I had dragged it for another month, I
would have gone out to sea myself and put all the pirates in the water."
Eran's black eyes, which had just passed adulthood, glowed languidly.
As Lichte prescribed, after eating the glue and staying in a climate-free place for five
years, she'll be healthy, and for five years, Eran will be in addition to muscle pain.
had never been ill.
He did not feel nauseous from time to time, his vision was not dimmed by dizziness,
and he did not suffer from sleeplessness.
His appetite improved, so he ate well, and adapted to the culture of Irvia, where
traditional martial arts developed, and learned all kinds of physical arts in addition to
sword skills.
Geckel had to swallow his dry saliva several times in a strange sense of
incompatibility as he watched the depressed little boy of the past become a young
man who had gone out of pint for five years.

Throughout the growth period, the solid frame, cool features, and thick
eyebrows seemed to be a strange mixture of the Duke and Duchess of the Joseon
Dynasty.

It's also cold and creepy.

Clearly, the cute features of childhood gave off a strange and colorful atmosphere
even though they were alive.
With no Wetherick, no Duchess, and no Lice, Eran has really grown up to his own
personality.

"Can I send you a letter now?"

"It is possible to correspond in three days. It's going to take a little longer to
rearrange the routes."

Geckel, once his teacher, was now bound to be hard on him.

That's because Eran had enough presence to be the owner of Serious.

"Then write to the Duchy immediately."

Eran's red lips made an arc.

"I'll leave as soon as the route is cleared."

***

"Lady, I don't know if I can say this, but..."

Esther, my new maid in charge, shaved my nails and smiled softly.

"Ah."

Unlike Jenny, who was quite old, Esther was definitely more attentive in beauty.

A noble family originally thought they would never cut their nails. I'm not a kid, I
can't believe you cut my nails.

Ordinary people don't know, but their fingernails had their own mana.

I thought it was a little uncomfortable, but Esther was not a doctor or a wizard, so
she didn't stop me on purpose.

"You don't have to say anything you don't know."

I said, blinking.
"You don't have to say things you don't know when they're not good enough."

"Oh ... well."

Esther laughed awkwardly as if she was quite embarrassed.

"That's... that's true."

"I always say the right thing, well."

I spoke confidently, and Esther cut all her nails neatly and spoke lively.

"Not much, I just wanted to say that you're so pretty."

"What?"

"I didn't know when I was young, but I feel like you're getting prettier when you're
almost of age. My skin is milky, my hair is fine, my eyes, nose, and mouth are
dense."

"That's absolutely right."

I was a noble spirit in the mirror, who was obviously pretty.

But I've never forgotten my origin as a commoner.

"You look fine, but you're cared for every day like the aristocratic young kids, and you
wear pretty clothes, eat good things, and don't suffer."

"Well, yes."

Esther neatly collected my nails and quickly managed my facial expression.

"I heard you're going to see your son Perelman off again today."

"Yes, he's going to the north this time. Spring has come."

"But the mountains are tough in the north ..."

"Wouldn't it take a few months?"

In fact, Diel recently went to the North and pulled out a list of 18-year-old blond,
green-eyed girls.

The northern part was likely to take quite a while because of its low population
density and large land.

' There's a good chance he won't be able to find it. '

Until I was sentenced to death, the son of Perelman died without finding his daughter.

But this time, my assistant, I was guarding the Duchess very quickly, and there was
no rush to be summoned because Eran went south.

Therefore, I didn't know again. Maybe we can find the daughter we want to see this
time.

'Now that we've got the dragon's claws, we might be able to figure out a new
paternity test soon...... the timing isn't very good.'

Still, it will be completed the next time you come back.

"You have a lot of hair, too. It hasn't been long since I cut it, but I should have cut it
a little bit more."

With my hair braided up, Esther talked to me in a friendly way.

"How about a yellow ribbon? It's your favorite color."

"Good."

"There's a restaurant downtown that makes a big cherry buffet. It was really nice.
You like cherries. I think you'd better stop by with D.I. on your way back."

"Thanks for the recommendation, Esther."

Looking at Esther, who already fully understood my appetite, I felt a little awkward
because I felt like I became a noble lover unlike Jenny.
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"I heard you've got a letter saying that you're coming back."

Perellemann spoke indifferently.

"Maybe you'll be healthy, but if you have any problems, make sure to contact me."

"Yes."

I got a short letter from Eran at dawn today.

The plan was to come to the fortress as soon as the route was overhauled.

I knew through pigeons that I was fine, but I was vaguely nervous to think that I
would still be able to confirm my life and death with my eyes.

"Don't forget to check your health first."

"Just leave the work here to me. You know you can do that."

Perelleman's face was not very good again.

It's already been 18 years. It was obvious that he would be exhausted from repeated
failures.

"I hope you find your daughter this time."

I said the same thing as if I had already said it a hundred times.

"When you come back, I'll be working on a truly groundbreaking paternity test. I also
bought new ingredients."

"A dragon's claw, you bought an expensive one."

"Is it too bad?"

"You should have bought the wings of the dragon. Didn't the heart come out for
sale?"

"You know that nails have the most mana."

"But if you're going to spend other people's money, you're going to have to use it like
you're going to be a big man."

I didn't give much advice, so I shut my mouth and didn't answer at all.

Listening to our conversation, Daniel forced himself to hold back his laughter.

"You're an adult this summer, aren't you?"

"Yes."

Perelleman's own eyes became lonely. His daughter was also coming of age this
summer.

When he/she reaches adulthood, he/she becomes an official medical professional who
can open a council member or sign a contract with a state doctor.

For me, as a commoner, there was no significance other than that, but in the case of
aristocrat Yeong-ae, it was a little different.

Perelleman's own work would have opened a more spectacular debut tantrum for his
daughter than anyone else.

"Liche."

"Yes."

"But you're the longest-serving assistant I've ever had, so... can I be your
godfather?"

"What? No."

I shook my head at once.

"I'm a commoner, and it's okay not to have a godfather. Besides, I'm already making
a good living."

Perelleman's face left a slight regret, but I didn't talk about it anymore because I was
actually right.

I knew my topic very well.

No matter how much I lived like a noble spirit in a duke castle, I was not a noble.

Under the laws of the Empire, I could not marry a nobleman or attend various
banquets unless I made a special contribution.

Therefore, it was meaningless to pretend to be an aristocrat with such things as

godfather and godmother.

A huge victory banquet was scheduled to be held in early summer after the crown
prince returned from a perfect sweep of pirates.

Neither the Duchess, nor Eran, nor even Perelleman could attend the
banquet, but not me.

In order not to feel deprived in such a situation, he always had to be determined.

"What."

Perellemann shrugged and muttered.

"I was just saying. I'm sorry to leave the paternity test to you."

"It's for me, too."

I gave a cold point to the truth.

"You must be forgetting, I'm also looking for my parents hard."

"I'm looking harder."

"I'm looking hard for it, too. I just don't look around in person, but whoever comes,
we'll meet for now. I'm desperate."

Perelleman's own lips became slightly taut.

Daniel smiled awkwardly at the strange atmosphere, but Perelleman said with a runny
nose.

"I, if I find my daughter, she'll be great."

I also took a big beating because I couldn't lose.

"If I find my parents, I'll be a real good son."

"I'll give you everything you want and raise you more precious than the queen."

"If you need money, I'll give you everything you saved."

"You won't let me step on the ground."

"If you want something, I'll do everything for you."

"Don't regret that you'll see my warmth later and ask me to lend you a loan to
Perelleman."

"You'll feel betrayed when you see me do my best to find my biological parents. And
then you'll think . Oh, it's a good thing you didn't do it."

We looked at each other and poured out our words, then we huffed each other.

It was Daniel who broke the silence.

"Hey..."

Perelleman and I looked fiercely at Daniel.

"What?"

"Why?"

Daniel opened the carriage door carefully.

"You've arrived. We'll see you off here."

There was a lot of relief on his face that it was over.

***

Going a long way, we saw Perelleman off quite far.

And since it's been a while since we've been in town, Diel and I recommend Esther. I
went to a cherry buffet.
"Can I put this in Perelleman's name?"

"Of course."

I said, pointing out the most expensive drink on the menu.

Dido quickly ordered the same thing as me.

We had a conversation over a meal without much sophistication.

"Will Eran come when the route is cleared? Wow, it's been five years."

Daniel said in a fuss.

"Sure."

"You must have grown up, right? The Duke and his wife are tall."

"Well, the last time I saw you, you were shorter than me."

The memory is glorified, and the thought of the discouraged little boy made me feel
faint again.

I think it's time to bring a 13-year-old, feed him every day, play, run him, hold his
hands every night and put him to sleep...

'I raised him. I raised him. '

It seemed pretty cute when the long eyelashes cast a shadow on the plump, white
cheeks.

It was a little sad that I couldn't see the kid anymore. I'm going to be sad about my
appearance as an adult.

talk about this and that with Diel The sun had already set when he entered the
fortress again.

I came back to Duchy without thinking that I should study from tomorrow, but Esther
was restless and ran right away.

"Lady!"
"Is something wrong?"

Esther blinked at my calm question and spoke in a hurry.

"There's a man who lost his youngest daughter by the water 18 years ago. He runs a
butcher's shop in the village of Rivello."

The village of Liewibello was not part of the Duke of Serius, but was located upstream
of the stream that flowed in front of our nursery.

There have been quite a few people like this so far, so I wasn't really looking forward
to it.

"He wants to have a paternity test."

"We have to."

Still, I couldn't help but have hope.

As soon as Esther guides me, I'm going to the drawing room to meet someone who's
been waiting for hours.
Entered.

Almost all peeled off, but a middle-aged man with the same brown hair and gray eyes
was sitting with a basket of cherries.

"My name is Hans Smith."

The middle-aged man who simply said his name looked at me and cried.

"18 years ago, my first child was bathing my youngest daughter by the stream and
she just..... drifted off."

I looked at Hans quietly.

So far, countless people have left without passing the first stage of paternity tests.

"Now, belatedly, I was told that there was a girl looking for her biological parents in
the Duke of Cerius. "

Hans sniffed with tears.

"If you're right about Mary, how hard my family really worked to find her..."

If she was his daughter, I would be Mary's Miss, not Lice Estelle.

Liche was the name of the nursery teacher's aunt, and Estelle was the last name of
the nursery director.

It was not a castle that was naturally inherited from the name given by parents like
others.

I spoke calmly.

"Let's do a paternity test step by step."

The first step was a hair test.

It was a simple test that only needed to be put into the first stage reagent, and it was
a way to see the degree of match of blood ties.

Usually four out of five people would go home right from here.

I put my hair and brown hair that exists only a little under Hans's top of the head into
the first stage reagent that Daniel carefully brought.

The darker the color, the higher the degree of match of blood ties.

"Oh, my gosh."

Esther, who was watching, expressed her admiration.

I was looking still, but I couldn't help my pounding heart without realizing it.

Beaker's reagent with two hair turned red.

It was a great coincidence.

It was a color that I only saw in books.

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"Wow... it's so amazing."

Esther whispered.

"I think I've passed the first stage."

Trying not to get too excited, I grinned.

"Would you give me a few more strands of hair? Steps 2 and 3 take a while."

"Yes."

"In step 4, you need to see the match of mana, so don't use magic items for a while.
a person's fingernail in particular
What's in this material."

"Okay, well, how can I possibly use magic items for the aristocrats to do the
butcher's."

Hans nodded gladly, pulling a few more strands of short hair from under his ears.

My hair was almost all peeled off, and I felt sorry for using a few strands only for a
paternity test.

"And..."

I blinked at Hans's cherry basket.

"My family has five daughters. There will be six when Mary comes back. The
commonality between her mother and her five daughters is that they all love
cherries."

Cherry was red and solid.

I received the basket without realizing it. A sweet smell came over me.

"I brought it because I thought you might like cherries if you were Mary."

"......yes......."
"My house is not this good, but I've always had Mary's space ready. I know you're not
envious of others, but we're pretty good at pugots, so... it's my long-cherished dream
to live together in the village of Riewebelo."

"......."

"And my wife is very sick right now... and I really want to see her youngest
daughter."

I fiddled with the basket and said nothing.

"Then call me when you're done with Step 2."

Hans bowed and left the drawing room.

I slowly headed to the lab with Hans's hair and a basket of cherries.

I always thought I lived with a clear mind, but I felt a little blank today.

Perhaps it was because it had been a long time since I passed the hair test.

I was a person who lived in high taste, but I thought of my biological parents a lot
when I was sentenced to death before returning.

So this time, I really wanted to live with my family...

I recalled the loneliness of that time, taking a pill of cherries.

"Are you done eating? Are you eating cherry again when you're at the cherry buffet?"

Diel, who was arranging the lab next to him, talked to him.

"Shall we throw the basket away?"

"Oh, no."

I shook my head without realizing it.

"Let's just... let"

"Really?"
Diel had a strange expression on his face, and he turned the subject around looking
at me, who seemed a little complicated.

"You know what?"

He said, squinting his eyes.

"Lord Eran, you really hated me. Sometimes I just stare at him, but he's choking."

If it was intended to change the subject and change my mind, it was a

huge success.

"Hey."

Because I was so dumbfounded that I even smirked.

Of course, he was already used to being called "Ya" or "you" by me as young as five.

"What are you afraid of when Eran stares at you? The little Confucius is cute no
matter what."

"It's true. It's because you don't know."

Diel wrinkled his brows.

"You know, Eran's always been kind to you. You don't know the creepy, mad-looking
eyes."

"It's not a good thing, it's... it's a little dependence. He's weak in many ways."

I couldn't erase my pathetic expression and clicked my tongue.

It was pitiful to be frightened by a five-year-old child, who is smaller than his peers
and is less depressed than others.

"If you get too big and stare at me like that after you come, I might really faint."

"I don't think you'll be that tall. So don't faint."

I spoke indifferently.
"Because it's a friend's request."

The horse was almost invincible to Diel.

"......okay."

In any case, the Duchess was excited as she waited for her successor in five years.

'Far away, Baron Ishider's idea,

It's a little different.'

Now, when he returned, he was likely to do strange work in earnest. My responsibility

to watch with the hawk's eyes was quite heavy.

When he reaches adulthood, he will be conferred a title by the Emperor, and he will
be Duke of Ceres safely.

Since then, it has been important.

'It's time for Baron Ishider to do something about the maneuverability.'

I was lost in thought, fiddling with a basket of cherries.

***

It was Eran who set sail the fastest on the rumor that the route was roughly
maintained.

Eran ended his five-year life in Irbia at once and led the Knights and the users
straight to the Duke of Sergius.

However, the Duke of Cerseus' splendid ship met the remnants of the pirates shortly
after its departure.

"A ship of the Imperial nobility! Get one of the nobles!"

The purpose of the pirates aboard was clear.

It was to take a high-priced nobleman hostage to get luxury goods full of this ship,
avoiding the knights.

Their eyes rushed from ship to ship, looking for nobles to find noblemen.

Of course, I thought he would be hiding in the safest and deepest position...

"Ah."

On the deck, a young man with a hard body pulled out a sword and gnashed his
teeth.

"I'm in a hurry to go, but I'm afraid the bugs are..."

"Mr. Eran, please calm down."

Zickel grabbed his right arm in a hurry.

"Be safe inside for now, and we'll take care of it first."

"I'm faster. You guys are slow."

"He, and... if you go through the process of identifying the leader and handing him
over to the nearby Imperial Navy, the reward must be..."

"Zickel."

Eran raised his eyebrows and spoke low.

"I don't need that. It's a waste of time."

Without further adrift, Eran began to blend in with the knights and slaughter the
pirates himself.

"........"

Geckel swallowed his dry saliva unknowingly, looking at Eran with a cold look that cut
the pirates' throats faster than anyone else.

I never dreamed that a 13-year-old boy who didn't even know how to hold a sword
could be that tall.
Beyond him, who was now a teacher, he was better than anyone else in the Knights.

How big of a monster you are.

Perhaps the Duchess would be frightened to see.

Some people could be arrested and questioned, but Eran was busy stabbing the
pirates.

It was as if there was no need to think deeply about blocking one's future.

"Ah..."

When I first took over Eran, I really felt like a sponge to absorb all the teaching.

It was not only swordsmanship but also other tutors, so they would withdraw, saying
that there was nothing to teach quickly even if they had famous teachers in fields
such as culture and history.

Thinking only of the thirteen cute boys, I was enjoying myself in a strange land in the
south, but the time went by like this.

After that, only now did Zickel realize a great deal.

'I didn't get a personality education!'

Almost all the older knights remained in the peacock, and of course there were no
families.

Furthermore, Eran did not even try to make friends in other places with different
cultures.

'You don't have the ability to empathize!'

I was just into chess and swordsmanship because I was afraid of stealing late.

'Isn't it too much of a result-driven, deceit-driven swordsmith class......'

Zichel, who taught swordsmanship himself, was suddenly worried because he did not
have a very moral mindset.

' I'm afraid you've grown a little strange......'

I don't have a look on my face at the bodies of the pirates' bodies.

- Without checking his identity - Geckel scratched the back of his head as he saw him
slamming his shoes into the sea.

'If there's something in it, it's like you're not looking forward or backward...'

In his view, now Eran has no choice but to go to the Duke of Cerseus as soon as
possible.
Might as well.

And for that, it was easy to kill, no reward could be seen, and he didn't seem to care
much about his own safety.

'Well, did you want to go home so badly? You've been doing great in Irvia. Why are
you in such a hurry?'

Eran, who had pushed almost all the pirates into the sea with a knife dance as if the
snow had turned around, spoke well, wiping the blood of the sword.

"Let's go at once."

The course was still a long way off.

Leaving the sea stained with blood behind him, Eran looked at the horizon far away
with a cold look on his face.

He looked displeased just by the fact that the voyage stopped for a while.
After Prince Jade's long and long purge of pirates, the first civilian voyage was rough.

It was not even a warship, but a ship of the Duke of Sergius, and everyone rushed for
the noble's luxury goods.

The ship stopped often because the remnants of the pirates kept running.

Each time, the pirates had to face a more monstrous black-eyed man than the
Imperial Navy.
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Days have passed.

The second and third tests with hair are over.

I sat still for a while looking at the test results alone in the lab.

The agreement was so high that the second and third rounds were almost ideal. Third
round of testing for the first time in five years A man who had passed by came out.

"Hans Smith... Mary Smith..."

I mumbled biting my nails.

It was extremely rare to pass up to the third round. Perelman's own son also
searched the entire continent, but five passed the third test.

Even so, the two were repeatedly examined and found to be distant relatives of
Perelman's own son or wife.

"It's not over yet."

All tests that can be done with hair are over, but more complicated processes have
remained.

Now we had to measure the similarity of mana.

Both had to have a condition that they would not use magic items for more than 10
days in fear of other people's magic.

The mana test itself took quite a long time, but it was still the first time I had come to
this stage.

I felt like I was still in a state of insecurity, so I felt like I was in a state of depression.

One day, rumors that the owner of the butcher and I had even matched the third
paternity test spread all over the peacock.

Everyone noticed my face looking stiff even though I tried not to show it.
"Liche."

The Duchess looked at me and said,

Originally, tea-time snacks were colorful, but these days, tea foods that have really
changed their souls have begun to appear.

I overheard the maids saying that the budget allocated to the kitchen has doubled.

"What would you do if he was really a father?"

"I'll continue to be a doctor anyway."

I drank tea nonchalantly.

Until Eran inherited the estate in good health, he had no intention of leaving.

Anyway, there is more than a year left until the rebellion, and if Wederick and Baron
Ishider did not occupy the territory by then, they were likely to die at the hands of
the Crown Prince, who had killed the rebels at once.

It was also a way to slow down the time.

"But it's true that I kept wondering and missing my family."

It would be nice to live with your family after protecting this estate.

Since I almost lived here as a doctor, I thought it would be okay to live as a

commoner with an ordinary family after adulthood.

I knew that living comfortably like a noble lady was simply due to the unilateral
courtesy of the Duchess and Perelman.

I was a commoner, and I couldn't be a nobleman.

Noblemen do not even step in the councilors' original parliamentarians.

When he opened a clinic in the past, he secretly received a prescription for a reagent
for beauty purposes, saying that it was because of the "debut tang" that aristocratic
young children who came to see him through word of mouth were held at adulthood.
 I didn't know much about the debutant, but I knew it was a different world
from mine anyway.

Although the life of the peacock is comfortable, it is difficult to truly feel belonging.

"In the end, we'll have to settle down in the town of Riewebelo. I didn't have a normal
childhood."

The Duchess sighed at my words.

"Yeah... well, that's right..."

The Duchess looked uncharacteristically anxious, in a perplexed way.

"Isn't there a lot of work? Perelleman's son is out almost every day, studying, looking
after me. Do you want an assistant?"

"What? The assistant of Perelleman's own assistant, what position is that? It's all
right."

I smiled and shook my head, but the Duchess said firmly.

"No, we've relied too much on you since you were a child. It could have been hard."

"It's because I have the ability to..."

"I'll give you an assistant, Liche."

The duchess's tone was imperative.

"Even if you settle down in the town of Riewebelo... I'll pay you any salary, and I'll
offer you a private wagon."

"What? What's that..."

"Can you stay at the Duchy as a doctor because you're really free to come and go?"

"Uh..."

It seemed a little strange in the picture.

Perelleman's own son, I'm almost out of public works, and you both hire him as a
duchess doctor?

But the Duchess's expression was desperate if she wanted to hold me back.

"I'll think about it."

I replied with a clumsy smile. The paternity test was not over anyway.

***

However, the Duchess was so meticulous that the next day she began recruiting the
assistant of Perelman's own assistant.

In just three days, I was able to get a list of three talented people who had passed
Diel's interview.

"I really don't need this.."

They were all older than me because they even went through knowledge interviews.

I took a breath while looking at the list, thinking I had to refuse.

"What, what?"

There was a familiar name on the list.

[Aaron Krillso, 19, male]

When I was forced to treat the rebels under Wetherick's orders, I kept sticking to
Wetherick's side.
It was someone who was there.

' Wait, this name......is Baron Ishider.'

The memory before the return came to mind and seemed to have been struck by
lightning in the head.

All this couldn't have been a coincidence.

It was clear that he was expecting my absence, or planning my absence and then
pushing it in.

So, apparently he was waiting for the Duchess' urgent announcement to hire the
assistant of Perelman's own Tide.
I'm sure he put it in.

In other words, it meant that Baron Ishider was finally moving.

' You knew Eran was coming, so you finally started working on it.'

I slammed the list down on the desk. After the paternity test, I felt my mind suddenly
returned.

From the moment I received the cherry basket, my head, which had been slightly
stopped, quickly turned.

The speed of the past few days has subsided in an instant.

' Crazy, Liche Estelle.'

I felt like I was covered in cold water.

'No matter how excited I was at the thought of finding my biological parents, I was
swindled out like this.....'

After secretly biting my lower lip, I smiled brightly and said to Esther, who was
waiting next to me.

"I'll pick him."

Esther nodded loudly when I chose a name for the list.

"Oh, I liked something about him, too."

"...... I suppose so."

Esther opened her eyes round when she answered my teeth in a vicious way.

"What?"

"No, nothing."

How dare you touch me yourself? Is that the only thing I've ever wanted?

"Aaron Krillo."

I looked Esther in the eye.

"Tell him to pick this man, Esther."

As much as I've been excited, I didn't think of forgiving.

' I'm really angry. You'll see.'

***

I was stuck in the lab for another few days.

I spent every day looking at and looking into the claws of the dragon that Diel saved
me.

It was quite a while that Hans was called back.

As was the last time, it was a fairly wealthy middle-aged man in a neat suit. Brown
hair barely sticks to the tip of the bald head.
It was.

"I heard that all the hair tests have passed."

He brought a basket full of cherries again this time.

I received the basket with a calm expression.

"And it's a handkerchief with a letter from my oldest daughter, Len, and a
handkerchief."

The handkerchief was my favorite color, yellow, and was embroidered with the name
'Merry Miss.'

When I opened the letter and read it right away, it said that every day was like hell
after I spilled it into the river.

I can't go to see him because he's a peacock, but he repeatedly said he wanted to see
me and beg for forgiveness.

In the end, the letter was concluded with a tearful statement that he had never
forgotten the youngest he loved for a day.

"This is a walnut pie that my wife, who is in bed, has struggled to get up and make
herself."

".......I see."

"I really wanted to come with you when I heard you passed the hair test, but the
behavior itself is very difficult. Look at the youngest daughter before she dies.
I prayed so much that I wanted to go... "

Hans wiped away his tears.

"Oh, my God..."

Esther swallowed her breath and whispered.

I lowered my eyes and spoke coolly.

"There's no guarantee that I'm my own daughter yet. The last test is much more
complicated and time consuming."

"Still..."

Hans sniffed and smiled.

"I've heard that it's almost 90 percent over the horsepower test."

"That's true. I'll quickly check the match first."

Diel brought the Mana Emotion Stone to the drawing room.

In the parlor were Diel and a few servants, as well as the Duchess, who seemed
unusually nervous, Esther, who was shining her eyes, and Joaquin, the chief of the
Knights.

Hearing rumors that she had passed all three stages of the hair test, the Duchess had
been saying for days that she would see Hans with her own eyes.

"If you're a jerk... if you're just campaigning for me and taking money away... no,
what right do I have?"

She's been mumbling nervously from time to time these days.

"No, but if you're a biological parent who's never been there... no, but you're a
cheon-ryun mixed with blood.
But..."

I've heard similar things to myself very often, but I've been forced to ignore them
because I don't want to hear the background.

But I really want to see her together."

Instead, Hans also emphasized, "Since you are an outsider, be sure to accompany
your escort and several servants."

I and Hans touched the Mana Emotion Stone at the same time, and the Mana Emotion
Stone immediately shone brightly.

"......Oh, my God."

The Duchess blinked and lamented.

The shining Mana Emotion Stone meant that there was a high degree of mana
consistency.

In other words, the conditions that could be transferred to the next mana test were
met.

In fact, it was very rare to get through here. It was highly likely that he was a relative
within six cousins, even if he was not a biological parent.

Hans's eyes filled with tears.

"Mary..."

The Duchess held her breath and said nothing. It seemed that Hans could not be
judged to be a fool.

It is obvious that Hans was a typical "people who were good and lived faithfully."

Diel also looked at me and Hans alternately with a look of emotion and said blankly.

"Then I'll do the mana collection myself for the next test. Both of you, please roll up
your arms. And ....."

I cut Diel off in a breathless atmosphere.

"Wait a minute."
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"Huh?"

"Diel, give me the bag I brought from the lab earlier."

"Okay."

Without asking why, Diel quickly handed me the bag in the corner of the parlor.

I busily put pink reagents in each of the two glass bottles.

Everyone who was waiting for the next test was paying attention to me.

"What, what are you doing?"

Diel, who knew the next procedure, whispered, but I raised my eyes as if to be quiet.
Of course, Diel quickly shut his mouth.

I held Hans' arm firmly in panic and picked up the syringe.

"Hans, let me draw some blood."

"What?"

Hans rolled his eyes, unable to hide his restless expression.

"But the next paternity test..."

"I know. It's a secondary test for mana, and I'm working on a quick way to check
before that. It's not known yet."

I tied his arm tightly with a rubber band and slapped him.

"Would you relax your arms?"

Before Hans could say anything, I stabbed the syringe with his exposed veins.

I didn't check the vein properly, so the needle went in very deep.

"Argh!"
Actually, I didn't look into it on purpose. Whether it hurts or not.

"I'm not dying."

After pulling out Hans's screaming blood, I took out another syringe without
hesitation and pulled out my blood quickly through a similar procedure.

And I put Hans and my blood in two bottles of pink reagent, respectively.

"Shall we see now?"

Everyone looked at the two o'clock with a puzzled look on their faces.

Hans's eyes trembled uneasily.

The pink reagent with my blood turned blue, and the pink reagent with Hans's blood
turned yellow.
turned into

"Oh, my God."

I grinned and shrugged in the silence.

"You'll have to take a letter and a handkerchief. Oh, cherry baskets and walnut pies."

"......what?"

"I'm not Mary Smith."

Everyone in the drawing room was surprised by my calm words.

The Duchess and Joaquin just blinked at each other, and Esther also stood
absentmindedly.

"Hey, what's this..."

Hans also sat still as if he didn't accept it, and Diel seemed to have quickly accepted
the situation.

"Liche, you said you're working on a new paternity test these days. Was that it?"

"Yes, you did a great job with the claws of the dragon you saved. Thank you. But can
you do me another favor?"

I spoke with my arms folded proudly.

"I think he's a wig. Take your hair off."

As expected, Diel nodded quickly without asking why.

Apparently he was thrilled to obey in this dramatic situation.

"Yes."

Hans jumped in surprise.

"Come on, wait a minute!"

Diel simply overpowered him and pulled his hair without hesitation.

A few brown hairs fell down at once with a whiff.

While everyone was dumbfounded by the ridiculous situation, I kept my calm

expression and asked for the next favor.

"Put your hands in around the heart. If you're good at it, you'll get a magic item."

"Yes."

Diel's hand entered his chest without hesitation, and soon after, a round ring-shaped
magic item came out of his shirt pocket.

"Sir, I'm sorry, sir, but..."

I jumped up and said to Joaquin.

"Would you hold him and Esther together?"

The Duchess' eyes grew in amazement.

"Maybe he wanted to get me out of this castle. Or you have another purpose."
"What?"

"And Esther can bite her tongue, so hurry up and gag her... Oops."

Blood flowed between Esther's lips without any faster action. He bit his tongue or took
the poison he always had.

The last maid did the same, and it was clear that only those who really belonged to
the club were put in.

Looking at the collapsing body, I pointed to my forehead.

Hans' brown hair was a wig, and of course it was made from my hair.

And the magic item I had near my heart was full of my nails. Therefore, of course,
there was a high level of course.

Somehow, I thought the hair test produced too ideal results. Such a consensus was
enough to be a perfect example in the book.

Just in case, my vigilance was blurred, but as soon as I saw the name Aaron Krillso,
my mind went blank.
It felt like it.

Baron Ishider had been thinking for five years when he seemed to do nothing quietly.

I'm sure I'll be bothered to sit in the assistant seat of Perelman's own son of
Perelman.

And how annoying it must be that I can't take any action against the Duchess
because of me.

I was the one who sent Eran to the far south beyond their reach.

They were in a position to somehow reach out to the Peacock as the rebellion
approached.

I'm a commoner, and I didn't have to think about my back when I was out of the
peacock.
' If I had left the duchess and went to a remote village to see my sick mother in
person, I would have died without realizing it.'

Almost in the duchess, that's my room, my lab, my favorite duchess, myself.

It must have been hard to touch, so I would have decorated this kind of course.

Besides, planting one of their own in the meantime.

"Let's get back to it."

Diel forced Hans's hand to the Mana Emotion Board.

Of course, Hans and I, except for magic items, did not shine at all when we touched
the Mana Emotion Stone together.

My heart ached even though it was expected.

Perhaps all this was my delusion and I couldn't let go of the expectation that he would
really be my friend.

So I didn't tell anyone until I saw it with my own eyes...

"There's something for people to touch, and there's something for you to not to
touch."

I sighed with my arms folded. I've been on the lookout for five years, and I've been
so dumbfounded.
I didn't think I'd go.

However, the fact that he could be my biological parents came through my heart.

"Frauding a heavenly orphan as his biological parent?"

I thought it was a cold and objective personality, but it was my weakness that I didn't
know.

Diel also helped as if he was dumbfounded.

"It's real human waste. But Liche, why the hell is Esther..."

"I was able to get my hair and nails stolen."

Nail toenails contain the most inherent mana of a particular being.

That's why I bought dragon claws for expensive money.

Apparently, I made a magic item with my fingernails and completely hid Hans's
unique magic.

It took a really large amount of nails to erase a person's unique mana.

It was no use picking up one or two. Esther, who was always in charge of my team
leader, was the only person who could collect that much fingernails and mine.

'A while ago, Esther cut my hair for me.'

However, if the ends were trimmed a little bit, they would have been able to make it
not just perfect wigs, but just to the level of baldness.

"And my food, my favorite color..."

I spoke calmly, looking at the cherry basket and the yellow handkerchief that were
sitting well in the chair.

"It's hard to know an ordinary maid."

The Duchess was in contemplation and ordered Joaquin to catch Hans and question
him.

I didn't want to hurt anyone directly because of my respect for life as a doctor, but
the Duchess's expression made me roughly expect his end anyway.

"Take him out. You clean up the body."

The servants rushed out with Esther's body.

Blood dripped down on the rug.

"Come on, wait a minute!"

Hans didn't seem to have any loyalty to bite his tongue.

The figure further removed my expectation that I could reveal the background today.
He meant that he knew nothing.

"For me, I really just did what I was told. I'm......"

"Yes, wait a minute."

I calmly packed my medical cotton from the box and taped it against Hans's arm.

"Don't let go of five minutes. It'd be better if you pressed it, but it's hard for you."

No matter how much he pretended to be my father, I had to do what I had to do as a

doctor.

"I'm a bit of a professional."

I finally felt a little at ease.

I looked away after doing the same thing on my arm.

Eventually, Joaquin struggled and took Hans out, shouting that he knew nothing, and
only I, the Duchess and Diel remained in the drawing room.

"Liche."

The Duchess looked at me in a dither.

I grinned and shrugged.

"It's all right."

I really thought so, but even I was embarrassed because I was tearing up.

"Really... you're coming of age. Even if I can't find my parents, I'm going to live well.
You know."

I looked at the basket of cherries for a while and eventually dropped my head.

The Duchess gave me a big hug me.

"I know, Liche."

It was silly.
I've known for a long time that they could target me, and I've been on the lookout. I
can't believe you'll notice it until before the mana test.

I should have suspected strangers at first, but I lost my reason from the hair test.

The price of being briefly appreciated was harsh.

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"But I still want to comfort you."

"......"

Whether it was because I was pathetic or disappointed, I cried a little in the Duchess'
arms.

Then I decided.

I couldn't live on my guard with the intention of dragging my feet.

'Aaron Krillo and the sons of his sons behind him, wait and see.'

If the opponent had set a trap, it was time to hit a bigger trap, not just avoid it.

He could have been like this again if he spent time passively just keeping Eran.

' The use of biological parents...'

It was so vicious that I naturally felt a sense of personal revenge.

Even if they passed the hair and mana test anyway, they would have been
immediately caught in the final test that could not be manipulated.

However, the final inspection took a long time. So, talking about my sick wife, 90% of
the time, she would have taken me to see her face.

The more I thought about it, the more elaborate it was.

Esther died anyway, and Hans would be tortured and become similar, but it was not
over there.

"Madam."

"Yes, yes. Tell me anything."

The Duchess swept me on the shoulder, feeling helpless.

So I said with a whimper.

"I couldn't find my family, but my assistant I pointed out last time... could you please
vote for me?"

True revenge had to be done to the people behind it.

' I'll do my best to let you go.'

"Do you mind? In this situation, outsiders..."

"But I like him. If you're in trouble...."

"No, no."

The Duchess answered quickly.

"Of course I'll put it on you. Would one be all right? How about two? No, ten
people...."

"No, that's really all I need."

I wiped away my tears in a hurry and sighed heavily.

If I was sadder here, I really thought I would have ten assistants under me.

The Duchess mended my hair and said.

"Liche, are you okay?"

"Actually, I'm not okay right now, but I'll be fine."

I cleared my throat and forced myself to smile.

"I've been living a good life anyway."

The Duchess looked at me quietly and smiled softly.

"Licce, it must be boring to be stuck in a peacock after studying every day."

"What? Not really..."

"No, you need to refresh yourself at times like this. Why don't you just hang out in a
free city for a day?"

A free city was a tourist destination not far from the Duchy.

It was famous as a fun city where ordinary people, aristocrats, and imperialists
gathered happily to eat delicious food and shop for all kinds of fancy items.

I didn't really feel like going, but the Duchess said again when she saw my sullen
expression.

"The returning Crown Prince Jade and his navies are staying, so the whole free city is
very lively. Take a look around. Come to think of it, you haven't even given me a
proper vacation."

"But I'm the assistant of this castle's doctor..."

"Not much happens in a day. I'll escort you a lot, so go ahead."

When I hesitated a little, she said again.

"Sir Zickel's pigeon just arrived, and Eran won't arrive until three days later. You can
hang out for about a day tomorrow."

The Duchess patted me on the shoulder and added with a cold look that had
completely changed.

"I'm going to make him open his mouth no matter what he's done."

Suddenly, I wondered if the Duchess was sending me out to torture him.

However, I didn't expect much anyway.

Given the meticulousness of the two maids and Baron Ishider, who died without
saying anything, Hans was likely to do as he was told without knowing anything.

But I couldn't point to the Duchess' younger brother without proof, so I answered
with a sigh.
"......yes, I'll be right back tomorrow, then. I'll leave tomorrow morning, play for a
day, and be right back in the evening."

Originally, I didn't really intend to go, but a word attracted my heart.

'Prince Jade?'

It was his name that wiped out the rebels at once.

Originally, I tried not to get tangled due to bad relationships in the past, but this
incident changed my mind.

Well, it wasn't a bad year either.

He didn't sentence me to death for any malice.

He had only seen the name Lice Estelle, a famous rebel doctor.

The rebels were somehow wiped out by the Crown Prince, and he was the final
winner.

So far, I've been very passive about defending the Serious Territories, but...

'How dare you touch me? I'll tell you what happens when you touch someone smart.'

It was totally unacceptable for me with strong self-love.

Originally, I didn't intend to get tangled, but in this situation, it was good to have a
good acquaintance with Prince Jade if possible.

' How do you observe Aaron and find evidence of rebellion, we'll tell him every time
he is. I will let you die in all directions.'

It was important not to be caught in their trap, but now I decided to trap myself
through Aaron.

Of course there were many obstacles to this method.

It was almost impossible for me, a mere commoner, to mix words with the Crown
Prince, and it would not be easy to dig up the back of Baron Ishider and Weatherick.

And there was no guarantee that the capture of evidence would give the Crown Prince
another glimpse.

'But I'll do my best as much as I can. We'll see, you bastards.'

It was even a free city.

It might be the first and last chance to have a conversation with the Crown Prince if
lucky prince.

This changed my goal from "protecting the Serious estate" to killing Baron Ishider and
Weatherick.

Wetherick and Baron Ishider were anyway relatives of the Duchess and Eran.

The Duchess may not know, but Eran, who was kind and affectionate, could have
weakened and saved them.

Therefore, it was not bad to make a string with the crown prince who would destroy
him in the worst situation.

***

When I returned, I found a letter from Perelman's own son.

In case of an emergency, I regularly exchanged letters wherever Perelman was.

I wrote that the Duchess is very healthy and that Eran will be there in about three
days, and that she will conduct various tests immediately and let me know the
results.

'For 18 years, you've been working throughout the country...'

It is not a human's job to move between hope and despair for those who sit still in
the castle, but how hard it will be for Arga to self-sacrifice.
I added a word calmly.

[ There was a man who bought a maid and cheated on me with my hair and nails.

Be careful not to buy it, too. Would there be one or two people who want to be the
only daughter on top of Perelman?

— Lice ]

When I finished writing the letter and sealed it, D.iel came back just in time.

"Liche."

Diel slowly looked at me and said,

"I threw away the cherry basket as you told me to, or as you asked."

"Good job."

I handed over the finished letter and made him do the next errand.

"Let Arga send this to you."

"Yes, do you have anything else to ask?"

"I'll take these when I go to a free city tomorrow."

I thought it would be better to order it at once, so I sat at my desk and wrote a note
at once.

Diel peeked at my memo over his shoulder and frowned.

"All this?"

"Yes, I don't know what I'm going to use."

To be exact, it was not clear how Prince Jade was doing. So I had to prepare
everything I could.

"And now that Esther's gone, you'll assign her a maid..."

"The lady said, 'Who am I going to put on a maid who's been working for a long time?
That's why you're giving her a girl you care about...."

"Oh, no way."

I shook my head in surprise.

At least it was ridiculous that the women-in-law, who came from the royal family of
the peacock, held my own hands as a commoner.

"I don't need a maid anyway. But Diel, I think I need some tomorrow. find a person
even temporarily
Give it to me. The conditions are...."

Jenny and Esther were the only maid I've ever experienced, but I knew there was a
difference in dexterity.

To be honest, Esther used to make me wonderfully pretty. It wasn't necessary until

now, but only tomorrow.

"I'd like a maid who can make me look like a 'nobleman' "

"Yes, I'll do my best to find out."

"And some cash, too. Take care of what I've been collecting."

I added quickly so that Diel wouldn't forget.

In a free city, there are many Imperial Navy, and people who are drunk on victory. It
was obvious that the noodle shops would sell a lot of things because they thought it
was this time.

"Erann is coming, and I'll buy you a present."

Thinking of Eran, 13, who was falling asleep holding my hand tightly, I felt like I was
smiling.
' Should I make some health supplements to make them stronger?'

Quickly mixing some herbs in the lab, I thought I'd pick a pretty good gift from a free
city.

In the center of the lab were some snacks that I still hadn't figured out the
ingredients.
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"So, you cut your fingers one by one, but you don't talk?"

The Duchess was drinking tea gracefully.

Joaquin sighed and nodded.

I don't know Lice, but the Duchess was both cold and cruel.

She, who directed Hans' questioning herself, drove him to the limit without batting an
eyelid.

But I didn't really know anything, and there was nothing to say. He said he only
agreed because he said he would give a lot of money if someone approached him and
did what he was told.

Hans was a wandering beggar who had once been in a failing theater company, so it
was hard to figure out where he was from.

"Two maids were working in the peacock, and they killed themselves without saying a
word. Although one is more than five years old."

The Duchess' eyes shone coldly.

"Harming Liche would be like harming me and Eran. There must have been a long-
standing force trying to break us down. The problem is that we don't even know
why."

"But we can't export all our users. It's more dangerous to get a new one."

"So you'd better always be careful. And Lice's safety. Give Liche the best escort for
the free city tomorrow. And...."

She gnashed her teeth.

"Have Hans and Esther's bodies hung at the gate while Lice is away. So that everyone
knows exactly what happens when they get caught doing something against the
peacock."

Joaquin bowed his head and left the Duchess' room.

She sighed and raised her chin.

Someone was after the peacock.

He continued to be wary, but his most cautious enemy was still in sight. Then, he
almost lost Liche.

Her cold expression disappeared from her face, thinking of Lice's crying face.

'......I can't help it.'

In the wake of this incident, the Duchess made a big decision.

' We'll discuss it as soon as Eran comes.'

Recalling Lice's disappointed expression and her grim eyes looking at the cherry
basket, she buried her face in both hands.

At that time, Eran was rushing toward the duke. He finally stepped on the land of the
empire and was delighted.

"Eh, Eran. Can't we just take a day off?"

"You rest."

Due to seasickness caused by the long voyage, distracted knights hung on to Eran,
but he was cold.

"If you go right away, you'll get hurt. Three days is enough for a night's lodging to
get to the duchy."

Although Zikel spoke cautiously, Eran didn't seem to have any intention of listening.

"Who said what? You should rest and come slowly. It's too much trouble for me to
have you guys anyway."

Eran rode on his black horse brought from Irvia.

The horse also looked like its owner, but he didn't look tired even though he
continued to live on the ship.

Pureungdae grabbed the reins of the black horse and spoke almost as if Eran had
informed him.

"I start with the duchy. Come on your own."

"Mr. Eran!"

The knights shouted desperately, but Eran ran on the road without looking back.

He has someone he wants to see right now.

A person who taught each other that they are unique in life, and a person who
thought every day as promised in childhood.

***

That night, I was going to go to bed late, but someone knocked.

'Who is it? Is it D.I.L.? '

I don't have a maid assigned to me anymore.

I hurriedly put something on my pajamas, and I heard an unexpected voice.

"Liche, it's me."

"What?"

I rushed to open the door. The Duchess was in front of my room dressed comfortably.

"Madam, why..."

"I'm here to stay with you because I don't think I can sleep tonight."

I lay back on the bed, as the Duchess led me to do.

As if I had held the Duchess' hand a long time ago, she sat by my bedside and held
her hand.
I got it.

I felt very uncomfortable and strange.

"He... I heard you didn't open your mouth after all."

"Yes."

The Duchess answered with a sigh.

"It must have been hard to hold on, but you really don't seem to know the
background."

"Did you torture him a lot?"

"Well, normally."

I didn't have to ask that 'normal level'.

When I closed my mouth, the Duchess began to talk quietly.

"I have a lot of enemies. To be honest, I can't even point out who's behind this."

"......why?"

"After the death of the Duke, I suddenly became in a position to rule over this estate.
Eran kept getting sick, and everyone was wondering if Prince Serious was going to
fall."

I thought it was close to the Duchess, but I had never heard of it before.

"So in the beginning, I thought I'd catch my flag, so I went strong in everything."

It was cruel of her to go strong.

"I used to see blood in the process at the slightest mistake... so there are quite a few
households with grudges."
I remembered that no one was surprised five years ago when she ordered the
beheading of a maid who stole a greenhouse keyfruit.

In common sense, if a thief is stolen, he ends up kicking him out of the castle.

No matter how much she hid the poison from outside people, the fact that no one
questioned her decision proved that the Duchess had been severely punishing even
minor mistakes.

"But I don't know why I was after you. Maybe everyone knows that I care about you."

It was small wonder.

No doctor's assistant lived in such luxury. It is obvious that I am a great favorite of a

peacock.

be receiving somebody in one body

If you care about me like this, don't you think it's okay to say a little bit about the
background?

I brought up my words carefully.

"What you're after is... maybe you want to put an outsider into a castle.
For the past five years, we haven't really received outsiders."

"It's true that you've been on high alert since you noticed my reading."

"Maybe he was planning to send me out or kill me, and put another assistant as a
spy."

"... yes."

"My new assistant, Aaron Calypso, told Diel to keep an eye on him. Don't worry about
it. The problem is, like Esther, people who have been around before...."

"Yes, people I'd never guessed."

"Can't you really guess what's behind this?"

"There are countless people who have lost their families to me."

The Duchess calmly continued her speech.

"Before you came, I mean, in the beginning of the estate, there was no compromise
in front of me. So there were some of them who cursed me before my eyes."

"......."

"Of course, it was Roman who stood by me every time. Thanks to her, there were
many times when the daggers flew in, and Roman stopped them instead. I still have
that scar on my left arm."

As expected, the Duchess was not thinking of Baron Lee Sider as being behind the
scenes at all.

Baron Ishider even seemed to be erasing psychological debts from the Duchess.

He saved me from a small crisis and painted a big picture for years to come...

No matter how hard I thought, it was very elaborate.

If I hadn't known the future, I would have been in doubt, too. So you've taken this
huge territory.

"Yes......that's the blood."

I had no choice but to hide the identity behind the tickling of the neck.

We haven't found anything yet, and we don't have any evidence. My place in the
Duchy ended up being just an employee.

"I've always been cold to Roman, who thinks I'm horrible. I don't have the capacity to
manage my territory, just because I'm strangely ill-fated."

I was immensely impressed by the Duchess's hunch.

"But Roman was so busy controlling the estate with fear politics that when I left Eran
alone... he brought Wederick all the way and became Eran's friend."
It was an impossible problem to judge.

In fact, the Duchess' early reign of terror worked quite well, and despite the duke's
death, the estate worked quite reasonably well.

Many household gods, who had recklessly raised taxes or acted complacently, saying
the duke was dead, disappeared into her hands in the beginning.

Therefore, there were rumors among the commoners that she was cold-hearted and
inhuman, but there was always an evaluation that she was good at work.

"Well, that's right. But I don't know if Wederick really did it for Eran...."

"Because Eran followed Wederick more than I did."

It was true that he followed him a lot until the end.

I swallowed a sigh.

"Thinking about that makes me realize how incredible a family is and how
heartbroken you must have been."

"......"

"Liche."

She swept my hair away.

"I really think of you as a daughter."

"Madam, I'm a commoner. That's a big deal."

I shook my head.

The empire had a clear boundary between the aristocracy and the common people.

I wouldn't know if I had just lived here from 13 without regression, because the
memory of my previous life remained the same, I clearly recognized the huge
difference in status.
Originally, I could only see the Duchess, Erando, and Perelmann's own son from a
distance.

Far from talking like this, we couldn't even say hello.

"I mean it.So...."

However, when someone held hands next to me, I felt comfortable and closed my
eyes.

"......I really want to be your family."

Come to think of it, it was the first time for me to stand by someone until they fell
asleep like this.

At first, I thought I knew why the Duchess held my hand and slept and sent me a
strawberry cake.

It felt that warm.

I fell asleep as it was.

Until then, I didn't quite understand what the Duchess meant. The Duchess knows
she never talks nonsense.
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"No."

The view was blurred.

And I heard a hard and determined voice I've heard a lot from somewhere.

"There's no room for compromise, Duke."

Looking around, it was the first time I saw it in the house.

It was smaller than the peacock, but it was quite fancy and antique.

"Liche, don't you know that your character is not good. Never."

What was clear was that I was in a very difficult state.

"If you're crazy enough, you'll give me medicine. Quietly, there's no medicine!"

Incredibly, words that I had never tried before flowed out of my mouth.

"Daddy, but we're not able to do that ...."

"What do you mean us!"

"Daddy" banged the table and the tea water in the teacup shook.
"You ended up being possessed by that smug look and that devilish whisper! It's all
his face! It's his fault!"

In the end, the title "that guy" came out.

I groaned with a ball.

Dad's face was blurry. I thought the black-haired man sitting next to me was saying
something, but I couldn't hear him well.

The two men talked for a while, but the atmosphere showed no signs of
improvement.

Eventually, Dad jumped up.

"Don't let dirt get into my eyes! Peacocks, princes, dragons, gods, everything!"

He grated his teeth and shouted.

"You! When I was a child, I used my energy to save her. How dare you aim for my
daughter? If I knew this would happen...."

I shouted desperately because I thought the teacup would fly soon.

"Daddy! No!"

That teacup is expensive!

The tea hasn't even cooled down yet!

"Liche, Lice?"

"Oh, no... no..."

"Liche!"

I opened my eyes wide.

The sun was pouring out at dawn.

"Did you have a nightmare?"

"Oh, my God, madam!"

I was so surprised that I jumped out of bed.

Of course, I thought you would put me to sleep and go back to the Duchess's room,
but I didn't know you would sleep on your stomach in such an uncomfortable position
here.

"Did you stay with me all this time?"

"You must have been more lonely than anyone else, and you should stay with me the
night you went."

"He, though..."

I was quite confident in getting paid for what I did.

However, he was so embarrassed that he didn't know what to do with such emotional
consideration.

When I was restless, the Duchess sighed.

"It's like I'm having a nightmare."

"What?"
 "You've been moaning and muttering a few times that you can't. Did you
have a bad dream?"

"Ah..."

I was so surprised to see the Duchess, I already couldn't remember most of the
dreams.

"It wasn't a particularly painful dream... but something was very difficult. I think I
had a family in my dream."

"Ha... Look at that."

The Duchess held my hand and comforted me.

"The wicked hurt you psychologically, and it turned out to be a dream."

"I see."

It made sense.

I nodded slowly.

"That's probably why I thought of my family as a defense mechanism."

"Liche, you can come in late today."

The Duchess stroked my hair and grinned.

"Have fun in a free city. So that all these bad things can be forgotten."

"Yes."

I smiled face to face and nodded loudly.

Am, I was planning to be busy in a free city so that all these bad things could be
forgotten.

The maid whom Diel cast for me really did my best to decorate me.
Wearing a green dress and shiny hairdress, I looked like a rich aristocratic spirituality
to everyone.

The Duchess even gave away the Duke's private wagon.

Diel was already waiting for me with quite a lot of luggage I told him to pack in the
carriage.

"Oh, Liche."

He blinked and murmured.

"From head to toe, you gave me strength."

"I'm glad it looks like it."

In a free city, anyone can hang out freely. Commoners and nobles could talk to each
other first and ask for dialogue without any identification.

However, that did not mean that all commoners could fit in with the aristocracy in
free cities.

The horse is "free," but most stores did not let people in at all if they were poor
ordinary people.

Free cities were also expensive, so they couldn't afford to buy anything with the
money of ordinary people.

'I've never been to a free city in my last life. '

After all, the only real freedom in a free city was the rich merchants.

The nobles and the royal family knew that, so they hung out with commoners in free
cities.

Many aristocrats openly provided their guardians and political funds in free cities.

Prince Jade probably visited the free city for the commoner mercenaries who fought
him for a long time.

It's for the commoner mercenaries anyway, so he's probably only spending time in
the most advanced places.
was high in

I don't know much about Prince Jade, but nobleman or royal family members don't
like to be entangled with commoners if they can.

In that case, we had to decorate it from the point of view without any obstruction.

"So pretty."

"Of course. How much money and time did you spend?"

After answering calmly, I looked out of the carriage and was overcome with strange
mood.

Behind me was a lot of escorts attached by the Duchess.

It's true that I wanted to look like a noble spirit or a rich daughter, but I feel like I'm
a real nobleman.
It's... it's...

Even after arriving at the free city, the luxurious wagons and escorts caught people's
attention.

I didn't ask him outright, but he seemed to think it was either.

Whether it's the first child of a noble family that they don't know yet, or the daughter
of an emerging rich man. Well, you think so.

The free city was crowded with navies.

All kinds of shops were on display and were being escorted. Almost all of them were
huge luxury goods and eye-catching prices, but all of the stores were booming.

It was because the victorious and returning sailors were buying gifts for their families
in their thick pockets.

I also brought plenty of cash on purpose. There were all kinds of shops and enough
supplies, so it would be perfect to buy Eran's return gift.
"Diel."

"Yes, tell me."

Diel quickly replied, noticing that I wanted to make him do something just by calling
my name.

"My clothes are uncomfortable and I have a lot of escorts, so it's hard to move."

"Yes."

"So you yourself..."

I whispered in Diel's ear so that no one could hear me.

"Come see Prince Jade."

Diel's eyes turned big.

"Tue, Tue, Crown Prince?"

"I'm not asking you to bring him, so don't be afraid."

No matter how elite the Perelleman was, Diel was also a commoner.

"Just know where you are. I'll go anyway. I don't know the subject that much."

When asked to visit the Crown Prince, he murmured anxiously.

"Liche... what are you going to do to bring the imperial family..."

I also understood that he hesitated because I was just the assistant of the duke's
doctor.

"If you do something wrong, you'll be executed."

Of course, no one knew it as well as I did.

I've even been sentenced to death.

"I don't know why, but... of course I'll eventually find out later, but it's something to
be extremely careful about."

Diel, who usually doesn't talk about what I say, said with a serious look.

Diel was right, in general circumstances, the difference between the common people
and the imperial family was literally enormous.

It was an adventure I wouldn't have had to bet if I wasn't really angry.

"Diel."

So I spoke calmly.

"Come on, come on, it'll take a while. The free city is big, and there's a lot of navy
here and there."

"......yes."

"I'll go shopping and be at that cafe over there, so see you in an hour."

As if he had given up, Diel sighed and answered.

"Okay."

After sending Diel, I started snooping around several stores to buy Eran's gift.

Indeed, the navy-crowded shops never let people in unless they were well dressed.

The horse is a city where commoners can travel freely, and discrimination was
inevitable in the end.

"Stand in line."

Shop clerks raised their chin with their eyes down if the person trying to come in
wasn't a navy or didn't look a little rich.

"There are a lot of people right now."

Of course, there was no store that rejected me, who was heavily escorted and
dressed up.
Thanks to you, I was able to enter the store as much as I wanted without standing in
line.

When people who were naively standing in line complained about why that person
was just going in, they used to hear that he was a reserved customer.

I didn't book any of those places.

' There's a reason I haven't been here in my last life.'

The budget was not enough and overflowing, but there was nothing exactly I liked.
men's perfume and cravat, handkerchief
Even when I looked around all the stores, my eyes were spinning.

He also decorated the shell like a noble spirituality, but he didn't know what to see.

He knew little about fashion or culture like other aristocratic young children and rich
daughters.

' I've sent Diel away, so I don't have anyone to ask for advice......'

As expected, I should give up on ordinary gifts and buy something expensive and
rare. You know, when you left the store,
It was in the middle.

"What a swindler!"

"Grandma, you can't do it like this way!"

"You want to be accused, huh? Do you know who we are?"

There was a commotion in one corner.

I tried to pass carelessly, but when I saw someone in sight, I stopped.

Clothes that are close to matte, messy braids, and wrinkled familiar faces.

Five years ago, I was the same gypsies grandmother who made me go back.
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"Give me all the money you got right now!"

"Before you accuse me of fraud, come on!"

A group of sailors surrounded their grandmother and created an ugly atmosphere.

And the grandmother was brazenly not behind in the middle.

"What am I! What am I!"

I watched the scene with my arms folded.

"You're so unlucky, why am I to blame!"

"This filthy gypsy is to the end!"

When I didn't leave the post, one of the escort drivers, who thought he was curious
about the situation, began to explain.

"When I look at the cards in front of that gypsy... I think he's a booger."

"Yabawi?"

"Yes, he's a cheater. You have to cheat properly, but you seem to have been greedy.
That's against the Navy."

'Then you'll be taken?"

"I'll go all the way to the end because there's no evidence, but I could be beaten to
death."

The escort driver shook his head.

"You don't know how tough they are..."

Indeed, the atmosphere was getting more and more ugly.

Now many people besides me were watching the mess surrounded by circles.

"Grandma, do you really want to die?"

"Huh, why do you take it out on the innocent poor Gypsy when you're unlucky!"

"What kind of magic would a gypsy have used!"

Didn't you know it was a gypsy when you first came here? And gypsies aren't weird
magicians!"

' You're using weird magic...'

I shook my head and thought.

Looking back, I could see why he was sentenced to death and locked up in the same
room with me.

And the last time I was taken away by the guards...

She seemed to be an old lady who did something bad and was so obvious.

"Wait a minute."

I walked slowly into the mess.

The guards rushed along me in great difficulty.

My appearance drew the attention of many people as well.

It was because no one knew that a beautifully dressed lady would intervene in the
spectacle leading up to this curtain.

"Lady, she's a very shameless grandmother."

A Navy man spat in front of his grandmother and spoke threateningly.

"I don't know which aristocrat is in love, but don't get tangled up."

"I mean... he cheated. You mean?"

"No!"

My grandmother got angry.

"Just, these guys had no luck!"

"If it's not fraud, how do we keep losing money, my sight! Do you know how much
money you just took out?"

"Reclaim, accuse! What are you going to write on the complaint? You lost the gamble?
Where's the proof that I've done the trick? I can't give you a penny!"

The atmosphere began to overheat again.

I took a step closer as the navies were huffing and trying to get something back.

"Grandmother."

I looked at her quietly.

"You know me, don't you?"

Her eyes shook.

Then she jerked her head away.

"I don't know."

"Really?"

I put my arms together again and stepped back. Then I talked to one of the navy.

"What kind of game was it?"

"Simple. It was a game where you hit the hole in the card."

"How many games did you lose?"

"This grandmother won exactly 31 rounds in a row!"

"That's possible! Is that impossible? What?"

I opened my mouth wide.

Oh, my God, even if I'm greedy...

'Just a little bit.'

My grandmother, who saw my expression, slowly avoided my eyes.

"There's a half chance of getting a hole, and the previous result doesn't affect the
later result. Roughly speaking, the odds of winning ten times in a row are over one in
a thousand."

I spoke coldly.

"That's probably less than a billionth of a percentage..."

Even the spectators became quiet.

"There is a poisonous plant called the Chirian flower. If you eat it, theoretically one in
500 million lives."

Everyone was staring at me. I followed the horse like a stream.

"That's what you use to write a complaint. Let's make a trial out of eating the cherry
blossoms."

"Wow, this girl is smart."

One of the navy opened his mouth and clapped.

"Okay, let's get the charges down right now, that's very clear."

Grandma pointed and shouted.

"One out of 500 million lives, and you want me to eat that grass? What?"

"You can buy it. Is that impossible?"

I shrugged naturally, citing what my grandmother said a while ago.

"There's even less than half the odds of winning 31 straight games. It's very
merciful."

And turned to the Navy and asked.

"But how much did you lose in total?"

"It's 4360 gold for three people. My lady."

"Wow."

I shook my head in pure admiration.

"You've done a great job."

The money I brought was 5000 gold.

The horse was 5000 gold, and I had collected a lot of my salary for a year. This is
because all kinds of high-quality food stocks were resolved in the Duchess, and there
was no need to spend a monthly salary.

"I heard the Crown Prince is here, too."

I grinned and said.

"Finally, I have a cherry blossom, too. I think we'll be able to hold a summary trial
right here."

"Hey!"

Finally, my grandmother looked at me and got angry.

"What's wrong with you?"

"What?"

She shouted in spite of me when I made a natural look.

"It looks like you've made a good living, but I can't thank you enough to keep my
head together, so why are you arguing with me?"

"As expected, I guess I know."

I shrugged at the fact.

"What do you want to do?"

I didn't mean to drive you this far to the brink. If you hadn't caught me from the
beginning.

"Would you like some cherry blossoms, all the money. Can I give it back to me? Or
...."

If he had easily returned the money, he wouldn't have held out like this.

I added with a grin.

"Would you like to talk to me?"

Of course, the most difficult one was the easiest one, which was set.

***

The name of the Gypsy grandmother was Kansia Melania.

Of course I couldn't believe it, but I decided to call it Cancia because I had no choice
anyway.

"So what did you do?"

"I don't know what to do. I told you, I turned the clock."

Cancia grumbled and scurried at the sandwich I bought her.

I ended up having to order another sandwich.

"It's because the doctor recklessly accepts mana. My head was about to crack and I
was about to die. That's when I found out."

Cancia had already mumbled her fifth sandwich.

"I did nothing but magic with a great deal of magic. As she said, she turned the clock
around and lost her mana, and she became fine.

"Hmm."
"Of course, the overflowing mana has disappeared, so we can't turn back the clock."

"It's forbidden magic, isn't it?"

"Well, everyone has different ideas about prohibition."

Cancia avoided my eyes, blurring her words.

I bit with my arms folded.

"I mean, it's magic with side effects."

"Side effects, people have different standards..."

"You mean there is."

I felt uncomfortable when I heard that from Diel.

But I've never had any symptoms in my life...

"The magic I wrote was to turn all the time in the world. Except you and I
remember."

Cancia shrugged and said.

"You asked me to save you! If I remember you, you'd end up dying the same way.
I'm listening."

"That's true, but..."

"She's a smart girl, so she's got a good head. I've had it fixed, yeah."

Cancia grinned as she scanned my outfit.

He would, too, give 4500 gold to the three navies and ask them to cancel the charge
and let Kansia go. Saying I had a rush with this man.

They finally agreed and turned around because there was nothing to lose from their
position.
dressed like a noble spirit, escorted knights, up to 4,500 gold at once.

There was plenty of room for Cancia to think that way.

"Shouldn't you thank me?"

"It's just a present that I can get because I'm good and smart."

I answered coldly.

"Cancia knows the future, but I don't think she's doing very well. You were about to
be beaten to death by the navies. Why didn't you return the money?"

"I used a private loan."

"Ha."

"I was going to die if I couldn't pay you back anyways, but the navies could be stupid
and insist, and the private lenders are very self-righteous."

Cancia snorted.

"Even if she didn't step in, she could have ended up getting a few shots if she
insisted."

"A few blows from the navy could kill you. Do you know what guard the Navy is?"

I snapped at the pack and asked again.

"So what are the side effects?"

"It's not a side effect, it's just an additional function? Should I change my words that
much? I shouldn't have done anything wrong. You know."

Cancia picked her ears and made a fuss.

"So what's the add-on?"

"It's a phenomenon that happens because the original future and the actual future
are different. I keep seeing the future unconsciously."

"......you see the future?"

I frowned on my brow.
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"Don't cheat. I've never done that."

"No way."

She shook her head.

"It's not often, but it happens very often, when the present and the future change are
resonable. Give much thought to it. There must be. I've had a few."

"What?"

"Why?"

"What do you dream about?"

Cancia answered naturally.

"It's a dream, well."

"So you dream about the future?"

"Very often. But those dreams aren't natural, so you can't remember them because
they're quickly forgotten."

I had a realistic personality in the first place, so I didn't bother to think of any dream.
So I didn't have a single dream.

"From now on, just write it down as soon as you wake up. If you want to know the
future at least a little bit, you'll be forgotten in an instant anyway."

"......okay."

The reason why I somehow stuck to Cancia was because I was constantly bothered by
the saying that it was a side effects.

However, if it was just a dream, it didn't seem necessary to pay much attention.

"You're not saying there's a health problem, are you?"

"You'd know better if you didn't. A genius doctor doesn't even know who he is?"
Cancia yawned and stretched.

"Then I'll leave..."

"Wait a minute."

I gripped Kansia's wrist tightly.

"You didn't think the answer was 4500 gold, did you?"

"What?"

"You ate 4,500 gold anyway. As a result, it's mine, money from the navy."

Cancia was about to shake off my hand, but when she caught a glimpse of my guards
standing at the entrance, she sighed.

"I can't return the money. When did I ask you to pay me back?"

"Do me a favor."

"What is it?"

"I once told you another wish in prison."

"......what was it?"

"I don't know my biological parents. Let me find my biological parents."

"How can I find it?"

"You said you couldn't find the crystal ball because it broke. But now that we've
turned the clock back, the crystal ball wouldn't have broken."

"Ha."

Cancia let out a sigh.

"Lady, you're smart."

"Yes, I love that hair."

"But... the crystal ball hasn't come into my hands yet. It's not the whole future yet."

"Then how do you find that crystal ball? If I find it, can I see it myself?"

"You're not a gypsy and you're not good at magic. I can't find it, I can't come."

When I stared at her with disbelief, Cancia hit her in the chest with a look of
disapproval.

"Really, the crystal ball shows the particular past of the person you want... and it's a
very precious thing, so few people can handle it even among gypsies."

"Cancia, Cancia is a man of great ability..."

I sighed and said.

"Why do you live like this?"

"Why? I'm satisfied with my life. Even if I go back 10,000 times, I'll live like trash."

"That's enough."

In other words, he was very consistent and confident. Then I didn't mean to lecture
you either.

"Anyway, when can I find that crystal ball?"

"Maybe in three or four months? I'm not sure."

"Then when you find the crystal ball, make sure to show my biological parents. Don't
I just have to see when I was born?"

"Well, I suppose so."

Kansia scratched her chin and answered roughly.

I said in a hurry.
"You have to pay 4,500 gold."

"Okay, okay."

She slurred away from my eyes.

I pressed again for an untrustworthy answer.

"But why don't you ask me where I live? You have to come and see me."

"Where do you live?"

I pointed to my forehead because of my insincere rebuttal.

I was not confident of getting a promise from Gypsy, who was so insincere and so
good at lying.

It was impossible to deal with someone who lived like trash and had nothing to lose
or want.

"It's the Duke of Serious. If you name Kansia, I'll tell her in advance that she can
meet me no matter what."

"You're in a good place, aren't you running away? It's a mess."

"I'm going to get it myself. I'm too soft-hearted and nice to see."

"......."

"If you bring me crystal beads, so show me my biological parents and I'll give you
5,000 more gold."

"What."

Cancia nodded slowly.

"Then I'll go and think about it if I'm in a hurry."

He was also too unreliable to be tied up with such things.

Her wrist was still tight on me.

I squinted and laughed.

"Cancia."

"Why, again!"

"It seems to me that you'll be very sick in half a year."

"What?"

It was a quick conclusion to check the pulse felt on the wrist.

"Where? And why? Is it serious?"

Cancia asked me desperately if I believed my medical skills unconditionally.

"What is it? What the hell is it?"

I shrugged nonchalantly.

"I'm not sure."

Her expression became strange when she took it with the same words as Cancia.

"I can only know the details when the symptoms appear in earnest."

Looking at Kansia's thinning eyes, I said leisurely.

"Come to the Duchess by then. My genius doctor hasn't changed."

"Lie!"

Cancia was irritated.

"You know everything about crystal ball, right? Do you know how to find you? How
many doctors are there in the world?"

"Yes, a lot."
I answered nonchalantly.

"But there's only one Liche Estelle."

Kansia's wrist was released, and I leaned my back against the chair with my arms
folded as if I could go.

"If you could go and show me the crystal ball then, I'll think about the treatment."

She returned me to what she had said, and it was so much to sue.

Cancia stared at me and jumped up and walked away from the store.

Either way, I drank tea and hummed.

It's a disease caused by a complicated twist in mana anyway, so it's bound to come to
me.

' I mean, if I had come out cooperatively in the first place, I wouldn't have gone this
far......'

I sighed, and it wasn't until a long time before I noticed that my bracelet had
disappeared.

I don't know when, but it must have been sneaky.

' This old lady has bad hand habits......'

There was a reason why he proudly said he was trash.

'See you again in half a year with crystal ball, Cancia.'

I decided not to think I was cheap anymore.

***
Diel was snooping through the window of the 15th store with a nervousness.

' Really, what are you trying to do...'

I've done a lot of work under Arga, but it was the first time that the imperial family
was intertwined.

As far as I asked the navy, the Crown Prince said he would naturally be quiet and
deserted because he was not interested in the entertainment of the streets.

' You can't get mixed up, okay? '

Of course I was worried, but I was half expecting it.

Whenever Liche asked for something he didn't even know, something unexpected
happened.

At first, they did not tell us why, but in the end, they showed all the results as a
situation.

' Well, so is your son Perelman.'

When Arga first asked her to be a friend of a 13-year-old assistant, it was amazing.

But now it was more fun to be next to Liche than Arga.

' Still......... if the imperial family gets tangled up, it could be bigger than I thought.
You're a commoner, no matter what.'

Diel sighed and looked around.

I didn't think Lice would fail to do anything.

Rather, I was afraid that the matter would be taken too far by the imperial family.
' Oh, here he is.'

It's only been two hours since I've wandered through a free city.

Through the window of a quiet, deserted cafe, Diel found a silver-haired man sitting
neatly up his waist and reading.

Then he memorized the shop name and began to run to the place he had promised
Lice.

Contrary to her endless worries, her body was faithfully following her instructions.

***

As soon as I heard that Diel had found the Crown Prince, I put a lot of burden on Diel
and set out immediately. And I didn't forget to tell him what he had to do on his way.

"He, do you have to go that far?"

"Yes, you should. You memorized it, didn't you?

"I memorized it, but..."

"Good acting, Diel."

"......yes."

"Your role is really important."

Diel seemed to feel uncomfortable about acting in front of the Crown Prince.

But he sighed and nodded at the word 'please'.

Prince Jade says he is reading in a luxury cafe in a pretty corner of the free city.

When I arrived, employees were guarding the store in front of me.

'I'm right about what I'

It didn't seem like a place to let anyone in.

"Lady, wait a minute."

It was time for me to raise my head proudly and enter the store.

One of the waiters who was guarding the store blocked the front.
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' You're not asking me which aristocrat I am when I have so many escorts.
Don't tell me you didn't call me Lady......'

Pressing my trembling heart, I mimicked the Duchess' expression.

"Is there a problem?"

"Yes, nothing else, but the commoners are now restricted."

"It's a free city?"

I asked pretending that there was no change of heart.

"There's someone precious right now."

"No, but..."

"It's our freedom not to receive the common people."

"It looks like there are quite a few people inside."

"They're all nobles. It's for a tidy atmosphere."

I swallowed my dry saliva with a nervous expression.

As soon as I tried to protest logically, the waiter cautiously said.

"So that young man can't get in."

"......what?"

The person he pointed at was Diel.

Diel is also the top of Perelleman, so he was not dressed casually. But that doesn't
mean you're as completely aristocratic as I am.
It wasn't even.

"He, though..."
I caught a glimpse of Diel.

His pupils were shaking wildly.

'Sorry, Diel. I have no choice.'

I tried to put on a calm expression.

' You must be there.'

After looking into his eyes for a moment, I said arm in arm.

"He's my servant."

Diel's expression fell apart, and I said clearly.

"Can't you let the escort in and take the servant?"

"Oh, are you part of Lady?"

I asked the waiter's polite question in a sharp way.

"Then, don't tell me..."

I didn't forget to snort once.

"Maybe you'll be friends?"

I could feel Diel shaking from the side.

"Then......if anything goes wrong, she may be responsible."

"Don't worry about that."

Sadly, it was a situation that had to break the pride of the last D.I.L.

"He's a very good listener."

I couldn't bear to look at Diel and spoke haughtyly.

Only then did the waiter step aside and open the door.

Later on, I was at a loss how to soothe him, but I really couldn't help it.

From Diel's point of view, it would be better to see what happens than to remain
alone.

He didn't say anything but a big mouth.

As soon as I entered the cafe, I could find Prince Jade without difficulty.

He was quietly reading a book surrounded by a guard in the corner.

' As expected. '

He wasn't wearing an eye patch yet.

But as far as I know, the military doctor won't do it on time, and

eventually you'll lose your left eye sight completely before the end of the year.

' When I came to the Duke of Cerseus in the winter and wiped out the rebels, I had
one eye.'

Although I only saw it from afar, I remembered the black eye patch.

There is even a rumor that it was because of a wound that was taken lightly when the
pirates were swept away.

I skillfully ordered two cups of tea as I sat at the table next to the Crown Prince as
much as I could.

"Diel, sit opposite."

"......can I?"

Diel asked fatly. The corners of his mouth were sullen.

"Would a servant dare to sit across..."

Of course the rebellion was not long.

Because I bit my lower lip with my eyes wide open.

Eventually, Diel sat in front of me with his head down as if he were protesting.

But I couldn't help it.

There were waiters standing all over the store. If I was found to be a commoner, I
would be kicked out as I am.

"Eat comfortably. You're a servant like my friend."

"Yes, I'm not just a servant friend."

Elegantly taking a few sips of tea, I could see everywhere.

It seemed that the aristocratic spirits gathered in twos and threes were discussing
who I was.

I had to move on quickly before anyone could talk to me or get caught talking to me
as a commoner.

I made a hasty gesture to Diel, but he avoided my eyes.

Eventually I kicked Diel's knee under the table.

"Argh!"

When Diel shrieked unconsciously, I said in a huff.

"Oh, Diel! Are you okay? Does one eye hurt again? I gave you a prescription, didn't
I?"

And he stepped on his foot to say the next line as soon as possible.
Diel looked at me with rebellious eyes for a moment, and eventually nodded and
recited the lines I had told him earlier.

"Yes, Mr. Liche."

Of course, he knew that ordinary people were not allowed to enter the country, and
he showed his ability to change his application quickly to the next level.

"I think it's okay at times, but sometimes my eyes get cold and I can't see it for a few
seconds."

"Oh, you've got worse symptoms than I told you last time."

I sighed with a fuss.

Diel continued his line bluntly.

"When I can't see you for a few seconds, my head hurts and sometimes I feel dizzy."

"Did you take the medicine I gave you? Then it couldn't have gone like this."

"It's not like that from the beginning, it's just red spots everywhere......just following
the prescription of the local councilman."

I looked sideways to see the Crown Prince looking at us with his eyes off the book.

Diel faithfully continued the lines I told him to memorize.

"No, why didn't you listen to me? Then you'd have more and more invisible time."

I spoke seriously, opening up Diel's left eye in good shapely.

"And the inside of my eyes are poking."

"Yes, the local councilman prescribed Kellos Reagent, calling it Ichiya Eye Disease, so
I took it first."

"Oh, no. I knew it."

I shook my head with a limp.

"Ichiya, the initial symptoms are similar to eye disease, but they are completely
different. It can be even a real name."

"Is he?"

"When your eyes start to get cold, you have to make a new prescription."

"As expected."

Diel replied with a forced blink.

"Arga is a young woman who was taught by her own son Perelman."

The original line was 'Arga Ferrellmann's assistant. It was, but it was a good
adaptation of D.I.L.

I tried to smile with my eyes as a sign that I did well, but D.iel added coyly.

"Look at the eyes of a lowly commoner, and I don't know how to put myself in it, Mr.
Liche."

Of course this was not the line I taught.

' You'll be sulking for a long time......'

I decided to think later, and I recited my lines whether or not Diel did.

"Whenever this goes on, the prescriptions vary very carefully. So you have to tell me
in detail. You should have listened to me, not the local councilman."

I was not good at acting or lying.

So I was nervous to see if it was working well.

But finally, the crown prince at the table next door was seen saying something to
someone behind him.

I sat gracefully back in my seat, letting go of Diel's eyes that had turned upside down.
' There must be a huge line of medical staff around the Crown Prince.'

Sipping the car again, I put my beautifully trimmed hair behind my ears.

"But there's only one disease that I haven't known for more than half a year and
gradually go blind."

It was the Mestera Eye Disease.

There were only a couple of specialized books on ophthalmology that were treated as
extremely rare diseases.

I also didn't know before the regression, and it was a new disease I learned from the
Duke of Cerseus.

Among the books brought from Irvia by Perelman, there was an ophthalmic specialist.

It's been a long time since I've known an ophthalmic disease that I don't know well,
so I read it hard and knew it.

It was also a endemic disease in the southern part of the country, so the Empire's
military doctors were naturally unaware.

Perhaps when there was a slight injury to the left eye, it was likely that it was
transmitted by killing pirates who had Mestera eye disease unfortunately.

"You must have been caught in the harbor a while ago. It's bad luck among the
Southern seafarers with bad hygiene."

When I said it like a wedge, only then did a man behind the Crown Prince walk up to
me.

"Hey, Lady."

"What?"
I blinked at the white-haired man.

"My name is Keynes Rento Gibeloni, a Navy doctor."

"Oh... nice to meet you, Lord Keynes."

I grinned as I recalled the Duchess doing to Joaquin.

A military doctor, and if anyone is on his way, he is probably the Crown Prince's
doctor.

Bingo
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I learned manners from the maid, but I was a little confused because I
didn't know that I would be banned from entering the common people.

Like other stores, I thought they would filter out clothes.

Besides, if the store waiter finds out you're a commoner in the middle of a
conversation, you're about to be kicked out.

Fortunately, Keynes asked politely if something was wrong.

"Do you mind if we talk for a while?"

"Yes, I'm fine."

I nodded readily, and Keynes looked at Diel with still eyes.

Diel was quick to wake up with his own teacup.

' You meant Vicky.'

Keynes, who chased Diel away without saying a word, sat across from me and talked
calmly.

"I know it's rude to overhear Lady's conversation, but we couldn't help it because we
were in a hurry."

"Oh, do you."

"There's actually a patient who I judged to be Ichiya eye disease."

He didn't say he was the Crown Prince for security reasons.

"But as time goes by, the right prescription doesn't improve much."

"Oh, I see."

"I haven't heard of the rumor that the son of Arga Ferrellmann is teaching medicine
to someone..."
It wasn't very difficult to answer that.

"Oh... because you don't have any friends to talk about it in your personality."

"That's right."

Keynes nodded with immediate conviction.

"But how's he doing right now?"

I quickly changed the subject.

"Is this guy, or is he similar to his servant? The prescription is very different
depending on how far it's progressed."

I continued, ignoring Diel's slight sigh.

"Maybe a man named Mestera Eye Disease. It must be endemic to the coastal region.
The initial symptoms of Ichiya's eye disease are very similar. But one day, my eyes
start to sizzle."

I began to explain clearly.

"The herbs that need to be used are also..."

It was then.

Prince Jade, who seemed to be reading a book quietly, jumped up and slowly
approached me.

Keynes woke up immediately, so I followed him up.

"The Crown Prince."

I also pretended to be surprised by Keynes' embarrassing remarks and grabbed the

hem of my skirt slightly.

"I see the future of the Empire, the Crown Prince, who has brought great victories to
my people."

I said quickly, remembering the etiquette I looked up in the book in the morning.
' If I had known how to behave like a noble, rather than self-interest, I would have
studied the etiquette of the aristocracy more.'

"Sir Keynes."

Prince Jade smiled and spoke quietly.

"Let me explain the symptoms."

"Yes."

The symptoms explained by Prince Jade were exactly the same as those of
Messera's eye disease, which Diel recited.

According to the symptoms of progress, the 10th generation had already progressed
to the 3rd generation.

"Wait... can I check it out? Excuse me."

To make a diagnosis, it was important to see exactly.

I got up and asked for permission several times before looking closely into the
prince's blue left eye.

' What, why are you shaking your eyelashes like this? Is this your first time seeing a
doctor? '

After checking the condition of my pupils and iris, I grinned and stepped back. Then
he calmly spoke to Keynes.

"I'm sure. This eye disease is Mestera's eye disease, and it's in the fourth chapter of a
book called (Rare Eye Disease in Irvia)."

"Oh... was there such a book?"

"Yes, I also learned from Perelmann's own book. I'll lend it to you if you want."

Diel quickly rummaged through a large luggage and took out a book. It was a book
that I prepared in advance.

I stuck the book out to Keynes and said.

"I've been carrying this book all the time since I've been reading it lately. I don't have
it right now, but I don't have it.
Kaiser's book (eventually 3403 conquered diseases) also comes as an appendix to the
1487th disease."

"Oh, the book is in the palace."

"You'll probably believe it if you cross-check it out."

I thought it would be hard to believe the woman I saw for the first time, so I
deliberately didn't bring the book.

The book (eventually 3403 conquered diseases) is old, but it's quite famous and
everywhere.

However, there were very few people who looked at the appendix meticulously.

"It seems to me that it's already in the middle of the third generation... find the pink
envelope there and give it to me."

"Yes."

Diel rummaged through his luggage and handed me a pink envelope. The herbs
needed for the third stage were meticulously packed.

"It's... my servant has a similar disease, so I brought it to prescribe it for him, but he
didn't listen to me, so he's already in the fourth stage and it's useless."

Keynes opened his mouth and received a pile of herbs I gave him.

"If you're already in the middle of your third term, you won't be able to get it fast
until the rare herb. Use this."

I brought a lot of luggage because I didn't know how far it would have gone, but the
third generation was at the beginning.

"Hey, this is precious..."

"It's easy to get at the top of Ferrellmann. Don't feel pressured."

I grinned.

Keynes said with a light sigh.

"If the Crown Prince is indeed a Mestera-eye disease, the Empire owes Lady a great
debt."

"What? If you're a doctor, of course you have to share your knowledge with each
other."

"We also thought it was Ichiya's eye disease, but we were embarrassed by the
strange symptoms. Thank you very much."

' Just words? '

I drank tea with a gentle smile.

"Excuse me, Lady's name is... this book is a valuable book, so I'll have to give it back
to you."

I almost squirted tea at Keynes' words.

Come to think of it, I didn't reveal my name.

It is not difficult to say the name, but it has been embarrassing to pretend to be a
noble.

Besides, the conversation was not over yet, but I couldn't be dragged away by the
waiter.
So I decided to go over as far as I could.

"I think you can send the book to the Duke of Cerseus."

"Oh, are you staying there?"

"Yes, because Arga is the pupil of the son of Eate Perelman."

My assistant or pupil, I thought it was that and said it naturally.

The Duchess is the type of woman who never leaves the country, and the Crown
Prince, who returned to the Empire after five years, did not know the details of the
Duke of Sergius.

At the same time, I had a cold sweat, because it was revealed that I had done
nothing in front of the royal family, and if I went against the prince's spirit, I could
have been sentenced to death.

"Even so, noble spirituality has long been a part of a person's castle..."

The waiter's eyes next to our table turned into triangles.

Keynes' face also showed little doubt.

So I said quickly.

"Oh, you promised to be my godfather."

I could have agreed because I said I would lend you a loan last time.

It wasn't wrong. I just had to ask him to be a godfather now.

"Ah."

The godfather and godmother were aristocratic cultures, so of course they would now
consider me aristocratic.

It was important to go beyond this situation for now.

Later in the day, I was going to answer back that I never said I was a nobleman.
' I didn't lie. I just hid it a little.'

I was confident that I would go out shamelessly once I passed the situation.

And Keynes couldn't ask further questions. It was because Prince Jade, who was still
looking at me, talked to me.

"If Young-ae is right, I have overcome the crisis of blindness."

"......Oh, yes, that's right."

Keynes' eyes turned round.

I regretted a little bit in front of the royal family, but I couldn't help it.

"If you have a reward you want, tell me anything."

"Yes, I do."

It was like coming to a free city for this one word.

' It was good! '

I looked into his blue eyes.

In his previous life, he was sentenced to death without giving him a chance to see
him so closely.

It was literally a man of enormous position.

I felt my cheeks burning hot at the thought of achieving my goal.

"Later, after a while, I'd like you to give me a chance to get to know the Crown
Prince."

"It's not difficult."

' Yes! Let me know how I can get to you quickly!'

"Then..."

My heart throbbed.

He looked at him with anticipated eyes, and sadly he slowly stood up slowly.

"See you later."

' What, what? '

I blinked my eyes.

'Is this it?'

No matter how hard the country was, there was no gall to stand up and take people
out of the store.

'When the hell later?'

I sat in a daze because something was missing.

Only after the prince's crowd had escaped, Diel staggered into a chair as if he had
been relaxed.
41

Jade left the store with Liche at the back, with her shoulders stretched out with
dignity, and entered the next to her.

"Whoa... Whoa..."

He sat in the corner again, opened the book, and his hands were shaking slightly.

"I'm sorry."

Keynes immediately bent down.

"Our carelessness caused us to fail to serve you very well, and we were in trouble..."

Jade murmured blankly, unable to hear Keynes.

"I... I didn't make any mistakes, did I?"

"What?"

"Woman, was it natural to talk to a girl?"

No one noticed, but the title of Jade's hard-working book was (a white paper for
returning soldiers who were not in a good relationship).

The book was gaining huge popularity among the navies these days.

"As little as you can, if you think you're going to stutter, get up first before you see
anything ugly......... I did this book."

Keynes could only then realize why Jade left the cafe where she was fine.

In fact, when he woke up so suddenly and headed to the cafe next door, where the
atmosphere was similar, he was serving the Crown Prince. All the attendants were
quite embarrassed.

"Your Majesty said that the women of the capital would all stand in line if she
returned from the war."

Jade had a fiancee who had only seen her face a couple of times since she was a
child.

In many ways, it was a good marquee's wedding, but it was a young love who was
undergoing restoration for most of the time due to his weak body.

He spent his childhood in consideration of his sick fiancee, not getting close to his
aristocratic young children.

Meanwhile, rumors have become strange, especially among aristocratic young lovers.
He likes women very much.
I won't.

And then, as soon as he reached adulthood, he went to the southern coastal area to
clean up the pirates.

Of course, no one knew that it would take five years to clean up pirates, which was
supposed to be simple.

And shortly after he went out, his weak fiancee died.

I mourned a little because I had a short relationship, but as time went by for five
years, I was forgotten about the past.

And the empress's last letter said, "When I get back to the capital, I'll find my new
fiancee. If you come back after winning" ,the women will stand in line.

The problem was that he had not had a proper conversation with his next girl until
now.

He disliked operations and meetings in favor of random battles.

The rumor spread strangely again, and the women didn't talk at all because they
thought he hated women.
So I had never had a proper conversation with women soldiers.

' Now I can talk to a woman outside of a boring battlefield......'

In the free city where I came to play with a big heart, I settled in a cafe full of
aristocratic spirits, but no one talked to him.

In fact, everyone was waiting for him to talk to them first, but Jade didn't notice.

"The Crown Prince must not really like women..."

"You don't give me a glance."

"He brutally slaughtered the pirates. I'm scared, too...."

Jade never dreamed that such rumors were circulating among aristocratic young
children.

In the meantime, a green dress lady sat at the table next to him, where everyone
didn't dare to sit.

He is so nervous that he and Keynes are perfectly reciting the symptoms of eye
disease that he and Keynes have been agonizing over.

When he came to his senses, he was sitting in front of the girl and telling her
symptoms.

"Wait... can I check it out? Excuse me."

When she approached him quietly and looked into his eyes, his heart began to pound.

It was my first time being so close to a woman.

The gentle gesture of looking into his eyes seemed to give off a sweet scent.
Looking at her round green eyes shook me.

And when she said she would do me a favor because she was grateful, she looked
shyly red and looked very happy.

' Do you have a crush on me? '

Is this the green light from "the white paper of a poor return soldier!"

"Later, after a while, I'd like you to give me a chance to get to know the Crown
Prince."

' I guess that's right! '

Jade barely pressed her heart that was about to burst and said she would know as
well as she could.

And I left the cafe because I thought it would make things worse.

He nonchalantly seated in the cafe next door said to his deputy.

"I want to know which family the Duchess of Serious, a lady named Liche, belongs
to."

"Liche?"

"Yes, that's her name."

I didn't hear the family because it was a sudden conversation, but I knew the name
because I overheard it.

He remembered that the sprout pink-haired servant called him "Liche."

"You want to meet me, so you have to do me a favor."

"What?"

Jade was an unrivaled master in combat.

In other areas, however, it was simple to say well and short to say bad.

Keynes, who is well aware of the main character's tendency, opened his mouth to
absurdity.

"Of course it'll come at the victory banquet. I'll send you an invitation myself, even if
it's a family affair."

Jade's face glistened with hope after receiving a woman's favor for the first time in
her life.

"Well... if you say a direct invitation..."

"She's the first woman I've spoken to since the war, and she even has a crush on
me."

He smiled proudly and re-released (a white paper by a poor returning soldier).

I didn't read books well because I was bored, but it was worthwhile to start reading
them by force.

Just in time, the title of the chapter he had to read was as follows.

'A person who tends to fall in love quickly.'

***

[ I have an unavoidable situation. Be the Godfather. ]

After Prince Jade left, I wrote a short letter and immediately sent it to Perelman.

'Because Perelman is supposed to be my godfather.'

made it true to
Although it was not completely successful, the biggest purpose of coming to a free
city was to achieve it anyway.

"Liche, what the hell are you going to do?"

Diel was sarcastic as he stepped out into the street.

"I see something very helpful for you. You don't really want to forget that you're a
commoner and be a princess, do you? It's illegal. But you can't go to the side
room...."

"If you keep talking like that, I'll forget you're really a commoner and hit you very
hard, so I know."

When I shot back with a straight face, Diel quickly lowered his tail.

"......why did you take this risk?"

"What a risk."

I shrugged my shoulders.

"I just didn't know the store was banning commoners. Did I lie to you? Oh, of course
I hid a little bit."

"Ha, but..."

"What is the meaning of a free city? A commoner, whether he is a nobleman or a

royal family, is a place where free conversation does not fall under the law."

"Well, it's true, but the reality is... no, it's fine."

"All I had to do was not punish them."

Don't tell the benefactor who blocked his real name that he simply violated the store's
rules.

No, it was highly likely that Prince Jade didn't even know that the store was blocking
commoners.
It's up to the subordinates to handle it.

"I thought I had the right to know you at the time I wanted."

I sighed and murmured.

"But when you're in a hurry, you might have a chance to have a conversation with
him, saying he's the one who fixed your eyes."

It was not that there was no income at all because there was a very small possibility.

"Let's get going. Oh, I just bought a present for Eran."

"Gift?"

"Yes, it's been a while since you've been here. I have about 500 gold."

Diel's brows frown.

"Didn't I give you 5000 gold?"

"But that's all I have left."

I was not a nobleman and I couldn't use the check carelessly.

"You're not the one who can't buy anything because you don't have enough money,
so you can just put your mind to it.......... is there anything okay, Die?"

"What the hell does a servant know. You must have a poor eye."

"It was an inevitable situation. You know."

"Yes, the servant must understand."

Perhaps the upset of a moment ago came to mind again, Diel poked his mouth out
and grumbled.

'Oh, I'm afraid it'll last long.'

I sighed lightly.
42

When Eran arrived at the Duke, the western sky was already sunset.

"Uh, uh?"

The Duchess said it was time for Lice to come and ordered the bodies of Hans and
Esther to be left.

Joaquin, who was unawares at the gate, turned his head unconsciously and was
stunned.

"Gong......little man?"

That can't be true, but the man running in a black horse looked exactly like the Duke
of Sundae.

He is tall and has strong features.

"Sir Joaquin."

With a glowing sunset behind him, the young man looked down and grinned. A low,
deep voice rang.

"Long time no see."

Joaquin was an old man who had been through a lot, but at that moment he was
surprised and couldn't help but open his mouth.

Although he resembles the Duke of Sundae, his cool eyes, which were placed under
the thick eyebrows, resembled the Duchess.

"Wait, don't tell me... do you happen to..."

It took some time to accept it as a heart, even though I knew it by my head.

"Is that you, Eran?"

Eran nodded insincerely on the black horse.

Joaquin's pupils shook wildly.

Five years ago, he was an impractical and cute little boy who was less than his
shoulder.

However, he was now a young man who was more threatening than the Duke.

"Why did you come alone? I, the rest of the Knights and the people who use it...."

"I left it because I was so tired of the long voyage."

He spoke low with an indifferent expression.

Joaquin was about to harden by his completely different way of speaking.

"It's just a distraction to come quickly anyway. But ........."

Eran's eyes pointed at the bodies of Esther and Hans.

"It's been a long time since my father passed away and I was confused. Hanging the
body on the wall."

asked Eran with a calm look, twisting his head.

"What happened?"

"That's...."

Joaquin began to answer politely without realizing it.

The body of this man is a person who impersonates Lice's biological father, and there
was help from this woman who was a maid.

He did not know why or why, but he concluded that it was a fraud targeting Lice's
wealth, who lives well in the Duchy.

Eran's eyes flashed coldly after hearing what had happened to Lice.

His hand rolled up the reins, and he had a bloodline on his arm, where the fine
muscles settled.

Eran murmured, looking down at the almost ragsy corpse.

"......you've killed him so beautifully."

"Yes, yes?"

Joaquin stuttered unconsciously. The already heavy atmosphere subsided in an

instantaneously.

"Your limbs are fine."

It was a remark that was uttered, but it was a tone full of disapproval.

Joaquin almost said, 'I'm sorry.'

I was suffocated when I saw him with sensual eyes even though he said such cruel
things.

I felt like I was dreaming if the little boy was really right when this young man came
to me five years ago to learn about the sword.

The depressed little prince, who seemed unable to kill a single insect, is now what the
hell.

Even the Duchess, who is her biological mother, felt that she could not easily adjust.

Shadows hung long behind him, facing the red sky.

"Then, see you later."

Eran spoke to Joaquin as if he were throwing a horse into the castle.

For some reason, the back looked urgent.

***

Joaquin was not the only one embarrassed by his unexpected early appearance.

"Oh, I see."

The Duchess had to look at Eran's face sitting in front of her and be overcome by a
sense of separation.

The Duchess felt somewhat embarrassed when she left the Knights and the people in
the harbor and ran alone to dinner alone with her son who came to the Duchess in a
day.

"So... I went to a free city."

"Yeah, I ordered you to clean up the body when it was time to come. I don't think I'm
going to show it to Liche."

It was unfamiliar to say that he was his own son because of his elegant features and
decadent energy.

I'm sure it's exactly the same as the leader's maneuver as I hoped, but the gap
between childhood and age was so big that it would take some time to adapt.

It was a long way from the painting of the reunion painted by the Duchess.

Her first reunion in five years, she thought, 'Hard work, lonely, holding her fragile son
back from the Knights and the use. But you grew up well,' he said, patting me on the
back.

' You grew up well. But you grew up well, right?'

Eran didn't seem to have suffered much, nor was he as miserable as he used to be.

If he had, he couldn't have grown so robustly.

"You couldn't open your mouth after all."

"One said he didn't know if he died, and the other bit his tongue before he did
anything, so there was no way.

"Have all the officials looked for it."

The Duchess felt strangely questioned by her son.

She was the only one who felt strange, and even the servants who had been cooking
with his low voice were very nervous.
"One was a vagrant and had no family, and one was from a foreign country, so there
was no more room to trace."

"Oh, that's why it's over with only the two of them."

Eran cut the steak and spoke low.

"That's very elaborate."

As he moved the knife without hesitation, red blood came out of the steak.

"To gloss over the simple reason that it is to eat away from the beloved employees of
the peacock."

"Well, yeah."

The memory of Eran was stopped five years ago by everyone working on the Peacock.

Therefore, even the maids waiting in the restaurant were so busy freezing and
exchanging their eyes.

How the baby master's way of speaking changed when he didn't eat properly, and he
was so skinny and drooping his shoulders with a sullen expression.......

The maids also said that they became too handsome when they first saw Eran, and
that their eyes were cheerful.

But when he opened his mouth with an eerie expression, they all became ice sheets.

"It's all because I have a lot of enemies. Liche said maybe it's just to push someone
else into his place...."

"That's a reasonable inference."

For the first time during the meal, Eran's face was lightly smiled.

"How's Lice doing?"

"Of course, you've grown really pretty. Still smart, cute."

The atmosphere of the conversation has finally softened.

"We knew you would arrive in three days, so Liche would be very surprised to come
back. He'll be back soon."

"I see."

"Be sure to say hello even if it's late. When you were a kid, Liche took care of you a
lot."

"Yes."

The answer was short, but when she saw his expression brightened, the Duchess
smiled relievedly.

"What can I do to get an adult alone? He couldn't even take care of the coming-of-
age ceremony himself...."

"What's the point of that?"

When the talk of Lice was over, he lowered his eyes and spoke indifferently again.

"It's important that I'm of age."

"Yes, if nothing special happens, I'll take over the duke."

The Duchess laid her fork on a plate half empty and looked at her son with the same
eyes.

"I want to discuss something before that."

Her voice sank calmly.

"You can talk slowly, but since the topic has come up."

"Speak."

"Thanks to Liche, I'm as good as I've ever been. I don't know what would have
happened if it weren't for Liche in five years without you."

"It's the same for me."

"With this incident, I realized that I really thought of Liche as a family."

Eran nodded indifferently.

Anyway, after Lice's talk, the atmosphere of the conversation was generally soft.

"I thought I was doing anything, but I wanted to do more."

"Yes, please."

"So......"

The Duchess took a sip of water and continued.

"I want to adopt Liche as my adopted daughter."

"......what?"

Click.

Eran put the knife down.

"I want to give her the castle of the nobility. I think I've done that much for Serious."

The Duchess, who did not notice that Eran's eyes were completely changed, said.

"From now on, I will not only raise them more precious than anyone else, but also
marry other nobles who are not ashamed of themselves ...."

"No."

Eran stared coldly at his mother.

"Never."
43

The present I chose was a shirt after all.

A shirt of 500 gold was quite luxurious. We didn't even have enough budget to buy
more luxury goods anyway.

The reason why I chose the shirt was because I didn't need to see the detailed
design.

Of course, Eran was a big nobleman who didn't have to wear ready-made clothes, but
the more he wore inside, the better.

Besides, it's just a welcome gift and a souvenir, but it doesn't mean much.

"What's the size of the gift recipient?"

"Slightly dry..."

I replied thinking of Eran, 19, in my memory.

Originally, it was a skinny bear, so I had to buy the smallest shirt here.

However, given that he grew up in the southern part of the country without
Weatherick, it seemed that he would not have been left with bones.

In addition, I concluded that I don't have to buy the smallest size because it didn't
hurt much.

"You're not that tall, but you're not that tall, but you're like Diel here."

"Then this should be enough."

The clerk said kindly, packing a shirt slightly smaller than the average size.

"We can exchange sizes anytime, so don't worry."

"Yes, thank you."

It seemed a little loose to wear Eran in memory, but it was still a choice considering
that he had been healthy.
Of course I had to let go of Diel's anger all the way to Duchy.

"You stepped on my last pride."

"But there was nothing we could do about it."

"I believed you were a friend."

"I'm back as a friend."

"But you don't know when you'll turn into a friend of mine."

"Then we can turn into friends again."

Having been determined to go for a few days in the first place, I patiently assuaged
him.

It was when I arrived at the Duchess that I and Diel stopped talking.

As soon as I got off the carriage, the maids came up humming.

"Lady, Eran is here."

"What?"

I asked in bewilderment.

"I'll be back in three days..."

"You ran early alone."

"Oh, my."

My heart seemed to sink with a thump.

"As expected, you've painted a lot of houses in the South..."

I felt bad to think of a 13-year-old lonely kid who was hanging on to Wederick.

' If it was lonely and hard, I would have run alone as soon as I arrived at the port.'
I felt guilty for being the one who sent me away knowing I wouldn't be able to reach
him for five years.
It came out as

"She's eating at the restaurant with her."

"Oh, really?"

"I think you're having dessert by now."

I hesitated for a moment and decided to head straight to the restaurant. I also
missed Eran after a long time.

' Don't you think Eran wants to see me, too? But you followed me so well
as a child.'

"Liche, are you going straight to the restaurant?"

"Uh."

I said to Diel with a grin.

"Put me some luggage in the lab."

"Yes, I'll follow your orders..."

"Please, my friend."

Having made Diel's mouth in all-around language, I often began to walk alone.

His shoes were so high that he couldn't make it fast, but he was light on his feet
running down the hall.

' I'm sure you're all grown up, but I'm going to feed you this and that so you can feel
better now......'
It was when I entered the hallway where the restaurant was filled with excitement,
wondering if I could hug him or pat him on the head like before.

The door was not closed, so I heard a conversation between the Duchess and Eran.

"No."

It was the first low, cold voice I heard.

Of course, it was expected to have undergone a metamorphosis period for five years,
but it was too low than expected.

It was strange, but anyway, it was coming from the restaurant, so Eran's voice was
clear.

"Never."

Well, come to think of it, I've never heard the voice of an adult Eran before.

"Giving Lice the last name of Cerseus, the adopted daughter...."

I stopped at the end of the hallway.

"It's the most terrible thing I've ever imagined."

Fortunately, no maids found me yet.

I stood still and listened to the following conversation.

"And besides... what? A betrothal with another noble? Lice?"

"Don't you understand how I want Liche to stay this rich and easy? She's coming of
age this summer, too!"

The Duchess's tone was mixed with flamboyant anger.

"I've said a few times that I really think of Liche as a daughter..... and how much she
cared and cared for you, what would she be so ungrateful about?"

I felt the tension between the two even if I didn't see them.
"Didn't you get along so well as Lice and Onu when you were young?"

I stood still when I realized what was going on at once.

Of course, I would have freaked out and refused even if the Duchess offered to adopt
her daughter.

But as the Duchess said, what's the point of being so serious? It would be enough to
just say that you're in trouble without getting angry.

"What do you mean Liche and Onu? Ha......no, that nonsense..."

How creepy his voice was, I could see his expression without looking at his face.

"I've never thought of Liche in such a ridiculous way."

"You, you ..... how,how,not anyone else,but Lice,have made you so healthy"

The Duchess's voice rang painfully in the silence.

"You scumbag, I've brought you up so shamelessly!"

"......"

"......well, yeah. I couldn't raise them at all, but anyway...."

"What a good daughter, what a bad sister. If you're going to make that
noise, I'll get it done as soon as possible."

I came to see Eran's face, but I knew I wasn't supposed to show up at the restaurant.

"I don't want my mother to think of such a terrible waste."

I stood still and slowly turned around and headed for the lab.

The lab was organizing all the herbs that Diel had taken to the free city.
"Huh?"

Diel opened his eyes round as he looked at me earlier than expected.

"Have you met Eran yet?"

"Ah."

I flopped down in my chair, throwing down the gift box I had bought for Eran on my
desk.

"He's having a serious conversation with her."

"Really? But you and Eran really like you. Doesn't it matter?"

"Still..."

I shrugged at Diel's words.

"It wasn't in the mood for the common people."

Of course, it was ridiculous to give Cerseus his last name.

'But you didn't have to be so serious and angry.'

As expected, for five years, Eran must have been psychologically distant from me.

'How lonely and lonely it must have been to run alone, leaving all the users behind as
soon as they stepped on the empire's land......'

But it was also a natural prescription as a doctor.

No matter how much the baby cries, it was the doctor's responsibility to let go of the
injection.

' Yes, doctor and employee, commoner and aristocrat. I guess I was so attached to
him when I was young.'

I crossed the subject because he held hands and put me to sleep every day.

For five years, the Duchess cared about me like a real daughter, so I didn't know my
place.

I've always been wary of being a nobleman just by wearing nice clothes and living
comfortably.

'One time is enough to forget what to do.'

I bit my lower lip thinking about a few days ago when I briefly broke my guard over
the thought that I might find my biological parents.

' There's no more cute little Eran. I'm the employer who should serve you right.'

I started organizing the health supplements I had made.

I wasn't too disappointed to accept the fact.

It was hard to imagine being adopted by the Serious family anyway. I could do a
good job of keeping public affairs.

"Liche."

Diel tilted his head as he cleared the herbs with me.

"So you came straight to the lab without changing your clothes."

"You're trying to help me clean up."

"You don't have to help me..........we're not even friends."

"Ah....... Diel."

I squinted and clung to him, holding his arm.

"You know the situation. I couldn't help it. Tell me a few times."

Please, I slightly waved my arms held with both hands, hoping that the end of this
end wouldn't last until tomorrow.

"How can I think of you like that? I think it's part of acting."

Diel didn't let go of his sulky expression and pretended to be me.

"Well, maybe we'll be friends?"

My face was funny when I lowered my eyes in a haughty way, so I barely held back
my cheeks as I burst out laughing.

"Oh, Diel."

"Don't worry. He's a very obedient kid."

I'm not good at acting even if I think about it, but the acting of that time worked out
well.

"It was so natural to say that."

At Diel's sly reenactment, I took a step closer to him, holding back my laughter.

"You know, I'm..."

Then someone knocked on the door of the lab.

I thought I was one of the maids, and I didn't turn my eyes on Diel and thoughtlessly,

replied.

"Oh, come on in."

The door opened, and I continued to say to Diel, and slowly turned my head.

"......you, uh... what?"

Diel, who looked at his opponent, was also stiff.

The man's eyes at Diel were so icy that I couldn't even say hello first.

"If you get too big and stare at me like that after you come, I might really faint."

"I don't think you'll be that tall. So don't faint."

Without realizing it, I erased my laughter and muttered to Diel.

"Don't faint, Diel."

And I quickly took off my hand hanging from his arm. It was the same movement as
instinct.

"......please."
44

Diel bowed down quickly to Eran and left before I could say anything. It
was that something urgent suddenly happened.

The obvious excuse was a visible exit.

' I can't believe you two are so cheap.'

It was disgusting, but I thought it was something that I didn't faint.

"Eh, is that you, Eran?"

I got up carefully and put my hands together.

In many ways, it was far from my thought of reunion.

Having managed to infer his identity from his childhood features, I pressed my
confused feelings.

No, it wasn't Eran at all before the regression I remember.

I thought he would have been a little taller than me at best, but he was tall enough to
look up.

'As expected, the South must be a really interesting land......... as a strange grass
grows, people grow taller than expected.'

Furthermore, how wide his shoulders were, it became ridiculous to hold him tightly
from behind as before.

Now that we've changed the future, it's natural for Eran to change, but I didn't expect
it to change this much.

My body stiffened with the feeling of seeing others.

"Liche."

He smiled radiantly.

I was embarrassed when I saw the tail of my eyes suddenly bending attractively.

"I really, really missed you."

As if he had ever stared at Diel as if he were about to kill him, he strode in front of
me and grabbed my hand.

Looking at him like this, he was big, but his friendly tone seemed to be the same as
before.

"Why are you so beautiful? It's much prettier than I imagined."

"Uh... I'm just trying to decorate it today. Tomorrow will be different."

His hands were big and thick enough to cover my hands. Once upon a time, I was so
small and thin that I could hold on to it...

"And... were you originally this small? So cute......."

"Don't you think Eran's grown up? That's an objective fact."

Responding calmly, I managed to pull out my strangely hot hand. Then I blinked and
asked.

"Uh... are you feeling well? Have you been sick for five years?"

"Thanks to you, I've always been healthy. No seizures, no sudden fever, no collapse."

He gave me a deep smile, handing over my hair.

The soft and sweet voice was completely different from the threatening tone I heard
at the restaurant earlier.

"Thanks to you, Liche."

Of course that was right.

"I will never forget it. All my life."

"You've been alone in a strange place for five years, and you must have been very
lonely."

"It was really hard."

He stared me in the eye.

"That's why I feel like I'm going to fly away."

It was daytime to look up at him, so I avoided looking.

The conversation was similar to when I was with Eran in the past, but I
thought I needed some time to adjust.

No matter how sweet and welcoming she was, she felt completely different from a
child who was whining but was close to me.

I felt strangely awkward and nervous.

I had to admit once again that he was now a very different person.

He was the true owner of the Duke of Cerseus.

A person who has the right to refuse a doctor's appointment with a single knife,
saying that he cannot be appointed to a duke's family.

"How happy I am to be back like this... you have no idea."

"Yes, well, actually I don't have to guess."

In a free city, Diel couldn't even enter a cafe because he was a commoner.

Eran and I now had a huge status gap.

The nobles and commoners could not marry each other legally, nor could they talk to
each other first when they met on the street.

As much as his changed appearance, he was now of age.

It's different from when I used to hang out without hesitation.

No matter how much he treated me like before, I had to know my place and keep my
line.

It was no place to nag at me to run or eat more as before.

"Anyway, congratulations on your late age..."

"Oh, yeah."

A slow reply came back.

"I've been wanting to be nineteen for a long time."

He stared at me and laughed.

"So I love it."

I felt strangely cool down my back.

Looking at him, who seemed to have nothing to say or want to go out, I kindly asked
him.

"You're here to say hello to me, aren't you?"

"Of course I came to see you."

"You must be tired from the long journey. Go get some rest."

"The maids are still cleaning my room."

He said without moving at all.

"I guess you didn't know I was coming today."

"Yes... well, no one knew."

"Why are you still in the lab? Aren't you going to your room?"

"I'm going to organize something. Diel was helping, but now he's running away."
"Do I help you?"

"No!"

I jumped and shook my head.

"What are you saying..."

"Where should I put this?"

Eran said, picking up the gift box I had thrown at random. It seemed to anyone that it
seemed to be an unrefined object.

The eyes of Er, who was looking at the top of the gift box, narrowed.

"Men's... shirt? Why is this here?"

"Seo, I bought it as a gift."

He slowly raised his head.

"......who's present?"

It was a very slow question.

I sighed a little in embarrassment.

"Mr. Eran."

"It's mine?"

"Yes, I bought it from a free city today. "It's late, but it's a celebration of the coming
of age, and it's a welcome return to the castle."

Suddenly, Eran's face was full of laughter.

And the bright smile was so pretty that I was surprised.

I look at myself with sparkling black eyes and a look of joy and death.
added quickly.
"By the way!"

"By the way?"

"I don't think I can give it to you right now."

"Why?"

"Well, the size... I bought the wrong one."

I didn't expect it to be this big.

I didn't buy the smallest size because I thought I'd grow up well...

I reached out to him who was already holding the gift box tightly.

"Please, I'll change it next time I leave."

"No."

He shook his head.

"It's a welcome gift from Liche, and I'll keep it for the rest of my life."

"What the hell are you doing with your shirt?"

"Then I'll wear it."

"You won't be able to wear it."

"You can wear it somehow."

He stepped away from me as if he could never take it away, then unpacked the box
and pulled out his shirt.

It was a white shirt without any design, but he admired it with his eyes that he was
ecstatic.

"Oh, I love it, Liche."

"Uh... there must be more than ten of these similar shirts in her closet. Those are the
ones that go well together."
"It's going to fit in well, too. Look."

"Mr. Eran!"

He started unbuttoning the shirt he was wearing.

I screamed in surprise, but he took off his coat without hesitation.

'Look at me. Me, crazy.'

Looking at his upper body, where his fine muscles are firmly established, I no longer
stopped him.

The open body was quite nice to see.

My shirt in his hand looked literally too small to be embarrassed.

"Look."

I stared blankly at him tucking himself into the little shirt.

"It's a good."

When he put his arms together, he could hear the seams already starting to tear
apart.

"You look good..."

The button could not be fastened and flew far away.

"Oh, no. Every button is precious......."

I shook my head on my forehead.

"...... I'm sorry. I bought the wrong one."

"What are you talking about, Liche. You're never bad at it."

"........."
"It's wrong that my arms are long. The problem is that the back is too wide. You did
well, but I'm the problem."

I said blankly as I saw him wearing a shirt that didn't even button properly.

It was hard to take his eyes off his bare body, which was not covered by his shirt.

He was desperately trying not to tear his clothes. Of course, I tried not to forget my
duty.

"Get some rest... and I'll do some tests tomorrow."

"Inspection?"

"......yes, no matter how healthy you have been, you don't know what the problem
is."

For example, a head...

45

4. My shining person

The day after Eran came, I called him to the lab to check various conditions.

I had to see if I had recovered well for five years.

While extracting blood with a syringe and detecting various reagent reactions, Eran
was just smiling at me.

To be honest, I was cute when I was young, but now I am happy to see my smiling
eyes.

'It's so different from what I remembered......... it's so unfamiliar that it's a complete
stranger.'

Of course, I tried to wear the shirt I gave again, so there was a process of
compromising by "keeping it precious."

If he wore the shirt, everyone would doubt if I had done his intelligence test properly.

"As expected... you're really healthy now."

All tests showed that Eran was "very healthy."

'Oh, I'm still proud.'

My heart overflowed as I looked at his open shoulders and arms with fine muscles.

' When I was a kid, I avoided raising them again...'

The old days of taking all the healthy medicine and patting me every night passed by.

Thanks to me, every time I saw a completely cured patient, it was many times the joy
I felt.

Of course, the first time I saw him, I was so surprised by his unexpected appearance
and saddened to hear him tell me that he wasn't on the same wavelength as I was...

"The detoxification of the soft grass must have worked."

This time again, the corners of my mouth kept touching me with pride that my
diagnosis and prescription were correct.

"It must have worked."

He stared at me with his chin on his chin. It was as sweet as a long time ago.

"Someone's prescription."

"That's right."

I answered quickly because it was right.

"But just in case, we need to do one more thorough examination when the seasons
change. You've been in a warm place, and a cold wind may change your condition."

Originally, when Eran became of age and inherited the duke, he tried to leave, but
now that it has become this way, he has decided to serve the post-processing.

Even if Baron Isider and Weatherick are taken before that, let's look at the condition
until autumn and see if it's okay to get cold.

'Because the rebels are starting to show up in the fall......... there's no possibility that
Erando will lose his estate if he holds on until then?'

This fall. The rebels, who had just opened the assembly after adulthood, had to
forget.

"Did you sleep well yesterday? How was your meal?"

As I looked at the reagent reaction, I asked wildly.

"I didn't sleep well."

Somehow, however, Eran replied with a smile on his face.

"Maybe it's because the bed has changed."

I answered with a tilt of my head.

"Well... I always remember sleeping with you in that room."

"Shall we talk right away? I just held my hand."

"Umm... so I just want to sleep with you?"

"It's okay if you're healthy now and can't sleep for a few days."

I prevented Eran from being a child in advance. I don't know when I was young, but I
don't know what rumors will be if I sleep with my hands together now.

"Liche, it's a little cold. I've never seen him before, and he's like Perelman's own son."

Eran grumbled without hiding his disappointment.

Ferelleman's own creation.

I had a straight face at the words.

"Oh, my God, you're so mean to curse like that."

When I became an axe eye, Eran made a soothing expression.

"Are you angry? I'm actually pretty."

"That's true. But why are you staring at me like this?"

I took my eyes off the reagent reaction and spoke with discontent.
"I'm going to get a hole in the cheek."

"I've been wanting to see things I haven't seen in a while, so... were you
uncomfortable? Sorry."

He smiled shyly and looked around for nothing.

Many things have changed, but the gentle nature of listening to me well as a child still
seemed to me.

' Then you must have been really upset by the Duchess's words to bring me into
foster care, right? '

If he hadn't overheard the conversation that day, he wouldn't have known that he
could speak in such a cold tone.

While looking around, Eran pointed to the snacks in the preservation liquid and asked.

"But Liche, isn't that... a snack you took to me a long time ago?"

"Yes, Mr. Weatherick gave me."

"Is that still there? I told you not to eat it because it was going to rot."

"So I dipped it in the preservative."

I still haven't figured out the ingredients of that snack.

It would be easy if it was just a undiluted solution, but it was very difficult to infer
because the ingredients were mixed up while baking snacks.

The problem was that the snack was not endless.

After five years of smashing and testing, there were only two left.

"Anyway, Eran had it, and I should know the ingredients perfectly."

"As expected..."
Eran slowly held my hand tightly.

"......Liche is the only one who thinks of me the most."

The electricity rose strangely between fingers with fingers on their fingers. It was
strange to shake it off because I used to hold it first when I was young.

My shoulders flinched as my big thumb swept the back of my hand.

"Thanks to you, I lived."

His eyes glistened as if they were only visible to me, so I was embarrassed.

Well, as he said, I was the one who saved his life, and it was natural to thank me.

"What..."

Even so, it was his sincerity to draw the line between the common people
and the aristocracy.

' It's just a compliment to a good worker.'

No matter how friendly and gentle we were as young, I tried to turn my eyes away,
recalling that there was a clear wall between us.

"It's natural as a doctor. You don't have to be touched."

I slowly pulled out my hands, removed my alcohol cotton, and spoke as businessily as
I could.

"You can go now."

"I'd like to stay longer... but my mother will call me and I'll go. See you in the
evening."

"You don't have to look."

"May I see it."

Eran lowered his sleeve back and sighed to his feet.

After he left the lab, I stared at the reagent reaction again.

Fortunately, intelligence development was exactly normal. It seemed a little strange,

but everyone was a little weird, so I decided to understand.

Of course, I seemed to be the only one who thought Eran was in the normal range.

This is because after Eran returned, the atmosphere of the duchess became more
harsh.

The worst-case relationship between the Duchess and Eran also played a part.

Because of the maids in the restaurant, the conversation spread quickly throughout
the castle.

' For Heran's part, it could be.'

I was a party to this storm, and no one brought it up to me, so I kept my mouth shut,
but I could understand Eran.

The horse is the adopted daughter, and it makes sense to give the castle of the great
nobility to the orphan.

Still, Eran was kind and friendly to me, so I wasn't disappointed in him.

Regarding the five-year trip to another country, he even said, "Liche is a great doctor,
so you should listen to him."

So it was not a personal feeling to oppose the Duchess' proposal.

' Isn't it a reasonable choice to distinguish between public and private...'

When I carefully told Diel this afternoon, he shook his head at once.
"No, Liche."

Whether Eran's return was a shock, Diel no longer expressed his sorrow in the free
city.

"Leaving the matter, half a day after Eran's return, the whole castle became deadly."

"Really?"

"You don't know because you're stuck in the lab. If I do something wrong, I'm in the
mood to go to another world."

As I tilted my head, Diel hit my chest as if he was frustrated.

"Dearly said that he heard about Esther and Hans and that he needed to build up
more discipline in the castle."

"Isn't that obvious? Esther's been here for more than 10 years."

The boundary of Eran was fully understood because I was also almost certain that
Baron Ishider's limbs were clearly more present.

It was rather more reliable.

"But it's... Liche, you really don't feel it? It feels like I'm shrinking when I'm with
Eran?"

Somehow, Diel hesitated to speak out.

"......well, you're not as cute and small as you used to be, but you're easy, aren't
you? He smiles well, he's sweet."

I replied, recalling his shy smile.

"You're the only one in the castle who thinks so, Liche."

Diel gave up talking to me and sighed.

"I guess you don't know the unique pressure because Eran likes you."

"Isn't that obvious?"

I spoke with confidence.

"If it's unfair to look around, you can do a good job. It's because I'm so good at my
job."

"Then why don't you like me?"

Diel asked with his eyes wide open.

"It's... well."

There was only one reasonable inference.

"I've hated you for no reason since I was a kid. I don't think it's really your taste."

I didn't care much because Eran was actually sweet enough to me.

Furthermore, after reuniting, he grew up well as a person who knows how to draw the
line when necessary.

You've only grown up to be a typical, demanding aristocrat who likes capable users.

"But why are you here?"

To my question, Diel said with a smile.

"Your assistant said she'd come tomorrow. Just to let you know."

"Aaron Krillo?"

I asked back with glistening eyes.

"He's coming?"

It was hard to hide the laughter that was leaking out.

"Diel, please, I need to get you something."

"What is it?"

"50 bercalia seeds."

"What? I'm saving it. It's not difficult, but why on earth is that useless, sensitive
plant..."

I answered with excitement, flipping my hair neatly behind my ears.

"I need to see the ability of the new tide."

46

Before I go back, I mean, when I turned nineteen and I was a little bit.

Not long after he opened his parliament in the corner of the Duchy of Cerseus,
Wederick took over the Duchy.

One day, I suddenly got called in to someone who didn't care if it was the above
matter.

It was a young man with freckles and red hair.

"Are you the most famous doctor around here?"

"That's right."

"Then follow me."

They will not drag their livestock that they have raised in the same way.

I asked back in astonishment.

"What?"

"You've been sent to the infirmary in our army."

"What?"

When a stranger authoritatively ordered, I put my hand on my waist and argued.

"Then what about the congressman I run? And I'm not obliged to serve in the military
under my own law."

"We're in the army. Serious is now ruled by Wederick...."

"Give me an official letter."

"You'll take disciplinary action if you're hard on me. Now I'm your boss."

"What do you mean boss? I'm just dragging you out of nowhere, but I'm not kidding
you..."
But my words didn't carry on. It was because the young man drew a sword and held
it to my neck.

"Don't talk back cheekily and follow me if you waste your breath."

So I was sent to the rebel base following the sudden 'correlation'.

It wasn't until very later that I thought his name was Aaron Krillo, and I was. I found
out that I'm only a year older and I'm not in a great position.

Born in the fallen aristocracy, he joined the rebels and sought to raise his status.

But I was quite close to Wederick, and I was in a position to be in charge of this and
that.

"We're short of supplies."

When they arrived at the rebel base, most of the wounded were residents of the
Serious estate.

From the people I knew at the nursery to the ordinary guests of the assemblymen,
they were the ones who were kicked out like me.

I didn't have a proper meal, but I started doing my best with a sense of duty as a
doctor.

"There's not enough doctors. If you don't have a doctor, I'd like a helper."

The injuries that pour out every day were not enough to save me no matter how
much I was a genius.

But Aaron always ignored my words.

"You're a genius doctor, aren't you? Take care of yourself."

"I still haven't slept three hours a day."

Around that time, I was taking care of everything from sorting herbs to cleaning, so
my hands were all turned off.

Although there were no workers to clean up, hygiene at the clinic was the most basic,
so it was inevitable.

"Then cut it down to two hours."

"No, I'll give you something and tell you to fix it. At least give me a little kid to sort
out the herbs...."

"Where do you have the resources to attach to it now?"

Aaron lit his cigarette and spat.

One day I used to throw more annoying tasks.

"Wederick's fiancee is looking for a beauty reagent. You said you were a little famous
over there."

"What are you famous for? I made some of them for you because the noble lovers
who secretly visit us to."

"By this afternoon, anyway, hurry up and make it for a week."

It was absolutely ridiculous in the situation of a treatment center that lacked even ten
hands.

"I don't even have any herbs for my patients right now."

"You don't know what's important? You never know. Your fiancee is in a good mood
after taking your reagent, so she'll give you more money."

At the words, I had to sleep less and make a beauty reagent even though a person
was dying next to me.

I couldn't even say how miserable the feeling was.

However, I thought that I might be able to buy more bandages due to the increase in
subsidies, so I made a week's worth of money.

But what she heard from her fiancee was a brazen answer, 'Please do me another
week.'
Of course there was no such thing as a subsidy.

"She's the mistress of the peacock. Where is it that he likes you?"

"Does that make sense, now?"

When I trembled with anger, Aaron soothed me and said a word.

"But the treatment center you're in charge of has the highest rate of complete
recovery."

"I'm not completely cured. They're all people who need to rest. Why don't you send
him to the battlefield again?"

If it weren't for the patients, I would have let it all go and risked death.

But there were too many people who would die without me.

"You fool? Prince Jade is driving you right now. How can you afford to wait until
they're all fine?"

Of course Aaron wouldn't listen to me with his back.

"You're doing great right now, so just be that big. If you're unhappy, I'll talk to Duke
Weatherick."

I foolishly believed the words and waited again and again.

I speak to the Duke of Wetherick. It was due to the fact that they understood it as an
improvement in the treatment environment.

But what came to me a few days later was a citation with Wederick's name on it.

It was a piece of paper saying that he was at the forefront of treating and recovering
rebels more than anyone else.

'Oh, this is crazy......'

I used the useless citation to pack herbs in exactly eight equal parts.
At that time, there was even a shortage of supplies to classify herbs.

But there was a record of the citation, and when Prince Jade eventually took over the
land, Lice said, It was stuffed for 'Estelle'.

Without that citation, we might not have been sentenced to death.

' He's never been of any help in my life.'

So I couldn't forget Aaron Krillo's name.

***

"Hello."

The next day, Aaron stood in front of me and greeted me politely.

"I'm Aaron Krillso, your new assistant."

The freckles and red hair on the back of my nose reminded me of the old days.

"I'll take care of Mr. Lyche."

"Yes."

I spoke in a haughty way, spreading debt that I usually don't use.

"You'll have a lot of work to do. Can you do it well?"

"Yes, just order it."

Given that he must remain in the Duchess of Cerseus, he will not be in a position to
care about what he wrote and wrote.

"It's not official employment yet, and I'll start by deciding whether you're good at
your job or not."

My condescending way of speaking made me feel Diel blemish behind me.

"I am also in a situation where I was tested by my own son Perelman."

Of course, I answered all the questions without any hesitation.

Without knowing the situation, Aaron nodded his head with an expression of
understanding.

I handed over a pouch containing 50 vercalia seeds that I received from Diel.

"Make sure you bloom all 50 of the bercalia flowers. I'll give you ten days."

"......what?"

"Oh, and the greenhouse is a little messy. You know that bercalia flowers bloom well
only when the surroundings are clean. You'll have to clean up first."

Aaron was handed the seeds of Vercalia with a puzzled look on his face.

"But..."

"If you can't, get out."

Bercalia was a really tricky plant to bloom.

Water and fertilizer are needed every two hours, and as soon as you have any yellow
leaves, take them off.
I had to.

Only when the surrounding environment was close to sterilization, the buds could
form, and when bugs began to get twisted, they had to hold them one by one.

In a word, it meant that I had to keep sticking to the greenhouse and not sleep
properly and only look at the flowers.

But because it was so tricky and not very effective and pretty, the bercalia flowers
had little value in the market value.

He said he couldn't even pay for it anywhere.

"No."
Aaron replied with a stiff look.

"I'll try."

"For your information, if you can't fill 50 in 10 days, I'll increase the number by 10."

I said with a relaxed smile.

Then Aaron sighed slightly and murmured.

"But... you'd have to keep eating and sleeping in the greenhouse to bloom all those
flowers alone..."

"I'll set up a simple shower and a bed. You'll be able to eat there, too."

Seeing Aaron looking at me with a look like a devil made me feel better.

"Is there a problem?"

"......I can't sleep three hours a day..."

"I can sleep for two hours."

As expected, I answered immediately without any conscience, saying that a person

who has rolled knows how to roll.

Then I took a sneak peek.

"Do you happen to know anyone in the Duke of Cerseus?"

"Oh, no, there's no one."

"I see."

I smiled sweetly.

"If you grow all the flowers in the prescribed amount, you will be hired as a formal
assistant and enjoy a lot of authority and freedom. Just hang in there until you can
prove the value."

I didn't forget to add the fan by tapping it and folding it.

"Not only that, but I promise a huge reward."
47

"Did you hear that, Diego?"

I whispered to Diel after giving Aaron the seed and locking it in the greenhouse.

"Put me a portable shower, a bathroom, and a bed. The worse it is, the better."

I continued thinking about my welfare in the treatment center.

"The bed would be cheap enough to creak and hurt my back. Of course hot water
should not come out in the shower room. And the bathroom doesn't drain very well."

Even so, I was living in a much better environment than myself.

"Liche."

Diel replied as if he was sick of it.

"Do you have to go that far? It's not the amount I can do alone."

"Yes, that's all you have to do. There's a reason."

"Why?"

"I'm drawing a big picture, so look forward to it."

At the words, Diel shone with an expression that something interesting had happened
again.

"I'm sure you know someone in the Duke of Cerseus."

"I told you I didn't you?"

"So it's a lie."

I grinned with my arms folded.

"We need to catch it."

The plan is to take one spy and catch the other!

"Then... the man named Aaron Krillso..."

"Yes, it's a human being like Esther and Hans."

"What?"

Diel's expression hardened. He also clearly remembered the mess at that time.

"How did you know?"

"It's always the same. I knew it because I was smart."

My answer convinced Diel right away.

I looked at Diel and spoke seriously.

"To do that... Diel, I'm sorry, but I need to keep an eye on you. I beg you."

"What surveillance?"

"Don't let me contact anyone in the name of help. We can take turns attaching the
trustworthy people at the top of Perelleman."

I set the conditions carefully.

"Instead, never talk to me. You have to do repetitive work and push it to half-crazy
with loneliness."

"Yes."

Diel answered with excitement.

"I'm going to go and watch it from time to time to time to time. Can I talk to you?"

"Yes."

I grinned and nodded.

"It's okay because you're my friend. Especially."

At the words, Diel made a look as if all his disappointment had been lost in the free
city.
 ***

While Lice was interviewing Aaron, the maneuverability was quite noisy.

The knights and users who went with Eran came back.

The Duchess, who had originally prepared for a grand welcoming ceremony, was
already confused by Eran, who had returned quickly alone, and others who followed a
day later.

Eventually, it passed without welcoming ceremony, but Eran did not care
much.

"It's never been so important."

Eran spoke insincerely to Zikel.

"But why did you come so fast? You said it would take three days."

"Heran left first, and how come we're stalling. I came as far as I could."

Zickel sighed and asked.

"So... were you happy to come a day earlier?"

"Yes."

Eran's expression remained unchanged, but Zickel noticed that he was in a very good
mood.

"I love it."

He wiped his chin with satisfaction.

While looking around Eran's room, which had not changed much, Geckel noticed a
torn shirt on the bedside and tilted his head.

"What's that? Do you want me to throw it away on my way?"

"If you want to give up your life, do it."

Eran picked up the papers piled up on her desk and murmured eeriely.

"It's the most precious thing in the castle."

"Uh... yeah, well."

Geckel didn't want to ask why. However, I felt once again about the failed personality
education.

"But if someone thinks like you, they'll see blood that doesn't matter. I'll have my
servant make a private glass showroom. Thank you for pointing it out."

Zickel didn't have to answer the question because the Duchess came in with a knock.

Since dinner last night, the relationship between the two hats has been cold, and the
rumor has spread throughout the castle.

So Zickel didn't have any intention of getting in between the two.

As expected, the big welcoming ceremony was over, and Zickel bowed and resigned.

As soon as Zikel left, the Duchess sat in front of Eran and folded her arms.

"Yes."

Her voice was still cold.

"Have you seen everything?"

"Yes."

Eran answered calmly in the pile of papers.

"It wasn't difficult because it wasn't much different from what I learned in Irvia."

What the Duchess handed over to Eran was the details of the management of the
territory.

Now that Eran had passed the age of man, he was going to receive the duke formally
once he had mastered all this.
"If you think you're ready enough, let's have the inauguration in ten days."

According to imperial law, the title could only be formally inherited by adulthood.

When he gathered his family members and relatives to hold an inauguration

ceremony and report to the emperor, Eran was finally the Duke of Cerseus.

The Duchess has been waiting for this day. However, the reason why he is less than
happy than expected is because his son has grown so unfamiliar.

Upon his return, the atmosphere of the Peacock completely froze.

"Esther? How do you know where those little slugs are?"

"So as a warning to the walls..."

"It's not enough. How dare you try to deceive Lice, you have to discipline
yourself so you can't even try."

The Duchess had a cold personality, but it was no match for Eran's pressure.

Listening to the returned users and the knights, it didn't seem to be very kind and
gentle.

There was a consistent evaluation that it was hard to see him smile, bother people,
and be relentless in interrupting him.

"Have you seen Liche's face?"

"Yes."

"Is there still no change in your opinion?"

The Duchess grated her teeth and asked Er An one more time.
Eran nodded faithfully as if he no longer had to answer the subject.

'......my son, but he's a real dog.'

The Duchess held back her anger and said again.

"It's my last request to protect this estate for six years, and it doesn't work?"

"Yes, no."

"Liche has been a doctor for six years, the horse is Jo Su-su. And I didn't have as
much fun as the girls, and I always took care of my health."

Eran gave no answer.

"All she wants is a family, and I really think of her as a daughter. Do you know how
anxious I was just in case the money-seeking parents showed up?"

"........"

"So this summer when Liche comes of age, I want to open a bigger debut than
anyone else. Many nobles will be admirably pretty and cute."

Desperation was young at the voice of the Duchess.

"Then there could be aristocratic rituals against our Lice, and I recognized him well,
and a young man with a good family and personality..."

"Mother."

Eran grated his teeth.

"I think I've told you before, but the thought of it is terrible. Every single word, every
word, is so annoying to my ears. I really don't want to imagine."

"...... "

"Don't discuss this any more because it's absolutely impossible."

"You... you shouldn't do that to Lice. Lice is the one who made you so healthy."
"I never forget that."

He used his black hair once and changed the subject firmly.

"The inauguration ceremony will take place in a week. Send invitations to the
household gods and relatives."

***

"This is the day that comes."

Roman was annoyed by throwing out an invitation from the Duke of Cerseus.

His son Wederick, who is now well over his adult life, answered with his arms folded.

"I haven't used my hands in five years in Irvia at all. Moreover, a girl named Grecce
Estelle paid close attention to her aunt."

"What kind of doctor's assistant is he capable of..."

"I heard Perelman was a genius recognized by his own son."

Wederick's expression on his face, which reminded him of a coy, brown-haired

assistant, was wrinkled.

I didn't like it when we first met. He was standing next to 13-year-old Eran.
I didn't forget.

But I thought I could remove it through Esther at the right time.

"So I put Aaron in."

Wetherick spoke in a tone that he would not fail this time.

Aaron Krillso was a man close to him who was no match for a single maid, and for
Wederick, he put in a fairly high-quality talent.

The situation will get worse now that Eran is back.

So it was the result of the decision to move stronger and more covertly.
"Fortunately, the infiltration was successful, so you can wait for the opportunity."

"I'm a commoner anyway, so it's easy to get behind me... and now that things are
like this, I have to make it worse from the military in case of the worst."

Roman held a pen and wrote the name 'Hoakin' on a piece of paper.

Wetherick gave a small exclamation.

"My sister has handled the Duke's estate pretty well, but she is ignorant of the
Knights. I'm not really interested in them myself, and Joaquin is doing great."

"But..."

"There was internal information that if Joaquin disappeared, there would be an

internal conflict because there would be no second-in-command."

"Ah!"

"Besides, it's easy to divide because the Knights that were with Eran now are different
from the Knights that were left in the Duchy."

Roman grinned and put his pen on a piece of paper with Joaquin's name on it.

"By the way, I'll see Eran soon."

Wederick replied with a smirk.

"That's a shame."

When I recalled the little boy who had no idea what he said, I was laughed at.

He must have been in the South for five years since he was far away from Lice, who
used to wear it and care for him.

The operation to make the Duke leave the world before he inherited it failed, but
there was no reason not to kill him just because he received it.
48

It has been a few days since Aaron came to the Duchess with an ambitious
spy dream.

And now he was on the verge of going back.

Once a person couldn't sleep, his/her head went round and round. But he was a true
spy who had already been named on the rebel list.

He was different from a man like Hans, who roughly cast him as a member of the
group.

No matter how hard it was, it had to be successful to look good to Baron Ishider and
Weatherick.

He was going to use a lot of fighting just by stepping up the rebels, and if the
rebellion succeeds, he, a fallen aristocrat, will be able to restore his status.

'If you smoke 50 of them, you'll be free to roam.'

Aaron grated his teeth as he recalled Lice's face, which he had been talking harshly
about.

' You're a commoner child, and you're arrogant. If I have a chance, I'll kill you first.'

She stopped by the greenhouse only once, looked around without sincerity, and said,
' This is really worth living.'

The flower-caring man's back hurts, and next to him he says, 'I am full of mercy...'
He also murmured.

Furthermore, while looking around the greenhouse, he stepped on a sprout with a

high heel, causing Aaron's costume to burst.

And then he said, "Oh, I'm sorry. But you should have told me to be careful.'

Knowing how much it costs to take care of a single dog......

The bercalia flowers were not specifically for food or medicine.

However, since Lice, who is praised as a genius, made him do it, I wondered if there
was any use he didn't know.

I gave a certain amount of water every two hours, and I scoured the leaves so that
my eyes would fall out just in case the worm got twisted.

Even though I was cleaning diligently without leaving the small greenhouse, four
sprouts were already squalid and twisted.

"Oh, my God."

D.iel shrugged, sitting on a private chair and not lifting a hand.

"Hey, look, the 32nd bercalia leaf is beginning to brown."

Aaron looked at the leaves of the 25th Vercalia and jumped up in contemplation.

As Diel said, the 32nd vercalia leaf turned yellow.

If you don't dig quickly, it will affect the flowers next to you.

I only checked it an hour ago and it was fine.........

Aaron was about to cry.

It has already ruined six shoots out of 50.

"Well, if it's not enough, we can plant it again."

Diel spoke with a natural way.

"It's ten days for horses, and every time you're late, you just have to grow ten more,
so the deadline is infinite."

"That's the problem."

Aaron answered with irritation.

"If the volume continues to increase, I'm not sure I'll finish quickly."
"Then you're not good enough."

What drives Aaron even more crazy was that the people at the top of Perelman were
always attached to him.

It was meant to help, but they didn't lift a hand. Rather, Aaron felt that he
was being watched.

Besides, they didn't even talk to Aaron. Only one, Diel, came from time to time and
chattered, but never came down from his private chair.

' I kill him myself, too.'

Aaron stared at the pink-haired young man humming.

' If I had told you half an hour earlier, I could've just torn one leaf and saved it......'

Whether glaring at him or not, D.iel only watched Aaron struggle leisurely.

"Why the hell hasn't Lyche been here since day one?"

"Liche is busy. I don't have time to come here to encourage anyone who might or
might not be an assistant."

"And why isn't there anyone in this greenhouse except you?"

"Look at the location. It's a perfect corner. Who comes all the way here to see you?"

Diel shrugged his shoulders.

"You must be more thirsty for attention than I thought. But most people on the planet
don't even know you're in the greenhouse."

"Of course!"

Aaron was irritated.

"I don't even have a room assigned to me. You don't give me any rooms in the
castle? Don't I rest?"

"Yes, you haven't passed the screening yet. And don't you have time to rest?"

Diel said with a grin.

"So this greenhouse is my only living room?"

"Do you happen to need anything else? I understand that all the food and shelter is
provided, but..."

"How many days do you think you can live here?"

"I don't have to think about it."

Aaron jumped up and down to see if he was getting better, but Diel's expression
remained unchanged.

"I'm not Lice's assistant or servant."

"Then why do you keep an eye on me? What's the difference between me and you to
Mr. Liche?"

Diel raised his chin and spoke proudly.

"I'm a friend."

He smirked and shrugged.

"You have to compare what you want to compare."

***

I was on my way from the lab to the room with a health supplement that I had
worked hard on for Eran.

' Do I need to get a health supplement?'

Thinking of his body when I took off my shirt, I didn't think I needed it.

It was when I was walking down the stairs thinking it would be better to give it to the
Duchess or Diel.

"Liche, isn't it heavy?"

Suddenly, my hands became light.

"I'll listen to you."

Eran spoke kindly and took the health supplement in my hand.

Looking at his soft smile, it also seemed that the "Er-Anne personality false rumor"
that Diel and the maids had been talking about for days was not true.

To me, it was just a good distinction between public and private matters.

"Oh, well..."

Now that I've come to this, I sighed, thinking that the fate of health supplements is
fixed.

"That's for Eran."

"Huh?"

"I'm afraid you've become very weak, but you don't need it much. Dear Mundiel...."

"No."

Eran sighed and gave a pitiful look.

"I'm very weak."

"......where?"

"Something hasn't been well since I came to the peacock."

"What?"
I looked at his face in surprise.

The boy, Eran, said it was okay if it was better than his symptoms, but he had never
openly said he was sick.

"So I think I'd better eat it. I can't give Diel a single one."

"You can't be a health supplement if you're not feeling well."

I was worried and led his wrist.

"I'll take a look at it. Let's go in."

His room, where he led his hand in, was little different from before.

When I first came to this room when I was 13, I thought it was too wide for a child's
room, but when Eran entered, the room didn't even look big.

Come to think of it, it was the first time he came into the room together after he
returned.

"Uh... that's..."

As I looked around the room, I paused to see the glass box next to his head.

A nearly ragged shirt was placed in a luxurious glass box.

"I couldn't put the precious shirt you gave me anywhere, so I rushed to make the
case."

I had nothing to say.

'Shirts look like trash and glass boxes look like ancient artifacts.'

I gathered myself to think of his intelligence test, which was normal. Everyone was
bound to live with a little weirdness.

"Would you wait for me? I'll go get changed."

"What? Yes..."

While he went to the dress room and changed into an indoor suit, I took out a health
supplement and arranged it next to his desk.

Seeing the desk piled up with all kinds of documents, which I saw in the Duchess's
room, it really seemed to inherit the duke.

' In my last life, I've been weak, and I haven't been able to receive the Duke's throne
even after adulthood... well done, Lice Estelle.'

Taking over the duke does not mean that the danger has disappeared, but the future
was definitely changing anyway.

My contribution to this far was tremendous.

He was smiling slightly as he remembered the inauguration ceremony, but he came

out of the dress room wearing an indoor costume.

"Uh..."

"Huh? Why?"

"You don't have to take it off like this."

"I sleep like this."

"Why the hell?"

"Irbia is hot. It's become a habit."

He slightly loosened his gown and the atmosphere was completely different.

"And you seemed to like this."

"What? When am I?"

"You looked good when you took off your shirt."

"Uh... it was."
I admitted quickly, and Eran smiled and folded his eyes.

The long curved tail of the eyes seemed to be bewitching, so the neck was red for no
reason.

Perhaps because he knew Eran before regression, he felt completely different from
the old kid.

"If you want to see me, let me know."

"Thank you."

He lay on the bed, genteelly looking at me and reaching out his hand.

I often walked along, sat next to him, and held hands. Simplest view of mana flow or
state It was also a way.

"Well... you don't have any unusual symptoms."

I looked carefully, but everything was too healthy.

"Is it because I haven't slept well in the last few days?"

"Insomnia is also the cause of all illnesses. But you'll get used to it. Get some more."

"I told you."

Eran's black eyes stared at me.

"......when I lie down here, I can't sleep because I think of you together."

"Then go to bed now.I'll hold it."

He slowly wrapped my hand without answering the words.

Now I did not hold his hand, but he took my hand.

"You can't be the only one sitting here uncomfortably."

"Sure?"
"Shall we lie down together?"

"No."

"I'll just hold your hand, really."

It seemed very impure to whisper with a smile of eyes.

Surely someone must have taught me something bad.

I opened my eyes in a triangle and pressed.

"Who taught you to say that?"

"......Gee, Zickel?"

"So you've been saying this in the South? How the hell did you live?"

"Oh, no."

Frustrated, Eran shook his head desperately.

"Who am I to say this to? I'm...."

He squeezed my hand and pulled it to his chest.

I, who was on guard, fell flat on his chest. I was so embarrassed that I couldn't do
anything, but he whispered in my ear.

"You're the only one I have."

His heart was pounding.

His temperature on the cheek made my face red as well.

"I'm nothing different from when I was thirteen. I remember everything you said. I'm
still..."

When his breath touched my ear, I jumped up in surprise.

It was a situation where someone could misunderstand greatly as they passed by. No,
first of all, I'm going to misunderstand.
However, imperial law prohibited even the marriage of commoners and nobles.

Eran was just repeating what he heard as a child, and it was clear that I was thinking
too far away.

"I think you're completely fine. Dear Eran."

Pulling out his hand, I quickly continued.

"If you can't sleep tonight, I'll bring a good sleeping car tomorrow."

"Liche?"

"Well, then I'll leave."

One of his remaining cheeks was hot, so I bowed my head without even facing his
eyes anymore and left his room.

When I was 13, we fell asleep together, but I was embarrassed by why it was so
awkward.

'Let's not be a turtle......... my employee came back a little strange. That's all.'

I shook my head to myself, determined not to think too deeply.

49

Arga continued her journey in search of her daughter in the north.

The north was quite far from the duchy of Serious. In addition, the land was large and
the population density was low, so it took a long time to move.

So I had only seen about half of the list that D.I.L. had investigated.

His expression was much darker than usual, in fact since he received Liche's letter a
few days ago.

At the end of the ordinary content, the content that was added calmly kept hovering
over his head.

[ There was a man who bought a maid and cheated on me with my hair and nails.

Be careful not to buy it, too. Would there be one or two people who want to be the
only daughter on top of Perelman?

— Lice ]

It wasn't that Arga didn't go through it.

Rather, as Liche said, there were many people who came strategically from the
beginning to seek wealth at the top of Perelman.

He has been looking for his daughter for 18 years, and has experienced countless
such manipulations.

She must be Arga's daughter. It was only the aristocracy that forced her to insist.

In addition to his hair, Sioni's sister's hair and fingernails were also fraudulent.

In the end, all of the final tests, which took a very long time, were filtered out.

However, whenever she went through such a thing, Arga felt like her heart was falling
apart.
Since he/she was a person for a long time when the paternity test was conducted,
he/she had no choice but to expect it, and when he/she found out that expectations
were dampened and fraudulent, of course, he/she had no choice but to feel
despondent.

There were many situational backgrounds for him to lose trust in humans and become
cold.

"What a fool."

He kicked his tongue and shook his head.

Lice was only eighteen.

It must have been a pretty bitter experience for eighteen.

"I can't believe I'm being swindled."

I had a pain that I could understand because I had suffered it myself.

I wrote it as if it wasn't a big deal, but the psychological blow won't even speak. It
didn't mean that I could do anything about it, but it bothered me every day.

"The Duchess of Serious will never know how she feels. I don't think I'll be able to
comfort you."

He got off to his destination town, feeling uncomfortable.

Then, a worker from the northern branch of Perelman approached.

"My son."

He greeted Arga with a curt greeting and gave her a letter.

"This is a letter from the Duchy."

"Again?"

The letter with Liche's name was very short.

It hasn't been long since the last letter arrived, but Arga opened the letter as it was
because it was urgent.
[ I have an unavoidable situation. Please be a godfather.

— Lice ]

Arga couldn't help but twitch her cheeks. And I wrote back quickly.

[ Yeah.

— Godfather ]

"It's short and urgent, so send it through the pigeons."

After handing a note-like letter to the branch man, he told the servants.

"I'm going back."

"......what?"

The servants opened their eyes wide in surprise.

"But I still have half the schedule..."

"I don't really want to go back either."

Arga replied bluntly.

"But something very bad happened to my goddaughter, and you shouldn't let her be
a godfather."

"Did you have a goddaughter?"

"You can come back here, but you can't get up for life if you miss the right time."
"Wait a minute, sir..."

"If I weren't the godfather, I would have ignored it and did my job."

The servants exchanged embarrassing looks and said nothing.

"It's very annoying. I'm so tired of it. So why are you being fooled?"

Arga got back on the wagon and grumbled.

"The world's rotten bastards, they cheat? You're a human horse race. "

And he gave the horseman his eyes.

"Let's get going. Right now."

***

"Aaron succeeded in blooming 28 flowers."

I answered Diel with a bright smile.

"Then I'll add ten more. I'll give you a total of 32 seeds again."

"You're almost going crazy. Please add one more person. She's having a hard time
because she can't sleep."

"Never."

Once upon a time I took care of more than 500 patients, not 50 seeds. It was an
object that was much more difficult and had to be taken care of more carefully.

Even I gave enough water and fertilizer, which was quite merciful.

"Tell them to pick and dry 28 flowers and put them in a glass bottle."

"Okay."
"And..."

I said a few more words to Diel, who grinned and nodded.

"I guess your greenhouse has a good site."

"Huh?"

"I'll catch a bunch of people."

"Whatever?"

Diel whistled out of the room excitedly.

I was left alone with my chin on my chin and lost in thought.

It meant that he was planning something big enough for Aaron to be put in.

'He must be in a hurry now that Eran's back.'

It's getting so strong that I'll feel more urgent when I see all of Eran.

'I found out the ingredients of the cookies. It would have been the best... but I've
never known this before.'

I thought things could be done easily only when I found out that Wederick was
feeding Eran snacks.

But it's been almost 5 years and you still don't recognize the ingredients. I was
disappointed in myself.

I was determined to be more humble when I heard something knocking on the

window.

I looked up and saw a pigeon pecking at the window with its beak.
'Dove? What an urgent message?'

Pigeons can only deliver very short correspondence. So in the meantime, we've only
got a really short message from Eran in Irvia. I couldn't.

I quickly opened the window to see if anyone was writing me an urgent message.

I opened the ankle-bound note and found it in the handwriting of Ferrellmann. The
word "Godfather" was written.

"It's so urgent..."

Anyway, it was the moment when I got a godfather.

Originally, there are some procedures to show, but I am not a noble, so I thought I
could just move on.

Why would it mean so much to have a godfather right in front of him, but anyway, he
didn't lie in front of the Crown Prince.

'Nothing's changed.'

In any case, the son of Perelman will continue to search for his daughter, and I will
continue to work on the ball.

Perelman's self-sacrifice, which has left far north, will not be back until a few months
later.

' That's why they sent it as a pigeon. Maybe my adulthood will pass.'

I quickly convinced myself and [thank you] and sent the pigeon back.

I was closing the window when I heard a knock.

"Yes, come in."

It was the Duchess who came into my room as soon as the dove flew back.

The maid who came in with her set the tea food herself on the big tray.

"Oh... madam."

I said in embarrassment.

"If you had called, I would have gone myself."

The table in my room was filled with fragrant tea and colorful tea food.

"You've got to step on your feet..."

"No."

The Duchess sat gracefully and said.

"Heran's been working a lot lately. Thanks to you, I'm very free."

I sat across from her and grabbed a warm teacup.

When the maid left, the Duchess took a breath and continued.

"If I can't work, I can vent my anger.....damn you."

"I guess Eran is a fast learner."

"I guess you've learned a lot in Irvia."

"Thanks to you, the estate of Cerseus will remain calm."

"These days, the word that there are insurgents in society has turned around and it
would be nice if Eran could keep her balance."

"Does that even make sense?"

It's just a rumor. Most people think it's a false rumor caused by the Crown Prince's
long absence from the capital."
'It's not false rumors.'

"The Crown Prince has returned from his victory, and who will be among the rebels."

'Your sister.'

I answered the unspeakable things only inside.

"Anyway, what I'm here for is..."

The Duchess hesitated for a moment and lowered her eyes.

"I think you are familiar with rumors circulating in the peacock. I wanted to have you
as my adopted daughter, and Eran strongly opposed it. Getting better."

"......I wouldn't have accepted it anyway."

I brought it up first, and I answered honestly, too.

"I never thought I could live alone well and need foster parents. Besides, I'm a
commoner, so I don't want to be a noble."

"But my heart..."

The Duchess tried to keep her words, but she drooped her shoulders knowing that the
conclusion was set anyway.

"So, even though it's hard to be a foster mother... do you mind if I have a
godmother?"

"Lord, Mother?"

"Yes, I really want to do my best to help you when something happens to you. Even if
I can't give you the status of a noble, I'll be useful in many ways."

She continued eagerly.

"I don't want anyone to get involved, and I want to give you official support..."

"Uh..."

I replied with a wiggle of my fingers.

"Actually... I already have a godfather."

"What? Who the hell? Since when?

The Duchess' eyes widened and her mouth opened.

"The author of Perelleman. It hasn't been long."

"Oh, my God."

Her black eyes began to flash with regret and anger.

The Duchess used to speak disapprovingly of Eran, but it seemed to me that she
looked exactly alike with her eyes that could not hide her anger.

"That sly man first plays the player..."

"Well, I'm not a nobleman and I don't mean much?"

"What are you talking about?"

The Duchess shivered and banged the table.

"Now, even if I somehow persuade Eran, I have to get permission from Perelman to
adopt you."

"Oh, really?"

It won't happen anyway, so I reacted calmly.

"You're a godfather, leaving out most of your time? You shameless human being..."

The Duchess gnashed her teeth.

"I'm a step behind this time, but let's wait and see."
Eating a canule, I thought Eran looked quite like the Duchess.
50

"...... no. Sir Keynes."

I could hear a familiar voice even though it was wrinkled with blurred vision.

"Liche is too smart to go to the house. I don't think we can communicate at family
dinner. You have to be smart at least that much to communicate with Lice."

There aren't many people who can talk so fat and mean.

"Oh, not there either."

It was a refusal without any hesitation.

"You can't draw. Lice is so cute. If you leave a portrait, what would you do with the
heterogeneity, General Joaquin? It should be at least as good as Perelle."

He snorted as the offended tried to protest.

"I'm her godfather."

I see, it was Perelman's own work.

"If you go against my will..."

He seemed to be threatening people by taking advantage of his position as my
godfather.

As if it were a great power, he was looking down in his eyes.

Then someone jumped up from the table.

'Eran? '

His eyes were blazing. Even though my eyebrows were raised, there was a strange
glow in my eyes.

"Ferelleman himself."

The low voice was creepy.

"Just do it right. I don't think that's important right now."

The atmosphere froze as if it had poured cold water on it.

"Or do you want to see me rebel?"

What? Rebellion?

I opened my eyes wide in surprise.

I'm trying to keep the rebels out of the Serious Territories, and you're a traitor?
No matter how blind my eyes were, I couldn't stand the word.

I was about to get up to grab him by the collar.

"Liche! Lice! Sleep?"

I looked up in surprise. Tonight, I tried not to fall asleep, but I dozed off for a while.

"No, come on in."

Rushing myself, I opened the door.

Diel stood in front of the door looking excited.

"It's time. Let's go."

"Yes."

It was already midnight.

I headed quietly to the greenhouse with Diel. I certainly had a very absurd dream,
but almost everything has already begun to blur.

'Let's remember as much as we can. I'm sure it'll happen in the future.'

However, all I could remember was Eran's rebellion and confrontation with Perelman's
own son.

I think it had something to do with the godfather...

'Rebellion...... Eran...... God damn it.'

While I was desperately trying to remember my dream, I arrived at the greenhouse in

the corner of the garden.
 Me and Diel settled in the bushes next to the greenhouse.

Soon after, a Perelman upper staff member was seen escaping from the greenhouse.

Only Aaron is left in the greenhouse now.

We held our breath and waited still.

***

Aaron waited patiently for about 20 minutes.

People above Perelman would always take turns monitoring themselves for six hours
before leaving.

Among them, the worst was Diel Molekin, who seemed to be jumping up and down
when he was talking to him.

Nevertheless, he had a reason to penetrate the peacock unconditionally.

'Oh, my God, my God ....'

When I recalled Lice's face that I saw only twice on the first day and the sprout, my
teeth cracked.

'If Mr. Weatherick takes over this peacock... I'll draw you a knife first on that even
face.'

He had fallen, but he was still of noble birth. I'm holding it in for a cause, but I'm not
used to this kind of chores.

Of course the anger was all directed at Lice.

I didn't like both the commoner's eyes that seemed to ignore him and the arrogant
attitude that made him do this hard work.

'No, I'd rather not wait and just kill him as soon as I get the chance.'

Wederick and Roman also seemed to feel quite burdened by the existence of Lice.

Anyway, it was true that Eran left where he couldn't use it because of her.

Of course Wederick's permission was necessary, but now Aaron is out of his mind.

I haven't slept for a few days, and even if I close my eyes, my bed was very
uncomfortable. C. Fortunately, I could get some snow today.

Three days ago, it was because Diel did some pretty things for the first time.

"Aaron, I'm sorry, but... I'm going to play hooky from now on. If the next watchman
asks, please tell him I was there."

"Why me?"

"Oh, I'll give you a case. I have a girlfriend, and I can't take the time off.......... I'll do
whatever you want, so please do it. If Liche finds out, he won't hold me back."

"Well, I'd like to have a meat pie, please."

"Nobody eats meat pie here... but you're a bit tacky. Anyway, I got it."

Meat pie was a means of contacting other spies in case of unavoidable circumstances.

Aaron left half the meat pie brought by the maid, and put the hidden magic items and
notes in the meat and sent them back to the maid's side.

If it was delivered well, he would definitely come at this time without Diel.
Aaron put up with it a few times, but really, Diel didn't come to his own time.

So it was obvious that it would be the same again this time.

Still, I waited 20 minutes just in case, but even Diel's shadow was not visible.

'Okay, that loser won't be here again today.'

No one stepped into the greenhouse except the people at the top of Perelman and the
grumpy maid who brought the rice.

No one will come to the small greenhouse used by the doctor's assistant at
this hour of the night.

Aaron couldn't sleep, so he grabbed his dizzy head and made two bird noises.

At this rate, the flowers could not bloom within the remaining days.

If he increases by ten every ten days, he'll probably go crazy.

It was terrible to imagine being kicked out by a little girl who was so miserable.

To succeed somehow, I desperately needed someone's help.

And finally the greenhouse door opened.

He breathed a sigh of relief now that he could keep his eyes open for a while.

***

The sound of birds was heard twice in the greenhouse. Indeed, someone was walking
into the greenhouse from far away.

I breathed next to the A.

"Should we attack the scene...?"

"No."

When Diel gasped to confirm his entry into the greenhouse, I answered firmly.

"Now that I've found the tail, I'm going to reveal the purpose. Are you going to bite
your tongue like Esther?"

If he was going to attack the scene in the first place, he wouldn't even come alone
with Diel. The original purpose was to find a spy who was different in itself and
predict the next move.

I knew Aaron well.

The human was never inclined to suffer.

He seemed to be relieved when he had to call people below him on the subject of
fallen aristocrats.

Even if I had prayed that I would know the situation if I helped you for an hour at the
treatment center, I was a person who didn't take a pile of herbs.

Since I pushed my limits, it was obvious that someone would call me to eat whenever
I had a chance.

Becalia flower cultivation was constantly demanding, but it didn't require a lot of
know-how.

For six hours, the man who sneaked in didn't come out.

I'm sure Aaron has been in a long time since he's had another spy with a lower
position than himself.

Over time, at dawn, a man came out of the greenhouse between dusk.

In the middle of the night, only the silhouette could be checked, but now the shape
could be checked at dawn.

I didn't have a large radius of activity in the Duchess.

So even if I checked the young man with gray hair, I couldn't tell who he was.

I tapped Diel and bit him quietly.

"Do you know who it is? Are you a servant?"

Diel whispered with a rather shocked look.

"No."

"Then?"

"Kane Asheels."

"Who is that?"

"...... I'm with the Knights. It's not an official article, but it's been around for a very
long time."

It was an area that I didn't know at all if it was a Knights.

The Duchess also believed in General Joaquin and did not pay much attention.

'Wait a minute. '

I was lost in thought, frowning.

'When you say that you only trust Joaquin... if he goes wrong...'

I quickly remembered the pre-return period.

There were quite a few cases where the rebels were treated, but there was no
memory of General Joaquin.

It must have been removed in the early stages.

I took a moment to seriously consider the closeness between me and General

Joaquin.
To be honest, I was not interested in each other because they had different fields. But
he was also the one who took responsibility for the people I caught and questioned.

'Besides... Oh, my God, my damn idea of life.'

He is now in the spirit of sacrifice, and he should have saved his life.

And it's Baron Isider's plan to screw me up.

I wanted to ruin it somehow.

The problem was that I knew nothing about the Knights and had no friendship.

Diel also knows a lot of people because he runs a lot of errands, but he didn't get
close to them.

'But if anyone close to him has anything to do with the Knights.....'

I concluded with a sigh.

'......Erann.'
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When asked for help from Eran, Diel immediately declared that he was out.

"I'm afraid of Eran."

"I've seen him since he was a little boy. Of course, I've grown too big, but thinking
about it...."

"The past is just the past."

D.E.L. dodged my gaze coldly.

"And I've predicted this future since Eran was thirteen years old."

"...... "

"When you grow up, you will be so terrifying that you threaten my safety."

"Ha, Diel... you scared little soul."

"I'll be out anyway. Good luck, Liche."

So I had no choice but to come alone to meet Eran.

When I knocked carefully in front of his visit, a hard yet insincere answer came back.

"Come on in."

I thought I came when I was in a bad mood, so I went inside with a careful
expression, and Eran was looking at the document without checking who came in.

"Hey, Eran."

At my words, he lifted his head and almost dropped the document he was looking at.

"Are you busy?"

It was a moment when his blunt face changed immediately.

"No, not at all."

He smiled beautifully and smiled with his eyes.

"I didn't expect you to come at this time. I wasn't good enough. I'll always be
prepared from now on. What's going on?"

"Well... I have a favor to ask."

"Yes, tell me."

It was completely different from the tone I was roughly telling you to come in.

'I can't believe I've changed my mind so quickly. Is there a problem.'

As I seriously considered his health once again, he slowly rose and gently led his
hand.

"Whatever."

I could feel the feeling of hard hands with calluses.

It was surprising that the hands of a child, who was once soft and small, changed like
this.

"I'll listen to everything."

The atmosphere of the castle was terrible, so I was almost nervous just in case.

"If it's what you want."

Eran grinned and answered with pleasure.

'Looking at this makes me feel like I'm still in my childhood......'

Of course, I couldn't find the cuteness of that time even though I tried to find it.

When I got a smile on the bored expression of reading the document against the
chair, I felt strangely instinctively blemish.
'I know you're too handsome, but... why is it so deadly if you don't do anything?'

I sat face to face in front of him, reasonably inferring that there would be a "Erean
Mujeongseol" circulating in the duchess because of its unique atmosphere.

"I know. Oh, before that."

I used to hold hands very often, but now I'm holding hands like this, and it's different
from that. I've got a tooth pulled up.

"You shouldn't hold a woman's hand so easily because she's not a child
anymore."

"A woman's hand."

Eran looked at me with languid eyes.

"I didn't hold your hand unless it was for you. I've never held another woman's
hand."

"Uh... what?"

"From childhood."

"Oh, then you can't even hold my hand easily anymore. It was then, and now it's
now."

"Why?"

"Will the Duke's superintendent follow his doctor's assistant's hand, so that he doesn't
have any brains? I was only weak when I was a child, so I suppose."

"Tide... hold hands?"

Eran's absurdity reached my hand, which was wrapped in his big hand.

"Now you have to walk confidently alone. I can't drag her around forever."
"Well, I can't help it if you don't like it."

Eran let go of my hand very slowly.

I could feel how slow the movement was, and the flesh of the face was slowly falling.

"I don't think it's a physical pain, so hold it whenever you want."

"Yes, there are times when it's necessary to get a doctor."

"Anytime, if not medical."

"Will there ever be a time like that' Why do you hold a grown man's hand for no
reason?"

"Well."

He held his chin up and looked at me quietly and laughed.

"I'd like to catch it anytime. When I was young, even now."

I only shrugged once because I remembered his cold words that he said he was never
in a brother-in-law.

"I heard you're learning hard to manage the Duchy. Thank you."

"Oh, yeah. I'm trying a little too hard to get a duchess."

Eran pushed the papers aside and said.

"Anyway, we'll make a good land to live on."

I was impressed and nodded.

The words of bad personality and strange return seemed to be due to the impression
that they had become a little scary.

"That way Lice will be happy for a thousand years at Serious. I'm not going anywhere
else."

"Yes, I'm a life-respecting pacifist, and that's very important."

I answered with determination, hoping that the same thing would not happen before
regression.

"By the way, what's your request?"

"So..."

No matter how kind you look, I was just a commoner for him anyway.

I couldn't say the names of Baron Ishider and Wederick without any evidence, so I
answered with a sneaky hide.

"Do you know Kane Asheels? He's from the Knights."

"Oh, just the face and name."

There were quite a few knights, but Eran immediately answered if he had all the men.

"I don't have a personal relationship because I'm the one who stayed here without
going south with me. I'm not really high-ranking because I'm a commoner."

He stopped talking and raised his eyebrows.

"......why? Do you like it?"

"What?"

"Is it your preference for a shorter man? But if you cut off my leg, you'd have a hard
time......."

"No! No! Personally, I like being tall."

I thought I was talking about something, so I hurriedly opened my mouth.

"That's a relief. Do you like greyish-colored hair?"

"No, I pursue the aesthetic value of features rather than those extremely personal
tastes."
"You don't have to dye your hair."

"Anyway, I'm not that kind of person..... why does the conversation go that way?"

"I'm just a little wary of being a playboy like I used to be."

I clicked my tongue in a fit of astonishment.

I lost the will to answer any more and went straight to the point. It's true that
something has gotten a little strange at this rate, so you shouldn't be involved.

"Anyway, the man named Kane Asheels is suspicious."

"Really? Then do I kill him?"

"What?"

'No, can I just say that I'm a commoner now?'

Indeed, it was natural for the aristocrats to think little of the common people.

Even a fallen aristocrat like Aaron had an opportunity, so it was clear that he had
called Kane to the hall.

Looking at my round eyes, Eran quickly changed his words as if he had wanted to
hurt.

"Oh, yeah, life-respecting... and then I'll kick him out?"

"You don't ask me why or what?"

"It's your word."

He smiled so beautifully that I was slightly horrified.

If I just said, "Kill me," I felt like I would cut a person with that expression without
hesitation.

"You're always right, you said."

When I swallowed a dry saliva, he twisted his head slightly to his head and said.

"But let me give you a reason. Why do you think it's suspicious? If what you say is
true, it's a big deal."

"What do you mean big deal? Why?"

"Kane's in charge of weapon handling for General Joaquin. It changed a while ago."

"What about the man in charge of weaponry?"

When asked questioningly, Eran answered with a suspicious look.

"I heard something happened back home."

As expected, my reasoning was right.

I bit my lower lip with a serious look.

It was a similar repertoire when I let Jenny leave and planted Esther.

To plant one's own person by creating a problem with the identity of a close aide.

"No matter how suspicious it is, it means nothing without proof, dear Eran. And even
if you get the evidence, if you don't know the background, you're in vain."

"You're telling me not to let you go, after all?"

Eran immediately noticed what I meant.

"Yes, Hans and Esther were caught, but they ended up with nothing."

"That's true."

"If a man named Kane tries to hurt General Joaquin..."

Eran's expression became serious.

"What do you think we'll do? I'm sorry, but I don't know much about the Knights,
swordsmanship or anything."
"Why the hell is Kane trying to hurt General Joaquin?"

"Because he's a help to Serious......... isn't he the last of a kind?"

Eran nodded with thoughtful eyes.

He also knew that there were people who were after Serious anyway.

There have been so many times that the Duchess can't even point out who is behind
the scenes.

"Of course..."

Eran murmured with an eerie look.

"There's an expectation, but as you say, there's no evidence, so I'll have to step up.
I'm definitely going to dig in the background."

I also nodded because I hoped for it.

It occurred to me that the opponent he was expecting might be Wetherick and Baron
Ishider, but I couldn't even say anything suspicious of his blood ties.
52

Eran also changed the subject without further commenting on the

background.

"Mr. Joaquin is old, but he's not a great man to be raided by a boy like Kane. You
know that better. It's like an assassination. You won't try anything."

I was satisfied with the refreshing answer.

"Then one of the two options is left."

Eran looked me in the eye and said clearly.

"First, putting poison on the weapon. It's just that you're going to be a suspect right
away, so you have to stand out right away."

"Hmm."

"Second, slightly causing problems with the weapon, and then waiting for someone to
make a mistake. Joaquin always does his own training in the morning."

Listening to Eran's explanation, I was lost in thought.

"With the use of a serious sword, if Joaquin makes a big mistake unlike usual, the
opponent can be seriously injured in the moment."

"Maybe I'll choose the second option."

I reached a conclusion calmly.

For five years, the Duke of Cerseus did not receive new people.

As Perelman's assistant kept changing, he didn't worry much about planting people,
but my plan was broken because of me.

Perhaps not many people have put Aaron in, to the point of rushing him in.

It was clear that he would come up with a strategy that would last as long as possible
without being caught.

"Thank you for your explanation, Ms. Eran."

It was also a good choice to visit Eran.

"Thanks to your advice, I can see some rough work. I'll work it out. I might ask you
for something later. Then I'll go now...."

I was going to say hello and leave, but Eran stopped talking to me and folded his eyes
and smiled beautifully.

"Liche, what are you going to do?"

"Uh... an undercover investigation for now."

"Alone? Dangerous. No matter how good you are, you are a member of the Knights."

"No, it's in Dee too..."

"Do it with me."

When I took up Diel's name, suddenly Eran bent over to me and whispered quickly.

"What? Aren't you busy?"

"What does Diel Molekin know about the knighthood?"

"Well..."

"If you're going to do it, you should do it with me. Don't you think so?"

I nodded because I didn't think it was wrong.

Of course, I have to get help in areas I don't know well.

And it became very easy to plan with Eran.

"Then... what about this operation?"

"Just say it."

His black eyes, which sat under his long eyelashes, showed satisfaction.

Strangely enough, I felt like I had something on my mind, but I'm talking about the
plan I came up with.
It's starting to crawl.

***

Eran felt his heart beating from the moment he first saw Lice in five years.

In the old days, she had to look up, but now she was shorter than his shoulder, so
she had to look down for a long time.

I kept smiling because I wondered if it was so small and cute.

Lice was the only target for him to laugh.

In the past, Lice's saying, 'We are the only relationship to each other' was also true.

However, looking at her bright green eyes, she seemed to be possessed by her
imposing charm as before.

How nice it would be to stay together from morning to sleep like a child.

As she did before, he wanted to do the same.

I wanted to keep an eye on you to see if you eat well while eating, play with you if
you are bored, and whine that you can't sleep, until when you hold your hand and pat
me.

He gained confidence from the moment he saw her again, but the way she looked at
him was not enthusiastic.

In addition, it seemed a bit awkward to meet her in a grown-up way after five years.

' There is a chance to be close. I have to get noodles.'

Another problem was that this is a really ambiguous time.

The Empire was legally prohibited from dating adults and minors unless they were
engaged in mutual underage.

But now it was between spring and summer, exactly between Eran's birthday and
Liche's birthday.

It was a time when Eran, an adult, could not even confess to Liche.

Eran wouldn't care about the law if it was his own, but as long as the lice is
intertwined, it would be a flaw.
I didn't want to do anything.

Meanwhile, the Duchess made a terrible remark, "A brother-in-law relationship," and
even said that she would marry a good family member by using it as her adoptive
daughter.

Of course, he should have permission to succeed Serious, but because he was afraid
that the Duchess would do things arbitrarily, Eran quickly took office and decided to
take the title.

Furthermore, he failed to identify the group that was trying to harm Lice.

In addition to hanging the body in the castle, it seemed that the anger would be
relieved if the body was dug to the end of it.

But there were other important reasons for rushing the inauguration ceremony.

In fact, as soon as Eran returned, he quickly identified the problems of the press
corps.

The empire was calm, and the tension-relieving Knights were fighting for power
underwater.

At least Joaquin led the team to absolute leadership, and there was no particular
crisis, so the problem was invisible.

The Knights of the Peacock accepted Eran as their lord, who returned after five years.

However, there was a limit to being absolutely loyal since we had a long time not to
be together.
Every morning training alone could not be like the knights we spent together in Irvia.

Eran was thinking of finishing the inauguration ceremony quickly and truly taking
control of the Knights.

To do so, it was necessary to give a big warning or to take the lead.

In the meantime, Lice warned of the crisis of the Knights.

'What a fate.'

While Lice seemed to be less interested in herself because she was not as sick as she
was in the past, it seemed to be an opportunity to build a bond and get closer to each
other again.

Of course, Lice seemed to like his hard body, so it was an opportunity that I could
never leave out morning training with the Knights.

'......get as much heart as you can until Lice reaches adulthood.'

She had to do whatever she could to attract her favor.

One morning, similar to usual, the Knights were training in the morning when they
saw Lice with Eran and they were all taken aback.

I knew that the girl with brown hair was the assistant of the Duchess' favorite doctor,
but I had no friendship with the Knights because she was always confined to the lab.

"I gave you a health supplement five years ago as a gift when you came back from
me ...."

Lice began to explain by glancing at the big Eran as if she was a little embarrassed.

Her voice trembled slightly, unfamiliar with the lie.

His expression was also much harder than usual, but he could not notice it except
Eran.

Eran had to hold back the laughter that kept coming out as she saw a clumsy lie at a
glance.

"As you can see, you've come back from being too robust, so there's a slight side
effect."

No matter how awkward Lice's tone was, everyone could understand the explanation.

"The muscles on the right have developed too much in a short period of time, so he
can't control his strength well. I think I'll have to wait and see, so I'll follow you for a
while."

The Knights could hardly answer the question.

Everyone was open-mouthed by Eran's appearance, who prepared a comfortable chair

for Lice to sit on.

"Yes, Liche. Sit here because your legs hurt."

"Yes."

The knights who were with Eran in Irvia were greatly surprised.

I've been together for more than five years every day, but I've never heard of it
before.

"You must be bored, do you want me to bring you a snack?"

"No, I don't need it."

"If your feet get cold, your furry indoor shoes..."

"It's spring, Mr. Eran."

And once again, I was surprised at the way Lice acted as if the kindness was natural.

Eran covered Lice's lap with a blanket, then turned around and spoke to the press
corps.
"For this reason, Joaquin's morning fight is for the time being."

Like other people, there was a considerable gap between facial expressions and
voices.

"I can't control my strength, but Joaquin is the only one who can accept it. And...."

He took out the sword and said eeriely.

"Don't look at Liche. No matter how cute and pretty you are."

Everyone turned their eyes at once.

"Don't talk to me for nothing, especially if you get hurt, never snoop around and go to
the infirmary."

Lice, looking at Eran's back, didn't know how scary he was making.

***

I went to the Knights to see Eran and Joaquin's parade every morning.

Eran pushed too hard only to the right as I had instructed.

Joaquin, who had no idea about the situation, was generally good at dealing with the
unbalanced attack, but sometimes he felt uncomfortable.

'By the way...'

Looking at Eran handling the sword freely, I had to be overcome with strange
feelings.

'It used to be hard to run a lap.'

I felt at peace with the way I looked so different from my childhood, but my eyes
were happy.

If it was still hot because of Irbia's habit, it was a sight that I could hardly pay to face
Joaquin while wielding a sword with my upper body removed.
And I secretly observed Kane.

In fact, it was as good as being out every day to see the characteristics of Kane
rather than Eran.

As expected, he pretended to be in a fight with other knights, but continued to look

towards Eran and Joaquin.
It was going.

At the end of the battle, Joaquin's weapon would be received and stored in an
armory.

Only Joaquin, the leader of the armory, Kane, and Eran, the owner of the Duchy, are
said to have the keys.

When I told her that she needed to hide in order to attack the scene, Eran secretly
took me to the armory during the night.

"Wow, that's amazing."

I looked at the vast armory and whispered admiration.

Meanwhile, Joaquin's weapons were kept inside and alone.

"The power of maneuvering is not bad."

Eran replied with a grin.

"It's a little bit of a systematic right now."

"Where are your weapons?"

"I do my own work."

"Why?"

"You're not as old as Joaquin."

Looking for a good place to lurk, he replied.

"And I'm relieved to be anywhere close."

I was trying to answer, but Eran blocked my mouth for a moment.

And I hugged my body and fell together and hid myself among the shields in an
instant.

Meanwhile, I fell on the floor with my back, and I was hugged as if I had overtaken
him from above.
53

"Are you all right?"

He whispered quietly in my ear, and I nodded because I didn't really get hurt.

I also felt a little later than Eran, but I felt a sign of popularity.

I never thought anyone would find an armory during this night. It was because I
didn't think it was time for Kane to move yet move.

We lay on the floor holding our breath, giving each other a tense look.

"No one's coming, right?"

It was a group of knights.

"Kane said he was fine tonight. I said no tomorrow night."

"Why not tomorrow?"

"I don't know. Do you have a maid who meets secretly?"

"It's the day before the inauguration, so we'd better stay calm."

Eran seemed to be embarrassed by the unexpected situation.

Just in case there was a noise between the shields we hid, I was stuck close to his
body as if it were hugging.

He was holding his breath, too, with my hands wrapped around my waist.

The two faces were so close that I could hear everything in my ears.

I turned my head for a while and then my nose met, so I became more stiff.

"So it's right to keep Zickel in check."

"They're pretty stiff that they've been with Eran all along the time."

"We have kept the castle of Cerseus. You shouldn't hang out easily."
"Sir Berkin says we're all one... and we're in danger."

Eran's eyes were filled with calm anger.

In a word, it was a group of people who were 'tutse'.

Kane, who provided a place for free talks, must be in the same group.

Eran whispered in a pathetic tone in my ear.

"You must be very comfortable. Even in the Knights, you play politics."

His lips touched the earbuds and it tickled.

"You have to put up with it."

I whispered quietly, too.

"If you get caught here, you'll be ruined."

" ......I know."

It meant that they had to stay like this until they left.

I've never been so close to my whole body as a child. His size was so big that I was
almost in a big hug.

"Liche, aren't you uncomfortable?"

"It's all right."

Eran chewed my lower lip, handing over my hair. His eyes, which raised the fat under
his eyes, were even sullen.

I swallowed my dry saliva without realizing it.

When the knights were burning with useless words, we looked into each other's eyes
and fell into silence for a moment.

My eyes swept through his sharp jawline, his throat, and the exposed collarbone.

"Do you like it?"

"......yes."

I answered with hesitation.

Then he smiled with his eyes and pulled more hands from my waist.

"It's worth taking off and cutting every morning."

Every time I said that, I noticed why he took off his coat.

"Did you take it off on purpose?"

"I'm afraid you'll see the others."

Carefully, he held me in his arms. The tangle of his legs and the feeling of his body
blocking me.
I've got a tooth pulled up.

"I want to hug you more tightly when I look at you with such a blur."

"......I've never known that I'm so weak in sight and touch."

I mumbled with a sigh.

"Anyway, we're very different from our childhood, so if it's not something we can't
avoid, we shouldn't have too much physical contact..."

"Why, do you need someone more handsome and fit than me?"

"The better, the better, but that's not the point anyway."

"Liche."

He lifted his long finger and swept around my eyes.

His black eyes seemed to be holding back a lot of emotion.

In the distance, the voices of the knights murmured and crushed.

It was embarrassing to feel the hearts beating from each other's chests. It was hard
to avoid eyes as he didn't breathe properly.

"There were days when I thought I'd be nineteen..."

His slow touch swept the neck and his temperature seemed to rise in an instant.

"......I hope you become nineteen soon."

The deep breathing made the whispering sound clear.

"I don't feel bad being hugged, but I think you can let go of this."

"Let go?"

Eran spoke in a relaxed, but still hushed voice.

".......... difficult."

I swallowed a dry needle.

"Well..."

He whispered in a situation where he couldn't even think that the shields would
collapse.

"You're right, Liche."

"What?"

"I think it's a little different from my childhood, too."

Whispering is just as friendly as it used to be, but the extreme tension we

experienced for the first time in our lives was swirling between us.

"I'm even more desperate than I thought."

I didn't answer the question.

It was because I wanted to stop the conversation because my heart was about to
burst.
The time to feel his trembling breath was both insanely long and short.

The red lips touched my flesh and the whole nerve was on them.

In the meantime, a series of noisy articles went out, and the strange incubation in the
middle of the night ended like that.

What didn't happen even after staying up all night for six hours with Diel happened so
quickly with Eran that I was embarrassed.

As I left the armory, I regained my reason and said,

"You think it's tomorrow, don't you?"

It was just a cover-up and a few accidents that could not be avoided.

In the past, I once fell asleep in one bed, so I had to do this much to get
over to the penning.

"It's also the day before the inauguration."

Tomorrow was the day before the inauguration.

The Duke was going to be busy for various events, including preparations to welcome
guests.

It didn't matter to me because I didn't have any work to do anyway.

Kane will move that day.

I'm sure the articles said earlier, "Kane said no tomorrow," and even if I were Kane, I
would be aiming for the day of inauguration morning.

Even if Joaquin was seriously injured by Eran, it was difficult to provide first aid to the
entire Duchess because it was busy and it was difficult to investigate in detail because
there were many customers.

Furthermore, Joaquin himself was likely to cover up the incident because it was a bad
thing that happened on the day of the inauguration.
With a major injury, Joaquin, who is already very old, will naturally announce his
retirement, and the Knights with a bad atmosphere will easily weaken and collapse.

Eran also nodded his head to show his agreement.

***

The Duchy was busy preparing for the inauguration ceremony.

Late at night, Kane sneaked off to the armory.

He was a blacksmith on the Roman estate.

According to observations over the past few days, Eran really didn't control his right
hand.

In addition, Joaquin did not respond with all his might in case Eran was hurt.

'Good luck.'

Eran was already good, but he couldn't have been better because he couldn't control
his strength.

Furthermore, if Eran was seriously injured, the investigation would not be carried out
properly.

He secretly encouraged those who wanted to cause internal strife in the Knights to
form a gathering.

After years of lying on his stomach, he was finally fulfilling the orders he had received
from Wederick.

'If it weren't for Aaron Krillso...'

Things are going well, but the annoying target these days was Aaron.

It was annoying to keep looking down at yourself as a fallen aristocrat.

If I had the opportunity to do what Liche had asked me to do, I would die of kindness.
I thought it was urgent because the time and place were written on a secret note
hidden under the meat pie, and eventually I called to take care of the flowers.

' I'm more recognized than that person because I've done this job well.'

And for Wederick and Baron Ishider, his family was held hostage.

There was a good reason why the maids who had been spies killed themselves.

The families of the two maids, who quietly took their lives, were now well-off.

A single word would have cost everyone their lives.

' The theme of being locked up in a greenhouse because I couldn't handle a single
little girl...'

The little brown-haired girl who appeared on the field these past few days knew him
well, too.

Eran's eyes were glaring, so he had never looked at them properly, but his unique
arrogant atmosphere was bound to remain in memory.

Since a long time ago, Weatherick has been a annoying girl, and contact with Baron
Ishider has become difficult as he does not end up in his frequently changed assistant
position.

Before Eran came, he said he had used a trick to kill him, but only Esther died when
he was caught.

' I don't know why you're making everything so difficult.'

Baron Lee Sider was very cautious.

' You didn't seem to have any power, so you could just chase him and kill him.'
From his point of view, I think it would be enough if he just broke his neck and ran
away, but the high man's vision was different.

It was when he carefully damaged the left side of Joaquin's armor and repaired the
durability of the sword.

"What are you doing?"

Suddenly, Kane almost dropped his tool for a moment.

I don't know when it started, but Lice was leaning against the wall with her arms
folded.
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"I think you're destroying your armor and your sword."

"It's one of your management, so don't worry."

Kane replied bluntly.

"But no one can get in here."

"I don't know much about weapons, but I've seen you strike the left side of your
armor."

Lice said clearly.

"If you keep doing this, you'll be seriously injured by Eran, who can't control his right
hand."

She walked calmly and stood in front of him.

"And I'm not good at black, but I'm pretty good with surgical knives."

On a dark night, her green eyes shone leisurely.

"It's definitely blunt."

"........"

"May I ask you why you want to injure General Joaquin? It's too obvious."

"Shut up—noisy."

Kane smirked and gave strength to the hammer he was holding.

He made excuses and chose a much easier solution than moving on smoothly.

It wasn't even a job to kill a little girl like this anyway.

In the middle of the night, you had to break your neck in a remote armory and bury it
anywhere.

"Tell me what's behind you."

But Liche somehow grinned, not scared at all.

"I'm giving you a chance because I have a life-respecting idea. A chance to speak in a
soft, free atmosphere before being tortured."

"You're a cheeky little girl, who can't even hold a sword, and you don't know how to
waste your life."

He strode up to Liche.

Joaquin wasn't sure he'd hurt a little bit, but this little girl was done in no time.
I could pay.

She sighed heavily.

"You never know. I'll save you."

But when he picked up the hammer and ran at Liche, he could no longer even scream
because of his tight gag in his mouth.

"Oh... of course, it's not me, it's Eran who decides whether to live or not."

Looking at Eran's black eyes kicking him on his calf and kneeling, Kane unwittingly
gave up his will for life.

A true life was blooming all over Eran.

And Joaquin, who was behind Eran, was grinding his teeth with an incredible look on
his face.

"So if you were kind to me in the first place, I could have asked for leniency."

Lice spoke cheerfully.

"I'm sure I have a physique that doesn't carry a sword, but I know how to use it as a
weapon."

***

Eran was quite opposed to me going out on my own even for a moment. He said he
could not have a conversation with such a suspicious man alone.
In addition, the timing is not right for a while, so we should never get hurt at all."

But I pushed my plan hard.

If Eran and Joaquin do a raid together, they'll make it harder, and they'd rather have
an excuse.
There was room for.

Therefore, it was important that I, who seemed to be the weakest, reveal

his intentions alone.

Kane, whom I've observed, was not the talkative or thoughtful type.

His personality made such and such excuses that he would just try to get rid of me.

And that was my acknowledgment of my hard-talking "intention to hurt General

Joaquin."

Eran followed my advice to bite from the gag so that he could never bite his tongue.

Now it was up to the Knights to find out the rest.

It was fortunate that Baron Ishider's name came out, or he could have made another
plan through Aaron.

Aaron, unlike Kane and Esther, was quite head of the team, so he was likely to
contact Roman directly.

It was also the reason why I wanted to keep Aaron by my side until the end. Now, I
felt like I was about to catch Kane.

"Miss Liche."

Joaquin heard all the explanations from Eran and sighed in front of me with a puzzled
expression.

"So how did you know Kane was suspicious?"

"I'm usually only in the lab and in the greenhouse."

I gave a plausible answer. Of course, there was no lie.

"It's not a place to visit, but I've seen it a few times, so I thought it was suspicious.
Chief Joaquin knows. But now I've been constantly suspicious of the impure forces on
the planet."

"That's right."

There were already three people who questioned him.

"Now that Miss Darice has captured it, we are ashamed of ourselves for having the
duty to protect the Duke for a long time."

"I can't help it."

I smiled as if I were all right.

"I'm smarter than everyone else. The Knights didn't do anything wrong."

"How can I express this gratitude..."

"What."

I replied with a grin.

"Please express yourself well in the future."

He grinned for a moment and picked up his sword that was kept in the armory and
stuck it in front of me.

"Why, what's wrong?"

And he kneeled down in front of me and said, holding the sword with his hands,
looking up at me with brown eyes.

"I owe my life to Joaquin Liam Kissington, the knight, today Liche Estelle."

I looked at Eran in embarrassment, but he just stood still with his arms folded.

He must have had a bad knee because he was an old man, but his posture was
straight.
"I swear to God, I'll never forget what happened today and pay you back while I live."

I wondered if this was the oath of an article that I had only heard of.

I wondered if I needed to be rewarded by Joaquin, but I nodded my head, saying that

it was good for now.

"Uh, yes.......... I look forward to your kind cooperation."

It was only later that I knew that the Duke of Sears was the only person who had
been "swear of knights" by Joaquin.

And in order to keep the oath, he remained firmly in his old position for the Duchess
and Eran.

If I had known it was so great, I wouldn't have nodded lightly and forgotten it right
away.

The next morning, I woke up slowly because of what I had been up all night.

Because it was the day of the inauguration, the Duchess was quite busy. Looking out
the window, colorful wagons were already arriving one after another.

'Erann is eventually given the duke's throne.

Of course, as Baron Ishider does not give up, I still have work to do, but I was
overwhelmed.
Apart from that, I had no intention of attending the inauguration.

Basically, it was natural that I, a commoner, had no place to be in the presence of

household gods and relatives. That's right.
It's not like there's anything to go to work with like the maids.

It was just one of the ordinary days when I received a lot of peacocks.

Still, I was going out for a walk in the garden because I wanted to see how splendidly
it was, and I ran into a group of drivers on patrol.
"Mr. Liche!"

"Hello!"

They were the knights who escorted me when I went out to the free city.

However, unlike when I was somewhat businesslike, I was embarrassed because my

expression was so bright.

"Oh... yes."

I greeted awkwardly.

"Hello. Good morning."

"Where are you going?"

"The flowers in the garden decorated for the inauguration ceremony were beautiful
today, so I came out for a walk to see."

I was going to say hello in moderation and pass by, but they didn't think to stand in
front of me and move on.

"I heard what happened yesterday."

"What?"

"Mr. Joaquin told me everything this morning."

"What?"

"Thanks to you, we've identified a spy who was hiding in the Knights, and we're now
interrogating the purpose of hiding in the Peacock. It wasn't Lichen. General Myeon
Hoaquin could have been in big trouble ...."

"So I heard you were sworn to be a knight."

It wasn't something to hide, so I nodded proudly.

"Yes, that's right."

Their sparkling eyes were burdensome.

"I did a good job of catching it."

In my answer, the knights exclaimed and nodded among themselves, smiling brightly.

"If you're the one who made the oath, you deserve our loyalty."

"Everyone is envious of Lyche's escort in a free city."

"I've already recognized the imposter gypsies when I caught them, but they're
amazing."

"Uh... Yes, thank you. Then stop."

I quickly escaped because I was embarrassed by excessive praise, but I ended up

returning from a walk in the garden. It was because he said one word to me for every
article he passed.

Although there may be some factions, everyone must have respected Joaquin quite a
lot.

But that's it, and I thought I shouldn't just walk around today, when everyone
thanked me with their eyes glistening.

As I headed to the lab, I could see far away Baroness Werrick and Baron Ishider.

They were the only relatives who attended the inauguration ceremony with a gentle
smile.

As if he was so happy that his blood relationship was successfully commissioned.

' Snakes like snakes.'

I grated my teeth thinking of Kane running at me.

He must know that Kane was caught, but seeing his gentle face, I thought Kane
would not be able to speak the name of Baron Ishider again this time.

When I saw them, the fresh feeling got dirty again, so I decided to go to a place to
vent my anger.
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The place I went was a greenhouse.

"Huh? Good evening, miss."

The staff at the top of Perelleman, who was guarding the greenhouse, recognized me
and said hello.

I greeted each other with a smile and approached Aaron, who was watering the
bercalia shoots with his eyes.

"Oh, Mr. Liche."

Aaron stood up looking up at me with a blank stare.

"Long time no see."

To some extent, it was a standing tone. I felt a complaint that I had made him do this
and never stopped by.

' I'll let you not stop by from now on.'

I looked at the shoots with my arms folded.

As Aaron became thinner and emaciated, there were more shoots that could blossom
anyway.

I think I really wanted to be my assistant because I already smoked 28 of them

because I didn't like the hardship.

"I've been working on something lately."

I put my arms together and said what was going on.

"That would require a well-groomed root of kerphon grass."

"......what?"
"Do you see the battery in the right corner? That's all kerfone."

There were many thorns in the root of the kerphon. And, of course, thorn removal
was essential for root trimming.

"Let's get it done 100 times a day. He'll take it every day."

"Lee, Mr. Liche."

Aaron stuttered in embarrassment.

"What I'm doing is too much. "When I cut my hand while I was working on the root of
the kerphon, I would have to...."

"My hands have gotten a little rough lately."

I put out my white, smooth hand and said in a coy way.

"I'm going to use this as a moisturizing cream for my hands, so please trim it well."

His attitude of ordering me to take a beauty reagent reminded me of that and I

clasped my arms.

"Why, can't you?"

"Well, that's not true..."

"I've lived well so far without my assistant."

I spoke coldly.

"If you don't think you can, go out. I don't need an assistant who's not that capable."

"......"

Aaron looked genuinely conflicted, but in the end, he hid his anger and muttered.

"......I see."

I thought I was kind of merciful.

Before returning, Aaron didn't even let me go. Now I was even giving you a choice.

As I watched him take out the kerphon root with his drooping shoulders, I sat in the
chair satisfactorily. I didn't want to miss this good sight.

I eventually sent back the person at the top of the Perelleman watching.

And in the greenhouse, he was pricked by a root thorn in the kerphon, nodded off,
and was startled and watched himself watering the bercalia flowers.

Thinking of him constantly pushing all kinds of sick people into my treatment center
and urging me to save him as a genius doctor, I was so frustrated.

"Aaron."

I mellowed and teased the dress decoration.

"It's easy to eat genius, but it's this hard to be an assistant to war."

I don't know what you meant anyway, but I felt cool inside.

And I didn't feel sorry for him because I could see his desire to get rid of me anyway.

' But you can't get rid of it now.'

I whistled and smiled.

'Cause I didn't just come in here to kill one.'

As I watched him suffer, time went by well, and I woke up only when the next
watchman from the top of Perelleman came.

Seeing that it wasn't as noisy outside as before, the inauguration ceremony seemed
to be coming to an end.

Of course, almost everyone will be treated to dinner tonight and leave after tea time
tomorrow.

Until then, the quiet peacock will be quite crowded with customers.

I was stuck in the lab tomorrow and thought that if I was bored, I should come to the
greenhouse and bother Aaron.

"Then work hard."

As I left the greenhouse, I didn't forget to 'mistake' step on one of the Bercalia
shoots.

Behind him, Aaron let out a groan of pain.

***

The end of my day was almost a lab.

What is the ingredient of the snack that Wederick fed to Eran?

I was busy searching all kinds of books and mixing herbs endlessly.

' Is Baroness Lee Cedar a genius like this? That's ridiculous.'

I used to rack my brains and get mad at myself.

The only person I admit, or smarter than me, was Perelman himself. Other than that,
there was neither in the past nor in the present.

But I couldn't find it, so I felt like I was going to die.

' If you just figure this out, everything's over, why.........'

It was frustrating that I only had to take one more step, but I couldn't go there.

Then, someone knocked on the door of the lab.

"Yes, come in."

During this night, Diel was the only one who came into the lab, so he answered
insincerely, and surprisingly, a red-headed knight stood outside.

"Uh... Hello, sir. Are you Sir Zickel?"

Still, I've been on the morning training for the Knights recently, and I've memorized
quite a few, if not all, articles.

I didn't mean to memorize it, but it was just stuck in my head.

But among them, Zikel was naturally unforgettable.

He was the first teacher of Eran's sword, and the author who taught such things
because he was a flirt and the circumstances of adults.

"Yes, you recognize me."

Geckel replied coolly.

"Not much... the Duke is calling."

I exclaimed without realizing it.

Now, Eran was finally a "manipulator." Now I had to call him 'The Duke'.

"Oh, are you sick?"

"No."

Zickel shook his head at once.

"I'm just... I'm just calling you."

"Why?"

Zickel shrugged as I frowned.

"Why don't you go ask?"

"Anyway, I got it. Where should I go?"

"I'll escort you."

"......what?"

"You sent me directly because you were at night, saying you couldn't let me go
around the peacock alone."

"I've been running around on my own all this time?"

"But there are many outsiders today, and they say no."

"What."

I nodded my head puzzled because I didn't seem to have to say no.

"Yes, let's go."

At best, I thought I'd go to his usual room, but Zickel guided me to a remote
patronage.

It was quite far from sponsorship, so I had to walk for a long time.

"The Duke seemed quite upset because she wasn't there at the inauguration."

"Why would I go there?"

"Thanks to you, it's been low pressure. He didn't laugh once because he had a stiff
face."

"I guess I was nervous because it was an inauguration ceremony with a lot of people
coming."

If I had known this, I think I should have given him a medicine to relax, but Zickel
shook his head.

"What are you talking about? You're not the kind of person who would be nervous
about that."
"Then why didn't you laugh? He hasn't laughed since he was young. Oh, you might
have been sad because you remembered the Duke."

Geckel stared blankly at me and muttered, turning his eyes away.

"I expected it, but..."

He touched his forehead for a moment and spoke seriously.

"I'm to blame for your growth, so I'll tell you with a grain of guilt."

"What?"

"You think she's very smart, don't you?"

"Yes."

"So there are things you can't see. People are different from medicine, so they keep
changing depending on the situation."

"Medicine also changes with the times."

Geckel shook his head in frustration and made a serious face.

"Do you know how the southern mana raises its young spouse? They show their teeth
to others, but they purr in a friendly way."

"Hmm."

"Then, if a well-raised actor tries to escape, he reveals a great possessive desire..."

It was so funny how Zickel explained with a scary look that I laughed.

"You know Lord Zickel, don't you? I'm the one who raised the little duke. I'm growing
up alone. Who raises who?"

"......I certainly warned you."

He sighed and shrugged.

" This will satisfy my shallow conscience forever."

And there was no more conversation.

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When I turned around and looked at the peacock, there were quite a few
rooms lit up.

' There are a lot of customers here.'

The Duchess did not enjoy social activities, so it was very rare for a guest to come to
the Duchess.

So seeing such a castle crowded with nobles, I felt strangely different.

So far, it has suddenly occurred to me that the well-favored ones are also
meaningless shells.

Guests holding inauguration ceremonies, erans, and fancy rooms were the world of
"real" aristocrats.

I belonged to a world of people, wagons, and so on who followed them.

When I followed Zikel to Sponsorship, I let out an exclamation.

"Ah....."

"I'll be on my way then."

Gently greeting, Geckel no longer said anything and disappeared.

All kinds of beautiful flowers were lined up with small sponsorship.

And Eran, who was between the flowers, came and gave me a bouquet of flowers in
my arms.

"Liche, are you here?"

The distant smell of flowers made my mind dizzy.

"What's all this?"

"I heard it from the knights."

Eran said with a deep smile.

"I heard you went out for a garden walk because the inauguration flowers were
pretty."

"Oh..... I did."

There were even tables and chairs among the colorful flowers. The table was full of
my favorite sweet cakes and cookies.

I sat on the chair and looked dazed around.

"Gather all the most beautiful flowers in the garden."

"Why?"

"Because you didn't actually come to the inauguration. I heard you had dinner in your
room."

"There's no reason for me to go there. It's where the gods and relatives come."

I had no intention of going to dinner from the bottom of my heart.

Of course, the Duchess said she could come because there were many delicious
foods, but she refused at once.

But I was sitting there. Myeon would be the only commoner among the nobles.

It was terrible to think of the eyes that would turn to me.

"But I kept thinking about you."

He cut the cake and put it in my mouth.

"Thanks to you, I was able to become Duke of Cerseus, really continuously."

I nodded because it wasn't wrong.

"It's only your thoughts when I see pretty things, your thoughts when I see delicious
things."

"It's worth raising."

I swallowed a sweet cake and said proudly.

"Now I'm telling you, when I first saw her, she was so weak that she fell down. I've
fed him, put him to sleep, poured out all kinds of herbs."

"That's right."

He fed me another piece of cake and smiled with his pretty eyes.

"So to me back then... you were a big world of mine."

The cake from dinner was very delicious. Maybe it's because Eran's face
has disappeared when he sees me mumbling.

"Everyone complains about being sick, but you were the only light in my world full of
endless darkness, pain and loneliness."

Well, that's not it .....

In the past, there have been patients who express excessive gratitude for healing sick
diseases.

Didn't Cancia even return the time?

That's how you make a doctor.

"How could such a smart, pretty, gorgeous and dazzling man suddenly come to me
when he was dying."

"What."

I answered with a scratch on my chin.

"Think of fate. Fate to survive."

"Yes."

He laughed as he fed another piece of pecan pie.

I could eat with my hands, but there was no fork in front of me.

"Liche, you know what. The Knights sent some men outside the Duchy this morning."

"Oh... the people who were talking in the weapons storage room?"

At first, I was apparently listening to their conversation, but at some point I didn't.

When I remembered the moment I was hugging Eran, I suddenly felt a fever in my
ear.

I drank tea in a hurry to erase the memory quickly.

"Yeah, I think it's going to be a little cloudy atmosphere. And I said it clearly."

As expected, I was the only one who had strange thoughts, but Eran's voice kept
relaxing.

"Now that the true knights have returned, I will not let the factions and politics go
away."

"Good job."

"I've been fighting with General Joaquin for the past few days, and the knights
who've been on the Duchy are bowing down right away."

He smirked.

"That's what it's supposed to be. "In the end, kneeling down at something strong."

The knights were brought together and seized control. It was very good news that

Before his return, he was so quiet that he fell into the hands of Wederick and became
a poor rebel.
"Thanks to you, Liche. Again."

"Yes, actually."

"I was wondering if I was idolizing you too much with childhood fantasies..."

Eran, who was looking at me softly, slowly raised his hand.

The warm body temperature slowly touched the lips and soon fell.

He wiped the whipped cream off my lips and licked his long fingers slightly.

It was nothing much, but his eyes were so agitated that there was a strangely shallow
atmosphere.

I went on to say that his behavior was meaningless.

On the first day he returned, I didn't forget that the Duchess reacted coldly when she
brought up the subject of me.

When I recalled the aristocratic-centered tone at that time, I could not express sexual
intentions between men and women for me, a commoner.

It would be better to think that it was a strange habit that happened for five years
when you were away from me.

I acknowledge Eran, who is clearly different from when I was young, and I promise to
accept the importance as it is.

"No, you're still the same."

"What, what?"

"The smartest person in the world, the shiny one who gives me the most."

"I told you a long time ago. I'm not lying."

I drank another sip of tea for nothing, avoiding his strangely deep eyes.
"What a good daughter, what a bad sister. If you're going to make that noise, I'll get
it done as soon as possible."

Even so, you clearly know that the world you live in is different.

Maybe I was hurt.

Anyway, our world is definitely more divided today. He's really a duke now.

It was also a good thing to say thank you so much for helping yourself as a user. Or I
feel sorry for myself.

He seemed to know the benefits of raising them well when he was young.

"Yes, you are not wrong."

He cut the pumpkin pie and put it in my mouth this time.

I felt good because everything in my mouth was so delicious.

"And my long longing and waiting were not wrong."

It was like a dream because there were beautiful flowers, stars that were about to
spill, and handsome men who constantly fed sweet things in front of them.

"It was surprising that you were weak in touch and sight, but on the other hand, I
think it's a good thing."

I tried to refute the remark, but I ended up nodding my head sullenly because of the
straightness of my inability to lie.

"Hurry up, Liche."

He whispered with laughter.

"I'll be really nice to you until then."

Then he put a chocolate cookie in my mouth, and I mumbled and asked back.
"What are you talking about?"

"I became nineteen first. You're coming of age, you're a duke, and I just have to wait
for you."

Her birthday is spring and my birthday is summer, so it was not far away.

"Well, when I'm of age, I can now be a full-fledged operative doctor. I'm a assistant
right now."

I shrugged and said sincerely.

"Congratulations on becoming a new duke."

He looked at me quietly, slowly clasped his chin and smiled broadly.

It was as pure and pretty as when I was young.

"Liche, the inauguration was really fancy and grand. There's a lot of people,
complicated procedures."

I also smiled face to face as if I was really happy to see you after a long time.

"But now that I'm congratulated by you, I feel like I'm a real duke......and I'm so
glad."

"I'm so happy that Eran took over the Duke safely. "

We smiled as happily as we were as children, facing each other.

No matter how many things have changed from then, it was a night when the bond of
a day that promised to be unique to each other rose.

It was only a small table with only sweet desserts and a glass of alcohol, but it was
our own inauguration, surrounded by flowers and stars.
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5. Butterfly Effect of Therapy

It has been a long time since the Duke of Cerseus received so many guests.

The household gods who had spread throughout the country did not come alone. All
the daughters who were about to come of age or had just passed adulthood came
with them.

Everyone had little expectation about Er-An, who inherited the new duke.

Eran was a depressed, skinny boy who was only lying on the sickbed every day.

He said he needed medical care, but he went down to the southern part of the
country for five years and didn't see his face once.

Nevertheless, the position of the nobility comparable to the vast duchy and the
imperial family was a desirable background for everyone.

Therefore, the household gods dragged the unwelcome ladies with the mindset that
they should lose their money's expense.

But as soon as Eran appeared at the inauguration ceremony, the thoughts of the
young children, who had been attracted by their father's will, were almost united.

' Your personality looks a little dirty and your impression is a little scary, but you
deserve your life.'

The large, colorful, and antique peacock had a grandeur that anyone could covet.

Eran, who appeared at the inauguration ceremony, had a stiff face and said nothing
but necessary words.

In addition, he had a look of annoyance, but he had a good appearance and decadent
beauty.

I was more impressed because I had no expectations at all.

Even if I gave up being friendly or sweet, I could live a proud life just by looking at
my face.

' Of course your mother-in-law's seat doesn't look good, but.........'

Isabelle, who has kept her position as the Duchess' mistress, also has a cold face and
says nothing but what she needs.
Got it.

It was appalling to see her black eyes, who took over the estate instead of her
husband and had so-called "blood rule" for the first few years.

Isabelle and Eran also seemed to have a strange relationship, but rumors in the castle
say that they only say what they need after they have met their adopted daughter-in-
law problems.

In any case, he seemed to be looking for someone with sharp eyes throughout the
inauguration, and was never heard of by the household gods to congratulations.

"You know what? My maid overheard the maids here saying... that her personality is
very cruel like Isabelle. They don't see me doing anything wrong."

"No, look at his eyes. It's a look that no one likes it. You always look upset."

"On a good day like today, you can't see me smiling."

"Look at the atmosphere of publication. It's so tight and tight. A few days ago, a
beheading body was caught."

However, the public opinion was that they could bear that disadvantage.

Besides, he didn't even have young children he had been close to since he was young.

It meant that everyone had the same beginning.

After dinner on the evening of the inauguration ceremony, some of the young children
who were trying to talk to Eran had to waste their breath.

At the dinner, he was busy trying to tell his servants to do something because he only
stared at the desserts.

After that, he did not talk much to anyone and disappeared with the wind.

Therefore, on a sunny morning, the young children were sitting in the garden, having
tea time, and aiming for a second chance.

There was no courageous spirituality to dare to talk to Isabel and ask her to join us,
so she settled in a garden that Eran had to pass after her dawn training on the field.

Betia Elie Abik was also the most confident among young people who liked Eran.

Even when I looked around, there was no peer-to-peer love that looked better than
him.

Glittering blondes and blue eyes have always been praised.

The silver dress tailored to the capital was the most splendid here.

Always confident in her appearance, she had no doubt that her beauty would help her
rise in status.

The problem was his father, Avic. The reason was unknown, but he kept wanting to
attach himself to Wederick.

' You should have a big dream, too.'

Wederick was only a baron's funeral, and his appearance was not up to Eran.

I couldn't figure out why he regularly met such a man.

' If you think you're going to be the mistress of a peacock, your father will like it.'
Of course, Eran, who had been observing for a day yesterday, did not seem to be a
good husband.

The cold face, which seemed difficult to say a word, was only good to see from afar.

Furthermore, the conversation with the Knights seemed to be harsh.

' I can't help it because I grew up uneducated in the South. But...... how much can a
Duchess enjoy.'

Of course, she wasn't the only one thinking about it, so the war of nerves was great
during tea time.

"I heard you have a good relationship with Wederick."

"Not really."

Betia grinned and said.

"It's just that you're close to your fathers. By the way, Sylvina is talking about
engagement. I heard there are quite a few young people."

"They're all talking. I haven't given anyone my heart yet. But Betty meets Wederick
once a month..."

I could see why Sylvina kept mentioning Weatherick.

When she scratched her temper, Betia stepped on Sylvina's foot pretending to be a
mistake.

She apologized tenderly, thinking it would hurt quite high in the heel-high.

"Oh, Mr. Silvina. I'm sorry. Changing positions."

"It's all right."

The problem was that Sylvina was also not full of personality.

"Would you hold it for a second? I think I need to look at the wound."
Without permission, Sylvina pointed to Betia's shoulder and pushed her hard as if it
was a mistake.

Betia shrieked and screamed.

"Argh! My, my ankle! Argh!"

The duchess's maid, who was pulling out the car, came running in surprise and helped
her.

"She pushed me! I really made a mistake!"

Betia screamed.

"Doctor! Call the doctor!"

"Come on, hold on. Once you get back to your room..."

"I'm stuck! Get the doctor here! Come on!"

In Betia's own way, it was calculated that it was time for Eran to come.

In front of Eran, Silvina's greed was revealed and she was going to be a poor
wounded man who had been pitied.

In the meantime, it was better to remain in his memory as an innocent and miserable
love.

The maids were embarrassed and had no idea, but when they saw a savior-like
figure, they swept away their hearts away.

He discovered Lice, who had been heading to the greenhouse to turn Aaron's stomach
in the morning.

***
"You sprained your leg?"

A maid ran to me in embarrassment.

In the meantime, it was unclear whether I should take care of the injury of the guest
because the guest did not come well.

Still, it was not possible to send a noble spirit to the medical office of the Knights
even though he/she was injured.

I thought it was okay to look after the injury, so I followed the maid to the garden.

The quiet garden had tables spread out because of the tea time of aristocratic spirits.

I approached the most chaotic table of all.

"Don't be so ill, Bethia."

A red-haired young love was grinning and pointing.

"Do you know you don't want to be seen by the Duke?"

"Why can't Sylvie or Young-ae undermine me?"

Clearly, neither of them had anything wrong with their voice.

It'll be a fun fight to watch, but I stepped in with a sense of duty.

"Hello, this is Lice Estelle, assistant to the Duchess. Excuse me, but who's hurt?"

"Me."

Young-ae with blonde hair, called Betia, stuck out her ankle with her eyes glistening.

"I'm hurt. I can't even walk how hard Sylvina pushed."

"......I think you can walk."

I grabbed her foot in a fancy skirt and checked the location of the bone.

"I'll fix your bones as soon as it's urgent, and I'll prescribe some pain-killing ointment
soon."

Of course, their nerves were not on me, fighting to the fullest.

They continued to argue while I carefully looked at the location of the bone.

I overheard it, and it seemed to stem from the struggle of young people who wanted
to be seen well by Eran.

' Well, come to think of it, you're a great husband.'

In my previous life, I couldn't even hold an inauguration ceremony because I was

doing my job preserving my seat tomorrow, so I didn't even talk about marriage.

But now I realize that things have changed a lot.

' It's desirable here and there. You're the mistress of the Duke of Cerseus.'

Even when I thought about it, I couldn't think of Eran's shortcomings well.

He has a good appearance, a richness, a noble status as a peacock, and a friendly

and friendly personality that draws a good line.

I felt very proud and strangely sad.

"Wait and see, Sylvina. No matter how hard you try with that fluffy hair, you won't
get a dance request from Eran."

"Well, I don't think Young-ae is good enough to dance with Eran at your upcoming
victory banquet."
Betia's eyes went blind fighting, and she didn't yell at me once that I was sick even if
I hit my ankle bone.

It was definitely a stern murder to make a fuss about dying earlier.

"No matter how Eran is, can you give your eyes to your cousin and Young-ae, who
has a rumor about you?""

"Don't spread false rumors, Sylvie or Mary Kerheimen."

She warned that even Sylvia could not jump to her feet because of her fierce voice.

"You were the one who insulted me first, Betia Ellie Abick."

As I was about to wake up with all the bones in my feet, I took a breath in surprise.

Avik?

Avik's author?

I gently raised my head and looked at Betia's face.

It was the first time to see a face with just a name.

Before regression, Wetherick was named his fiancee when he took over the duchy.

And the author was also a family member on the list that was announced as soon as
the rebels rose.

' Betia doesn't know her father is already on the rebel side.'

I started to roll my head as I smoothed her ankle one more time, which had been
deliberately repaired.
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' When I came to the inauguration ceremony, I think Eran likes it more
than Wederick, so I want to act alone.'

She looked pretty, but I didn't have a good memory for her.

I'm so busy at the clinic, blood.

It was because he was the one who kept giving orders to make medicine for the side
effects.

' You know, the noble children know that I'm getting a beauty reagent from you,
and... you're dying. I was going to make it quickly and asked for it from him.'

Considering Aaron, who wanted to look good to Wederick's fiancee, teased me again,
my fever went up.

I want to use it somehow, but I couldn't think of the right way because of the
limitations of my status.

With a sense of duty as a doctor, I stepped in calmly once I had treated the injury
neatly.

"All right. I'll send you pain-killing ointment to the maid soon."

He didn't seem interested in me anyway, but he was about to wake up slowly and
explain the symptoms and treatment.

"...what are you doing here?"

I turned my head with my back bent.

Eran was strode along, frowning heavily on his forehead.

Come to think of it, it was time for Eran to finish his morning training.

Betia quickly mended her dress and said,

"Hello, Duke."

It was a completely different tone from the one before when the voice was annoyed
to leave.

"Because Sylvia and Young-ae are pushing me..."

Sylvina cut in with a fit of rage before she could finish her words.

"No, it was Betty Young-ae who stepped on my foot first..."

Eran looked at me, not even looking at them.

"Liche, what's wrong with you here?"

"Ah."

I stood up completely straight and said.

"Just because he sprained his ankle."

"Someone asked."

His face hardened.

"Who the hell told you to look at your ankle?"

How creepy the voice was, I could feel the maid who called me shaking. The maid's
eyes were filled with fear and tears.

There's nothing to be so scared of, but I thought she was a pretty weak-minded maid.

"I was passing by and I just came. Anyway, you're a guest at the Duchy, and I'm
your assistant...."

"You're not coming of age, you're an assistant, actually..."

He pulled me by the shoulders and declared me low as if I were talking to everyone.

"You're my doctor."

Even Betia and Silvina, who used to curse at each other loudly, shut their mouths.

"You don't have to see anyone else's wounds. Let's go."

The maid cried to me with thanks and bowed slightly.

It doesn't have to be this cold, but even the aristocratic young ones are all dressed
up.
The dog tilted its eyes.

***

He headed to the lab to send the pain-killing ointment to the maid's side,
but Eran chased him.

"Liche, where are you going?"

"It's a lab, I guess. I don't go around well except in the lab and my room. There's no
one close to the planet except Diel."

I wasn't very close to the maids.

It was quite awkward to have a relationship because he was the same commoner.

In fact, my location should be similar to that of the maids, but Perelmann's own son
gave me such a nice room from the beginning and even attached a private maids,
which made the location awkward.

Of course, I never needed a friend in my life, so I couldn't afford to pay attention to

that.

Come to think of it, I didn't really need people in my last life.

Friends and parents thought it was "living well without."

So I wondered if no one came to see me when I was sentenced to death.

Perhaps the loneliness of being alone was overwhelming and decided to find blood
ties.

"I'll take you."

He stood on the sunny side and said, shading me.

"It's dangerous because there are many outsiders."

"In broad daylight, in the dukes?"

"I had a nightmare."

"Why would you take me back when the Duke had a nightmare?"

"The dream of Kane running at you with a hammer."

He spoke seriously.

"It was a terrible thing to me. Next time, no matter how much you say it, I will
definitely oppose it if it puts you in any danger."

"Duke, that's...."

I was going to answer back, but suddenly someone strode up.

Even I haven't seen Wederick in a long time.

"Erann."

Wederick looked at me for a moment, then grinned at Eran and reached out his hand.

"Congratulations on receiving the operation. I couldn't even talk to you yesterday

because you looked so distracted."

Wetherick's hand was held by Er-An, who was much taller than him.
"Thanks."

"It's been a while since I've seen you, too."

Despite Eran's short answer, Wederick smiled at me, not thinking of backing down.

"I couldn't see you at the inauguration ceremony yesterday."

"I don't think it's my place."

"Why not."

I snorted inwardly at Wederick's kind voice.

"Erann has been terrible since he was a kid. Whenever I hang out with her, I cheer
for her."

"Of course it is. I'm a peacock."

I said, looking him in the eye.

"And at that time, Wetherick kept looking at Eran and couldn't play ball or run. That's
how I got upset."

To feed openly in front of Eran, I continued with a smile.

"You can grow up so well, but you kept negatively evaluating me. At that age, I'm
already influenced a lot by someone close to me."

Wetherick glanced at Eran.

I felt a little relieved with a slight look on my face.

"Do you really think that's what I thought of my only cousin?"

He forced his lips together and said with a smile.

"It's all a joke."

"Wederick must have been a joke."

I shrugged my shoulders.

"But was that a joke to Eran back then?"

Wederick's expression got ugly when I was slightly sarcastic.

"You'd better not cross the line, my assistant."

Eran, who was listening to our conversation coldly, stepped in.

"You'd better not cross the subject."

His voice was surprisingly livable.

As expected, I was excited to find out that Wederick abused him as a child.

He continued, raising his eyebrows.

"I think I've made it clear before. Don't be so rude to Lice."

'No, why is my name coming out of there.'

You're the one who's been treated carelessly.

"Erann."

Weatherick kicked his tongue as if he was dumbfounded.

"Can't you see this commoner's assistance treating me like a nobleman?"

"Liche can do that. At least here."

I felt like I was getting more and more out of tune, so I also looked at Eran in a bit of
a daze.
"The Duke of Serious, and I'm the owner of this place."

It was a tone of arrogance in speaking naturally.

' Yes.'

I thought eagerly before the quivering Wederick.

' Don't ever lose it.'

"Well, whatever you did to me back in the day, it doesn't matter much because you
were young... ...don't ever look like a commoner assistant to Lice again."

He looked up casually and saw a vivid anger.

I don't think I should be this angry, but I felt cold as if I was going to freeze the air.

"You, you..."

"And next time, give me some examples."

He spoke coldly.

"I know where you are when I'm going to point out Liche's location."

I felt like I was going to die.

It was remarkable growth when I recall old memories.

It was not a tense battle, but it was full of the chill of Eran.

If he didn't laugh, he had no choice but to feel that the air itself would be so heavy.

' That's why the maids and Diel keep misunderstanding that Eran is scared......'
It was then.

"Miss Liche?"

Someone called my name with pleasure, so I looked back.

"Finally we meet."

"Uh..."

My eyes got bigger.

I never imagined I'd see him here.

"Sir Keynes?"

He was a military doctor and doctor who talked to Prince Jade when he treated her
eyes in a free city.

"I've found it."

Keynes gave an example to Eran and smiled at me right away.

"Are you here for the inauguration?"

When I asked him if he was a family I didn't know, he shook his head.

"No, I arrived today as a guest."

He spoke softly.

"It was sent by Prince Jade."

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I showed Keynes to the drawing room. You don't have to come, but strangely, Eran
followed you.

Neither I nor Keynes knew why Eran was sitting here together, but they didn't ask
why he was here.

Keynes handed over the book he lent at the time, called "Rare Eye Diseases in Irvia."

I accepted the book with some embarrassment. At best, I thought the book would
come all the time, but it was surprising.

"I thought you were actually a noble spirit..."

Keynes smiled funny.

I tried not to be embarrassed, so I managed my facial expression. I think I already

knew that I was the assistant of the Duke of Ceres doctor.

Well, if you're going to find out at the Imperial Household, you'll find out easily.

"Come to think of it, I never said you were a noble."

"Yes."

I answered confidently.

I wondered if there was a problem, but it didn't seem to be in that atmosphere.

Keynes just seemed to find it all interesting.

In fact, I can speak informally because I am a commoner, but I didn't seem to have
any intention of questioning me just by using honorifics as I used to be.

"Well, the godfather of Perelleman... "

"Yes, you've been a godfather."

Although the pigeon said, 'Yes. - Godfather,' though.

The words startled Eran and looked at me.

"What? When?"

"It hasn't been long. I told you."

Eran sighed with a frown. Seeing that these words didn't go in, I didn't think my
relationship with my wife had recovered yet.

"Hmmm."

The godfather was usually the culture of the aristocracy, but there was no law that a
commoner could not.

"In fact, I have one more thing for you."

Keynes took a gold envelope out of his arms.

'Don't tell me it's money?'

In fact, I didn't need much money because I was well-off, but I was looking forward
to the amount because I came here myself.

Keynes brought up with a gentlemanly smile.

"You might have expected it, but thanks to you, I was able to treat your eyes well."

"Oh, thank God."

"If I hadn't met you in a free city... ...the Crown Prince could have lost sight of one
eye."

"Maybe he did. It's big."

I nodded slowly over tea.

"That's why the Crown Prince wants to see Miss Lice again."

"Ah."

It was the same for me.

But not now, for now.

' There's no evidence to push in.'

While I was panicking for a moment, Keynes continued.

"Lice said she really wanted to see you again."

It was Eran who immediately responded to the remark. He looked at me with

incredible eyes.

"What? Are you sure, Liche?"

"Oh, yes."

I nodded for now.

Eran sighed with a broken look on his face.

Keynes gave me a golden envelope and laughed.

"In fact, the Crown Prince had no doubt that Miss Lice was coming at the victory
banquet, but he was quite sorry to hear that she was a commoner."

When I opened the envelope slightly, it wasn't money inside.

"There is only one way for a commoner to attend a victory banquet. It's an invitation
from the Imperial family."

I was lost in thought for a moment when I saw the fancy banquet invitation.

"For saving the imperial family, the Crown Prince is inviting you to the victory
banquet, so please attend."

I couldn't have been interested in a banquet or something.

But earlier, aristocratic young lovers were asked to dance at the victory banquet. I
remembered the things I fought against.

' I'm sure the author will attend.'

I don't know much about the banquet, but if it was a big event for the imperial family,
which was attended by many aristocrats, there might be a chance to get clear
evidence.

In addition, I remembered a great event that was heard by me, who was a quiet
lawmaker in the corner of the estate, during the victory banquet.

Recalling Betia's face, which still seemed to have no idea that her father was a rebel,
I gently smoothed the golden envelope.

'If you make good use of it......'

No matter how hard I thought about it, there was no reason not to attend.

"Yes."

I replied with a grin.

"I will definitely attend."

"......Liche, you're going to attend?"

Eran asked in a trembling voice.

"Yes, can't I?"

"No... I'm going if you want..."

Keynes smiled happily, covering his voice that looked dazed somewhere.

"The Crown Prince will love it."

"Why?"

"My eyes are completely cured and I've talked to Miss Liche a lot."

I couldn't answer the question. It was because he broke the teacup that Eran was
holding.

While the maid cleaned up, Eran said nothing.

***

"What?"

Mrs. Isabelle, who became the Duchess of Wales as of yesterday, was stunned and
speechless for some time.

"The Crown Prince invited you to the victory banquet?"

"Yes."

The guests started to go back one by one, and the lady called me to prescribe
tranquilizers, saying she was tired.

Then she couldn't hide her excitement when I told her what happened today lightly at
the light tea time that followed.

"That's what happened in a free city."

The lady held my hand with her sparkling eyes.

"Liche, the victory banquet is just around the corner. I'm sure all the famous tailors
are fully booked now. We should hurry up from tomorrow."
 "What? I have a lot of clothes."

"It's a direct invitation from the Crown Prince."

She spoke firmly.

"Then the first dance should be with the Crown Prince. That's the custom."

"What?"

I almost jumped out of the chair in surprise. Dance was the worst term for me.

"I can't dance..."

"Of course I'll learn. I'll fix you up as a teacher from tomorrow. Just in case, the
etiquette teacher...."

The research alone was short of time, and suddenly there was a hassle involved.

I misinterpreted my tearful face, and the lady took a breath with her tongue.

"I wanted to make you an adoptive daughter in case this happened."

Her eyes were filled with anger again. The opponent was, of course, Eran.

"No matter what happens to you, at least your status will hold you back.
I didn't want to."

"What do you mean?"

"When the Crown Prince says you like it, he can be a princess....."

I opened my mouth in astonishment.

He was a commoner who could not marry a noble, but he felt very profane to mention
the crown prince.
"Madam, that's not going to happen."

"Why not?"

She spoke as if she really didn't understand.

"There's no one as pretty, as cute, as smart and as nice as you are. There's been a lot
of young people coming from all over the place, but you're the only one."

"I treated Betty Young-ae's ankle today, and her blond hair was really shiny. It's no
match for my usual brown hair."

"Why are you treating Avicke?"

The lady's brows were frown. Then he asked again with his eyes glaringly.

"Who ever made you do such a trifle?"

"What?"

"No, I can't. I'm going to put a kite in the Abick's own author, and I'm officially
apologizing..."

"Oh, no. Please don't do that."

Anyway, Mrs. Erando was the same when she got angry at the strange pint. He
suddenly turns into a fierce expression.

I came back to the subject with a sigh.

"Anyway, at the victory banquet, there won't be anything you can imagine."

"Well."

The lady murmured with a lost look.

"The Crown Prince is the star of this victory banquet. You're my first dance partner. If
you know you're a commoner, you'll bite a lot behind you. I'll give you as much
support as I can to make sure you don't look like that."

"Well, it's okay to be bitten off from behind, but I'll do my best because I can't find
fault with Serious."

"Yes."

Still, whether it was appropriate for me to attend the victory banquet as a commoner,
she could not erase her disapproving expression.

"I've given birth to him in my belly, but Eran, he's a shameless bastard..."

The Duchess spoke with a cold face.

"From the Duke's point of view, I think that's possible. As I said before."

I answered in a murmur.

"Don't stand by the madman. The more I saw it, the more strange I came back. I
can't help but wonder if I'm better off when I'm squalid."

"Hey..., but I like your health. And you're back because you're so good, in many
ways. From Young Ji-min's point of view, you're just a good worker and a thoroughly
managed duke."

"I'm so proud of myself that I'm arrogant, and I don't stand by people..."

"But the young ones are crazy because they want to look good to you."

"What kind of woman would fit that temperament. I'm a mother, and I'm upset, too. I
don't know who's going to be my daughter-in-law, but I feel sorry for her."

Well, it's not that bad.

Somehow I felt like our relationship had gotten too bad.

' You're hitting your son so hard...'

I sighed for some unknown guilt.

"Anyway, don't worry about the victory banquet."

' I didn't worry.'

"Now that I've given up on managing the estate, I've ground my soul and
somehow..."

Suddenly, I began to worry.

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"I mean... we don't know the situation, but I think Lady Lice helped the Crown Prince
at the table next door."

"The military doctors diagnosed the prince's eye disease, which they didn't know very
well."

The knights who had been escorted by Lice in the free city looked at each other and
said a word.

I was so intimidated, but if I didn't talk, I thought I would have a bigger problem.

Eran's expression of listening to their story without saying anything became more and
more firm.

"Is it true that Lice said she wanted to see the Crown Prince again?"

The knights exchanged glances, and eventually the oldest knight sighed and nodded.

"Yes."

Eran pointed at his forehead and made a light groan.

Everyone didn't hear exactly, but they noticed that there was a mixture of swear
words.

He asked the hardened knights low.

"How is it to see Prince Jade in person?"

He had suffered from duchess until thirteen, so he had no interaction with others, and
since then, he had never seen the Crown Prince because he was in Irvia.

It was probably the first time we'd seen each other at this victory banquet.

"I don't need anything else, tell me if I'm handsome or better."

Eran, who knew Lice was weak in sight, asked questioningly.

The drivers replied, thinking that there has been no such difficult situation since they
came to the Duchess.

"Well, you have a different style. The Prince of Wales has a softer impression...."

"He's shorter than the Duke, but he's in good shape after a long war."

"There is a rumor that blue eyes are like glass..."

"I didn't think your words and actions were heavy. I saw you look like an innocent
boy."

Sickel, standing behind Eran, shook his head secretly.

I meant to stop being sensible.

In an instant, Eran breathed a harsh breath in front of the mouth-to-mouth knights.

"Go away."

The knights retreated faster than anyone else after they were given the courtesy.

Zikel and Eran, two of them remaining, kept quiet for a while and spoke low.

"Licce said she wanted to see you again? To the Crown Prince I've never seen before?
I can't accept it."

"Well..."

Geckel answered with a scratch on his chin.

"Well, you even invited the prince to a victory banquet. I don't think it's a one-way
favorite. It means you're going to give the first dance to Lady Liche."

"Oh, the first dance..."

The thought of Eran is terrible. murmured as if

"He's spinning around with Lice's waist in his arms? Damn it."
"Well..."

"That's ridiculous. I and Liche, who spent their childhood together, had never
danced."

"Duke, that's...."

Zickel spoke cautiously.

"I brought in Lice on the evening of the inauguration and we had a few words."

Zikel was the only one who could say this to Eran.

"The meaning of spending those childhoods together... seems to be different."

As if to say more, Eran raised her eyebrows.

"Liche thinks she really 'raised' the Duke when she was a child."

"That's right."

"But with that mind, you probably won't continue to see the Duke as a man."

"......why?"

"You only remember the whining of a child when he was like a baby."

Zickel explained like water.

"And Lady Lice is a commoner. You don't want to get along with the Duke in the first
place, do you think that way?"

"Then the Crown Prince."

"The imperial family can have many wives, and if not maintenance, the commoner
will be fine..."

"That's ridiculous."
Eran's clenched fist was bloodstained.

"I can't even imagine Lice going to the other guy, even a chamber?"

"Even so, there are many people who are impatient to get there."

"Shut up."

He jumped to his feet.

"Even if Liche doesn't see me as a man, that doesn't mean I'm a woman."

"That's it, but..."

"Licce's coming of age is just around the corner."

"........"

"You can look like a man until then."

"What if you're not a man to the end?"

"Then I really don't have a masculine charm."

Eran murmured in a disastrous tone.

"Liche is absolutely right. If that's really the case, I'm not good enough."

There was no heat in Lice's green eyes looking at him back.

He used to show a face that only shook when he was determined and seduced.

At least, after some time, it was hard to set the mood even more because it
immediately returned with a cold and clear look.

It was quick to notice that the feelings of seeing each other were different.

She wouldn't dream of how impatient it was for him.

How much I missed her for five years, and the moment I met her, I felt as if I had
been struck by lightning.

The more we spend time together, the clearer we become, the only emotion we can
bear for her.

At least according to imperial law, she had to win her heart until she reached
adulthood.

When she became an adult, she wanted to start dating, get engaged step by step,
and get married.

Even if the imperial law prevents marriage, of course, there were many alternatives in
mind.

Of course, now was not the time to show off his impatience alone.

There really isn't much time left now.

As soon as Lice reached adulthood, he was about to confess and ask for
companionship.

Before that, his goal was to win her heart calmly and leisurely. But even the Crown
Prince intervened in a difficult situation.

Now that he has transferred the Duchy, he is determined to stick to Lice in earnest.

On the other hand, Zickel sighed secretly. I knew it was a little strange, but I didn't
think I should be more blind.

It was difficult for Zikel to guess exactly what Eran wanted.

Most people no longer continued to think that no one could marry a noble or a
commoner anyway.

Liche was so absolute to him that he was reluctant to even ask what it meant.

So it was time for Geckel to worry about Lice's future, and Eran to worry about his
future.
The doors of the smokescreen burst open.

"Here you are."

It was Joaquin.

He had only a brief appearance at the inauguration ceremony for Kane's

interrogation.

"I've come to see you urgently."

It was a late night with a crescent moon.

Joaquin's voice was so serious that Eran also stood up with a firm look.

"Kane's interrogation is over. I couldn't overcome the pain and ended up dying of a
heart attack."

"...... you shouldn't have killed as much as you could."

"It must have been worse than expected."

"Have you told me what's behind you?"

"No, I kept my mouth shut about the direct background."

The other day, Joaquin did not have much expectation in the first place because he
ended up interrogating without income.

It was clear that whoever was behind it, or even if they were caught, only spies who
could clean up the back were selected.

I've seen Kane for over 10 years.

Considering the fact that he quietly held his breath and revealed it when he was
decisive, it was difficult to make him open his mouth by questioning him anyway.

"But we've found an indirect background."

"Indirect?"

"I caught a sleep scent and an unconscious murmur."

Joaquin sighed with a serious look. He was also an incredible result.

"The Duke."

"Tell me."

".....the rebels seem to be involved."

Eran's brows frown.

"Rebellion?"

It was just a rumor that there was a group of rebels.

The crown prince came back with such a succession, and the empire was peaceful.
But at this time of year, who the hell is this? You dream of rebellion?

"There's really a group of insurgents?"

"If it's right, it's been organized for a long time. Kane has been on the peacock for a
very long time."

"And the rebels have been after Serious for a long time."

"I didn't tell you because you were young, but there was an attempt to poison you
five years ago. Lee Lady Che used Kippurz to find out."

"Oh, the incident..."

Eran folded his arms and was lost in thought.

"It means Lice was next, and Joaquin was next."

He murmured low.

"Of course it includes me."

Lice discovered it all.

If his guess is true, Lice will want to protect Eran, too. Then, in case Lice gets hurt,
Eran was afraid of that only.

"Rebel."

His eyes sank deep.

61

From the next day on, I suddenly started to be busy.

The victory banquet was a month later. Thanks to that, I suddenly learned manners,
painting, walking and dancing, so I couldn't keep my eyes open. It was fortunate that
I was smart.

"It's an honor to match Lady Lice's dress."

The tailor sent by my wife also began to analyze my body shape and skin tone with all
his soul.

"He was invited by the Crown Prince. It's the first dance of a victory banquet, and
everyone's going to pay attention."

"That's the worst."

"Everyone's going to pay attention to Lady Lice's dress, and it's a huge opportunity
for me."

"It's a lot of stress for me."

I was so embarrassed to have to dance for the first time, but I was not happy to
receive all the attention. However, in order to be in big trouble, one had to sacrifice
this much.

' You have to make good use of Betia.'

I thought in response to the tailor's fuss without a soul.

' That requires Eran's cooperation...'

Eran is also a great aristocrat of the Empire, so he will attend the banquet.

In addition, it was like his first career in society. Considering the reactions of the
young people who went to the inauguration ceremony, it will definitely attract
attention from people around them again.

' He's someone you'd love. But.........'

In fact, there was one thing that kept on feeling uncomfortable.

It was because of the dream I had in the past.

According to Kansia, my dream is to see the future, and the contents of my last
dream were in my heart.

Almost all of them were blurry, but I only remembered how surprised I was when
Eran said he was rebelling at the end.

'Don't tell me Eran's going to be in the rebel army.'

I've been rolling my hair since I was 13 years old.

If I had a chance, I had to crack down.

After doing some work with excellent learning skills, I called for Diel.

"Diel."

"Uh, why?"

"Can I get a personal heat tracker?"

As soon as I mentioned the Personal Heat Tracker, Diel shook his head immediately.

"I can't get it. It's magic. How difficult is the permission. Besides, isn't it disposable?"

"You can't even get Perelle's top?"

"Yes, it's not a product that's being released in the market. Very few people have it in
the first place."

It was expected.

A personal heat tracker is a very rare magical device that has the ability to track the
location of a person with a specific temperature.

It was also the most useful item to keep track of someone in the crowd.

Of course, there were only a few in the first place because the interpretation of the
data was difficult, so only those with excellent medical skills could handle it, and it
was expensive, and there was much room for abuse.

Since it was only a disposable item, it is probably a heaven's star to get something
that is not to be used.

But since I have never had any physical or related training, I needed a personal heat
tracker that looked like a compass to sneak behind someone I wanted.

"Don't you have your own Perelman?"

Diel hesitated for a moment and replied as if he was unwilling.

"I know you got one when you were part of the Imperial Household. In the middle of
the study, Sioni died and couldn't use it, and it's been left in the mansion."

"Good for you. There's something I haven't used. Nee."

I said with excitement.

"Then you bring it..."

"You want me to go to Ferrellmann's mansion and get it? I'm not confident."

Diel flatly refused.

"Wait for Perelleman's return. He'll listen to you if you ask him."

"I don't have time to wait. We need a victory banquet."

"Then I think I'm into correspondence. I don't know exactly where you are in the
North."
"Is there any way?"

"There's only one."

As I whined as if I were trying to figure something out, D.iel sighed deeply.

"Go and get it yourself at Ferrellmann's. Of course it won't be easy."

"To whom at the Perelleman residence?"

Come to think of it, Perelman's self was not attached to the peacock.

Someone would have to manage the Perelman estate, but they haven't even
wondered who it is until now.

"Who is it, Perelman's father. We call him Elder Felix in the back."

In fact, Perman's own son would have parents and brothers.

"You shouldn't think that an old man would be merciful and kind. It's a little strange
to say this, but it's quite eccentric."

"I guess that's all the blood in the house."

I thought nothing of Perelman's hard-faced face.

I don't know, but if Perelman's daughter looked like him, she would be angry.

"He's the one who started the top of Perelleman. And in addition to Felix, there is
Seirin, the younger sister of Perelman's own house."

"Kyung?"

"Yeah, he's the official knight. He's single and has no husband and children.I'm......"

Diel shook himself once.

"... it was scary just to make eye contact with him."

I snorted.
The 13-year-old Eran's eyes were also "scary," because Dundiel's words didn't sound
anything serious.

"I know it's not far from here."

It was not a peacock, but a necessary instrument to track someone down in a busy
palace. I had to bring it by all means.

"Send me a visit letter."

I said to Diel with a grin.

"I'm going to Perelman's house."

6. Ferelleman's self-composed author and the play of the victory.

"I'm not really going to say anything."

Diel constantly belled beside him.

"So what do you want me to do, no, don't ask."

"Okay, I'll never make you smoke."

Perelleman's self-composition, which started in the morning and ran all the
way, but arrived around the evening, was no match for the peacock.

It was closer to a luxury mansion than a castle, and its baby-like work stood out
rather than grand style.

However, the wealth that was built on top was so great that marble was carefully
carved from the entrance of the mansion.
'Marbles on the trail.'

In addition, the garden was packed with all kinds of rare ornamental plants.

It wasn't exactly the plants in this area, but they were brought from afar at a
considerable cost.

In a word, the estate was a mansion that showed that the small and low-ranking
aristocrats were accumulating more wealth than ordinary nobles.

He whispered next to the A whether he knew what I was thinking.

"If only Zion hadn't died at that time.....the Earl of Perelman would have been given
the Earl's credit for the count.

Somehow, it was amazing that they were not his own family, which was quite close to
the Duke of Cerseus.
It's.

It seemed to be a strong enough family to belong somewhere.

"I've been contacted."

Send the carriage to the back door, follow the guide and enter the mansion, and a
maid dressed in a neat green costume will be sent to the front door.
I was hit by a lee.

"Liche Estelle and Diel Molekin, right?"

"Yes, that's right."

"The Lord and Lord Seirin are waiting."

When I went to the drawing room of my own house as the maid guided me, the two
of them looked at me with wary eyes.

'Weird.'

I looked around the antique surroundings and thought inwardly.

' I think I've seen it somewhere...'

It doesn't seem like a new space, but I just couldn't remember.

Of course it was clear that I had never come to Perelman's own house.

Originally, I was quite frustrated because there was nothing I couldn't remember.

I think I remember being very embarrassed here...

But it wasn't important right now.

"It's my first time seeing you. It's Lice Estelle."

I greeted politely.

"So, you're my brother's assistant? Sit down."

The tall, slim, leather-pants woman opened her head. Me and Diel sat opposite.

As expected, the woman who appeared to be in her mid to late 30s was Seirin Reese
Perelleman.

The old man with his arms folded without saying anything next to him was Felix Orion
Perelleman, who was still in his abode.

As the DA warned, the atmosphere of receiving guests was never soft.

I remembered the first time I saw Perelleman's own work and sat resolutely. It was
enough to think that there were two Perelman's own sons.

"It's great that you've been grumpy for five years."

Only after the maid pulled out the car and took a few sips did Felix's mouth open.

"But that doesn't mean you can give me a personal heat tracker."

It was the main point that continued without proper greetings.

"Go back."

"......can I know why?"

"Even in the imperial family, some of them are not distributed and even disposable.
You know it's not something you can pass on to your assistant."

Felix stared at me and continued.

His brown eyes shone coldly.

"Not only do I need a lot of skills because I'm picky about handling it, but I also need
the right personality because it can be abused."

Diel was right that no matter how old he is, there was no mercy.

Diel, too, was stiff beside him without saying anything.

"But do you think I'll give it to an unwarranted assistant?"

I slowly took a small note out of my bag.

"Prince Perelman is also my godfather."

It was embarrassingly short to stick out, but Felix's brows were frowned upon when
he saw a note saying, 'Yes. - Godfather.'

His son's handwriting was recognizable, he said with a light sigh.

"How could you use such a positive tone?"

Seirin, who saw the note together, also muttered with tongue.

"It's not a matter of whim to do this for anyone right now."

I spoke with confidence.

"That's how much you believe in my skills and personality."

"Anyway."
Felix shook his head firmly.

"My son is a godfather, and he is a guest from the City of Cerseus, so I will treat him
accordingly, but he cannot be a private heat tracker."

Sir Seirin also answered coldly.

"It's already dark, so I'll give you a room. Eat dinner, relieve the fatigue, and leave
tomorrow."

After adding coldly to Diel and me, Sir Seirin first left the drawing room, assisting the
elderly Felix.

I sat quietly and drank the rest of the tea, looking still at the back.

Diel sighed and whispered.

"Look. I told you no."

"Well."

I shrugged and grinned.

"I'll have to go tomorrow to find out."

62

Dinner delivered to the guest room was not bad. Except for the excessive amount of
meat in each type, it was a diet that was no different from peacock.

After finishing the meal quickly, I told Diel to rest first and quickly left the room. It's a
warm spring, but I didn't forget to wear the shawl I brought.

The walkway leading to the back gate was hanging around, and as expected, Felix, an
elderly man with a cane, walked slowly out.

"You're..."

"Older."

I smiled and approached old Felix.

"You're out for a walk, aren't you?"

"......."

"Let me help you."

Before old Felix said anything, I ran and held onto his right arm.

And I wrapped the shawl that I brought. No matter how much it is in the middle of
spring, it was good to warm up in the evening.

"Let me know if you feel stuffy."

The same was true of Perelman's own son and Lord Seirin, but the elderly Felix was
also tall.

I'm short, so I had to close my arms to help.

"...... did you wait for me on purpose?"

"Yes."

I didn't want to lie about running into each other, so I answered without hesitation.
"All the writers are so pretty and beautiful, but they're all marble on the trail. Other
than that, it's filled with coronary trees."

I continued, skillfully adjusting my steps slowly.

The only dirt road in this mansion was a short road leading to the rear gate.

"If you have enabe arthritis, you have to walk on the dirt road a lot."

Elder Felix looked at me with a startled face.

"How can you..."

"I knew the components of the tea from the maid in the drawing room were liac
flowers. As expected, it was properly prescribed by Perelman."

"Just by drinking, you notice the ingredients?"

"A good doctor should know that much."

I said as if it wasn't much.

As I asked Diel, Felix was not a doctor.

However, I only knew that the top of Perelleman was dealing with herbs, so the herbs
and tea were well-mannered.

"And there's a lot of meat in my dinner. It's also typically a diet for enabe arthritis."

Enabe arthritis was a fairly rare disease, but Perelman himself seemed to have
diagnosed his father's condition well.

"And besides... I noticed Lord Seirin's help. But why aren't you telling me that you're
going to be uncomfortable with that kind of support?"

"How did you know that?"

Old Felix asked, frowning on his brow.

"Seirin hasn't been noticing."

"Because I'm a doctor. Just a glimpse of the walk, I know that's how much I know."

"My doctor had no idea."

I asked with a tilt of my head.

"If Perelman had seen it, he would have noticed it at once, but he's not stopping by
his own command?"

"......does he have the spirit to stop by here now?"

"But..."

"If she didn't find her daughter, she would have gone crazy when Sioni died."

"You're still not very normal."

"So I'm more worried. It's a little weird, but think it's even crazier."

"Anyway..."

My help was comfortable, but Felix didn't shake my arm off.

"That's why the prescription is staying a long time ago."

The initial prescription for enabe arthritis is simple.

Eat all kinds of meat, don't walk in the sun, and drink tea with liac petals frequently.

However, if there are complications with other age groups, the symptoms will get
worse.

Perelman's own son must have told his doctor, but he seemed to be unable to grasp it
properly because it was a very difficult disease.

In addition, Felix was not telling people around him that the disease was getting
worse.

Seirin's method of supporting him.

"Please tell the doctor. Before you go to bed, add a 3:1 blend of the roots of
centenarians and kaizepools."

A glimpse of his stubbornness added me sighing.

"Or I'll tell you myself tomorrow. Let me see the doctor."

"......ok, no need."

The dirt road leading to the back gate was not long.

However, enabe arthritis was recommended to walk on dirt roads for at least 30
minutes every day. So we had to go around the same road a few times.

"You're an old man, but do you know what? Is there a reason why you don't clean up
all those marble roads?"

I asked with a tilt of my head.

"Or there are many places where you can walk without a tightly planted coronary
tree."

The luxurious garden was naturally beautiful.

However, the enabe arthritis patient was the worst for a walk. A hard, slippery marble
road was the opposite of a dirt road.

Felix answered my question curtly while still keeping quiet.

"That coronary tree was planted by Sioni herself."

Sioni was the wife of Perelman's own son, who said he had returned to the body.

"When I first came to my own house, I was excited to bring you seedlings there
because I missed my hometown of Laverie Island."

Felix's eyes were filled with longing.

"It's nothing, but how many times a day I say thank you."

I suddenly noticed that he cared so much for his daughter-in-law.

"How can I touch this garden when the little boy is flapping, and the tree is, and the
tree is... and the whole day is still vivid."

How desperate the voice was, even my heart was depressing.

"Arga and Sioni got married as soon as they reached adulthood, and they didn't have
children for two years."

On the road of complete darkness, there was only a round moon.

The shadow stuck to support us was long following us.

A slight spring breeze blew petals flying in the night sky.

I quietly assisted the old Felix and looked at the well-managed garden in
the distance.

"There is a myth in this area for couples who don't have children for a long time."

"What is it?"

"The most expensive marble path for a precious child to come easily, not to wander
about."

"Ah......."

"We've laid marble paths on all the trails except this one where the wagons have to
go..."

There was a sigh in Felix's calm tone.

"A child came like a lie."

Strangely sad, I couldn't even answer.

It was because I could tell by his voice how excited and excited the mansion must
have been at that time.

"I was planning to get rid of all the marble roads if the child walked, in case he got
hurt."

I was well aware of what happened after that.

"You must be big enough to walk in now."

Sioni, who went to her parents' house, returned to her body after childbirth, and her
daughter was missing.

"I want that precious child to come back easily..."

Felix looked at the moon with a sigh.

"Don't lose your way, and please come back to my house waiting for you..."

"......."

"We're not getting rid of this road."

I noticed why he didn't tell Lord Seirin that he was doing wrong.

If he was found to be in a bad condition, he thought he would remove the garden and
marble roads and create a walkway for him.

The worse the enabe arthritis gets, the closer it is to walking on the dirt road in the
evening.

That's why he wasn't telling his doctor about the getting worse.

"It's okay if he doesn't stop by his own house for years."

I felt like I was getting choked up for some reason.

I could feel the desperation of waiting for my granddaughter even against
superstition.

"If I could see my granddaughter just once, I could close my eyes comfortably."

"........"

"They say you look like blondes, green eyes, and Sioni... ...and you're probably very
smart and you'll definitely be able to come and see us. Sioni is very confident and
snapped."

"Yes, I think so."

I clasped his arms more tightly and nodded.

"I just developed a simple way to do paternity tests."

For some reason, I held back my tears and spoke bravely.

"I'll show you when Perelleman's son in the North returns."

I wasn't this kind of personality, but I felt like I had to do a cheerful and cheerful bell.

"It's a way of using dragon claws... which can dramatically reduce testing time."

"You've developed that?"

"Yes, well, it's for you, but it's for me, too. I'm from a nursery school, too."

Once again, I went around the same road and continued.

"I want to find my parents, too."

"........"

"Whether you abandoned me or lost me, I'd like to meet you for now. I'm determined
not to resent any circumstances."
The night in the strange garden was still, so strangely, each other's voices seemed to
ring.

"Anyway, I'd like to thank you for giving birth to me so beautiful and smartly."

My natural words finally caught Felix's mouth with a smile.

"I've decided I don't care what you look like, but..."

I blinked and murmured.

"In fact, I want my parents to be waiting for me with the intention of laying down the
vicarious path like this. Then I would be very happy."

"......are you?"

"Yes.To be honest, I was going to tell Sir Seirin or his doctor that I should start with
the whole garden..."

Looking at Felix's wrinkled eyes, I smiled slightly.

"I'm sure you'll find your granddaughter. Wouldn't we be so happy if you could
convey this feeling then? So I'll keep it a secret."

"Hmm, hmm."

"I won't tell my doctor about the pills I prescribed earlier. Instead, I built it myself on
the Duchy. I'll send it to you, and you can eat it."

"...... won't it be too much trouble."

"Of course it's troublesome. So you have to live long. Until you find your
granddaughter."

I took a walk with old Felix for quite a while that long.

I'm a little busy now, but I promised to come to the banquet once in a while.

Anyway, Ferrellmann's son is my godfather, and I'm sure I can take care of his father
from time to time instead of the distracted godfather.
"Hmm, big."

By the time it was time to get in, Felix looked away and said.

"Personal heat trackers are difficult to use. If you do something wrong, you can
explode and get seriously hurt."

"Don't worry about that."

"Not at all."

When I answered confidently, he murmured.

"I've walked so long that I'm not tired at all. It's probably because you're a good
helper."

"Yes, that's right. I'm very delicate in many ways."

"My son is so fastidious that I thought he wouldn't have a stupid kid on his side for
long."

"Sure. Everyone can't last two weeks, and I've been here for more than five years."

"But what do you want to use a heat tracker for? In fact, it's a very short time to use,
and it's a disposable item with a lot of limitations."

Elder Felix's brown eyes looked straight at me.

"It's quite possible that it's still the same time."

"I don't do anything wrong. There's only one person I need to track down in a
complicated place."

I answered without avoiding his eyes.

"I swear with respect for the doctor's life. I can't tell you in detail, but it's to save a
lot of lives."

"Huh."
Old Felix kicked his tongue and laughed.

I looked at him with anticipated eyes. However, he never said he would give me a
personal heat tracker.

"You're going to have breakfast tomorrow and leave for the Duchy, aren't you?"

"Yes."

He spoke out as he entered his own book.

"Let's have breakfast together."

63

When he told Diel that he was going to have breakfast with him, he started hiccups.

"Morning together? I think I'm going to get indigestion...."

"If you have an upset stomach, I'll prescribe you a good medicine. Don't worry."

His own restaurant, which was filled with tapestries on one side of the wall, also
showed his unique wealth.

The food tasted just as good as the Duke of Cerseus.

There wasn't much conversation, but Felix used to ask me a word every time I ate
something.

"How does it taste?"

"It's all right."

It's not a very kind tone, but whenever that happens, Diel would hear a sarae.

"Not lacking?"

"Yes, perfect."

Of course, whenever such unkind questions continued, Sir Seirin also looked at the
elderly Felix as if he was a stranger.

After eating all the cherry pie that came out for dessert, Felix, who was looking at me
quietly,
He spoke quietly.

"Your personal heat tracker."

I put down my fork with a face full of anticipation.

"Even if you've checked your skills... I can't give you Arga's stuff."

"...... I see."
"But if a man like Arga claims to be the godfather, he could come back and complain
to me why he didn't give it to me."

Diel couldn't say anything next to him and nodded furiously.

"It's not that I don't believe you for bad things. But I can't believe it completely. So
ask."

I looked at old Felix calmly.

"When are you going to use it?"

"It's the Prince's victory banquet. I heard that the expiration date is about three
hours. I'm going to use it that evening."

"Wasn't he a commoner?"

"I've been invited."

"Huh, really?"

The words surprised Ser Seirin and frowned. As expected, it seemed very rare to
receive invitations directly from the royal family.

I spoke with confidence.

"I happened to meet you in a free city, and you said it was a reward for fixing your
eye disease."

"..........hmm."

Felix kept quiet for a while, took a sip of water and said,

"Then I'll bet on it."

"Yes."

I nodded with the expression that I could accept anything.

But what came out of his mouth was something even I didn't expect.

"Seirin, you go."

"What?"

Seirin also opened her eyes wide in surprise.

"I'm asking you to go to the victory banquet."

"I don't have to..."

"Then give this kid a personal heat tracker and keep an eye on him."

' Surveillance? '

It was uncomfortable to imagine that I was being watched by Sir Seirin, who couldn't
imagine smiling at all.

"Don't use it for weird things. I'll lend you that condition only."

I was lost in thought for a moment.

It was clear that the Perelleman family would not join the rebels anyway. Then there
was no need to hide the rebels from catching their tails.

Even if I fail, I'm not doing anything bad.

"I accept it."

I nodded gladly.

Seirin looked at me and Felix alternately and answered low.

"......yes."

"Then get a personal heat tracker from Seirin at the victory banquet."
Old Felix woke up with a cane to finish the sentence. Then he instructed the maid.

"Tell the kitchen to bake another cherry pie and send it together."

His back, staggering as he walked, strangely caught my mind.

"You seemed to be eating well."

So I smiled broadly at his back, not like me.

"Thank you. Thank you for the meal, old man!"

However, the atmosphere at the restaurant has not been so good since he left.

Sir Seirin was staring at me with his arms folded.

Lord Seirin said coldly when I didn't pay much attention to it.

"I don't know how I baked my father in a day."

"I didn't bake it."

I said, blinking.

"I just showed you my skills."

Since he even received an invitation for fixing the crown prince's eyes, he cannot be
refuted.

However, Sir Seirin continued in a voice that seemed to be dripping with ice.

"It's the basis of the article not to trust someone you don't know. I'm going to keep
an eye on you at the victory banquet, but I have no intention of helping you. I hope
you know that."

"Yes."

"And if you're going to do something stupid or sneak something behind my eyes..."

She was obviously beautiful because she was a curious resemblance to Perelman's
own work, but she had a much sharper impression, perhaps because she was a
knight.

"Be aware that getting rid of you is nothing."

She spoke threateningly, tapping the sword hanging from her waist.

"No matter how much your brother has been a godfather, you don't really think he
belongs to Ferrellmann."

With her brown hair tied high, she warned me coolly and then slowly got up and left
the restaurant.

The A, who had not said a word, whispered.

"Look, it's scary."

"The first commoner I saw would use dangerous items, would you believe it?"

"But his personality... so he doesn't have any friends, and he says he won't go to a
banquet."

In fact, it didn't seem to be a social personality, given that the majority of the nobles
said they wouldn't go to the biggest victory banquet.

"So Xioni was the only friend he had. I heard that Sioni's personality became sharper
after his death."

When I heard that, I suddenly felt strange.

64

"What? Rebellion? Rebellion?"

"......if you don't like the Empire, you may not be loyal. Don't you think so?"

Eran's heart broke strangely when he saw Lice in pain with her head on.

Lice didn't seem to be loyal to the royal family either, but maybe because of the
Crown Prince.

When I thought of the Crown Prince, I felt like I wanted to rebel even more.

Lice's first dance partner was already worried that her eyes might not turn.

I'm still trying to resist the urge to run and poke the sword.

"Just so much as I don't think about treason. That's what I mean."

Even though I answered with a lot of purity, I was already angry at my voice.

Lice sighed deeply and answered cheerfully.

"I hope not, please."

"Well... I wish I didn't either. What's the second question?"

"Ah."

Lice, who already looked tired somewhere, looked up again and asked seriously.

"If, by any chance, Eran doesn't continue on the dukes, Wederick will be handed over,
right? He's the only relative."

"That's right."

Eran answered without much thought.

"It's good to have him at least."

"......what?"

"It's fortunate that there is someone who can turn over the peacock when there are
unavoidable circumstances."

It was one of the many cases that Eran had in mind.

Although they suspect Wederick and Roman as the top priority, they were also the
only reason not to give up on suspicion alone.

If it was not easy to modify the law somehow or make Lice an adopted daughter of
another noble family, he was going to abandon the duke.

That was the only value of Wederick, the only relative.

It was the last thing I thought of because I wanted to give Lice a more affluent life.

However, if Liche pushed him away for identity reasons, he was willing to become a
commoner himself.

"He, are you that precious? Now you can think objectively. He wasn't exactly for Eran
when he was a kid."

"What's important about that?"

Eran truly had nothing to do with anyone other than Liche.

It was because it was more important to think about how to be with Lice now than to
weigh things in the past.

Wetherick was a man long overdue for him.

If he wasn't behind all this, if he didn't do any harm to Lice, he could just pass it on
by treating him carelessly in the past.

There were only Lice and not Lice in his world.

"The only relationship I have over the peacock, that's important."

"...yes, well, if you think so."

Lice nodded slowly. However, he looked rather sullen.

"But why? Say whatever you want to say."

He didn't even win Liche's heart yet, but he didn't explain it any more because he was
afraid he would feel pressured to marry him.

Lice didn't ask any more, just a slight sigh and shook her head.

"No, I'm not curious about anything else."

"......can I ask you something?"

"Yes."

Lice nodded her head sharply, flipping her brown hair back.

Eran stared at her and smiled slightly.

I don't know what to do with such a good thing. I felt itchy all over.

I wanted to do everything for you when I saw your eyes and small size.

"What kind of man do you like?"

"What?"

"My ideal type."

Liche spoke with little hesitation.

"Perfect person."

"......huh?"

"If you're an ideal type, you don't have to deal with someone who doesn't have a
disadvantage."

At the words, Eran unwittingly covered Lice's cheeks and faced her forehead.

The midnight lab was quiet, and there was something on my side as good as being
alone.

In an instant, Lice's face heated up in the street, blinking green eyes.

Her big hands filled her cheeks with tenderness.

More than anything else in the world, I want to protect it somehow, but on the other
hand, the perverse possessive curse that I wanted to be mean was suddenly filled.

Although she desperately hid something that became harder to endure day by day,
sometimes she seemed to be too indifferent to herself, she seemed to be boiling.

His long fingers glanced at her already red ears.

Under the long eyelashes, the black eyes stared silently at Lice's small lips.

"That's right, Liche."

He whispered quietly, very slowly.

It was not a friendly and friendly voice as before, but a locked voice that held back
the desire.

"I like perfect people, too."

To him, she was always perfect.

***

"Uh... come to think of it."

I quickly got out of his hands because I thought I'd be possessed.

This atmosphere was not good.

"I think there's something I'm not good at."

"What is it?"

"Dance."

I spoke seriously.

"I've been learning to dance lately, but I can't memorize the moves well, but it's hard
to keep pace. It's not fun."

"Really?"

"He's the crown prince's first dance partner, so... I'm glad he can't make a fool of
himself. Is the Duke a good dancer?"

"Well."

Eran replied with a strange look.

"I've learned it in Irvia, but it's my first time attending an Imperial banquet."

"But when you learn, you know I'm good or bad, right?"

"Really?"

He reached out to me.

"Then you judge. Shall we dance together?"

"Yes, I do."

I woke up lightly holding his hand.

He put his hand on my waist and pulled me carefully.

I took a light waltz step, and he looked me in the eye and whispered.

"Honestly, I'm not really good at dancing, but I don't think I can laugh."
"The moves are not wrong."

"But I still lack the sense to move my body."

"Not everyone can do well. Well, you're a good dancer."

He grinned at my vague answer.

"I'm the first dance in your life. I'm not the Crown Prince, so remember."

The dance teacher was a woman, so she was right in some ways.

Eran smiled satisfactorily as he nodded his head nicely. Then. I suddenly changed my
expression and bit my lower lip.

"...... I can't believe you're dancing with the Crown Prince."

"Who is the Duke dancing with for the first time?"

"You."

"I have to dance with the Crown Prince."

"But you. I don't want to dance with any other girl."

"Uh... it's the Duke's first social debut, and I'm sure there are a lot of young kids
waiting for him."

"Who cares."

What was certain was that he had no dance partner promised like me.

I brought up my words carefully.

"In the end, if you don't have a designated person while I'm dancing with you for the
first time, could you do me a favor?"

"What is it?"
"Please sign up for the first dance to Betty Ellie Abick Young-ae."

Eran's pupils shook greatly.

"...why the hell?"

"I'll tell you when the party's over."

Earlier, Eran said that Wederick is worth it just because it is the only blood.

No matter how much he was a favorite doctor, he seemed to have to press for proper
evidence.

I didn't know the weight very well because I didn't have blood ties.

But now, he is desperate for even a small clue to find his roots.

So whenever I weighed Eran's belief in me and his true blood relationship, I wasn't
sure.

I couldn't imagine how precious it would be if I had a cousin.

I wasn't adventurous about the unthinkable. So now I couldn't say this or that with
just my heart.

But as I planned, I could definitely get the evidence at this banquet.

"And after the first dance, you must ask Betty Young-ae to join you for a bottle of
Shergarian champagne."

"Do you want me to drink with you?"

"Yes, it's good to make sure you drink a lot quickly. It must be Mount Cerseus."

Looking at Eran's face, which looked quite displeased, I added as if I were sorry.

"It's all for you and me. You'll know why after the banquet."

I missed D.I.L. again.

There was no one more comfortable to deal with than Diel. Just ask, I'm done with
just one word.

But a commoner, Diehl, couldn't even attend the banquet, and this was only Eran's
job.

"What will you do to me if I do you a favor?"

"What?"

"I have to do you a favor for no reason."

He grinned, bringing his face closer.

"What are you going to do for me?"

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' It's all for you...'

It was unfair, but I couldn't help it.

"Well, I'm a very soft-hearted and hard-working person, so... okay. What does the
Duke want?"

"The Crown Prince can't help it unless I rebel..."

I jumped in surprise at the word treason.

"There's no treason. Never!"

"I will not dance with other men at every banquet in the future."

"Well... yes."

I answered quickly to an easier-than-expected suggestion.

I was a commoner anyway. There couldn't have been another banquet.

And I probably don't have time to dance with another man because of a lot of
incidents that day.

"I'm not going to dance either."

"You don't have to do that."

"Still."

"Well, do as you please. But you have to dance with Betty Young-ae."

I was once again confirmed by Eran.

"Okay."

"To confirm the interim progress, let's meet 30 minutes after the first dance."
I clenched his hand once and let it go, saying firmly as if to promise.

Eran nodded slowly with an undesirable look.

"What's wrong with your face?"

"Because I'm sick."

"What? Really?"

I looked into him in surprise.

Even though Eran, whose appearance changed a lot, was unfamiliar, I used to think
of the old days when I wanted to protect him recklessly whenever he said, "It hurts."

So when he looked sick, I quickly felt that there was nothing else in the world that
was as important as before.

Of course, knowing that I had such a change in my emotions, Eran seemed to be

sobbing even though he was not very sick now, unlike when he was young.

"I think it hurts, Liche."

"Where are you going?"

"Heart?"

Eran squinted and spoke softly.

"I'm not feeling well these days, so I wonder if you're putting another girl on me...
because you're always coming to me when you're sick."

He held out his little finger and grinned.

"Promise. You'll think of me the most even if you go to the banquet."

I couldn't help but burst into laughter as I looked at his pinky finger.

This is because I remembered the promises I made with him as a child.

Even then, I think of Eran the most.I think you said that.
I had no choice but to hang my pinky finger on the act that seemed to remind me of
my old thoughts.

"That's a given. It's always been like that."

"Remember that I'm always sick. Okay?"

"I can't believe you lied to me in front of the doctor..."

"You were my specialty."

No matter how hard he tried to open his eyes, his expression kept loosening when he
mentioned his childhood.

"Lying in front of you."

At that time, I lied a lot that I was sick but not sick.

Come to think of it, I felt like I was against everything when I became an adult.

'Actually, she was so cute when she was a kid...'

His eyes glistened as if he had succeeded when I smiled.

"Don't forget, Liche."

"What?"

"We have an epic story from a very young age."

"Is that right?"

"It's different from the Prince who came across one day and fixed one eye."

"That's true."
In fact, there was no comparison between Eran and Jade.

When I answered calmly, Eran held my hand again with a completely relaxed look.

"Shall we dance one more time? I'll teach you how to step on your foot by mistake."

"......okay."

I never wanted to step on the prince's foot by mistake. I decided to concentrate on

dancing.

***

Time went by, and the morning of the victory banquet dawned.

I had a good feeling since the morning.

Because Aaron finally came to the lab saying that he had bloomed all the Bercalia
flowers.

His hand was a mess because he was pricked by a thorn in the root of the Kervon.

I couldn't sleep for more than two hours, so my dark circles were deep down.

' When I was in a hurry because I didn't have the equipment, my hands were peeled
off because I was dealing with alcohol with my bare hands.'

Compared to that, it was quite robust.

"90 dried vercalia flowers."

Aaron handed me a glass bottle full of vercalia flowers with his trembling hands.

At the sound of Aaron coming, the sightseeing on Daniel exclaimed.

It was a sincere admiration that came from knowing how much a flower takes.
"Good job, Aaron."

I grinned and picked up the glass bottle.

"You said I'd give you a big prize if you did it all, remember?"

"Yes."

Still, I didn't miss the expectation of his bloodshot eyes as a prize.

I took a piece of paper out of the drawer in the lab.

"Take it."

It was a citation saying that he was patient enough to bloom the Berkalian flower.

Of course, I opened the practice book and wrote it myself.

"....... "

Aaron looked very disappointed and received my citation.

I opened my eyes wide and asked.

"Isn't this a bad award?"

"What? No."

"This is my first citation."

I said, pointing to the name 'Liche Estelle.'

It was worth a lot more than the ticket window I received from him before I got back.

At least he won't be sentenced to death just because he got a citation.

"And you haven't been able to sleep well in the meantime..."

I picked up a blue reagent from the desk in the lab and said it as if I was being
generous.

"Eat this."

"What?"

"I'm a doctor. I'm giving you the medicine you need, so don't worry and take it."

"......yes."

Unable to refuse, Aaron was forced to swallow the reagent.

I explained, looking at his eyes that were getting hazy.

"It's a sleeping pill. You'll be able to sleep well for two days as you haven't slept in a
while."

It was a sleeping pill that I prepared because it would be a big deal if I worked during
the victory banquet.

Of course, it was true that Aaron needed a good night's sleep the most, given his
physical condition. In many ways, it was a prescription for him.

"What? No, but now I'm......."

He stumbled, trying to open his cold as much as he could.

Before his consciousness was completely gone, I handed Diel a glass bottle of Bercalia
flowers.

"Diel, it's actually good for nothing. Burn it."

"Wait a minute!"

Aaron reached out his hand with his eyes wide open, but it seemed to be already
encroaching on the water.

I said as if to hear clearly.

"We can use it here as fuel for the lamp. Pour it all at once."

In the meantime, Aaron burned the flowers that he had grown with blood and sweat
in front of his eyes.

Aaron looked at me alternately with the flowers burning with astonishment and fell
asleep with his shocked face.

I don't know, but after two days of sound sleep, the despondency may appear in your
dreams.

' If I let him live, he wouldn't be able to recover and let him go to war.'

I mumbled as I rolled Aaron, who had fallen.

"When I think about that, I'm very soft-hearted. He's so nice."

Diel looked at me with a puzzled look on his face.

"Diel, you're gonna be sick for two days. Move me to a room that's reasonably
monitorable."

I had no intention of letting Aaron go here.

Since then, I was a little disappointed that no one has visited him except Kane.

So I couldn't hold onto another tail, but there was still a little more room to use.

I might bother him more.

66

"Yes, I love it."

Mrs. Isabelle was no longer the Duchess.

Still, he was as dignified as the highest housewife of the castle.

"It's worth several times the price."

She had already declared that she would not go when Eran went to represent Serius
at this banquet.

I wasn't surprised to know that he doesn't like social events from the beginning.

But he did his best to me as if he were going.

"Erann? You'll take care of it."

Rather, he did not seem to think it was important that his son made his first social
debut.

"If I had given birth to you with that face, I would have done my job in society."

That was right.

"Liche, you're so beautiful. Even if it was my first dance with the Crown Prince, I
would never be laughed at."

Even I was surprised because my reflection in the mirror was so pretty.

The other day, when I went to a free city, I decorated it, but it was nothing compared
to then when I was touched by experts.

A light yellow dress with a small diamond on each skirt, which sparkled.

Hair fixed in emerald decoration that matched my eye color was fluttering in my
chest.
' It's really good after the regression. '

Before the return, it was all about wearing a few rough wool dresses at a local clinic,
which was a remarkable change compared to then.

"Since it's spring, I'm going to decorate it according to the trend."

The tailor opened the big box and said.

The box was full of all kinds of flowers.

"It'll be between the hem of the skirt and the gems. The flower that suits you best..."

"Oh, actually, I have a separate flower."

I said softly cutting off the tailor's words.

"Potiselia flowers would be great. I grew my own hydroponics in the lab."

"Is it a porticelli?"

"Yes, it looks good on you because it's a white flower."

"......the red line would be more spectacular..."

"I prefer the elegant atmosphere."

Since I haven't said my opinion in the meantime, the tailor seemed quite
embarrassed.

But I also had no intention of bending.

Mrs. Isabelle was still thinking and finally took my side.

"Just do what Liche says. But your taste is the most important thing."

"Thank you, madam."

I gave Mrs. Isabel a smile as I handed her the prepared porticelia flowers to the
tailor.

"Ah..."

Mrs. Isabel looked at me sadly.

"If there were only the castles of Serius... ..the Crown Prince and all the noble
Eucharists would have been unable to come to their senses because they wanted to
beg."

"Madam, you have to worry about the Duke's marriage because he's past his age."

"I've learned a lot about him lately."

"What is it?"

"I'm sure the person who says she's going to marry him is a woman who'll be
satisfied with her shell."

Sometimes it feels a bit harsh, but it's not that bad.

The people of the Peacock tended to see Eran too much.

"I acknowledge that the Duke of Cerius will be the most competent man in his career.
But who would marry someone who is suffocating even if we talk for 5 minutes?"

I didn't agree much, but Mrs. Isabelle couldn't bear to intervene because she was
verbally abusive.

"Anyway, just because I'm worried doesn't mean I'll get a good result."

"But there could be an aristocratic young man who's engaged or married."

"Well, that's a lot of correspondence."

In fact, considering the past conversations of the young children who went away, I
thought you didn't have to worry.

"Ah."
Mrs. Isabel blinked as if she had suddenly remembered.

"That's right... ...it was a long time ago, but there was a child who talked about
marriage. I totally forgot."

"What? Really? I've never heard that before."

"Of course. Everyone forgot."

The expression on the face of Mrs. Isabelle, who brought it up, was complicated.

"When I found out that Perelleman's child was a daughter......."

I noticed the flow of the story and shut my mouth.

"Perelleman's work was full of ups and downs, but me and Sioni, who were pregnant
together, even made a contract for Perelleman's secret money."

"Ah..."

"Of course, this is what happens, and I haven't even thought about it since, but...
anyway, that's the only girl who's been formally involved with Eran."

While we were having a conversation, the white porticellia flowers began to run firmly
on my skirt.

***

While Mrs. Isabelle didn't care at all, Eran, dressed in banquet clothes, was too cool.

As I was sitting opposite the carriage going to the palace, I kept glancing.

"Do you like it?"

Eran said with a smile, as if he knew my gaze.

I nodded without hesitation.

"Yes, you've been determined to. "

"Because of someone who is blind."

He smiled at the end of my hair and kissed me slightly.

Mrs. Isabel's assessment of her son was too harsh.

You're very friendly and have good manners.

Marrying a proper aristocrat Young-ae would not be such a tragedy for her.

The Duke of Cerius was also a considerable member of the nobility in the Empire.

It is a young duke who has never been in an official position before and finally
appears, so all eyes will be on him.

"First dance, remember? Don't get confused with other Young-ae. It's Betty Ellie Avic
Young-ae."

Eran's forehead was frowned upon when the first dance story came out.

"It turns out, she had a scandal with Wedderick."

It was a tone of voice that I didn't want much.

"It's just a buzzing rumor. I used to hear it clearly when I was fixing my ankle. And
don't forget the Sherius champagne. If you want to feed them as fast as you can,
you'll just have to smile as usual."

I reminded him of today's purpose once again.

"Liche."

Then Eran called me in a low voice.

"What?"

"You don't care what kind of girl I dance with, drink and laugh with?"
No wonder it was a sharp remark.

"Hmm... should it matter?"

I tilted my head and answered.

I heard that the relationship is not fixed just by learning from a tutor as a
characteristic and dancing.

Well, it doesn't matter.

"Isn't that something anyone can do with, like, a twirling round and round and round?
They usually keep changing partners."

"Oh ......"

Heran touched her forehead.

"......as expected of you, Liche."

The low voice was full of sighs.

"No, it's not."

"Then there's a good chance. I can see the whole thing."

"Why?"

"I can't believe you keep saying that you're changing partners."

"The Duke can do it, too."

I suddenly became worried because I thought that being unsociable resembled Mrs.
Lee Sabel.

Until the age of 13, I and Wedderick were the only people of my age, and I was alone
for five years, so I wondered if it was difficult to deal with women.

"Give up your rejection or fear of people and accept your opponent with an open
heart..."

"Stop."

Eran sighed.

"I'm not confident to watch you accept someone with an open mind."

He squinted and murmured low.

"My eyes are dimmed and my heart is about to collapse."

A long finger brushed the tip of my hair, and my hair decoration clattered.

His strange expression seemed to heat up the atmosphere in the carriage strangely.

It was a child's whining, and I tried hard to clear my throat, recalling Eran from my
childhood.

"Prince, you need to grow up."

I had tapped him on the back of his hand.

"You're an adult now."

As soon as he tried to answer something, the carriage stopped.

We arrived at the palace.

67

It wasn't exactly cold weather, but the air in the carriage was so hot that I felt a little
breathless when the door opened.

I got off the wagon carefully according to Eran's escort.

It was my first time in my life. In fact, it was normal to not be able to see it for the
rest of your life as a commoner.

Flames continued to burst in the night sky and beautiful melodies rang everywhere.

I clenched Eran's hand, trying not to look around rusticly.

Like a banquet celebrating the first victory in five years, the place was colorful and
crowded.

Even on the way to the banquet hall, attention was poured from all over the place.

A commoner woman who was invited directly by the new duke and crown prince of
Cerus. It was a perfect combination to get other people's attention.

I found the face I was looking for through the gaze.

' Lord Seirin.'

She didn't even dress up as usual, but she was holding her cold gaze on me.

When my eyes met, I nodded once to mean that I would always be watching me.

She had to receive her personal heat detector in due course.

People were crowded even in the surprisingly spacious banquet hall, whether they
arrived just in time.

I found Betty Young-ae with busy eyes and whispered to Eran.

"That's 11 o'clock. See? Bettia Young-ae."

"......uh"

"Make sure you don't lose your first dance."

I was trying to warn you one more time, but suddenly people began to sneak out of
the way in front of me.

As I turned my head, Prince Jade, with silver hair and blue eyes, was approaching
me.

As the main character of this banquet, he stood out in colorful clothes. Looking at him
in this position, he looked more round and childlike than I thought.

"You're here, Miss Liche."

Even if he knew he was a commoner, he did not intend to blame it for now.

His voice, which seemed to be liked by him, still remained.

"You said you wanted to see me again, but I actually did, too."

Eran's hand, which was holding one of my hands, trembled because of Escort.

I looked at both eyes of the Crown Prince and said.

"Fortunately, the treatment was on time. The balance between your eyes is perfect."

"Thanks to Miss Darice."

Prince Jade reached out to me gently.

"The music will begin soon, and since you invited me, will you be able to share the
glory of the first dance with me?"

"Yes, I'm willing."

I had to sneak on Eran's foot, who wouldn't let go.

Only then was he able to pull out his hand and place it on Prince Jade.
After giving Betty Young-ae a quick look, I slowly stepped into the middle of the
banquet hall, led by Crown Prince Jade.

As expected, I could feel the eyes pouring from all over the place.

"You're very pretty tonight. Much more than the first time I saw him."

"I did my best, of course."

I answered with a smile.

"It's my first time at the palace. And it's my first dance with the Crown Prince, so I
thought I should never be someone."

"The royal family is an ordinary man. If you didn't help me, I'd be infinitely weak in
front of the disease."

"It's true that humans are equal in the face of disease."

"I heard it's coming of age. I am interested in the study of the imperial medical staff.
Tell me the noodles—I'll write you a letter of recommendation."

Not everyone could be involved in the study of the imperial medical staff.

In particular, the doctor's assistant and the civilian doctor, who used to be a doctor,
could not even apply in the first place.

This was because successful research results guaranteed a rise in the title.

Of course, my loan was from an unprecedented person who left the research team.

"Prince Haldon in charge, so my half-brother."

When Prince Jade looked around, he pointed to one side and said.

A rather nervous-looking thin man with silver hair was surrounded by nobles.
Jade was Crown Prince because of her hostility, but there seemed to be a
considerable age gap with him.

"I'm interested in medicine, and I'm also the head of the Imperial Medical Team's
research. I'll ask Brother Hayldon to put you in the medical team."

"Ah..."

I know how great it is, so my heart felt pounding just at the suggestion.

Although the performance announced by the royal researchers was not remarkable, it
was a great honor as a doctor.

While the music began and I posed to dance with him, I nodded with a fluttering face
and smiled brightly.

"Thank you, Crown Prince. That's too much for me."

"Sir Keynes acknowledged that. I don't know how many times I've been amazed. If it
wasn't for you, Lord Keynes could have been punished for not fixing my eyes."

"Of course I admit my skills."

He put his hand around my waist and took steps and said as if he were having fun.

"It's all thanks to me that your eyes are so wide, and I'll never forget that, so don't
forget that."

The invitation to the banquet meant not to wash your mouth.

Prince Jade laughed out loud and said with a smile.

"I've never seen you so confident in front of me before."

"I hope I didn't say anything rude, did I? I've only told you the truth."

"No, nothing like that."

"That's a relief."
"How can I repay you more? Is it not enough to put him in the medical team?"

"More than that..."

I looked him in the eye and said clearly.

"Please let me see the Crown Prince again when I want to."

I misunderstood it for no reason like last time, so it's not time yet, but I put in the
condition "when I want" in case I call it to the banquet.

"Oh, I'm so excited to be this active."

Crown Prince Jade's cheeks turned red as if to burst.

"Come to the palace whenever you want to see me."

' That's right! That's it!'

"I'll tell you to take Miss Liche Estelle's visit."

' That's enough!'

I nodded with a big smile.

Crown Prince Jade's gentle impression seemed to be a very obedient type, just like
Diel. Looking at the innocent blue eyes, he seemed to have no thoughts.

As I circled around with him, I saw Eran in the distance.

I couldn't see his expression well because he was far away, but fortunately, his
opponent's hair was shining with blonde hair, and he seemed to be dancing with
Betty.

' Everything's working out. '

Also, I could feel Lord Seirin watching me leaning against a wall not far from me.

I had to get a personal heat tracker from her while Eran offered Bettia a Serious
Mountain champagne.

***

Bettia was like dreaming. Eran applied for the first dance to himself.

To be exact, Wedderick naturally tried to ask him to dance, but Eran approached him
first and suggested that he dance with him.

"Yes, of course."

Whether Wedderick's expression crumpled or not was not important.

When Eran appeared at the banquet hall, most of the aristocratic spirits were caught
by him.

There were many people who wondered about the young owner of Cerius, who
already had huge territory and wealth.

Bettia, who had already seen Eran at the inauguration ceremony, was proud of it.

Tall and tall, broad shoulders and long legs.

I knew well that she was not only attractive to her, as well as the strange-looking
atmosphere despite her expressionless face.

With everyone's attention focused, it was heart-fluttering to receive his first dance
request from him.

Eran's appearance was also good, but the eyes of envy and envy on her were more
thrilling.

I felt like flying in the sky thinking of Sylvina, who was bragging somewhere.

At best, it was a different level of satisfaction than when Baron's English, Wederick,
and Yeommunseol circulated.
It was hard to understand why his father, Viscount Avic, was trying so hard to
connect with Wedderick.

She was born with sun-like blond hair and has been praised for her appearance since
childhood for her dense features.

Wedderick used to look pathetic whenever he saw her, saying she was beautiful.

No matter how hard I think about it, I was a waste of time for Wedderick, who had no
particular corner.

' You have to have a big dream, Father. '

Ignoring the words of her father, Viscount Avik, who had asked Wedderick several
times at the banquet, she held Eran's hand.

He pretended not to know even the restless eyes of Avic's self-critic.

'Of course I'm a little talkative, but I'm one of these many young children.........
again, he remembered me when he was making a fuss in the garden.'

While dancing, Eran didn't say a word to her.

In a way, my nerves seemed to be focused somewhere else, but I would sometimes

grind my teeth while looking somewhere.

The atmosphere surrounding him grew darker and darker, but Bettia didn't care
much.

I found out that he has this personality at the inauguration ceremony.

'If I become a duchess's mistress, that castle will be my home. What a comparison to
a baron.'
His flashing black eyes were too creepy to meet, and I don't know why, but I was
scared to talk to him because of the tendon of his arm.

However, he was a good man enough to keep his mouth shut for the rest of his life.

' But I still have my first dance request. Besides, I'm sure you know the rumor with
Wedderick. '

As far as she knows, Wedderick and Eran had a good childhood relationship.

I was already excited because I felt like I was the main character of a love fight
between my cousins.

I was already looking forward to how much jealous rumors would be circulating
behind the scenes. Of course, Liche and the Crown Prince are the main characters of
this party.

At a glance, they were laughing and talking to each other constantly.

Even both of them were reddened by something.

It was a very different atmosphere from those who danced without saying nothing.

' That commoner's doctor's assistant is about as good as the Crown Prince's first
chamber.'

He looked so friendly that everyone thought so.

The first music, which felt only briefly, ended. I looked at Eran with an expectation
that he would ask for the second dance, and he made an unexpected suggestion.

"How about having a drink?"

"Yes? Yes, that's good."

Betty nodded in surprise.

I wondered if he was this reckless personality. Usually, the two drink together after
the banquet is ripe.

"Two Serious Champagne."

His low voice brought champagne quickly.

Wetherick was hovering around her to ask for a second dance.

She completely ignored her father's trembling face and Wedderick's huff and emptied
her glass of champagne at once.

"I love the smell of champagne, Duke."

Eran gave her another drink without saying anything.

'Oh, my God, you must be bragging to me about how good Cersei is.'

"Please eat a lot."

'As expected, I'm seducing you to come to Serious's mistress.'

Looking at his long eyes and red lips, Betia turned on champagne.
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Prince Jade asked for a second dance, but I declined because I still lacked practice.

He did not want to be looked at by other aristocratic youngsters who were hovering
around him, and there were things to do.

I approached Sir Seirin after confirming that Eran was offering Betty champagne.

"Personal heat tracker, please."

Sir Seirin handed over a small item that looked like a compass in his pocket.

"If you really do something... ..I won't let you be my brother's favorite sidekick."

"Don't worry."

"Who are you going to write to?"

"Betia Young-ae."

"Why on earth?"

"Well... you're gonna keep an eye on me anyway, aren't you? Check it out with your
eyes."

I shrugged my shoulders.

Whether he had fed Betty enough champagne, Eran was seen breaking up with Betty
and heading for a somewhat remote balcony.

Eranwa decided to meet after the first dance. I had to conclude the conversation with
Sir Seirin, so I quickly continued.

"I'm a commoner, so it's kind of hard to tell you about the nobles."

"......yes."

Sir Seirin crossed his arms and said disapprovingly.

"Again, I'm a knight. When you've done something that's morally wrong...."

"I'm a doctor. There's only a few wonderful people like me who sacrifice myself for
humanity and peace."

"Ha, I don't know who's your assistant."

The brown eyes looking at me were sharp.

"Did you learn the obvious from him?"

"No, I'm just like this from birth."

Sir Seirin gave a snort and added annoyingly.

"You've really become the godfather of the same child as yourself."

".........are you not close to Perelleman?"

"The only time I liked him was when I brought him in."

Her longing was suddenly in her eyes, so I forgot for a moment that I had to go to
Eran.

"She was so bold and brave... and so amazingly clever. He was a genius."

"........."

"Oraberny may be good at medicine, but he's a little stupid on the other side. I don't
know how to look around."

"Your cold and accurate assessment, I'll make sure to tell you."

"Please."

"Uh... well, I'm going to meet someone for a while, so I'm gonna go somewhere."

I spoke quickly because I was worried that Eran would be waiting.

"It won't be long before it comes out again. Please wait a little longer."

"It's funny of you to tell the warden to wait a little longer."

"I'm confident because I don't have anything."

I grinned at Sir Seirin, who still had a hard face.

"Diel says it's fun just to look around when I' Sir Seirin, I hope you enjoy the show.
It's actually not a very pleasant and exciting thing to do."

"Is it someone else's business?"

"What about Ser Seirin?"

"Then at least you won't feel bad or surprised."

She spoke bluntly.

"If it's anyone else's business anyway."

I looked around and quickly headed to the balcony where Eran was waiting.

Opening the door of the balcony, I was surprised because I didn't think it would be
such an independent space.

Eran, who turned his back on the black night, leaned against the railing and was
looking at me with black eyes than at night.

His eyes were bent in half moon and smiled beautifully.

"..........it's late, Liche. "

I strangely noticed that his mouth was stiff.

"Did you dance well with the bloody crown prince?"

I stepped back slightly with a clear sense of anger.

In the meantime, even the hair that was slightly shaken by the wind seemed like a
picture, so I answered in a gentle tone without realizing it.

"Yes, well. Did you dance well with Betty Young-ae?"

"I did what you told me to do. I couldn't keep an eye on you because of that."

He slowly got up from the railing where he was leaning half way and closed the door.

The distance quickly grew closer to me standing by the door.

"But every time I saw them, they seemed to enjoy themselves so much."

I forced myself to press the sense of incompatibility, looking at his bent eyes.

He had to think consciously that he was no different from his usual kind and gentle
Eran.

"Well, the Prince of Wales has been comfortable and has made good suggestions."

"You never made that face in front of me, Liche."

That's because while things with Crown Prince Jade were going too easily, Eran was
not always easy.

It was so hard to convince Eran to speak of Wedderick's plot that it had not been
nearly six years.

Eran sighed lightly as I hesitated.

"Why are you making me so restless..."

He slowly wrapped around my waist.

It was exactly where the prince's hand touched when he danced.

"I didn't know I couldn't stand this much."

Suddenly, I thought I knew why Daniel was so afraid of Eran.

It was also understandable why the maids faced him—though not properly
explained—are increasingly depressed.

It seemed that now I understood why Mrs. Isabel shook her head saying that there
was nothing to see except the shell.

In the meantime, I laughed well and pretended not to know this strange feeling that I
sometimes felt because I was so sweet, but it was the first time that the sweet tone
was creepy.

"What did you two talk about? Huh? Why did you have so much fun?"

"No, well... you're gonna let me join the Royal Family when I come of age.
...... "

I answered in a nervous manner.

"What? Imperial researchers?"

"Well, it was just an offer."

"Liche......you can't go there."

His black eyes felt his wild foresight and possessiveness.

"I'm not going to send you go. "

"Why?"

I asked the reason casually.

"You saved my life, Liche. Your prescription has made me healthy like this. You have
to take responsibility until the end. Didn't you promise me that your priority is always
me? Huh? Don't you think so?

"Well... I don't know if he's fully healthy, but he needs a follow-up. We'll never know
until the change of seasons."

After Eran came, I heard that the users of the maneuvering castle were not allowed
to make any mistakes.

That's what the wife was like, so it's clear that she doesn't want to miss a competent
employee.

Then how much do you want to miss me for being so smart and saving myself?

I thought I wouldn't want to send a competent doctor like myself.

But I wasn't very scared of words that didn't have legal effect.

"So your proposal doesn't have to be decided right now."

"........,"

After a moment of silence, he gave me a light sigh and looked straight into my eyes
again.

"Didn't that wolf-like man keep his hand on your waist?"

When I stepped back, he whispered in my ear.

His hand around my waist gave me strength to stick my body closer together.

"Where else is it, where the flesh came into contact with that bastard."

I felt a hot breath, so my toes tightened. The balcony and banquet hall were just one
door between them, and it was like a completely different world.

"Besides, you were whispering with another guy again."

"All the other guys? "

"I didn't expect you to hang out with so many men at the banquet."

I felt like I was hit on the head because it was amazing.

' You misunderstand Ser Seirin!'

Ser Seirin was tall and had short hair. In addition, she was wearing leather pants that
she usually wears, not a dress. It was understandable that he was a man from afar.

"I've known you're a playboy since I was a kid."

His slow stroke of my brown hair gave me goose bumps on my shoulders. I felt stiff
because I didn't think it was Eran I knew.

In the meantime, I was dumbfounded by my white face, young black eyes with
desire, and slightly open red lips.

"It's okay if you're a cheater..."

It was a very unfair remark, but I stopped breathing because of the hard touch I felt
on my back.

"You'll always be by my side."

I almost said that I would do that.

Surely, as Mrs. Isabelle said, the wife seemed to have done all she could to give birth
to him with this face.

' No, I sent you to Irvia. You grew up so well. I think half of it is mine. '

Suddenly, he noticed that I was thinking uselessly, and he opened his eyes.

"Why do you think differently with me in front of you..."

It was a soothing sweet voice, but it was more locked than usual.

"I'm going crazy because I can't think of anything else when you're in front of me."

"Well, people are different."

I said the answer.

"And a womanizer. I'm very neat in that area."

"......that's also a problem. Either way, you're making me so hard."

Eran sighed.

His breath touched my forehead because his faces were so close to each other.

"But what should I do? I want to have you by my side."

His heated eyes were so pretty, and his heart beat with anger at the temperature he
faced.

When I barely managed to catch my breath, he whispered cautiously facing his

forehead.

"You said it was the most important thing to do what I thought."

Strangely, I couldn't move.

He put his hand on his chest to push him away, and his heart was pounding so hard
that he could only stand still.

'If this is a temptation, it's really natural......'

I thought blankly.
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It was when silence flowed between the two and the breath got close enough to mix.

"Oh, Betty!"

"Betia Youngae!"

The music stopped for a moment and the voices of the people were heard.

I jerked around behind him out of his arms. I felt as if someone had sprayed cold
water.

"Liche?"

"Wait a minute, Duke!"

Running away from the balcony, I saw Bettia staggering from the floor of the banquet
hall.

"Okay, it's okay. Oh, why is the world going around like this? I just had a glass of
champagne at three ......"

I pushed through the crowd and approached her.

"Betia, are you awake?"

"Yes, it's better, it's fine. But it's just that my body doesn't listen to Maal. I didn't
drink much, I didn't."

"Do you recognize me?"

"Well, I've fixed my ankle....my assistant."

"Yes, that's right."

"Huh..."

"I'll be right back."

My eyes were on me again.

Ha-ha, you're a doctor who came running to you just in time with Young-ae, a
nobleman who suddenly collapsed drunk. Perfect for the sights.
It was a combination.

Before I knew it, there was Lord Seirin nearby, there was also the Crown Prince within
sight, and Eran was sitting right next to him.

Asking for water from his servant, I quickly rinsed off the porticelia flower decoration
on the skirt and immediately picked the petals and stuffed them into her mouth.

There was no chin for a single one, so I kept feeding the Porticelia petals.

In the meantime, the surgery of the porticelia flower, which raises the body
temperature a little, was mixed well and put into the mouth.

"Try it. It's sweet, so it'll be fine."

Before the return, I had no idea about the victory banquet, but I knew about the
interesting events that took place at the Duke of Serious.

Champagne, which is usually delivered to the banquet, is very low in frequency. It's
not a banquet where you're drunk and drunk.
Because.

However, the level of champagne that was first licensed by the Duke of Serious was
quite high.

Not many people knew about it. Therefore, there were countless spicy drunk people
at the victory banquet, and many interesting things happened to make it into gossip.

After the banquet, people waiting for their turn in the assembly hall talked about
gossip.

And the porticelia petals worked best to help sober up quickly.

He was not allowed to carry a bottle at the banquet, so he only brought it as a

decoration.
"It's nothing. You'll be sober soon."

She did not forget to recognize her body temperature with a personal heat tracker
hidden in her wrist.

The operation of the porticelia flower was supposed to have slightly higher body
temperature than others.

The effective time was three hours, but there was a certainty that something would
happen in it.

"Hey, would you like to sit over there and wait? I'll keep you posted."

I assisted Betty into a chair in the corner of the banquet.

The music rang again as if the sightseeing was over, and people began to enjoy the
banquet.

Eran left to check if there might be a problem with the champagne from the Cerias
estate.

There will be no problem because it is champagne with prior permission.

In addition, Bettia was drunk because Eran drank a considerable amount of alcohol
quickly without her refusing.

Others will not be this problematic if they drink Ceriasian champagne.

While he disappeared somewhere with his servants, I sat opposite Betia and held her
hand.

Roughly looking at the energy, he seemed to be slowly coming to his senses.

"Whoa."

Betty sent a hand fan.

"......thank you."
I said while handing over the water.

"The Duke is the first person to dance. Of course."

There was a proud smile on Betia's face when I said it.

"You think the Duke likes me, don't you?"

"Well, I don't know."

I shrugged my shoulders as I checked her condition.

"I don't think you'd like to get involved in this with Wedderick."

"......that's so."

"He has a different possessive mind for his own."

While I was talking, I was startled by what happened on the balcony earlier.

"But. Your doctor doesn't like looking at other guests' ankles, so of course he
doesn't."

Reminding him of his vivid displeasure by dancing with the Crown Prince, I felt a
sense of crisis that I should reconsider the scope of his possessiveness.

It seemed extremely uncomfortable for the Crown Prince to propose a position as a

researcher for the imperial family.

' Can I get married?'

Don't tell me you're not going to get married next to you, and you're going to have to
live your life as a doctor.

That's exactly what it sounded like to say to always put yourself first like when you
were young.

Indeed, if she stays like this, she will only meet D.L. as a commoner.

' I'll think about it later... '

For now, Betty's near future was more important than my far future.

"How do you feel?"

"Is it comparable? with the Duke's master and the Baron's son."

"Then you'll have to show me that. Especially on a day like today."

"You're right."

Betty nodded.

"You shouldn't be clumsy."

I smiled slightly and stood up, looking at her clearly focused.

"I think you've come to your senses now. You may have a hangover tomorrow, so eat
the root of honey tea."

"Thank you."

Bettia said haughtyly.

"But do you happen to have any good reagents for your skin? Could you send it to
Avic?"

"What?"

"If I become a Duchess's mistress, I'll be your employer. It won't hurt to see me well
in advance."

I sighed.

People don't change even if they turn back time.

Eran was not seen for a long time to check champagne from the duchy.

It was strange that it would take this long.

"You're doing a great job, too. "

It was Lord Keynes who spoke to me.

"Of course, hangover drugs are good, but the petals of the flower are the best to
bring it to its senses in an instant."

"I was lucky."

I said with a smile.

"Just in time, I'm using it as a decoration."

"I heard you're coming of age soon."

Lord Keynes secretly asked me, offering me a drink.

"Are you still thinking of staying at the Duke of Serious?"

"Well, I don't know."

Looking at Mrs. Isabelle and Eran's attitude now, I thought they would want to have
me as their doctor even after they kicked Perelle out.

As I have been spending my time, I had no intention of refusing to take the position
of doctor of Duchy, which is well treated and comfortable.

However, I changed my mind a little after I noticed a strange energy with Eran.

' I'm sure the atmosphere was weird.'

I had no idea that I would think of this as an employee I raised on my back.

When I was in the armory, I couldn't help it. It was completely different from what I
thought, "Oh, you're in good shape."

His black eyes fluttering with jealousy and his touch of hugging my waist still came to
mind.

And whenever I did that, my heart felt stiff.

' It's dangerous. It's dangerous. He probably doesn't know if he's seducing him.'

As I recalled the flesh under my eyes, which had been folded prettily, my ears heated
up again.

' Of course, I understand the anxiety that the doctor who saved me would leave, but
when I try to hold him in that way, I'm shaken to one side by something I know.'

I knew well what happened when the common people took care of aristocratic English
food.

Under imperial law, formal marriages are impossible if their status is different, and
illegitimate children are not recognized.

It was only the royal family that recognized the chamber.

Thanks to this, even in remote territories, maids used to come to me to prescribe

contraceptives or child-removing drugs.

It was a tragedy caused by a moment's instinct and desire.

Of course, I believed that Eran would never treat me like that. Therefore, this strange
atmosphere should not be considered rational, but just the energy he had
unconsciously exuded.

However, with the crown prince so jealous, I didn't think I'd wait to make a normal
family and see myself pushed back in priority.

Even after everything was over, I had to think a little bit about whether Gong Dong-
sung was the best job for me.
"I haven't thought about it yet."

"Then do you have any intention of joining the army?"

"Hey, come on?"

"Yes, military doctors are open to the common people, and you can get a driver's
license after a certain period of time."

Suddenly, I felt like I had too many choices.

' In the old days, we had no choice but to open a private assembly in the corner of
the estate.'

"Well... I'll think about it. The Crown Prince mentioned the royal researchers earlier."

"It would be better for me to look after you than for the royal researchers."

Lord Keynes did not give up and spoke softly.

"The royal researchers belong to Prince Haalden, so to be exact, they are not within
the Crown Prince's domain. But if you come in as a military surgeon, I'll be the boss."

"Why are you looking behind me?"

"If it weren't for Miss Liche, I would have been reprimanded for my mistake in
blinding one eye of the Crown Prince."

He looked at me with his eyes glistening.

"Originally, those who have been appointed knights will never forget their kindness."
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"Oh, yes."

I nodded slowly.

Then it was understandable that Lord Keynes was using honorifics to me until the
end.

"I'll think it over."

By my coming of age, the rebels would be up here and there, and I had to look at the
situation after that.

Come to think of it, I didn't know who was behind the rebels.

It was because Wedderick was the first to suffer a crushing defeat before the end of
the revolt that occurred simultaneously.

In the far corner of the banquet hall, Wedderick approaches Betia.

I saw.

I watched Wedderick, who was left behind Betty, who was away.

' Why isn't Eran coming anyway? '

Eran was the master of the Duke of Serius. Naturally, he was responsible for ensuring
that there was no problem with the supplies supplied from his estate.

However, it would not be a problem if I checked, but I was worried that he was still
not showing up at the banquet hall.

"Miss Liche."

We're talking about medicine a little more with Keynes, and Crown Prince Jade
approached us.

"Here you are."

"Yes, Crown Prince."

"Are you enjoying the banquet?"

He grinned as he bumped his glass into mine.

"It should be worth the invitation, but I'm too busy to care about Miss Liche."

"It's okay. I'm busy, too."

There were more than one or two people to care about.

"I've seen you calm down a beautiful young man in that noisy scene earlier."

"Rather than calming down .... hmm."

"As expected, Miss Liche is the prettiest when she looks smart."

I tried to answer that it was the way it was supposed to be, but I finally saw Avic's
own masterpiece leading Betty to somewhere.

' No! Eran hasn't arrived yet...'

But I couldn't just miss it.

I glossed over in an urgent mind.

"I'm so ashamed of your praise that I don't know what to do."

Fiddling with a personal heat tracker, I gracefully set the example as I learned.

"I'm afraid I can't hear more because I'm shy, so I'm going to step down first. Have a
good time."

As soon as I turned around with the Crown Prince and Lord Keynes, I hurriedly looked
at the needles of a compass-like personal heat tracker.

Then he started walking quickly to where the needle pointed.

' Oh...... I have to take Eran with me. Why isn't he coming? '

Of course, I wasn't the only one chasing her. Sir Seirin, the role of monitoring me,
was closely following me.

Vettia and Aviczak left the crowded palace and moved for a long time.

There were many people and the structure of the palace was complicated, so I missed
it in the middle, but it was easy to follow because there was a personal heat tracker.

I would have missed it without a personal heat tracker because my body

wasn't on the side of flying.

In the corner of the deserted garden, the father and daughter finally stopped.

I hid myself quietly in a nearby bush. And next to me, Sir Seirin settled down.

"Suspicious."

Lord Seirin spoke low.

"Do you come all the way to this remote place to have a father-daughter
conversation?"

"......I know."

At the same time, I lamented inwardly.

It was a chance I got, but I couldn't bring Eran.

It's supposed to be overheard with Eran!

"What the hell is wrong with you? How many times do you say your partner is
Wedderick!"

Avik's own masterpiece grabbed his daughter's arm and annoyed her.
"If you don't talk to Wedderick, if you don't make eye contact, what's your father's
face? You've been in agreement since you were a child...."

"I prefer the Duke. I've told you so many times."

Bethia answered calmly.

"The Duke looks at my favorite eyes. How can your father have such a small dream
when the Duchess's seat is just around the corner?"

"What?"

"Is there a comparison between a man and a duke who aren't so handsome in the
classic manuscript?"

Avik hit his chest with frustration.

"How much do you think that Vishil occupies the duke's seat?"

I felt my heart pounding.

I wish Eran had heard it himself, but at least Sir Seirin was listening, so there was a
witness.

' Come on, come on! Wedderick and Baroness Cedar are going to kill Eran! '

Sweat permeated my tight fist.

"Daddy, don't you have eyes?"

Bettia confronted me with a ridiculous attitude.

"Or are you sure you don't understand what it means to be insidious?"

Avik replied with a sigh.

"You know how weak you were when you were a child..."
"That's an old story. Now he's been to the South."

"Now that we're back up, we don't know when we'll be weak."

"Don't you know that the publicist's doctor is excellent? Your assistant was pretty
good."

I was on the edge of impatience. I wanted you to say it in a cool way, not just about
Eran's health.

' Tell Wedderick to look good because he's going to betray Eran and he's going to eat
the duke! Come on! '

Clearly, all this was a stranger to Ser Seirin, and she was expressing that she was not
interested in it, ripping off the crumbs under her fingernails.

"I'm sure Perelleman will take good care of you. Medicine says no one is as good as
him."

"My eyes are turned upside down looking for my daughter. Can you afford to take
care of anyone in your right mind?"

"Didn't you search almost every continent in 18 years? It'll be out soon."

Bettia didn't lose.

After Avik's own release, she folded her arms and snorted.

"The daughter? You'll never find her anyway."

I could feel Sir Seirin's body stiffening while yawning.

' What? What's going on?'

I rolled my eyes at anxiety.

"Betia."

Avik shook his head slowly and emphasized once again.

"Poor Arga will never see my daughter."

"Why? As far as I'm concerned, Perelleman is saying, as Baroness Ishider says, he's
scouring all the girls with blond hair and green eyes. Go..."

"Because that's a lie."

Even I felt like I was going to stop breathing.

Sir Seirin's hand turned to the sword that was positioned in her waist dance.

***

"Sir Keynes."

Jade said in reflection.

"I think Miss Liche likes me."

"Is that so?"

"Shame on you, shy on your way to see you.....is that what you're going to say to
Miss Liche?"

"I haven't seen it often, but it's definitely a completely different word."

Keynes nodded with a serious look.

"Yes, I'm already an exception to her."

Jade murmured in deep breathlessly.

"Somehow, he was dancing and asked me to let him see him again."

"Oh... did you?"

"I saw it in the book, and if your opponent shows a good feeling, you have to respond
quickly. I said yes. That's how you don't get tired. Now that you've taken a step
closer to me, I'm going to have to come on."

"..........do you like Miss Liche?"

Jade was the main character of this banquet. Therefore, there were many aristocratic
young children who wanted to dance with him.

He also tried to have a lot of pleasant conversations with young people who are as
good and have a good family as possible, as the Empress taught him.

But no one looked him in the eye like Liche.

In the end, there was no tremor as intense as when Liche put her face close to the
free city.

"Ha, Lord Keynes."

In agony, Jade sighed.

"First love is....it's really scary."

It was Liche who came back from the war after five years and smiled at her for the
first time.

"She keeps being the standard."

"I admit that Miss Liche is wonderful, but she's a commoner. Isn't it too unique to be
a standard?"

"But I never had a woman who was so aggressive about me. That's."

"I'm afraid they'll all be seen looking for the crown princess. Miss Liche has nothing to
lose."
Keynes shook his head looking at Jade.

It may be a good master in war, but it was not serious in this matter at all.

No, I had to correct it a little bit more.

There was still a lack of insight in every way except for the unconditional smashing of
the war.

Keynes was worried about him, whether he was too good and believed in people's
favors.

After the victory, he praised me here and there, and I was open to everyone I met at
the palace.

Being positive and naive in interpersonal relations was definitely an advantage as a

human being, but it was unclear whether he would fit in the position of crown prince.

He was born as the youngest child and grew up monopolizing cuteness, and although
it took five years, he easily won his first appearance.

The imperial family is as complicated as the battlefield, and they're so naive about
everything.....

"But you know what?"

Jade said, drinking a sip of her drink calmly.

"Is that the Duke of Cerius? I've been transferred this time."

Keynes glanced at the man Jade pointed at.

At first glance, a young black-haired man with creepy beauty was looking around as if
he were looking for someone.

" That's a bad impression. You don't like something."

"I saw it when I went to give Miss Liche a book and an invitation, but she was
originally a little strange."

Keynes replied as if it were nothing.

But the impression was that the dirty Eran crossed the banquet hall and told them
that he was not there.
The crab was approaching.

"......did we do something wrong?"

Jade looked at Eran's blazing eyes and murmured unknowingly.

He defeated numerous enemies, but when I saw Eran, I instinctively hardened

myself.

'He's a man I never want to meet.'

People who wear swords recognize each other, so Jade immediately noticed that he
was a formidable opponent.

Seeing a lot of eyes stuck behind him walking on his long legs, Jade didn't seem to be
the only one thinking that way.
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"Your Grace, how are you? It's Eran Iliad Serius."

He had a low but blunt voice.

Jade smiled awkwardly as she watched Eran offer him a rather ungrateful courtesy.

"I've heard a lot about the new Duke of Cerius. "Oh, he was greatly indebted to the
Duke's assistant."

"Is that so?"

"I've always wanted to have a conversation with you, but now that the Duke has
finally brought in his new young master, he must be at peace."

Jade said it to make the atmosphere soft, but Eran said it low without laughing at all.

"When I got back, three bodies were already caught in the maneuver."

"Hmm, such a bad thing......"

"I came here because I had to tell you something while I was questioning one of
them."

Eran looked down at the Crown Prince and continued to remain silent for a while.

"One of the operatives said there was a rebel behind it."

"......it's just a vain, very old rumor..."

"The spy has been in the Duchy for over a decade. It's been around for a long time."

Looking at the prince's blue eyes, Eran tilted his head slightly.

"I hope you're not just a fighter flying around."

Keynes couldn't even point out the rudeness under the pressure he had.

"The blood of the peacock is willing to be buried in my hands, but I can't see them
developing power, so I'm telling you."
Eran's eyes were big.

Five years to clean up the pirates, haven't seen Liche for a long time, first dance with
Liche, laughing with Liche and talking...

I felt like I was going to die because I didn't like everything about the prince.

My body looked good, but I already felt stuffy when I saw his eyes that looked fierce.

Indeed, even though he used the word "foolish" as if provokingly, he was puzzled and
looked like a typical "fool who only knows how to win a war."

In addition, even though he was told that he was a rebel, he was embarrassed before
anger.

"The crowd of rebellions is real, and there will be some people here and there, so
please pay attention to them."

To be honest with you, he didn't have much loyalty to the imperial family. There was
no motivation to be stubborn.

But the rebels were different.

They hurt Liche by making fake parents. That alone was a good reason to root out.

"Well..."

Jade tilted her head and said.

"If you're gonna lose to me anyway, why do you want to do a rebellion? Won't he quit
on his own?"

Eran sighed because he was dumbfounded.

I couldn't believe that Liche wanted to see this blind man.

When Liche was judging a man, she thought he never thought of the variable
intelligence.
'I can't believe this shit. I might use some black, but my head is a field of flowers.'

After sharing a few words, Eran calmed down the seething insides and began to
search for Liche again.

***

I desperately hugged Sir Sei Lin's waist, who was about to run away. And he
whispered in a hurry.

"I can go out anytime. We need to overhear a little bit more."

"......you can be calm because it's someone else's job. Let go."

Sir Seirin's breath was rough.

"I'm going to hear the answer by cutting off my arms and legs."

"Then go out alone."

It was obvious that I would be pushed by my strength anyway.

I sighed and shrugged.

"Without me. I'm a commoner, and if I get caught following my footsteps, my

personal life is in jeopardy."

Sir Seirin's brown eyes opened my hand that hugged her waist.

"Actually, there's something else I'd like to hear.....but I'm letting you go because
you're so kind and tender-hearted."

"What?"

"I know how long you're waiting for your nephew. Oh, and."

I gave a firm warning.

"We can't save you if you're in danger. I'm not good at anything except medicine. I
can't be caught even if I go out for no reason. Keep that in mind."

"You..."

Sir Seirin looked at me quietly.

Her expression, which seemed to be recalling something, was strange.

In the meantime, Betia and Avik's own conversation continued.

"What do you mean, Father? Blonde hair and no green eye?"

"There's something like that. You don't have to know."

"How does your father know that?"

"......that's not important. First of all, what I want to say is that you shouldn't betray
Wedderick, who has been dating since childhood."

"Did you just call me out here to say that? I'm disappointed, Father."

Betty got annoyed.

"Betia, that's......"

"Okay, I'm going to see the Duke. Don't tell me more about the anchovy-looking
Wedderick!"

At the end of the sentence, Bettia turned around and ran toward the palace.

I touched my forehead.

' What if you don't stand out here and run away from it...' that doesn't help you till
the end. You should have asked me more and scratched me more! '

Avik tried to follow Bethia, but she stopped.

It was because Sir Seirin took out the sword and aimed at his neck in an instant with
an angry look on his face.

I hugged myself quietly, hid myself in the bushes, and looked at them quietly.

' I worked hard on it, but I didn't hear anything conclusive.'

Now I'm the one to look around other people's work.

' Well, since Eran wasn't there... there'll be another chance later.'

By the way, it was a shocking fact.

If that was true, the 18 years of Perelleman's own work were gone.

I also felt frustrated because I knew how hard he had found his daughter.

I remembered Felix, an old man who didn't take care of his arthritis and didn't blame
his son for not coming home for years.

The neatly managed garden and the straight marble path were noticeable.

Sir Seirin, who ran out with a sword, would feel the same way.

"If you don't want to send your daughter to the next world, answer quietly."

Sir Seirin gritted his teeth and stared at Avik's work. In those days, Bettia
disappeared from sight.

"What are you talking about? What do you mean, my niece is blond and green?"

"Sir Seirin Liz Perelleman? Uh, how can I...."

"What do you mean, she's never gonna find her daughter? Explain."
"He, it's just-- it's just that my daughter was being immature, and she just made it
up in a hurry.."

Her sword touched his neck, creating a red thread.

Avik began to shake after shaking his legs.

"You, if you hurt me even a little bit, you're gonna accuse me..."

"There's no one at all who's come to the corner. It's no business killing you and
burying you."

"Really! I really don't... I don't know much about it."

He answered in a breathless whisper.

"Then my nephew isn't blond green, what does he look like?"

Whether Sir Seirin's sword had gone deeper, he swallowed a scream and continued.

"Well, no one knows that."

"......what? I'm sure Baroness Ishider said he received the child himself."

"It is true that Shioni gave birth to a daughter. That's all I know."

Avik's own blue eyes shook in an insanity.

"But... cow, cow, to be honest, no one has seen him."

"......"

"Really! Baron Ishider has just told me a white lie in case he loses his will to live."

I swallowed my dry saliva.

That's a lie.

It was a piece of puzzle that I thought was "other's business."

It should have been suspected from the beginning that Baron Ishider had received
Perelman's daughter.

Baron Ishider gave false information and tried to depose Perelman from the doctor's
seat of the Duke of Cerius.

' Oh, my... ..more elaborate than I thought.'

The palace guards were passing by from far away.

When was it when he was shaking and murmuring, Avic's own work screamed.

"Here! There's a man here!"

As the two guards ran, Sir Seirin cleared the sword with cool eyes.

"What's the matter?"

"Ah."

Sir Seirin gritted his teeth and said,

"The interest is flirting."

"......you can't do that, ma'am."

The Viscount of Avic huffed and stared at Ser Seirin, but he seemed satisfied with the
fact that he had gotten away from her anyway.

Sir Seirin sighed as he saw the back of Avik's own crop being taken away by the
guards.

A sword that ate Avik's own blood fell on the lawn.

The full moon, the garden of the palace with no one, was casting her shadow long.

I watched her face with despair.

The 18 years they managed to hold out with a little hope became free.
72

I got up slowly and approached her.

"......how can I say it."

"What?"

"Arga, when he gets back from the North......how do you say this?"

Her voice trembled.

My brother, Arga, the son, the man...... was called as arbitrary, but he seemed to be
the most worried person, whether the family was his family.

I grabbed her arm carefully.

"Do you believe that Baroness Isader told a white lie?"

"No."

The answer was quick without any hesitation.

"My brother is not good enough to receive such consideration from someone."

"......yes, that's right."

He was also an objective person.

Finding out the link between Baroness Ishider and the unexpected, I calmly looked at
Ser Seirin.

"Then why would he lie like that?"

"Did he take the child for nothing, and then he did the wrong thing, so he killed Shioni
and his child just in case he got retaliated?"

Sir Seirin, who murmured to himself, shook his head without waiting for my answer.
"No, it can't be."

"Why?"

"She's the smartest person I've ever known. He couldn't have died easily without any
leads."

"Is that... is that so?"

"Really, just as much as you..."

She stared at me and smiled slightly.

"No."

Tears welled up in her eyes, so I took out a handkerchief and handed it to her.

And I waited quietly for her to stamp the tears.

After a little more time, I carefully brought it up.

"I was.....in fact, suspicious of Baron Isider. There's been a lot of unsavory happening
in the city these days."

"It's been a long time since I heard that there are dead bodies hanging there."

"I think Baroness Isider was maliciously lying so that Perelleman could leave the
castle."

I started talking calmly.

"The Baroness Eccider is the Duke's uncle. We've been close since we were kids, but
why?"

"When the Duke dies, his closest relative is Wedderick."

"Liche Estelle."

Ser Seirin gave me a cold warning, handing me a handkerchief.

"You, a commoner, shouldn't carelessly harbor such suspicions."

Even if it was an expected response, I couldn't help but feel down.

"No matter how favored you are, if your life is worth it."

"......I know."

When I answered without energy, Sir Sei Lin raised his head and said.

"So don't make such assumptions to anyone but me."

"What?"

"I will be on your side, my enemy is my friend."

Strangely, my heart felt numbness in my heart.

After returning home, I was loved by many people, and there was Diel who could
make me do this and that, but no one really thought he was on my side.

Therefore, he did not tell anyone about Baron Ishider's true.

But she, who had been watching me with hostile eyes from the beginning, said "My
side" for the first time.

"It's true that Baron Isider is involved in this anyway. I'll catch him right now and
then..."

"There's no evidence. It's Avik's own testimony. If you turn it around, that's enough."

I spoke calmly.

"I didn't mean to tell you, but... I'm so shocked that I'll tell you."

Sir Seirin's eyebrows rose slightly.

"They're all tails anyway. Not the head."

"What if it's your head?"

"The Baroness Isader and the Viscount Avik are also members of the Rebel Army."

"What? That's a rumor from a long time ago."

"That's what one of the corpses in the siege said. The rebels are behind this."

I raised my chin.

"I'm sure the rebels will rise before the end of the year."

"I can't believe what you're saying, but..."

Ser Seirin frowned and picked up the sword.

"It was strange to see you come up with Zion today."

"What?"

"When those green eyes sparkle, I thought you were doing something about it."

"........."

"I've heard Daniel run errands and say that Arga and his assistant are here. But
because I saw you in person today."

She mumbled as she inserted the sword into the sword.

"......I think of you more."

We stood still like that under the full moon.

I could hear the exciting music of the banquet from far away, but it was like a very
distant world.

Perelleman's son. He'll be back from the North in a long time, but what the hell
should I tell him?

It wasn't all the way I wanted, but it was generally a lucky day. The crown prince
gave permission to visit at any time.
I also learned new things by using Bettia and Avik's own works.

I have an aristocrat who will continue to be on my side after telling the whole story.
Still, standing quietly with Seri Lin, it was strange that it was not my family's
business.

"You said lice, didn't you?"

"Yes."

"Why do you want to protect Serius from the rebels?"

"Because of the idea of respect for life and world pacifism."

I answered honestly.

"Because I'm really good, kind-hearted, and I have that ability..."

I sighed because I felt like I was acting too representatively.

"That's what happened."

Sir Seirin grinned.

"And in the meantime... the people of Serius have become so precious. Including my
godfather, the Viscount Perelleman."

As I calmly continued, Sir Sei Lin looked me in the eye.

Her pupils shook confusedly.

"I... can't think of any way. All I have to do is just point the sword at me. To be
honest, I just want to shove a sword into Baron Cedar's stomach."

"No, then even the clue of your nephew could disappear completely."

She sighed lightly when I stopped her immediately, as if she would run to the
banquet hall at any moment.

"My brother and sister are like this, and he's half mad and searching the whole
continent."
"......."

"I have everything you don't have. aristocratic titles and physical abilities. So make
the most of me."

She was asking me seriously, about twenty years younger. oneself

Use it.

But I shook my head.

"Who's using who? I heard you're on the same side. We're together."

Then he reached out his hand.

"We're in the same boat."

Come to think of it, it was the first time I felt like I had become a destiny community
with someone.

Her eyes, which were sensitive and alert, were slightly bent. In time, her hard,
scarred hand held my hand firmly.

***

"Liche, where have you been?"

When I returned to the banquet hall with Sir Seirin, Eran appeared from somewhere.

' It wasn't really there when I was looking for it, but it wouldn't have been much of a
use because it didn't matter.'

As a result, he found out about Ferelleman's family, so he took the right person.

"This is Sir Seirin Liz Perelman, the younger sister of Perelman's son."

As I saw him closely, he knew he wasn't a man, and Eran looked a little awkward.
Tapping Sir Seirin's waist staring at Baron Ishider in the distance, I introduced Eran to
her as well to her.

"The Duke of Eran Iliad Serius."

The two had a rough example, showing that they were terribly not interested in each
other.

Eran smiled affectionately and reached out to me.

"Let's go, Liche."

"Shall we?"

The banquet seemed to be just ripe, but there was nothing much more to do.

In addition, I wasn't very athletic, so I was quite tired of the untimely pursuit.

"Sir Seirin..."

"I'll stay a little longer."

She looked at Baron Isider with her eyes as if she was trying to kill him, and she said
creepyly.

Perhaps it meant that he could not leave his enemy behind.

However, it was unlikely that there would be any income even if they observed it in
such a crowded place.

Even though I don't know anyone like him, Baron Isider, who has been preparing
carefully for a long time, couldn't have been stepped on his tail in such a place.

But I just nodded because I respected my free will.

However, I only gave Seirin a short statement that it would be better not to act
rashly.

After parting with Lord Seirin, I rode a carriage with Eran back to the Duke's castle.
Even if I leave now, I won't arrive until quite late at night.
73

As soon as we got on the wagon and sat facing each other, I blinked my
eyes and asked.

"The Duke."

"Why?"

"What took you so long before? I knew you went for a quick look at the champagne,
but I was wondering because you haven't seen it for so long."

"You never know."

He frowned and said.

"I'm a little late to go through all the people who were even a little bit involved in the
distribution process immediately. I haven't found anyone suspicious, but tomorrow I
will even investigate the manager who licensed wine with a higher degree than
usual."

"......immediately? Is there a problem?"

Eran made a sharp expression at the moment, looking at my face, which was puzzled
that it might be a different situation than before.

"Liche, didn't I tell you there were rebel napples hiding in the fortress?"

"Yes."

"If something strange happens, of course I'll tell you until the end."

Just by looking at his eyes, some people were already on the verge of being buried.

"Especially you were at this banquet, and I don't want to miss a little strange thing."

Even I didn't expect it.

There was no more kid who stretched his shoulders saying he couldn't play ball. There
was only a young peacock who handled every little thing thoroughly.
"Didn't you notice something and make me do that?"

"What?"

"Tell me, now. Why did you make me do all those weird things?"

"Well..."

I answered with a sigh.

"I was trying to figure something out, but I didn't. So I can't tell you. Because I
failed."

Thinking of Bettia, who left her seat with nervousness even though she didn't hear
anything decisive, made me angry again.

"My feet hurt from wandering around the vast palace..."

"Are you sick?"

Eran, who was seriously looking at me, asked back as if he was surprised.

"Foot?"

"Yes, the shoes are higher than usual, and the garden......wait, Duke. What are you
doing?"

Eran lowered his back and slightly walked on my skirt, lifted one of my feet and put it
on his lap.

"Duke!"

Then without hesitation, I took off my shoes and wiped the blood off my heel with a
handkerchief.

"I was indifferent. I didn't know my feet hurt when I was escorting."

"No one would have known about that. But... you can't do this, Duke."
And he started gently squeezing my feet.

It was embarrassing and ridiculous, so I felt like I was getting a fever until the end of
my head.

Oh, my God, the Duke massages the user's feet. There was no sense of reality.

"Don't do it, Duke. It's dirty, and I've got a lot of body aches."

No matter how hard I tried to pull my foot out, I couldn't get out of his hand.

"Dirty. If you swear at your feet like that, I won't leave your mouth alone."

As he said such a thing, I was embarrassed because he openly bit his lips and bent
his eyes.

"Oh, no..."

"You have really small feet, Liche."

"Don't you think the Duke has big hands?"

No matter how brazen I am, this was really not.

Despite his embarrassment and helplessness, his soft touch was loosening his stiff
feet.

"Do you think you're okay?"

"Of course blood circulation improves your condition."

I couldn't do this or that, but I muttered with my feet caught foot.

His hand skillfully squeezed my ankle and the ankle.

"I've been working out a lot in Libya. That's why I'm good at this."
"Uh... um......"

"I'll do better than you, like this."

"Because you have different grip strength in the first place."

After peeling off his other foot, he began massaging the same way.

"I'm good at everything else. So, Liche, tell me whenever you're sick."

It was the first time someone massaged my body.

I felt strange and looked at Eran's long eyelashes, which were patting my feet
carefully.

"Don't tell others instead. Just ask me."

"I do everything I ask of Diel."

"If you want to see me get rid of all that stupid pink hair and get kicked out, you can
ask."

I thought Diel's pink hair was quite lovely, but it didn't seem to be in Eran's eyes.

What do you mean, a beggar....

I wondered if it was because of such personal taste that I didn't like Daniel since I
was young.

"You know, I know. So at the balcony."

He looked at me with a gentle smile.

"Yes, tell me."

"The Duke, you seemed a little different."

"......someone else?"

"Yes, he's so sweet and delicate.....then..."

"Sorry."

"No, you don't have to be sorry."

"If you're surprised, it's my fault. I'll reflect on myself, but..."

He sighed and gave a depressed look.

"It felt so bad to see my only person having fun with another stupid man."

"What do you mean stupid?"

"After a few words, your brain is a very clean area."

I thought I knew what you were saying.

He may be competent in combat, but other than that, he gave off a mild energy.

He was gentle in nature, and when he was welcomed here and there after the victory,
he seemed excited as if there were only good days left in his life. So it's easy in every
way.

Maybe even when he sentenced me to death, he said, "Oh, is that a list of rebels?
"Because they're the main characters, put them to death!" He said clearly and
seemed to have forgotten.

However, he should not have said that to the Crown Prince.

I opened my eyes and said, anxious that Eran had already entered the rebels and all
my efforts would be ruined.

"You didn't say that in public, did you?"

"But that's what I think."

"You can't even think about it. He's the Crown Prince. You have to be loyal."

"Well..."
He squinted and lowered his upper body and whispered.

"Liche, you're the one I'm loyal to."

"Duke, no matter how well I raised you in the crisis of your life, the word is..."

"Liche, if you side with the Crown Prince in front of me, I'm sad."

It was a obedient way of speaking, but his eyes slightly raised seemed clear.

"This isn't on the side. I'm just saying that's a bad thing."

"Well, be nice in front of Lice."

After a soft tone like a child, he suddenly gave a poor look and sighed.

"So I'm really sorry if I was a little unfamiliar. Were you scared or something? You
don't like me at all..."

I shook my head as I looked nervous and anxious.

Whenever he did this, he seemed to have a very slight soft look from his childhood.

"No, not really."

I scratched my chin and avoided looking embarrassingly.

"Didn't I tell you? Now that we're adults, we shouldn't have excessive physical
contact. Yo."

"You danced with the Crown Prince, and you're not that good with me?"

"Of course. The Duke... he feels a little different."

"How?"

I thought this would be my last mental education for Eran.

Just as I warned you as a child not to be swayed by others, I begin to explain step by
step. I did
"Of course, I know you're very pure-minded, and you're very outspoken in your
childhood."

"Hmm?"

"But I know you know. It's weird to see you keep smiling at your face, whispering in a
sticky voice, or slowly sweeping away your skin."

"Strange thoughts? What's the weird idea? "

Eran's eyes began to show that it was fun.

"I know the duke well, so I'll let it go, and you'll think all the other women are
seductive."

With an expression of great interest, he looked at me languidly and opened his red
lips.

"Really?"

He swept my feet, which he was massaging, slower and smoother than before.

"I didn't know..."

It was also a charming smile with a loud voice.

I said with my arms crossed.

"Be careful from now on. I'm telling you this because it's me."

"Liche."

"Yes."

"Then you think you're going to be seduced? Was it attractive enough?"

"Of course. The Duke will look in the mirror every day, right?"

I speak bluntly, but Eran's eyebrows wriggled as if they were funny.

"So you have to do that to a girl you like. Otherwise, your life will be very tiring."

"Okay, I'm a good listener."

He swept my ankle and grinned.

"I'll do what you say."

At the gentle reply that immediately popped out, I nodded satisfactorily.

Still, the idea of considering other residences has not changed when everything is
completed.

This is because I had a strong premonition that I would have to bury bones in the
maneuverability if I were under Eran.

No matter how much he received an apology, his clear possessiveness felt on the
balcony was horrifying.

'I wonder why the users of the Peacock are so frozen.'

Mrs. Isabelle and Eran, who said it was okay for me to work hard, were definitely
different.

Before the return, when the champagne distribution problem broke out, Mrs. Isabelle
gave a big punishment to the distributor and did not even investigate her family like
this.

Looking through the champagne officials this time, I was also more likely to be
divided if anything happened in the future.

Even if I couldn't find my blood relationship at the end, I wanted to make a family.
Married and had children.

To do so, I had to balance work and family well.

It was hard to say that Cerus Castle was the best job because I was not desperate for
money.

Before the return, I was so good at myself that I didn't think about it very well.

However, it was sad that no one came to mind when he was sentenced to death.

' I think this life is still better.'

If I were sentenced to death now, I thought many people would come to mind.

Mrs. Isabelle, who looked like a daughter and stood by me all night long, and she
brought me a gift with a blunt face, Diel, who has a very small liver but listens to me,
Serine, who offered to be on my side for the first time...

And even a gentle eran who doesn't hesitate to squeeze each user's feet just because
he took good care of them when he was young and prescribed them well.

' It's all thanks to my altruistic and noble choice, not to flee to other lands after my
return.'

Anyway, I had to pull out his foot quickly, but I kept closing my eyes thinking about
this and that.

As soon as my head was about to fall on the window, I felt my arms supporting me in
a hurry.
74

The sky was blue and high.

The children's laughter rang on the green lawn.

"Mom!Mom!"

A boy and a girl ran toward me while playing in a blurry view.

I'm your mother?

I couldn't even make a proper sentence, and the two children who were hugging with
a short tongue were so lovely that I smiled broadly.

As soon as a great sense of happiness flooded in, my body shook greatly.

"Umm...."

"Liche? Are you awake?"

"......oh my."

When I opened my eyes, I could see black eyes.

It took a while to recognize what was going on because of the lingering effects of the
dream.

"Go, Duke. Drop me off, please."

"What are you talking about? My legs hurt."

He was climbing the stairs of the fortress, hugging me.

It was already late at night, so the fortress was quiet.

"I gave the shoes to my servant. I'll bring it back to your room tomorrow."
"No, Duke. You should have handed me over to the servant, not the shoes."

Just in case I woke someone up, I couldn't even shout and whispered.

"That doesn't make sense."

Looking down at my troubled face, he also spoke quietly.

"Anyway, I can't drop you off because I don't have shoes. I'll drop you off on your
bed."

"......thank you."

I sighed as I heard the heart beat from his chest. The afterimage is already blurring,
but it was because I remembered the happiness in my dream.

'As expected, I guess I'm getting married and having a baby. They're very pretty and
lovely.'

There was a fantasy that I couldn't have. After returning to life, it was blood to me.

I stole a peek at Eran's jawline, which was walking quietly with me hugging lightly,
and closed my eyes again.

'I'm sorry, Duke.'

How carefully he took his steps, now he didn't even shake.

'Even if you're so nice to me, I'm going to put my family first when I'm done.'

I don't know who my future husband is, but seeing that the children were pretty cute,
I didn't think he was a commoner with a messy face.

Since I continue to be handsome, I think Heo Woo-dae probably chose a normal

person.
Since I was able and made quite a lot of money, chances were high that I chose it
based on "face only."

I realized how weak I am every day by looking at Eran.

Remembering how happy I felt in the lovely laughter of the children, I let go of my
cute little Eran, who was squeezing my hand.

Well, you didn't have to be so sorry because you saved me in the first place and
made me do my part.

The next day. After hearing that Aaron had not woken up until the afternoon, I
excitedly stormed into his room.

"Oh, you're here."

He was looking at me with almost the same eyes as the devil.

Perhaps the shock of burning all the Berkalia flowers at the end was great.

"Bercallia, thank you for the flowers."

"......what?"

I saw with his eyes that he was absurd.

"Why? Am I surprised because I spoke informally to you?"

I opened my eyes with my arms folded.

"It's, it's not..."

"Then should I use honorifics to my assistant?"

"No."

"No, no, no."

"Never. It's an honor."

It was obvious how swollen he must be inside.

It felt good to imagine how insulting it would be to him, who is thinking from the
bottom of his heart that he can take care of the common people.

"Oh, why aren't you thanking me?"

"Go, thank you?"

"I didn't think you slept well, so I even gave you sleeping pills. Don't you know who's
making you so cheerful right now."

"... thank you."

"Only in words?"

"Well, then..."

"What makes you so grateful to me, I want you to write ten parchment rolls in detail
by tomorrow morning.
Do it."

Aaron looked at me with a look of boredom.

Of course, I just needed to say a word.

"Don't you like it?"

"......no. It's an honor."

"You know my way, don't you? If you can't finish it by tomorrow morning, it will be
increased to 20 pieces. And no overlapping sentences. Words can't overlap often, and
I'll be back tomorrow."

I left his room after a refreshing smile.

I didn't think of giving him a proper assistant job in the first place.

No, I didn't even want to give you the lab key. It was planned to use it as a bait while
making them do things that have no income and only keep their feet tied.

"Liche!"

He stretched and headed to the lab, and Daniel ran from far away.

"Did you enjoy yesterday's banquet?"

"Yes, I woke up late at night because I was tired. Is the Duke up?"

"You woke up like dawn."

Daniel shook his head and said.

"You've got the Knights from the morning, and now what champagne case? They're
investigating it."

I nodded as if I knew it.

"By the way, Liche, correspondence. I just arrived from Perelle Lehman's house."

No matter how fast I used the wavelength, I meant that I sent it in the morning when
the letter arrived to me now.

I opened the correspondence right in the hallway.

"Hmm... it's an invitation."

It was about Felix Orion Perelleman, the owner of the house, officially inviting him to
the mansion.

The tone was completely different from the cold and cold reaction when he
first visited Diel.

"You don't have my name on the invitation, do you?"

"Yes, but shall we go together?"

"I'll take care of it."

Daniel answered quickly.

The date of the invitation was written tomorrow. I thought we could leave at dawn
tomorrow.

"Well, Diel, then I need you to stay here and do something."

"What is it?"

"I told Aaron to use ten parchment sheets by tomorrow morning. I don't think I can
do the test myself, so you can do it, and if I can't do it all, increase it to 20."

"If you're done?"

"You can rip it off and throw it away on the spot."

Daniel made a funny face.

"And make him do something new. Copy the book (Understanding Lower Body
Special Diseases) 500 times by the time I return.

"500 times? Are you going to rip it up if you use it all?"

"No."

I laughed very mercifully.

"I'm going to have you bring your own kitchen to use as a fire."

Daniel, who was looking at my face, said seriously.

"Liche."

"Huh?"

"Let's keep being friends."

"What, new."
"It's just... I feel like I shouldn't get caught wrong by you."

"You didn't know?"

I said triumphantly, flipping my hair back.

"It's the worst thing a smart person can do when he's bad."

Like Baron Ishider.

***

Eran was sitting in the office room used by the Duke of Sundae and checking the
documents.

At first, Joaquin said that they were a group of people trying to trick Liche from the
wall, and thought that they would get rid of all the people behind them.

And then there's the rebels. Of course I had to exterminate the noodles.

It was clear why the rebels were targeting the Seers estate.

The vast duke's estate, sufficient force, the location of the capital, and the unstable
succession that had long left to the south.

".........really..."

His eyes were irritated when he fell as if he were annoyed.

The documents in his hand were filled with the priorities of the imperial decree on
who would succeed to the estate when he died.

His contemptuous gaze rested for a moment on Wedderick's name at the top.

I'm not a fool, and I knew earlier that Wedderick was not a good brother to him as a
child.
"All you have to do is shut up."

It was a murmur that did not contain emotion in his expression of no heat at all, but
it was still enough to make the viewer nervous.

Eran swept his chin once, lost in thought.

"Zekel."

"Yes."

Geckel, once his teacher but now his closest aide, was like the air and immediately
replied.

"My mother already thinks I deserve it, but if I get rid of my uncle and cousin, it's too
much of a crime."

Considering the relationship between Isabelle and Lice, there was a possibility that
Lice would be embarrassed in the middle if the relationship between the hat was too
wide.

And if Lice, full of life-respecting ideas, thinks of herself as a monster covered in

blood of blood...

"Is there a good reason?"

"They are the ones who will benefit the most if this land collapses."

"In the end, it's just psychosis."

The sunset shone on Eran's grim face with a clear outline.

Please don't let his doubts fit.

So, if Liche refuses to accept the request, I hope that there is only one blood left to
pass the territory.

"Yeah.....it's just a waste of last-minute use to get rid of random things."

He spoke indifferently, sweeping his hair.

"Let's just put surveillance on it."

Zikel bowed his head, meaning he would follow orders immediately.

Eran's chin-up face was somewhat hazy. He knew that there would be a perfect event
for mean men like the rebels to do things.

"Zekel."

"Yes."

"What should we do to get rid of the ants in the garden?"

"I heard that if you leave mint or cinnamon, ants won't get twisted."

"Yes, but I'm the type of person who finds an ant nest and burns it up."

Hitting lightly at the desk with his long fingers, Eran murmured low.
75

7. The big picture is all together.

By the time I arrived at Perelleman's house, it was already almost dinner time.

As soon as I got out of the carriage, I saw Felix standing with a cane.

"Old man!"

I was surprised and ran away.

"Why are you here? You knew when I'd be here..."

"I wasn't here to wait for you."

Felix said grumbling.

"I was just getting some fresh air because the weather was nice."

"It's very cloudy."

"I like cloudy days. Keep that in mind."

"I see. Thank you for the very trivial and novel information."

I didn't want to let old Felix walk the marble path, so I helped him around the back
door.

"Hmmm, I've received the medicine."

"Have you eaten regularly? I've written the dosage and sent it to you."

"Yes."

After I returned from Perelleman's house that day, I immediately gave Felix the right
prescription and sent him a post-annabe arthritis-reviewed testicles by mail.

"I brought what you're going to eat this month."

"...thank you. Money..."

"Of course, the price of the herb is paid by Perelleman."

"Then the prescription fee..."

"It's not a prescription, it's simple."

As I entered the mansion with one conversation, Sir Seirin was waiting right in front
of the door.

"Good to see you, Liche."

The atmosphere was quite different from the first visit with Diel when the maids
guided him to the reception room in a businesslike manner.

I looked around and realized that the atmosphere of the mansion had become
strangely bright.

"I changed the wallpaper a bit."

Sir Seirin said, scratching the back of his ear.

"The atmosphere is too gloomy for a guest."

Unlike when we had dinner in the guest room, we had a formal dinner at the
restaurant this time.

From appetizers made from food ingredients that were made from faraway regions to
the colorful main dish, it was clear that it was a meal that was very devoted.

"I don't know if it suits your taste. It's been a long time since I've invited guests."

I answered Felix's words with a straight face.

"I don't think anyone would disagree with this food."

"It's worth bringing chefs from all over the world.

Changing wallpaper for my visit and bringing chefs from all over the country .......... I
really need money. It was clear that it was overflowing with ideals.

"Better than the Duke of Serious?"

Felix asked in a vigilant tone.

"I'm a commoner, so everything is too much."

"Anyway, Arga's goddaughter is part of the Ferelleman family."

"Well, that's not true. My last name is still Estelle and..."

"Think like your home."

I looked at Ser Seirin as a meaning to stop him from saying that the water level was
getting higher.

Sir Seirin, who was cutting meat with dripping blood, took turns looking at me and
Felix, and said grimly, putting the knife on the meat.

"If you feel like you're a beggar at the castle of Serious, pack your bags. You don't
have to be patiently.

I gave up saying something anymore.

After eating chocolate cake and cherry sherbet for dessert, Seri Lin personally showed
me the room to stay.

"I know where the last guest room was, but..."

"I made your room."

"What? Why?"

"Arga's his goddaughter. How can I put you to bed in the guest room?"

"You put me to sleep like nothing happened last time."

"It was inevitable."

Sir Seirin spoke coyly.

I decided not to feel too pressured because I'm going to stop by regularly because
Felix is worried about me anyway.

"Did you tell Mr. Felix?"

Walking alone in the hallway, I spoke carefully.

"It may not be the green eye of blond hair...."

"I just couldn't."

Sir Seirin sighed, sweeping his short brown hair.

"I tried to follow Baron Isider's footsteps to die that day, but nothing came out."

"What would Baron Isider do in a banquet hall with so many eyes? He's a very
cautious person."

"Yes, you were right."

The misery in her eyes was again young.

"I don't know how much you'll buy, but I don't want even the hope I've had in my life
to bubble up. "

"Are you going to tell Perelleman?"

"You have to tell me that."

She pressed hard on the temple as if she were getting a headache just thinking about
it.

"I'll tell you myself. You... you don't have to talk. I don't want you to see him go
wild."

"Yes."
I also did not want to see the despair in person, so I answered in a gentle manner.
Instead, I thought it would be comforting to say that they developed a quick paternity
test method.

While walking thoughtlessly, Sir Seirin suddenly grabbed my wrist.

"Liche."

"What?"

After stopping at the rather antique-looking door, she hesitated and said.

"......this is Sioni's room, do you want to go in?"

I was going to ask why I was going in there, but I remembered what Lord Seirin said
last time he saw me, he reminded me of Zion.

I nodded my head.

Lord Seirin opened the door carefully, revealing a room that was not very large but
quite small.

I looked at a large portrait hanging on one wall without realizing it. It was a portrait
of a young Perelleman and a pregnant woman sitting with a smile.

"Are you Mr. Cioni?"

"This is a painting I drew just before I went to Lavery Island."

Zion was a small woman with a cute impression. The round green eyes and blonde
hair that curled up to the waist were beautiful.

Of course, I've seen Perelle Lehman standing with his arm around his shoulder.
It was completely different from what Dunn looked.

' You're the one who can even make that face.'

He was a handsome man who looked really well-behaved and neat without wearing a
pair of glasses.
As if nothing else could be seen, it was as if sugar was dripping from the eyes fixed
on Xioni.

"That was the happiest time in my house."

Sir Seirin murmured somberly.

"Sioni was so clever in many ways......a real genius."

"......."

"He took good care of the stupid Arga, who only knew medicine, and he was perfect
except for one, so he had to like it."

I took my eyes off the portrait with difficulty and looked at Ser Seirin.

"Do you? What is it?"

"The crucial problem with Cioni is that she was too weak to look at men."

Sir Seirin shook his head.

"That's not why Arga, who has only one shell, came to him."

"What's wrong with you? How much money does the top of Perelle Bay have?"

"It's not that I have a low title, I'm not a knight, I have a round personality, I'm a
genius in the face, I'm a single-minded person....."

Sir Seirin's voice grew louder and louder.

"There were many better men who courted Zion at the time. Sioni is the daughter of
the beautiful Raveli Island lord. But!"

As if it were a pity to think about it, Ser Seirin huffed and continued.

"He first proposed to Arga, who didn't even actively woo him, saying that a man
worth his face was his ideal type!"

In the end, he meant that he had won the value he wanted.

Sir Seirin looked back at me huffing and puffing.

"Does this make sense?"

"......I think that's possible. I think it's a place where humanity stands out."

I was sorry for not agreeing with you, but I wasn't good at lying.

"Because I am."

"What?"

"There are people who are inherently blind, and..."

I declared calmly.

"I don't think Tammy is guilty."

When I said that, I suddenly remembered Eran's face, who was laughing in front of
my eyes. Maybe it was because he was the most handsome man I've ever seen.

When I'm watching it up close, I'm relieved of my alertness and I feel like I'm losing
my mind. It was my true taste that I didn't know before I got back.

A man who looks like that would be happy if I fed him and put him to sleep for the
rest of his life.

"I will marry a handsome man no matter what. The first place is to make your eyes
happy. I'm good at everything else."

"..........Liche, you're in danger, too."

Sir Seirin looked at me with a straight face.

"Whatever it is, I'm going to have an interview."

"What?"

"If you're a blubbering ass, I'll cut your throat..."

"No, why the hell is Serine going to be my husband!"

"I'm not your goddaughter! You're going to have to wait and see that relationship in
such a huge position is about to ruin my life?"

I swallowed my dry saliva.

The Duke of Serius was also dangerous, but this place was also formidable. I didn't
feel comfortable getting married here.

I gave up discussing this topic anymore, and I started looking around the small room.

The small bookshelf on the desk was filled with diaries.

It's not polite to read other people's journals, so I found something interesting while
looking away.

"Huh.....Sir Seirin?"

"Why?"

"What is this?"

It was an old book that was too strange to be in the room of an aristocratic woman
who lived without shame. In addition, the title of the book was very different.

( Basic principles for when rice is sown.)

When I opened the bookshelf carefully, the water stains and blood stains were very
dirty, so I was not in good condition.

"It's... "

Sir Seirin replied with a sigh.

"The book was found along with Zion's body in a farmhouse."

"What?"

"I was hugging this book tightly."

"Have you been interested in farming?"

"It wasn't, but... it's the last book of Zion's life, so I keep it."

Suddenly I opened the book again.

It was strange that I died with a book that I would never read.

"Sir Seirin."

"Why?"

"You said you had a good head, didn't you?"

"Yeah, very clever. He was a genius. Arga is an idiot except for medicine."

Lord Seirin nodded loudly as if to guarantee one thing.

"The book I read a few years ago was a person who could memorize everything
without making a mistake."

I also had similar abilities limited to medical books.

"Then there must be an intention. It could be a ding message."

"It's not that we haven't thought about it either, but there was nothing we could know
from the book."

I didn't answer, but I glanced over the book once again, soaked in water and blood.

Ser Seirin also waited quietly without saying anything, as if he noticed that I was
concentrating hard.

I didn't even interrupt, saying it was rude to search a few diaries.

After a long time of comparing books with diaries, I raised my head and said quietly
to Ser Seirin.

"My daughter is alive."

"......Huh?"

"born June 9, 3:25 p.m."

Sir Seirin's expression was completely stiff.

Nevertheless, looking at her hopeful face, I sighed and continued.

"I sent it as soon as I was born, so I don't know the color of my hair and eyes."

"Who, who did he send it to? Who is it?"

"That's......"

I hesitated, and in the end I spoke cautiously.

"..........the Duke of Serious."

76

Coming out of Zion's room, he arrived at the newly decorated Perelleman's "My
Room."

After that, Serine's expression was not relaxed, so the room was cute and pretty, but
I couldn't even admire it.

"I'm sure something happened in the middle."

With Sir Seirin in front of the panic, I explained hard.

"I've never heard that from you before."

"......my brother and my predecessor, Duke Serius, were very close friends."

Ser Seirin tore his hair and said,

"Both of them were weird."

People are all a little weird.

I nodded quietly.

"The Duchess and Cioni were close, and no one hated her."

"I see."

"So it makes sense that Zion sent a child there."

Checking the message left by Zion was a little complicated but interpretable.

In the absence of a pen, the only means that the injured person could quickly record
was his blood.

In addition, he would have used a method to keep others from being caught in case
he was in danger.

So I eagerly analyzed the bloodstains on the old book.

The most distinctive feature of Xioni's room was the collection of diaries listed.

In the book she left, the number of pages with bloodstains was compared to the date
of the diary, and the first letter was combined, and the sentence came out.

Of course, everything was based on the premise that Xioni could remember
everything in his diary.

Lord Seirin confirmed the fact once again, saying, "Sioni remembers everything."

"Maybe there's a reason why you didn't send him to Perelle said?"

I mumbled in thought.

"If you're smart, you'll notice something..."

"It doesn't even fit the date Baron Ishider told me. If it's June 9th, it's later than the
day we know."

With Perelleman having to search all 18 girls across the country again, we looked at
each other in despair.

"In the case of newborn babies, they don't have much hair and if they don't open
their eyes right away, they can't tell the difference between eye color and eye
color......maybe Shioni doesn't really know."

"Ha."

"That's why Baron Isider told me earlier than I was born. As long as you can tell the
difference between hair color and eye color and as long as you can warm up."

After all, Perelleman's 18 years were completely useless.

"........."

"........ "

There was a moment of disastrous silence between us.

It wasn't until a long time later that Ser Seirin looked at me and said,
"You are Argaard's goddaughter, but as I said before, you are more like Cioni than
Arga."

"What?"

"Sioni was really good at unlocking these codes and doing mine. As Arga said before,
he's only good at medicine. I told you, Sioni is too good for Arga."

Indeed, Perelleman's work was not likely to stand out in this field because
he was a fully specialized medical person.

I'm good at everything, but...

Last time, when I used Betty Young-ae to follow me, Serine said she remembered
Zion when she looked at me.

"May I kill Baron Isider now, anyway?"

Sir Seirin gritted his teeth and said,

"You don't have any more information to get. How does he know about the
appearance of my niece that Zion doesn't know about?"

"......maybe we know why he went missing in the middle. If he intervened. Besides,

it's painful, but it doesn't have a clear cause."

Early summer was coming. Soon it was time for the rebels to slowly show up.

' Everyone thinks it's just a rumor, and the first terrible thing that happened was the
summer hunting competition. '

At that time, the rebels attempt to assassinate the crown prince and fail.

It was time for me to be at the assistant of Senator Roh, so I heard such rumors a
little later.
At that time, I thought it was the work of high people who had nothing to do with me.

'As we get into the early stages, Eran dies... and the lands are crossed...'

I thought that if they root out their roots in the hunting competition in the first place,
they would not be able to go until autumn.

"Sir Seirin."

"Why?"

"Are you going to a hunting contest this summer?"

"It's only a few days away."

Sir Seirin checked the calendar and said,

"You can go, you can't go."

"Why don't we go?"

I suggested with a big smile.

"When the Duke goes, I'll follow him as the doctor's assistant, and if he doesn't, I'll go
with Ser Seirin."

"I'm going. I don't care, but... why? Do you want to watch a hunting contest? Do you
want me to teach you a bow?

"No. I only see blood when I save someone."

"What? Such a weak attitude is nothing but a saintly horrible thing."

"Of course, I'm good at handing it over to others. It's not my business to see other
people's blood."

A firm refusal, I continued.

"Just in time, I have a good bait."

The bait will now be crying and copying a book in the Duchy.

"I think I can catch a good one."

"Really?"

It was time for Lord Seirin to twinkle his eyes to ask me more.

Someone knocked on the door carefully.

When I woke up and opened the door, I was a maid who worked in a house.

"Well, Sir Seirin says he's here."

"Yes, that's right."

"Ferellehmann sent you a letter."

Ser Seirin frowned and received a letter from the maid. At first glance, the letter was
very short, just like his personality.

"Hmm."

Sir Seirin's expression wasn't very good, so I looked around and asked.

"What is it about?"

"They're stopping searching the North and coming back to the Empire."

"What? Why?"

"There's something wrong with her. But."

"She's here right now."

I blinked my eyes because I was embarrassed.

"Anyway, it's been a while since I stopped by on my way back. I'm going to check on
my father."

"Ah..."

"But you've set a date like a beggarly."

"Why?"

Sir Seirin roughly began to look for pens at his desk.

"It's hunting week of all days."

And we had just decided to participate in a hunting contest.

"......no, maybe it's good."

After a moment of thought, she scribbled a short sentence on the back of a letter
from Perelleman.

When I roughly looked at it, Liche and himself participated in the hunting competition,
so I wanted to see them there.

"I'll tell you when he's gone. Wouldn't it be better to do it outdoors even if it was a
disturbance?"

"That's true."

"If you run out of anger and bark afterwards, other people will say that the beast is
crying."

I nodded solemnly to mean I agree.

Sir Seirin handed the servant girl a letter written in an insincere manner.

"It's a reply, so deliver it."

Perelleman's attitude seemed to be a waste of energy even taking out new paper for
self-production. It was once again an opportunity to realize her consistency.

By the way, I don't know why I'm coming earlier than scheduled, but I have a
schedule to meet Perelleman's own work during the hunting competition.
'Oh, my God... '

The portrait I saw in Zion's room left a strange lingering impression. Seeing the two
young people smiling happily in the world, I felt strangely bitter.

' You're so mean, Baron Isider.'

As a true doctor, I barely managed to press the flesh to rise.

It was a man who tried to poison my own sister. It wouldn't have been a matter of
telling a lie that would have left Perelle alone wandering around.

I had a mixed look on my face, and Sir Sei Lin held my hands as if he had only
thought of it.

"Liche."

"What?"

"How about this room? I'm so out of my mind that I'm asking."

"Yes, that's good."

"How does it compare to the castle of Serious?"

No, why the comparison is a duke...

"Why don't you resign and move your place if it's more convenient and good here?
You said your coming of age is the end of June."

"I still have work to do there. I'll think about it after that."

I think it's good to have many places to come, and I pressed down on something that
had an ominous feeling.
77

When I returned to the fortress, I carefully asked Eran if he would participate in the
summer hunting competition.

"Let's go."

Eran had mild insomnia, so I was holding his hand in the lab and measuring his
condition.

"For the time being, you'd better show your face at such an external event."

He was sitting still with his chin on his back and looking at me with one hand in his
hands.

It was a friendly look, but I felt burdened because I thought my body would be
pierced.

"We need to clearly show who the Duke of Serious is."

"To whom?"

"Things you don't know the subject."

I was startled at the moment when my voice was dreary.

However, after letting go of his hand without being obvious, he immediately

assembled some herbs and turned the subject around.

"Nervous insomnia. I'll prescribe a mild tranquilizer."

I said as indifferently as I could when I packed the medicine I made in a flash.

"And that hunting contest, I want to go."

"..........did you have a hobby in hunting?"

"No, the Duke could be hurt."

"There's not much chance of getting hurt by a beast. Wouldn't it be better to worry
about my sleeplessness?

Eran gave an artificial sigh with a pitiful look.

"I think I said it a few times. I slept pretty well in my childhood when you were
around."

"It's a psychological problem, not a physiological solution, Duke."

I held him a finely packed tranquilizer.

"I don't have any hobbies in hunting anyway, but I'll go."

His eyes, which he thought would say were good, slowly narrowed.

"What if I say no?"

"I'm going to use my vacation. Serine Reese Perelleman's daily physician, but..."

I opened my eyes and said clearly.

"Before that, I'll ask you a reasonable reason why you say no."

"First, I don't want to take you to such a dangerous place. They're all armed, and
you've already been targeted by someone."

"Sir Seirin will be there for you."

"You never know when we got so close. And second."

He leaned toward me.

The distance became so close that I could see myself with my lips tightly closed to
the black pupil.

"Because I don't want you to see the stupid prince, whose head is full of flowers."
"No, why the hell..."

"Let me ask you a question, Liche."

He gently bit the tip of my hair, slowly wrapping it around my finger.

"For the rest of your life... will you stay with me forever?"

"Are you talking about a life-long contract."

I shook my head because I was amazed.

"When the last examination of the season is completed this fall, you don't have to
have an excellent doctor like me."

"Look."

He looked sullenly at the shoulders.

I laughed in the midst of this when I remembered the cute expression of me whining
about being with me as a child.

"That's why I'm impatient. Don't you think so? "

He seemed to be resentful somewhere, and looked as if he was in a rut.

"As you say, I definitely have psychological problems with my insomnia."

He was just as cute as he was when he was young, but now it was a problem that the
atmosphere became strange without knowing where he was when he had such a face.

"Don't look at me like that. I warned you that there would be a woman's problem."

"The only problem right now is that you are not yet of age."

Eran let go of my hair with a slight sigh.

Several winding hairs slowly danced in the air and fell down.
"Anyway, I'm going... and it's about which barracks to use."

"Of course it's Serious. "

He said urgently.

"If you're going, come with me. We need to order an additional Knights."

"Diel, do you mind if I take my new assistant, Aaron?"

"Am I not enough for you, either. "

"Of course. I'm going to draw a big picture."

I shrugged and smiled deftly.

"Well, of course, if you're upset..."

My words drooped as I looked at his grim face.

"You may do me a few favors, but..."

Of course I knew well what Eran would answer.

***

Since Aaron entered the fortress, I have never been allowed to go out.

In the greenhouse, only the upper Perelleman people were contacted, and any maid
who brought the meal was banned from talking to them.

After officially appointing him as my assistant, I never gave him freedom even after
giving him a room. They usually kept him from coming out of the room until he
copied everything.

Now Aaron couldn't hide his terrible look just by entering his room. That wicked
woman seemed to eat from fear of what to order.
"I have a new job to do, Aaron."

I said, putting three packages of herbs that Daniel had ordered on the floor.

"You know the Duke is going to compete in this hunt, right? So there's a lot of work
to do because there's a special medicine you need to take."

Aaron opened his mouth as he looked at a pile of herbs filling the floor.

"It's Bayga, Kiric, and Vigida Pool. Wash everything clean and let it dry. Don't leave
this room because they're not supposed to get some sun."

"This... all of this?"

"Yeah, I need a lot. And you're going to go to a hunting contest."

Aaron's expression turned bright at my indifferent words.

"Me, too?"

"You're not here, Perelleman. I'm practically a doctor, and I'll follow my assistant.
Don't you think so? "

"Yes, yes ..... that's right."

"Anyway, there's not much time left until the hunting contest, so you can have it
cleaned up by the day after tomorrow."

I spoke coldly and left Aaron's room.

He tried to hide it from me, but when he saw his cheeks twitching with excitement, he
seemed to get caught easily.

' This time.'

I laughed secretly, roughly answering Diel's questions about this and that.
' We're going to catch Wedderick by ourselves somehow.'

As Eran said, what a good opportunity for a person to hurt a person is a hunting
competition where everyone carries weapons.

It was not for no reason that an attempt to assassinate the crown prince took place.

' It's not that hard, but if I had you use it 500 times, I would have memorized it.'

And I was going to take advantage of that recklessness.

***

The summer hunting competition was a big event that lasted for a week.

It was the sixth day that the rebels were first caught trying to assassinate the Crown
Prince.

In other words, the first few days meant I didn't have much to do.

"Didn't you forget?"

As soon as I arrived at the Ehypo Forest, where the hunting competition was held, I
stood firm against Eran.

"There's no doctor in the fortress right now, and you're probably lonely.....and you
must send Baroness Ishader."

I had to let Wedderick alone. That way, he could do reckless things with his own
actions.

Eran stared at me with an unknown eye and nodded affectionately.

"Okay."

His easy-to- hunt outfit with an arrow behind his back and a sword on his waist was
quite impressive.

"I have to say that my mother is sick. Of course, by the time we get to the duchy, the
hunting competition will be over."

I've never asked you to lie to me that much, but I don't know if Eran knows exactly
what I'm trying to say.
He came up with a much more elaborate scheme.

As soon as I tried to say something, he put a big bonnet on me and grinned.

"My skin is bitter when I get sunburnt, so I'll stay at the barracks if I can."

The hand that tied the ribbon under the chin was very soft.

The sun was shining behind him and shining his well-organized muscles one by one.

It was like a warrior's body in a fairy tale, so I swallowed a little dry saliva.

"Why, does it look good?"

"Yes."

"If you want, I'll come back later and take it off."

"Not to that extent."

"Then I'll try harder. Which muscle do you think is lacking? If you tell me your
preference, I'll do it for you."

After a somewhat exaggerated sigh, Eran was about to go somewhere else.

"Miss Liche!"

There was a man approaching with a bright smile.

He was Crown Prince Jade, who will soon be threatened with assassination.

Of course, you won't die because of your physical abilities that are close to fraud
behind such an innocent face.

"It was great to see you on the hunting list."

"Oh, my Prince. Thank you for welcoming me."

I smiled and gave an example and tapped Eran's foot on the back, which quickly
began to shoot out a terrifying atmosphere.

Only then did Eran give a blunt warning.

I felt Daniel looking at the barracks behind me, looking at us with a sense of shame.
78

"I missed you so much that I came to see you at the duke's barracks. You're acting as
a doctor instead of Perelleman, aren't you? "

"Yes, that's right."

It was Eran who intervened in our conversation.

"Is it okay if you walk around like this without escorts, Crown Prince?"

"Huh?"

"I'm sure I warned you. There's an impure crowd."

I was a little surprised at the sarcastic tone and shut my mouth.

Perhaps without my knowledge, Eran warned Crown Prince Jade of the presence of
the rebels.

The term came out while questioning Kane, so of course it was a rule to inform the
imperial family.

As expected, I hated the crown prince in front of me. I seemed to do what I had to do
anyway.

"Oh, thank you so much for your concern."

And Prince Jade smiled brightly.

"But even if they're revolting now, I'm confident I'll calm them all down, but would
there be such a big crowd?"

It was a naive carelessness.

In the end, however, it was true that he swept them all at once, so I couldn't argue
with him.

"You might think that when I haven't been here for five years, but if I'm not a fool, I'll
give up."

"Prince, if you could use your head a little earlier, would you rather use your limbs in
the future?"

Eran sighed as if he were pathetic.

I was bothered by his cheeky tone, so I swallowed a dry saliva.

"Or is it really that hard to use your head..."

"How did you know? I don't like complicated things."

I opened my mouth slightly when Prince Jade answered me brightly.

"You don't have to worry about things that didn't happen, do you? But thank you for
your concern, Duke. You're more gentle than I thought."

I heard Daniel accidentally dropping the nail behind me.

The prince, who is called the future of the empire, sighed as if he didn't know there
would be no such thing without measures.

When Eran tried to answer something, suddenly Crown Prince Jade turned away.

"Huh? It's you."

I also looked at him, and I saw a rather thin man with a rather fly face passing by.

It was Prince Haldon, the eldest brother of the Crown Prince.

"Oh, just say hello. Brother Haalden leads the Imperial Medical Team, so it won't hurt
you if you get your face cooked."

There was no time for me to say anything.

Crown Prince Jade smiled brightly and shouted out the name of Prince Haelden, who
was passing by, came to us with no expression.

He had long silver hair and long red eyes, a completely different impression from
Crown Prince Jade with a gentle and muscular body.
He had a sharp face, a skinny body, and a look of disapproval somewhere.

With quite a big age gap with Crown Prince Jade, he was forced to come.

"I see the stars of the Empire. It's Lice Estelle. "

As soon as I gave an example, Crown Prince Jade added excitedly.

"Halldon, Miss Liche fixed my eyes. If it weren't for him, I would have lost sight in one
eye."

"If you had eyes that would be fixed by a commoner, wouldn't it be normal to kill
your doctor, Lord Keynes?"

Prince Haelden didn't even give me an eye.

Prince Jade shook her head and spoke cheerfully.

"How do you know Lord Keynes was an endemic disease in Irvia? Miss Lee Che is a
great thing."

"Maybe as soon as you came to the palace, the researchers found out right away."

It can't be.

Before his return, Prince Jade lost one eye helplessly.

As far as I know, the imperial researchers have not achieved much in comparison to
their reputation.

All the research results and presentations were just like that, which was less than
Perelle Leman's own words.

"But it wasn't Miss Liche who fixed my eyes anyway."

Prince Jade said firmly.

Prince Haalden saw me with almost contempt.

Yeah, this was normal.

The vast majority of the royal family and aristocrats viewed the common people far
below themselves.

It was strange that the prince, who was too naive in his head, had only strong arms
and legs.

Neither the Duke of Cerius nor the author of Perelleman would have looked at me
with such a look if I had not given much help.

Before his return to Korea, he had a relationship where he could not be seen even if
he was encountered on the street. So I don't really feel like it.
It's not strange.

"Sir Keynes says, your skills are really out of the ordinary. Perelle Mann's own
admission. Isn't that amazing? That stubborn Perelleman's own work!"

When the name Arga came out, the face of Prince Hael Dunn was more terribly
wrinkled.

"......you've been recognized by the irresponsible bully who ran out of my research
team. It's a great career."

"I'm about to come of age, and if I could write you a recommendation letter, could
you please tell the Imperial Medical Research Institute..."

"Prince Prince."

Prince Haelden cut off his words.

"Do you recommend a commoner who doesn't even know where he's coming from?"

Suddenly, the atmosphere calmed down.

"Even if you become an emperor, I will not accept such low blood."

It was Eran who was next to me who answered that.

"Who's sending you to those imperial researchers?"

He wrapped around my shoulder and pulled me.

"Liche is Duke Serius's man and will soon be his full-time doctor. You two don't have
to discuss where you live after adulthood."

And I added it as if it was ridiculous.

"But both opinions are so unpleasant that I don't know who to side with."

"Duke Serius, that's quite rude."

Prince Haelden warned, frowning, but Eran did not stop his slow words with his chin
raised.

"Is that what you call your mother, too?"

I could see Diel's legs shaking just outside the field of vision.

I think Eran went too far, too.

Prince Haelden's biological mother was a commoner, now the emperor's concubine.
He's much older than the Crown Prince.
It was also the reason why it was not the enemy.

' No, I'm really going to rebel.'

The most feared separation between him and the imperial family, I finally decided to
step up.

"It's true that I'm a commoner. My prince, I am well aware of my status and my place
in imperial law."

As expected, I was the only one who could block Eran's mouth.

"So the royal researchers thought it was too much, too. I will never think of joining
the research team as you wish."
Crown Prince Jade's eyes are round.
He rose and shook his hands.

"No, Miss Liche. Miss Liche's ability is ......"

"But..."

Even so, I was never the type to lie.

"I don't think there's any low blood and precious blood in front of medicine and life."

There was a pause.

Prince Haelden snorted and raised one eyebrow.

"As expected, Perelleman's assistant. There's no place to be a sigun."

"........"

"What would you have learned from a man who ran out of his way when his daughter
disappeared in a car that wanted to crawl on her own because she wasn't good
enough?"

I was perfectly adapted to the identity system, but I wear the distortion of objective
facts about medicine.
I had no intention of asking.

"I admit that Perelleman has a bad personality, but he is not the one to hear that
from Prince Haelden, at least for his skill."

Prince Haelden's face turned red.

Eran's body temperature surrounding my shoulder played a part in how I could fold it
this much.

The characteristic of Cerius' hat was that he showed excessive obsession when he
thought he was his own person.
There was a belief that it would be sure to prevent any ridiculous accusation and awe.

I just hoped that it wouldn't go to treason.

Of course, Prince Jade, who couldn't stand this uncomfortable atmosphere, quickly
stepped in.

"Everyone's good, come on. Ferrellmann's own son, imperial researchers, Richedo,
brother...."

"Compare what you need to compare. Where do you compare ignorant commoners
and fugitives to imperial researchers?"

"No, Miss Liche is a great man recognized by Lord Keynes."

He seemed to repeat the same conversation 100 times and 1,000 times.

"The Crown Prince and I disagree. Then let's do this."

Prince Haelden smirked and put his arms together.

"We're expecting a full-fledged casualty from tomorrow..."

In hunting competitions, where fighting with animals was preconditioned, there were
inevitable injuries.

"Let's make a public comparison between a member of the research team and Miss
Liche's prescription. Then can't you tell who's better? Instead."

I stared at him closely.

"If Miss Liche's skills fall short of the Young researchers, I will ask you to pay for her
medical and life-like slip of the tongue."

"If it's a price..."

"I think it's enough to openly admit that I'm not good enough in front of a lot of
people and swear that I'll never dream presumptuous."
He nodded with a nonchalant face, which was his attitude of showing great mercy.

"Yes, my prince. I accept your offer."

As soon as I finished, Eran asked sharply.

"If Liche wins, what will you pay for then?"

"Well, Miss Liche, is there anything you want?"

"Yes."

There was no reason not to answer if you asked.

"I want you to apologize publicly for what you said behind your back that you were
lacking in your skills."

To be honest, I thought I could not help being ignored because I was a commoner.

However, he considered that disparaging Perelleman's own writing skills to be even

worse because it is not true.

At my words, the face of Prince Haldon hardened harder.

"......I'll do it."

However, if there was no justification to refuse, he replied reluctantly.

Meanwhile, there was someone who thought it was a happy ending.

"Oh, this competition of good faith is going to be a great event."

He was Crown Prince Jade, who was considered a waste of his militant muscles.

He said brightly with sparkling eyes.

"And the exchange of words in exchange for victory and defeat is nothing short of a
friendly match?"

I could feel Eran holding his trembling breath.

He seemed to be holding back his criticism.

Of course, I could see instinctively that I was patient until now.

"Liche, but I won't be disappointed if she loses. It's true that you fixed my eyes. Don't
feel pressured. I don't measure the size of my mind with that."

I couldn't bear to answer because I didn't understand why the word "size of mind"
came out here.

However, when Eran saw him blink, he pulled my shoulder stronger toward him.

And he whispered quietly.

"Really, don't feel pressured, Liche."

Of course, there was no pressure, but after hearing the following, there was a huge
burden.

"We can kill Prince Haalden and declare independence. The imperial family is a real
nuisance."

Seeing the smile, I felt very nervous because it seemed sincere.

79

Eran and other knights and nobles went hunting in the woods.

I didn't have to have tea time like other aristocratic youngsters, and I didn't have any
hobbies in hunting, so of course I stayed in the barracks.

Aaron's keeping me in a small barracks, and Daniel's keeping my barracks in order

with me.
It was.

His expression was not so good, as he still recalled a war of nerves with Prince
Haelden.

"Of course I don't think you're going to lose, but..."

Daniel looked at me and said.

"I don't think Prince Haalden will make the Imperial Medical Corps lose."

I was the one who was actually in front of others, but Daniel was more restless.

"And if your condition is to apologize to Perelleman .... why on earth would you put
that condition on him?"

"What's wrong with asking you to correct your misstatement?"

I blinked my eyes and said.

Of course, she was distracted by finding her daughter, so she could not produce
serious research results, but Perelle Mann's medical skills were certainly recognized.

He was not a person to hear that he ran away because he was not good at the back.

"It's okay for me to curse, but I can't stand it. He's my godfather anyway."

"But..."

Daniel turned his head and said while he was organizing his luggage.

"I've heard that Prince Haelden and his son Perelleman have been on bad terms since
they were with the medical staff."

"Why?"

"Well... ... Perelleman was a genius that everyone recognized at the time, and he had
a single-minded personality, so he wouldn't listen to others. Even if you were the
prince, if you were wrong, you would have said you were wrong."

"What's wrong in medicine is wrong. Isn't that obvious? It depends on the life of the
man."

"But it's good to look ugly. And in the end, you were all right, all the more."

"Then it's better."

I blinked my eyes with my arms crossed.

"Perelleman says he's coming here, and it's your chance to get a formal apology."

"Is Perelleman coming?"

"Yes."

"You're in the North. It's a long way from coming back."

"You sent me a letter to Perelleman's house, saying you were rushing back because
there was something wrong with me."

"Your safety? What's wrong?"

"Well."

"No way, that biological parent scam that happened last time?"

I nodded in thought.

"Probably so......that's about the time the correspondence arrived, and the time it
takes to get there."

Daniel made a complicated expression. It seemed scary to be intertwined with the

imperial family.

He seemed to be working hard on his own, but eventually he sighed and muttered.

"Well, the Duke of Cerseus is behind you. What's the big deal?"

"Really?"

"The Duke of Serious, who was almost gone when he passed away, is still the largest
and richest estate, and now he's in the spotlight here and there......wait, Liche."

Daniel unpack my baggage again. He picked up the reagent in the bottle.

"Isn't this, uh, the.....prosthetic reagent with dragon's claws?"

"Oh, yeah. It's a blood test, and you don't have to do a mana test if you use it."

"Then the time will go by so quickly."

"If each other's blood reacts in the same color, the probability of a blood relationship
is more than 70 percent."

I explained indifferently.

"But it doesn't have a good return on commercialization with dragon claws. It's going
to be hard to commercialize at the top of Perelleman."

"Then why did you bring this here?"

It was brought to show Perelleman's own work.

When I heard that my daughter might not have green eyes with blonde hair, I hope it
comforts her a little bit.

"Wouldn't you like it if I showed it to you? It's like a gift for your own master."
"I see."

Daniel left the reagent on his desk and nodded casually.

In fact, I was about to tell Diel what had happened.

Suddenly, I heard a sign of movement outside the outside of the barracks.

"Who are you? You can come in."

I brightened up to see if Ser Seirin had arrived, but the person who came into the
barracks was Yeong-ae, a noble I had never seen before.

"Liche Estelle's barracks, right?"

"Yes."

I put down the book I was organizing and answered by recommending a chair.

"This is Lice Estelle."

Her eyes looked up and down at me and Daniel, who were organizing the luggage
themselves

Eran provided a splendid and spacious barracks more than any aristocrat's, but I
refused the maid to organize the luggage.

It was because I felt comfortable doing it myself because there were many drugs and
herbs.

Even if there was no word, I could see that the aristocrat Young-ae, who came to my
barracks, thought that he was a "common citizen."

Daniel carefully gave the car to her, who said it was author Baek's wedding
ceremony, saying it was Natalie Irta Lewellich.

I couldn't figure out why the Earl Yeong-ae came to my barracks in person, so I
looked at her quietly.

"I'm a member of the Imperial Medical Corps, and I just heard from Prince Haelden."
Putting her finely trimmed red hair behind her ears, Natalie said gracefully.

"You said we were about the same age, and you pointed me out against you, but I'm
at a loss for words."

"What's ridiculous?"

"If the Prince offered to face the Crown Prince, you should have stopped yourself. You
don't even have that much sense? Oh, who didn't teach you because you're a
commoner?"

It was a sharp tone as if a bee was shooting.

"Well... it seems impolite to refuse your offer, and there was no reason to refuse it."

"Then I'll teach you new manners."

Natalie raised her chin and said.

"Give up now at least."

"What?"

"I'm sorry, I'm presumptuous, but what do you know about the assistant of the
duke's doctor? I hope you made a mistake because you had a dream that didn't fit
your place."

I kept my silence.

Looking at her well-managed nails and perfectly upright posture for a moment, I
quietly opened my mouth.

"I've completely stopped thinking about joining the Imperial Medical Center for this.
So you don't have to worry about working with me."

Natalie nodded with a satisfied look at my calm words.

"Yes, it's a good attitude to admit your limitations."

She cleared her throat and added coyly.

"As rumor has it, we don't know yet if you can be the Crown Prince's side. You can't
be arrogant yet."

"I know. I can't do that. A sitting room. I don't think so."

When I first danced at the banquet, I was determined that such rumors would go
around.

But I never intended to go to such a complicated place.

Crown Prince Jade was not likely to love such a century because he was so light.

She spoke in a rather soft tone in my answer.

"Then you don't have to go against me when I might be the Duke's mistress.
Oh? "

As a Lewellich writer, I don't know, but it was clear that he was one of the great
nobility anyway.

Before coming to the hunting competition, it was like a name I saw when Mrs. Isabel
sighed, saying that she felt like she was getting useless letters of marriage from all
over the place.

"I'm sorry, but in that way, there are so many people who need to see me well.
Young-ae wasn't the only one who said that."

Bettia even asked me to come up with a cosmetic reagent.

Looking at Natalie, who looked somewhat offended, I continued.

"At this point, I think Young-ae should look good to me."

"What?"
"It's all a lie, except that I won't go to the Imperial Medical Center anyway."

Imperial law did not specify that commoners should not tell the truth to nobles.

"It's not over the top, and I've always been a genius, even if it's a duke's assistant. I
don't think it has anything to do with the status."

"You cheeky thing!"

When she raised her hand as if she was going to slap me on the cheek, Daniel quickly
stepped in, shaking less.

"Liche, my lady, is the Duke's favorite talent. Will you be able to handle your
troubles?"

I shrugged my shoulders with a calm face.

"That's true. I owe it to the Duke to be so healthy."

Then she looked at her hesitating hand and quickly added.

"And my godfather is Perelleman's own master."

Even a writer, it was a family that led the top of Perelleman, the largest herb
distribution.

Those who are related to medicine had no choice but to feel guilty regardless of their
status.

"Also, I'm very overbearing and impatient, so I've been told everywhere that I've
been hit."

She slowly lowered her hand as if she couldn't help it with my nonchalant remarks.

Then he gritted his teeth and said as if he was spitting it out.

"......well, I don't care if I'm humiliated because I don't have the honor to defend
myself as a commoner. Do as you wish."
Natalie jumped up with a scary look.

But I wasn't scared at all.

It was nothing compared to the expression that Eran or Isabelle made to other users.

"You have no choice but to lose. It's not until time goes by that I'm going to cry to
think that Natalie Irta Lewellich showed noble mercy."

She shivered her eyelashes, and eventually turned around and left without saying
hello.
80

Since all the plans were on the end of the hunting tournament anyway, there was not
much trouble for the next three days.

Aaron was trapped in a small barracks and kept the herb trim. Naturally, contact with
outsiders was completely blocked.

How Eran spoke well, Baron Ishider also headed to Cerius Castle.

As I had intended, the hunting competition was left with Wedderick. It was a great
achievement just to drop the two rich men.

In the meantime, of course, very good events happened to me. It was trivial for Sir
Seirin to arrive and begin to stick with me.

"Liche!"

As soon as Serine saw me, she gave me a big hug and held a small dagger in my
hand.

"Hey, what's this?"

"There's a lot of guys. If there's a guy who's got a stick on you, who's gonna make
me his face... "

She looked around with an eerie look.

Then he dragged Daniel from the barracks and pretended to stab him in the center of
his lower body with a dagger.

"Once you stab me like this, call me."

I couldn't keep my mouth shut.

Diel's legs trembled.

Sir Seirin added with a big smile in front of us.

"I'll ask you where."

Daniel left the barracks quietly with shocked eyes.

The next interesting thing is that the noble spirits started calling me secretly. It was
too much to count.

All of this happened rapidly in three days when Eran caught the most beasts.

Naturally, everyone who knew the crown prince would win an overwhelming victory
was surprised.

Of course, there was not a few differences, but Eran was first so far.

Rumor has it that he has not been feeling well since he was young, and his physical
condition is so serious that he has been recuperating in the South for five years.

"So you don't have any problems with your body, do you? "

The aristocratic spirits used to call me secretly and ask me about Eran.

I used to tell the truth by taking delicious food, tea, and sometimes jewelry that they
gave me in return.

"Yes, you're too healthy. You just need to do a final follow-up inspection in the fall
when the seasons change. I'm sure you're all right."

If something hurts a lot, I will hide it for security, but Eran's health was a fact that he
didn't have to keep it a secret.

"That... that child-bearing, that kind of function... that's definitely no problem, right?"

"Yes, you're perfectly clear. I'm sure you'll be great."

It was not until they checked all the way there that the aristocrats laughed and asked
questions.

One conversation worked well, and the atmosphere always became strange from
similar questions.
"What's your personality like?"

"Well, you're basically sweet and sweet, but you don't think about your big body and
you still act like a child."

To be honest with you, Young-ae used to tilt their heads with a shaky look.

"Hmm... sweet? sweet? little boy?"

"He's an innocent smile, and..."

"Hey, dude... no matter how much you're taking care of the owner, you don't have to
say it nicely."

"What?"

"Nobody has ever seen a face like that in four days of hunting competition? Even
when you catch your target animal, you look creepy."

I asked back as if it were strange.

"Was there a user next to you who couldn' It's very strict with people who can't use
it. I don't tolerate mistakes, and be generous to the perfect person."

"........."

"Oh, she doesn't like pink hair because of her personal taste. I thought you were
upset when there was someone like that around you. You're still like a child."

Even though I answered everything I knew honestly and received gifts, the
conversation with Young-ae ended up being somewhat awkward.

There was also a young man who said that he never seems to be that personality,
and that he would be ignored even if he talked to him.

' What do the boys who have just seen you for four days know about Eran...'
It's cold, creepy, and scary.

Even if I told this story in front of me, Eran's popularity among young children only
increased over time.

So even though you look scared at first, you can see the kindness if you keep looking
at it. I thought maybe it was proof.

Soon after, there was even a rumor that young children with pink hair suddenly
became depressed.

In any case, it was obvious that more letters of marriage were piled up to Mrs.
Isabelle after the hunting competition.

His background shows him throwing the body of a beast at random and going into the
bathroom to wash away blood.
It was cool even to me.

Eran, who used to catch animals like animals, seemed to have no idea about it.

Every evening, he saw if he was hurt or stung by a poisonous insect, but he did not
show any scars.

Whenever it was time for me to come, he had just washed up and had water on his
head.

The distinctive body scent of clearness spread softly throughout the barracks.

So I felt like I was completely in his territory.

Every time I carefully looked at his glossy body, I thought that many noble souls
would envy me.

"I didn't know you had a hobby in hunting."

"I just have a desire to win."

Eran grumbled with his arms crossed.

"The clean-brained prince will win first prize and give this honor to Miss Liche, in case
she says something like this."

It was a possible story.

It was because the prince still sometimes winked at me.

It can be cute if you say it's cute, but when an overly muscular man made such a
wink, he used to be stiff for a moment.

"What would the Duke say if he won first place?"

"All this glory to Lice Estelle..."

As far as I know, the gap between third place was quite large, so I thought my name
would be mentioned no matter who wins.

"It's true that I've made a huge contribution to your health, but it's very
burdensome."

"By the way."

Eran gave a serious look.

"Isn't it annoying to have a match? I've been looking at the other injured for no
reason."

"Yes, I'm fine."

I used to watch Natalie and the injured together every evening from the Imperial
Medical Center.

It was a way of prescribing causes and treatments while looking at the injured person
in front of people.

So far, there have been no patients with very serious symptoms. So the two of us
didn't have a different prescription, and we kept getting the same diagnosis, so there
was no match.
Those who first showed interest and came to see each other began to lose interest as
the flow continued to be boring.

"Actually, it's most important not to get hurt."

I thought it would be better for no one to get hurt even if the confrontation fizzled out
than to show my skills due to a serious situation.

The wind broke the very next evening.

It was in the afternoon exactly on the fifth day after the event that a serious condition
was found in the hunting competition that was flowing smoothly.

The two injured, who were carried hurriedly by the knights, were showing the same
symptoms.

"I accidentally fell into the Bifade swamp, and I've been losing my mind ever since."

They were not aristocratic Englishmen, but two of the knights who escorted them.

Both were unconscious and constantly bleeding out of their mouths. It was quite a
dangerous situation if he had been bleeding in that state.

I quickly approached and checked the condition. As soon as he tried to shout that he
needed an emergency transfusion, Prince Haelden glided up and crossed his arms.

"Natalie .... what do you think?"

Natalie smiled gracefully and answered slowly.

"Yes, I'll see you now."

It's not the time to relax now, but waiting for her judgment, I bit my nails nervously.

Fortunately, Natalie also affirmed the need for an emergency transfusion.

Military doctors hurriedly checked the blood types of the two injured and began to
supply the right blood by using magic items.
In the meantime, we looked at two unconscious patients.

After cross-checking both, we admitted to each other that the two patients were
showing exactly the same symptoms. However, opinions were divided in the
diagnosis.

"The pale complexion, the symptoms of constant blood spilling, the anxiety of
breathing, and the loose pupil suggest that the blood changes in nature."

Natalie spoke calmly.

"If we prescribe Hirika horsepower therapy for temporary blood neutralization and a
Kesio reagent based on Defreichia flowers, we will be back in two days and recover."

Prince Haelden nodded slowly.

But my opinion was a little different.

"I think I'm addicted to the poison of the Harley's blood toad in the swamps of
summer. Tommaso syndrome is too cold on hands and feet and stable changes in
mana."

Finally, we have a case where our opinions are divided.

Silence flowed among all the people around us.

Before I knew it, Lord Keynes, standing next to me, was carefully looking at the two
injured with his arms folded.

"You should refrain from horsepower therapy as much as possible, and release as
much poison as possible with the Irite reagent. We need as passive a prescription as
possible, and the consciousness will return soon, but it will take some time to fully
recover."

"That means..."

Prince Haelden slowly looked at me and said.

"In two days, you're not confident that you'll make a complete recovery?"

"Yes, it's not that kind of disease."

I answered calmly.

"Well, if necessary, we can have a temporary effect with another prescription, but in
the long run, there can be permanent organ damage."

"Natalie says she can recover in two days?"

"Tomaso syndrome, I suppose, but probably not."

I stood up straight without even blinking, and Prince Jade's voice was heard behind
me without noticing.

"Miss Liche, I'm rooting for Miss Liche!"

I had no choice but to turn around to show my gratitude and answer.

"It's not the result of cheering, but... thank you anyway."

Prince Haelden couldn't hide his discomfort and clapped once to concentrate.

"With two patients with the same symptoms, they're finally divided. Our researchers
concluded that treatment would take two days."

Now all the crowds turned to him.

"It's the closing ceremony of the hunting contest in two days, right? We'll assign one
patient to these two now, and then we'll disclose their status."

Natalie smiled at me as if she were pathetic.

"You said with your own mouth that you are not confident that you will make a full
recovery in two days. I said I could."
I nodded to acknowledge.

The Toad family's poison had to be handled cautiously and conservatively. If you work
too hard for quick treatment, you'll have a long-term. There was no choice but to get
a bad result with.

"That's when my patient was perfectly healed. Of course I'll win."

"If the patient was cured by the hirika horsepower treatment and the Kesio reagent
you prescribed."

When I answered without any intention of stepping down, Prince Haalden raised his
head and declared in front of the public.

"At the closing ceremony, we'll be able to have a very pleasant look."

That's what I thought.

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The patient I was assigned to me was named Essien Reiji, an escort driver
for the post-Prillit writer Yeongsik.

My prescription was quite simple. It was to drink a lot of water and use Irite reagent
to release as much poison as possible with sweat and urine.

In other words, they only had to drink water from time to time, and when it was time,
they had to give them medicine and wipe off the sweat.

"So, Diel, you can take good care of him."

I smiled and handed Diel a towel.

"Sadly, I'm a little busy tomorrow."

With a shudder look on his face, Diel received a towel and began to wipe Essian's
sweat hard.

Many things were going to happen tomorrow.

"But isn't he coming?"

"Maybe if you calculate the time, you'll be there by tomorrow."

I answered by taking a little bit of the paternity test reagent off the desk with a
beaker. He will understand if you explain the principle roughly.

"I don't know if I'll have time to care about you tomorrow. You take care of her."

"I'm busy, too. I need to see a patient, and Aaron needs to watch."

When Daniel grumbled, I answered with a smile.

"Oh, you don't have to watch tomorrow."

"Huh?"

"I'm letting you go. It's time for Aaron to enjoy his freedom."
You'll probably die of good health.

Since coming to the fortress, he has been locked up and repeated his simple tasks.
But how happy it is to be able to get freedom in such an open place all of a sudden.

"Um, Liche. I don't think I'm the only one involved in your plan this time."

To be exact, Daniel was not wearing it this time, but he was brought in to clean up.

However, he decided not to say such things.

"Who did you share that ring with?"

Diel looked at the ring on my right ring finger and asked sadly.

It was a disposable magic communication ring shared with Diel when he caught a
maid trying to hurt Mrs. Isabelle.

"You're the one who's in it, and...."

I answered kindly.

"It's Sir Seirin who's been going around with me. I drew a big picture this time."

"Se, Ser Seirin?"

"Would you like to follow me?"

"No."

Daniel answered immediately.

It seemed quite a shock that Sir Seirin pointed a dagger at him.

"Personally, it's better for Perelleman to deal with. At least I don't feel threatened by
life."

Anyway, it was fortunate that everyone seemed satisfied with their role.

And that night, I had a dream after a long time.

Perhaps because Daniel talked about Perelleman's own work, or because he knew
that Perelleman's own work would come soon, it was his dream.

"Don't pretend you've changed so much. I can't move on. I'll never allow it."

His expression was beyond callous.

And the tall man in front of him...

"You've already shown me too much truth, haven't you?"

I couldn't see it well because it was blurry, but I think it was Eran.

"So from the moment I became an adult, the Duke seems to have accumulated only
the things I regret."

I didn't know what Eran said or what his expression was like.

"It's the end of someone who's not on the outside and inside and outside. It's a very
good punishment for causality."

Perelleman snorted and crossed his arms arrogantly.

' What do you mean you'll never allow.....'

When I woke up for a while at dawn, I tried hard to remember my dream and quickly
brushed it off.
It was because I thought that it was not special that Eran and Perelleman's own work
would take place.

Perelleman's own work couldn't have gotten along with anyone, and it would be the
same as Eran, who became an adult.

I fell asleep at ease because I thought it wasn't something I should care about.

***

It was the sixth day of the hunting competition.

I said I would leave quickly, but I ended up arriving at the end.

As the sun would set if it was later, Arga instructed the servants to take their time
with the carriage.

This is because the North also loaded up with medical books and rare grasses.

And he was riding a horse across the mountain.

It was quite curious that Seirin asked to meet at the hunting competition.

After Sioni died, Sei Lin, who was not originally sociable, did not show her face to
these events anymore.

It turned out that Riche and Eran were also participating in the hunting competition.

' Did you grow up well? '

Her last appearance he saw was still thirteen.

He sighed slightly as he recalled Eran, a young day who was struggling with pain
while biting his lower lip to the point of bleeding.

The fragile son of a close friend who barely managed to save his life.

I read the lack of affection from her anxious eyes, but I didn't mean to solve it.
It was because his daughter, who did not know how to get along somewhere, was
much more precious to him.

Anyway, he quickly ran to the headquarters of the hunting competition and was
thinking of meeting Liche, but suddenly stopped when a sword fell on his neck.

"Ah."

A low voice was heard and the black was immediately lowered.

"You're the only one who wrote this."

Arga was briefly taken aback by what happened in an instant.

I didn't know someone would come up so suddenly and point the sword at me, and I
couldn't catch up with the speed even before I came to my senses.

"Why are you here?"

Arga was speechless for a moment when he saw a young man standing in front of
him.

The name he muttered into his mind was 'Kaylan Darren Sergius?'

He looked just like his old friend, who was a duke of blood, black hair, white skin, and
cool energy flowing over his solid body like a solid body.

However, the only one, the long-stretched eyes, was Isabel.

"......Mr. Eran?"

Eran put the sword into the sword's check with an indifferent expression and kicked
his tongue.

"Why are you taking the wrong path, and why are you taking the wrong path when
you can't even protect yourself?"

It was completely different from the tone of his childhood, which was somewhat
intimidated.

The arrogant and arrogant way of speaking made me feel surprised at the moment.
"You don't remember the old days when I saved your life. Are you big and your head
degenerated in Irvia?"

He answered sharply because he had never lost in spite of his spiteful remarks. "I
can't believe the law of equivalent exchange is so well established."

"Perelleman is also a very good horse operator."

Eran looked down at Arga on the black horse with a voice that he was displeased
with.

The little boy had grown taller than Arga for five years.

"I brought Lice Estelle and she said she liked me so much..."

His eyes were wide.

"...... godfather, I am."

Arga was out of spirits.

What I said to my father's friend and doctor after five years was cold.

"I'll save you now, so remember this grace."

Eran said, sweeping black hair as if it was cumbersome.

"I hope you don't bother me with Lice's loan later."

"Who's saving who?"

Arga snorted and grabbed the horse.

As a doctor, he was of course not good at swordsmanship or hunting. However, I

thought that I could be able to get to the headquarters safely by running on a fixed
path.

He said coldly that he was more offended by Eran's one-sided disregard.

"That's enough, I'll go my way, so you can do whatever you want to do with the wolf
that was catching the bear."

"If you don't know anything, just shut up and hide here. There's a knife coming up, so
don't get caught up in it and get killed."

Two men's eyes met in the air.

Seeing Arga's stubborn expression, Eran sighed slightly and murmured as if he was
annoyed.

"If you don't want to hide, come with me. I know it's annoying, but I can save you at
least one more."

It was time for Arga to accept as if he could not lose.

I began to hear the sound of a sword bumping in the distance.

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It wasn't the sound of hunting. In addition, it was a very remote side of the cliff.

Eran sighed and started running right away, holding the horse's beeper.

He thought the rebels could plan to assassinate Jade in the hunting contest. So I used
to stay around Jade secretly.

The reason why he has been keeping the top spot so far was because he killed Jade's
hunters first.

Rather than trying to protect Jade, he wanted to root out the rebels, so he was
quietly waiting alone.

Because there was no belief that Jade would solve it on her own.

For him, the only thing he meant was that the rebels were behind those who annoyed
Liche.

And finally, it seemed like the attack happened now.

Looking at Eran's quick disappearance, Arga hesitated for a moment and followed him
to the horse.

As Eran said, there was a stabbing. He could have been treated as a witness and
killed for no reason.

I thought I should see what happened rather than hiding in pain of pride.

At the center of the assault site, which ran at full speed, was a young man with silver
hair.

' Prince Hwang? '

Arga opened her mouth in surprise.

Countless assassins were flocking around Jade.

I looked around in a hurry, but there was no one to protect him.

' Crazy. There's been a lot of talk about the Crown Prince alone in this remote place
without an escort...... No matter how good he is at swordsmanship.'

When Arga ran quickly and tried to get help from someone, Eran snapped at him on
the wrist.

"Don't be caught for nothing and stand here quietly."

"Huh, crap? But the Prince of Wales said..."

"Two is more than enough, so stop making a fuss."

What happened after that was quite a shock to Arga.

It was the same with Eran that there was no escort. However, Eran did not hesitate to
jump into the group of assassins, pulling out the sword.

Arga hid behind a tree and watched the massacre with her breath in it.

Heran's words were not bluffing, so the prince and Eran alone were quickly clearing
up dozens of assassins.

Watching Eran put blood on the sword neatly, Arga had to be in shock once again.

' It's like you're looking at Kaylan from his youth. No... it's more than that.'

The speed of eliminating enemies was so unrealistic that I wasn't even nervous.

"Duke Serius!"

Jade smiled brightly, killing three at a time.

"What a loyal subject! I'm sorry I didn't know you."

"Didn't I tell you to take a escort with you?"

Of course, it was the same for Eran to go without an escort.

Eran kicked his tongue as if he were pathetic, but Jade kept being bright.

"Even without an escort, this is a lot of room! It was a useless help, but thank you
anyway."

"I'm here because I'm afraid I'm going to put another eye on you and point you at
Liche."

"Hey, there's no endemic disease here."

"And I want to pull out the rebel roots."

"I will never forget the faithfulness of the Duke of Cerius. It's touching."

"You are right, but don't think you are the Prince of Wales."

Eran's attitude was openly disrespectful.

In addition, Jade was a victim of attack, but also a no-brainer.

'What, the Crown Prince is so cheerful in this situation?'

Arga put her forehead alone on this terrible combination.

"The Duke was right! I can't believe there was a rebellion against me."

Jade grinned as she inserted a sword into the assassin who was the last to come at
her.

"That's a big liver. They're all going to die anyway."

"Do you wear your head to keep your balance when you wear a sword?"

"Duke, you're more stupid than I thought. You need a head to see the enemy. It's got
eyes. "
"Is that the most important role of the head?"

Eran sarcastically said as if he was dumbfounded.

He was already dragging two people by the scrubs of their necks

"If you kill him, how do you track him?"

"Next time you come back, we can kill you again."

"That's how it takes five years to wipe out the pirates... damn it. Was that a way to
just chase them and kill them if they see them? Any other plans?"

"How did you know?"

Eran threw out two jabbering assassins, one of whom opened his mouth and pressed
his tongue against the flat side of the sword.

"Behind."

There was no emotion in his eyes. In the middle of the red-blooded earth, he was like
a god of death.

"If it's revealed, save it, if it's not revealed, track down your family and kill them all."

Arga watched him carefully from behind the tree.

"Even if you shut your mouth, if that other guy blows...... he'll let everyone know you
blew it. Then you know better how your master will react."

It was a vicious way of holding the two and urging them to betray each other.

Looking at him stepping on the waist of an assassin, Arga recalled the past.

' You look a lot like Karen. If his work ability is similar, the Duke of Cerius could face a
second revival. I can't believe I'm living off that nasty temper.'

Cailan, Duke of Serious, was certainly a great leader in many ways. It was so perfect
that there was no humanity.
Just one thing, because he was perfect, he couldn't stand other people's flaws, so he
was a little dirty.

'But I think he's crazier than my father, seeing him do it to the Crown Prince.'

It was then.

The ring, which was located in Eran's left hand, began to shine.

His face, which was threatening to kill an assassin, completely changed.

He hurriedly took a handkerchief out of his pocket and stuffed it into the mouths of
the two assassins. It would be a gag to not bite your tongue, but it was too urgent
and crude.

Then he grabbed her by the neck and threw her at the prince, who had been absent-
minded one by one.

"I tried to figure it out myself, but now Lice called me. I'm a little certain about
priorities."

"Lee, Miss Liche?"

"If you can't use your head to figure it out for yourself, take it and hand it over to
your deputy. Anyway, I hope you don't just kill it and make it the worst efficiency."

He jumped on the black horse.

"Someone asked about me, and I said I went to Lice because my knee hurt."

And then I started heading somewhere.

Arga also looked around and drove the horse. I'm sure he said Liche.

Anyway, since Arga had to meet Liche, he had to follow Eran in a hurry.

***
Aaron was excited to death.

I didn't know how long it's been since I had the freedom to taste it.

Since tomorrow is the closing ceremony anyway, today was actually the last day of
the hunting competition.

So Daniel finally gave me freedom because there was no herb to trim.

"Well, go sightseeing. There are a lot of things to see. It's fancy, and I want you back
by evening."

When I think about the past, tears really covered my eyes.

'As long as Wedderick takes over the duke.'

He gritted his teeth and thought.

'Both of them are tormented to the end by myself and then killed in painfully.'

The two were Diel Molekin and Lice Estelle.

Riche Estelle, the witch-like woman, made things crazy that were unfulfilled and
boring.

And behind it was the cheeky Diel Molekin, who watched him thoroughly.

His mind, which had been locked up all along, was burning.

I didn't want to go back into the maneuvering and repeat the terrible things.

The memory of trimming herbs and copying thick books over and over again was
terrible.

Of course, there was something that helped.

'As soon as possible, Wedderick should take over Cerius...'

In his eyes, who could hardly communicate with ordinary people, even madness was
young.
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I finally felt like I was going to breathe when I got away from what was given as
compulsion without anyone watching.

He went into the quiet forest and began to make bird noises. It was the same sound I
used to call Kane.

It's been a while since I've been making such bird noises. Finally, where did he hear
from, Wedderick showed up with some guards.

"Aaron, long time no see."

Wedderick stood tall and tapped Aaron on the shoulder.

"I heard that the mansion was recognized as an assistant to the assistant."

Aaron nodded proudly.

Wedderick may not know how much he has worked to gain that recognition.

As such, I wanted to achieve results now. Being his right-hand man was also the first
step toward restoring his status.

"But even Kane was caught....."

"Yes."

Aaron sighed and shook his head.

"I can't believe you're caught when you're still doing well and making decisions."

"The whole family is in our hands anyway, so they couldn't confess."

Wedderick grinned.

"The common people, if you treat them like that, they end up shivering in their own
line."
Aaron nodded as a sign of agreement.

Kane's body was also caught in a peacock. Nevertheless, the fact that Wedderick,
Baron Isider, and himself were all fine meant that Kane had died with his mouth shut.

"How's the atmosphere of maneuverability?"

Aaron didn't know the atmosphere at all.

It was because I was stuck in the greenhouse or the room.

But I knew what kind of answer would please Wedderick.

"It's not good. Eran is not so virtuous that he can't control the duke."

"You're right that you've got a bad personality."

Wedderick smiled and nodded.

"And you have a bad habit of coveting your brother's woman."

"Did something happen with Betty Young-ae?"

"He openly asked for his first dance at the banquet."

"..........typical inferiority complex."

Aaron said quickly in a friendly manner.

"You must have envied everything you had since you were a child."

"That's possible."

Wedderick nodded proudly.

"As expected, the owner of the castle looks better on me."

"But..."
Aaron looked behind Wedderick and asked.

"Isn't Baroness Eccider here?"

"My aunt says she's sick. Eran asked him to do it, and he's gone to Cerius"

"No way?"

"No."

Wedderick shook his head.

"There's no one on your side to add more. I guess something's really wrong. He's
always weak."

"I see. So maybe this time......"

"My father thinks too much."

Unlike Baron Ishider, who was timid and extremely shy, Wedderick was still young
and had some spirit.

So he often felt frustrated by his father's excessive concerns.

"You won't know if you're given orders, so you won't do anything yourself. But if you
succeed in assassinating the Crown Prince...."

Wedderick looked far away.

"Then things could be a little faster and easier."

"I found an easier way."

Aaron approached him with a big smile.

"Since I'm an assistant to a doctor, I have some information I can access."

"What are you talking about?"

"Everyone is hiding it, but the Duke of Eran is suffering from a chronic disease."

Wedderick's eyes glistened.

Aaron put his hand on his waist triumphantly.

"Didn't you put me in here to get this information?"

"Yes."

Wedderick replied excitedly.

"I've been putting three commoners in for a decade and they haven't been able to
achieve this in less than a few months."

"Liche Estelle has kept me up to now. I brought him here on purpose."

Aaron looked up and said.

"Baiga, Kirici, Biga-pool."

"What does that mean?"

"There's only one prescription that's a huge amount of these three pools."

Aaron was not particularly interested in medicine.

However, as I had to enter Lice's assistant, I studied shallow and wide as others did.

Nevertheless, I knew all the terms and principles, so I could understand all the books
if I read them.

He couldn't have known the disease that was important in his 500 times copy of
(Understanding Lower Body Special Diseases.)

"I have Roika syndrome."

"What is it?"
"It's a disease that occurs on the left knee, and you have to eat a lot of the three
grasses I mentioned earlier to make your daily life possible."

"Well, now Eran is number one in the hunting competition."

Wedderick gritted his teeth and muttered.

"So everyone's going crazy saying that the Duke of Serious is back alive. I don't even
know a single little boy who was in such inferiority complex as a child."

Wedderick seemed to be upset when I saw him whispering about Eran here and
there.

Maybe it was because he had a desire for the Duke of Serius for too long, but now it
felt like Eran had taken his own.

Ever since his first dance at the banquet with Eran, the thought of Bettia, who had
been secretly distancing himself from him, was even more divided.

"If you eat that disease, you don't get any symptoms of Roika syndrome. It has
nothing to do with that."

Aaron explained hard.

"But.....when the iron touches the left knee, it dies instantly. It's endemic in the
southern part of the country, so it's a rare disease in the Empire."

"Really? It must have been from Irvia."

Wedderick swallowed a dry needle.

He happened to have a bow.

He was weak at swordsmanship, but he shot quite well.

"If you look closely, the Duke of Eran will be surrounded by a wooden armor at least
his legs. He's definitely not like anyone else."
"......I guess so. Yeah, the upper body has almost no protective gear, but the lower
body definitely wasn't."

"But due to the nature of summer armor, the lower knee is bound to come out when
you bend your legs. Then you just have to stab a dagger or hit an arrow......"

Aaron grinned.

"Then it's instantaneous."

As it was a hunting competition, there were many things to talk about.

The escort driver tried to shoot the rabbit, but it brushed the wrong way, and he
didn't know it was dangerous because it wasn't an emergency, so he just had to
insist.

You don't have to hurt anyone to death.

"I don't think anyone in the city knows about this. Well, Lice Estelle isn't the type to
spread such a weakness. I'm a sidekick of the tide, so I figured it out."

"I see."

Wedderick was lost in thought.

If Baroness Ishider had heard this, he would have opposed it unconditionally, saying
that it was dangerous to act alone that "he" did not order.

Wedderick, however, said he had not gained anything since he had acted so carefully.

Whether they were suspected or not, things would not have gotten this big if they had
poisoned them when they were young.

I never thought I'd become such a burly young man in 5 years and show off my
presence.

I didn't know this kind of opportunity would never come again.

It made me impatient to think of Eran, who had grown so much while taking time.
He had weapons in his hands and everyone else was scattered in remote areas. Eran
didn't even take the escort driver with him, saying it was cumbersome.

I am not confident of beating him, but I felt like I could put an arrow in the left knee
of my cousin who was careless.

"Let's get this over with, Mr. Wedderick."

Aaron whispered as if he were fanning.

"I'd like to see you as soon as possible, the master of the duke. Leave Lice Estelle's
disposition to me instead."

"Why?"

"I want to kill him myself because he's so rude and rude."

"That's not hard."

Wedderick nodded as if he had made up his mind.

"Yeah, you don't have to drag on. My father's old plan failed anyway, and I don't have
time anymore."

Wedderick could easily find Eran. It was because everyone passing by was talking
about Eran going to the stream in the eastern forest.

In fact, everyone was out of their minds to pour on Wedderick and Eran now. Jade,
the Crown Prince, was assassinated.

Jade, of course, along with Eran, killed all the assassins and returned unharmed.

Then, he threw two assassins in his mouth and ordered them to question him.

"I don't like using my brain. Let me know what's behind you."

Jade spoke innocently.

"If you'd killed them all like this, you'd know it's your own loss to revolt......... I don't
know why the Duke of Cerius is telling you to find out who's behind it. Isn't a good
thing a good thing?"

Jade wiped the blood off the sword with a calm voice.

"Isn't it the attitude of the Holy Father to give himself the opportunity to step down
mercifully without pushing the situation to the end?"

Jade was the only one who remained calm, and everyone in the hunting contest was
turned upside down.

When people asked about Eran, who was invisible, Jade answered as Eran asked.

"Oh... the great loyalist, Duke Serius? I went to Miss Liche because my knee hurt."

Of course, no one cared about Eran in this unprecedented situation.

It was a good opportunity in many ways.

Wedderick saw Eran unwinding a brace on his left knee alone by a stream.

Wedderick swallowed dry saliva because he knew Eran's tendency not to carry escort
knights throughout the hunting tournament.

I didn't know that I could seize the opportunity to reveal his weaknesses in such a
stark manner.

Indeed, there was a blue bruise in his left knee.

Feeling popular, Eran looked back.

"Ah."

Liche didn't show where she was.

"What are you doing here?"

"Why are you alone? I heard you went to Liche."

"Liche wants some medicine."

At Eran's calm words, Wedderick raised his right hand.

The escort knights he had raised arrows in unison. And Wedderick himself took the
bow.
Pull.

Eran frowned.

"What are you doing? Don't, I don't have a good knee right now..."

Before Eran could finish, an arrow flew toward Eran's left knee.
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'You just have to brush. If you hurt yourself with iron...'

It was time for Wedderick to raise his mouth in joy, thinking of the great Cerius
Castle.

Eran struck the arrow so easily with a sword he was holding without even standing up
with no expression.

"I can't believe it."

Then a big sword fell on his neck.

"If Mrs. Isabel finds out, she will fall."

Joaquin was the one who directly surrounded Wedderick. The guards were already
down on Seirin's sword.
All

***

Liche finally caught Wedderick. He smiled proudly at the thought.

He groaned to find out the ingredients of the snack by himself, but he eventually
caught it in cooperation with many people.

He used Aaron to bait and contacted Eran after confirming that he could hear a
familiar bird.

Eran had only been instructed to pretend to have a sore knee in a remote place alone.

And he was hiding with Joaquin and Seirin.

I explained to Joaquin and Seirin only briefly. Are you suspicious of Wedderick, he
said we should test whether he's attacking Eran or not.
Ida.

Joaquin, who had expected that he might jump up and down, saying he was
suspicious of his owner's blood ties to the topic of commoners, unexpectedly gave
unconditional support.

"I have sworn my allegiance to you."

Liche was rather surprised by the sharpness of the old man.

"Order anything."

Eran was surprisingly not angry. However, when Wedderick was caught by Joaquin,
he sighed and murmured.

"I really didn't want to."

He grinned and gagged Wedderick's cheek, which he couldn't say a word.

"If I had remained a card I could use, I would have saved my life."

Wedderick shook his head and shouted something, but he couldn't understand.

"That was exactly where you were. I'll give you what you want."

The only thing that did not go back to Liche's plan was Arga.

I had no idea Arga would come here.

By chance, he encountered Eran and had no choice but to secretly witness all of this,
but Arga unintentionally saw both of Eran's faces.

When I thought of the cold look on the crown prince as well as himself, I thought
Isabel's child farming was ruined.

' I've always been embarrassed by Wedderick, but... '

Eran, looking at Wedderick, was not exactly a look of agony that he had been
betrayed.
The attitude was that he was insincere in catching bugs that he had kept alive
because he was too lazy.

"Why don't you know the subject? I don't know how many months I'll be able to keep
it even if I have a duke."

Eran gave Joaquin an order, kicking his tongue as if he were pathetic.

"Don't tell anyone, but drag them quietly and lock them in a dungeon at the
Peacock."

"For the public works, Baroness Ishider now..."

"Don't let Baroness Eccedar, as well as your mother."

Joaquin quickly disappeared after he knocked Wedderick out.

Liche, who was watching the whole thing, asked carefully.

"What do you think, Duke?"

"Oh, Liche."

Arga thought she fainted for a moment. It was because Eran's expression and voice
looking at Liche changed completely.

In a soft tone that I never imagined, Eran said with a smile.

"It's all thanks to you again. How did you come up with this idea?"

Arga was stunned by his charming voice and a straight-eyed smile.

But Liche answered casually, "I don't know if he's used to it."

"It was possible because there were so many people who could help."

"No, but you're the one who came up with all this."
"That's a given."

"Are you hurt anywhere? It's coming all the way to the woods ..... Didn't you get a
glimpse of a poison ivy?"

"You're the Duke who almost got shot."

"Are you wearing comfortable shoes? Doesn't your leg hurt?"

The more I watched it, the more spectacular it was.

Most of the personalities and abilities resemble Caillon, but if you're hooked on one,
it's a little out of focus that resembles Isabelle.

Arga, who knew both the Duke and Duchess of Serius, could easily conclude.

The two tendencies were expressed to the extreme and combined to the worst.

In short, it meant that it was not normal.

"But where have you been?"

Liche said, removing a disposable magic ring.

"Oh, I happened to meet the Crown Prince and someone was attacking me, so I
helped him a little bit."

"It must be crazy."

"Yes, so no one's going to care about the missing Wedderick."

After calculating that and setting the date for today, Liche nodded slowly.

Eran quickly received the magic ring she had removed.

"I'll give you a better one later."

"What? What are you talking about?"

"Give it to me for now."

"Oh, you like to throw away things like this, don't you? Throw it away on your own.
But you're not hurt anywhere?"

"Well, I didn't kill a few. The Crown Prince took care of everything. I don't really like
to see blood."

Arga opened her mouth wide. From meeting by chance to not wanting to see blood,
every word was ridiculous.

"But you might be hurt somewhere, so take care of it later."

Before Liche said yes, Arga was blunt.

"Yes, I'll go."

Eran turned his head and looked at him.

His expression changed cold in an instant.

"Let's go get some rest since you must be tired lines and long way just his own
perelleu."

"No, I just wanted to see how I'm doing this for the first time in a while."

"I think it'll take a long time to assign a barracks, so I'll ask Liche today."

Liche hesitated for a moment and stepped in.

"Yes, ma'am. You've come a long way today, so get some rest."

"As expected."

Eran stood beside Lice with a bright smile.

"Liche is good in many ways."

"That's true."

"Let's go for now. My legs hurt, so ride down with me."

As if to serve the king, Eran took Liche and rode on the black horse. And as if to come
on his own, he gave Arga and Seirin an insincere look and left.

Arga quietly spoke to Sei Lin, who was asking about Wedderick's escort.

"Seirin."

"Why?"

It was also the first conversation between my brother and sister after a long time.

"The new Duke of Cersei.....isn't that weird?"

"I don't know, I don't know."

Seirin replied insincerely.

"When you were with Lice, you kept looking so friendly. I've never seen anything
else."

Arga shook her head.

In fact, Liche didn't notice the difference at all, but she seemed to have no idea.

Well, he also didn't see the prince when he was with him earlier. Cotton may not have
recognized the gap.

' You'll be a good duke. The Duchy of Serious will be at peace and keep my place.
But.'

And I came to a quiet conclusion.

'He's a madman.'
 ***

Joaquin took Wederick and Aaron to the castle secretly.

Eran's order to put me in a dungeon without anyone knowing was somewhat shocking
to me.

Of course, he felt betrayed on the spot and thought he would do it without knowing
what to do.

I was worried that I might hesitate about what to do with my only cousin's betrayal,
but there was no hesitation as I had thought for a long time.

I didn't know how to ride, so I was riding in his arms.

"Are you all right, Duke?"

"Huh? What?"

"Wederick... tried to hurt the Duke."

"I wish I hadn't, but I can't help it."

Eran replied in a tone of calmness.

I thought he cared about Wedderick very much, but I thought he cared about him.

Her expression was not visible because Eran was behind her.

'He's warm when he's warm, but he's cold after all.'

I concluded in my mind.

He is so sweet to me, but he completely drew a line when Mrs. Isabel said she would
be adopted.

It was clear that he/she tended to be cold when he/she was out of a certain range.
"That was exactly where you were. You have to do what you want. Why don't you
know the subject?"

Clearly, it was frighteningly cruel to those who coveted "Serious."

"What are you going to do?"

"Don't worry too much, Liche."

Eran said, touching the tip of my hair.

"You don't like cruelty or anything."

"That's true."

"I'll figure it out, Liche. Thank you, though. I did this for my own good."

"Something like that."

I answered with a sigh.

"If I had just figured out the ingredients, I wouldn't have had to make this big deal."

"But still..."

Eran grinned and whispered in my ear.

"I'm touched that someone is doing this for me."

Even I think I was a great blessing from Eran's point of view.

Take care of me when I was young, let me come back healthy, arrest even my cousin
who had a bad idea.

"But is the Crown Prince all right?"

He knew he would be attacked anyway. They will survive safely, and the hunting
competition will end without a hitch, and they will not be able to find the background.
Anyway, I wanted to catch Wetherick when it was noisy. I didn't expect Eran to be at
the assassination site by chance.

"Of course."

Eran sighed and said.

"I only know how to use my body ignorantly, so don't worry, I'm perfectly fine."

"Yes."

"Don't even think about it."

"Yes."

"Don't even ask after you."

"I'm not going to the Imperial Medical Center."

"But anyway."

"I don't care about the Crown Prince's office."

"It's very unpleasant to hear such a thing go around."

"Even when you reach adulthood, you'll be in the city until the change of seasons."

My Coming-of-Age is really just around the corner. After the hunting competition, it
was my birthday soon after Youngbuyoung time.

"Until the change of seasons?"

"Yes, I'll have to wait and see if you're feeling okay when it gets a little cold."

At the same time, if Perelleman's work continues to be attached to the fortress, he

did not need me.

However, there was a reason to stay a little longer after adulthood.

' I need to see Cancia.'

I'm sure Cancia will visit me soon.

It was because there were definitely going to be health problems.

' If you bring a crystal ball that says you can see the past, you'll really find my
parents.'

I told Cancia, a wandering Gypsy, that my residence was "the Duke of Serius," so I
had to stay in the city until then.

"Anyway, my place or location, whatever it is, I have to look at the situation and
decide."

Suddenly, one of his hands holding me held me tighter.

"What."

His voice became slow.

"Right. Everything's on the line."

I thought it was dangerous to ride a horse together.

I felt as if my body was reeling from his heat when I was caught in his arms.

"It's a situation, no one knows how it's going to change."

85

"......I just can't say."

That night, Sir Seirin came to my barracks and tore his hair.

They came first with Eran on purpose to talk, but Ser Seirin did not seem to have told
Perelleman the truth.

"How can I tell you that I've been doing nothing for 18 years..."

Diel's complexion was also lost when he heard all the circumstances while snooping
around in my barracks.

He has advised many times that blond hair may not be green eye.

Whenever I did that, I just remembered Arga's face, which he sighed, saying, "It's
only one hope."

"What if you go crazy?"

Daniel mumbled, biting his nails.

"But he's a man who's lived in the hope of finding his daughter."

" I know "

Seirin's voice was terrible.

"When I think about how many taunts I've been made by the royal researchers,
they've been running out of their way to find my daughter."

Originally, I wouldn't have been interested, but I asked carefully because I had a bad
feeling with the royal researchers.

"Why? You didn't just come out?"

"There was a lot of talk in the research team in the first place. Arga didn't say it right,
but Zion said he and Prince Haldon were at odds."

"What's there to confront in medicine? The principle is clear."

"That's exactly what Argaard thinks, and I guess the Prince had a different idea."

Seirin mumbled bitterly.

"Out of the Royal Research Institute....the promised Earl's stomach disappeared, and
that's not important, but I had to write an insulting note that Arga would also hand
over everything he's been working on."

Of course, that would not have been important to Perelleman's own writing at that
time.

"It wasn't like that in the old days, but maybe it's because there's been a replacement
of three, but the researchers have been talking about Arga being kicked out because
he's not good enough, and I think he knows."

I thought I knew who was talking like that. It was because Prince Haelden was just
saying that.

Since it was 18 years ago, it would be very easy to undermine others according to
their own taste.

"So in history, Arga will remain a third-rate doctor with little to see and no
responsibility."

Sir Seirin continued in a melancholy manner.

"But I didn't care about it with the thought of finding my daughter."

Daniel sighed as the floor went out.

Rather, I don't know if there is another clue, but in the end, "There is no clue about
my daughter." was a new fact.

"Then let's talk about it tomorrow."

Tomorrow was the closing ceremony of the hunting competition, and the results of
the match between me and Natalie were announced.
No matter how hard I look at it, my patient, Essian Rage, was addicted to Harpy
Doobie's poison.

If Natalie claimed to have Tommaso syndrome, Essien Rage would have already died
due to lack of proper prescription.

However, when I decided to take care of the poison as much as possible with the
most dramatic treatment, his complexion improved a lot from the beginning and his
consciousness returned.

Of course, it was not a disease that could be solved in a short time. It

would have to be more time to get better, but at least it was over the hump.

Eran, Diel and Ser Seirin didn't even ask me if I believed in my skills.

I haven't heard anything like 'How's the patient?' or 'Is your treatment right?'

Everyone seemed to think that they would win anyway.

"Anyway, wouldn't you feel good if Prince Haalden apologized?"

"Arga is a human being, of course she'll be happy."

"And... not a lot, but I'll give you a paternity test."

I murmured while looking at the reagent I put on the beaker.

Since mass production is not possible anyway, it will be difficult to investigate 18 of

the entire continent.

Daniel stepped in carefully.

"But Sioni sent the child to the Duke of Serius."

"But Mrs. Isabel has never said that before."

Mrs. Isabelle even remembered the story of tying her daughter to Eran. If there was a
related anecdote, he couldn't have told me.

"Maybe I sent you there, but there must be something wrong."

"Mrs. Isabelle could be missing something. Let's not lose hope."

I shook my head quietly at Diel's words.

"A poor hope is the most torture for a man. I know because I've been through it."

Hans's incident was quite shocking to me, too.

The excitement of the few days that I thought I had really found my family later
returned to greater betrayal and frustration.

Daniel dropped his eyes when he noticed what memory I was recalling.

Sir Seirin clapped once.

"Yeah. Anyway, Lice is right. When you're in the best mood, let's talk about it, but...
what if you're still going to die?"

Then, Daniel had a good idea. He raised his head as if he were.

"We must make you willing to live by force."

"How?"

"Liche's coming of age is coming."

"My birthday?"

I asked nervously.

It didn't immediately reach what it meant.

Before my return, my coming of age was just a day of independence from

Congressman.

I didn't really remember being congratulated by anyone.

Besides, I didn't think it was really my birthday. That's because it was the day I
arrived at the nursery, not the day I was born.

"Well, what's that?"

"What do you mean?"

Sir Seirin opened his mouth as if he were dumbfounded.

"Liche, it's your day of adulthood. What's that reaction?"

"Does it matter?"

"Of course."

Sir Seirin said with a runny nose.

"I can't open my debut tantrum because I'm a commoner, but I'm going to decorate
my entire self-made album..."

Daniel stepped in.

"No, I think we need to discuss that with Mrs. Isabel. I don't think Mrs. Isabelle would
ever lose that event to Perelle alone."

"Diel, which family are you from? Where do you get paid?"

Sir Seirin's sharp eyes immediately shut Daniel's mouth.

I laughed with my hands shaking.

"You don't have to. That's not something to celebrate...."

"Arga is your godfather."

Sir Seirin held my hand tightly.

"So... ask him to wish you a happy coming-of-age in personally. Then you'll be alive
until then."
"What about after that?"

"That's when you think."

"........"

As I blinked my eyes suspiciously, Sir Seirin cried and asked me again.

"Let's say you're saving a man, Liche.....and please say you want to have a big
birthday party where the godfather congratulates you. It means a lot to you."

"It's not that big......and I'm not good at lying."

"Arga is an idiot except for medicine, so she'll be fooled by a lousy lie."

In the end, I was forced to nod.

' Let's say you're saving a man. That was a huge weight for me. '

Well, asking for a birthday party was not so bad.

"What should I prepare for my coming-of-age present?"

Sir Seirin mumbled, biting his lower lip.

"You can't be pushed back by the Duke of Cerius anyway."

"I don't need a gift ....."

"What are you talking about?"

She grinned as she tucked my hair behind my ears.

"Maybe my father is happy and I can see him pondering days and days."

I felt strange when I thought of Felix's old man waiting for my carriage.

"Finally, my house, which has always been gloomy, is filled with excitement."

"Well... that's what it is..."

"Thanks, Liche."

She stroked my hair.

Suddenly, I thought that a colorful adult birthday party would not be bad.
86

It's the closing day.

The weather was sunny and the sunshine was bright due to the approaching summer.

Eran won the first prize in the hunting competition.

Through this hunting competition, Eran proudly announced the presence of Serious
across the empire.

Now, no one has the heir to Cerseus.Or, I couldn't say I wouldn't be able to play my
job.

"I'll lose to the Crown Prince by a fair margin or two."

Perelman's son murmured beside me with his tongue clapping.

"It's because I'm so bad at social life."

"......someone hears that you're a very good social worker."

"I'm saying it because I couldn't."

Strangely, the autistic Perelman seemed to take a fairly negative stance on Eran.

Well, everyone I knew was ashamed of Eran.

Even her biological mother, Mrs. Isabelle.

"I was very tired because I never lost to Prince Haeldon."

"It's different from Prince Haeldon and Prince Jade."

"Yeah, it seems very different."

Perelman nodded his head.

"By the way, Natalie from the research team? You said you had a fight with her?"
"Yes."

"I didn't hear the details, but I saw your patient just in case."

"The poison of the toad, right?"

"Uh, what did Natalie say?"

"Thomaso syndrome. "

"That's terrible."

"That's terrible. Is that what the researchers do?"

"It's not a problem for the researchers, it's a problem caused by our being too smart."

"I see."

I readily agreed and looked at Eran's ascension from the Emperor.

Now my role is almost over.

Now that he has passed the Wederick, he will take care of Baron himself, and he grew
up so handsomely, but there was no reason not to be able to protect Serious's estate.

in-between seasons when the weather gets chilly Once I checked with my words, I did
everything I had to do.

In fact, we could just hand it over to Perelman's own son.........

I couldn't have hoped for that to anyone who had to hold my Coming-of-Age birthday
party for fear of going crazy right now.

"If it weren't for my doctor, Lice Estelle, I wouldn't even be here."

Eran was expressing his feelings before he knew it.

I still had a problem saying that I am not of age but of principle.

However, everyone knew that Perelman's own work was not attached to the peacock,
so everyone acknowledged it.

"I give all this glory to Lice Estelle."

Applause poured out.

Perelman said as if he was dissatisfied.

"Liche."

"Yes."

"He's a little weird, isn't he?"

"......what do you call him. He's the Duke."

"I think it's a little weird for you. I think I like you too much."

"Why don't you like it? It's true that I'm able to stand there like that."

"That's true, but..."

"And you saw it yesterday. I took care of my black cousin. If you don't love someone
too much, is that a person?"

Admitting that it was all right, Perelman sighed and nodded. However, he seemed to
be suspicious.

"Still... I think it's beyond a certain range for a total baby."

"Never. I know that better."

I said firmly,recalling her voice,"I can never use her as a foster daughter".
"On the contrary, it's the Duke who can never cross a certain line. If I do something I
don't know the subject of, you'll probably turn creepy like anyone else."

"...yes, I just need to know that you have a double personality."

"It's not a double personality, it's obvious that you're a high-ranking person, and
you're different from the inside."

"I grew up in a very unpleasant way anyway. "

Perelman muttered, frowning on his brow.

"Well, it's none of my business, anyway, because it's none of my business."

He shook his head and clicked his tongue.

"You won't have anything to do with me."

After a series of tedious awards and speeches, it was time for a little exhaustion that
Prince Jaelden stood before him.

"As you all know."

He raised his chin proudly.

"A few days ago, an interesting confrontation was spontaneous."

I felt at once the gaze of Prince Haeldon touched the very self of Perelman.

Perelman spoke to himself as if he was dissatisfied with his own son.

"Still."

"What?"

"It's funny when someone's hurt."

For a moment, the cool eyes of Prince Haeldon and Perelman's own son met.

Just a few minutes ago, it seemed that the expression was not appropriate for a
person who was talking about social life.
"The assistant of Ferrellermann's own, Lice Estelle, and Natalie Irtar Lewelich Young-
ae of the imperial researchers, who ran through the limits of their skills, decided to
compete against each other."

I snorted out of my wits. I thought it was crazy to call out the "limits of ability" in
such an open place.

I murmured, chin-holding Perelman's arm.

"What a load of crap."

Perelman, who thought he would be angry, was surprisingly calm.

"It was 18 years ago, already. The records belong to the rest of us."

"........."

"It's my choice to go out looking for my daughter anyway. I don't care what you say.
I have no regrets anyway."

He did not yet know the bets between me and Prince Haeldon.

We all agreed to hide it for the most dramatic joy possible.

Still, I didn't know that Prince Haledon would come out so mean.

'I don't care.'

I stood up quietly and thought.

'I'm going to win anyway.'

At the guidance of Prince Haeldon, I and Natalie slowly rose to their feet and stood on
the platform in front of the people.

The Emperor, Empress, and the Emperor's chambers were looking at us from high
places.

And below, there were representatives of the nobility sitting on top of the crown
prince.

Princess Eran also glistened at me right next to the Crown Prince. I'm not nervous at
all. had a look on one's face

The crown prince clapped with a look of no physical pain.

"Miss Liche! I'll be rooting for you."

The face of assassination threatened by an assassin yesterday was beyond

description.

"Is this an athletic event? I'll cheer you up and win."

I could even hear Eran brusquely irritated.

"That's true, isn't it? What should I do, Duke?"

"You just have to shut up."

"Yes, it's a word of loyalty, so listen."

"Don't be loyal. I'm in a very dirty mood."

"They say people judge people by their actions, not words."

I couldn't figure out why the conversation was going like that.

Eran had a cheeky attitude that seemed to be trying to defile him right away, but he's
loyal. It wasn't the scope that I could understand.

"Then let's bring in the wounded, each of whom has been in charge for two days."

Prince Haeldon raised his chin and said.

"Let's start with Essien Rage, played by Lice Estelle."

My patient, Essian, was still too much to walk alone.

So Diel came up to help him.

I explained the situation clearly.

"As far as I could tell, I was addicted to the poison of the toad, so I took the poison
out as I could with the Irete reagent. My consciousness is now back, my heartbeat
and breathing are normal."

Certainly, people nodded their heads as they recovered much more than they had two
days ago when they couldn't get anywhere with their blood spouting.

"Toxins in the toad family are usually bad side effects, so you have to handle them
carefully. It's not very comfortable yet, but if you take a month off this way, you'll be
cured."

For patient verification, Sir Keynes and several other military doctors confirmed
Essian's condition.

They nodded their heads to mean that I was right after checking their heartbeat,
breathing, and basic cow muscle movements.

"Anyway, it means you're not comfortable with your behavior."

Prince Haeldon lowered his eyes and said,

"You mean you won't be able to cure it until a month later, will you?"

"Yes."

"Well, I guess I'm not fully recovered. We can't guarantee that it's the poison of the
Halifee toad."

"We'll be able to guarantee it in a month."

I answered calmly.
It was never Tommaso syndrome anyway.

Prince Haeldon nodded insincerely and turned his eyes back toward the people.

"Now let's look at the injured person Natalie Young-ae treated."

Her patient walked out from the right side of the platform.

' That's ridiculous. '

Unlike Essien, who needed Diel's help, her patient looked fully recovered from her
vigorous walking.

People began to get excited when they saw him standing proudly alone.

Natalie spoke in a cheerful voice.

"I judged it to be Tommaso syndrome, so I did temporary blood neutralization with

the treatment of hirika Mana. And I prescribed a Kesio reagent to heal completely
within two days."

It was one of the few embarrassing moments in my life.

87

Obviously, this injured person was the patient I cross-checked at that time.

It was never Tommaso syndrome, and if Natalie had prescribed it as she said, it
would have been worse from the time of hirika horsepower treatment.

I couldn't have continued the prescription itself, but I didn't know how I recovered it
so perfectly.

' I don't think you've even switched patients......'

Lord Keynes and military doctors began to check his condition.

Natalie's injured man showed off his muscles and posed in various poses, showing off
his health.

"You have no choice but to lose. It's not until time goes by that I'm going to cry to
think that Natalie Irta Lewellich showed noble mercy."

I thought of the saying that I had no choice but to lose, so I bit my lower lip hard.

Still, he is a medical professional, but he didn't know that medical researchers would
cheat and cheat.

I was about to intervene because I was suspicious.

"Wait a minute."

Far away, Perelleman's own crop slowly happened.

"Hirika, did you do magic therapy?"

The noisy people became quiet.

He slowly walked forward and said.

"Then as Natalie Young-ae said, blood neutralization..."

I gazed blankly at him on the platform.

No, not only me, but everyone was looking at Perelleman, who had appeared after a
long time.

"I'd like a syringe and an alcohol cotton, please."

Perelmann reached out to one of the military doctors, who quickly put out a cotton
pad and syringe.

I opened my mouth watching Perelleman extract his own blood.

'No way! '

"If it's temporary blood neutralization, it'll be fine now, Natalie Young-ae?"

Natalie's complexion turned white.

It was Lord Keynes who answered that.

"Right."

"Then I'll be fine even if I put my blood in. For your information, my blood type is E."

E? It was extremely rare blood type.

I've seen a lot of patients, but it's my first time seeing type E.

Type E was not even very well-formed with other blood types. Among doctors, type E
was said to be "poison, not blood."

When a non-E-type person receives E-type blood, he/she did not die if he/she was
small, but he/she showed temporary shock symptoms.

"Let's put it in, and we'll see if you've actually treated Hirika's horsepower."

"Well, that's... that's..."

Natalie hesitated and glanced at Prince Haelden.

The atmosphere was completely reversed and now it was exciting.

Of course, there was another person who noticed a sudden change in the
atmosphere.

"Well, there..."

Natalie's patient asked carefully, looking at Perelleman's handwriting approaching

with a syringe containing her blood.

"What happens if I get blood type E when I don't have hirika's horsepower
treatment?"

Perellemann spoke calmly.

"Shock symptoms occur, and in the worst case, you're brain death. "

It wasn't wrong. But the possibility of brain death...

It was quite low.

Still, all the military doctors nodded because the word "worst case" was correct.

"Oh, no!"

The patient was surprised and shouted, backing away.

"Never! He didn't treat hirika's mana!"

His voice rang distinctly in a still silence as if pouring cold water.

"I'm sorry, Young-ae. But I can't be brain dead."

I glanced at the face of Prince Haelden.

I was keeping my expressionless face, but I could feel that I was barely holding back
my anger.
Natalie, who was in tears, looked around and was shivering because her face turned
blue.

I asked quietly.

"Did you take purple reagent?"

"Yes, yes, yes, purple reagents from time to time......"

"..... I see. I'm afraid you'll soon be in trouble....."

I sighed with my hands resting on my waist.

"Well, if necessary, we can have a temporary effect with another prescription, but in
the long run, there can be permanent organ damage."

I knew how to make a temporary effect from the beginning.

The use of a purple pitch reagent temporarily weighed down the toad's poison and
made it look like it was completely restored to health.

However, it was only temporary, and after a few weeks, the poison, which had been
weighed down, became more insane in the body.

Perhaps Natalie tried hirika horsepower therapy at first.

Then he must have changed the line after realizing that this was not the case.

He/she must have known that there was permanent organ damage, but considering
that he/she pushed ahead with this type of treatment, he/she had to say that there
was no conscience of a medical person.

I thought I would have somehow passed the closing ceremony and removed the
patient in a different way.

Perelleman said with a snout.

"You used a pitch reagent, I can see it."

Natalie was now breathing pitifully.

"One of my lungs is about to fly away."

"What, what?"

Natalie's patient became contemplative and rushed to Natalie.

"You, you scammers!"

When Prince Haelden gestured, the escort knights who were by his side dragged the
patient and disappeared.

In the meantime, her patient was screaming whale.

"Natalie."

Prince Haalden spoke coldly.

"Is it true?"

Natalie quickly lowered her head while breathing hard.

"Yes."

I stared at Prince Haelden.

Natalie did not seem to have handled things arbitrarily by herself, but
there was no evidence.

"I'm.....im so blinded by that desire to win.....im so sorry, sir...im sorry."

"Do you know that behavior has caused a lot of trouble for our researchers now?"

"I'm sorry."

Everything seemed like a well-organized play.

I felt somewhat bitter watching Natalie cut off her own tail.

"I will take responsibility and resign."

"Yes."

Prince Haelden spoke coldly.

"It's also my fault that I chose the least talented young man to show mercy and give
him my age."

'A lame excuse to make.'

I sighed disapprovingly, but I waited still anyway.

Prince Haelden shook his eyelashes and declared coldly.

"We'll call this a victory for Lice Estelle."

How dismal his voice was, everyone clapped nervously.

Then Crown Prince Jade jumped up and cheered loudly.

"Miss Liche, good job! I knew Miss Liche would win. I've been rooting for you."

Only then did people give a big round of applause to Crown Prince Jade's eyes.

I greeted people with courtesy.

Perellemann kicked his tongue and handed Diel a syringe of blood from his own.

"Dispose it."

"Yes? Yes..."

When Daniel accepted his syringe, Perelleman tried to get down from the platform.

I quickly grabbed him by the arm.

"Wait a minute."
"Why?"

"There's something you need to hear."

I dragged on purpose and looked at Prince Haelden. Apparently, he was going to

wash his mouth and crush it.

Eran slowly stood up as he tried to hold out with the expression that he would never
go down the podium.

"I was...... in the field at the beginning of this confrontation."

He smiled, but unlike when he smiled at me, he had a slightly hazy atmosphere.

It seemed a little sarcastic.

"I think you two made a deal."

I nodded quickly.

"It's nothing, wasn't it just a word?"

Prince Hael Dunn's expression was brutally crumpled to see if a word from the Daegwi
family worked better than his promise to the commoner.

"Oh, right!"

Prince Jade responded brightly.

"Brother, you have to keep your word."

It was an innocent voice.

"There was something you were supposed to hear. What was that..."

Prince Hayldon's face is red-cooked as if it would burst. It was clear what I really
didn't want to say.

Moreover, Perelleman's work was right in front of him.

'Good for you.'

I grinned inwardly.

' You've been so public about Perelle Lehmann... and soon you're looking like you're
right.'

Perelleman's own work, who doesn't know English, whispered to me quietly.

"What, what the hell?"

I grabbed him by the arm and looked at Prince Haelden.

"Oh! It was about Perelleman's own work."

The prince spoke brightly.

Perelman looked at Prince Haelden, frowning at his forehead.

Sighing, Eran mumbled, poking him in the ribs.

"Let's let the Prince speak beyond that."

"Huh?"

"I'm telling you to shut up now."

"Yeah, listen to the loyalists. I've heard the words of loyalty are used for listening."

"........."

Eran pointed at his forehead with a look of boredom.

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There was a pause, and Prince Haelden sighed slightly. Then he began speaking in a
voice almost like vomiting blood.

"I would like to formally apologize to Perellemann here."

Next to him, I could feel Perelleman's body hardening.

"I went out of the research team for personal reasons, but I wasn't lacking in skills."

I looked up at Perelleman with a proud face.

He said he didn't care, but his reputation as a doctor has fallen steadily for 18 years,
but it couldn't have bothered him.

".........I was a little too upset behind my back."

Prince Haelden looked as if he had lost the world, so I was relieved.

Perelleman replied confidently while staying still.

"Well, it's right that I left without responsibility. But it was also true that the
researchers were lower than I was."

' Who was the one who complained to Eran earlier about not being able to work?'

I sighed shallowly, but I couldn't stop the corners of my mouth from going up
because I was proud of it.

The hand of Prince Hael Dunn, who could not answer the words, trembled.

"Okay, bye."

Diel and Essian hurried down from the platform, and me and Perelleman followed suit
slowly.

After going down the podium, Perelleman said quietly.

"Liche."
"Yes."

"Your request... was Prince Haalden apologizing to me?"

"Yes."

I nodded calmly.

"I understand you're cursing with something else, but I can't wait to see you curse
with your skills."

"......what."

He hesitated for a while as if he were embarrassed and muttered.

"Thanks."

"Of course."

At first glance, I looked up at Perelleman's work, and his cheeks were twitching and
desperately preventing the corners of his mouth from rising.

' Sir Seirin said he was going to tell you about his daughter...'

I wasn't even happy to imagine his face that was about to collapse.

"If you really appreciate it, please do me a favor."

"......what is it?"

Perellemann asked, surprisingly harmonizing his curt tone with his face.

"Tell me everything for now."

"I'm coming of age soon."

"I know."
"I want to throw a party then. Please attend."

"Really? I need to find out how the schedule overlaps with Gunkuk."

"What?"

"I have to get permission for the festival at least 15 days in advance. It's a little tight
with the Kunkuk, but..."

"Oh, no!"

I shook my head like crazy and shouted.

"Festival?"

"Wouldn't it be a proper party if it was the Liche Birthday Festival? "

"That's not true."

When I looked straight, Perelleman sighed regretfully.

"If you don't like the festival..."

Then he murmured a very worried word.

"I'll have to discuss it with my wife. Can we do it at Perelle Lehmann's own house?"

***

"Thank you."

Essien bowed his head and thanked me again and again.

"It was the luckiest thing in my life that Miss Liche ever took over me, not the
Rewelich infant."

"That's true."
I smiled and nodded.

"Don't forget to pay me back when you have something to repay my kindness."

I was always proud to be thanked for my skills.

After the closing ceremony, we had our last outdoor dinner before returning to the
Duke of Cersei.

Eran, Perellemann, Ser Seirin, and I sat at the same table.

Daniel glanced at us and disappeared first, saying he would clean up if he didn't like
the member.

"What are you going to do with Wedderick?"

Coincidentally, we were the people who were together at the scene earlier. Lord
Joaquin secretly took Wedderick and Aaron and left first, and we were the only
witnesses left.

"Are you going to kill me?"

I was also curious about Perelleman's question, so I looked at Eran. I couldn't even
guess what Eran was thinking.

"It's easy to kill."

Eating indifferently, Eran spoke calmly.

"That's why I can do it anytime."

I stepped in carefully.

"You're probably involved in a lot of things that have happened. It's not an impulsive
assassination attempt."

"I suppose so."

Eran grinned at me.

"And one of them is your fake foster parents."

"......yes."

"But how can I just end it by killing it nicely?"

However, it was a moment when I was embarrassed by myself, who hesitated to tell
me that I was close to her when I was young.

"There's Baroness Ishider in Duchy right now. Are you both going to question them?"

It seemed that blood would blow when I returned to the fortress.

"Wederick couldn't have planned everything on his own. It's been happening for a
long time. It's even more strange without a uncle."

Perelleman's own work interrupted the remark.

"And Baroness Eccedar? Was he the one who was..."

Baron Isider was still a benefactor to Perelle Mann.

He received his daughter from an unexpected premature birth, cooked after

childbirth, and taught her information.

In addition,he used to look gloomy,saying,"if I had known this would happen every
time I encountered him,I should have taken care of Sioni more somehow."

"I've seen Baroness Eccider since I was a child. He doesn't have that kind
of distribution, and he's not that bad a man...."

In the murmur, Sir Seirin slammed the tableware down.

I swallowed my dry saliva and held my breath.

"He's a bad guy."

"What?"
"He's such a bad guy."

Heran looked at the two brothers and sisters in a bewildered mood.

"While you were wandering the North, I and Lice found out something."

"What is it?"

"My nephew......blond hair and green eye."

With a clanging sound, Arga's fork fell.

"He sent it as soon as he was born, so he didn't know Cionizo. Besides, my birthday is
June 9th. It's much later than Baron Ishider told us."

"Well, how can I..."

"Liche unlocked the book that was found with Sioni."

I couldn't bear to see Perelleman's expression, so I lowered my head.

"No way, no way..."

"Don't you know? Baron Isider lied to us. Zion did not have children in Baron Ishider's
estate. The man who received the child was not Baron Ishader."

"Why on earth? Why would you lie like that ..."

There was a silence.

I answered with a crawling voice.

"Maybe... because I want the Duke of Cersei. If you were still an attending, you would
have somehow saved the Duke and his wife."

Perelleman's breathing became rough. The slower he accepted the situation, the more
painful he seemed to be.

I also knew his desperation, so I didn't think it was anyone else.

"Well, by the way, I figured out an easy paternity test using the claws of the dragon I
bought back then. We might have another lead, so...."

He jumped to his feet.

"I have to go to the castle of Serious."

"What?"

"I'm going to kill Baroness Lee Cedar with my own hands. I'm gonna kill him and I'm
gonna die."

"Calm down, brother!"

Lord Seirin held his arm, calling him by the name he had never called.

I stayed still because I didn't think it was a place for me to join, but as expected, my
heart ached.

"Get a hold of yourself for now...."

"Are you talking about Chan-hee now?"

Perelleman's own eyes glistened. Eran looked at him with a sigh.

"If I kill Baroness Isader, she'll come out?"

"What?"

"Didn't I tell you? It's easy to kill. I can do it anytime."

Everyone looked scary.

"It's her. It's none of my business, but it hurts so much that Lice has that look on her
face."

Eran calmly drank water with her long eyelashes down.

"Don't you think you should be able to get enough of it and spit out a clue?"

"How do you know?"

Arga trembled and said.

"How do you know how you feel about the loss of your child, the terrible and painful
feelings that you find and the pain that you don't find?"

"Of course I don't know."

Eran answered confidently.

"But Baron Ishider can do the same thing."

It was a divine move for Daniel not to sit at this table.

Perhaps if Daniel were here, he would have been unable to breathe in this heavy air.

"Isn't Wedderick in our grasp?"

He smiled grimly.

"If one day my son suddenly disappears, wouldn't my very mean uncle go crazy?"

Sir Seirin and Perelleman looked at him blankly.

"Slowly, you're going to die if you're going to die after you crash to the bottom. It's a
long-lasting pain, isn't it too bland to just kill?"

"Uh, what are you gonna do..."

As I turned my head toward Eran, he folded his eyes and smiled beautifully.

"I'll take care of it, Liche."

Even laughing at this atmosphere seemed a little scary.

"Don't worry too much, I'll do such a dirty, bad, dreamy thing."
"Then thank you."

I stepped back quickly.

"Because I'm soft-hearted and I'm not good at that."

"Of course, of course. I'll be your godfather's enemy so you don't mind. Because he's
the enemy of Sergius anyway."

Eran calmly cut the meat and put it in front of me.

Still, I could not feel a little bit when I judged him to be an enemy of Serius even
though he was a uncle.

Well, you're the one who betrayed the love of blood first.

"You're.....all you have to do is come of age."

It was only then that Sir Seirin grabbed Perelleman's own arm and said.

"You're not saying that you're going to die without seeing Lice's Coming-of-Age
birthday, are you?"

"........"

"Liche won a ridiculous bet with Prince Haldon for the godfather."

Perelleman sighed, removed Ser Seirin's hand, and stumbled and disappeared
somewhere.

Sir Seirin patted me on the shoulder as I looked worried behind him.

"It's okay. I won't die."

"Really?"

"Yeah, I know when I see your face. Instead, you can run around in the woods
screaming like a madman."
"What if it gets dangerous?"

"I'll bring him over, you treat him."

The food was delicious and it was sunny in summer, but it was a gloomy meal
anyway.
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"Crazy, I don't eat at that table even if I'm starving."

Daniel was heading to the barracks alone, trembling.

He entered Lice's barracks with a sense of pity, and soon began packing his bags to
depart for the Seers estate.

"By the way, what are you going to do?"

He sighed deeply, talking to himself.

"Now even the blonde green eye is gone. We can't go through all 18 of our peers in
the country. I've lost my way."

Seirin never wanted to be there when she delivered the message.

Rather, I felt comfortable doing chores at that time.

He carefully pulled out the drunkard he had brought with him. There was blood type E
in Arga.

"Hyung E. Blood type is rare and picky like you."

It could cause a shock reaction to someone, so it shouldn't have been discarded

randomly.

He took out a beaker thinking about one thing or another. First, I had to put it in a
beaker with any medicine, dilute it, and throw it away.

"Hey, Mr. Diel?"

I was about to spill blood on the beaker when someone talked to me outside the
barracks.

"How are you going to eat? Richel said he'd send you a lunch box...."

"Oh, yes. Then tell him to send it to my barracks."

Daniel answered with a big smile.

"I'd rather have lamb than beef. Well-done, please. And salad must be mixed with
three or more vegetables......... Ugh!"

Thinking about the meal menu, Daniel, who was putting blood in the beaker, made a
big mistake. Arga's blood was put into another beaker on the desk.

"Oh, what should I do?"

I was confused at the moment because it was a beaker with similar drugs.

"You said it was expensive because of the dragon's claws..."

Of course, the confused beaker was a paternity test reagent that Liche had slightly
less to show Arga.

Arga's blood quickly began to spread to the paternity test reagents because it had
already happened.

Daniel got nervous and talked to himself.

"If I beg you for a mistake, you'll be okay, right?"

Diel's expression, which had been restless while biting his lips, gradually changed.

"......well, wait a minute."

The reagent, which used to be pink, had already been mixed with Arga's blood and
turned blue.

"This..."

Daniel quickly searched his memory.

Once upon a time, it was the color Hans and Liche saw when they each put their own
blood. I remembered the moment when Lice's blood reagent turned blue.

"Come on, no way!"

Daniel took a breath with his hands to his mouth.

Similar personality and intelligence to Arga, same brown hair as Arga, same green as
Sioni. Eyes, 18 years old...

"No... come on, you can't..."

Daniel is now restless in a different sense.

"A poor hope is the most torture for a man. I know because I've been through it."

According to Liche, the reagent could only replace the mana test.

If they're the same color, there's a 70% chance they're paternity, but in reverse,
there's a 30% chance they're not.
It was.

'And even if it's blue, there's a time difference and I couldn't measure it correctly.'

Daniel comforted himself with a thumping heart.

'I couldn't compare it right away, so I can't guarantee it's exactly the same.'

It was a problem that the lighting and saturation could be a little different.

When it was revealed that Daniel had stepped up for no reason, I was worried that
both of them would be too disappointed.

In addition, it takes quite a while, and both seemed to suffer from poor hope torture.

However, I couldn't just let it go.

'Ha......'

Daniel swallowed dry saliva.

He hesitated for a moment and quickly threw the reagent that turned blue to the
ground and buried it in the soil.

'I can't help it.'

After checking the surrounding area once more, he approached Lice's bed and
knocked over his pillow.

'I'd rather suffer than scratch for nothing.'

Soon after, she was able to collect several strands of Lice's long, winding brown hair.

***

"Anyway, it's Liche's birthday party."

Sir Seirin said to Eran, "I'm having a meal.

"I'd like to host Perelleman's own house."

"..........why on earth?"

"Since Arga is Lice's godfather, wouldn't we be the closest family?"

"How long does that last?"

Eran smiled and shook his head as if it was not worth discussing.

"My mother has long been excited to celebrate Lice's coming of age. It's hard to
yield."
"But..."

The conversation was about a very warm "birthday party," and their eyes were
already alive.

I think it's because they handle swords.

I cut in quickly.

"I didn't want a big party in the first place. You don't have to argue."

"Yes, Liche."

Sir Seirin looked at me with blazing eyes.

"I will follow your opinion. Where would you like to go?"

"Hmm..."

I tried hard to avoid the snow.

As Eran said, Mrs. Isabel has repeatedly said that she would celebrate my coming of
age.

Would she have brought up the story of a foster daughter, saying that she would
open her debut tantrum like a noble young child?

I couldn't turn a blind eye to the wishes of Mrs. Isabelle, who stayed with me all night
on the day of the fake parent incident.

No matter how much Sir Seirin and Felix's elderly were on my mind, it was inevitable.

To be honest, the person I spent the longest time with was Mrs. Isabel.

"I'm sorry."
Joy began to rise on Eran's face.

"Maybe.....I've been in the Duke of Serious for a long time, but you don't have to be
too grand, Duke. Please dry my wife well."

Sir Seirin dropped the spoon helplessly.

"Instead, you're going to let the guests take it, right? I'd like to invite Lord Seirin and
Mr. Felix."

"I'll let anyone who wants to celebrate your coming of age come."

Eran whispered sweetly.

"Of course, I'm the happiest of all."

"What..."

I looked at Sir Seirin and said.

"I don't have anyone else to invite. Or a nursery teacher? "

It was then.

"Oh? I'm coming, Miss Liche!"

There was a person who came up excitedly, interrupting the conversation without
hesitation.

"Of course I want to celebrate Miss Liche's coming of age. You like me. Of course
you'll welcome me, right? "

He was Prince Jade, who was still moving briskly without any escorts.

On top of that, there was no guts to say that the Crown Prince was not particularly
good.

I could see Eran's hand shaking with a knife.

"Maybe Lord Keynes wants to go, too. I can't keep my mouth shut because I've been
praising you."

"I'm sorry."

Eran replied stiffly.

"The fortress is too shabby to serve the royal family."

"Really? Looks like a lot of territory."

Prince Jade clapped her tongue and tapped Eran on the shoulder.

"And yet I admire you for growing up so well, Duke. Is that what you call a Hungry
spirit? Right? "

"......."

"It looks worse than it looks, but I'll set aside the money you need for Miss Liche's
Coming-of-Age birthday party."

"I don't need it."

"You don't have to be humble. I don't know the Duke's loyalty."

Prince Jade, who turned his head brightly from Eran, who was grinding his teeth,
looked at me.

"As expected, my eyes are not wrong. I knew Miss Liche would win."

"Yes, I knew it well."

"Did you hear my cheer?"

Eran intervened coldly.

"What are you doing with all that useless cheering?"

I gave Eran a warning look and answered with a slight smile.

"Yes, thank you."

"My brother is a bit sensitive, gloomy and selfish, but he's not a bad guy."

"That means you're a bad person."

Eran was grumbling and sarcastic.

"I'm sorry that I didn't know this would happen and recommended Ms. Liche to the
medical staff."

"That means you're stupid."

I eventually had to tap the thigh inside the er under the table.

Fortunately, Prince Jade was looking at me, and Eran's words seemed to spill in one
ear.

"Lice, if you're offended, please forgive me."

"I forgive the royal family. Where is the horse?Don't say that."

"It must have been nice for Miss Liche to see me anyway, but it was great for me to
meet Miss Liche at the hunting competition."

Jade smiled broadly and said,

Strangely, it felt different from Eran's smile. A pure and clear child looked as if he was
smiling without any calculation.

"Maybe it's because I don't like to use my brain......it's so cool to see someone
smart."

His silver hair shined in the sun.

"Lice, come to the palace whenever you want to see me. After Miss Liche asked, I told
all the guards in the palace to let me know as soon as Liche Estelle came."
"Yes."

Baron Wedder and Baron Isider also caught, so they didn't have to go now.

However, I nodded because it was a bit lame to cancel it.

"Then if everything's okay, I'll see you at your Coming-of-Age birthday party. Then..."

He grabbed my hand and slightly kissed the back of my hand.

"I hope we can have another chance to talk just the two of us."

Without seeing Eran crumpling the napkin brutally, Crown Prince Jade disappeared as
if he had just come.
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Perellemann and Sir Seirin decided to stop by Perelleman's house first

before coming to the creation of the Serious. He said he wanted to see Felix after a
long time.

I gave Sir Seirin a hint of ear to him.

"Enabe's arthritis is a little more advanced."

"......is that so?"

"You don't want to let the doctor know, so I've been prescribing the right medicine for
months and sending it to you."

"Liche."

Perelleman looks down at me.

He sighed.

"Thank you very much...."

There was no more madness in his eyes, how he got emotional, or pretending to be
cool.

Instead, the face was filled with emptiness that seemed to have let go of something.

"......I'm really not a good son, I am."

"No."

I shook my head.

"I'm late, but I gave you a prescription, so don't blame yourself."

Perellemann swept his rough face once.

After the news of his daughter, he had an old face for years in a day.

"It was the only thing in my terrible life that got you as my assistant, the luckiest
thing in my life ever had."

"Same thing, huh?"

I answered calmly.

"I've improved a lot because you brought medical books and herbs from all over the
continent. If it weren't for you, neither the Duke nor the Crown Prince would have
been able to fix it."

"Actually, I'm in such a hurry..."

Perellemann smiled sadly, making eye contact with me.

"I wanted to comfort you when I heard that you had fake parents."

"It was a long time ago, well."

"But only those who have experienced it know."

Daniel, who was busy moving around us, was surprised.

"I thought I finally found it, so I stayed up all night for a few days... and thought I
wouldn't, but I can't get my hands on everything."

"......that's right."

I nodded my head in a sullen way.

"It took me a long time to find out it wasn't, and I can't even say it."

"I still often remember that bursting throbbing feeling when I passed all my hair
tests."

There was a pause between us for a moment.

Anyway, hearing the words of a person who shared the same experience, it was
comforting.

I took out a pink reagent and handed it to him.

"This is a paternity test reagent with dragon's claws. If you have this, you can skip
the mana test. Here's your report, so read it."

Perelleman's handwriting was smart, so he could probably understand all the marks
just by reading the report from the carriage.

"I originally put some in the beaker last night to show you a demonstration, but
Daniel spilled it while cleaning."

"I'll take it from my salary."

He opened his mouth as if he was falsely accused behind his own work.

I laughed and shook my head.

"It wasn't much anyway, so please look at it."

"Well, then... oh!"

Perelleman turned his head, shouting suddenly while accepting the reagent.

Daniel was shivering and breathing hard.

"What?"

"Ah... a bird, a gray... ...has a gray hair."

"I don't think I picked one?"

It seemed to have pulled out the hair of D.A. Perelleman's own work. His/her face
was white as if he/she had risked his/her life to pick it.

"Are you protesting against your salary?"

Perelleman's self-captured anger.

"Where's my gray hair? I think I've even been pulled out a few!"
"Well, you'really. "

Daniel shuddered and shrugged once.

"I must have misread it in the sun. I'm sorry."

Then he quickly disappeared before Perelleman himself could say anything.

"Your daughter... will you keep looking for her?"

To save Dido, I asked carefully.

Perellemann was silent and muttered.

"......that's right now. Just because you're lost, you can't help walking. But."

I looked at him quietly.

"A little... ..a little rest. I'm tired, too."

Therefore, it seemed that Felix, who had not been looking for him, decided to see
him.

Now that 18 years have been free, I deserved to be depressed and helpless.

"I think it's a good decision to take a break and look at people around you."

I smiled at him and said.

"Your daughter will wait that long. Say hello to Felix."

"Yes, don't make sure you get to your Coming-of-Age birthday party at the latest."

So Sir Seirin and Perelleman left.

In the hot summer, my coming of age was approaching.

8. Coming of age
The Duchess of Cerius was overturned by "South Korea."

"Huh? I never called you."

And Baron Ishider, who came to the hunting competition because of the rush of Mrs.
Isabel's call, was in a state of Wetherick. It was.

Baron Ishider turned blue at the news that not only Wedderick but also Aaron had
disappeared.

"How, what happened? What the hell happened in the hunting contest?"

He frantically clung to Eran, who returned from the hunting tournament, but it was
the wrong choice.

"Well, I don't know. "

Eran replied coldly.

"There was an attempted assassination of the Crown Prince. The rebels seem to have
gone wild without knowing the subject."

I swallowed a dry saliva as I watched Eran's black eyes flash with contempt.

"Who was interested in the whereabouts of the baroness?"

Even the air was cheap in the hallway where they talked.

The maids slowly turned their heads and quickly dispersed.

"You don't even know if you've eaten any poisonous mushrooms in the
woods, so go yourself."

Wederick and Aaron, who he was so searching for, were in the underground prison of
the Duke of Cerius.

I didn't bother to ask Eran what was going on.

It was not until Baron Ishider left quickly that the castle became a little quiet.
"You're all grown up. What's the big deal?"

Mrs. Isabelle also didn't seem to have any thoughts.

I was a little poked at the thought of her hiding something, but I had to keep my
mouth shut because Eran told me to wait a little longer.

Now the owner of the fortress was Eran, not Mrs. Isabel.

"Wederick's a bit of a coward, so he's always carrying a escort. Maybe he's lost his
way."

Something far more important happened to her than her missing grown nephew. It
was my coming-of-age birthday party.

"It's coming of age, so let's write a formal contract. Not your assistant, but your
doctor."

By adulthood, he was now officially able to become the doctor of the noble family.

While hesitating, I signed a contract between Mrs. Isabel and Eran.

From the day he became an adult, he officially became the doctor of Eran Iliad Serius.

Fortunately, it was not a life contract that Eran often mentioned, and he had the right
to resign at any time under the standard contract.

The decision was made in consideration of Perelleman's own work, which is confined
to Perelleman's own house due to lethargy.

I don't know how long it will be like that, but I thought it would be more comfortable
for him to stay in the maneuverability as a doctor.

"You've done one thing you really liked since Eran got back."
Hearing that Eran opposed Serine's opinion that I would like my birthday party to be
held at Perelleman's own house, Mrs. Isabelle smiled broadly at her son for the first
time.

"We'll do our best as Liche chose us."

"Seo, a choice."

I shook my head, falteringly, but Mrs. Isabel began to touch all over the castle from
that day on.

Her inauguration was much more hectic than when all the deities were invited.

And surprisingly, there was one more busy person.

It was Daniel.

"Hey, Liche..."

"Huh?"

"Let me borrow a book."

The book that Diel took to borrow from me was "The Basics of paternity testing."

"Why would you do this?"

I was familiar with herbs and reagents because I was at the top of Perelleman, but I
thought I was not interested in medicine, but it was very surprising.

"Well, just."

Daniel shrugged and avoided my eyes.

"Because I'm interested."

"Suddenly?"

"Yeah. Well, that's what happened..."

"You can ask me."

"No, it won't go all the way to you."

I was looking at Daniel who couldn't make eye contact with me until the end, and I
opened my mouth just in case.

"De Molekin."

"Huh?"

".........maybe you."

I opened my mouth with a trembling voice.

"Did you make an accident?"

"What?"

"Did something happen that would require a paternity test?"

I snapped at Diel's hand.

"You can't do that, Diel. You shouldn't have done anything you can't take
responsibility for."

With a caring heart for my friend, I sighed and began to speak quietly.

"Of course you're a long way past adulthood. I know. I'm a man of all forms of life,
but I'm still a man of thought in this way....."

"Liche Estelle."

Daniel huffed and annoyed.

"What the hell are you thinking?"

"If you made a mistake for one night..."

"Hey!"

He yelled at the hallway to leave.

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At that moment, Eran approached from far away.

"Who's getting mad at who?"

"....I'm not anger. I just tested my voice."

Daniel immediately bowed his head and hugged the book he borrowed from me and
disappeared.

When he disappeared, Eran approached me with a little tired eyes.

"Liche, can I get a prescription for a sleeping pill? I think I have a fever."

"Sleeping pills or fever?"

I was slightly surprised when I touched his hand on his forehead.

There was definitely a slight fever.

"Please stay in your room for a while. I'll get some medicine and go right away."

When he went to his room with the right medicine, he was lying in bed with only a
thin gown on.

"Duke, what about that?"

I was so embarrassed when I saw the glass box of fancy work by his bedside.

There were two disposable rings that were used up with a torn shirt.

"Yes, it's precious, so I kept it well."

"I can't use it again because it's for one-time use."

"But we have our precious memories."

"Precious?"

"You shared your rings."

I wondered if it was intended to be thrown away in the future.

A torn shirt in a box of fancy craft glass and two used disposable items...

It was an interior as if there was a very precious trash can.

I sat slightly on the bed where he was lying, no longer paying attention to the fancy
glass box.

Holding his hand for a while, I saw the flow of mana, and it was a weak cold.

"Early summer cold doesn't even catch a dog..."

It wasn't a serious symptom, so I smirked and gave him a fever reducer.

"You've been having trouble sleeping, but you've been overdoing it."

I tilted my head and said.

"Where have you been in the cold for a long time?"

"Hmm."

Eran frowned slightly after taking a fever reducer.

"......I've been in the underground for a long time."

"Is it cold there?"

"It's not good to be around. There's a spell of ice that can be used to torture."

"Wederick is..."

"Don't ask."

He smiled and slowly wiped his lips with red fever reducer.

"You're nice and tender, so you'll be upset when you hear that."
"That's true."

"I'll just let you know that I haven't let him go long enough to get a cold."

I nodded my head calmly.

If Eran, the healthiest person in the castle, had to take a fever reducer, I could see
the condition of Wedderick, who was the torture partner, even without speaking.

"But Lice."

"What?"

"You could've just told me that Wedderick was suspicious, but why did you do such a
big thing?"

"That's.....because there's no evidence."

I hesitated to bring it up.

"It's strange that I've been feeding you weird snacks since you were a child, but I
wouldn't dare accuse your cousin of that. He used his brain to check all the hard
evidence."

"Well... I understand, but don't do that from now on."

Eran looked me in the eye and gave me strength.

"If you tell me anything, I'll trust you."

"The job would have been much easier if we had just figured out the ingredients for
the snack."

I sighed, thinking again a hundred times.

I don't think Baron Ishider would have made such a huge discovery that I don't
know...

The biggest challenge was that it was combined with the ingredients of the snack.
"I think it would be easier to separate components with just one more gentle glue."

"You don't have to figure it out anymore, do you?"

"That's not true. This is now for academic curiosity and my pride."

"Then I'll get you another soft glue. You can tell an Irvian acquaintance."

"I also searched through Daniel, and he says it's hard to buy it no matter how much I
pay him because of the gentle glue improvement work these days. But after the
improvement, it's much easier to transport, so we have to wait."

I shrugged my shoulders and turned the subject around.

"By the way, if you haven't been able to sleep well like this, you should have asked
for sleeping pills..."

"It's not that I can't sleep because I don't have any sleeping pills."

Eran glanced at me, slightly licking the fever reducer on his finger.

"Sure?"

"I've always told you. I can't sleep here because I remember sleeping with you."

"If anyone hears it, they'll misunderstand."

"What misunderstanding?"

"There's just a misunderstanding that people who think impurely."

Of course, I was included among those who thought impure thoughts.

I put him back in bed and patted him on the chest.

"I'll let you have a good night's sleep today."

Holding hands and carefully injecting mana had a much more immediate sleep effect
than sleeping pills.

Although I don't do it often because I have to concentrate a lot, I thought I should

watch myself fall asleep tonight because I have a cold.

As I held his hand carefully, Eran slowly pulled my hand and put it on his lips.

"The Duke?"

"Why?"

He smiled with his lips on the back of my hand.

"You stayed still when the prince did."

"That was a greeting."

"Do you know how upset I was about that greeting?"

"But the Crown Prince thought you were a loyal subject."

"The stone is..."

Fireworks flashed in Eran's eyes.

"My brain is so clear that I can't beat it. What do you have to understand?"

I thought I knew what you meant, so I ended up laughing.

"But you still have an idiot."

"Is that your cup of tea?"

"Well, I don't think that's important."

"Then? Why does he keep saying that you like him?"

"Doesn't the Crown Prince think everyone likes him?"

I tilted my head and answered.

"When I see you as the greatest loyalist of allure."

"......yes. The hardest thing to read is blank paper."

"Let me go for now. I feel weird because you keep talking to me on my hand and I
can feel your breath. You need to concentrate to put your mana in."

"If you can't concentrate, you'll be here for a long time."

He pressed the back of my hand harder on his lips.

"What's the point of seeing a doctor often? It's not that good."

Looking at his hazy black eyes, I felt my mind was getting confused, so I said firmly
on purpose.

"And I'm telling you, we're different from our childhood now. "If you do this when
you're in another doctor's office..."

"Another doctor? What do you mean?"

Eran's eyes became thinner.

"And what's this?"

"Uh, uh, uh... so too close to the employer and the employee?"

"Hey, this isn't too close."

He stared at me and pulled my hand.

Sitting defenseless, I fell on his body in an instant.

He hugged me and rolled around before I could do anything.

I was so surprised that I looked up at him, who had suddenly become a figure on top
of me. One hand was still held.

"Shouldn't it be like this?"

"Hwa, this is definitely a bit of a deal."

Feeling his ears burning and his heart pounding, I looked at his black eyes.

"It wouldn't be a bad idea to have your next doctor as a man."

"Why?"

"I told you. At this rate, the other person thinks it's impure. "

"You, too?"

"......."

"You don't lie or anything. And."

"I'm sorry. I'm too weak in sight, and the duke is too handsome. But I know the
subject very well, so I don't cross the line. Don't worry."

Eran looked at me with a bright eye.

"But in the case of other doctors, it's just a good misconception..."

"There's no other doctor in my life, Liche."

He spoke languidly, sticking his body closer together.

"You haven't forgotten, have you?"

"What, what?"

"You're the smartest and most upright person I've ever met... and you're the only one
who cares about me. "

I remember saying that before.

"You were always right, even to me."

His black eyes peered at me.

Before I knew it, my legs were intertwined, and I whispered softly in my ears as if he
were seducing me.

"But can I let you go? I'm not stupid."

"Uh, I don't think this is normal anyway."

"I think we're somewhat connected because of the hazy eyes."

"Let me go. I'm tired."

"......hmm, Liche."

He sighed and buried his head next to my face.

His hot breath poured down his shoulders.

"Who do you think is the harder one among us?"

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"From a standpoint.....the Duke who is trying not to weigh on me?"

"Well, it's hard in a very different way, but..."

He clenched his teeth and held my hand one more time and let it go. Then he slowly
lifted himself up and lay on his side by side by side.

It was normal when I jumped up, but somehow I was relaxed and couldn't move for a
while.

There was a silence between us lying side by side.

Eran breathed heavily and slowly raised his hand to face me.

"Liche."

"Yes."

"You're right. Now we're different from our childhoods."

"Sure."

"After your coming of age, I'll finally speak my mind with confidence, and I won't
stand it if you see me like that."

"You're not holding it in?"

"That means you're in trouble."

I didn't know how to take it, so I was making a shaky face, and Eran smiled and
asked me playfully.

"What do you think?"

"......what?"

"Do you think you're going to be seduced?"

I frowned at my forehead.

So you're saying that you've been knowing all this time, but you've been deliberately?

"Are you... are you practicing?"

I asked as if I were arguing. He stared at me and said softly.

"Answer me. Does this make me look like a man?"

"Then would the Duke be a woman?"

"That's a relief. I think it's working."

Looking at me starting to huff, Eran gave me a relaxed smile.

I felt something dry and I lifted myself up from his bed.

"I'll leave my sleeping pills behind, so take them. I won't hold your hand."

"Why?"

"Why on earth did you grow up to be such a promoter?"

"What do you mean, a dwarf?"

I tried to punch him on the shoulder, but I ended up.

Only my fist will hurt anyway.

"You don't want to let go of me, the beneficiary of life. I understand, but I told you to
do this to a woman you really like. It's really embarrassing if you do this to me."

"Well, Liche."

He lifted himself up and grabbed my head slightly with both hands.

"I'm so thorough about you anyway, so it's hard for you two to be together like this...
and I'd love to go back to your room."

Eran's red lips whispered low.

"I'll go back and listen to everything you say, please think carefully about what's
wrong with my head."

***

I couldn't figure out what Eran was thinking.

The most likely hypothesis I've been building so far was that "I didn't want to miss a
competent doctor, so I was seducing him without realizing it, but I was scolded."

But now that I know it's coming out this way...

' You're not really looking at me as a woman.'

However, Eran himself said that he was clearly law-abiding. So I even said it was
hard to be with two people.

I thought he meant it because marriage between commoners and nobles is prohibited

by law.

' He's a man who turns to Wedderick, who's been following him so much, but he's a
commoner and what can he do?'

If you were considering me as a one-night opponent, I would feel too betrayed.

If you're looking at me with that kind of eye I've given him so much...

'No, you never know.'

I sighed seriously.

' If you see that innocent Dido had an accident somewhere.....'

He pretended not to know, but Diel seemed to be studying for a paternity test.

The reagents that I borrowed from me, turning around and talking about, were all
about hair tests.

It was very suspicious that I couldn't look into my eyes whenever that happened.

'You don't know about people.'

Either way, it was not a very sweet situation.

Anyone who can be so cruel to a bloody Baron Wedderick and Isider just because
they turned their back on themselves..........

'Don't you dare seduce me, who's weak in sight, and somehow keep me around?'

I thought I knew why Mrs. Isabelle kept cursing me, saying that Eran was an
ungrateful man.

What's certain is that after the hunting competition, after returning to the Peacock,
Heran's attitude was clearly different from before. It was.

"Liche, what are you doing?"

"I'm enjoying the sun."

"Really?"

Eran couldn't pass by when he ran into me.

Even when I was sitting still in the garden, I used to sit next to them and ask them to
give me snacks.

Then, all the passers-by smiled brightly and uttered words that might be intimidating.

"Liche, isn't that a good maneuverability? It's wide and pretty. Is there any place you
don't like?"

"I don't have any. Why?"

"I tried to fix it."

"I only use my own room or my lab here, but why would I say..."

"It's where I want you to stay for the rest of your life."

In the summer when it's getting hot, every time he's fanning himself and smiling with
his eyes, I'm like, "Ah."
I felt guilty.

When he glared at Eran with a look that he should never move on, he said with a
relaxed look.

"My heart beats when I look at it like that."

"What?"

"Since I came back to the Peacock, I've been excited to see you in the eye. So I'm
going crazy."

"......I think you're in the arrhythmia."

I answered firmly.

"I'll prescribe some medicine for you later."

I definitely saw it in a precognitive dream.

I become a mother with children like rabbits.

My future was not here to live as Eran's hidden woman and doctor for the rest of my
life. Therefore, he had to strike the wall as hard as he could.

"You've always been the only one I've seen."

"That's more than a serious vision... what have you done in the last five years when
I'm not in sight?"

"I thought about it every time I breathed."

"I need to re-examine my compulsion. "Is it a gentle side effect..."

His soft fanning made my hair flutter.

He whispered languidly in the pretty summer garden.

"Liche, why do you keep avoiding my eyes?"

"It's because it's."

I grumbled and answered.

"Why are you suddenly so close to me? It's different from the old days."

"Suddenly."

Eran slightly twisted her head and bent her eyes.

"I've never changed."

He came a little closer to me and added slowly.

"I always listen to you very well."

As soon as I was going to say something, the maids began to bring snacks in front of
us.

A table of all kinds of fruits and sweet things was completed in an instantaneously.

While I was distracted for a while and couldn't answer, Eran continued.
"What do you think has changed between us?"

"Do you think this hasn't changed?"

"Because I'm the same, you've changed."

Eran's black eyes stared at me.

"Now do I finally look like a man?"

Where did you learn this kind of fluting?

Later, I thought I should stare at Geckel as hard as I can when I meet him.

"That's not it."

I was a little embarrassed and finally stuttered and answered.

"Well, I was just... well, I liked the time I was with Eran the old days. That's what I
was saying."

I stopped him completely while I was talking. I knew that.

In the old days, Eran was not this big and did not look like an animal.

I think what I learned from the South was not only swordsmanship but also desire.

"Oh... what, are you talking about when you were a kid?"

He held my hand and held a strawberry.

"Then feed me."

"......what?"

"You always fed me to death."

"That's when you're a kid..."

"I haven't changed much from then."

The fan fell slowly from his hand with a thump.

Perhaps because the gentle wind stopped, the fever quickly rose.

He slowly grabbed my wrist, lowered his head, and bit the strawberries in my hand.

When his lips touched his fingers, his ears heated up.

"And.....always holding hands. Don't you remember?

He smiled convincingly, slowly folding his fingers with the other hand.

"There's no way it won't fly, our smart Lice."

Red lips were biting my finger.

At the tip of my finger, I could feel the soft tongue and breath.
93

"The crucial problem with Cioni is that she was too weak to look at men."

Since Lord Seirin talked about it, I have been able to understand Xioni's taste.

It was really hard not to fall for such a handsome man to make a decision and seduce
him.

When I was raising my child, I never imagined that I would become a man with such
an unexpected appearance and smell like a male.

But you should never fall for him.

I couldn't be tied to a life contract when I was out of my mind. So I desperately

recalled my children in my dreams.

"The Duke."

I pulled my finger out of him, clearing my mind. And I got up from the picnic table,
which seemed to be seducing me.

"Oh, no matter how much you do, the Duke doesn't look like a man."

"Liche."

Eran slowly raised her eyebrows.

"You can't lie."

"Anyway."

I stood up and quickly started walking, leaving Eran behind.

Trying to ignore the brightness of the fingers that his tongue had closed, he/she
should do his/her best to calm his/her heart beating without realizing it.

It was stinging because his eyes seemed to be stuck in the back of his head, and
even I felt awkward with my fast-moving walk.
'I'll resign after I meet Kansia.'

Trying to get rid of the lingering image of red lips, I concluded.

I thought it was my job to watch until then because there might be a problem until
the change of seasons. But I changed my mind.

'When he comes, let's ask him to take a look at the change of seasons and quit.'

Otherwise, I might be fascinated by a handsome man like a fox and give up a rabbit.

***

After Liche ran away, Eran slowly got up and headed to the dungeon.

The darkest underground of the Duke of Serius was cold on a sunny summer day.

As soon as I heard his footsteps, Wedderick screamed.

"Auntie, call my aunt."

Eran looked down at Wedderick, who had become a wreck with a cold face.

Still, Joaquin did not say that he was an aristocrat and of the Duke's blood, nor did he
cut his body.

However, it already seems to have lost a lot of human dignity.

"Not you, Auntie..."

"Do you think she'll be a little different from me, brother?"

Eran sat slowly on a chair outside the iron window without changing his expression.
"I told you everything, huh? I told you everything, why..."

"It's not like the three tongues you planted."

"Where's your father? You didn't even kill your father, did you? You're not trying to be
so immoral, are you? She's a good Eran. What?"

"It's very interesting to hear the word "paradox" coming out of your mouth."

Wedderick, who can't find a clear picture of the past, grabbed the iron bars.

"Erann, think about old times......... you can't do this to me. You were taken in by
that damn doctor."

At the words, Eran picked up a rock the size of a fist that was rolling on
the floor and threw it indifferently. The roughly thrown stone went right through the
bars and hit Wedderick's stomach.

Eran said coolly, looking at Wedderick, who collapsed with a groan.

"You know, teasing people without learning skills is still the same in prison."

There was a spark in his eyes.

"I told you not to talk about Liche."

Eran recalled his childhood.

I didn't know anything just because I was young.

A busy mother's indifference, a body that's too sick to do anything every day, a friend
who didn't have a single...

In the meantime, Wedderick was the least he could wait for.

If he didn't listen to him even if he treated him recklessly, there was no one to wait.

Even if he vaguely knew it wasn't, Wedderick was absolute to him, who had so much
to be desired.

However, after meeting Liche, he felt a whole new emotion.

It was my first time experiencing the feeling of being together and liking myself.

Unlike Wedderick, it occurred to me that she was really doing it for him.

So I wanted to be a better person. I wanted to be the right person for her.

He seemed to reach out to himself who was lonely and isolated, but he knew from an
early age that he was completely different in nature.

He got away from Wedderick in an instant. No, I could be free from all loneliness and
deprivation.

Nothing mattered as long as Liche was around.

"So what's the ingredient of the snack?"

Eran asked, looking at Wedderick rolling on the floor.

"What's important about that?"

Wedderick replied huffing and puff.

"I've already told you that I've been able to hurt you since I was a kid."

"Liche wants to know. I can't figure it out."

"What do you know about me? I did it because I was ordered from above."

"Who's up there?"

When I questioned Wedderick, it used to cut off here.

Eran picked up a stone again and repeatedly threw it in the air, but Wedderick shook
his head desperately.

"I don't know. It's a dotted line."

"Believe me?"

"...... I'm telling you. At least I don't know. My father may know, but ......"

"Brother."

Eran slowly got up and sat with his knees bent in front of the iron bars.

Then he reached into the cage and raised Wedderick's chin.

"Of course, I know you're a raccoon-like cautious, spider-like dreary person. But my
uncle, who has no background, no ability, and no fear, has long been involved in the
rebels..."

He smiled fishyly and looked Wedderick in the eye.

"Isn't that weird? Who's got a baron in this big board from the old days?"

"I don't know! I really don't know!"

Wedderick's eyes flashed with fear.

"You don't know anything?"

When Eran's hand was strengthened, a tooth made a loud and shaky sound.

Wedderick whimpered and sounded iron.

"It's just... it's just a quick glance..."

"Yes."

Eran smiled cruelly with his eyes bent.

"At first glance, what?"

His smoky smile was horrifying, so Wedderick muttered with his eyes closed.

"The daughter of Perelleman's own daughter.....is involved..."

"What are you talking about?"

Eran frowned sharply between the eyes.

"What's your daughter who went missing as soon as she was born?"

"I really don't know. My father didn't even give me the details. I just overheard it
somewhere."

Eran threw away Wedderick's chin, which he was holding.

I think I should stop here today.

It was an interrogation that started to find the roots of the rebels because they were
the ones who harmed Liche in the first place, but I was embarrassed when an
unexpected name came out.

' The daughter of Perelleman? '

Heran is Wedderick's sobbing cow.

With Lee behind his back, he began climbing the stairs of the cellar again.

The daughter, who had never been interested, was not a concern, but something felt
strange.

***

Meanwhile, Baron Ishider was almost insane.

Wedderick, who left it in the hunting contest without thinking, disappeared like
smoke.

Even if I combed the forest where the hunting competition was held, I couldn't find
any clues.

It was hard for him to accept that a robust young man, who was not a child, was
missing in an instant.
They were the only sons who had lost their wives and raised them dearly.
He was the most precious man in his life, who was anxious to give him something
much bigger and better than Baron Young-ji.

The scared and timid man was the only reason for joining this huge game. But I didn't
expect the escort driver to disappear at once.

"Aaron sent a signal. I'm sure you made a cuckoo noise."

The servant's testimony, which was guarding the barracks, did not much.

"He disappeared after that."

Aaron was also missing.

He once asked Eran at the Duchess of Serius, but he cold-heartedly questioned

whether he should know such a trivial person.

In a hurry, he sent a wave to all the nobles who attended the hunting contest.

Wetherick disappeared, and it was about desperately looking for witnesses.

Of course, few useful answers came. At that time, Jay was confused by the attempted
assassination.

When he couldn't sleep and his eyes were bloodshot, a letter came to him.

It was a letter from the Arga, from Perelleman's Szakzer.

[ I saw you keep running west.

I think so, too. ]

If it was west, it would be too low and endless.

However, Baron Ishider, who had already turned his eyes upside down, also valued
that much information.

He helped the rebels from behind and left directly to the west, giving up everything
he was doing.

He was in the Duchy of Meileys, close to the Baronet Territory, to fund the rebellion,
and stopped working on it. It was because if Wedderick disappeared, all this would be
meaningless.

The land that was not managed at all was ruined, but that was not important.

Of course, even a full month later, there was no sign of Wederick.

The West Intelligence Guild, with all the available amounts of the Baronet estate left
to do this and that.
I asked for it, but it was in vain.

In the meantime, his heart burned and his face turned black.

When he returned to the territory after searching all the western lands, he was almost
half deserted.

He tore his head off with a rough face.

'If we don't have any leads on Wedderick... we need to find Aaron, who's missing
together.'

Then Aaron entered the assistant of Lice Estelle.

' Liche Estelle...'

It was the girl again after all.

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Shortly after returning from the hunting competition, my coming of age approached.

Of the dozens of Mrs. Isabel's proposals, I rejected the majority and asked them to
make it simple.

When Perelleman's son arrives, he's always discussing the final confirmation of Eran's
condition during the change of seasons. I was planning to do

And if Perelleman said he would take over, he would resign immediately after meeting
Cancia.

'I'm not confident.'

I sighed as I looked through the window at Eran crossing the garden after finishing
the early morning training.

' I can't believe you'll last long trying to seduce me with that beauty.'

I couldn't get too fancy a birthday party because I'm holding my resignation nicely.

I decided to invite only those who expressed their willingness to come among those I
was close to and have dinner with.

Perelleman's own work, Felix's elder, and Ser Seirin replied that they would come
together in time.

Even before I sent the invitation, I eventually sent an invitation to Prince Jade, who
sent me a letter several times, saying, "Are you going to invite me to your Coming-of-
Age birthday party, Miss Liche.

I had to send the invitation myself because I saw Eran threatening Daniel to intercept
the invitation in the middle.

Crown Prince Jade said he would bring some people who wanted to come to my
birthday party as well as himself, but I didn't know who the "people" were.
'But it's probably Lord Keynes. '

And I also sent an invitation to teacher Elburn, who took the best care of me when I
was in the nursery.

Teacher Elburn was the one who rescued me from the river and brought me to the
nursery.

At the age of 13, he wrote a letter of recommendation to Perelleman's own son when
he had to leave the nursery.

The Duke of Serious is much more than he was during his inauguration.
It was shining beautifully.

"Liche."

Mrs. Isabel held my hand all day and sighed.

"I really wanted to give you a debutant, but... because of my damn bastard..."

"Debutant?"

I shook my head desperately.

"No aristocrat Young-ae would have come, so he would have been humiliated."

"There is no big family that can ignore Serious's invitation."

It was terrible to think that Bettiana Natalie was coming to my birthday party.

In the meantime, there were people who came an hour earlier than the promised
dinner time.

It was the carriage of the palace.

"Miss Liche!"
Prince Jade waved her hand loudly, waving her shiny silver hair.

"Happy birthday."

"Thank you."

Prince Jade smiled at me with a big bouquet of tulips.

"You look pretty today, too."

"I did my best to decorate today. "

I was obviously the main character of this birthday party, with the dress and hair
decoration chosen by Mrs. Isabelle herself.

Behind Crown Prince Jade, Lord Keynes was seen as expected.

"Liche, congratulations on your coming of age."

"Thank you for coming all the way here."

I smiled and bent my knees to show my gratitude, and I saw In-young approaching
slowly behind Lord Keynes.

I looked like a woman of my age, but I couldn't see my face well because I pressed
the bonnet deeply.

"This is..."

When I looked at the woman who bowed her head with wonder, Crown Prince Jade
carefully opened her mouth.

"I hope you keep it safe."

"What?"

"My sister, Princess Jensi Maileys."

I was surprised and gave her a quick courtesy.

She bowed her head and said nothing even though I gave her an example.

Maileys was the name of the Duchy that I have heard from time to time. It was also
the place where Princess Jensi, the older sister of Crown Prince Jade, went to the
public expense.

I heard that it is a beautiful and peaceful place with the sea at the end of the east. I
remembered that the duchy was noisy around this time before my return.

I could guess why I came all the way here without a face-to-face meeting with me.

"Nobody knows you're here. It's a secret."

"Ah..."

"I came earlier than my appointment... because I think I'm going to get help from
Miss Liche."

Prince Jade sighed and said.

I answered with a smile.

"If I can help you, I'll help you as much as I can."

Of course, if there was a disease, the doctor had to treat it.

But I had something else to gain.

I had never thought of anything concrete after I wrote my resignation.

As in the past, he could not open a clinic in the corner of the Cersei estate, nor did he
intend to go to the Imperial Medical Research Institute.

Lord Keynes told me about joining the army, but I didn't want to work in that mess
on the battlefield.

He was reluctant to stay at Perelleman's house. Somehow I felt that Eran would
somehow pull me down.
In that case, one of them might die while confronting Ser Seirin.

Therefore, there is no choice but to go to another person's estate and open a council,
but it was not easy to establish a site without any connection to another place.

' If it's the Duchy of Maileys, that's fine. I wanted to live near the sea once.'

If we solve this problem well, we can be protected by Jensi's public funds and gain
the trust of the residents of the Duchy of Mailless.

There is an opportunity to prepare a so-called "place to resign and go."

"Come on in."

I spoke kindly.

"Come to my room and I'll see you."

***

As I expected, Jensi Gongbi was a skin disease.

It could be inferred from the fact that the bonnet was deeply pressed and the fact
that the head was lowered against the etiquette and the greeting was not properly
done.

And I heard that there was a skin disease circulating in the Duchy of Maileys before
my return.

Although I didn't have much interest in it because it was far away.

"This unidentified skin disease has been around for about 10 days."

Princess Jensi sighed with a red scabbed face.

"It's not just me, but the majority of the aristocrats who are in such a state that
society has stopped altogether."

I heard it only through rumors, but it was my first time seeing it in real life.

I carefully looked at my skin, and it was different from any skin disease I saw.

"As you can see, no doctor at the Duchy of Maileys has developed a cure."

Crown Prince Jade and Lord Keynes sat behind the Princess Jensi and looked at me
with anticipated eyes.

"First of all, I've never seen a disease before, but there are a few things that make
sense."

It was also an opportunity to make a lot of money because the outbreak occurred in
the majority of nobles.

There is no shortage of money now, but if you decided to leave Cerus, the more
money you had, the better.

"Why did it happen to the nobles? Didn't it happen to the common people?"

"That's......"

Princess Jensi sighed hesitantly.

"There's actually a reason why we're deducing each other."

"Reason? What reason?"

"A few days ago, a very expensive cream started circulating in the aristocracy
because it made my skin smooth."

"Ah..."

"It's a smuggled cream, I know. Um... there's actually a lot of people who've changed
their skin glossy, so they're all pissed off."

"Did you happen to bring the cream?"

Princess Jensi carefully took a glass bottle out of her bag.

It contained plain white cream.

"Thank you. I think I'll have to analyze the ingredients."

I quickly prepared a sedative that fits the current situation and added it.

"Once you take the medicine I'm giving you now, you'll be reduced in appearance."

"Really?"

"But I can't take this medicine for the rest of my life, so I'll give you a fundamental
cure after I analyze the ingredients."

Indeed, the skin of Gongbi Jensi, who took the sedative I made quickly, began to
sink.

"Oh, my God... you're amazing."

"It's a temporary prescription, so it won't last more than a week."

"But where is this!"

Rebellion requires money. This is because they have to secretly build up their military
and hide their power.

Before the return, as far as I know, this skin disease circulated throughout the
country in the Duchy of Meileys. And a few days later, the cure was sold very
expensive.

I heard that the person who made the cure was at Baroness Ishider's castle. That's
why Baroness Ishider's estate has become very rich.

'Now that I think about it, I think it's Baroness Isider himself.'
Then, it was also possible to explain why the aristocracy stopped now. I heard Baron
Isider is out of his mind because of Wedderick's disappearance.
95

I once asked Eran about his handling, but he only smiled coldly, saying,
"Shouldn't you drive me crazy as Perelle Lehman did?"

Anyway, if it's a cure that others can make, I can make it, too.

It seemed to have heard at first glance that Amory flowers were the main ingredient
before returning to Korea. It's probably a cure that can be easily prescribed after
analyzing the ingredients of the cream.

"I think I can make you a cure once I'm done analyzing the components. I will send it
to you through Prince Jade. But I think we'll be able to make a cure until the sedative
doesn't work."

"Really?"

"Maybe."

"As expected.....it's worth Jade's praise."

Princess Jensi held my hand tightly.

"Please, if you make me a cure, I will never forget this favor."

Prince Jade broke in with a smile.

"Sister, Miss Liche never forgets her exploits. You're not supposed to talk about it's
okay?"

"What a waste of words!"

Jenshi glared at Crown Prince Jade once and spoke in a more desperate voice.

"Of course it will cost you a fortune. There are so many people in the Duchy of Mileys
who need the medicine."

"Yes, thank you."

"You look like you're lacking, do you want anything else?"

Unlike Crown Prince Jade, it was clear that Princess Jensi was very quick to sense.

I looked around and whispered carefully.

The voice was invisible to Crown Prince Jade and Lord Keynes.

"Well, if you leave the Serious later..."

Jensi's eyes grew bigger.

"Could you please help me settle down in the Duchy of Mileys?"

"Tell me about it!"

Princess Jensi suddenly made a fuss and whispered.

"It's like we're gonna have to lay down a flowery path! But instead... why?"

She looked genuinely curious.

"Why to the Duchy of Mailless without a connection?"

The expression was, "Why would you leave the palace to celebrate such a grand
birthday party to celebrate the coming of age of a single user?"

"Well, it's."

As I hesitated with a troubled face, Jenshi's eyes shone.

"Is it a man's problem?"

"What?"

"There's always a problem with politics on the back of an incomprehensible choice."

I looked at Jensi with puzzled eyes.

Her eyes were twinkling.

"In the Empire and in the Duchy, I have always been the queen bee of society."
She had already forgotten her concerns about skin disease and smiled broadly as if
she were interested.

"I can smell it like this."

"Uh, uh, um..."

"You're a smart kid, so you're quick to judge the situation."

The intimidated appearance earlier disappeared, and only her confident face
remained.

"If you're caught by a bad guy or in a complicated situation, just run away
is the answer."

"He, right?"

"You can come anytime. It's good to start a new life abroad. It's a job. I'll arrange the
best place in our country."

I nodded at Jenshi's cool words.

The Duchy of Maileys is not far from the Empire, and it was not bad to meet close
friends often.

Nevertheless, it was not a place where Eran could drag him because he was a
foreigner. It was a perfect place to resign in many ways.

Now that the place to go has been decided, there was nothing more to think about.

And another thing, I was lost in thought when I saw an unidentified cream.

'A rebellion costs a lot of money. I can't live with the jewels that Mrs. Isabelle throws
at me.'

So I would have done this, but if I make a cure first, there will definitely be a financial
crisis.

'Baron Isader is a timid but cautious man, and he just leaves him in such distress.
Not with.'

Baroness Lee Sider must also be paying attention to the disappearance of Aaron
Krilso.

And I was the actual person in charge of Aaron Krilso.

It was obvious that he would approach me to ask where he was.

'I have to step on it for my own safety, even for the revenge of Perelleman.'

I said while looking at Jensi Gongbi.

"I'll prescribe you plenty of sedatives, so you'll just have to calm things down. But
you have to let me know that it's not an essential solution."

"Yes, I will. You said you'd give him a cure anyway."

"We need a large quantity of herbs that are difficult to find, so I think we can give
them to you after the dry world......... I want you to keep the existence of the cure as
a secret."

"No, why?"

"Because I haven't even created it yet."

"Oh, that could be burdensome."

Princess Jenshi nodded slowly.

"But with sedatives, it's a huge achievement for us who are in a hurry to socialize.
Don't feel pressured, make it slow."
No matter how much they did not attend, the states had to deal with the
administrative procedures necessary for the founding system.

In other words, Baron Ishider will be back on the estate anyway.

He intended to moot everything he had.

To avenge Perelleman's work and to completely block the possibility of harming me.

***

I thought my request to be simple would not be accepted anyway.

It was not a small dinner at all.

The restaurant was crowded with invited guests and knights, and various decorations
were filled with magnificent music.

In a buffet restaurant, people walked around, took whatever food they wanted, and
sat freely on the table.

"Liche, congratulations on your coming of age. Thank you very much for allowing me
to set up such a position."

Mrs. Isabel hugged me tightly. She gave me a purple brooch for my birthday, which is
usually given to my daughter by my mother in adulthood.

"Although the relationship was not what I wanted..."

He also did not forget to aim hard at Eran in this part.

Eran ignored her gaze with a grave look.

I answered with a smile at embarrassment.

"How can I thank so many people for congratulating me on my coming of age......"

"It's not a big deal, such a harsh word."

Joaquin said with a straight face.

"Everyone has been greatly helped by Miss Liche."

Well, that was right.

I had no choice but to look around and nod.

The guests gave me gifts one by one to celebrate the coming of age.

"Miss Liche, congratulations on your coming of age."

Prince Jade gave me a huge blue diamond necklace. It is said to be a famous jewel
with a long name.

"Looking at this necklace, you'll think of my eyes shining like a lake and shining like
the sky. Don't spare too much for what I received and do it often."

"Yes... thank you."

I felt like a disc would come if I wore something heavy on my neck for a long time
even though it was in my hand.

Ser Seirin brought a small, light, yet jeweled dagger.

"You taught me how to use it at a hunting contest, didn't you?"

She said, pointing cheerfully at Daniel.

"You just have to poke."

Daniel looked away swallowing his dry saliva.

"I had a lot of fun for a month thinking about your present."

The gift of Felix, who came to see me with a cane, was a hand towel embroidered by
himself.

I thought it would have been difficult for Noh An to sew in person, so as soon as I
accepted it, my heart was moved.

"They say good things happen when an old man receives a gift that he has put a lot
of effort into. I wanted to convey how I feel about you because you will get
everything that is expensive and good."

"Thank you, sir."

"I said I was looking for my parents. I made it with the hope that such a good thing
would come to you."

I promised to carry a luxury silk handkerchief with my name on it every day.

In addition, gifts prepared for me continued.

Daniel always took care of other people's health, so he gave me nutritional

supplements as well as telling me to take care of my health.

Joaquin has prepared a set of surgical instruments made of self-defense magic items
and Lord Keynes of Mana Stone.

Perelleman's son, who was watching all of it, snorted.

"As expected, it's not as good as my gift."

In a word, he who made everyone an enemy said in high spirits.

"I didn't pick it up on my way this time. It was pretty hard to get."

I opened my mouth when I saw him open.

"This!"
"First edition."

Except for Lord Keynes, everyone looked at us with a look, "What's that old book?"

I picked up a rattling book with trembling hands.

"The first edition of Osmo Velcus (The Origin of Disease) ? "

Osmo Velcus was the first medical scientist to be called the father of Imperial
medicine. And since it was the first edition of the book he wrote, it was at least 1,500
years old.

I was so moved that I felt breathtaking.

"Yes, it was very hard to get the best preservation."

"Oh, my God, thank you..."

Perellemann looked around with a proud face.

Everyone except Lord Keynes was looking at us with a puzzled look, "Why do you like
such garbage?"

"Yes, after all, the only thing that the spirits can communicate with is the doctor."

He then murmured at Lord Keynes, showing a clear alertness.

"I gave you surgical instruments sets as gifts before."

Perhaps now his new rival was the same doctor, Lord Keynes.

I thought a lot of things don't matter in my life. I don't know what to get from
someone, I don't know.
It was my theory that there was no urethra.

However, I was glad to receive a lot of presents that I prepared sincerely while
thinking about myself.
I was convinced that this life was much better than the last one.

It was not until I thanked everyone that I really became an adult again.
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After filling the place with delicious food, Crown Prince Jade sat down and smiled
brightly and waved.

I couldn't ignore the sincerity, and there weren't many empty seats left, so I gladly
sat next to him.

"Liche, please wear that necklace when you come to the palace because you miss me
later."

Prince Jade said with a bright smile.

"Even though it's not as good as one of my eyes."

I was trying to answer, but Eran, who was sitting at the end of the table, intervened.

"Liche, the gift I prepared."

"Oh, yes."

Eran did not participate in the presentation time earlier.

I thought he would give me a big and colorful present that would be embarrassing,
but it was actually a little surprising.

"I'll give it to you later at night."

"Well... yes."

I blinked because I didn't know how to manage my expression.

It's been hard to treat Eran naturally since I found out that he sees me as a woman.

Things that used to be okay have become strangely awkward.

For example, when I suddenly met eyes with him, it was strangely itchy.

Eran looked at Crown Prince Jade and added clearly.

"When you're alone."

"........"

"We live in the same castle, on the same floor, so we were often alone."

I didn't know why he kept emphasizing "only two."

"Since I was very young."

I was trying to stare at Eran because I was embarrassed, but Crown Prince Jade said
cheerfully.

"Oh, then we must have been very brother-in-law."

Eran's expression crumpled brutally.

"So I understand that you care about Miss Liche."

"Never, in that relationship. "

"The Duke.....if you look so serious, Miss Lice will be disappointed."

Prince Jade kicked her tongue and shouted at Eran, who was quite far away.

"Even if you do a hundred times well, I hope you keep in mind my advice that once
you draw a line like that, it's between people that you can't undo."

"I don't want to be advised by the Crown Prince, not anyone else."

"No, it's not that much trouble. Don't think it's too much trouble."

Eran gritted his teeth and touched his forehead.

"What's wrong?"

Looking at Eran trembling with anger, Crown Prince Jade asked an innocent question,
and he answered bluntly.

"When I'm with the Crown Prince, it's just that.....my blood circulates faster and my
fever rises."

"Ah."

Prince Jade looked at him with a shaky face for a while.

Then he sighed and shook his head with a sad expression.

"I'm sorry, Duke. I like women. No matter how loyal I am, I can't accept that kind of
heart."

"What..."

As everyone at the table looked at them alternately, Eran could no longer

be angry by telling the subject in detail.

Listening to the conversation between the two, I felt a little strange.

Come to think of it, it seemed that Crown Prince Jade was the only one who took
Eran's life with his whole body and didn't care.

I woke up again after emptying all the food I brought.

I was snooping around the dessert section where there was no one yet, and now I
thought I could drink because I'm an adult.

' It's been a long time since I've drunk!'

I turned around suddenly with excitement, and almost hit my firm chest.

"Liche, be careful."

Eran grabbed my arm that almost fell and said affectionately.

"Huh? Uh...."

"You can't eat dessert already. You need to eat nutritious food. Did you forget
everything you said to me before?"

I couldn't answer willingly because I thought the black eyes looking at me were full of
heat.

Behind him, who handed my hair back and swept my shoulders in a circle, the magic
decorations that stretched from the ceiling sparkled.

"Why? Is it hard to take your eyes off your handsome face?"

"No, I saw the ceiling decorations because they were pretty. Especially the star
hanging over there is beautiful."

I answered in a hurry with a differently.

"It's amazing how shiny it is..."

"Really? Do you want it?"

"What?"

At that moment, my vision soared and star-shaped decorations sparkled in front of

me.

I instinctively touched him on the shoulder.

He could hold me with one arm because of the huge difference in physique.

"Take it."

"Oh... yes."

I thought the reason why you hugged me meant that you should untie the ceiling
decoration with your hands.

I reached out and pulled out the twinkling star-shaped decoration from the ring.

"How do you like it?"

Hugging me, he whispered below.

Suddenly, the body that was close to each other was hot.

There was no one in the dessert section yet, but I replied in a hurry because I was
afraid someone would see it.

"Nice."

His face from above was new again.

I could hear people laughing and chatting over a wall.

They could see us if they turned the corner, but I was afraid they would
misunderstand us.

He quickly put me down, as he noticed that I was restless.

"I like it, too."

There was a fever in a relaxed tone.

"I'll let you have anything you think is pretty."

I just fiddled with the star-shaped decoration without saying anything.

"I wish I could look pretty in your eyes."

Then I'd be happy to give it to you.

I felt like I could hear such a backbiting.

My heart kept tickling when I went straight with this determination.

I already can't act, but it seemed wrong to strike firmly, saying that I had no heart.

I felt like I had to be honest and say, "I don't want to be secretly in a relationship
with the Duke."

It was then.

"Oh, Miss Liche. You're here. Are you already going to have dessert? "

Prince Jade appeared around the corner.

"There's a duke, too. I had something to say."

Jade spoke in a cheerful tone as if she had never noticed the atmosphere between the
two of us.

"The rebels at the hunting contest."

Me and Eran's expression hardened at once.

"The background won't tell us when he's dead, and we're keeping security to track
further."

"That's why it's so quiet."

"But I've got a few things."

Prince Jade rolled his eyes and continued.

"The first is that the revolt will take place sporadically in each territory."

I nodded my head.

Prior to the return, the Cersei was also one of the places where sporadic rebellions
took place.

"Secondly, it's been a long time since this rebellion was staged."

As expected, it was true.

If even the disappearance of Perelleman's daughter had gone through Baron Ishider's
hands, it was a meticulous plan for at least 18 years.
Eran sighed and said to Crown Prince Jade.

"Do you know what the characteristics of the man who tried to swallow the Duke of
Serius are?"

"Huh? I don't know."

"I was the one who would benefit the most when I was gone."

I thought I knew what Eran was saying, so I swallowed my breath quietly.

I also thought about it by myself.

His remarks, however, seemed a little risky, as he was speaking around the
background without any evidence.

"If you've done enough, you can do the rest."

Eran added, kicking his tongue.

"I'm in a position to see only one thing and run from today. I've done everything I
can, and it's all different for me now."

There seemed to be no good because the conversation continued.

I quickly left the dessert section and got mixed up among people.

"Then I'll call it a day..."

Even though I left the dessert corner on purpose as if I was running away, there was
a pretty glittering villa in my hand.

When I turned around with a second plate and a glass of champagne, I saw an empty
seat next to Perelleman's own crop.

"Come and eat."

Perelleman himself coughed out the chair.

Sitting there without thinking, let's start the next meal, Eran settled down on my
diagonal.
Far closer than before, he began his meal gracefully with a fork.

' There's a lot of tables, but I don't have to...'

As soon as I thought that I had come because of me, my toes began to tingle
strangely.

The sense of lifting me up was still clear.

He was definitely a man who had a completely different charm from a cute boy when
he was young.

I definitely thought it was embarrassing in my head, but my eyes instinctively turned

to see his beautiful face.

Since when have you been looking at me, Eran's eyes met through the table vase.

I was taking a sip of alcohol for no reason, but his long legs touched my legs slightly.

Sitting diagonally, I must have made you work.

I slightly avoided the bridge, and he said casually to Perelleman.

"I've learned something from Wetherick's interrogation."

97

Perellemann looked at Eran with a very shaky look.

From the hunting competition, Perelleman seemed to be looking at Little Eran with
strange eyes.

Perelleman's opinion was that it seemed to be big, not normal.

"Your daughter seems to be involved in a rebel plot."

"......of course."

Perelleman replied with a runny nose.

"To make it easier for me to take over the territory of Serious, to confuse me, to
make my whole family do it.
I'm sorry."

I held my breath and stayed still in a cold atmosphere.

"Well, I don't know anything yet."

Eran said with a clear hostility.

"I wonder if her daughter's circumstances would have made the Cerseus estate a
decoy. No one knows what the relationship is."

He asked Mrs. Isabelle about the daughter's whereabouts at the request of

Perelleman's own work, but was only told that he knew nothing about her.

"I have asked my mother, but she also knows nothing about the fact that you sent
your daughter to the Duke of Sergius."

"Are you blaming my daughter?"

"I'm just sorry, not blaming you."

Eran confronted Perelleman's anger with a young look.

"That's why Lice is in danger."

"What am I in danger of? It's fine like this."

The atmosphere got ugly, so I stepped in, but it didn't work.

"What if I was tricked by those fake parents?"

He bit his teeth as if it were terrible just thinking about it.

Looking at such Eran, Perelleman's own work seemed to be full of energy.

"I'm the one who brought Lice to the Peacock. Do you think the Duke is doing more
for Liche than I am?"

"Let's talk right away. Because I came to Lice's feet."

"But I'm the one who recognized the value of this child right away and put it on the
wry duke."

"Didn't you just leave to find your daughter when your smart assistant came in?"

Eran folded his arms and replied as if he was teasing.

"But I'm her godfather!"

Perelleman's son eventually hit the table and got angry.

"Do you think the duke, bound by a single dalang contract, is closer to Liche than to
the Ferelleman family?"

Eran sighed as if he were very annoyed by the words.

"If I could have gotten out of Libya a little faster, I could have prevented this kind of
nuisance..."

He glared at Prince Jade, who was far away, as if he were resentful.

"What do you mean you'really? Now, are you saying it's annoying that I became
Lice's godfather?"

"It's not a very pleasant thing."

"Oh.....I can't believe I've grown so big."

When Perellemann touched his forehead, Eran said coldly.

"It's not exactly your concern. I don't need to look good to you, and anyway, how can
you be so angry? On such a good day."

"Huh?"

Eran suddenly looked back at me and smiled brightly as if he had come to

his senses.

"Liche, I'm sorry. I said too much."

I blinked and murmured.

"Hmm... shouldn't we apologize to him?"

"What are you talking about? I didn't say a slip of the tongue to Perelleman. But..."

He looked at my eyes with a completely different voice from the sharp tone.

"We've been too rough in your adult life, haven't we?"

Then Perelleman spoke coolly to Jajak.

"Say sorry to Liche, too."

Perelleman's work muttered, breathing heavily.

"Well,I uh....that crazy..."

The relationship between the two never seemed to get better.

'Well, what's it got to do with it. I'm going to resign in a few months.'

This meal has made it clear.

I couldn't be indifferent to his temptation.

Even now, we are conscious of each other's eyes...... As Princess Jensi said, if you get
caught by a bad man, the answer was running away.

I tried to pass the situation indifferently and avoided Eran's gaze.

***

"Well, he did grow up to be a little weird."

Perelleman said at a night barbecue in the garden, swallowing wine.

"It's better than when I used to sigh."

Eran was talking to some of the knights in the distance.

"It's impossible to be rude because I look like my parents strangely and no one cares
when I'm young and I leave them alone for five years when I grow up."

"I took care of you."

"So you're the only one who's going crazy."

Perelleman's handwriting clenched its tongue.

"But I'm sure I'll be ashamed to go to the underworld and see her. I think I'm going
to live a long life because I'm cursed a lot."

"As a doctor, that's fine."

I sipped a drink that I was finally able to drink when I reached adulthood.
In my last life, I only drank cheap wine, but when I ate such sweet high-end
champagne, I went in endlessly.

"Lord."

"Why?"

"But when the seasons change, you know you have to do a final post-mortem, right?"

"Yes, I think he'll be fine, but I'll make sure he's okay when there's a cold wind."

"Could you... could you do that for me?"

Perelleman looked at me curiously.

I've never asked him to do anything like this before.

"It's not difficult. I felt like I had to breathe a little before I started looking for my
daughter again. And it's because you've been so nice to me, it was my job."

"Yes, please."

"But what's the reason?"

"I thought I'd take a break around that time."

"You're going on vacation. You've been through a lot, so that's fine."

In fact, it was not a vacation, but a resignation, but I decided not to talk about it.

Thanks to Perelleman's willing reply, my plan seemed to go smoothly.

I took another sip of champagne and asked carefully.

"Are you... okay?"

"Well, I'm still dazed and lethargic. I can't get my hands on everything."
Perellemann lowered his eyes with a lonely look.

"I went to Zion's grave every day for a month, and I was able to hold on."

"......."

"It's funny that the bloody wicked duke told me to avenge the same thing, and I've
seen him go west, and he's been wandering around the west, and it's unraveling
again. It's still a long way off."

"I guess Baroness Eccedar is really out of his mind?"

"I know because I've been through it. It's the pain of the gut burning."

I got another glass of champagne and drank it at once. Anyway, Perelleman's self-
publishing about her daughter.
It was always sad to see.

"If I could, I'd let you wander for 18 years."

"That's not enough."

I replied with a frown. Maybe it was because the alcohol was gradually rising, but the
emotion seemed to be intensifying.

"You haven't even seen your daughter. We have to go through more."

"More work?"

"Yes, we have to bring it to the bottom in a very miserable. To be honest...."

I took a peek at Perelleman's work and sighed.

"It could be related to Cioni's death."

"That's...."
Perelleman shook his head.

"I don't think so."

"How do you know that?"

"I'm the one who did an autopsy on Cioni's body."

I suddenly became solemn and bit my lips tightly.

It was because it was so painful to imagine how he felt about autopsies on his
beloved wife's body.

The warm portrait I saw in Zion's room quickly became gloomy.

"The cause of death was the backflow of mana."

"Ah."

There were only two cases of backflow of mana.

One was the use of a rare item called the Stone of Mana, and the other was the
excessive mixing of fetuses and mana due to the inability to cope with emergencies
while giving birth.

"The Baroness Eccedar does not have enough power or money to use the Mana
Stone."

"That's true."

As far as I know, the Mana Stone was kept very deep in the palace.

However, not all royal family members could be used, and the official seal of the
emperor or crown prince was needed to take them out.

Baron Lee Sider couldn't have held such a great item in his hand.

Xioni gave birth to a baby in a hurry at a farm, so she couldn't even see the baby
properly.
Judging the latter was likely in many ways.
98

"But it's true that the quality is very bad involved in this."

"Yes, I think so, too."

"And according to the Duke, Wedderick's connection with the rebels and my daughter
could be more complicated than I thought."

Fermann himself continued in a disastrous tone.

"I want to run to Roman right now and ask him what's going on, but he's not going to
me."

"Of course I'll take it out. So it has to be either."

I nodded my head hard and continued the conversation.

"Push in evidence that you can't steal, or shake off your mentality, drag it down to
the floor, and then question it. That's why."

"Huh?"

"Can I be a little bit of a part of Perelleman's work? Just for a while."

"......why?"

"Maybe Baroness Isider is after me for the disappearance of Aaron Krilso..."

At that moment, Perelleman's own eyes burned.

I quickly grabbed his arm and said before he got angry.

"I'm going to take this opportunity to make you feel overwhelmed. I'm still in hell, but
I'm putting it in the fire pit once more."

"If that's the case, of course we should actively help."

Perelleman said seriously, putting up one-al glasses.

"But Liche."

"Yes."

"That's when you set Wedderick up in a hunting tournament...."

I swallowed dry saliva at Perelleman's slow words.

"You seem to have suspected the rich man for a long time."

"What..."

I lowered my eyes with a slight flirtation.

"Later, I'll tell you everything later."

"When later?"

"This time.....if you could help me with Baroness Ishider's work."

"That's a given. But Liche, when this is over, I really want you to explain the whole
story."

Perelle Mann frowned at me as I hesitated.

"It's because I don't want you to be in danger of getting involved in our affairs
anyway."

" ...... yes."

When I nodded reluctantly, he turned the subject around as if he would no longer

ask.

"So what are you going to do?"

He said he would cooperate without further asking why.

I bit my head.

"Can I get all the Amory flowers in circulation on the continent now?"
"I don't think it's going to be difficult unless it's a high-volume herb, do you mean
you're going to monopolize it?"

"Yes, as soon as possible."

If the top of Ferelleman comes forward, it was not even a matter of monopolizing the
Amory flower, which is used as a cure for the suspicious cream.

Perelleman nodded to mean that he knew.

"And I think..."

I sighed over another glass of champagne.

"I have to attend the National Foundation in a week."

Before returning to Korea, I couldn't even step on a big festival like

Konkuk University.

When I was young, I couldn't dare to go to the capital because I grew up in a nursery
school, and when I was at the support of a lawmaker, I was too busy to go.

After adulthood, he was distracted by the opening of the righteous army, so he could
not go to the national foundation.

However, this does not mean that he was not interested in the national foundation.
There was something I really wanted to do when only the lawmaker settled down.

"I'd like to request a booth under my name."

I didn't expect this to happen.

Baron Isider will have no choice but to visit me in person that day.

***
"Prince Prince."

Jensi grinned at Jade.

The brothers and sisters of Dongbok have been on good terms since they were
young.

"You seem to like Miss Liche."

Jade's ears turned red.

"It's just, um...."

His eyes continued to look at Riche, who was talking to Arga about this and that, like
a puppy.

"and Miss Liche likes me..."

"What?"

Jensi tilted her head and asked back. I didn't feel that way at all, but it was too short
to refute what I saw today.

"Your first impression must be too strong."

"The first time?"

"I was so close to my face, staring into my eyes... and my heart was pounding."

"Oh."

Jensi made a fan as if she were having fun and twinkling her eyes.

He was a younger brother who was taken to the battlefield without being properly
involved with his young children.

"We've had a lot of tea time since then, but there's never been a woman like Miss
Liche who looks at us."
"It's a bit of a snap, though. "

"Yeah... maybe it's because I hate using my brain, but it looks better."

"But you don't even have a fiancee right now."

Jensi said softly.

"It's going to be pretty complicated if you go into the side room."

"Hmm."

"You know it's still awkward between Prince Haalden and my brother and sister,
right?"

"I don't think it's that awkward, but..."

Jade was, in a way, a latecomer to the imperial family.

The age difference between Haelden and Haelden, whom the emperor saw from a
commoner, was nearly 20 years old. Until now, many people thought that Haelden
would become the next emperor.

Then Jade was born.

The late prince of the Red Tong received all kinds of love and grew up.

The already old emperor and empress raised Jade, who looked lovely, just bright.

The world was too easy and warm for Jade, so to speak.

Unlike Haelden, he was not interested in learning, but he was naive and cheerful and
showed genius in swordsmanship.

"Officially starting with the noble-born fiancee, Prince Hwang."

Jensi said, patting Jade on the shoulder.

When Jade was born, she quickly felt the interest of a noble family who had drifted
away from Haelden.

The sense of deprivation will be severe as the emperor, who was likely to be caught
or caught, drastically drifted away in an instant.

Warm in nature, she felt considerable sympathy at that time.

Of course, Haalden has always said that leading the Royal Medical Research Team is
more appropriate.

"No matter how good you are, you should look a little wider. Do you understand?"

"Yes, that's why I'm trying to approach it carefully."

"Well... if it's too good, I can't help it. It doesn't mean that people's minds are
blocked."

Jade lowered her eyes in despair.

Jensi sneaked a peek at Lice with a bright impression far away.

In the society of the Duchy of Maileys, she was the one who knew the problems
between men and women faster than anyone else.

Therefore, this strange situation surrounding Liche seemed clear.

'The Duke of Serious and the Crown Prince. It's a little hard for the common people to
handle. Apparently, he doesn't even enjoy that kind of attention.'

It was easy for a third party to see the eyes of the two men constantly touching her.

'You deserve to run away.'

Jensi once again vowed to make a good place for Liche.

 ***

It was a dream-like birthday party, including a fancy dinner comparable to the royal
banquet and an exciting barbecue outdoor party.

Only one person who did not come was Eldon teacher at the nursery.

Along with a box of self-made cookies, a letter came today saying that a large
sponsorship event was held at the nursery and that he could not participate.

[ Liche, the first time I saw you, you were floating down the river and smiling.

You were like a present with green eyes in a basket with a green ribbon.

You grew up to be a brilliant man and became independent, and you became a great
man and became an adult.

Congratulations from the bottom of my heart.

Although I can't participate due to circumstances, I hope you have a really happy day
today.

—Teacher Eldon ]

My favorite cookies with dried cherries and almonds were crispy and sweet.

In addition, there were numerous gifts from people who thought of me in the room.

I was going to fall asleep in this happy mood without stopping by the lab tonight. It
was a noisy and warm night that was not comparable to last adulthood.

I was in a good mood, so I drank a lot. Drunk of champagne, I wrapped around the
ball and held onto the cloudy spirit.
Now he did not have to worry about losing his lands to Wetherick and Baron Isider.

Everyone who cares about me like this will survive.

That alone was worth living anew.

Of course, only one person was a little disappointed.

' No matter how competent I am, it's true that I even tried to be pretty and cute, but
I can't believe you're trying to hold me like this.'

Since a few days ago, Eran's openly seducing attitude has been impure.

I sat at my desk and took out the paper to catch my shaking mind.

The postmortem examination of the change of seasons will be left to Perelleman, and
I will leave the fortress when I meet Cancia.

Whether you go to the Duchy of Maileys or go to the Cancia to find your parents with
clues.

' You should always live with your resignation in your heart.'

I started to resign under the influence of alcohol.

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I'm sure they'll all be there, but I don't need the Duke of Cerus anymore.

The purpose of my coming here in the first place has almost been achieved.

' I'm going to live for me. Whether you're looking for a family or building a family.'

Precious people like Mrs. Isabel can come and see sometimes.

' Erann.....'

As the thought reached Eran, a sigh of complexity came out.

Then, a knock rang.

"Liche? You're still awake, aren't you?"

Surprised, I jumped to my feet with my nearly-used resignation tucked into the

drawer of my desk drawer. How did he know he was thinking about himself, and Eran
came.

"Yes, yes. Come on in."

When I opened the door in surprise, Eran stood with a rather stiff look.

"Are you sick? I thought you weren't good at dinner earlier."

"No."

Eran closed the door and said rather pitifully.

"It's just.....it's because I'm nervous."

"Why? It's my age."

"I'm your age, so I'm nervous."

I staggered slightly while offering him a chair across the table.

"Liche?"

"Okay, it's okay. I've been drinking too much..."

It's been so long since I drank alcohol, so I couldn't understand my drinking capacity
properly.

He knew me in a hurry and carefully sat down on the chair.

As soon as he felt his temperature, his body was tense and hot blood circulated all
over his body.

The hard muscles supported me, which made me strangely nervous and thought that
I was in his arms while hiding in an old weapon.

'You're crazy, Lice Estelle.'

But after sitting me properly, he moved away neatly.

My face was a little stiff, but I didn't think I'd be tempted to do something that I've
been doing.

I also thought of something strange by myself, but I became solemn for no reason, so
I was just looking at him.

"Will you not be able to sleep tonight?"

"Well, I couldn't sleep last night."

"Night... tea is too much, can I get you a mild sleeping pill?"

"No, I couldn't sleep yesterday because I was so nervous."

There was nothing to be nervous about or nervous about, but I didn't know why.
It was time to seriously consider whether it was a nervous breakdown when he was
still young.

"Liche."

"Yes."

"I have something to say."

The moon was crossing out of the window.

It was just past midnight.

Looking at his face, I felt dizzy because of the drinking luck again.

"Now that you're an adult, no guilt..."

I looked at him blankly.

His hands were shaking slightly.

He took a small box out of his arms.

"It's an adult present."

"Go, thank you."

I received the box with a puzzled look and opened it carefully. And I was so surprised
that I almost dropped the box.

There was a shiny diamond ring in the box.

"It's the same size as the disposable ring I shared. I think it's right."

"Well, Duke."
I called him in an awkward tone and couldn't speak for a while.

Giving rings in adulthood was a common practice in engagement relationships. Or it's

a gift that lovers usually give and receive.

"This is a little too much."

"Why?"

"The ring between us is a little..."

"What's our relationship?"

When I didn't answer and just rolled my eyes, he looked at me silently with his chin
on his back.

"Me too, you're a young man and woman who's past adulthood."

I sneaked away from his eyes, which seemed to pierce all over.

"You still don't know? What's wrong with me?"

"The Duke."

"I'm really going to express it now."

"What?"

"My heart."

"......."

"You are the reason for all my actions and existence."

I didn't have a little touch, but I was nervous about my low voice.

"I'll get it all right, and I'll try a lot harder. So please don't run away."

When I didn't answer, his face revealed impatience and desperation.

"I'm not forcing you. But once you give me a chance to approach you as a man...."
I didn't need a man or a lover. If he did, he wouldn't have built a wall for Eran in the
first place.

What I needed in this life was a stable family.

He's my husband, my child, my parents.

People who can speak casually.

"My blood" that I can come and cry when I am sentenced to death and imprisoned
alone.

Of course, now I am loved by many people, but I am all masters of my abilities, not
the bond of existence itself.

So I had no intention of accepting Eran as a man.

"Well, you're trying to seduce me without thinking deeply, and I can move on for old
times' sake, but the ring is..."

"I can't believe you don't have a deep thought."

Cut off my words, and he said slowly.

"I listen to everything you say. You said that. It's only for the girl you like."

"Uh, uh... well."

"I only do that to you."

I lowered my eyes.

"I was trying to make you feel like a man, not a child, but did it work?"

"......."

"I think there is."

"Uh, there wasn't."

"Liche."

He got up slowly and came near me. And I wrapped my cheek and made him look
into his eyes.

"You're a terrible liar."

My heart was pounding and beating.

It's been a long time since I drank a lot.

It didn't feel good to see his red lips in the midst of poor visibility.

"It's just because the Duke is so handsome and friendly."

I ended up sulkingly annoyed.

"If you keep doing that, will you keep looking at me as a man?"

Eran whispered softly.

"Huh? I can get everything right for you, what else do you need?"

I thought I would be confused if I continued the conversation anymore, so I left my

seat.

"You wouldn't be out of your mind if you didn't sleep last night."

After forcing his hand off, I took a deep breath.

For now, I thought it would be a priority to kick him out. There was a possibility that a
really dangerous atmosphere could be set.

"I'm a little drunk right now, so I can't go to the lab, so... I'll give you some sleeping
pills."
I took a deep breath and opened the drawer where I left sleeping pills.

It was then that Eran's eyes, which were still looking at me, changed.

".......... Liche."

As I searched in the drawer for sleeping pills, I was surprised and breathed.

In almost all situations, Eran, who was relaxed, lost his composure and hurriedly
walked on his long legs.

Before I knew it, my eyes, which seemed to be somewhere affectionate, quickly

became cold.

He pointed at the desk with a serious look when he picked up the resignation he had
hurriedly put in while writing.

"What is this?"

It was his low, cold voice that I thought I would never hear.

"Huh? Well..."

I felt like my head was going blank for a moment.

It was a very unexpected situation and it was hard to see his broken face.

In addition, the alcohol continued to rise and my head became more and more blank.

"Literally resign, Duke."

I replied, trying to get my head together, because I think I have to refuse anyway
and I don't have to hide it for no reason.

"Resignation?"

He murmured slowly as if he were chewing.

"You're quitting?"
I said, trying not to be discouraged by his pressure.

"Now the Duke is healthy... and no one seems to threaten his position. You don't
have to have me."

"What's the reason?"

Eran took a step closer to me, giving strength to his hand with resignation.

I just had to look at my resignation being brutally crumpled and rammed into his
pocket.

"Money? You need more pay? Or should I give you more vacation? Why do you have
to go somewhere else?"

His voice, which seemed unacceptable, trembled. Tears seemed to be gathering in his
eyes.

"That's...."

At that moment, I could see things in circles.

As expected, I think I drank too much champagne.

As soon as the floor was approaching, Eran accepted my body.

"Sorry, I've been drinking too much."

"......I'm going to fall."

He hugged me and laid me on the bed.

After lying on the bed, my body was drooping, and I realized that I had been standing
with my mind.
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In the dim view, he clung eagerly to my side.

"......do you think I'm too much pressure? Am I terrible enough to resign?"

I shook my head without realizing it.

"Oh, no, it's not like that. You're horrible, aren't you? But..."

Either way, he decided to speak frankly and strike firmly. I didn't want to tell a lie, so
I finally spoke confidently.

"Well, I'm getting married."

Eran's mouth was wide open at my words.

He stared at me with a more shocked face than when he saw his resignation.

"Gyeo, marriage? It's coming of age today."

"I've been thinking for a long time. That's why I don't want to be intertwined with the
Duke."

"Since when."

Eran's voice was getting lower and lower. Now I could feel his whole body shaking.

"Since when..."

I looked at him and tried to answer, but suddenly his red lips came into sight and
stopped breathing.
I see.

The distance was too close than I thought.

"Huh, since you were a kid?"

"Liche, you said we were the only ones. You're the one who thinks of me the most."
"I did. But isn't it no longer necessary?"

"Why do you set that need on your own? Don't... don't you really like the Crown
Prince?"

"Oh, no!"

I was so surprised that my head was spinning and I stumbled again.

Eran, who quickly supported me in case I got hurt, carefully laid me down again.

"Then ..."

Then he also leaned next to me and lay side by side.

Looking at his black eyes, I forgot to push his body away.

"What kind of guy is he? What?"

He smiled with his cheeks wrapped around him. However, anger and frustration were
evident in his eyes.

His little finger slightly touched my earlobes and his shoulders flinched.

"What kind of guy do you have an affair with, and you're leaving me behind?"

He no longer stammered after his earlier panic attack.

Instead, he had a face that was not normal. His voice, which found his composure
again, began to make a cool living young.

"Just tell me your name. It's okay. I won't kill you."

"It's not... it's... "

"Resignation. How could you think that? What?"

His long fingers carefully scanned the back of my ear and trimmed my hair.
The heat rose from the already close body.

"That's too much, Liche."

The faces were so close to each other that I thought I could even count my long
eyelashes.

"Thirteen, when you're away for a while, you'll be pathetic and then you'll leave? Does
that make sense?"

"It was, well, a special relationship."

"Yes, you're the one who told me we were on special terms."

Somehow I felt that the things I said on my childhood were holding my ankle
strangely.

"I'll take responsibility for what you say......Liche."

"Responsibility?"

"For five years I haven't met you, I've been thinking about you every day as I
promised."

The red lips were almost touching.

"What do you think now that I can see you every night?"

Even when he was drunk and unconscious, he could see that his possessiveness was
fluttering in his eyes.

In a different sense, my whole body was nervous.

"I've been waiting for your coming of age with some kind of heart... and now I'm not
asking you to see me as a man.
How much did I..."
Every time he stretched his tongue like a child, there was a strange color.

Looking at his blurred eyes, my ankle was tired for no reason.

"Resignation is my right."

I managed to say firmly.

"Liche..."

It felt strange just to call my name like he whispered with his red lips, so I held on to
the bedsheet tightly.

He stared at me quietly, and eventually led my hand to kiss the back of his hand.

The touch of the lips that were slowly pressed down was clear.

"Uh, huh..."

"If you don't seduce me like this, I always answer so coldly."

He bit my finger slightly with his front teeth. It didn't hurt, but my mind became more
hazy.

"You're driving me crazy."

"Don't... don't do that."

I shook my head.

He raised his thick eyebrows and whispered in a sad voice somewhere.

"Why? He can, and I can't."

"The man?"

"The man you're getting married to."

Now that I've noticed what he's thinking, I've felt the pulse go away.
Eran knew at once when I lied. And if he was clumsy, he would be stabbed
somewhere in the wrong place.

So I answered honestly.

"I told you I wanted to get married, I didn't say I had an opponent."

"......what?"

Eran's forehead was frowned upon.

"I'm a commoner, and in order to have a normal marriage, I have to be a

commoner."

I had a hard time blinking and continued.

"But the Duke says, how can I not resign? Do you think I can get a normal marriage
in this condition?"

"......my god."

He swept my hair with blank eyes.

"Don't you think I've been nagging you to see me as a man without even thinking
about it?"

"I'm...."

The consciousness, which is no longer bearable, began to blink.

"The order was different."

He murmured softly.

"I didn't think I should have proposed to you first. You got it all wrong."

"I... don't want to be a hidden woman."

"Sue, the hidden woman?"

Now his voice was filled with astonishment.

"Liche, it's my fault. I'm sorry."

He said urgently.

"I don't know if I'm too short to be mistaken..."

I no longer heard his voice and fell asleep.

***

Isabelle was still lost in thought.

In front of her desk, marriage letters from all over the place were piled up. After
winning the honor of winning the first prize in the summer hunting competition, I
have now been contacted from a very faraway land.

Of course, she was not particularly interested in her son's marriage.

' They won't listen to me anyway... and they don't have a daughter-in-law they want.'

She was actually thinking differently as she read the correspondence insincerely.

I put my priorities behind me because I was immersed in Liche's Coming-of-Age

birthday party, but there was a fact that I didn't forget.

It was the disappearance of his only nephew.

She had subtle feelings for Roman or Wedderick.

It was pathetic to see him secretly demanding money or failing to manage his land
properly.

Even though it was the only blood, I didn't feel attached. It was an instinctive
rejection rather than a rational judgment.

However, there was a psychological debt that he visited frequently to take care of
himself and took care of young Eran.

When you have a sense of self-awareness, you're still in blood, but you're really a
blood-and-eye relationship.
There used to be self-hatred whether there was no water.

' But you're still my nephew, so should I help you?'

Rumor has it that Roman wandered frantically through western territories and
returned to his lands for a while because of the Kunkuk International Corporation.
held up

It could not have been helped to grant a list of merchants participating in the national
foundation.

' Where the hell is a grown man? It bothers me more that Lice's tide is gone. '

When Lice's assistant, Aaron Krilso, disappeared, Diel answered instead of Lice.

"Actually, Liche was rolling the tide a lot. I think he ran away. I've had my herbs
cleaned all day..."

Isabelle also lightly handed it over at first glance because she heard that the assistant
was confined to a greenhouse or a room and only took care of herbs.

When I thought about asking Roman how he was doing, Eran, who came from early
morning training with the Knights, appeared.

"Mother, I have something to tell you."

His gaze, sitting in front of Isabelle, reached the letters full of desks.

He picked up one of them and raised his eyebrows.

"You can't... ..you're not thinking uselessly again."

"What?"

"I decide my marriage."

Isabel kicked her tongue like it was amazing.

"Do you have any intention of getting married?"

"Yes."

Eran nodded naturally.

"I'd like to."

"Really? Do you happen to have an opponent..."

"I'll let you know as soon as I get the other person's consent, and I'll waste my ink
and reply to these letters of trash.
Don't."

"Oh, no. It was before the poor guy agreed."

Isabelle put her chin on her face as if she were.

"Did you meet him at the inauguration? Or a banquet? Hunting contest? "There were
so many contacts with noble youngsters..."

In a tone that the right child is not coming in anyway, Isabelle said without much
interest.

"But this isn't what you're going to tell me, is it?"

"Yes, I'm actually here for Wedderick."

Since there was no title of "brother," Lee Sabel looked at him with a slightly nervous
look.

"Now that Lice's birthday is over, I feel like I can see her blood."

Isabelle's expression hardened.

"I'm in a dungeon right now."

When Eran explained the whole story calmly, Isabel's lips began to tremble with
anger.

After hearing all the circumstances, Isabel said with her black eyes flashing.

"Erán Iliad Serius."

She grabbed the teacup gracefully.

"Do you know why the Duke of Cerius failed to rule the Empire?"

In fact, the Duke of Serius was quite wide and wealthy.

Since the founding of the Empire, they have been satisfied with their status as dukes
for hundreds of years.
It was a question of whether or not.

"That's what your father, Karen, told me."

Eran listened to her quietly.

"Serius has a cold nature, and he is not a man who can become a saint and lead the
whole empire in an inclusive manner."

Isabel took a sip of tea and put it down with a click.

"Now they're not her own family, they're her enemies."

It was a firm conclusion without any hesitation.

"So take care of it on your own."

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A few years ago, the man behind trying to poison her, after trying to hurt Liche, was
her blood that weakened her son's body.

"But Roman's not the background, the distribution, the ability to do this..."

"I agree with that. Something's going on with Perelleman's daughter. My damn cousin
didn't even know the details."

Eran answered coldly.

"I didn't feel like I had anything to do with her and I didn't have to go that far."

He was a very consistent person, so I was not interested in him unless Liche was
involved.

"Why not?"

Isabel said impulsively, glancing at correspondence mentioning engagement.

"Sioni and I even wrote a contract to get you engaged."

"You can throw it away, too."

"But when she comes back, I'll be better than any other noble young man...."

Isabelle is displeased with Eran. Looking at his expression, he eventually blurred his
words.

Of course, there was another reason for Eran's expression of irritation.

As he confessed his feelings in earnest, he was thinking about mobilizing all the help
he could make.

I thought about taking advantage of the fact because Liche and Isabel are on good
terms.

But apart from Isabel's fondness for her, it was unclear whether she would consider a
commoner a partner of her only son.

Eran and Isabel are between hats, but they haven't had much bond since they were
kids, and when they came back, they were still together.
It wasn't good.

So Eran couldn't figure out to what extent Isabelle cared about Liche.

I felt sick and tired of seeing the marriage letters of the aristocrats, but seeing the
mention of Perelman's daughter, I was determined to hide it until things went better.

I didn't win Lice's heart yet, but I thought Isabel might interrupt.

I thought I had shown considerable care for Liche, but Isabelle somehow didn't even
think about her marriage at all.

In fact, she also considered Liche terrible just because she saved her life, so she could
think that Eran cared about Liche with the same heart.

Isabelle cherished Liche so much as if she was obsessed with him, and everyone in
the Duchy even saw Eran, who was affectionate only to Liche, but thought, "I must
look like my wife."

Everyone tied Eran and Isabelle together and considered them to be "a little strange
people who obsessively care about competent Liche."

The status difference between aristocrats and commoners is also different, but it was
not even suspected that it was a feeling between men and women because it was cold
to others and gentle to Riche.

Looking at Eran's stiff face, Isabelle turned the subject after clenching her tongue.

"What are you going to do with Roman?"

"I'm going to let Perelleman struggle with his troubles for a while, because he seems
to have a debt to repay himself.
Maybe Liche was helping."

"Oh, Liche..."

Isabelle sighed and touched her forehead.

"I think she's weakened by the godfather's work. I have nothing to do with you,
but..."

"That's what he's supposed to be."

"Even if you are not interested in Perelleman's daughter, I cannot be indifferent to

Sioni's daughter. I'll be in on the interrogation myself."

"You're right. Anyway, I'm going to get going."

Eran once again disapproved of the letters piled up on his desk and added, "I'm sorry.

"There's a lot of paperwork to do with the international."

"Then you're going to your room?"

"No."

He stood up and said insignificant things.

"I'd like to drop by the kitchen."

Sensing that the kitchen's users would be on alert in an instant, Isabelle waved to go
without asking why.

And she gritted her teeth carefully thinking of her younger brother.

Looking at her son's solid back, who looked just like her dead husband, she thought
with conviction.

The best revenge she could do now was to let her son do whatever he wanted.

"Sioni..."

But there was something else that bothered her.

Sioni on the island of Laveli was liked by many people as soon as he showed his face
to the empire's society.

He was so attractive that even the blunt Seirin was close.

Even Lee Sabel, who had minimal social activities, became good friends with her
smart and cute.

Isabel was also one of the people who felt sorry for Zioni's death.

Not long ago, Eran told me that Sioni had sent his daughter to the Duke of Serius.

Liche said she had unlocked some sort of diary, but she had no idea.

Perhaps I trusted her and sent my daughter, but something must have happened in
the middle.

But if Wedderick and Roman are related to her...

"How should I see your face in the afterlife..."

Isabelle sighed and buried her face in her hand.

***

What happened?

I couldn't get out of bed for a while holding onto my dizzy, spinning head.

"It's an expensive drink, but it's not without a hangover..."

The problem was that I drank alcohol after a long time, so I covered it up and sipped
it.

My head hurts so much, but I couldn't remember what happened last night.

I think he came into my room and talked to Eran about something...

"Liche, can I come in?"

I heard a knock, how did I know that Eran thought like a ghost?

"Oh, I just woke up and I'm not ready for you..."

There was a sound of iron in my throat.

"It's okay. I thought so."

A kind answer continued outside the door.

I managed to lift myself up and stare blankly at Eran in such a neat outfit.

"Does it hurt? Does it hurt a lot? You drank a lot yesterday."

"Yeah... geez."

I wrapped my head in my hands and struggled to clear my throat.

"If I drink this much again, I'll go to the castle."

"If you seem to be drinking too much in the future, I'll remember this remark and tell
you."

"I don't need it. There's no way I can't remember."

"I hope the castle goes to Serius."

"What?"
She said, "No way," and she said, "I can't believe it."

I was blinking my eyes in a disheveled look in the bed, and he held a warm mug in
my hand.

"Lilia's honey tea for a hangover."

"Thank you."

I finally felt relieved after taking a few sips of sweet-scented honey tea.

It was excellent that the aftertaste was infused with the scent of fruit.

"Wow, it's delicious. Is it the chef's skill? I didn't know honey tea was this good."

"No."

Eran sat by my bedside and looked at me with sparkling eyes.

"I'm on board."

I slowly looked up after taking another sip.

"What?"

"I rode it myself. After 12 attempts, we found the best scale."

"Well, you could just go with the right amount..."

"I talked to the chef. I added a proper scent considering your usual favorite dessert
flavor."

"......Duke, did you have any of the hobbies you learned in Irvia that you can ride
honey tea?"

"No."

Eran looked me in the eye and said.

"My hobby is being nice to you."

"The Duke."

I was dumbfounded and opened my mouth.

Only then did yesterday's memories begin to come to mind intermittently.

My eyes rushed to the desk. I didn't remember the details, but I remembered some
blurry scenes.

' Right, ring! I got a ring!'

The burdensome gifts that lovers exchange!

"My specialty is listening to Liche."

"I told you you shouldn't talk like this."

"I told you to do it only to the girls you like. I'm keeping my word."

He smiled meekly, wrapping my hand in the cup once again.

"The advantage is the appearance of Liche's taste."

"......."

"The downside is that the man who is obsessed with Liche feels the urge to kill."

I tried not to be conscious of the temperature I felt in my hands.

"What are you doing?"

"Self-introduction."

At this point, Ferelleman's assessment of "weirdly grown" seemed to be accurate.

"How do you feel about your husband?"

"What?"

From the morning of adulthood, I wondered what kind of a bolt out of the blue was
this.

"At least put it on the candidate list."

He pushed his face into me and folded his eyes and laughed.
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I frowned and leaned back as much as I could.

"Prince, under Imperial law, commoners and nobles cannot marry."

"That's no problem. There are many ways to avoid it."

"I don't like illegal things."

"I know. That's why I've been waiting for your adult confession."

Every time I tried to run away, I felt stuck with affectionate affection.

"From being a adopted daughter in the form of another noble family to declaring an
independent duchy.....there are many ways."

Before I knew it, if he said he liked it, I felt like I was going to have a wedding.

Eran, who was staring at my embarrassing expression, glistened his eyes and made
his face closer to me.

"A month."

Eran smiled with her eyes folded.

"Give me a month. In the meantime, I will act as a man, not a noble."

"Well."

"If I don't look like a man after a month, I won't feel pressured."

I asked, looking suspicious.

"Can I resign a month from now?"

"Then you're not the only one in the world you promised before."
"What?"

"You said you wouldn't lie..."

He had a sullen voice like a child, but his eyes were almost like an animal that would
eat me.

"But you're healthy. It's different from then."

When I answered firmly, Eran's face was distorted by pain in an instant.

"...I don't think so, but I think about it then."

Anyway, I had to wait for Cancia at the Duchy and participate in the Konkuk
University.

"I don't think there's a reason why you shouldn't have another man you like."

In the end, I had no choice but to sigh and nod my head.

There was no logic to refuse to marry.

And I wanted to look into the strange excitement I've never felt before.

But I thought it would be a month, so I decided to take it as lightly as possible.

First of all, I had a more urgent problem.

"Oh, and... by when are you going to submit your documents on the international
community?"

"To start today, why?"

"I'd like to request a booth. I'll give it to you by this afternoon, just in time."

"To participate in the founding of the world?"

"Yes."
I finished the fragrant honey tea and nodded.

The person who lied to Perelleman and made him spend his life in vain, and he
planned to use Hans to destroy me.

In the end, I will leave it to Eran, the owner of the Duke of Serious, but it was my last
revenge on Baroness Cedar, who I could do with my own hands.

As Eran said, it was easy to kill. All you have to do is ask him.

But I wanted to give him a bigger setback.

"Okay, you can spend as much as you want. You know, right?"

"Anyway, at the top of Ferelleman..."

"No, Liche. Make sure the duke spends that much money."

If you leave Eran alone, you won't leave the room. He was ready to write
international documents together.

In the end, I had no choice but to kick him out with an excuse to wash up.

I apparently resigned impulsively last night, but when I looked for it after Eran left,
there was no sign at all.

"Is it a dream? I'm sure you wrote something."

And I was surprised again when I saw the ring box on the table.

A diamond ring, I got something ridiculous for my coming-of-age birthday.

I quickly closed the box and put it in the drawer.

Six years ago, the refreshing and cool breakup that I had packed when I came here
seemed already wrong.
9. Construction and international

The scale of the national foundation festival, the biggest festival in the empire, was
enormous.

There were so many things to see that foreign tourists also came to visit the capital in
time for a few days.

The most popular attraction was the procession of booths directly applied and
operated by each estate.

Various specialties as well as the local artisans were attracting tourists by operating
booths under the name of the territory.

The successful operation of the booth helped save the land and raised its reputation,
so the application and permission for the booth was directly controlled by each lord.

I am also a member of the "Duchy of Serious", and I have set up a booth in a pretty
good place.

The signboard "The Medical Counseling Center of Genius Doctor Liche Estelle" was
also beautifully attached, and the signboard was decorated with a sparkling villa
ceremony.

It was the decoration that Eran had obtained when he hugged me and brought me
up.

"I'll let you have anything you think is pretty."

Sparkling was still a noticeable decoration.

"I wish I could look pretty in your eyes."

There will be no woman who doesn't want to have Eran.

Whether it was an inauguration ceremony, a banquet, or a hunting contest, he was so

wonderful that aristocratic young men openly coveted him.

But if you say that you're going to make someone as beautiful as the glittering
decorations and be kind to the world...

It was Daniel who interrupted my subsequent thoughts.

"Let's close the door on the last evening."

Daniel looked at the boxes of herbs piled up in my booth and said, "I'm already
worried."

"I want to see fireworks."

"Fireworks?"

"They've brought in the largest amount of firecrackers this time."

As soon as I arrived at the booth parade, Diel shot around and asked me a lot of
information before long after.

"Do you see that warehouse at two o'clock? Everything over there is firecrackers."

"Really?"

"It's going to be spectacular. I don't want to miss the sights."

"Can't you see it from here?"

"What are you talking about? "Everyone at Serious can go to the third-class corner of
the viewing tower."
"Well... okay."

I nodded my head calmly.

It was common for most people to see in the square. Allowing all users to take third
place was an example of the value of Cerius' name.

"I don't think it's a big deal."

If it was such a great spectacle, fireworks were enormous even before returning
home. There must have been a rumor.

One or two of the guests who came to the clinic definitely deserved to brag, but they
didn't remember it.

No, come to think of it, I've never even heard that there was a fireworks display.

'Is this a new event after the regression?'

I was lost in thought, and Diel was excited and continued.

"This is the first time in 20 years that a Ticilia substitute is coming to the international
community."

It happened before the regression.

"Who the hell could be trusted this time?"

"Well, I don't think he has anything to do with us."

"That's true. Because 20 years ago, you were Prince Halldon."

All the people in the temple were in seclusion and could not be easily seen. However,
it sometimes appeared irregularly in the National Foundation, but I heard that a trust
would be granted to a selected person.

The trust is a sacred word that tells the person's future, but no one knew in principle
who would receive it.

As far as I remember, this trust was to be given to Marquis Frilitte.

I once treated a knight under the family during a hunting competition, but he was
basically nothing to do with me.

Even the contents of the trust were really meaningless to me because it only informs
the parties concerned.

However, it was enough gossip to say that Daesinyeo appeared in the national
foundation for the first time in 20 years.

"My booth is more important than that anyway."

I couldn't even participate in the national foundation because I had just opened a
lawmaker in my life before returning to Korea.

However, one day, I wanted to open a booth like this and create an opportunity for
people who are not sick enough to go to the clinic to receive medical counseling
lightly.

Prevention is important for every disease.

Of course, it was good that my reputation went up and my skills were recognized by
the world. Because my self-esteem as a doctor was quite high.

The plausible booth was completed, and I asked Diel one more time to confirm.

"You understand that you're going to sweep all the Amory flowers in circulation,
right?"

"Yes, I've checked it several times."

Daniel nodded sharply.

"Did you make sure you sent that letter?"

"Yes, I did."

Daniel answered my cautious question with a strange expression.

"Because Baroness Eccider is the same thing that Perelleman separated from her
daughter.....I hope she'll be scolded this time."

"You're gonna be hard on me. I will find out the relationship between the daughter
and the rebels."

No matter how much I thought about it, I was too deep in my heart. I've decided to
help Perelleman and her daughter reveal the situation just because she's a godfather.

However, I wanted to be of any help to the people of Ferelleman's family who were
nice to me.

"If you live so altruistically, you'll be blessed."

I stretched out and sat down.

Daniel bought me colorful handmade candies from the diagonal booth and sat across
my table.

There was no way for customers to come because the festival had not yet begun in
earnest.

I was eating candy quietly and talked carefully.

"Diel, you know what?"

"Yeah, why?"

" my friend...."

Diel nodded as if to speak.

" some guy asked my friend to see him as a man.my friend has been consciously
trying not to be in such a relationship."
" why? There must be a reason."

"It was, but it's disappeared."

"Then what's the problem?"

"All of sudden he asked to look at him as a man . I said yes because I wanted to see
it with all my heart. What should my friend do ?"

"I think I got the answer."

Daniel chewed the candy and said with a blank look.

"I guess your friend already likes him."

"......Huh? What the hell?"

"If you don't like it, you'd hate it when I asked you to look at me as a man in the first
place. For example, what would you think if I asked you to consider me a man?"

"It's so terrible that I don't even want to imagine it seriously."

"Look, people are simpler about reason than I thought. It's clear what you don't like,
right? The fact that it's not clear means that you have a certain amount of heart, but
you're forced to turn a blind eye."

I want to refute it, but I didn't know what to say, so I just sprouted my lips.
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Daniel continued immediately.

"Liche, you know what?"

"Huh? Uh."

"I want to ask you something."

"What is it?"

"Can I do anything for a medical consultation?"

Coincidentally, the seat in front of me where Daniel sat was arranged to seat a
medical consultant.

"Huh? Right?"

When I answered vaguely, Diel bit off his fingernails for a while and brought it up.

"You know, the paternity test."

"Yes."

As expected, I put my chin on my face and looked at Diel's nervous face.

In the meantime, he/she kept saying, "I'm doing a paternity test alone," and there
seemed to be another question.

"If you pass the hair test and the horsepower test, the last step is the reagent
reaction."

"Yes."

"And you've simplified the mana test into a reagent with a dragon's claws."

"Yes, it was a great discovery."

"What's the probability that the hair and horsepower tests match, and the reagent
reaction will be inconsistent?"
"Less than five percent? At least they're close relatives."

I tilted my head, saying the shame written in the book.

"Why? Both of them are in sync?"

Daniel shook his head in surprise.

"No, I don't know yet. The hair test results haven't come out yet. I think I'll find out
when I get back from international."

"Oh, I see."

I sighed with my arms crossed.

"If you both agree, you'd better be prepared to take responsibility."

"..........responsibility?"

"Is there a reason you can't get married? What's her opinion?"

"Liche, do you really think I've had an accident?"

Daniel shook his hand and smiled awkwardly.

"It's because it's my friend's job. It's not my business."

"Yes, yes, my friend's job..."

I immediately caught Diel's mouth shaking awkwardly, but I just nodded slowly
because I didn't want to dig into private life.

"Everyone's... Let's just say it's a friend's job."

"It's a real friend thing!"

The appearance of his anger definitely seemed to have been stabbed.

"Okay, okay."

I laughed after answering insincerely.

"But is it a son or a daughter? Let me get involved in my friend's business. You should
at least give it to your friend's child."

"Oh, it's unfair. That's!"

"That's that?"

"......that's!"

Daniel hit his chest with frustration, but could not give more details. He just looked
red and didn't know what to do.

He looked worried about whether to say or not, but his worries didn't last long.

Sir Seirin, who went to the opening ceremony of the Gun International,
ran quickly.

The opening ceremony was held at the imperial palace, and only the nobles could
attend. So until now, only me and Diel were in the booth.

"Liche!"

As soon as he found Ser Seirin, Daniel jumped up and disappeared inside the booth,
saying, "I'm going to clean up my luggage."

"I'm number one, right?"

"What?"

"I was faster than Arr than the madman of Nome or Serius."
I nodded with a clumsy smile.

Sir Seirin was dragging a chair next to me and sat down and crossed his arms.

"I snuck out in the middle."

"What? Can I?"

"No, you can't."

She yawned and shrugged.

"But I'm nervous because all kinds of guys are coming to Geon International."

"What?"

"If you're not as good as Cioni, I need to protect you. If you're caught in the wrong
way by a stray...."

I didn't know what would happen if I knew that "Serius's Mad Man" was coming at
me, even if I wasn't a wandering rump.

"Hey, can I ask you anything, really?"

A tourist with a unique foreign accent approached carefully.

"Yes! Of course."

I smiled and pointed to an empty chair.

So my medical consultation booth received its first guest and it has been booming
ever since.

***

"Darn it."

Heran was gritting his teeth and muttering. There's Liche in the pink booth over
there, but I can't go.
I didn't have time because there were many places to show my face.

He wanted to sit in the booth all day long, but he had to fulfill his responsibility as a
duke.

Still, I was relieved that Seirin kept Liche with a scary expression next to him.

In particular, there was a testimony from the articles that they tried to eat when a
male guest with a rather curly appearance came.

But that didn't mean that I liked Seirin.

It was enough to be wary of Perelleman saying, "Let's go to his own house."

"So the highlight of this festival is the last fireworks of the night."

Seliana said next to Eran, who was saying minimal words with no expression.

"If it weren't for that, I wouldn't have come all the way here."

Seliana, with her dark complexion, was a slimy beauty with her pink hair hanging
down.

She was a member of Irbian's Bangye royal family who lived close to Eran when he
stayed in Irbian.

"Well, that's a good excuse to get here."

And Eran knew why Seliana was so close to him.

"Jichel has already run away."

"We'll see how long the closest knight can stay away from the lord."

In Irbia, Zichel worked on Seliana, who he saw accidentally on the street

without knowing she was a royal.
Due to Irvia's free culture, Seliana, a member of the Banggye royal family, used to
wear clothes that were no different from ordinary people.

He wanted to play with fire once, and when he found out about her identity, he
apologized in surprise and tried to get out of his way quickly.

The problem was that Seliana liked him.

Geckel dodges around for reasons of identity.He left Irbia as if he were running away
after Gaheran.

"You'll have no choice but to meet me."

Indeed, as she said, Zikel ran away frightened, but she could not stay away from
Eran forever.

Seliana, who is not particularly interested in sports, had physical limitations, so she
could not follow the knight Geckel.

That's why I decided to stay close to Eran. So that you can face Zikel's face him.

"Have you asked me about the tender grass last time?"

In return, Seliana even made a very tempting offer.

"If you help me, I'll give you a seed that has just been successfully hydroponized in
Irvia."

In the past, Liche gently expressed her desire to have more glue.

"I think it would be easier to separate components with just one more gentle glue."

"You don't have to figure it out anymore, do you?"

"That's not true. This is now for academic curiosity and my pride."
However, as Liche said, it was hard to find because of the improvement of the gentle
grass.

Seliana said she was able to use her royal status to quickly get one from Irbian
medical researchers.

More importantly, comparing gently grass seeds with geckel was self-evident.

"Stay as close as you need. I'll cooperate unconditionally."

In addition, if Seliana was next to him, it was quite good for other purposes.

There was no noble young children who talked to him while whispering.

Seliana was a foreign royal and her exotic beauty was attractive, even though she
was in the room.

Young-ae, who sent an engagement letter and was completely ignored by Isabel, did
not hover around him unlike the hunting contest.

Rumors of a close relationship with Irvia, where he lived for five years, have been
flaming up a little by little.
Eran didn't pay much attention to it and was a bit sullen.

It didn't mean anything if Liche wasn't involved anyway.

More than that, he was too busy to go see Liche, but it was a small comfort that Jade
could not approach Liche because she was entertaining many people.

Far away, Jade was having a pleasant conversation with her half-brother, Haelden,
and his wife, Isella.

"That idiot still has no sense of crisis."

Eran mumbled to himself with his arms crossed.

Seliana didn't react to the words.

Seliana was also not interested in Eran, so she was just saying what she wanted to
say.
"I don't know what it's all about, the difference in status. They like me."

"So."

Eran replied with a nod.

"Why did you draw the line from the very beginning..."

"But can I still work hard to persuade you?"

"You should hope so."

And the people there were amazed at Eran's continued conversation with Seliana.

So far, Eran has not had a long conversation with any spirituality. He seemed to have
spoken to Bettia at the banquet before the victory, but he didn't even speak at all
during the hunting competition.

But I can't believe we're talking for so long.

"It means that you like your appearance when you see him on the street first. I
should at least push that out."

"I'm also pinning my hopes on it."

The two were just talking about each other, thinking of the person they wanted to
think of.
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It was now easy to take care of Mrs. Isabelle and Eran while serving as a doctor at
the Duchess of Serius.

Both of them were so good that they overflowed with me, and most of all, they were
basically healthy.

And it was good to be able to do as much research as possible in the lab when I had
free time.

It was thrillingly enjoyable to find out new things on your own.

However, it was fun to meet and treat a large number of unspecified people in a long
time, just like life before returning to Korea.

"Well, you have a weak digestive system."

My booth was very booming. It was because people who wanted to know their
physical condition were snooping, even though they were not sick enough to go to the
clinic.

And they said, "You're a genius doctor. It's a big meltdown." Spreading the same
words, we've invited all kinds of guests.

"When you eat meat, you'd better eat it a little slower."

"That's right! Every time I ate meat, I felt like I couldn't digest well."

"Or when you have a heavy meal, take a drop of this verky glue reagent. You'll be
much better."

I gave free medical treatment, but I got paid for all simple prescriptions.

What was unusual was that all the drugs I prescribed were concentrated reagents.

The concentrated reagent in a very small glass bottle was quite expensive instead of
effective if you eat just a drop.
Most people often listened to my simple advice and did not buy reagents.

I didn't care because it wasn't something I was doing because I didn't have enough
money anyway.

"Come on, next customer."

Kunkuk International was almost in the middle of the year.

Eran was too busy to show his face, but now he often stopped by.

But Ser Seirin was enough to keep his eyes open whenever a male guest came.

Furthermore, if Eran was keeping his seat, the guests were definitely discouraged and
mumbled, forcing me to kick him out.

Of course he protested at first, but all the problems were solved when I sighed,
muttering, "There must be so many delicious things here and there."

Since then, Eran has been visiting all the Oman booths and bringing all the local
delicacies.

You can order a servant, but he moved himself, saying he would see it with his own
eyes and live according to my taste.

As I was already busy and searched all kinds of booths, the time to see Eran's face
was absolutely short.

Seeing that the next customer was a woman, Serine left for a while, saying she was
going to the bathroom.

"Here's a doctor who's so brave. So I came here."

A woman with long shiny blond hair sat down, speaking softly.
Even in the evening when the sunlight was not very strong, she was wearing a hat
with a wide brim.

So I thought I could only see the features if I looked very closely.

"I'm sneaking out of your sight, so please do it quickly."

First of all, it was clear that she was an aristocrat. Otherwise, there was no way to
speak informally like this.

"The one who healed the Duke of Serious."

"Yes, that's me."

"To be honest, I don't really feel good for you, but..."

I checked the cold red eyes under the wide hat's brim.

No matter how much I think about it, I've never seen him before. It bothered me that
I didn't have a good feeling.

He was a person who was strangely rejected even though he was full of culture in his
self-possessed tone.

"I heard you're pretty good."

"That's right."

She reached out her hand to me.

It was a gesture that seemed familiar to the doctor to show symptoms.

"Go see."

It was an arrogant command.

If Ser Seirin was next to me, I would have said something, but first I held her hand
without saying much.
"Do you know what my problem is?"

"Yes, you're having a hard time getting pregnant."

She lowered her voice and answered immediately, and her face became stiff.

She took a breath for a while and asked, her lips clapping.

"What am I supposed to do?"

No matter how arrogant they were, they were all desperate in the face of physical
problems.

"I haven't had a baby in nearly 20 years already."

"......the problem is so complex that I don't think a simple prescription will solve it."

I answered with a heavy voice.

A few herbs didn't solve the problem.

"Of course your husband may have a problem, but it's true that your spell is going
wild, so you need more detailed and long-term treatment."

"What are you saying you can't do right now?"

There was a sense of urgency and annoyance in her voice.

"You think I've come all the way here to hear that it's hard?"

I answered patiently and calmly.

"It's a liver booth, so I can't fix it right away. But if you want something, the
ephemeral concentration reagent that calms you down......"

"Give me."
The concentrated reagent was quite expensive, but she cut me off without asking how
much it was.

"I think it'll work better if we just do a few things here, so just wait a minute."

I decided to do my best because I had a strong professional spirit even though I

didn't like it.

Of course, such a simple prescription was not an easy problem to solve. It was just a
little bit more likely, but it was obvious that pregnancy would not go well.

A few more herbal powders were being added, and someone rushed past the people
in line.

"Miss Liche!"

He was Crown Prince Jade with a bright and cheerful voice.

"I've been wanting to come, but I' I'm sure Eran said we could go that way...."

Jade's gesture pointed to the opposite direction.

"You must have no sense of direction. Well, that's innate. I'll give you a compass
without anyone knowing."

"I don't think it's already.....in secret, but..."

Daniel, who was organizing the reagents behind him, sighed.

I also swallowed the words that Eran did not teach me the wrong direction because he
was a rudder with a similar mind as Diel.

I wanted to keep that honor for the owner of Cerius.

"Okay, bye."
When Crown Prince Jade appeared, the guest in front of me suddenly stood up with
his hat pressed deeper.

I gave her a quick squeeze on the just-made reagent.

"You have to pay."

She bent her head down more and turned around hurriedly, handing over a ring.

"I don't need change..."

"Oh, my God, Isella? Isn't that your wife?"

But before she left in a hurry, Crown Prince Jade made a fuss and grabbed her.

"What's going on here?"

"Rice, it's nothing."

"You wanted to see Lice's skills."

Crown Prince Jade spoke brightly.

"How was it, did it help you? It's a real name."

"Prince, please do not tell the Prince."

Isella whispered low, unable to hide her embarrassment.

Crown Prince Jade tilted her head and nodded as if she knew.

"Well, you might be upset. He might think his wife came to Miss Lee Che because she
didn't trust the royal medical staff."

"It's not that I don't believe it, it's just out of curiosity..."

"You've been waiting in this long line out of curiosity? Oh, I'll keep it a secret. Of
course."
The secret had already been revealed to me at least.

Isela glared at Crown Prince Jade with her lips clapped, but she could not answer
back.

I knew the situation, so I looked at Daniel and shrugged.

The woman named Isela must have been Prince Haelden's tombstone. The only
person Prince Jade calls you is Prince Haldon.

So I have no good feelings for winning a bet with Prince Haalden.

However, it would have been rumored that I am better than the imperial medical
staff. So she, who was worried about infertility, must have come all the way here to
avoid others' eyes.

I felt like all the riddles, including a wide-brimmed hat and arrogant speech, were
being solved.

He knew that Prince Haelden had no children even though he was about the same age
as Perelle Lehmann.

I just thought that such a way of life was good, but my child seemed desperate.

"Do you happen to know? If I see my nephew because of Liche, will you be able to
relax with him? Isella will be the messenger of reconciliation."

It doesn't matter if you don't warm up. After a deep sigh, she gave a rough example
and quickly disappeared into the crowd.

She didn't seem to have any intention of becoming a reconciliation messenger either.

No, looking at his expression secretly, he no longer seemed to want to talk to Crown
Prince Jade.

Prince Jade shrugged her shoulders and opened her blue eyes in a circle.

"You don't have to be ashamed. You must be a little shy."

I glanced at Diel and each other and smiled awkward smile.

"Prince, I really appreciate your visit, but there are so many guests waiting for you..."

"Thank you. Miss Liche likes me."

Crown Prince Jade nodded as if he understood.

And behind him was a procession of people waiting for their turn without being able
to say anything to the Crown Prince.

"So why did you say you'd open the booth? There's a lot of things to see and enjoy,
Liche. "

"This is fun."

In addition, Baroness Ishider has yet to meet.

I sighed slightly as I glanced at the wooden sign, 'I prescribe it with concentrated
reagents.'

It's getting later than expected, but I'm sure he'll come to see me.

"There are a lot of people, so I'll just tell you what it is."

Prince Jade quickly grabbed something in my hand.

'What's this?'
105

It seemed like an invitation to see a flame-shaped painting.

"On the last day, you know the biggest fireworks show is scheduled, right?"

"Yes."

"And that's why the tower was built. I'd like to invite Ms. Liche to the first class
there."

Before I could answer anything, Crown Prince Jade continued with a wink of eyes.

"It's going to be spectacular. There are really only a few people who can watch it in
the first class. There was only one person I could invite. But it reminds me of Miss
Liche."

"Oh... thank you."

"Then you must come! I'll stop interrupting business and go. That's when we're gonna
talk. We're gonna be able to talk. Open it!"

Prince Jade no longer listened to my answer and left.

Diel sighed and muttered next to me when he saw the invitation I received.

"I envy you, Liche......... first class, you'll be able to see very well."

"Yes, you're in third place."

I also didn't hate the invitation because it was my first time watching the fireworks.

Originally, it was planned to be seen in the third class with other Cerus users, but at
once, it was seen in the first class, the highest floor.

However, it was Eran who was concerned.

' He already hates my entanglement with Crown Prince Jade...'

"But the Duke will be in first class, right?"

Just in case, when I asked Diel carefully, he nodded as if it were for granted.

"Don't you think so? Because he's a high aristocrat."

Then it was like watching it with Eran anyway.

There was no particular reason to refuse. And I had to receive the next guest without
any more time to think.

***

After receiving a lot of customers, I was taking a break, and Perelleman stopped by.

"Liche, you're busy, aren't you? Eat and do it."

He bought a cherry tart in the south territorial booth, which went viral, and spoke in a
scatteringly.

"I heard it's famous."

"Oh, that's delicious."

Perelleman's face was full of disappointment.

"Have you tried it?"

It was Daniel who answered the words.

"The Duke has already bought and carried all the famous things."

I pointed at the back of the booth.

All kinds of food, unusual herbs, and accessories that Eran had bought and piled up
were piled up.
Perhaps he is still searching through booths and booths himself.

Perelleman sighed as if he was fed up.

"Anyway, it's not normal."

Daniel nodded fiercely from behind.

"Liche, isn't it hard to live comfortably in the Duchy and suddenly get so busy?"

Perelleman's work turned the subject around as if he didn't want to talk about Eran
anymore.

"We're going to get more and more customers. Everyone's been talking about Lice
Estelle's booth."

I answered with a shrug.

"Everyone knows I'm outstanding."

It didn't turn out to be something I did in my old life. Besides, there was a reason
why I made the booth under my name.

"It's good to be recognized by many people and famous for your skills."

"Yes."

Perelleman answered, clearing his throat.

"It's exciting to be famous."

There was also a reason why a fairly individualist entered the imperial medical
research team as a young man.

Entering the research team itself meant recognition of ability, and even if you present
great research results, the whole nation will know.
He also did not hate being called a genius here and there.

Now that I'm an adult, I wanted to make a name for myself with great skills.

He wanted to show Lice Estelle's skills confidently, not the doctor of the Duke of
Cerius.

In addition, receiving an unspecified number of guests for the first time in a long time
reminded me of the past, so I enjoyed it.

But I had someone waiting now.

"Are you still up?"

Perelleman asked briefly, and I knew who he had in mind.

"Yes, but he'll be here soon."

I glanced at the sign in front of the booth and answered.

"You'll have no choice but to come."

In the past life, the end of those who had devastated the Duke of Cerius was really
coming.

***

I've been looking for it for a few days now, but the Amory flower has dried up in the
market.

It was because of Perelleman's top, which is operating exclusively on the top of the
herb.

Roman could easily see where all the Amory flowers had gone.

According to the servants, Riche Estelle had purchased all the Amory flowers through
the top of Perelle Leman for the Gun International Booth.

"That commoner girl is a stumbling block in everything."

Roman gritted his teeth.

"I should have gotten rid of it then..."

I should have been more careful when I used Hans to dig a trap.

He was much smarter than I thought, much more disturbing.

However, regretting it now was inevitable.

"The Baron."

He was sighing, tearing his head off, when the servant knocked on his office door.

"Come on in."

Roman hesitated and asked the servant in a hurry.

"Have you noticed?"

"Yes, I've just been to that booth."

The servant replied with a nod.

He had come by Roman's command to find out how Liche used the Amory flowers in
the booth.

"The booth was selling concentrated reagents..."

The most effective way to receive many customers at such a booth was to win.

Roman frowned and nodded.

"We were selling a bottle of Amory flower concentrate for 300,000 gold."

"What? 300,000?"
Considering the price of the Amory flower, it was ridiculous.

"Who buys it?"

In addition, the Amory flower was not a very effective herb because it was not in
demand.

Only one, except for the skin disease he knows...

"It's for beauty purposes, but I don't think it's sold at all. It doesn't seem to be
unconscionable, so you don't seem to have any intention of selling it."

It is true that Amory flowers are good for skin beauty, but there were many herbs
that could replace their efficacy.

Roman nervously tapped his finger on the desk.

Not long ago, a letter from the Information Guild said he knew where Wedderick was.

The letter, which demanded a huge amount of money, contained a handful of pale
brown hair that was apparently Wedderick's.

The Information Guild, which operates in the shadows, also included accurate
information about Aaron Krilsso, who disappeared together.

Instead of a fake new product to put into the Duke of Serious, he was also pointing
out the exact connection.

Unusual amounts were needed to contact the information guild, but Roman had no
choice.

However, the baron did not have that much money.

Already preparing for the rebellion, the territory had always been in financial
difficulties, but it had almost emptied all emergency funds to the intelligence guild in
the west.
"If it's a concentrated reagent, I can understand that you've taken all the Amory
flowers out of the market."

Roman slowly rose to his feet.

It was true that money was needed.

And the plan was interrupted in the middle, but now there was only one chance to
make a fortune.

Before Wedderick disappeared, it was fortunate that he heard the story of "him" and
worked on the underground work at the Duchy of Maileys.

"I'm going to get it."

Roman murmured in a low voice.

"What?"

The servant, who knew the money situation clearly, looked at Roman as if he was
embarrassed.

This was because it could not have been possible to buy Amory flower concentration
reagents that were priced ridiculously.

"You'll have to go in person to do that."

Roman ignored the servant's anxious look and continued to talk.

It was not a situation where I could ask my subordinates to buy it for money.

In addition, he was an aristocrat, and if he went to cc himself, there was no reason

why he couldn't add one more pengmin.

If I leave now, I thought I could arrive in the latter half of the tournament.

Roman hurriedly prepared to go out.

"Baron, but..."
The servant clapped his lips and just shut them up.

"You never know. Will Ticilia give me the trust when I go to the National Foundation?"

Roman muttered to himself.

"Then maybe we can find out where Wedderick is......"

106

With Eran's money and power, I stayed in the most pleasant luxury inn in
the crowded capital.

Because I talked all day long, I was spending a leisurely night drinking herbal tea that
was good for my throat.

"Can I come in?"

"Yes."

I was reading a medical book, and as I did every night, Eran came in.

Throughout the international community, I would watch his condition, have a few
casual conversations, and send him back.

Of course, I felt a little nauseous when he stared at me, but I tried to stay as usual
without making it obvious.

"Are you uncomfortable with anything?"

When I stood up and said, Eran replied with a smile.

"Snow."

"What? What are your symptoms?"

"I haven't seen you very often in the last few days, so I'm lost."

Despite being a large adult man, he looked strangely cute with his mouth drooping.

Every time he artificially made a whining voice, the face of his childhood, which
seemed to have disappeared at all, suddenly appeared.

"I think it's a mental breakdown, but I'm in trouble."

I answered with a very serious look.

Eran sighed exaggeratedly.

"Please take it. You said you'd take it up to a month."

"Hmm... yes. I'll take it."

I nodded gladly because the appointment was a promise.

"Then do you want to go out?"

"What?"

"You're working in the capital. Why don't you get some fresh air? The weather's nice."

The object changed cleverly from accepting conversations to accepting dates all of a
sudden.

I looked at his folded eyes as if he had been possessed, despite the calculated
imperative from the beginning.

Apparently, he/she was determined to wear clothes that fit him/her, refreshing body
scent, and naturally trimmed hair.

"I even prepared coconut cookies and pastries for a late night snack."

"Hmm..."

"It's a cool night breeze, and it's going to be delicious if you take a bite while looking
at the beautiful scenery."

"Pretty scenery?"

"To go to the most beautiful place in the capital, people hardly know. Don't you want
to see?"

Eran was offering a perfect date, and I couldn't find any reason to refuse.

There was no reason for him to be bad as a man, given his status as a noble and a
commoner.
If you look at the shell, it's a perfect score!

"I guess your friend already likes him."

Every time this happened, I remembered what Diel said.

Until now, I had not thought about it at all due to my rational personality, but I didn't
have to push back when I said I would take care of my status.

"Yes, let's go."

He grinned and reached out his hand to me when I spoke calmly.

"Wow..."

I was a little surprised and held my breath.

It was a deserted hill where I rode a horse with Eran.

A panoramic view of the colorful capital was seen at a glance.

The night market, which lights up various brilliant lights, the riverside where the
moonlight fluttered, and the sparkling lanterns of children around it were so beautiful.

Indeed, it was an attraction that Eran could guide with confidence.

"You seem to feel pressured to be in the booth."

He spoke softly, laying a picnic cloth where I would sit.

"So I went around looking for things to give you......and looking for a good view in my
spare time."

As I sat down carefully, Eran quickly put the snacks in the basket in front of me.
"I came to the capital anyway, and I wanted to ask you out once. You have to do your
best."

"Everything looks delicious."

"Everything's gonna be delicious. After I came back, I studied Lice Estelle's taste buds
so hard."

He sat next to me and put the cookies in my mouth.

I didn't try to answer back, but I liked the taste of the butter-flavored cookie, so I
closed my mouth for now.

"That's enough to be the male candidate for Lice Estelle."

"........."

"It's no match for a dumb prince who knows how to pick up a booth for nothing."

I thought it would be better not to say that Crown Prince Jade gave me the first-class
invitation here.

It was my simple consideration that he could not ruin the date he prepared so hard.

Anyway, there was such a beautiful scenery in front of me, and sweet happiness was
in my mouth.

"So... is it still in your eyes that I was a kid?"

"You're definitely not in any trouble at all now..."

"You know what, I'm."

He whispered, sweeping away the cookie crumbs around my mouth.

"The day you were bitten by a snake instead of me who was sick, I hated my damn
chronic disease."
In the distance, I could hear grasshoppers crying.

"Do you happen to know? That messed up outing was our first date."

At that age, I was going to say it was ridiculous to have a date, but he came close to
me and looked me in the eye, so I missed the timing.

Seeing his face getting too close, I swallowed my dry saliva.

I saw him every day, but every time I saw him, I was always amazed.

I couldn't control my expression and my mouth opened slightly.

Without missing the gap, Eran slightly scanned my lips with his long fingers.

"But the second date is different......and I'll come running with you in my arms, and
I'll give you a lot of good memories in a much more beautiful and cozy place."

The black eyes had a strange and harsh atmosphere, and the voice was almost
whispering.

The sparkling background over there in the deep night gradually blurred. My eyes
became blurry, too.

Eventually, his mouth, which began to rub my lips gently, slipped up.

"I thought that the first meeting between you and me would be different when we
meet again, even if it was a one-sided care for a sick child."

Knowing that he was almost determined and poured color, his heart began to pound
as if he was going to fall for it.

At the same time, I thought it was cute to see his cheeks burning brightly and his arm
muscles standing firmly and showing signs of nervousness.
"I miss you so much that I'm going crazy every day."

"Well, but I'm just like I am now..."

If I were to date Eran, overcome all the obstacles, and get married, I would become a
duchess like Mrs. Isabelle.

I didn't want to live as a doctor and manage my land.

"Of course you can do whatever you want. That's the coolest and most like you."

Eran smiled and said, maybe he noticed what I was going to say.

"Look now. I want to stay by your side forever, but I'm away from you in the middle
of your day, suffering from whatever care you want."

It was difficult to refute because it was logically blocked.

However, I have never thought deeply about dating a man since my last life.

I've only thought about the primary principle of wanting to be handsome.

I could understand how Xioni felt when she said she only saw her face.

And in that sense, Eran was even accepted.

"Think slowly. I can wait for a lifetime."

"For life?"

"Of course."

He breathed for a moment and slowly moved away.

Then I picked up my hair and put the end of it on my lips.

Just a few minutes ago, the closest thing to his lips was my lips.
I swallowed a sigh at my fast-spreading imagination, and he muttered with a smile,
whether he knew it or not.

"You said you and I were the only ones."

I didn't expect the words I used to talk about when I was a kid to get away from
Wedderick.

"Keep me at the top of your list as you promised. Now in a different way."

His black eyes kept staring at me.

"You know, I can... do anything for you."

His eyes looked like a carnivore, but his tone was as if he were whining.

I cleared my throat and pulled out the hair that touched his lips.

"......I'll think about it. We still have time. I have to pay attention to other things."

"If it weren't for you, what would have happened to Serius?"

"Wederick must be in the Duke's place now. If there's a revolt soon, Serius will
quickly be listed as a rebel."

I ate a cookie and said indifferently.

"Then wouldn't I have died in the hands of Crown Prince Jade?"

"You don't have to be so specific. It's not going to happen anyway."

There was no need to protest the remark.

We shared snacks and sat side by side looking down at the capital.

That's the palace, that's the hunting ground, that's the costume street.....because I
spent a lot of time with the nobles in the early days of the dry world, Eran already
knew the geography of the capital.

"I heard that there is no empty inn because the girl instead of Ticilia gave me the
trust after 20 years."

Eran said, pointing to the packed inn street.

"Just in case you think you're going to be the main character."

It was tempting for the general public to point out any of the people who participated
in the founding festival and tell them the future.

The object could have been a prince like last time, but it could have been a beggar on
the side of the road.

"Duke, do you want a trust?"

In his last life, Eran did not participate in the founding festival.

If the subject of the trust is changed, it means that the situation before the
regression has become a variable.

Eran was a newcomer to the national foundation.

Therefore, it was possible that Eran, not Marquis Frilit, could receive a trust.

"No."

The answer was quick.

"No matter what you hear, there's only one future I think of anyway. I'll never accept
anything else."

The future seemed to be me.

"If I say I like the uglier one, I'll wait for that bean to come off, and if I say I like the
better one, I'll be better."
He muttered eeriely, then changed his expression again and reached out to me.

"Liche, your hand hurts because you held the reins so hard."

"Really? Then the emergency medicine..."

"No, I think it'll be better if you hold my hand."

It was a trick that both the speaker and the listener could not help but know, so we
made eye contacting each other.

Holding his big hands, I moved my eyes back to the beautiful panorama of the
capital.

Until the moon went down, we recalled our childhood together, and talked about
rebels or Wedderick.

It was a dark night, a quiet late summer night with no one.

It was definitely a date several times better than a clumsy picnic in the mountains
behind the duk-ryeong.
107

It was the last day of the Foundation Day that Baron Lee Sider visited me.

His estate and capital were quite far away, so he must have run hard and timed it
after figuring out the situation.

"Ah."

I smiled with a glad smile at the face of Baroness Ishider sitting in front of me.

"Hi, I've seen you at the Duke of Serious."

"Yes, my sister was really nice to you."

He answered roughly and looked at the sign with anxious eyes.

The large standing signboard for anyone to see contained the price of several
concentrated reagents.

[Approximately 39.9 gold for concentration of chikaripul, which is good for

stomachache]

in this fashion

Of course, the most expensive concentrated reagent was located at the top.

[Amory Flower Enrichment Reagent 300,000 Gold Good for Skin.]

To be honest, it was a ridiculous price.

Customers who often looked at the signboard asked if it was such a good reagent for
their skin.

I answered conscientiously, 'Honestly, the cost-effectiveness is not good, it's just for
personal collection.'

Therefore, none of the concentrated reagents, which were made by sweeping all the
Amory flowers in the market, were sold.

"But that amory flower concentration drug."

"Yes."

"I heard you used the top of Perelleman to buy the Amory flowers."

"Yes. Isn't the color so pretty?"

I still wasn't confident in acting, so I coughed up a normal purple reagent.

"It's for collection."

Of course, Baroness Lee Sider was out of her mind, so I didn't seem to care much
about my awkward handling of the lines.

His eyes were bloodshot and bloodshot due to his son's disappearance, and his hair
was also dry.

"We've collected only five bottles of concentrated reagents."

"..........1.5 million gold? It's ridiculous compared to the usual market price of Amory
flowers. Do you think it's worth it?"

"What..."

I shrugged my shoulders.

"It's the seller's heart, that's. I don't care if it doesn't sell."

Baron Lee Sider was about to say something with his forehead as thick as he could.
Sir Seirin, who was grinding his teeth with his arms crossed next to him, joined in
curtly.

"Can't you see anyone waiting in the back? Just tell me what you need. Are you going
to live or not?"

"Sir Seirin."

Baroness Ishider looked at Ser Seirin with a faint face.

"No matter how socially inept you are, did you speak informally to me now?"

Baron Isider was much older than Ser Seirin.

But it seems to me that Ser Seirin was holding back a lot just because he didn't put a
sword in his stomach.

"Sir Seirin is right. Make a quick decision. You're interested in this concentrated
reagent, but I'm sure you're still interested in Mrs. Isabelle's...."

The words slightly subdued Baroness Ishider's red face.

Turning my attention, I spoke boldly.
"If you buy all five bottles, I'll give you 10 gold."
"What? Ten gold? 10 out of 1.5 million gold?"
"......if you don't like it. Some commoners live a week with 10 gold."

I spoke calmly and put my chin down.

I think I know Baroness Ishider's mind now.

You may already know that the nobles of Maileys, who came to the Duchy of Maileys
with cosmetics, were in chaos.
Baron Lee Sider must be the one who distributed the defective cosmetics.
The Duchy of Maileys was a small but wealthy country, and it was obvious that if the
cure was developed and sold at a high price, it would make a million gold.

Jensi's public expense also boasted that he could pay me as much as he wanted.
The plan was originally designed to mobilize funds for the rebels.
I had even concentrated it on the cure for comfortable use it comfortably.
If you invest 1.5 million gold now, you will think you can make several times more
money.
"I got it."
Baron Ishider hesitated and eventually said.
"I'll buy everything."
"Yes. Will you give me cash?"
"......I'll give you the money in 15 days."
"That's not true."
I frowned with absurdity.
"No credit."
"You don't know me? You're the uncle of the Duke of Cerius, whom you owe! You're
an unfounded commoner."
"I owe you one."

Sir Seirin banged in on the table.

"The Duke of Serious may be indebted to Liche."
She flashed her eyes as if she were about to pull out a sword.
I grabbed her by the wrist and kept her from getting up, I said quickly.

"I'm sorry, but I'm an unfounded commoner, so I don't know much about the good
faith of the nobles. So you have to pay me first."

"......I don't have enough cash because I have somewhere to invest."

At that time, Diel, who was dawdling from behind, approached.
"The baron is a nobleman."
Daniel said softly, falling far from Sir Seirin.
"Unlike the common people like us, can't you draw a bill?"
"Oh, you'really."
I shouted back, but I quickly shut up because it seemed a little awkward. As
expected, I was not good at acting.
Unlike ordinary people, who had to make cash transactions unconditionally, the
aristocracy was able to write bills.
"It's just the capital, so there's a few banks nearby."
Daniel kindly pointed his finger at the bank.
"Wouldn't it be about 1.5 million gold if you write a bill?"

"That'll do."

Sir Seirin spoke bluntly from the side.

"If you don't have money and you want it, you'll bet your life."

"If you keep talking like that."

Baron Isider was shaking and glaring at Ser Seirin.

"I'll say a word to Perelleman's son."

Having delivered a really brazen line, he jumped up and began to walk toward the
bank pointed by Daniel.

When he came back, he had a bill clearly inscribed with 1.5 million gold in his hand.

I gave a vaguely different topic of conversation.

"Wederick is missing."

"........"

"My assistant, Aaron Krilso, is gone, too."

"You don't know where you are?"

"Of course. Do you know any place Aaron could go?"

When I heard that I didn't know, he gave me a look that my last use value had fallen.

"What do you know?"

He put the bill on the table as if he were throwing it grumblingly.

"I have no reason to care about the fallen aristocrats. What do you mean you don't
have anything..."

Believing Baron Isider and Wedderick as solid strings, Aaron, who hung desperately,
was pitiful.
I quickly collected 1.5 million gold bills and handed them to Diel without asking any
more questions.

Behind the scene was the bank president's name and Baroness Lee Sider's
handwritten signature.

"Take it with you."

Daniel quickly brought the amory flower concentration reagent.

"The fireworks are about to start.

It takes some time to get organized."

On the last day of the founding festival, it was the night of the largest fireworks
display that everyone was looking forward to.

Clearly, other booths were cleaning up faster than usual.

Baron Ishider could have asked Eran to lend him money, so he never let Eran stop by
my booth today.

That's why I only heard the greeting 'See you at the fireworks, Liche.'

He muttered, "There must be a lot of people." He said, "Wherever I am, he's

confident that he'll find me no matter how." The horse is back.

Of course, Duke Serius would be the winner of the first class, but he didn't give me a
ticket to the first class ticket.

I wondered if he knew that he had received an invitation from Crown Prince Jade.

The night view of the capital with him last time was certainly a good memory.

Maybe we should watch the fireworks together. It was when I was thinking without
realizing it.

Suddenly, people who were crowded on the street began to split into two.
Sir Seirin, who had been grumbling all the time, was also gliding at a woman
approaching with her mouth wide open.

"Poetry , Goddess?"

The first person to react was Baron Ishider, who was standing in front of me.

Ticilia, who had given credit to Prince Haelden 20 years ago, was walking slowly.

From the moment she entered the temple, Ticilia, who said she would not age, looked
like a little girl about ten years old.

It must have been this appearance 20 years ago.

Every time she moved, a clear sound came from the drop at the end of her white
robe.

Despite being a child, there was a great deal of energy and silence throughout the
street.

'Oh, I can't believe I'm seeing you at Gunkuk International.'

After the founding of the country, I might not be able to see Ticilia for the rest of my
life.

It was because she appeared at her own disposal and disappeared at her own
disposal.

Looking at her with a smile on her face with a rare sight, surprisingly, our booth was
where she approached.

"Poetry , I think you're going to lower the trust."

There was a whisper in the next booth.

It was the trust that only one person who was selected among those who attended
the national foundation festival would be granted.
'Wasn't the trust the Marquis of Frillitte? I've been making a lot of noise about it.'

I looked around in embarrassment. However, Marquis Frillitte was not seen.

As a high-ranking aristocrat, he could not have been here because he would be in the
top of the viewing tower by now.

If Marquis Frillit is not the main character of choice, it must be the main character
who is in a different situation than before his return.

A person in this neighborhood who did not attend the National Foundation before
regression but attended after regression.

So I thought Eran might get it this time, and the last time I thought it was easy,
uh.....

There was another person who satisfied the same conditions.

'It's me!'
108

I was about to wake up surprised, but Baron Isider was faster.

"Goddess!"

Instead of Ticilia, he knelt before her and shouted desperately.

"Are you here to drop me a trust?"

Instead of Tiscilia, her golden eyes did not even look at him, but Baroness Cedar
shouted excitedly.

"Son, will you tell me where my son is? What?"

When she passed him instead of Ticilia, Baron Ishider shook his arm to grab the hem
of her dress.

"To me, please give me the trust..."

Surprisingly, whenever he tried to grab the collar, her collar dodged his hand like a
creature.

It was when I was admiring the unrealistic sight.

Her distant golden eyes met mine.

"You know."

The old man's voice flowed out of his childish little lips.

"The subject of my trust."

I got up slowly and instinctively and politely put my hands together.

Countless people's eyes were on me.

Rumors spread all over the country about people who received trust from Daeshin.
Not everyone knew that Prince Haelden was the main character of the past trust for
no reason.

Maybe tomorrow, 'Liche Estelle, a commoner who runs a booth at Gunkuk

International, has received a trust.There will be no one who doesn't know about the
fact that '

Her small body came to mind standing in front of me.

And she whispered in my ear.

"I'm sorry about the last trust."

No matter how clever I was, I couldn't understand a single story because it was so
bottomless and endless.

Words continued before I asked what the hell I was sorry for.

"But trust is God's will and not my will."

Her speech was too small for anyone but me to hear.

"Cancia will tell you everything soon. You get to know the whole truth. This is the
trust for you."

I opened my eyes round with surprise.

He didn't know that Kansia's name would come from here.

I suddenly thought she might know everything I've come back to.

"Because I'm a man who knows the old trust."

If it was the last trust, it seemed to refer to the trust that was given to Prince
Haelden.

"Your altruistic choices will find what has been lost."

Her body sank gently again before I asked her anything.

And as I had come, I began to turn around with all kinds of eyes.

"Liche, don't tell anyone about the trust."

Daniel quickly asked me, looking at me with a blank expression.

"If God reveals his cherished trust, he'll be cursed for being wronged. You've heard of
it, haven't you?"

"......I know."

Naturally, Prince Haalden never told the people around him the contents of the trust.

I stood still for a moment as if I were dreaming.

"Well, by the way, Liche.....that you're the hero of the trust..."

Daniel murmured blankly as if he were surprised.

"Ah."

Everyone's eyes were on me near the booth.

"I didn't think I'd be able to see you so close to the trust."

Even Sir Seirin looked incredible.

"Now there will be no one in the country who doesn't know your name, Liche."

How dare you not ask me about the contents of the trust, how do you feel about
being trusted around you?
The doors poured out.

I answered all those questions roughly, reflecting on the cryptic words that she said
instead of Ticilia.
He stood calmly in front of others, but his mind was so complicated.

I thought I was controlling everything myself because I knew the future, but I was
embarrassed that there were things I didn't know.

After dragging Baron Ishider down to the floor and frustrating him, all the goals I set
after my return were fulfilled.

There was nothing more to know and nothing to do.

But is there any truth left for me to know?

Besides, what else do I find missing?

However, I felt like I had to keep thinking about the problem that could not be
answered in the future.

I was even more distracted by questions and appreciation, and people coming to see
me.

I was a little late to go to the viewing tower to see the fireworks because everyone
around me was surprised and embarrassed.

***

"Miss Liche!"

The number of people in the first class was so small that I was quite embarrassed.

The simple viewing tower, built for the fireworks display, is a pyramid-shaped
structure, and the higher the floor, the narrower the number of people and the fewer
the number of people.

Therefore, when standing on the railing of the first class, you can see the second
class, which is just below the second class, and the third class below the second class.

Perelleman's own position allowed him to go to second class.

But when asked if he was going to see fireworks, he was interested in popping money
out of the sky.
There is no such thing as "There is no such thing as that."

The number of people in the first class was absolutely small, so the space was
relatively wider than the third class, which was crowded with people.

In addition, how splendidly decorated it was, there were large marble statues lined up
here and there.

Leaning on the railing, he was snooping down the third-class seat on the lower floor,
and Crown Prince Jade approached him.

"It's later than I thought. It's starting soon. Cause you're in her trust, aren't you?"

"Oh, the rumors are fast."

I smiled slightly, embarrassed.

"I hope it was good."

Prince Jade blinked blue eyes as she handed me a glass of champagne.

"Was it 20 years ago that Brother Haalden was trusted..."

In the distance, the prince Haelden was leaning against the railing with his
own yellow monument.

Isella, who came to my booth last time, was right.

They both look quite old, but I remembered that they have no children.

"I can't remember because I was so young, but even then, my substitute girl came
and whispered to Hayldon. And when he heard that, Haelden's face was very
wrinkled. I don't think that's a good word."
Prince Jade sighed, scratching her head.

"We used to assume that we were all told that we wouldn't see our children over
time."

I still see hope and desperation in Isela's face.....

Anyway, I didn't have to argue about the royal family, so I just nodded awkwardly.

"I hope Miss Liche hears good words. That way, you'll feel good today."

"That was a good word."

I picked up a finger food that was being held by a servant passing by and said
brightly.

In fact, my head was dizzy because I kept thinking about the trust, but I thought I
should forget it consciously now.

"I feel good about leaving it."

Thinking about Baron Ishider's well-prepared bill, I grinned again.

By the way, I looked through not many first-class people, but I couldn't see Eran.

I thought what happened, but Prince Jade continued.

"Good thing. Of course you're happy to see me, aren't you? I have something I want
to say to Miss Lee Che today."

Since there was no Eran, it was safe to say that few people I knew in the first class.

I was quite a foreign being among the high aristocrats and the royal family.

"The Emperor couldn't make it because of his illness, so I think I should make the
opening speech. Stay here, I'll be back."

Because of his old age, the emperor has not been able to come to such a big event
since a few years ago.

Prince Jade kissed me on the back of my hand and quickly moved to the center.

It was planned to announce the start with a congratulatory speech on the biggest
fireworks ever.

I sipped champagne alone with no one to pretend to know.

'I thought you'd have Eran.'

I was surprised at the thought that I didn't know.

I've been looking for him since the moment I came to the first class.

There's no reason for me to take care of you or protect you anymore.

Later, at the fireworks, I kept reminding myself of the word "Mandazza."

'Cause you don't know anyone, do you?'

I leaned on the railing by myself and looked at the third class below.

If he found Diel's pink hair, he would wave his hand to raise his medicine.

There were quite a few people in the third class, and it took some time to look
through because it wasn't just downstairs.

Crown Prince Jade's opening speech was spilling out of one ear and looking down, and
I saw a clear pink hair.
'Huh?'

My eyes grew bigger as I raised one hand thinking it was Diel.

She was not Daniel, but a woman with long pink hair.

What was surprising was the presence of Eran, who was next to her.

'Why is she in third class...? That's with a girl, too?'

I squinted and looked, but I didn't know him.

At least Diel was the only one with such pink hair at the Duke of Cerius.

I first saw Eran alone with another woman for so long.

While I was looking at them, they were shooting around and guarding each other.

'Maybe he thinks I'm in third place.'

He did not know that he had been invited to the first class by Crown Prince Jade, and
seemed to think he was in the third class with the people of the other Serious Duchy.

I was about to get closer to the railing and wave.

"Hey......"

No one here would know me, but someone talked to me carefully.

"Little Liche?"

"Oh, my."

I turned around and smiled broadly with joy.

"You must be feeling well now."

The young man in front of me was Essien Rage, who I treated at the last hunting
competition.

Just as he said he would get well if he had enough rest, his condition seemed very
good.

"What's going on here?"

In contrast to me smiling with joy, his face was stiff as if embarrassed.

"Uh... the Crown Prince invited me."

I blinked and answered, "Why did you come here when you were a commoner?"

"Sir Essian, what's going on here..."

"I'm here as an escort for Yeongsik, Marquis of Prilit."

He answered stiffly, looked around once, and hesitated for a moment.

There was an awkward silence between us because we didn't seem to have the will to
continue the conversation.

I held my silence for a while and asked carefully.

"Anything you want to say?"

When Essien looked hesitant, he took a sigh and spoke low.

"You'd better leave here, miss."

His eyes trembled nervously.

"What?"
"Go somewhere else."

My expression is also solidified.

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It occurred to me that he would not give this warning for no reason.

"It was the luckiest thing in my life that Miss Liche ever took over me, not the
Rewelich spirit."

"Don't forget to pay me back if you have to pay me back later."

Essien was a knight, and he couldn't have said useless things to me, who had done
me a favor.

I was trying to ask why, but from far away, the Marquis of Frillit shouted.

"Sir Essien! Where the hell are you?"

Essien looked me in the eye for a moment and looked back with one more wink.

"Oh, I wanted to say hello to you because of Lady Liche."

As soon as he answered, Prince Jade's opening speech ended.

"So, we will start the fireworks display of the National Foundation Festival, which
everyone expected!"

Even the people in the square began to cheer, and with the loud sound of
firecrackers, colorful fireworks flew up.

The fireworks in the night sky were definitely a magnificent sight.

Everyone looked blankly at the night sky, exclaiming.

I didn't want to ignore Essien's warning, so I looked around with a straight face.
Crown Prince Jade, who finished his opening speech, approached.

"What do you think, Miss Liche? Didn't I make a good opening speech? Wasn't it
cool?"

"......yes, well."

He couldn't say that he didn't listen properly because of his conscience, but after
answering roughly, he began to force an excuse to leave the place as Essien said.

"But I can't see the Duke. We were supposed to meet..."

"It was in the third class."

He answered innocently.

"Maybe Seliana didn't make it to the top. Foreigners can't make it to the first class."

"Se, Seliana? Do you happen to have pink hair and a little dry skin..."

It's not the right time, but my voice was shaking for a while.

"Yeah, I think we're not normal because we've been together all over the world. The
Duke lived close to Irbia and was close to her when she was in Irbia."

It was a completely new story.

Come to think of it, Eran lived in Irvia for five years. There could have been a close
neighbor.

"I've never seen a duke so long with a girlfriend. I guess he wasn't interested in other
aristocratic young children because he left Jeongin in the south. That's what everyone
thinks."

I knew how much Eran was sincere to me, so I thought there would be some
misunderstanding.

Nevertheless, I could feel myself that my expression began to harden slightly.

'You don't like pink hair.....'

Instinctive displeasure was inevitable.
Crown Prince Jade continued the story in excitement without noticing.

"Well, it's a bit of a waste to be a duke, but I'm a loyalist, so I wanted to congratulate
you no matter what. I thought you weren't interested in women, but you must have
been a pure heart. He couldn't forget the origin of the faraway place."

I looked down once again.

Indeed, a woman named Eran and Celia were walking around alone.

It was strange to see him with a woman I didn't know.

"Didn't you know that Miss Liche lives in the same castle?"

"Yeah... I've never heard your name before."

Knowing that it was not polite, it was hard for me to take my eyes off Eran, who was
far below.

"Well, you don't have to tell your doctor about your private life. Of course I tell Lord
Keynes everything."

In the meantime, there were beautiful fireworks above my head, but I kept looking
sideways at the bottom.

Eran was also not looking at the sky as if he were not interested in fireworks.

Seliana even handed Eran something beautifully packed box. Eran could not hide his
favorite expression even from afar and received it.

It was a face full of pure joy like the expression I made when I gave him a shirt that
was nothing.

Strangely, my mind calmed down and I felt bad.

"So Lord Keynes knows what I feel for Miss Liche."

Of course, in the meantime, my head was busy.

Eran and Seliana were also upset, but Essien's warning was urgent.

There was no reason to lie to me for saving his life.

In addition, it was clear that he made a very difficult decision when he looked at his
hesitation.

Of course I should accept that warning and avoid avoiding it...

"Since my position is in position, it will be difficult for Miss Liche to express her
feelings to me. I understand, but I know everything."

Spilling Prince Jade's words into one ear, I quickly looked over where Essian was.

Yeongsik, Marquis of Prilit, who was with him, was talking to Prince Haelden from
afar.

'From far away?'

He remained in the first class, telling me to go somewhere else.

' Then what you have to avoid is......'

I didn't know anything because the fireworks themselves were different from before
the return.

"Finally, Marquis Frillit planned a fireworks display and a viewing tower, so I thought
it was today. What a romantic night."

"What?"
"I've hesitated very carefully because of all the circumstances, but Jensi said. There's
nothing we can do about it."

Prince Jade cleared her throat and continued with a red face.

"You like me as a man, Miss Liche, but the truth is, from the very first time I saw
her..."

"Your Highness, avoid!"

I pushed Crown Prince Jade hard.

The floor we were standing on was splitting.

A huge crack broke between him and me, and I quickly stepped back and swallowed
my dry saliva.

It was when I thought about how I could not get hurt as much as I could because I
wasn't very athletic.

' I'm sure there's going to be a bigger shock...'

Sure enough, the front of my eyes shook loudly with a bang.

Large marble sculptures, which I thought were beautiful when I saw them,
were falling over my head, breaking with the sound of a rupture.

' I'm not the only one who wants to survive in the corner. You have to protect your
head as much as you can and finish it with bruises so that Perelle Lehman can
somehow save you...'

"Liche!"
Between the screams of sporadic people, I suddenly heard the voice of a person who
couldn't be here.

A huge and familiar figure wrapped around me and rolled.

And pieces of marble spilled over his back.

***

Eran was looking hard for Richer in the third class.

All the people at the Duke of Cersei were allowed to enter the third-class seat, so
Liche thought he might be here with someone like Diel.

And likewise, Seliana followed along to find Geckel in the third class.

"Let's see how long we can avoid it."

Seliana grumbled beside her.

Anyway, next to Eran, Seliana could see Zikel a few times.

This is because Zikel could not stay away from Eran forever.

"That's weird."

Eran was also thinking about his business whether Seliana was next to him or not.

"Why can't I find it?"

"Who?"

"Liche."

"How big is the third class, are you already looking for it? Of course it'll take a while."

"No."
Eran mumbled, frowning.

"There's no way I can't find him like this. I recognize Liche at a glance everywhere. I
think there's a problem."

Seliana, who was listening to him, also looked around for another purpose and smiled
broadly at the target target.

"Of course! I found it. Cute Jekel, hiding over there."

The end of the founding system was approaching.

Seliana decided that she no longer needed to be around Err, so she took a small box
out of her bag.

"Come on, that's the seed I promised you for improving the soft grass. I don't even
need a private container anymore."

Heran, who was looking around with a broad impression, looked at Seliana with a
smile on her eyes.

No, to be exact, it was looking at the box Seliana was holding.

"Thanks to you, I spoke a few words with Zikel."

Er An's face, which takes care of the box quickly, has become bland.

I didn't know how happy I was to get what Liche wanted.

She said everything as if she were passing by, but Eran was going to give her
anything she wanted.

"I wish I had given you a day earlier."

"But I don't believe in the Duke's character."

Celia immediately replied to Eran's murmur of regret.

Perhaps if Geckel were next to him, he would have made a wise choice.

Clearly, as soon as Eran gets his end, Seliana can follow him or not, she'll run with all
her might to find him.
It was on.

"Then I'll go see Zikel and the pretty fireworks. Hoping that Zikel's heart will explode
when the flame bursts."

"Even Richer can't do anything about a burst heart. We'll have to prepare for the
funeral."

"Good luck to the Duke, too. Look at that."

Seliana pointed her finger up and said.

"That's how beautiful the flame is. It's a romantic night that's perfect for men and
women. I'm going to drive the last wedge."

Eran's face, which inadvertently moved her eyes along her finger, hardened.

On the top floor, Liche and Jade were standing side by side.

"......what's wrong with Liche?"

"What?"

Seliana looked up, frowning.

"What do you see up there?"

Eran did not answer Seliana anymore and hurried up the stairs.

'When did the Prince of Wales ever do such a thing?...'

No matter how far it was, he could recognize Liche at a glance.

She was in the first class, so she couldn't find it in the third class right now.

Seliana just said, "A romantic night perfect for men and women to set the mood."

He also wanted to see the fireworks with Lice, so I made a big appointment in the
morning...

On a night like this, Jade and Liche couldn't accept making their own memories.

He gritted his teeth as he jumped three or four stairs.

He may not be able to force Liche to come down, but he became faster and faster at
the thought of getting caught between the two somehow and never getting in the
mood.

"Wait. Anyone can come in here..."

A driver guarding the entrance door of the first class blocked him, but soon checked
his scary face and stepped out of the way.

"Sorry, Duke. I didn't recognize you."

It was when he ran in with a cold face.

"Your Highness, avoid!"

Liche was pushing Jade hard and stepping back precariously.

The floor cracked between them.

A huge rupture was heard and all kinds of marble sculptures began to collapse over
the place where Liche and Jade were located.

"Liche!"

Without further thought, Eran ran like a fly and hugged her.
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The first thing I felt when I came to my senses was a firm arm wrapped
around me.

Even if I couldn't see well because of the dark vision, I could tell who the man hugged
me tightly.

Because it was not the first time I was hugged by him.

Looking around, it seemed to be trapped inside the space created by the collapse of
the viewing tower.

Moonlight came in between the piles of debris on my head.

After I blinked my eyes wide and adjusted to the darkness, I was surprised to see
Eran's dim-looking face.

Blood was dripping through the black hair.

"Duke, Duke!"

"Are you out of your mind?"

He squinted and whispered.

"Are you hurt anywhere?"

"I'm fine!"

Only then did I lose strength in my arm that was tightly tied to me.

I hurriedly ripped off my underwear and checked the scar on his head and stopped
bleeding.

The space we were trapped in was narrower than I thought. But it was enough for me
to check his condition meticulously.

He didn't look like a horse, but when I saw the mess, it was a relief that he was hurt
this much.

He's so athletic, if he's an ordinary man. Myeon could not have ended up with this
much injury.

"I'll give you some first aid before you yell for help."

"I've been screaming before. I don't think there's anyone around."

Looking at the marble and wooden boards piled up on top of us, the structure seemed
not to be easy.

Eran was also injured beyond his control.

"You must be a little sick because you don't have any anesthetic, but you have to
hold it in."

Eran nodded, and I hurriedly began to put mana into his awkward bones.

He didn't let out a single breath, even though he could hear a woodchuck.

His expression was calm, even though it would be very difficult to accept unrefined
mana in a physical injury.
"You can moan, but..."

"You told me to hold it in."

It must have hurt tremendously, but tears were in my eyes without realizing it when I
saw him not moaning once.

The back of the back was more miserable than the head, so the clothes were full of
blood.

No matter how well I did first aid, it was obvious that it would be difficult to heal
myself properly right now.

"Don't worry too much."

In the meantime, he spoke in a soft voice.

"The Knights of Serious will find you no matter what. I've been training so hard for
this."

"What happened?"

I held his hand and asked, looking at the flow of mana.

"I'm sure he was in the third class ......"

"Did you see me?"

The narrow space was uncomfortable, so I lay side by side again. Then he began to
inject mana slowly and delicately with his grasp.

"As soon as I found you with the Crown Prince, I ran."

"What?"

"Just in case the burn says something crazy."

What Prince Jade said just came to mind.

I didn't answer properly because I was thinking about something else, but Eran's
standards were crazy.

You know I like you as a man... and you don't know why you're mistaken.

Fireworks erupted in Eran's eyes, who did not miss the moment he hesitated for a
moment, recalling Prince Jade's words.

"You did, you're crazy."

"..........yes, definitely."

I nodded and sighed.

"Is the Crown Prince all right? Cause I pushed him...'"

"I don't care if you're stupid like that."

Eran frowned and irritated.

"He's a moron who thought about destroying him without thinking about it even if he
was attacked in a hunting contest. I threw a bunch of wildlings at you, saying I need
to know who's behind it, but it didn't pay off. The future of the Empire is bleak."

"You can only say that in front of me."

"It's true. I don't know anymore. Whether or not Prince Haalden will ascend to the
throne instead of the flower bed in his head."

"Duke!"

It was a word that I dare not bring out of my mouth because there was no evidence.
If something bad happens to Crown Prince Jade, the emperor goes to Prince Haelden.

It was the same relationship between Eran and Wedderick.

There was no evidence, nor did Crown Prince Jade doubt him at all. However, he had
to be the most suspicious person.

I noticed that Marquis Frillit and Crown Prince Haelden were together earlier.

Unlike his last life, I could see why Marquis Frillitte suddenly organized such a huge
event.

Unlike before, in the hunting competition, Crown Prince Jade took Eran's advice and
held two assassins.

It was obvious that he/she had done something new in case he/she would be quickly
followed before the rebellion began in earnest.

"The Marquis of Prilit was in the same league..."

I sighed as I recalled that Marquis Frillitte and Prince Haalden had maintained a very
long distance from Crown Prince Jade.

If Essian hadn't warned me beforehand, I would have been next to Prince Jade, and
then I would have been crushed to death by a falling or exploding statue on the floor.

"Now let's just forget about treason. I can easily keep my land. As long as I'm on top
of the peacock, there will never be a fake parent disturbance."

Eran's eyes narrowed as if seducing me.

"You're the only one who needs to be safe. Right? So never mind a man like the
Crown Prince."
"Hmm."

"Do you happen to like the Crown Prince? Where do you like it? I'll change. If you ask
me to empty my head like him, I will."

As the voice became lower and lower, artificial baby lights began to blend in.

It was dark and we could barely see each other's faces, but there was still silence
outside.

He lifted his head slightly and met my eyes.

"So don't watch fireworks alone."

I dodged his eyes as I began to capture the seductive energy and answered calmly.

"Well, the Duke was alone with another woman."

"Huh?"

"In the third class."

Eran looked blank for a moment and slowly raised the corners of her mouth.

"Oh, you mean Seliana."

At the moment, I was irritated by the sincere smile spreading on his face.

As Crown Prince Jade said, I didn't think Seliana was his old Jeongin, but it was
annoying to just call another woman's name in a happy tone.

"Why? Are you offended?"

"........"

"Are you annoyed and frustrated?"

He raised his chin and pressed his face close to mine.

The face surrounded by my white skirt was also giving off its own decadent
atmosphere.

Despite his physical condition that he couldn't change his posture at all, he slowly
began to stroke the back of my hand with the fingers of the hand he faced.

"I want to destroy everything, and I want to kill him."

"Wait, it's not that bad."

"I see. Then let's call it a day. Anyway, if it makes me feel bad and bothered to be
with someone else..."

Now, each other's eyes are close enough to count his eyelashes.

I looked at his long drooping eyes as if possessed.

"Don't you like me, too?"

His breath was felt on the bridge of his nose. I felt suffocated by the slow whispering
that seemed determined and seducing.

Prince Jade's "Liche" felt completely different from hearing what she said about me.

As Diel said, hate was definitely hateful.

I didn't hate it when Eran did this. I just kept thinking that I shouldn't do this.

'No, it's not just that I don't hate it, but maybe I don't...'

When I didn't answer anything, he continued.

"Liche."

"Yes."
"There's a box in this inner, right pocket. Take it out. I'm having trouble moving my
arms and legs."

I searched his arms with trembling hands and found a small box Seliana handed him.

He grinned as he paused and fiddled with the box.

"It's a gift."

"What?"

"The gift I got for hanging out with Seliana. I wanted to give it to you. Seliana was
difficult to find. That was possible because they were royalty."

When I opened the box carefully, the seeds that began to sprout were tangled in the
cotton.

"It's a soft grass-improving seed."

"Oh, my."

"Now I don't need a private container. I had a hard time getting it out of Irvian
researchers."

"How can I..."

"You wanted it. You said you wanted to study to find out."

He whispered sweetly as I couldn't continue and looked at the box.

"I want you to do whatever you want. In the future, if there's anything you want, just
tell me."

"If you insist..... to this extent...."

"Of course I can sacrifice my life."

If it were usual, I would not miss this opportunity and pet my hair, but he was stuck
because of the severe injury.

"As you protected me as a child, can't I continue to protect you now?"

Eran stared at me as if asking for permission.

I could not hurt a hair because he flew with me tightly in his arms, even ready to give
up his life.

Even though I saw the prince alone in the first class, I was heartbroken by the
sincerity of running to save me without any hesitation.

If this was part of his temptation, he was successful.

"......it was okay if you didn't get this far. I could have been the only one who got
hurt and ended up. Perelleman must have escaped well enough to fix it somehow...
and the Duke is the master of Cerius. You don't have to take this risk for me."

"I can't believe you're hurt, don't say such a terrible thing. Even if I turn back time,
my choice is the same. It's not more important than you, the owner of the Cersei."

My lips trembled even though it wasn't cold.

I kept putting it off because I was ignorant of the relationship between men and
women, but now I thought I could know my mind for sure.

Something came up strangely deep in his heart at his confident words.

I grew up a little strangely, but now I'm a man who can't find the cuteness of my
childhood, but I also liked being with him.

"It's been almost a month I promised..."

He must have noticed my answer by looking at my face.

Nevertheless, his voice showed signs of nervousness.

"What do you think? Do you think I'm a little better off as a man now?"
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Each other's breath was so close in the dark that only the faint moonlight
shone on.

The heat rose from his tangled fingers, and his eyes were full of desperation and
inevitable desire.

The bloodstains on his cheeks added more dizzying beauty to his sculptural face.

"I love you, Lice Estelle."

Eran's desperate whisper made my fluffy hair pout. I couldn't avoid his black eyes.

He tried again and again.

"I love you."

There was a moment of silence, and we were only feeling each other's breath.

"I don't think I'll ever do that."

Suddenly, I squeezed it as if my heart was squeezing.

"If you do this.....then I'm losing my mind....."

As if I had heard a small murmur, Eran spoke urgently.

"Then I'll keep you out of your mind. So that you can always make this face."

"......."

The time passed like a ghost.

I nodded slowly as if I were engulfed in his desire. In fact, I couldn't deny being
attracted to him either.

"But I'm a commoner, and how are you going to handle this......"
However, there was a realistic concern left on one side of the head.

"There's a wide range of methods, from peaceful to violent."

Eran replied quickly as if he had thought of such a thing.

I chose quickly because I thought the word treason would come out again if I chose a
violent method.

"Please do it in the most peaceful way.

Give it to them."

"The easiest thing is for you to enter a noble family."

Eran was a man who could force me into a foster daughter by picking up any family
he had gone to.

Only then did I know why Mrs. Isabelle opposed me when she wanted to be my
adopted daughter.

Perhaps he had all these plans since he came from Irbia.

".........there should be Perelleman's own cooperation. Don't you think you should be
distracted? "

"Well, it's just a family register ....."

I hesitated for a moment because I thought I should do that, but Eran quickly
whispered, maybe he noticed.

"If you don't like it, you can cancel it immediately. It's not that difficult."

Anyway, the castle Estelle was not that meaningful. If I wanted to attach any noble
castle in the document, I had nothing to lose as a commoner.

He grinned as if I knew it.

"We're lovers from now on. Right? "

"Yes."

"Lovers on the premise of marriage."

"Well... yes."

"Ah..."

The red lips that draw the arc were pretty.

No matter how sick he was or how hurt he was, he looked like he was in heaven just
by being with me.

As for me.....already weak in man's appearance, but with a terribly handsome face in
front of me, my reason became blurred.

I felt ashamed to think that the two were too close to each other where
they were trapped.

It felt stark to see each other's hearts pounding.

Not long ago, I almost died, and all of it felt distant.

What was noisy was neither the international community nor the chaotic fireworks.

A quiet time passed while the two eyes met still. As I was conscious of every flesh I
was facing, I felt like there was only two of us in the world.

"Now I really want to kiss you, but I can't move."

He whispered softly.

"I've had it for a long time. So if you don't mind..."

I swallowed my dry saliva.

"......you do it."
I took a deep breath after looking into his eyes and neck.

Despite the wounds that covered the body, the body temperature that came into
contact with the unique scent that came out, and the hands that came in smoothly,
made me confused.

Unable to control the heart that was about to pop out, I held my lips as if possessed.

I felt a soft sensation for the first time in my life and my whole body tightened like
lightning.

It was just a slight encounter, but our bodies stiffened without anyone saying first.

It was time for his breath, which seemed stark, to get rough.

"Liche! Liche!"

I was startled and took off my lips that I had faced quickly.

It was Diel's voice anxiously looking for me outside.

"Where are you, Duke?"

I could even hear Zikel's voice shouting as loud as possible.

"I'm sure he's around here..."

It was time to ask for help. If I missed this opportunity now, I didn't know how long I
would be locked up.

"Here you go!"

I screamed, pretending I didn't know the look in Eran's eyes.

"The Duke and I are trapped here together!"

As the debris surrounding us began to clear one by one, the noise outside gradually
became clearer.
"Wait! I'll get you soon!"

Soon after, there was a gap where we could barely check each other's faces.

Geckel popped out his face and asked.

"Are you hurt anywhere?"

"I'm fine, and the Duke is in first aid."

I answered kindly, but Eran looked at Zikel without saying a word. He pretended not
to hear a small murmur, saying, "Timing once..."

However, even Jekel seemed to have noticed the icy eyes.

"It's hard to move because the injuries are tough."

As I, who had been hugging him, tried to get up and say, Zikel muttered, avoiding
Eran's eyes.

"Wow, that's a relief.....no, I'm just saying it in vainly.

While the Knights worked hard to clean up the debris piled up on us, they came to
Dido and looked into it.

"Prince Jade, fortunately, is fine."

Eran groaned as if he were more frustrated.

"I'm so surprised that this accident happened. And the Marquis Frillitte, who was in
charge, was lost in thought."

An accident, this is how it was supposed to be.

If it was an accident, Essien couldn't have warned me.

Marquis Frillit knew Essien had spoken to me.

If I tell Prince Jade the truth, Essien will be in great trouble.

Thanks to him, I saved my life, but I didn't want to create such a situation, so I
sighed with frustration.

Eran shook his head when he noticed the meaning of my sigh.

"Let's think about it later. Now you and I need a break."

"Rest?"

"Yes, you're hurt."

"I'm not hurt."

"No, I'm sure you were very surprised. We need to get back to the Peacock and get
some rest for a long time."

The intention was to stop being involved in complicated imperial affairs anymore, and
to eat well, live well, and play around only the two of them in the duchy.

Anyway, Eran's injury was serious, and it was true that I almost died, so his words to
return to the duchy were worth accepting.

Because I was not a close associate of Eran's doctor, Crown Prince Jade.

"Okay."

When I smirked and answered, Eran's eyes narrowed joyfully.

"Go back. You've achieved your goal in the first place."

Now, if you wait quietly at the Duke of Cersei, Baron Cedar, who became a wreck, will
crawl in on his own.

The bill must have come into your hands, and if you leave safely, there were things to
send to Jensi's public secretary right away.
10. paternity test

I had to take a breath when I saw Seliana with Geckel's arms tightly crossed.

After hearing why Seliana was next to Eran, I was ashamed of myself for expressing
jealousy, not jealousy.

Of course, Eran said that all of them were bewildered and that he was going back to
the duchy.

"Is the Crown Prince really okay?"

Prince Jade had to ask after Eran secretly.

Eran couldn't ride with me because he used the carriage alone because of the serious
injury.

Diel also answered with a tactful whisper.

"She's perfectly fine. But it's all thanks to you, and you're talking about it all over the
place."

If I were a rebel, Riche Estelle would be really annoyed.

"If you hadn't pushed her out in advance, no matter how good her motor nerves
were, she would have fallen off the spot and died."

"That's true, but it's very burdensome."

"I think you should be burdened with something else."

Diel said, ignoring Eran's eyes as he continued to shoot at him in other wagons.

"The Duke is looking at you more passionately."

"Well..."
I answered without feeling the need to hide it.

"Because you like me."

"I knew that."

"As a woman."

For a moment, Daniel breathed in.

"......what about the status gap. By any chance..."

"Of course I won't live as a hidden woman. He'll take care of the problem."

Diel's face was filled with astonishment.

I nodded slowly and drove the wedge in.

"I agreed because you wanted to be lovers."

"Oh, my God."

Daniel touched his forehead.

".........can I survive getting out of this carriage? Now that you're officially a lover, I'm
you. You can't see me with you."

"I think it'll be all right."

I answered carefully.

"Because you seem to hate the Crown Prince more these days. I don't think you're
the top priority for a man you want to get rid of."
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When I told Eran's plan to marry me after being adopted as a foster daughter by a
noble family, Daniel nodded, saying, "It is plausible."

However, he asked with hesitation.

"But if you're a foster daughter... did you give up looking for your biological parents?"

"That's not true."

I looked out the window and thought of Cancia.

I was waiting for her visit, but there were many variables.

The future could have changed and she could not have the crystal ball, live like a dog
chaban, and be trapped somewhere without a promise.

Of course, Cancia said that she would tell the truth, but she could not easily guess the
timing.

That's why I decided to take care of the person I really care about first. Entering a
noble family as a foster daughter doesn't mean you can't find your family.

"But there's nothing I can do right now. If I find my parents, I'll think about it again."

"Well... maybe your biological parents are aristocrats."

Daniel added, scratching the back of his head.

"Have you ever thought about where you're going to step into? The man that comes
to mind now is, um, Perelleman, the son of Perelleman?"

"No."

I replied sternly, recalling the marble path that had been laid on Perelleman's temple.
Having Perelleman's last name somehow seemed to take away my real daughter's
place.

No matter how formal it may be, I hated the feeling of going into someone's vacancy
if I had a family.

"It's really not there. Perelleman is good enough for you."

"......what"

Daniel hesitated and muttered.

"I need permission from Perelleman to enter any foster home anyway. Because he's
the godfather."

"It's just a formality, I guess you don't mind."

"Anyway, don't decide in advance. At least after arriving at the Peacock, slowly..."

"I'll decide before I even get to the Peacock because there's something urgent."

I answered with a smirk, but Daniel looked strangely determined.

"You just care about the paternity test."

I gave him a light lecture to pay attention to his own business.

"When the results come out, be sure to take responsibility."

"It's my friend's business!"

"Yes, yes. Everyone says it's a friend's job. So when are the results coming out?"

Diel was huffing and annoyed.

"When you go back to the state, check your hair, and then a week?"

"Then there's a mana test and a reagent test left. Can I borrow a dragon's toenail?"

I said with a serious look on my face.

"What are friends for? I'll buy you a lot of baby clothes. You're going to have a proper
wedding, aren't you? "

Daniel hit his chest with frustration and eventually didn't even make eye contact with
me until he had dinner, maybe he was upset with something.

***

As soon as I arrived at the fortress, I began to heal Eran in earnest.

With his limbs almost immobile, he was forced to lie in his room all week.

As his doctor, I was obliged to do my best in his recovery. Therefore, the chaotic
national foundation system and the spectator tower incident, which resulted in many
injuries, were naturally pushed back from the priorities.

However, I couldn't demolish my booth properly, and too many people were injured,
leaving Perelleman's own work.

The reason was that I would do some medical service with concentrated fluids left in
my booth and herbs procured from the top of Perelle Bay.

"I can see people dying in front of me and I'm short-handed, but as a talented man,
how can you stand still?"

Perelleman said coldly with his arms crossed.

"It's annoying and annoying, but I can't help it because I'm so humanity-loving. It's
the destiny of a genius with a sense of duty."

"Well, that's what I understand."

It was understandable for me to enter the Duke of Cerus with a sense of humanity
and mission.
"Leave the duke to me and serve comfortably. I'm a doctor now."

That's why I took care of Eran exclusively.

Isabelle Maam, who ran in contemplation, quickly calmed down when she said, "Life
does not interfere."

It was strange to say that she was hurt while trying to save me, but she said, "If it
weren't for Liche, I didn't have the strength to jump in."

It turned out that Heran's father, the former Duke of Serius, suffered such a massive
injury. I said.

"I'll do something to get you back to perfection..."

"I believe that."

I couldn't bring up the words to Mrs. Isabel that I had become friends with Eran.

To be honest, I was afraid that he would turn cold, asking if he was looking for a job
as a princess in a commoner.

I didn't mean to bend to the opposition since I've already made a decision, but I
thought it would be too sad to feel Mrs. Lee Sabel's attitude changing in personally.

Eran said he would tell you in person after he got better.

I also thought his recovery was the first thing, so he kept sticking around and treating
him one way or another treatment. I focused on.

"Aren't you very uncomfortable? You have to take too much medicine, and..."

"I assure you, these are the happiest days of my life."

Eran used to lie on his bed and stare at me applying ointment to his body.

"I've been in my room with you all day. Those are the days I've dreamed of, and it's a
waste of time."
His face was shining with joy, although he must have been sick all over.

"Do you know the feeling that I miss yesterday as it passes today?"

"I don't know."

"When you're all better, you can't stay together all day. I have to work as a duke and
you have your own work. It'll only be 20 hours at most."

"Are you willing to spend 20 hours?"

"There are so many things I want to do together."

Eran looked at me with a look of the world.

"I didn't know, but I guess I'm kind of obsessed with lovers. At first
glance, I heard that my mother was obsessed with him."

It was even more surprising that I didn't know that until now. While I looked all over
his body, he gave me a good sigh while he was licking my hair.

Knowing what he meant by just looking at his pathetic eyes, I shook my head firmly.

"Don't touch me too much. If you're excited, you'll have problems with your blood
flow."

I was minimizing physical contact during the full-fledged treatment after I shook my
lips once.

In fact, too fast blood flow forced recovery to slow down.

"By the way, Daniel says the safety-conscious Marquis has been alerted. I guess it
wasn't a big deal for the Crown Prince to not get hurt at all."
It was treated as a simple safety accident and was not entangled with the rebels.

"Liche, don't talk about the stupid prince."

Eran said in a blatant irritation.

"Because in another sense, I'm excited and I'm afraid I'm going to have trouble with
my blood flow."

"Well... yes."

"Duchy Serius, who I protect myself, will be safe no matter what anyone says, and we
just need to be happy here. Forget all the crazy royal families in many ways and we
just have to think about ourselves."

He repeated several times with anxiety about my humanity.

"This is the end of the story."

"Well ....."

I tilted my head and asked carefully.

"Duke, do you know I'm in trust?"

"Yes."

"You don't want to ask? Why doesn't the Duke tell me about it when everyone's
crazy?"

In fact, as soon as I returned to the fortress, even the servants, who had no
acquaintance with me at all, used to make a fuss talking about the trust.

To what extent, foreign wives used to snoop around, saying they would look at the
trustees this year. But Eran didn't even mention the trust to me.

"You're not supposed to tell anyone about the trust anyway.

He spoke sourly.

"And didn't I tell you? I don't want to give up the future I thought she was saying. So
it's meaningless."

"That's my future."

"Your future is mine."

His face, which had never been distorted by any painful treatment, was slightly
wrinkled.

"If the contents of the trust are... ..that you are going well with the Crown Prince, I'm
not sure I can keep the fool alive."

"It wasn't about that, so no treason. Especially in Cerseus."

I opened my eyes and said because I was afraid that the same result would be
repeated as before.

I looked at Eran's satisfied face and was lost in other thoughts for a moment.

Is this really the end of the story as Eran said?

Now, if I wait for Baron Ishider to be terribly damaged, and if I check that there is
nothing wrong with Eran's body even in the change of seasons, my work is done.

I, who was originally a commoner, had no grand plan to stop the rebels from being
entangled with the imperial family.

It was my initial intention to protect only the Duke of Cerius, who was my home.

'Prince Jade will know that she will calm down anyway...'

Of course, there were expectations that Cancia could find clues to his family when he
came.

'Let's not think too deeply.'

For now, my duty was to cure Eran perfectly.

I forcefully erased my thoughts.

'If it's really a trust, it's going to flow.'

Seeing Eran with a pleased look on his face like a cat struggling with joy, I thought he
was just fine as he said.

"Liche."

"Yes."

"Do you want to find your biological parents? I heard my mother asked me to do it
after I left for Libya."

"I want to find it. It's not easy."

In fact, the edict of finding my biological parents in and around the duke was still
valid.

However, fewer people came because they had a lost daughter, and no one came
after Hans.

"That's what heaven needs to help, so I won't be able to make it happen, but... if you
find your biological parents, I'll be very good to you."

"The Duke? Why?"

"Anyone, I really want to look good. A really good person who deserves to be with
you."

He blinked with a gentle expression.

Suddenly, it occurred to me that other people except me never thought of Eran as a

"good person." In particular, Perelleman used to say, "Weirdly grown."

I said with a slight shake of my head.

"What if he's a really bad guy like a crook? Your wife was very worried about it."

"But they're the ones who made you exist in this world. I can do whatever you want.
I'll do everything until you feel comfortable."

Thanks for the words, I laughed bitterly.

It's because I didn't think that they might actually be mean people who abandoned
me.

Heran, who recognized my thoughts by looking at my face, patted me on the back of

my hand.
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Eran showed remarkable resilience and woke up after 10 days.

"I'm still sick..."

I tried to push him away with my hand, but he dragged it and slowly folded it.

"I know you're not sick."

He kept lying down for a month and two months, wanting to be treated by me, but he
couldn't escape my eyes as a master.

"Work, Duke."

I answered calmly.

"I've done my job so hard that I've healed the Duke."

"Well, you're such a great doctor."

Eran quit his groaning voice at once and stood up and shrugged.

I was busy observing the tender grass growing in the test tube and didn't even look
at him.

The tender grass seeds received from Seliana grew rapidly in a week.

Now that Eran is all better, he has time to study the snacks that Wedderick gave him.

"I'm going to tell my mother today because I'm feeling better."

Eran smiled as she swept her hair.

"I will date Lice Estelle on the premise of marriage, and to do so, I think it would be
better to enter the proper aristocracy as a foster daughter."

"Maybe you don't like me because I'm not an aristocrat?"

When I asked carefully, Eran looked at me with calm eyes.

"Do you think so?"

"......I think that's possible."

I said as if I wasn't confident, recalling the letters of marriage of noble young

children, which had always been piled up in piles.

It could have been a separate matter to cherish me as an able doctor and to allow me
to be the mistress of the duke-ryeong, which is aimed at by prominent family women.

As I did, you wouldn't have thought of us in that way in the first place because of the
difference in status between aristocrats and commoners.

"Actually, I don't know my mother because I didn't have much bond since I was a kid.
But I don't care if you react like that. I can't even change my girl instead of my
future."

"Then I'd better talk to you in the afternoon."

"In the afternoon? Why?"

"Ferelleman is coming."

Around this time, he sent a letter saying that he would like to quit his volunteer work
in the capital and come to the duchy, and even received a reply that he would arrive
this afternoon.

This is because it was time for Baron Ishider to visit the Duke of Duchy on his own.

Perelleman had the right to see Baron Ishider's disastrous collapse.

"You're my godfather anyway, so I'll tell you at once."

"That'd be great."

Eran nodded calmly, but it seemed undesirable that there was one more gateway.
"You've got a lot of catching up to do, so take care of it. Don't let your eyes out on
women."

"It's where you're staying, and you're going to make it the best land on the continent.
So you're gonna be in the lab all day?"

"Yes, I think we can now separate the ingredients with the soft glue."

I said excitedly, and Eran squinted and asked.

"You're not going to stay in the lab with Diel Molekin, are you?"

"He's busy these days. It's stuck in his room, so it's hard to get out."

It was not meant to protect Diel's privacy that he was involved in paternity testing.

But these days, Daniel was really weird.

The strangest thing was that he was now eagerly waiting for Perelleman's work.

As far as I know, Daniel wanted Perelleman to come as late as he could whenever he

left far away.

But these days, when I correspond with Perelman, he's very nervous and says, 'He's
coming?' When does he say he's coming?I've said the same thing over and over
again.

Why on earth do you wait for Perelle's own work like a puppy that needs to be filled?
When asked if she was Lee, she replied resolutely, saying that there was a truth to be
revealed.

' If you look at the dates after borrowing a paternity test book from me, the hair test
must have been done by now. Does the other woman work for Perelleman? Why are
you waiting for Perelleman to write with that look on your face? '

When he talked about the child, he opened his axe eyes and jumped as if he were
falsely accused, so he couldn't ask any more questions.

But when it comes to the subject, they can't look me in the eye, so they must have
caused an accident...

"Anyway, thank you very much for the gentle glue."

I laughed and said with excitement.

Finally, it was just before the problem that I had been agonizing over for years was
solved.

The fact that I couldn't uncover the secrets of snacks designed by a man like
Baroness Ishider hurt my pride.

"I really wanted to find out that it was personal."

"Tell me whatever you want in the future."

Eran hugged me with a proud smile.

"Now that you're all better, can I speed up your blood flow?"

In an instant, a fascinating difference came into his eyes.

I took a slight backward step, but I took a breath of abandonment as he blatantly

touched my ear.

Eventually, I entered the lab later than I thought that morning.

***
Perellemann arrived at the perfect afternoon for tea time.

Surprisingly, he did not come alone, but with Lord Keynes.

"Miss Liche."

Lord Keynes looked at me with a smile of joy before he even offered his thanks to
Eran.

"You saved my prince's life this time, and I don't know how to thank him..."

"I'm just a push. It's the Crown Prince's ability to survive the mess. "Didn't you get
hurt a lot?"

"You're perfectly fine."

Eran, who was standing next to me, sighed lightly at the words.

From what I can tell, Lord Keynes and Perelleman worked together in the capital for a
few days. When the Count of Lehman said he was going to the Duke of Serius, Crown
Prince Jade sent Lord Keynes with him.

Now that I am too busy to come in person, I meant that I would send a person who is
close to me but has a high status to express my gratitude.

"Then Lord Keynes, come in."

Eran said with a deep smile.

"I had something to tell you with my mother and Perelleman. I think you can join us."

I looked at him with an expression of astonishment that I could easily guess what he
was inside.

It was clear that the intention was to come out in front of Lord Keynes and reveal the
fact that he was dating so that he could get into Prince Jade's ear.
Well, of course, I also nodded, recalling his words that I liked the crown prince as a
man.

It was because he felt the need to break his illusion.

Until now, I only thought that the word "Liche likes me!" meant a human likeness, but
it was really difficult if it meant something rational.

So a strange tea time event was created with Mrs. Isabelle, Lord Keynes, me, Eran,
and Perelleman together.

And since Lord Keynes was an outside soldier, Joaquin, isabelle, even in form.
I guarded the escort behind the lady.

"This is a gift from the Crown Prince."

Lord Keynes smiled as he handed me a small box.

"It's not worth my life, but I've been asked several times to thank you."

There was a large jewel in the box that looked expensive at first sight.

"And this is a handwritten letter."

I carefully accepted the letter from Lord Keynes.

[ I was so impressed by Miss Liche's love for saving my life.

I knew you liked me from the beginning. Forgive me for not reaching out in advance
because of a lot of calculations.

But believe me. That night, I was really going to confess to Miss Liche. The one who
has no choice but to run.
I couldn't help it after all.
Now, no matter what difficulties or difficulties we have, we will be together. Nothing
will stop us as long as I decide.

I'm really sorry that I hesitated even though I knew how you felt. You must have
suffered from a terrible longing for me, so love me as much as you want.
Please wait a little longer until I take you there myself and stop next to you. ]

Every time I read each letter, I was amazed and had to open my mouth blankly.

I was horrified by the determined letter that seemed to be in love of some century.

"You already know the answer, but you still want a formal answer."

I kept silent for a moment and dropped my shoes on the table.

"I'm sorry, sir Keynes... but there seems to be a serious misunderstanding."

"What?"

"I didn't save you because I loved you, but I just didn't see a man dying in front of
me because I was so nice."

Eran sarcastically crossed his arms at the words.

"I didn't save him from a hunting contest out of loyalty, but he treated me like a
great loyalist. It must be men and women who exaggerate their favors."

Lord Keynes cleared his throat a few times and said in embarrassment.

"Well, I don't think Miss Liche really liked you, either. But I came because I wanted to
do it's just in case. Besides, the Crown Prince is serious."

"It's time to stop that stupid truth."

Eran lifted my hand with a triumphant face.

"There's a separate place where we can communicate."

There was a silence in the drawing room.

I alternately looked at the faces of Mrs. Isabel and Ferrellmann, who had become
hardened with a strange feeling.
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"Eh, Eran?"

It was Mrs. Isabelle who broke the silence that had been flowing for a while.

"Now...... What am I looking at?"

She put down the teacup with her trembling hands and asked again in a voice of
embarrassment.

"I don't think that poor woman you've ever told me about....."

"It's Liche."

Eran made the happiest face in the world and spoke confidently.

"It took me a long time to get a marriage consent. Stuck to death."

"Ha..."

Mrs. Isabel's pupils shook like crazy.

Concerns and conflicts were clearly revealed on her face.

I thought I might object to it because I was a commoner, but I've never seen such an
inner agony as I've been with her so far.

The cold atmosphere made not only me but also everyone in the drawing room
nervous.

The one who broke the silence was Perelleman's own crop, which was frowning.

"But Liche is a commoner, married..."

"You can go into the right aristocratic family. Such a family is easy to find, even
among the household gods."

When Eran answered quickly, Mrs. Isabel finally opened her mouth with a sweet
mouth.
"......that's what you thought."

"I thought further."

"Liche."

Her abyss of black eyes turned to me.

"I'm going to ask you. Do you feel the same way? Do you really even think about
marrying Eran?"

I was a little discouraged because I had never heard such a trembling voice before,
but I answered clearly.

"Yes, I can't help but think about the future as long as I decide to date."

I didn't mean to say that I would get married right now, but I meant that I would not
have a relationship without thinking about getting married.

"Do you like Eran ..... Answer carefully."

She spoke sternly.

"From this moment on, you may have to pay the price of your answer severely."

Eran's eyes were directed at me.

Anxiety flashed through his expression while holding my hand.

I replied calmly, thinking that he had no choice but to fret over me all the time.

"Yes."

If Mrs. Isabelle was about to back down with a whimper just because she was against
it, she didn't even accept Eran's heart from the beginning.

I felt like I was bewitched by him, but Eran was also my precious person for a long
time.
At first, he started out with a desire to treat him, but after he returned, the memories
of his heart pounding were piled up one by one.

In particular, considering how I felt when I saw Seliana with me, I concluded that I
could not see him being affectionate to other women.

"Ha......"

Mrs. Isabelle sighed and touched her forehead.

"If you don't like me as the Duke's mate because I'm an unfounded commoner..."

"Liche."

Mrs. Isabelle looked up at my careful words.

She even had tears in her eyes.

"Forgive me.....I've been thinking so hard, but I'm just a selfish person at this critical
moment."

Her eyebrows began to rise, and she sighed as the ground went out.

"No matter how much I said I thought of you as my own child, now I know it was
deceitful. I can't help it because I'm disappointed in myself, but in the end, Eran is
my own child. I can't help it. I'm sorry."

Then she slapped Eran's hand, which was holding my hand, and took it off.

It was the moment that Eran tried to say something to her with a blazing look.

She held my free hand tightly.

"If I really thought of you as my own daughter, I would have to run for a long time,
saying that you're much more precious than that dog-bag." I can't bear to be selfish."
I was startled and looked alternately at only her dim expression and her tight hands.

"It's obvious that you ended up falling for that shell... but I can't stop you. Please
take good care of him. Should we get married before you change your mind?"

The tail of her eyes folded like Eran. With such determination and laughter, it quickly
turned into a seductive atmosphere of middle age.

From flicking the mood to being able to make an attractive expression, it was clear
that Eran looked like his mother.

"No returns. I saved your life, so please take responsibility until the end. You said you
liked Eran yourself."

I blinked for a moment in surprise.

To be honest, I think Eran is good, but I've never thought about this kind of fast
progress.

Is this what you meant when you said you couldn't go back...

"I'm a grown-up... and I'm already thinking about weddings."

"Perelleman and Zion got married as soon as they reached adulthood."

Perelleman cut in with a shameless look on his face.

"It's me, so if you're the Duke, you'd better watch."

"What's the difference between Jajak and Eran? I don't think the godfather will
intervene in the marriage of an adult."

Mrs. Isabelle completely changed her expression and replied coldly.

Perellemann looked like he wanted to talk more than a hundred things about his
difference with Eran, but Mrs. Isabel turned her head and smiled at me.
"We'd better decide on the family that will go into foster care first."

Her voice, which wrapped up the topic, was as lively as a lie.

"I'll have to go over the proper list quickly."

"I hope Lord Keynes dies immediately and that this will be addressed to the Crown
Prince."

Eran also smiled softly and said,

"I'm getting married."

Obviously, I said I would never date unless it was on the premise of marriage, but
suddenly the atmosphere began to be set as if I was going to get married soon.

I thought it was my specialty to be caught up in my past words.

I gave a shudder look as if I was feeling a little pressured.

"We're not getting married right away. I just don't want to have a future-free
relationship."

"Even if the possibility of marriage is one in a million, it's worth risking everything."

Mrs. Isabel answered me softly.

Eran's affection for my will while still showing respect for my will seemed to resemble
Mrs. Isabelle.

Lord Keynes sighed and quickly collected a letter from Crown Prince Jade on the
table.

It was a good thing for me because I thought Eran would stop the atrocity of tearing
up the prince's personal letter if I left still.

"Oh... well, if that's your opinion, I'll pass it on."

Lord Keynes nodded in agony. Perhaps he was agonizing over how to tell Prince Jade
the sad news.

At that time, Joaquin, who was standing behind Mrs. Isabel, stepped in carefully.

"Well, if you need a noble status anyway, I'm a knight, and I'm not a noble, but I
have a noble."

He spoke shyly as he wore his beard.

"Why don't I be your husband?"

The words made Mrs. Isabel and Eran's eyes bigger.

Mrs. Isabel murmured nervously.

"Well... well, it's more familiar than a family of strangers, but..."

"You've been helped too much by Miss Liche, and you owe your life personally.
Besides, I have sworn my loyalty, so I would be very honored if my title could help
Miss Liche's happiness."

I was dumbfounded by the unexpected proposal.

By the time I thought of marriage, I thought I'd find out which family I should be a
foster daughter, but I didn't expect to decide now.

In addition, Joaquin's adopted daughter did not draw well even if it was a formality.

Joaquin, who saw my embarrassed expression, quickly continued.

"Even if it's a purposeful adoption, I'll do better than any other family member. My
wife and children will welcome with open arms. I will provide you with all the support
you need for the marriage, as well as any dispute you may have with the duke. "

"Ferelle's the only one who needs to come to the house."

Before I said anything, Perelle Lehmann stepped in, grumbling.

"What are you going to do at the boss's house that you've never been to before? If
something like that happens, come to me."

Strangely, his mood seemed to have plummeted. His eyebrows wriggled much more
disapproving than when he announced his relationship with Eran.

At that time, this time Lord Keynes raised one hand with his eyes sparkling.

"I have a title, Miss Liche."

"What?"

"I'm also impressed by Miss Liche's many activities, so if you're looking for a family to
adopt, I'd like to be greedy."

He already seemed to have put my refusal on the back burner to Crown Prince Jade.

Joaquin, the leader, frowned and bluntly.

"No, no matter how formal it is, wouldn't someone with ties be better? Miss Liche and
I spent a long time under the Duke of Serious. Do you feel more comfortable with
me?"

"Well, I don't know."

Lord Keynes also smiled and answered sharply as if he could not lose.

"Don't I and Miss Liche have the same job? My eldest son belongs to a military
doctor, so he deserves to be called a doctor's family. It would be more familiar for
you to come into my house."
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"Hmmm."

Perelleman's self-capturing, who was restless, intervened.

"I'm a long-time Duke of Serious, and some have the same job."

"No."

I was going to say firmly that I had no intention right now, but I shook my head
quickly because I thought Perelleman's words were first to cut.

"You have to find your own daughter. My own marble path isn't for me."

"......."

"I don't want to go to the place where the owner is. No matter how formal it may be."

Soon, Baron Lee Sider might find clues about his own daughter if he came to see him.

I was already using his daughter's room.

When I found my own daughter, I hoped that she would not feel strange deprivation
when she saw me as her adopted daughter.

Perelleman also lowered his eyes with a cough to see if he understood what I meant.

Nevertheless, he could not hide his anxious expression as he alternately looked at

Lord Keynes and Joaquin. To be exact, it didn't seem to be enough.

"I don't need any background or support."

Breaking the subtle silence, Eran clicked the teacup and put it down as if he was
going to clean it up.
"I'm going to do everything for you anyway. Either of you can do it. Speaking of
which, we'd better decide now."

While ignoring the subtle tension between Joaquin, Lord Keynes, and Perelleman's
work, Eran raised his chin with a pleased expression.

He said that for the purpose, other incidental things had nothing to do with it anyway.

"Now? Don't you have to be in such a hurry...."

My words were interrupted again by Perellemann's own masterpiece.

"Hmm."

He raised his voice very disapprovingly.

"Anyone wants to do it. How can you say such irresponsible things? You never know
when you're getting married, you two can break up, and you have to take this
approach?"

"Marriage will take place the moment Liche wants it, and there will be no separation.
I'm going to get everything right. But if you really want a different way....."

Eran said with a glint of black eyes.

"You can be a passionate reformer and change the laws of the empire, start a long
fight and create an independent duchy, or cause rebellion because only the royal
family can change the laws."

He added with a slight shrug.

"The fastest of them all is treason. I like it the most."

"It's a really good idea, but wouldn't the pacifist Lice hate it?"

Mrs. Isabelle said softly.

"So, Perelleman will accept it."

"Hung"

Perellemann snorted.

"It's not for Liche anyway."

Mrs. Isabelle spoke in a soothing tone instead of her usual arrogant tone.

Perelleman was my godfather, so I needed his permission to enter another place as a

foster daughter.

"Well... I see."

He nodded as if he could not help it.

"But I can't let you go into any house like this. I have to send it to a family that's
qualified for Liche in many ways."

"Any family."

Lord Keynes frowned with a false cough.

"This family has been serving the royal family as a military doctor for three
generations."

However, Perelleman did not express his disapproval.

"But not the family, Lord Keynes."

He cut himself and shook his head with a sulky look.

"Liche is too smart to go into the house. You won't be able to communicate at family
dinners. At least that's smart enough to communicate with Lice."
I was so embarrassed that my face was red.

Before Lord Keynes complained, Joaquin came out with a smile.

"Then the story is over."

He gave a hearty laugh.

"It's an honor to have Miss Liche as your adopted daughter..."

"Oh, not there either."

Perelleman snorted at Joaquin's words.

"You can't draw. Liche is too cute. If you leave a portrait, what would you do with the
difference, Joaquin? At least that should be the size of a family."

Joaquin's expression hardened in an instant.

It was when Lord Keynes and Joaquin, who were deeply offended, tried to get angry
with their red faces.

"I'm her godfather."

Perelleman's expression was even arrogant.

His shoulders were full of strength as if his position as my godfather was a huge
power.

"If you offend me, you'll have to..."

Unlike Mrs. Isabelle, who was trying to soothe Perelleman, Eran jumped up as if she
couldn't stand the sight.

His eyes were blazing. Even though my eyebrows were raised, there was a strange
glow in my eyes.

"Ferelleman's own work."

The low voice was creepy.

"Do it moderately. I don't think that's important right now."

The atmosphere froze as if it had poured cold water.

"Or do you want to see me start a rebellion?"

"No treason!"

I held his arm and shook his head. Then he smiled awkwardly at Perelleman's work.

"I know you care about me, son, but if you allow me to do it in moderation, I'll be a
little burdened right now, so I...."

"I'm your closest guardian anyway."

Perelleman said in a straight voice as he looked at Eran's face.

"You're such a waste to him. But I can't let you go home."

"I admit it's a waste of Lice to Eran, but the godfather doesn't have the right to be so
defiant."

My words that I feel pressured right now were not important, and they became a
battle of pride.

Mrs. Isabelle flashed her eyes in an eerie tone.

"You're only involved in adoption, son-in-law. Please cooperate if possible, and I don't
have the right of Perelleman's own right to adult companionship."

"......."

"Perelleman's own master, not his own father. I want you to know where you are."
Perelleman's hand shook with the tea cup.

"......can we take a break?"

I thought the atmosphere would get worse at this rate, so I quickly got in and said.

In any case, Perelleman's own work was being forced, and he may not know it either.

It was clear that with a little time, I could calm myself down.

I was going to calmly say that if I calm down this overheated atmosphere, I don't
have to decide anything now.

Everyone needed to remind themselves that I was just dating Eran.

"I'm going to go get dressed for a while."

"Yes."

Mrs. Isabel replied with a bright smile.

"Let's have some time to organize our thoughts."

I don't think I've ever been able to get myself dressed.

I woke up neatly ignoring Eran's nonsense.

I thought a few people would go out to get some fresh air, but no one got up except
me.

As soon as the drawing room opened, it was unexpectedly Daniel.

Daniel was standing with a restless face.

"Diel? Why are you here?"

"I heard Perelleman was here."

I kept checking when Perelleman's work was coming from a few days ago, and it
seemed to be really urgent.

I can't believe I'm waiting in front of the drawing room for someone I can meet if I
just wait leisurely.

"Is your tea time over?"

"It's not all over, but take a break."

It was my first time to see him waiting so eagerly for his work, so I couldn't bear to
tell him to go and wait.

In addition, it was a wasteful debate that would only offend each other at this time,
and it was a matter of no time for tea time to end.

"If it's urgent, I think we can tell you now."

We opened the drawing room door and were talking, so we could hear all of our
voices even inside the drawing room.

Perellemann walked nervously out, sweeping brown hair.

"Why, what?"

He looked at Daniel and said bluntly.

"What's going on?"

"It's... it's... it's... it's a big deal."

Daniel looked uncharacteristically really embarrassed.

Of course, Perellemann, who was already under pressure, did not consider his
hesitation.

"Just do it."
I looked at the two alternately and patted Diel on the back as if to comfort him.

It was like a story about a paternity test. Otherwise, there was no way he could have
dragged his time by hesitating to target Perelleman's own work.

After that, Perelleman's self-critic got on his nerves as he watched Daniel keep silent
and roll his eyes with a look of ignorance.

"Oh, come on!"

I said quietly, speculating that the top of Ferelleman could be quite damaging.

"Make yourself at home. I'll leave you out."

"No!"

I hurriedly grabbed my arm trying to turn behind the DA.

Then Eran, who was only looking at me in the drawing room, jumped up.

However, Diel's subsequent words were faster.

"You have to listen. It's about the paternity test I've been secretly talking about."

"I've been noticing... do I have to listen to him? Who do I know?"

Daniel took a deep breath and said it in a heartbeat.

"You and Perelle were the only writers."

Eranma, who was about to stand up and approach, also hardened on the spot.
116

The picture that Daniel thought was different from the current situation in
many ways.

For now, Perelleman and Liche were planning to quietly explain the situation step by
step and discuss the future.

I had no idea that I would take the lead in announcing such a big event in front of so
many people.

"Well, I mean... I accidentally put Perelle Lehmann's blood into a paternity test
reagent developed by Liche, and it's a similar color..."

He was very burdened at this moment when he was drawing attention from many
people because he was the type to quietly handle things behind someone and feel
proud of himself.

And not only Perelle, but also Liche, but also Isabel, Eran, Joaquin, and Keynes.....

Even if you don't know, their atmosphere was very harsh.

"So I secretly ran a hair test, and the result was a match..."

Without telling Liche in advance, he waited until Perelleman's son came because he
didn't want Liche to suffer because he gave him useless hope.

During the long time of the paternity test with Hans, Daniel couldn't forget how
nervous Lice was walking around the fortress and how despondent she looked when
she couldn't find her family.

"There's no guarantee of being exactly the same blue. I'm going to have to extract
the blood and run a test."

Liche spoke calmly, but her expression was clearly stiff.

It was because he noticed why he waited until his own work came in personally came.
Even if the same blue color came out by extracting blood now and putting it in the
reagent, there was another stage of reagent test left.

Knowing Diel's consideration to reduce the time of hope and despair that he had to
bear, Perelleman also tapped him quietly on the shoulder.

Liche went to the lab and brought his own dragon claw reagent and horsepower
emotional rock.

"Well ..... let's check it out."

Perelerman and Lice sat side by side and drew blood from their arms with a syringe.

Isabelle shook her lips when she saw two people doing the same thing.

|Looking at it side by side, it was quite similar to the habit of putting pressure on the
lips when concentrating and the angle of slight frowning between the eyebrows.

' Then it turns out that the round green eyes look completely like Zioni......'

After Liche came, Perelleman's work was floating around freely, so I didn't even think
about it until now because I didn't see him with her often.

No, I just let it go because I wasn't conscious.

Perellemann spent a long time searching for her blonde green-eyed daughter, and
after it was revealed that no one knew her characteristics, she became lethargic.
I've fallen for

It was hard to think differently because she had not connected her daughter to Lice
for a long time.

Perhaps all of the Peacocks did.

Silence flowed in the tension while bleeding into the beaker containing each reagent.

"Ah."

As soon as the blood spread in the reagent, a small elastic burst out of the mouths of
people in the parlor who saw the pink reagent turn exactly the same blue.

Of course, it was the same result in the Mana Emotion Class that Daniel
quickly took just in case.

To be clear, the last reagent test, which took quite a long time, remained.

However, the faces of Arga and Riche began to be immeasurable.

Now that they've come this far, the probability of a father-daughter relationship was
quite high.

Even if there was a discrepancy in the last test, it was definitely a close blood
relationship.

Her lost daughter and Lice were nineteen.

Sioni's final message stated that her daughter was born on 9 June and was sent to
the Duke of Cerius.

Liche was found in the river on the side of the Duke of Cerius and was celebrating the
end of June when Elburn of "Jeha Nursery" rescued her.

What is the probability that all the situations in which this monk fits are coincidences?

"......I can't confirm it because there's still a reagent test left, but there's a good
chance."

Lice spoke with a nervous voice but a calm expression.

Because of what happened with Hans, he didn't seem to have any intention of fixing
the situation until it was 100%.

It was a long visit to his daughter, and so was Perelleman's own work, who had been
through all the hardships involved.

"Yes."

Of course, his eyes were not falling off the reagent in the two beakers, which had the
same color.

"I've been looking for a long time..........and I can wait a little longer to make sure."

Arga also wanted Liche not to be hurt.

He was desperate for his daughter, too, but Liche has lived as a natural orphan, so
maybe she's desperate for blood.
It might have been bigger.

Arga remembered the day when Liche first found herself and came to the fortress.

From the first day I saw her, the urge to give her daughter's room was as vivid as a
lie.

A confident and intelligent little girl grew up and wrote a doctor's contract after her.

I remember Liche receiving an apology from the prince who was proudly under his
wing at the hunting competition.
A strange feeling sprang up.

When Keynes and Joaquin told each other earlier that they wanted to adopt Liche as
their adopted daughter, they wanted to give up their relationship because they
wanted to be his husband.

I accepted Liche's refusal because of the strange guilt of my lost daughter, but...

And in the meantime, when I realized that Lice could really be his own daughter, I felt
like I was shaking.
I see.

'Sioni......'

Just thinking of the name still makes me feel like tears are going to pour out, so Arga
made a firmer face and said it hard.

"Diel, prepare all the relevant reagents. We have to do it right now."

In an indescribable atmosphere, Eran, who was sitting next to Lice, opened his
mouth.

"If it's like this, it's better to be a little faster. By all means."

Eran knew how much Liche wanted to find her family, so she quickly made a decision
on the situation and continued.

"You'd better get your uncle in right away. I don't think I know much
about it anyway, but even a small clue can fit in."

Roman was an enemy like a pyramid in hand anyway, so he left it to suffer a lot.

If Liche's plan worked, he was the one who would crawl into the Duke of Cerius
himself, so he just had to wait.

However, the situation has changed now.

Getting even a little bit of information he knew might eliminate the need to wait for a
long time for reagent testing.

Wedderick apparently said there was a connection between the rebels and the
"daughter of Perelle Lehmann".
Although he had no interest in it, the story changed if there was a slight possibility
that Liche was involved.

"That's better."

Isabel looked at Joaquin calmly and said.

"Don't be comfortable being my brother, but consider him an enemy of Cerius."

"...for now."

Arga woke up with her forehead pointed.

"Let's just say there's no foster care."

No matter how much I said Eran, I couldn't vomit.

"And about dating on the premise of marriage.

The situation has been subtly reversed.

"You're only involved in adoption, son-in-law. Please cooperate if possible, and there
is no right of Ferrellmann's own right to adult companionship. Perelleman's son is a
godfather, not a father. I hope you know your location clearly."

Arga looked at Isabel with his eyes and said in a voice full of energy.

"I have a clear picture of what could be my father."

***
Roman was ordered by "him" to fund the rebels.

The superiors ordered the distribution of cosmetics that cause skin diseases to the
Meilis Duchy, which is close to Baroness Ishider, who is wearing a port, and to raise
funds by selling treatments.

"The medical science of the Duchy of Maileys is not very good quality. The
development of the cure itself will be very difficult, so it's a big money opportunity."

Wedderick went missing while he was working as he ordered.

The Duchy of Meleece eventually turned to the background as it was about to leave
immediately to search the west mentioned by Perelleman. So I couldn't go over the
distribution of cosmetics in detail, and as a result, it's been spread to a few people.
It was shaped.

Still, I thought it would be quite money because some of them were high-ranking
nobles.

Rebel funds are also funds, but to quickly give money to the guild that he knew
Wedderick's information at the moment, he forced Riche to buy the concentrate of
Amory flowers.

In fact, the letter from the guild was also manipulated and sent by Liche, but Roman
blindly believed that his children were at stake. This is because they had to cling to
even a small hope.

After sending me to the Duchy of Mileys in a cc hurry, he waited nervously for the
result.

"Hey, Baron..."

But the servant, who was in charge of distributing the cure, said in a trembling voice.

"There's already been no demand for the cure among the nobles."
"What?"

Roman blinked at a ridiculous situation.

"Not a sedative?"

During the dry international period, the fact that sedatives were circulating was
known as internal information, but it was clearly temporary.

"Yes."

The servant looked at his eyes and answered.

"Surely...It was a cure. So no one needed our cure."

"......no way."

Roman shook his head like crazy and swept his rough hair.

"In such a short period of time, medical underdeveloped countries like the Duchy of
Mileys can't develop complicated treatments. Besides, it's hard to think of an amory
flower because it doesn't go around the market very well!"

He, who knew some medicine, even hit his knee when he saw the ingredients of the
treatment he handed him.

It would have taken a long time to study in a blank state even if Arga was hanging
on.

"That's what I'll know....."

The servant coughed in vain.

"Baron, it's been three months since I've been behind on my salary..."

The butler has already pointed out the financial situation in detail a few days ago. The
number of users running away with valuable items in their homes has increased one
by one due to the delayed salary.
The mansion was becoming more and more dilapidated because Roman was not in
the position to manage the baronet.

"Is that the problem now? No...... there's still hope. Did you get a reply from him?"

The servant faltered out a letter from his arms. He sent him to the Duchy of Mileys,
and sent a letter to the higher line asking for urgent payment.

Roman's expression, which opened the envelope frantically, became more frightening.

[Due to the failure of the viewing tower, this side is also short of budget. We will
severely reprimand the Duchy of Mileys for failing to take care of its affairs on time. ]

The servant who saw his face asked cautiously.

"Is the answer... negative?"

"Get out of here! Get out!"

Roman got angry and tore his head off.

As if the situation was unbelievable, he gambled for a long time and threw the book
away.

The servant quietly left Roman's room.

When he closed the door and stepped out into the hallway, few remaining users were
waiting for him.

"What happened?"

"Are they really getting paid now?"

The servant shook his head when asked by the users.

"No, it didn't work out."

He took off his gloves and spat in the hallway.

"Let's all run for a little bit of money, and this estate will soon be handed over."

"What? What's wrong with Young-ji?"

"I wrote a bill. I'm on my way to see with my own eyes that the last way to pay it
back is broken."

The few users who had been waiting for months to think about "just in case" even if
they were behind on their salaries quickly dispersed without anyone saying anything
about it.

Then he began to pack his few remaining items.

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When Roman rang the bell to call the user a few hours later, the only person who
appeared in front of him was an old stableman who had been guarding the baronet
for a long time.

"What?"

Roman huffed and glared at the stable.

"Where's everyone going, and you're coming?"

"...... they're all gone."

"What?"

"There's a lot of backlog in salary, and there's a rumor going around that you've
written a bill ......"

"You ungrateful bastards!"

Roman jumped up and ran out of the room at the stableman's slow horse.

The baron's hallway was a mess of trash, and it was completely desolate, even taking
off the painting on the wall.

Running to the kitchen, he saw that there was no food left and pointed to his
forehead.

The note to buy the Amory flower concentrate from Riche was hung with title and
spirit.

There are only a few days left before the bank comes to collect money.

At one time, he was full of hopes of giving the entire Duchy of Serius to Wedderick,
but now even a small baroness was completely taken away.

Then be the fallen aristocrat who has nothing to do with Aaron Krilso, whom he
despised so much.
It was that

"The Baron."

The stableman spoke quietly.

"For the sake of the Baroness, I kept a horse desperately."

"One?"

Roman's eyes flashed with madness.

"That was hard, too. Everyone's been behind on their paychecks for months."

"Oh my god , damn things! "

"Is there anywhere you can ask for help?"

Roman fell to his knees in the middle of the chaotic hallway.

The word "severe reprimand" came from the upper line, meaning he would not take
care of his difficulties.

'No.....if I'm branded as an unnecessary hand, I can't even guarantee my life.'

His superiors were cold and cruel.

If his utility value disappears, it was not strange to send an assassin right now to
block his mouth.

I feel like I'm blocked everywhere, and even my son, who I cared more than my life,
was unclear about his life and death were unclear.

However, they could not even eat because they did not have any ingredients.

In a few days, this mansion and Youngjima will be a place where he cannot step on.
As the stableman said, all he had left was a horse.
It was.
In the end, there was only one place to ask for help.

A bill on a baron's decree, a rich estate that can pay you back without a blink of an
eye.

When he was in trouble, his sister gave him jewelry as if he were in a hurry.

So I always admired it, and when someone seduced me that I could have it, I was so
eager to be possessed.

"..........to the Duke of Serious."

***

I was sitting in the lab, and I was dumbfounded.

The final step was reagent testing, which required a long wait for another tedious
time.

There was a subtle silence between Perelman and me as we conducted

various tests with reagents prepared by Daniel.

No matter how many other people said they would open up the "probability that it
might not be," but they could not help but think similarly.

"Diel."

"Yes!"

Daniel, who was organizing the reagent, froze to answer.

"It's a 500 percent bonus."

Diel's eyes grew round at the words of his calm Perelleman.

"No, ma'am... I didn't do it for that price, but..."

"If you don't like it."

"But I've won what I've."

Daniel, who quickly changed his posture, grinned.

I patted him on the shoulder and apologized.

"I'm sorry, I didn't know that, and I thought you were in trouble..."

"That's enough."

Perhaps the power of capital, Diel said with the face of the world.

"That's enough, I'll let you go. Between friends."

He spit out like nothing happened. Surprised, he glanced at Perelleman's own writing.

"No, I mean... we're still friends. If you're Ferrell Lehman, then of course the story
will change!"

If that happens, my status would be aristocratic, so I could see why Daniel added it in
a hurry.

It meant that I could marry Eran even if I no longer went into someone's foster
daughter.

Thinking of the marble path of Perelleman's birch, which is firmly laid, I fiddled with a
handkerchief given to me by Felix.

I heard that good things come when you have something with the care of the elderly.

' Do you really think I've found blood?'

Is that marble path for me, and will I be the granddaughter of Felix, the nephew of
Sir Seirin, and the daughter of Perelleman's own work?

' Then Mom......my mom Zion......'

I think I died because of mana mixed with mana while giving birth to me without a
proper midwife or doctor.

When I think about it, I feel depressed for no wonder.

Lastly, I wanted to hit Baroness Ishider's face as hard as I could when I saw him at
the Gun International booth.

"But you said your daughter was intertwined with the rebels..."

I carefully brought it up.

"What the hell is going on?"

"I don't know."

Perelleman said with a sigh.

"Rebel, I've never been involved in such a political issue. I'm not interested. The only
thing that was close to the imperial family was joining the imperial medical research
team. I went there and did research."

"It was a problem because you only did research."

Daniel stepped in.

"You should have done some social work in those places. Especially Prince Hael
Dunn."

"Why do you keep pretending to know when you were young at the time and didn't
know the details?"

"When Perelle's at the top, everyone's talking, so I've heard it very clearly."

I was lost in thought with my arms crossed.

Now that Perelleman's daughter, who is entangled with the rebels, is more likely to be
me, I wanted to know the truth somehow.

I know Perelleman's son is not welcome anywhere, but he was not a target of
rebellion.

The problem was that even if they caught Baron Lee Sider, who was only a member
of the rebel group, they would not be able to give an answer.

I took a deep breath and asked carefully.

"Isn't Prince Haelden behind the rebels?"

It was something that I could say because I believed in Perelleman and Daniel.

The reckless questioning of the royal family without evidence constitutes a crime of
blasphemy, which could have been greatly regretted.

I returned when it was not revealed that the final cause of the rebellion, which had
been happening in a flurry, was behind.

"If the Crown Prince gets hurt, he is the next heir to the throne."

"Well."

Perellemann replied with a thoughtful eye.

"Regardless of whether it is true or not, His Majesty now cannot afford to step on the
rebels because of his serious old age and chronic illness. And the Crown Prince... you
know..."
"You believe in your skills and you don't have any thoughts, do you still have any
thoughts when your life was really at stake this time?"

"Like most people, they believe it's an accident."

I also had nothing to say because I noticed Essien's words with one word. But I
couldn't have put an Essian in trouble who tried to save me.

In fact, there was no need to step up because it was true that Crown Prince Jade
smashed everything just by sitting still.

But I was so curious about the truth.

"On top of that, externally, Prince Haalden is really pleased with his position as the
head of the Imperial Medical Research Group. They keep saying that research is more
appropriate than politics."

"What do you think? You studied it yourself."

"Hmm..."

Perelman replied, biting his lower lip hard.

"If you're a true medical professional, recovery should always be a priority. But the
prince is a man who is hung up on his apparent research performance."

I nodded as I recalled Prince Haelden in the hunting competition.

She's a patient with immediate blood transfusions, but she's slowly waiting in front of
people for Natalie to come.
I was already aware of what I described as an 'interesting confrontation' with an
injury.

"Anyway, you know that if we say this between us, it won't pay off, right?"

Daniel said, carefully organizing the reagents. With a small liver, he seemed
uncomfortable with this topic.

"Let's leave this to the Duke, who has enough power to challenge the imperial
family."

Eran had already disappeared into a dungeon, saying he wanted to "crash" Wedderick
more.

I think everything that will come out has already come out, but if I remember one
more word, it could be a clue.

Aaron, of course, seems to have been interrogating hard, but he knew nothing more
than Wedderick because he was a snob.

I said I didn't have to go that far, but he said, 'It's about you, Liche. I have to help
you no matter what.' He shined his eyes shined.

It was Wedderick who said that the rebel and Ferelman's daughter seemed to have a
relationship, so he would carry out further questioning somehow.

"There's nothing we can do right now. Just wait. There's no evidence anyway."

Daniel was busier in organizing the lab as if to stop.

It wasn't wrong, so I kept my mouth shut and woke up when I saw Daniel trying to
clean something up.

"No, Diel, that hasn't even started yet. Just leave it there."

"Huh? It's been around for a long time."

"I haven't figured it out yet. But we'll figure it out soon enough."

Perelleman was the only one who showed curiosity about the words.

"What is it?"

He slowly got up and snooped at the experimental instruments that Diel was holding.
Those were snacks that Wedderick had given Eran before, and now all he had to do
was put in a thick paste to find out the ingredients.

"What is it that you don't understand?"

"Oh......... Wetherick secretly fed the Duke a strange snack as a child."

"What? Without me knowing?"

"Yes, you've gotten a lot better down in Irvia. So what's in the cookie?
And I've been working on it."

Speaking of which, I carefully added grown-up tenderloin and separated the

ingredients of the snack.

"Actually, I've been holding him for almost six years, but I can't figure it out. "No
matter how hard it is to make a cookie and infer the ingredients, it hurts my pride not
to be able to figure them out... but I can finally separate the ingredients by finding
the glue."

"Wederick can't have that knowledge, and it's Baroness Cedar who has a little medical
knowledge......... but you haven't figured out the ingredients of Baron Isider's
cookies?"

"So it was crazy."

I frowned and answered in a sullenly.

"That can't be true of my skills ......."

"Let me see."

Perelleman raised his chin and began to look at each of the test tubes I was
separating.
I stepped back a little with a look on my face to give it a try.

I'm angry, but only Perelle's own work is comparable to mine. Then these ingredients
could be identified at once.

Well, the royal medical team had a great reputation, but it wasn't comparable to our
skills at the hunting competition.

While he was analyzing the ingredients, I put my chin up and stepped back for a
while. If I had separated all the ingredients anyway, I would also know the principle
of poison if I looked at it slowly.

Perelleman, who had been putting something on the parchment for a while, sighed
and touched his forehead.

"......Diel."

"What?"

"Now that we have the evidence, we can talk more about this."

"Evidence?"

"Yes."

Perelleman raised his glasses with a serious face.

"No wonder Liche couldn't figure out the ingredients of this snack."

"..........why?"

I asked sulkyly.

Perelleman's reference to "evidence" meant that the snack was related to the royal
family.

It was not easy to accept that I had not been able to find out the poison that the
imperial medical researchers had made for a long time.
"I'm a genius. Why didn't they find out?"

"You can't find out because another genius has created it."

Perelleman replied with a smirk.

"It's a combination of my own when I was with the Imperial Medical Corps."
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I was shocked and couldn't answer for a moment.

It was unfair that he had been secretly studying by himself because he could not say
that he suspected Mrs. Isabel's nephew on a commoner's topic.

On the other hand, I thought, "That'

Thinking that it was a combination created by Perelleman's own work, I felt that my
long-time damaged pride had recovered a little.

"Well, it was really hard to come up with. As expected, my..."

I was talking casually and suddenly shut my mouth.

I couldn't say anything in vain even though I wasn't sure yet.

"If I hadn't separated the ingredients, it would have been hard for me to see them all
at once."

Perelleman's own work gave me a comfortingly.

I never thought that we could separate the ingredients from the snack. As expected,
my..."

The last time he smiled and tried to add, he quickly blurted out his words.

Then he continued, "Hmmm."

"And the symptoms are different because it's a strange change... because I was
originally developed as a cure. But I'm surprised you're sending me to the Duke of
Serius, where I'm your doctor, not anywhere else. "

He squinted, picking up one last piece of snack.

"I handed over all my research results to the researchers. It will be preserved in
records, so there is clear evidence that royal medical researchers were involved in
Duke Serius's illness as a child."
"Diel."

I was lost in thought for a while and spoke calmly.

"Sir Keynes won't be dead yet. Can you bring me in?"

Lord Keynes was on close terms with Crown Prince Jade, a member of the Imperial
Army Medical Corps.

He was the one who would be more loyal and accurate than anyone else if we showed
him the results we have now.

"As long as you have a clue, you have to push fast."

It could have been my job with a very high probability.

It could have been the daughter who wandered the marble path for 19 years, which
was preserved by tears of many people.

Then I didn't want to hesitate at all.

19 years was enough for me to suffer without knowing I was being beaten.

***

After a while, people came in with Diel.

I only said Lord Keynes, but Mrs. Eran and Mrs. Isabel, as well as General Joaquin,
brought Wedderick with both hands.

"I ran into the Duke on the way, and I told you everything..."

Daniel scratched the back of his head as if he was embarrassed.

"The Duke told me that there was no room for controversy when we heard the
circumstances and listened to all of these things together. "
I was surprised to see Wedderick's poor skeleton.

The face that had not been washed properly for a long time was rough, and the hair
and beard that had not been trimmed were terrible.

Most of all, he was already thin, and most of all, his mental state was not normal
when his pupils were shaking like crazy.

My whole body was scarred and full of blood.

Daniel whispered secretly, "I think I left my limbs intact because it was blood."

"You'll have to answer correctly."

Eran spoke in an eerie voice.

He dragged Wedderick's trembling collar to the front of the lab desk where the snacks
were placed.

There were only two snacks left because I had been studying for a long time, but one
was used to analyze the ingredients now. So there was only one whole type of snack.

Eran picked up the one snack and said, raising his chin.

"Do you remember this?"

How brutal the atmosphere he was breathing was, we couldn't help but watch the
scene while keeping silence.

"........."

Wedderick breathed heavily and said nothing.

Eran lowered his head and smiled at his eyes.

"Answer."
It was a soft voice, but I felt a lot of life, so Daniel next to me did a hickey and hiccup
once.

"If you don't tell me... will you have another private relationship with me in the
dungeon?"

"Gi, I remember!"

What the hell is the solitary confinement of the underground prison.

Wedderick shouted in a panic.

"I... I just did what I was told. I told you, I can just feed you... ..I don't know
anything!"

Eran stared at such Wedderick and slowly opened his mouth.

"When I was a kid, when I ate that snack that my brother secretly gave me.... I used
to get sick exactly as you said. After reading a book, I had a headache, and after
eating, I had a stomachache. You don't know anything."

Mrs. Isabelle sat on her head.

It is now the first time that Wedderick had been feeding young Eran something
strange.

"Even if you think it's a coincidence, it's so suspicious when you think about it after
you grow up. But I've been holding it in for the value of the use that you might not
know..."

Eran continued as if he had no value in trying to hurt himself.

"It's not worth it right now. I don't know what I'll do if I don't tell you the truth."

"Well, it's just a cookie with that effect! I told you, we just got a reward from above.
about Perelleman's daughter!"
Wedderick whispered quickly and struggled.

"For this."

Then, throwing him lightly on the floor, Eran said with a mixture of irritation.

"It's clear that he's a member of the Imperial Medical Corps. I don't think Perelleman
himself would have given that snack."

"The first thing I tried to develop was a drug that could solve several diseases at
once, such as a headache from reading a lot or a stomachache from eating."

Perelleman murmured as if he had chewed it out.

"But before I put it to practical use, my daughter was gone and I handed over the
results of the research that I was working on. But I remember."

Turning medicine into poison was not that difficult.

I asked carefully, recalling Prince Haelden of the hunting competition.

"You think a similar combination can make a disease-causing drug?"

"Yeah. When I first consulted Prince Haelden, who was leading the research team, the
first thing I said was, 'A little change would be a very useful and new poison.' "

"So what did you answer?"

"I ran into the basic ideology of medical researchers."

Daniel shook his head beside the horse.

Of course I knew Perelleman couldn't make it out of society, but the man who had it
hit the crown prince... the head of the research team.
"Hmmm..."

Lord Keynes began to groan at the results of his analysis.

As he was not a genius, it seemed difficult to recognize Perelle as soon as he saw her
at once.

While Perelleman explains to Lord Keynes the principles of this and that, Joaquin once
again took Wedderick to the throne.
He dragged him to the dungeon and disappeared.

"It looks like you're hitting a puzzle."

Eran mumbled in thought.

It was something I was not interested in at all, but now that I thought I was involved,
I suddenly felt urgent.

"I understand that Prince Haalden helped my uncle. It's strange that a baron had the
help of the prince, but above all, why is it related to Perelleman's daughter?"

"Because you had to pass Baron Ishader to go to your parents home."

I answered calmly.

"It's a long time ago, and it's hard to find any more puzzles because Prince Haalden
can't tell you the truth."

"But..."

"Duke, can you do me a favor?"

There was no time when truth was needed as it is now.

"Cancia will tell you everything soon. You know the whole truth."
This is what she meant by the trust she gave instead of Ticilia.

"I think you're going to be very sick in half a year. Come to the Duchy Castle by then.
I'm a genius doctor because I haven't changed."

Looking at Eran's face telling me to say anything, I said clearly.

"A gypsy grandmother will come to you soon. His name is Cancia Melania. If he
comes and finds me, please tell the gatekeepers not to kick him out, no matter how
he looks like, and to guide me immediately."
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Jade frowned at Keynes' letter.

[ Good evening to you, Your Grace.

I arrived safely at the Duke of Serious as scheduled under your command.

However, as an imperial soldier who eats the rust of the imperial family, we have an
urgent and serious investigation, so please allow us to stay a little longer.

Please understand that doubt alone is too heavy to mention in a letter, so we cannot
describe it in detail.

However, he cautiously suggests that this may have something to do with the safety
of His Majesty the Crown Prince.

Therefore, it would be wise to keep the contents of this letter secret for the time
being.

With the help of the Duke and Miss Liche, I swear to investigate the whole story with
all my heart, and I will cut it short.

I hope you are spending your days in peace until I see you again.

— Keynes raised ]

"No, I went to listen to Lice's answer, and what else are you going to investigate?"

But Keynes, a military surgeon, was also a member of the Royal Knights.

It was not like a light event if it was an issue that he judged that he should seriously
investigate, and if it was enough to express his sincerity, it was not like a light event.
"But the Duke of Cerius is a great loyalist, and Miss Liche loves me with all her
heart... ..and she will do her best to protect my safety. I'm full of people."

According to the manual in which soldiers of the imperial order reply when they
request an investigation, he wrote a simple answer to investigate the case clearly
under the order of the Crown Prince, giving him enough time.

"Then let's go see him in the hospital..."

When Jade found out that the sun was setting, she jumped up and began to walk
cheerfully.

When he had time, he would visit Prince Hael Dunn, who had been injured quite
seriously in the viewing tower from time to time.

Of course, he was the one who almost died because the floor on Jade's side collapsed,
but Lice pushed him away in a timely manner, allowing him to wear only a few light
abrasions and be fine.

Hadan, who was on the other side, was not life-threatening, but one of his legs was
broken and he had to stay in bed for a few days.

The Marquis Frillitte, who took responsibility for all this, also suffered a serious injury
to one arm, which Jade felt sorry for.

' Phew... you're hurt, you're cursed, you're rewarded, you're punished... but the
imperial family is as cruel as it is. There is nothing I can do.'

In addition, many people were seriously injured in the tower.

Even Eran was seriously injured, so Riche had no choice but to take him back to the
duchy.

If she hadn't been with Cerseus, she'd be having a sweet time with herself...
'But that's the charm of Miss Lice.'

He was walking with a pleased look on his face, recalling the last appearance of Liche
who saved his life.

"Huh?"

On his way to Prince Haelden, he encountered Isela, the Crown Princess.

Isella gave him a slight sigh and gave him an example.

"Are you coming back from your brother?"

"Yes."

"How are you?"

"We've got a couple of medical researchers attached, so they're recovering fast."

"That's a relief."

Jade smiled with her innocent blue eyes.

"So you weren't there, were you?"

"Yes...... a little tired."

Isela did not go to the viewing tower, so there were no injuries.

"Yes, you'd better be careful because the long-awaited child may come soon. Didn't
you get Miss Liche's prescription last time?"

"......I beg you again, but please don't tell the Prince."

"Of course. I'm a little sensible at this rate."

Without noticing any indication of Isla's unconvinced expression, Jade responded as if
she understood.

"Liche is a great name. Something good will happen to you and your wife soon. I
guarantee it. Because Miss Liche can't cure it."

No matter how genius he is, he can't cure all diseases, so when Lice hears it, he will
say it.

However, there was also a slight expectation on the face of Acella, who was confident
about Jade's words.

There was no one in the palace who knew that both Haelden and Isela were eager for
children.

In particular, the reason why Haelden first led the royal medical research team was to
study their infertility.

Anyway, it was good news for Isla, who thought that Lice's skills seemed better than
the royal medical researchers after the hunting competition.

The empire did not recognize illegitimate children by law.

I knew that Hadan had several hidden governments, but it meant that Isela was the
only one who could have a child who would be a true successor.

In addition, Haalden has longed for his succession from the beginning until now.

Israel eventually sneaked to the booth of Lice, a commoner, because it thought that if
they gave birth to a child, many governments would be cleared up.

"Sure."

Isella quickly disappeared if she didn't want to talk to Jade for a long time.
Jade greeted her brightly and headed to Haelden's room.

Haelden faced Jade with a blunt look and no injuries.

There was no one who didn't know why Jade lived here and there thanks to Liche and
why he could be so fine.

"Are you all right, brother?"

"Thanks to your kind heart, I feel better."

"I'm glad."

Jade spoke brightly, but Haal Dawn's face was dark.

Come to think of it, Marquis Priet, who was close, is quite a blow to taking
responsibility for all this. I've heard.

Such an unexpected accident has put your friend in trouble, and you're seriously
hurt....

"I was able to be fine because I was with Miss Liche, but you were unlucky."

"He's talking about it every time he visits."

"No matter how much I think about it, Miss Liche is the ear of my life. I wanted you to
give her a better look."

Jade was often talking about Liche because she thought she would feel
awkward with Haelden if she entered the palace.

"I'm not interested in such a humble commoner."

"It's not a small thing. You saw it in person at the hunting competition."

"I'm a little tired to discuss the girl."

I want to talk about Liche again, but Hayldon blocked the conversation with Jade too
early.

' Well, maybe you don't want to hear about the woman your brother is interested in
because you're sick.'

He wasn't too considerate of Hayldon, who was in bed, but Jade, who was looking
back on herself, thought he wanted to make him feel better even a little bit.

"You need to get better soon. We might get some good news."

"......good news."

"Well, isn't it possible to have a pretty niece soon?"

"Prince Prince."

Haeldon mumbled while touching his forehead.

"No matter how much you are the Crown Prince, it is not manners to stab others in
the most painful place in this situation."

"Putting a sore spot! "

Jade shook her hands in surprise and said hurriedly.

"I'm just saying that your sister-in-law got a fertility prescription from Miss Liche...
oh, my God."

Jade bit her lips as if it was a failure.

"Your brother-in-law told me not to tell you..."

Of course, Haelden's expression was distorted.

"Well, still, Miss Liche's good, isn't she? Don't be so proud of yourself..."

In the end, Jade felt uncomfortable and had no choice but to finish her visit early.

***

Originally, the laboratory, which was built to quietly focus on research alone, began to
be crowded at some point.

Before returning to the hospital, it was common for patients to stay alone and study
this and that after they were all gone, but now it is natural for people to come in and
out of the lab.

And I didn't hate the atmosphere where one or two people came to see me and
eventually became crowded.

Heran, Diel, and Perelle Mann were still in place.

"Say Baroness Eccider is coming. I think it takes longer than usual because there is
only one horse and not enough travel expenses. I got a call from the top of Perelle
Bay in the Cibello region."

I nodded slowly at Diel's report.

"Then we'll be there soon."

At first, the Hans case was disgusting, and next, he wanted to avenge Perelleman's
own work, so he dragged it down to the point where it seemed excessive.

He sent a letter from the false information guild, saying he would give Wedderick's
information, and tried to take away all the lands and titles by making money
desperate.

Eran added that when everything was gone, he suggested sending Wedderick's hair to
drive people further.

Perelleman's son had money when he found his daughter, because he would feel
much more miserable if he could find it but could not find it because he had no
money.

However, if this is likely to be "My Story," it was important to draw even a small clue
as soon as possible, rather than bothering him even a little longer.

"I'm just wondering if I'm going to drag you in, but if it's in the Cibello area now,
there's no time difference."

Eran raised his eyebrows and said.

"I see."

"How's your sleep these days? There's a lot to worry about."

After Geon-guk, Eran, who had often called me to bite and suck me, saying that he
seemed sick, immediately stopped his artificial childishness after finding out that I
was in a complicated mood.

Instead, like he became my doctor, how's his meal going, how's his sleep, how's his
face. I checked thoroughly.

There was a person staring at Eran, who stroked my hair and looked at whether he
was a little thinner than yesterday or not.

"The Duke."

Perellemann said with his arms crossed.

"Don't stroke Liche with the Duke's rough hands. If you get a scratch on your callus,
you'really? Do you like rice cake?"

There was little possibility of a scratch coming from the callous flesh that had only a
lot of swords, and the touch of Eran, which was not even soft, being able to scratch.

Perelleman, who is more aware of the fact than anyone else, was definitely different
from before from finding fault with his nervousness.
Perelleman and I were conducting a reagent test, but at best, the probability of not
being a father-daughter relationship was slimmer.

Me and Perellemann became a delicate relationship because we were ahead of the

last step to make sure that we were overflowing and flowing.

"Oh, that's possible. "

Eran, who would not have snorted in the past, quickly found gloves and began to pet
my hair again.

"But you can't get rid of calluses. I have to keep catching the sword. If there's any
chance you're gonna find something dangerous for Liche, If something happens, we'll
have to get rid of all the people involved?"

"Then get out of here. What if Lice suddenly wakes up and crashes? It would hurt just
to bump into the Duke."

"Is that so? Then you can do this."

In my memory, Eran was very hot.

But he immediately began to wrap a blanket around his chest in the corner of the lab.

"I'm sorry, but I can't give up my hard, wide heart. Because Liche likes men who are
in good shape."

If Perelleman found fault with his own work, Eran immediately accepted it, but did not
actually correct his behavior by mobilizing all kinds of bizarre methods.

No matter how genius I am, I couldn't think of a way to overcome this embarrassing
situation.
"Sir, I'm already a personalized talent for Liche."

"What are you talking about?"

"This is a self-introduction for a situation you don't know."

"Hang."

Perellemann snorted and crossed his arms.

"If I'm not Lice's biological father, I'm a completely change-of-status adult."

"You're still smart."

"That's a given..."

Perellemann, who had a pleased expression, regained his senses and opened his axe
his axe eyes.

At that time, a maid who tapped carefully on the door of the lab reached out her face.

"Hey, I need to hurry up and tell you..."

"Yes, go ahead."

Whatever it was, I woke up with a smile to break this strange atmosphere.

"There's someone who just arrived at the duchess and is looking for Mr. Lee."
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The maid carefully continued her speech.

"This is Kancia Elias..."

"Elius? Not Melania?"

I once asked "Cancia Melania" to let me in unconditionally if he found me.

When she tilted her head, the maid answered with a suspicious look.

"Yes, the person you mentioned is Kansia Melania, so I've checked several times, but
she says it's Elias. And I'm sorry to hear that you're such a mess, and you're being
shallow-spoken, because there's an opinion from the gatekeeper that I don't know if I
can let you in."

"Are you a gypsy in a bit of a dirty muck?"

I asked, recalling Kansia's face just in case.

"Oh, yes, that's right."

"You've got gray hair, you've got a grumpy face, right?"

"Yes, he's a bit shameless, he's got a lot of shamelessness, and he says he doesn't
look very good in quality at all."

"That's very accurate. No doubt it's him."

I didn't think he had his real name. At least, I thought I should be thankful that even
if the name "Cancia" was known properly.

"Let me see you right away."

"That's...."

The maid sighed and said.

"Lying down to eat first..."

She said she would live like trash even if she returned 100 times, but she must be
keeping her words faithfully.

***

I went to see her alone after being bitten by all the people who wanted to follow me.

Cancia was eating like crazy. He was about to lick all the food prepared by the
Duchess to the plate.

When I showed up at the restaurant, she wiped her mouth and held out her arm.

"It hurts so much. Give me a break."

When I encountered her in a free city before, I knew her mana was badly twisted and
expected to come by now.

"You said it was Cancia Melania. What's the last name Elias?"

"Oh, did I?"

Cancia blinked as if it was nothing but embarrassment.

I once again checked the flow of mana by grabbing her wrist, where the broth was
running tingly.

"It must hurt like you're squeezing your whole body every night. I get out of breath
when I wake up in the morning."

"That's right."

"I definitely told you not to take this kind of magic before you go back."

"Is it a gypsy, a model citizen, if you do what you're told to do."

Cancia answered lightly and continued nonchalantly.

"Can you fix it for me? I've been around, and there's no doctor who's ever noticed
symptoms like you."

"Of course."

I grinned at her wrist.

"There must have been a condition instead, remember?"

"Ah, crystal ball."

Kansia clicked her tongue as if she was sorry.

"......I brought it. I didn't forget."

"Does that wear you out? Why don't you show me that?"

"Not exactly, but I don't like being born to do good things for others."

"It's a good thing. You can think of it as a cure."

"I don't really like paying a fair price."

"No, was it the only good thing in Cancia's life that brought me back together?"

"How did you know?"

She swallowed the food and spoke proudly.

"Looking at him, he's very good and he's been living very hard, but I feel sorry for not
having anyone come to see him even though he's locked up all day, and it's a bit sad
that he said he missed his family."

"Then help me this time."

"Okay, so I brought it."

Kansia tapped her big bag and said.

"I want to find your parents, this is it. My crystal ball has a name and a place of birth,
so I can know the past of the time he wants."

Looking at my slightly nervous expression, Kansia began to untie the messy bag
strap.

"Tell me your name and where you were born. Then I'll show you the time you want."

I grinned as I grabbed her arm trying to take out the crystal ball right now.

"No, not here."

Cancia stared at me with discontent because she couldn't get it done quickly right
now.

But anyway, I didn't get too annoyed because I knew I needed to cure the disease.

"Let's go together now."

If the trust of a girl instead of Ticilia was right, Cancia would now tell me the truth.

"There are people I want to see together."

And since everyone had to know the truth, I had told Diel to keep everyone involved
before coming down to the restaurant.

"Oh, that's tricky."

"I'll wait for you to finish."

"Then can I ask for some more deer meat?"

I waited patiently until Kansia's meal was over, and dragged her to the drawing room.
"How are you dreaming?"

On the way to the drawing room, Cancia asked.

"Well, I haven't been dreaming lately."

"It's because autumn is coming."

She picked her ears and spoke lightly.

"The time of our return is almost here. There's not much of a future that"

"Then don't you dream of the day you went back?"

"Of course. Now I'm just buying normal time."

I remembered the day when I met Cancia in prison and returned.

It was autumn when the cold wind had just begun to blow.

There really isn't much time left.

Advanced field food on display in the hallway to the drawing room, could see the eyes
of the kansia the anchored a son and had to go.

The parlor was full, with Eran and Ma'am Isabel, as well as Perelmann's own son, Lord
Keynes, Joaquin and Diel.

Kansia, who was shown to the drawing room, sighed deeply as if she was grander
than she thought when she saw the people waiting for her.

In particular, he glanced at Eran and Ma'am Isabel and whispered to me, "Are you
okay because they seem to kill me only with their eyes?"

"This is Cancia Melania, who helped me a long time ago. It's also a very good gypsy."

Everyone's perception of gypsies was not good, so even the gentle Lord Keynes
frowned.
"You'll show us crystal beads that can tell the past of a particular person."

When he first entered the drawing room, he looked intimidated, and Kansia was
already sitting comfortably with a relaxed expression and taking out the crystal ball.

"You need to heal me instead. Keep your promise."

"I'm different from Cancia. Don't worry about that."

Perelman's own son muttered, kicking his tongue.

"But can you trust a gypsy? What if you manipulate it?"

"Oh, my."

Kansia said with a glare.

"Gypsy is all about fraud, but it's the magic he promised.

There's a saying that if you eat like that, you'll get lucky again."

"That's true."

Diel whispered.

"You don't know gypsies very well, but they are well-known among the commoners."

Cancia coughed loudly as if to see it, and then put her hand on the crystal ball.

"So when are you going to see me? Tell me when you want to see it. Oh, I can only
use it once a year, so I can't watch it twice."

"How long can I see you?"

"As long as my magic allows me to... but I won't be able to see you for very long
even if you go beyond a few scenes in between."

The eyes of everyone in the drawing room were on the crystal ball.

Cancia glanced around them and began to elaborate.

"As I said earlier... to see the past with crystal beads, you need a clear name and the
place where the person was born. It could be the same name."

Kansia hurried on, thinking that she would naturally want to see me when I was born.

"Licce Estelle is her real name, right? Where were you born?"

Everyone was slightly nervous about the question.

It was because no one knew exactly where I was born.

"Liche, do you know anything?"

"Shall we call the nursery just in case?"

"No, I'm not going to look at my past. The person I want to see in the past...."

I spoke quietly among those who were at their wits' end.

"Cioni Narnia Perelman, born in Laveri Island."

I've only seen it as a portrait, but I heard it from too many people.

There was a quiet silence in the drawing room.

"Show me around dawn, June 9th, 19 years ago."

I heard that Zion's daughter was born in the afternoon.

He pointed out the dawn of the day by predicting a sufficient amount of time for labor
pains.

Surprisingly, the statue slowly began to form on the crystal ball, which had only been
shiny.
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It was at dawn.

I was running on the country road carrying a boat called by a short woman.

Curly blond hair tied to a green hair tie was blown away by the wind.

A seven-month pregnant woman couldn't have speeded up, but nevertheless, she did
her best to hurry.
It was moving.

"......Ah."

With a groan of distress, the Germanic self-sacrificed his head with trembling hands.

Although he was dressed in a mess, the clothes Sioni was wearing were definitely a
maternity dress that he called a tailor and picked for him.

Even Sioni's expression of excitement, which she took when she went to Laveri
Island, was still clear in her memory.

"Baby, I'm sorry... it's not time to come out yet..."

She murmured in the crystal ball, holding back her tears.

The maid who was supporting her said in a hurry.

"The village is coming out soon, hang in there! There's probably a midwife. Or should
I take a break?"

"No."

Sioni shook her head firmly.

"I'm sure there's been a trace. You have to go away when you don't notice."

"Really... Was Baron Isider trying to kill us? Why the hell?"
"To be exact, I think he was trying to kill this kid, not me."

Even though Sioni was out of breath, he carefully swept his back and said.

"Dinner was full of secret jop leaves, and the bathroom was full of kato scents. And
you saw it earlier, it's slippery because it's on the stairs."

Looking at the maid's face that she didn't know the English language, Zioni added.

"When I had a child, Arga told me to be careful and explained everything that wasn't
good for him. I've only selected and placed deadly things that people don't know
about."

"Oh my..."

"If Arga hadn't made a fuss, I wouldn't have known if I hadn't been so smart."

Her green eyes showed signs of uneasiness, and the maid looked back, too.

"If you fail to get rid of your child, you will kill me. We have to go far."

It was hard to get rid of the traces because he ran away secretly during the night.

But I ran all night and ran quite far from the baron.

By now they would have noticed her disappearance and released her.

In the meantime, she frowned as much as she had a stomachache.

I held my breath in a hurry, but I felt that the child was trying to come out faster
than scheduled because of the smell of Kato, which I inhaled to a certain extent.

"The Baroness Isabelle's real brother, why?"

"Well, I don't know the details, but only a few people know the smell of Cato or
Joffrey Pool. No matter how well Baron Ishider has a knack for medical science, it's
not easy to find, and that rare species must have to go through the top of Perelle
Bay, but Arga didn't say anything."
"Isn't that what you didn't tell me?"

"Arga tells me everything. I can't help but tell you this unusual thing."

Sioni sighed lightly.

Rather than the purpose of explaining to the maid, he seemed to want to organize the
situation by talking to himself.

"This level of medical knowledge and distribution that Arga doesn't even
know......there are only Imperial medical researchers."

"What?"

"Prince Arga and Haeldon are not on good terms......maybe it's because of that?"

"No way..."

"Everyone knows I'm going to Laverie Island. We had to pass Baron Ishider's estate
to get to Laverie Island, so Baron Ishider sent us an invitation letter
himself......maybe Baron Ishider received something in exchange for the removal of
our daughter......... Ahhhhhhh! "

Sioni grabbed the boat and fell down.

Blood began to pour through the legs.

The maid stamped her feet and looked around in a hurry.

"My child, I think he's coming out... it hurts so much..."

Holding back the scream, Sioni murmured tightly.

The maid struggled her way to the shabby warehouse of a nearby farmhouse.

It was only a matter of time before the sun came up completely.

When the child came into the world after a long hard time that could not even be
shrieked, the sound of horses' hooves began to be heard far away.

Sioni, who gave birth to a child without a proper midwife or doctor, was exhausted,
and the maid found garden scissors in the warehouse with her trembling hands and
cut the umbilical cord.

Sensing that it was only a matter of time before being caught, Zioni gasped as he
couldn't even open his eyes properly.

"Ellie, take the child and run away."

"Mr. Sioni!"

"I'm not in a position to move, and if we're all here, the child will die. Come on, come
on."

The maid wiped her tears and found a basket in the corner of the warehouse, took a
crying baby and covered it with a cloth.

"Go to the Duke of Serious."

Sioni spoke calmly.

"If you go to Perelman's own territory, you'll be caught unconditionally. Since Roman
is Isabel's brother, you wouldn't expect me to send a child under the duchy of
Sergius. It's the safest place."

"That's what Baron Cedar is like. Can you trust the Duchess of Cerseus? Besides, the
Duke of Cerebus is quite far from here...."

"Well... it's just a hunch and a gamble for someone who's about to die. It would be
better to rely on long-standing beliefs than to be easily captured."

Without even checking her face, she saw her daughter covered in cloth close by, and
asked the maid to untie the green string that was tying her hair to the basket.

"Don't ask others for directions, keep going down the river Kellias. Then you'll get the
Duke of Cerseus."
It's getting louder and louder outside.

"Hurry up, hurry up!"

The maid bit her lower lip, shed tears, nodded, and rushed to the back door and
disappeared.

Left alone, Sioni crept up and picked up one of the books that had been scattered in
the warehouse.

She left a Dying message in a book called "Basic Principles on the Time of Grinding
Rice" with blood stuck on the floor, held the book in her arms and lost her mind.

***

The crystal ball video ended there.

When Cancia reached her hand in the crystal ball, Mrs. Isabelle and the son of
Perelman, who confirmed the end of Zion, were crying until their faces were wet.

I could not even shed tears, and my face turned white, and in a quivering voice, I
cried out the hand of Perelmann's own son.
I got it.

"Oh, Father..."

There was no longer any doubt.

[Liche, when I first saw you, I was smiling as I was floating down the river.

You were like a gift, shining green eyes in a basket with a green ribbon.

— Mr. Elburn]
The letter Elburn sent me at my coming of age mentioned exactly green ribbons and
baskets.

I knew it was floating in the river in a basket, but it was probably because Elburn
thought it was a decoration that had been attached to the basket from the beginning
that did not mention the green ribbon.

I had never actually seen the basket because it was said to have disappeared by
accidentally.

It was common for junk to disappear from busy day care centers.

Then he would have just thought of it while writing a letter.

The maid's body was found about 15 days later.

Perhaps the maid, who was running away with a basket containing me, was
eventually chased to death and sent me down the Kellias in hopes of a miracle before.

I was put in a basket and flowed to the periphery of the Duke of Cerseus, and Elburn
rescued me and started growing up in a nursery.

My daughter's birthday, which Sioni left in the Dying message, is June 9th, but it was
also perfect for the time that I came to Jeha Nursery School in late June.

When I brought Elburn's letter explaining the whole story, Perelmann's son fell on his
knees on the floor and cried for a long time with his face on my lap.

"Ah... Sioni..."

He couldn't bear to call my name but muttered Sioni's name a few times.

I also didn't feel real at first, but tears began to drop when I recalled the blood that
was buried in the "Basic Principles of Rice Sowing" that I interpreted the code myself.

"I'm sorry... I'm sorry...."

Perelman said in a seething voice.

"I'm stupid...... I only believed in the enemy of my family......... because I didn't

recognize my daughter who came before me..."

"No."

I answered with my hand on his shoulder.

"It's the same with me that I didn't recognize."

"How can I handle this..."

Mrs. Isabel pointed at her forehead, wondering what to do.

"You fucking little bastard..."

She could have been poisoned by her brother, but she made a faceless face in front of
us and couldn't even apologize properly.

"Well, that's not how much of a human horse you're begging for. It's a little upsetting
to be here."

Cancia woke up slowly, packing crystal beads.

"I think it's better to curse harder. And family reunions are good, but we have to keep
our promises, right? I'm a little sick."

"Yes, yes, I have to fix it."

I helped Perelman get up, and then I approached Cancia.

There was a piece of puzzle that had not yet been matched.
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"Cancia will tell you everything soon. You get to know the whole truth.
This is the trust for you. He's a man who knows the old trust."

"Cancia."

"Uh."

However, if Kansia was asked about the contents of the trust in earnest, she was
more likely not to talk to her in a grumpy manner.

I said casually.

"This trust, do you know I got it?"

"Oh, right. I'm Liche Estelle, who opened a booth at Gun International. People in the
capital are talking."

"Don't you want to know the content?"

"Why me?"

Cancia asked fatly.

"It's not really useful to know."

"......did you know the last trust?"

"Uh."

"You're not supposed to tell others."

"Originally, gypsies hate God. He is abandoned by God in exchange for magic. I wrote
a little bit of information and a little bit weak to figure out the trust with a green frog
mind."

While I calmed down the mana that was running wild in her body, she spoke without
thinking.

"I don't think it's particularly true that someone who tells someone the trust comes
with misfortune. And it wasn't much of a story."

"Oh... Gypsies don't like God? Now, is this a little light for you?"

"Yeah, much better."

Cancia grinned with a purring sound from her neck to see if she was in a good mood.

"As expected, the other doctors couldn't do anything, but now that I'm leaving it to
you, it's getting better."

"I'll just give you emergency treatment for now, and I'll prescribe you medicine. Then
you'll get better."

"Don't forget I said I'd pay you back then."

"Yes, yes."

I sneaked around after confirming that Kansia's pain-reduced eyes were softening.

"Then Cancia would think she could say anything about the trust?"

"Huh?"

"Because gypsies hate God. You won't believe that if you tell me what you believe, I'll
have misfortune."

"Well..."

"Are you afraid?"

"What are you talking about? What's the fear of the world's Kansia Estoni?"

Another castle was changed.

At this point it was clear that she didn't know her real name either.

"By the way, how did you find out about the last trust? You know everything...."

"A long time ago, when I heard that I was the most magical of the gypsies, someone
came to me, Prince Haeldon.
It was."

"Cancia, were you that great?"

"It's a little magical."

He accepted all kinds of mana and whined that he was sick, but he seemed to be a
man of ability.

Well, it's not usually magic to turn back time.

It is almost like the strongest in the worldview, but it was so trash by nature that the
world was running smoothly.

"I asked you to use magic to make me pregnant and tell me the trust in
return. I'm so curious about how people talk about it, and as I said, there was a
green frog simulation that he didn't want to believe in the curse of a trust."

"......well, it's Cancia who doesn't believe in curses, but she's actually the prince
who's been hurting."

"Is that my business?"

The surprisingly brazen answer even collapsed the expressions of those who were
listening with breathless breath to our conversation.

"But you're not pregnant."

"It's a magic that works well, not unconditionally. With 100 percent magic, there's
nothing impossible in the world?"

Well, there was nothing to say because medicine was the same without 100 percent
treatment in infertility, but Prince Haeldon had nothing to say, but anyway, he only
leaked the contents of an unnecessary trust without any income.
Isla, who came to me, and I could see how consistently and desperately the two
couples had wanted children over the years.

"Then what was the content of the trust?"

"It's not much."

"It's nothing, so you can tell me."

I rolled my eyes and spoke provocatively.

"The most magical Gypsy ever.......... In fact, if you're afraid of misfortune if you tell
the oracle......"

"What are you talking about? If you're a god, tell me to eat."

"Or was Cancia a more careful planned gypsy than she thought?"

"That's too much! I'm not afraid of tomorrow!"

She rinsed, snorted, and yelled in a huff.

"Just because of Perelman's daughter, everything she dreamed of would go awry! The
Emperor, who was still at the age of one, is still alive, leading the researchers on a
roll, and the content itself is nothing."

After a brief time difference, Cancia suddenly sensed the frozen atmosphere and
added awkwardly, scratching the back of her head.

"Oh, you were the daughter of Ferrellmann, right? I just saw it, so I can't get
through."
 ***

Roman was captured as soon as he arrived at the Duke of Cerseus.

"Mee, are you crazy, General Joaquin?"

He looked up at Joaquin, who was looking at him coolly, and his eyes turned upside
down and shouted.

"You know who I am and you're doing this? Bring your sister in! Now! The owner of
this duchy is my nephew,
De!"

"We'll see you soon."

Joaquin spoke bluntly and led the knights to put him in a dungeon far from Wederick.

The ominous premonition that was flowing through his body immediately became a
reality when he saw Isabel's expression that came to the dungeon by hand in hand.

Isabelle was staring at him with eyes as if he were a young man who was sentenced
to death.

"I was a fool who didn't doubt you after all because it was the only blood."

"No, no, no... there's some misunderstanding ....."

"You couldn't have done this with your fingernails......so, was the strategy you
received from Prince Hadron to kill me and Eran in exchange for killing Zioni's
daughter?"

Roman's mouth opened wide when the words "Sioni's daughter and Prince
Haeldon" came out.

I was shaking all over because I thought I already knew everything.

"Well, then... Wetherick's a poem..."

"When I tried to get rid of Ciony's daughter, I should have given up your child."

"Sister, sister! I'm your sister's biological brother, and Wederick is your only nephew!"

"Well said, I'm your real sister, and Eran is your only nephew. But what did you do to
us."

"Oh, it's a misunderstanding. Listen to me, sister."

"Wederick fed Eran some snacks. The confectionery was discovered by Perelleman
and Lice. "

Apparently, Wederick was told to let Eran eat the whole snack secretly.

I thought that the snack would not be a problem after a long time, but it was crazy
why it became such a decisive clue now.

"Well, that's... maybe Wetherick doesn't know..."

"Oh, Wetherick didn't know about the cookies that the Imperial medical team had
made and fed them to Eran? Would you believe it?"

Roman knew Isabel's personality so well that he felt more and more dark.

Since childhood, Isabel has been better at everything than Roman and has been
unparalleled.

Marry the Duke of Cerseus, leave the estate, and declare himself to inherit the title.
I've been dozing off the whole time.

Because of the heat equivalence accumulated for such a long time, Haelden seemed
to have felt inner joy when he tried to contact him.
"Mrs. Perelman's wife is going to her parents' house. You must stop by your estate to
get to Laverie Island?"

On the first day Prince Haeldon approached the baron of the periphery, who only
harbored a port in the corner, he felt his heart pounding.

"I heard that Perelman sent a letter asking for his wife because of her relationship
with the Duchess of Serious. We welcome her as a guest and kill her daughter, who
we have at the time. If possible, we can kill her."

"What? What if I get caught?"

"It's a peripheral area where people can't reach their eyes well. It's the baron's job to
keep him out of sight."

When asked why she wanted to get rid of her daughter, she equivocated, saying, "I
think it's going to be a hindrance to her job."

Knowing that he was not in a position to ask in detail about his superiors, Roman just
thought that the relationship between Haeldon and Arga was not as good as he
thought.

"I'll give you all kinds of rare reagents and scents to get rid of your child, so do as
you are told."

"He, uh, it's... it's...."

"I'll give you two poison that others don't know much about."

Haeldon suggested with a snake-like smile.

"The Duke of Serious will be doing it tomorrow. If only the other two die, the owner of
the estate will disappear."

Roman did not tell him that Duchess of Cerseus and Eran could not do that because of
their own blood.

Hayldon also said he'd kill his half-brother, Prince Jade, and revolt.
It's because of the flag.

He told Roman that if he was to stand on his side, he should stand firm.

He also had to put his name on the list of rebels already signed by quite a few high-
ranking nobles.

He felt rather excited than embarrassed by the rebel's plan because it was a big plate
where the baron on the periphery was not even included even when he looked over.

My heart fluttered at the thought that Wederick would be able to stand shoulder to
shoulder with these high-ranking nobles if he became the owner of the Duke of
Cerseus.

"Anyway, Perelman, the son of Perelman, the doctor there, will have a hard time
living in his senses if his daughter and wife go wrong. I'm sure he'll be a nuisance and
quit, and then there's no doctor who can detect the poison."

I don't know how he noticed it, but Sioni didn't care for dinner and disappeared.

When he followed him late, he had already given birth to his daughter and sent her
somewhere.
I tracked it down by personnel, but only succeeded in killing the maid, and I couldn't
find out her whereabouts.

There were already too many witnesses to hide the body itself.

Thinking that he could not be caught, Roman made false witnesses and lied to Arga.

It was clear that Roman's plan would be smoother only if Arga quit Serious's doctor.

However, there was only one thing that missed the expectations of Haelden and
Roman.

When Arga quit her doctor's office, saying she was looking for her daughter, the Duke
of Cerseus, a longtime friend, eventually died of a chronic disease.

The guilt led Arga back to the co-op as a doctor.

It was made in the form of snacks, but I was really nervous that I would be caught
because I put in a poison created by Arga's idea.

Wederick was told several times to clamp down on Eran's mouth and constantly
inserted spies into his doctor's assistant to manipulate all mild symptoms.

Haeldon also seemed to be meticulously toxic for a long time to target Jade, but
Jade's body was very strong and went out to wipe out pirates, which cut her pulse in
the middle.

Haeldon was not the only one who failed on the way.

Roman's plans were also all upset by the sudden arrival of Lice.

And now even Wederick is lost, and his estate and title are lost.

"If you want to continue your old car."

Isabelle's face was cool as she roared at the torch.

"If you want to save your son's life again."

Roman swallowed his breath as he seemed to see the cruelty of the Duke of Cerseus'
death and purging arbitrary household gods in the past.

"Make sure you share everything you know."

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Isabel threw something in front of Roman.

It was Wederick's Kravat, soaked in blood.

"We already know most of the truth. If you're talking nonsense that doesn't fit it,
you're killing your own child with your own hands."

"No, no, no, no, wait, wait, wait..."

"It's paradoxically the only place where your rich can save their lives."

Roman understood Isabelle's meaning.

As long as Wederick was at stake, he eventually had no choice but to tell the truth.

Apparently, in the Duke of Cerseus, he based his confession on the presence of a

rebel against Prince Jade.

Roman and Wederick, who are on the rebel list, will be executed immediately.

Prince Jade was naive, so she could simply be cruel.

Like they wiped out all the pirates without any strategy, without thinking, "Rebel List?
It's too much to read, but just kill them all.' It was highly likely to be clear.

Miraculously, even if they survive under the benefit of an whistleblower, rats and
birds will be killed by a group of rebels hiding in the dark.

He no longer had any property, title, or title to protect him.

The only chance of surviving was for the Duke of Cerseus to come forward.

Now that he's trying to hurt his own safety, he's taken the Baron himself, and they'll
dispose of it. It was a matter of decision.

When I heard Isabelle, I thought she had no intention of killing me at once.

So Roman accepted Isabel's offer and nodded his head with one mind that he did not
want to die.

Of course, it was a very shortsighted judgment.

Isabel and Eran were never on the same wavelength and shared values with each
other, but each thought, "Killing is the easiest."

***

"Are you sure you're not going? Everyone wants to see you...."

"Yes, sir."

The son of Perelman hesitated for a moment at my refusal and climbed into the
carriage alone.

He said he would go to Perelman's own house to tell the truth.

I saw him off awkwardly, and slowly turned around.

It was an exceptionally long summer.

I started at a hunting competition, passed my adult life, and almost died in the
country of health.

In the meantime, I had a great lover and suddenly found a family I didn't even think
about.

I came out without an umbrella, but the rain began to track down the end of the long
summer.

If the rain stops, the temperature will get colder and colder, leaving the heat to go
away and the fall will come in.

The chilly season when the rebels rose last year and I returned to eternity.
I had been depressed ever since I heard of Prince Haeldon's trust.

While facing Perelman's own creation, I felt uncomfortable for no reason and used to
be more polite reasons.

Every time I did that, he turned away from his wits.

"Liche, what are you doing?"

Sitting on the bench in the garden, he stared blankly at the flowers, and a large
umbrella hung overhead.

Eran, who said he would stay with me all day long as he healed, had so
much to do, did not whine and silently stood by me these few days.

As expected, what has sometimes been tangled like a child must have been a
calculated act to remind me of my childhood so that I don't know what to do.
"It's raining, then."
"Oh, I thought it was right."
"Well, I'm completely wet."
"That's how we got hit."
"It looks like Ferrellmann's own creation is going out."
"Yes, he's going to his own house for a while."

I smiled rather cheerfully as I looked up at Eran, who was wrapping my shoulders in

an umbrella.
"I'll tell Elder Felix and Lord Seirin, and he'll go to the tomb of Zion."
"Why aren't you going?"
"Well, it's just..."
"......"
Eran saw my heavy expression and remained silent for a moment.

After I first saw the crystal ball and called it "father" in amazement, I later failed to
call it "father" to Perelman's own son.
This is because the image of Sioni, who was collapsing, remained an afterimage and
his heart was tightened.
The cause of Sioni's death, which was directly autopsy by Perelman, was the reverse
flow of mana.
There were only two cases of mana flowing backward.
There are no skilled doctors or midwives, so the fetus and mother's mana are mixed
when giving birth, or the 'stone of mana' in the palace is used.

The Mana Stone is a dangerous item, and it was not even taken out unless approved
by the Emperor or the Crown Prince.

And the emperor was famous for not approving any magic items while in office.
Eventually, Zion died giving birth to me.
I don't know what Maid Isabel did to Baron Ishider, but Baron Ishider said he would
tell the Imperial Palace inspector everything.
Lord Keynes himself asked to secretly dispatch palace inspectors, who would arrive at
the Duke of Cerseus tomorrow.
After Baron Ishider tells everything in truth, Prince Haeldon will be immediately
detained and an official investigation will be conducted into the facts.

Then all the truths that begin with Prince Haeldon's attempt to kill me will be revealed
when he hears the trust, "Because of the daughter of Perelleman."

Paradoxically, because of me now, Crown Prince Jade was able to live in the viewing
tower, and the rebellion was also stepped on in advance by capturing Baron Ishider.

In any case, the trust was all right.

We want to leave Prince Haeldon alone right now, but in reality, we couldn't do
anything about the emperor of the palace.

It was all we could do to let Prince Jade know the truth step by step and wait for him
to impose a reasonable punishment.
Since Baron Ishider had to wait until he told the investigators everything, he could
not vent his anger immediately on Baron Ishider.
In other words, I was unable to do anything even before I was about to take revenge
and punishment.

"I hope you don't think about useless things."

Eran took out his handkerchief, wiped my face wet with rain, and spoke
softly.

"There's nothing wrong with you."

I muttered unconsciously avoiding Eran's eyes.

"Because of me, Zion..."

Perelman was in and out of his own house and knew how much Sion was loved.

The absence of doctors or midwives did not mean that everyone died of the reverse
flow of mana.

It was not common for children to die due to the reverse flow of mana.

I was in my stomach, and I couldn't hold on to something, so I tried to come out

quickly, and I couldn't......

It was the reason why I was not happy to find my family.

The shock of seeing Sioni, who was dying after giving birth to me in the crystal ball,
became considerable over time.

There was a big difference between thinking vaguely, "Sioni could have died because
of childbirth," and seeing it with your own eyes.

It was even more so because I saw him sobbing like Perelman's own son lost the
world in the scene where Zionim collapsed.

In the meantime, if you were excited by the thought of "We are family?" after hearing
the contents of the trust, you were constantly relieved to think that you were the
main character of a tragedy that was too big.

Because this tragedy is all because of my trust......

Guilt for being much greater than just giving birth to me and dying came in.

I was so sorry that I couldn't even call myself a mother, so I couldn't even hear
Perelman's voice saying "father" afterwards.

Perelman said he would wait until he felt comfortable because he would just need
some time after feeling restless.
This morning, Perelman went to his own house with him and told the truth to the old
man Felix and Lord Seirin, and quietly refused when he asked him to go to Zion's
tomb with him.

When I recalled the garden tree of Laveri Island, which was full of Perelman's own
house, I felt guilty to walk on the marble road.

Whenever I thought of Sioni, I couldn't even look at Seirin's face, who showed deep
longing and misery.

To be honest, I was afraid that everyone in the Perelman family would think that all
this tragedy had happened because the child that everyone had been waiting for was
a country.

It might be because I was thinking that way.

"Maybe I'm the origin of all this misery. If the other child, not me, had been
conceived by Zion and Perelmann, I would not have been mentioned in the trust."

To Eran, who had nothing to do with Zion, I was able to share my bad thoughts that
kept coming to mind.

"Ferelleman says he's at a loss. Have you been honest with him?"

"No."

I shook my head sullenly.

"It's just... it's kind of... it's kind of hard to even bring it up. If you realize that you're
really thinking about it while talking, it'll hurt you so much."

"I repeat, it's not your fault. If I had killed anyone as disturbing as Prince Haeldon,
the Empire would have already lost its power."

Eran hugged me carefully and said.

"If you're wrong, of course you're a mean fellow. And one more thing, it's because of
the god damn thing. No, that's not such a bad expression to be a fucking gypsy."

He patted me on the back.

"That trashy gypsy is right. Tell him to screw up the gods. I feel like I want to turn
the temple into a patchwork field. Damn it, what kind of trust do you have to do with
it...."

"I ended up learning the truth because of the trust that was given to me, but if God
had planned my misfortune mainly for me in the first place... it's a little embarrassing
that I'm the Duke's lover."

"......what?"

"But hurry up and fall."

I said, pushing him weakly.

"I'm all wet. Even the Duke gets wet. As I said before, I recovered from the hot
south, so if it gets cold, there could be something wrong with the duke's body. It's the
change of seasons."

"Surely."

He laughed low.

"I'm already wet, and I can't get the same umbrella."

And before I said anything, I dropped my umbrella on the ground.

"The Duke?"

Because of the stronger rain than before, he also quickly got wet.

"I'm going crazy because I can't kill the god who made you look like this."
Then he hugged me again.

Eran was always like this.

If you reject it for some reason, you will have no choice but to accept it after getting
rid of it.

"I'm in pain because I can't even save your mother again."

He kissed me on the forehead, trying to answer that no one could.

"If I'm not omnipotent and I can't stop you from getting wet in the rain or something
like an umbrella, at least I'll be in the rain with you."

At the words, I raised my eyes and looked inside Er.

The height difference was so high that I couldn't look into his eyes with a hug, but I
could only feel the warm gaze that was falling on me.

"No matter what I say, I can't stop you from thinking like that, but... I'll always be
next to you in the same way you are."

When I first saw a 13-year-old grass-dead kid, I had no idea he would be a man who
could hug me so warmly and give me great comfort.

"I don't think so, but even if you really were the origin of misfortune, I'd be happy to
have the same misfortune as you."

"Prince, let's get in there. We haven't had a post-mortem on what would happen if
the ambient temperature was still low.........."

"You can get sick. Rather than being rained on by yourself. And if it hurts a little,
you'll fix it."

In doing so, he took my hand and led me into the duchy.

Maybe I didn't want to get rained on anymore, so I calculated it up to here and threw
an umbrella in the first place.

"You can be as unhappy as you want. Rather than without you. And I'm happy
wherever it is with you."

I felt like it was the answer to my saying that I was hesitant to be around, so I came
back to the castle with him without saying a word.

When I was alone, I felt like the bad thoughts that I had dug down endlessly were
brought up.
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"Don't be depressed, and think about how to properly avenge Prince

Haeldon and Baron Ishider when the Imperial Inquiry Team arrives tomorrow."

"Uh......um......."

"You don't like being cruel and bad?"

Eran, who was climbing the stairs, said with a creepy smile.

"That's what I'm really good at. Leave it to me if you can't think of it."

What was certain was that he seemed really good.

I blinked as I recalled the miserable sight of Wederick once in the lab.

Eran gently turned the subject around.

"When Perelman comes back, tell me your honest feelings. I can see that the son of
Perelleman is too busy looking at you to his heart's content."

"Should I like it?"

"Tell me for now. Even when you weren't a daughter, Perelmann's son cared a lot
about you."

"......yes."

I smiled quietly and nodded.

"I will."

"Finally I'm laughing."

Eran said as if he was relieved.

"You know what?"

"What?"

"The world seems to have stopped when you smile."

He smiled heavily and squeezed the water out of my wet hair.

"Thirteen years old, I think it's been like that since you asked me to play ball with
you."

When I remembered the old days, the old feeling that I had raised him also came
back to life and laughed without realizing it.

"No matter how mean God is to you, you are my salvation."

Like the time when he was determined and seduced, Eran seemed determined to
comfort me.

"And Liche, everyone who knows you will think so."

That night, Eran watched me by my bedside until I fell asleep.

"So don't avoid it, Liche."

"........"

"Since you are a shining person, I'm sure you'll get good results, but even if you get
bad results, I'll be there for sure."

It was a night when it came to me that I was as deep inside as a changed

appearance, so I became a man I could rely on.

"I promise. I'll be healthy and protect you from everything."

A long time ago, like a promise made to me by young Eran, he felt that he protected
me from all kinds of all kinds of bad thoughts.
Whenever I woke up, I thought my heart moved when I saw him holding my hand
with worried eyes.

He wasn't just a man who craved for affection and whining to me.

When I became weak, I was a lover who truly knew how to get rained on and patted
together.

I even thought that Eran would have liked it eventually even if he wasn't this
handsome.

It was a really big deal for me.

I knew for the first time that receiving unconditional love means reducing the fear of
being hurt.

Even if there's a scary situation due to Eran, I have confidence that I can be
comforted.

So the next time I see Perelleman, I decided to tell the truth about Eran's
awkwardness.

***

Arga went to Perelman's own house and told Felix and Seirin everything.

What kind of trust Prince Haeldon received, how Zioni died, and who his missing
daughter was.

It was a long story that neither the bearer nor the listener could hide their anger and
tears.
Felix and Seirin screamed at the same time when Lice called him father.

It was Arga's nervous face that cut off the joy and emotion that spread across the
faces of the two.

"But after that day Lice is so depressed."

Arga put a heavy look on her forehead.

"It's my father... he didn't call me back, he just said awkwardly and politely."

"No, why the hell..."

Seirin chewed her nails well and said.

"Why didn't you just bring her here? Now Lice's house is here."

"Of course I asked you to come with me."

Arga replied in a sullen tone.

"But... he refused. Oh, I just wanted you to say hello to Sir Seirin and the old Felix."

"What?"

Seirin also opened her mouth with a serious face.

"Sir Seirin, old Felix? I'm aunt and my father is grandfather. What's wrong with your
name?"

"Well, I don't know.

Arga groaned.

"At first, I definitely thought I was crying and liking it, but now that I think about it, I
wonder if there's a lot that's upsetting..."
At Arga's words, Felix and Seirin also lowered their shoulders.

"There are so many things that take."

Arga saw Lice's awkward expression and recited all the painful thoughts at once.

"As soon as I first saw her, she called me a cheeky little boy, and I suspected her of
helping her with the paternity test, and I had Jenny watch her. You must have been
disappointed at me for not recognizing at first sight, right?"

He racked his head as if the more he thought about it, the more disastrous it was.

"Licce even apologized directly to Prince Haeldon for me at the hunting competition..."

Felix murmured as if he were in trouble, too.

"Then maybe it's because you're disappointed in us not coming here."

The old man's hands trembled as his wrinkles deepened.

"Yes... when she asked for a personal heat tracker, I was so determined that I said
no... ... how I trusted you."

Felix sighed back when he first met Lice.

"He's been sending me an enabe arthritis pill for me to this day... and I'm sure he's
disappointed."

The same was true of Seirin, who was contemplated.

"I even told her that Arga's goddaughter was not a Perelman. You want to call me
Auntie because the first meeting was like that...."

In the end, all three of them were the same as Lice in the first meeting.

He only looked at his family with a suspicious eye in front of him, who had been
searching frantically.

"Liche came to us on his own, but we didn't know."

Arga bit her teeth as if she regretted it.

I was so happy to find my own daughter, but it was like a dream because it was Lice,
not anyone else, but I couldn't even express it because I was sorry.

There are so many things that I can't ask you why, because I'm afraid you'll look
shameless.
Arga was only blaming her character, who was originally mean to everyone.

"So."

Seirin looked at Arga's bloodshot eyes and spoke in a hurry.

"Did you just run away here?"

"...... I have to let you and my father know."

Arga answered with a sweep of her head.

"I'll start again tomorrow morning. The Imperial Inquiry Team came to hear Baron
Isider's confession. Of course I'll be there. No nonsense."

"Can I kill him?"

"No."

Arga shook her head at Seirin's poor question.

"Killing is too easy for him."

"Huh?"

"The mad duke of Seriousness says it's true revenge to keep you in pain. You're right,
but...."
Arga also poured out words that seemed to be on her mind.

"He seduced Lice into dating her on the premise of marriage......and of course I
wanted to overturn the entire Duchy, but Lice was so depressed that I had to endure
it."

"No!"

Seirin jumped up.

"Lice looks like Zion. He has a strong will to live off his face. Duke of Cerseus, I'm
sure you've only seen his face!"

She shook her head trembling.

"I've always thought it was dangerous, but not my nephew. He didn't seem normal."

"That's right. Pint's gone looks exactly like my mother. I thought he was saving his
life, but he had a black heart."

Arga nodded in agreement.

"I just found it, but it's ridiculous to be married. That's what I'm talking about."

Then Felix hit the floor hard with a cane.

At a bang, Arga and Sei Lin shut up at once.

"Then it's not the right time to be like this."

The old man's eyes were flashing more than ever.

"We'd better meet the bridge."

"What?"
"If there is something wrong, shouldn't you say you did something wrong, and if
you're disappointed, you should pray that you'll do as well as you did not in the
future?Arga, will you run away from Lice after hesitating about being depressed?"

"It's not a run......"

"You're going back to the Duke of Cerseus anyway? Seirin and I will go together. I
need to see my granddaughter for myself."

"Oh, father."

"And of course I'll bring him to my own house. Lice doesn't have to be there."

Arga replied with a perplexed look.

"I'd love to, but Lice's doctor there..."

"You're all I need, aren't you? You just stay there. Just send Liche."

"What? I want to be with my daughter, too."

"Then you both resign. Is the peacock so weak?"

It was Seirin who answered the question coldly.

"No, I'm very healthy. He's the most doctor-free of us."

"Then we're done talking."

Felix said with a determined look.

"Let's go. We'll get our granddaughter from the mad duke."
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"Wait a minute."

Arga spoke quickly.

"It's going to be difficult. The Serious hat will never let Liche go."

Isabelle with the same eyes and Seirin, who remembers Eran, nodded
enthusiastically.

Arga said, looking at Felix with a serious expression.

"In particular, the peacock may lie down saying he is sick. Then it's almost impossible
to bring in a responsible Lice, who has already written the doctor's contract. There's
actually a post-mortem examination that needs to be done until the change of
seasons."

"Then..."

"I'd rather call you here and meet you."

Arga tried to go to the Duke of Cerseus in time to see Bondi's Imperial Inquisitor in
person.

However, Lice and Isabelle decided that they were not necessarily needed anyway.

The future was more important than the past now, considering that Isabel and Eran
were talking excitedly about Lice, who was burdened with too much speed.

No matter how many copies of Perelman's self-author accumulated, his fighting power
was almost nonexistent.

If Isabelle and Eran were caught and stretched by Lice, they could not bring Lice in a
battle with the Duke of Serious.

"I will have to be summoned to the inquest of Prince Haelden anyway. That's enough
testimony. We'd better get Lice first. It's."

Arga sighed and spoke slowly.

"Of course......... if you can't forgive us and say you're going to Cerseus again, I can't
help it, but..."

By the time Lice was thirteen years old, she entered the Peacock and reached
adulthood, she had spent the most time with Lice. The sender was Isabelle.

If Liche doesn't recognize him and says he doesn't like Perelleman, who first built the
day, and he wants to stay at Serious, then he'll have to let him go, but...

Seirin said bluntly, looking at Arga's face, which gets darker as the thought deepens
that way.

"I'll let you walk on the marble road."

Seirin nodded determinedly.

"I agree it won't be easy to get out of the peacock. It's the most helpful moment in
my life."

"Yeah, I'll write the invitation."

Felix also immediately lifted the pen.

***

"The Baron Ishider is gone?"

After hearing the report, Haeldon swept up his hair as if he were losing his temper.
Now that the plan to assassinate the tower failed, there was only one last resort.

The rebel forces will rise and end with force.

Jade was better at fighting than she thought, so she wanted to end it with an
assassination somehow, but she was stepped on if she had a long tail.

Now that the rebel capital is considerable, Jade thought there was a good chance
because she still had only sea combat experience.

We were supposed to go up this fall.

"The baron himself was devastated, and all the servants ran away ......"

He murmured, frowning on his brow.

In all cases, Roman's only son is missing, and I heard that Youngji was taken to the
bank because of a bill.

It meant that there were no things that could threaten Roman and move.

"We're tracking it, and I think we'll be able to locate it soon, but is it a betrayal?"

"I'm afraid I'm so stupid... but I don't know what the variables are on the Serious
side. Well, I don't really have any evidence, and I'm not going to say my name at
once, so I'm going to have time to spare. It's mine."

Haeldon mumbled slowly with his chin on.

"But it's safe to kill. You can make it okay if you missed it a step later."

"What?"

"Now let's take action," he said.

It was a little earlier than originally expected, but it didn't matter much because it
was supposed to be sporadic.

"I'm going to get Jade on the field. The first place to hit is......."

Haeldon opened the map and without hesitation pointed out the first leg of the
military.

"And call the Imperial Guard. I have someone to vent my anger on."

***

A secret investigation team from the palace arrived much earlier in the morning than
was originally scheduled to arrive.

So Baron Ishider's interrogation began without Perelman's own son.

The Baroness Lee Sider's face was surprisingly haggard after being dragged out of the
dungeon.

I've seen him often in the past, and even though we talked for a long time in person
when we last met, anger rose like enemies I've never seen before.

The man who tried to get rid of me in the boat and tracked down Zion and lied to the
son of Perelman.........

He used to think that he was simply an enemy of Eran and Isabelle's mother, but now
it was hateful to see his face.

Baron Ishider confided everything to the investigators who were secretly dispatched
from the palace.

When I said anything wrong, I tried to point it out on the spot, but I only told the
truth.

Eran said there was nothing we could do about it because Wetheric was hanging.
"So... when I found out that Mrs. Jajak had fled, I sent some knights that you had
secretly sent me. I told her to get rid of her."

He said with a frantic stranglehold on his head.

"I really didn't mean to kill my wife. The death of a visitor to our estate is too much of
a risk to me, too.......... Didn't Perelman autopsies himself? It's a reverse flow by
mana. I really didn't kill my own wife. It's just... I checked later and he was dead."

It was a remark conscious of Isabelle, who was close to Zion.

But when I heard it, my heart seemed to be more.

When Perelman returned, I decided to be honest about my guilt, but when I heard
about Sioni, I kept shrinking.

"Here, I don't know if it's proof..."

Baron Lee Si-der even presented a letter with a command that had been handed
down to him.

[The tower's failure has led to a budget shortage.

We will reprimand the Duchy of Miles for failing to handle the affairs in
time. ]
"If this letter wasn't fabricated, the tower was also a rebel."

Sir Keynes kicked his tongue and shook his head.

"The Emperor Hadan always said that medical researchers were good, that he was not
greedy for the throne.....and you really don't know what's inside, especially in the
Imperial Palace."

"Isn't there anyone who can see the inside out."

Eran was sarcastic.

"Isn't this the time to worry about the future of the Empire?"

"What..."

Sir Keynes murmured with embarrassment.

"But the Crown Prince is so talented that he will survive whatever happens, and he
will be able to put down everything in rebellion. And you're lucky."

In fact, Prince Jade was the one who would come back with a bright face after any
attack.

"We're done."

Investigators from the palace nodded with a heavy look.

"Let's immediately catch and investigate all the participants, including Prince Haelden
and Empress Isela. Rebellion is a serious matter."

Prince Jade will take care of it from now on.

I remembered Crown Prince Jade, who beat 'all the death penalty' without exception.

He was a flower garden in his head, but he was not a benevolent personality.
At the very beginning of all this planning, Prince Haledon was like that when I was
sentenced to death.
You'll beheaded at somebody's hands.

Anyway, it was also true that I played a big role in receiving all these confessions.

They captured Wetherick and made Baron Isider unable to lean on anything.

Nevertheless, I did not feel relieved.

Isn't it too easy to just kill like Eran said?

I didn't know anything, and I even tried my best to get him to have a baby.

' I've always wanted to keep it a secret, but I'm sure it won't be kept any longer than
Prince Jade finds it......'

When I was immersed in the following thoughts, Eran quietly asked the Imperial
Inquisitor.

"Is it true that the Emperor has never taken out an Imperial palace magic item?"

I was a little surprised and looked at Eran.

The oldest of the investigators nodded.

"Yes, the Emperor has never allowed magic items to be taken out since he ascended
the throne. Ever since he was the crown prince, he hated magic, saying it's only for
gypsies."

Imperial investigators focused only on treason, but did not pay any attention to
Sioni's death.
So I seemed to take Eran's question out of the blue because I didn't even hear the
details of Perelman and me.

"Look."

I whispered without energy.

It was unlikely that confirmation would change the famous fact.

"That's... well, is that a big deal?"

At that time, the investigator hesitated and asked back carefully.

Eran leaned over and nodded enthusiastically.

"Yes."

He spoke with an innocent look.

"It could be a clue to further reasoning about the insurgency."

In fact, it had little to do with treason, but he seemed to think that it would be
possible to tell the truth only if it was directly related to treason.

Looking at the investigator's expression, he seemed to be considering whether to talk

about something related to the face of the imperial family.

"I think it's really, really important. Well, I don't know if you know...."

Eran smiled with his eyes folded, but I could notice that the tip of my mouth was
shaking a little because I had been with him for a long time.

"You can trust me and say that I am a loyalist because I am always a faithful
servant."

His acting and lying were proficient, but his pride seemed to be hurt by himself saying
such a thing.
But his predictions met, and the investigator sighed and said resignedly.

"Is the Crown Prince 4 years old? I took one out when I was 5 years old. My partner
was a court lady."

"What?"

My heart thumped.
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Another person who can take out the Stone of Mana, Prince Jade, was not
even considering it because she was five years old when I was born.

"I heard you traded some toys... and now you're in great trouble with the Emperor,
and you haven't been interested in magic items ever since."

The investigator continued, unable to hide his trembling face.

"She just wanted to confirm the myth that having a rare magic item would make love
come true. Well, it's a crazy myth, but it's true that there are rumors about it."

Of course, a 5-year-old child could be possessed by a toy.

But the Crown Prince must have been educated from a very early age and had a lot of
people around him!

"The Crown Prince has been so athletic since he was a child that he easily outwitted
his servants. That's why they gave me permission to take it out without anyone
knowing."

Eran gently held my hand as it began to shake under the table.

"The return went well in time and there was no big incident, but it was a case that
lowered the authority of the imperial family so much that we didn't tell the outside
world. The only person who knows this is me, the Emperor, and his immediate
servant. She died soon afterwards of chronic disease."

"By any chance......"

Eran held my hand tighter and said,

"Was it a Mana Stone?"

The inspector nodded readily.

"Yes, how did you know?"

So it was more likely that Sioni did not die giving birth to me, but was disguised as
'death from childbirth due to magic stones.'

Perhaps one of the knights that Prince Haeldon sent directly to Baron Ishider had, left
alone.

I would have used a stone of mana to kill him.

If so, it would be a complete crime as it is judged not to be a murder but an accident

caused by childbirth.

Sir Keynes, who was listening to everything, opened his mouth wide open.

The investigators went out, and I sat blank and asked Lord Keynes.

"Sir Keynes, when I first saw you... you were definitely reading quietly. So I didn't
know you wouldn't have any thoughts from the age of five until now."

Sir Keynes answered with a deep sigh.

"But he stopped looking at some of them, saying they were celebrating the end of the
war. You don't like books. Oh, don't ask me what kind of book it is... because I'm
embarrassed."

"No, what if the future of the Empire doesn't like books?"

"Since childhood, you've been saying that you have a headache whenever you read a
book, and that's what happened."

Lord Keynes, who once claimed to be my good father, bowed his head.

"I'd like to apologize for you..........I'll deliver all this to you without hiding it. That's
my role."
 ***

"The mobilization of the Mana Stone means that he really tried to kill his wife."

When the investigators returned, Eran looked into my eyes and murmured.

"Separate from your birth, your mother would have somehow lost her life."

I nodded my head in gloom.

Even if I was born and Zion was safe, the knights sent by Prince Haeldon would have
killed her.
Ida.

In the first place, the stone of mana must have been taken out to kill Zionim.

"According to the trust, you only have to kill me......."

"Well, the blood on his hands is probably what he thought he wanted to destroy the
happiness of his own son, Perelman said."

Eran murmured in a bitter tone.

"At the hunting competition, you had a deep sense of inferiority to Perelman's own
son."

Eran's reasoning was reasonable considering his constant attempts to undermine

Perelman's own work.

In addition, he has long long wanted to have children.

But Perelman had far better medical knowledge than Prince Haelden, and he didn't
touch his pride in front of the imperial medical staff in everything, and he finally had
the child he wanted.....

Just looking at the portraits I had seen in the past, I could imagine how happy he
would have lived with his wife's pregnancy.

It was really bad of him to try to disguise himself as if he had lost his wife.

"The Stone of Mana is a rare imperial palace item, and he didn't trust Baron Ishider,
so he put in his own article."

"Really..."

I lowered my eyes and picked my breath.

"I really can't forgive you."

The tip of my finger turned white to see how hard it was in my hand holding the hem
of the skirt.

"Of course the Crown Prince will dispose of it on his own, but I still can't get over my
anger. I think it's a very comfortable ending to be executed in prison. Oh, I'm
originally a good pacifist, and why all the bad thoughts come to my mind..."

"Isn't it because love is like each other?"

"I don't like that..."

When I spoke sulky, Eran whispered, carefully sweeping my hair.

"But I keep saying... ...it's the easiest thing to kill."

The appearance was not a very good-looking impression, but the whispering of such a
story seemed to be a beautiful devil.

"You have to treat me the same way. You and Perelman have been wandering and
suffering the same time."

As I nodded slowly, I heard a knock on my door.

"Liche?"

It was Diel's cautious voice.

I let go of Eran's hand and stood up to open the door.

"Yes, what's going on?"

Diel glanced at Eran behind me and said quickly without looking into my eyes because
he was so stiff.

"I got a letter from Ferrellmann's own author. To be exact, it's an invitation."

I received an invitation from Diel.

In the past, Felix sent me an invitation saying he wanted to see me.

"He even sent me a carriage. Why don't we start right away?"

Diel poured out like a swift gun, greeted me without even listening to my answer, and
left.

As I turned around in an absurd way, I saw Eran quickly changing her scary look to
be gentle.

"What's wrong with Diel?"

"Because of the terrible trauma of my childhood."

"Trauma looks like he's got a Diel..."

I frowned as I recalled the back of Diel's disappearance as if he were running away.

"If anyone hears about it, they'll think I've bothered the Duke of DAE."

"When you said you'd prefer an older friend, I thought the sky was falling. By the
way...."

Eran quickly changed the subject whether he knew he was childish.

"When I saw the invitation, it was useless to worry about you. Right?"

"Well... well."

"I'm sure the Perelleman family will welcome you with great joy. Really. Have
confidence."

I slowly nodded as I fiddled with the invitation with the name of the old Felix.

To be confident, I've never thought I'd hear that in my whole life.

For me, being a family was both simple and difficult.

"I guess I'm not good at everything because it's my first time with a family. I'm not
this hesitant."

My voice trembled a little because the marble road running through Perelman's own
house was clear in my eyes.

When I saw the preservation of the road, I was actually very jealous of her, and it
was me.

Perelleman, who continued to visit me, Seirin Gyeongdo, who spoke bluntly but had
simple charm, and Felix, who gave me a handkerchief with every single bite, were all
good people to me.

The families who came back seemed to be more cautious and difficult because they
felt like they were just dreams.
"Maybe it's because I'm so desperate."

Eran hugged me gently and patted me as if he knew everything.

"I'll come with you."

"What?"

"I'll greet my wife in advance."

After seeing my puzzled expression, Eran smiled and corrected himself.

"Just kidding, I'm going to summarize what the investigators were doing. You're
crying when your wife's name comes up. It's directly related to you. Can you deliver it
objectively?"

It was a plausible statement, but for some reason, the previous one seemed not to be
a joke either.

Apparently, the son of Perelleman wanted to be with the Inquisitor when he came out
of the Imperial Household.
I needed someone to give.

I also thought that I might lose my composure while talking about Mana Stone with
my own mouth.

"But if I go at the same time, I'll interrupt your family reunion, so I'll leave a little
time difference."

He added with a smile as if he had already thought of even one thing I was somewhat
concerned about.

If Eran was involved in meeting the Perelman people, it would definitely be awkward
for everyone to be aware of him.

However, it was definitely a good idea for Eran to come if there was a proper time
difference.
It was also important to convey the truth and discuss what to do in the future.

I just watch the man who caused all this tragedy be sentenced to death. I didn't think
of anything else.

However, I thought it would be the same as me that I couldn't get rid of my anger.

Neither Nana Perelman nor Ser Seirin had the talent to come up with a way to avenge
cruel.

It would be a little refreshing for everyone to take Eran and spread his talent to the
fullest.

When I went out to ride a carriage from Perelman's own house, suddenly there was a
man who called up Eran, who was with me.

"Erann!"

It was Mrs. Isabelle.

"Wait!"

She, who had always walked gracefully, came at a gasping pace.

The shawl was crooked because of the weather that began to get a little chilly after
the late summer rain.

I also looked back in surprise because it was the first time I saw her dress so
disfigured.

"You said Perelman was going to his own house."

"Mother?"

As Eran frowned and tilted her head, Mrs. Isabel said hurriedly.
"Fall flat, no matter what. And tell the Ferrellmann family."

She held onto Eran's arm, made eye contact, and continued in an earnest tone.

"My son will definitely get everything right, or the entire duke will fit Liche, so you can
use all kinds of power.If you need anything, just let me know."

Eran nodded his head with a determined look.

"Yes, I'll walk on the floor. I'll do my best. Don't worry."

"You're going now, aren't you?"

"Licce is going now, and I'm going to leave in a different carriage with a little time
difference."

"Really? That's great. I had something else to offer."

"You can give it to me now. I'm afraid"

Mrs. Isabel gave something to Eran in secret, but she didn't hear anything whispering
about it.

Eran cherished what he had received from her, and suddenly sighed and murmured in
a tone that he was moved.

"Mother, I've been short-sighted. Just in case she's against Liche, I'm so sorry. Please
forgive me for my misdeeds."

I looked at him with a blank look.

This is because I didn't even imagine him truly repenting in front of Mrs. Isabelle with
such a gentle expression.

"Thank you for not listening to me in the past, when I was clamoring to scrap such
precious things. Please always listen to me in one ear and let me out in one ear."
"Finally, I can start your personality education."

"I've felt a lot of things before. I had to live a good life because I didn't know the
world."

"It's an unexpected true education. But it's so easy to accept because she's my
mother."

Mrs. Isabel tapped Eran on the shoulder.

"Oh, my. I've got some karma, so I'll roll forward. It doesn't look smooth."

I tried to cut in, but I just stood still.

This is because it was the first time that the relationship between the hat and the hat
looked so good since Eran returned.

"I'll be right there."

After a conversation with Mrs. Isabelle, Eran smoothed my hair and whispered.

"You'll be as happy as you were anxious."

After smiling at him with thanks, I started off as Ferrellmann's own author before
Eran, being sent off by Mrs. Isabelle.

It wasn't even my first time, but my stomach was pounding.

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11. Place in place

As soon as I got off the carriage carefully, I could see Felix waiting for me.

"Liche..."
The old man's voice rattled.
"......... I'm so sorry I didn't recognize you."
I was surprised at the unexpected first remark.

There was no resentment in the face of the elderly, who were crying, saying sorry.
The legs with the cane were also reeling, so I rushed to help Felix.
"I'm sorry I doubted you the first time you came here."
"Of course you suspect that a commoner girl with nothing would use a rare magic
item."
I answered quickly, but without realizing it, I sighed and laughed.
I've never thought of blaming the elderly for that. I'm relieved that you were thinking
that way.
Suddenly, I realized that I was similarly thinking about nothing to use alone.

I wasn't the only one who felt that they were too precious to each other to deserve.

The expression of anxiety was probably the same as my face in the carriage.
"Arga said you were very upset."
"What?"
"I'd love to hear you say, Daddy, because you're awkward and you're trying to avoid
him, but you're still here. You call it."
"Oh, that's...."
I put my head behind my ears with a nervous face.

I had no choice but to hesitate because it was difficult to say it myself, but it was
better to be honest than to cause unnecessary misunderstandings.
Like Felix who apologized as soon as he saw me saying sorry that he didn't recognize
me first.
"I think I'm the reason why you're wrong. You've been loved by so many people, and
I was born for no reason...."
Even though I was determined, I felt like tears would come out, so I had to
desperately apply strength to my eyes.

"I don't think everyone is blaming me..."

"Oh, my God, baby."
Old Felix said, holding my hand.
He shook his head with a sigh as if he had never imagined it.
"How can you think of that."
I've never heard of the title 'baby'.

When I received the invitation, I already noticed it, but my heart dropped with a lot.
"We've all been waiting too long for you."
In a word, the anxiety accumulated gradually seemed to melt away like snow.
Tears welled up in the eyes of Felix and in my eyes.
"Old man, marble roads are not good for arthritis..."
"No."

He spoke stubbornly.
"I want to walk with you."
My legs started to tremble as I walked down the marble road to the mansion.
I felt so strange walking down this road that I waited for me even before I was born.

And the densely packed waters of Laverie Island surrounding the road also
came in a new sense.

"Liche!"

When all the marble paths were taken, the door to the mansion opened and Sir Seirin
came out.

"It's my favorite flower. I liked yellow."

She gave me a beautiful bouquet of yellow freesia flowers.

"I'm so sorry... I didn't recognize it, so I told you mean it at first."

Tears filled my eyes again when I smelled the dizzying thick flower scent.

"I'm so sorry. You came to this house on your own."

"How can I know common sense? I'm the one who... I think I'm the reason why Sioni
died...."

"Sioni, Lice."
Sir Seirin caressed my cheek and spoke with regret.

"It's my mom."

Tears began to flow on my cheeks at the words.

I was so sorry that I couldn't even say mom.

The woman's green eyes in the crystal ball were definitely similar to mine, who
couldn't even see my face properly and tied a green ribbon to the basket.

Even her short height and round face look like her.

"And I'm... I'm an aunt."

"Ah..........."

"Can't you call me Auntie? You still can't forgive us? Can't you call Arga a father to
him?"

"Forgiveness. I never thought of it in the first place."

Felix, who was standing next to us in our conversation, said somberly.

"You told me you were an old man..."

I took a deep breath.

And he said it in one gulp.

"Thank you for welcoming my grandfather, aunt and uncle."

It was a little awkward because it was a title that we had never called before, but it
was a moment that we wanted each other to talk about.

"I'm sorry I'm late."

As soon as the words were over, we all hugged and sobbed.

A series of things passed through my head from the first time I set foot in my own
house until my room was built.

Each of my own users, who were hovering around us, also moved away.

"Arga.....is scared of the fool and goes to Zioni's grave."

It was bothering me because I couldn't see it.

"He's afraid that you'll avoid the snow again and resent him for not knowing him. I've
been so desperate to find him for so long that I'm scared..."

"It's similar to me."

I sniffed and laughed a little.

"I've been so scared that I didn't know what to do."

Maybe it's because he's the one who acted similarly.

"...... I want to go to my mom's grave."

The grave of a mother whose body was found in an unknown farmhouse, which she
had never been to, is buried.

***

According to his grandfather, his mother's grave was on a small hill behind Perelman's
own house.

"I can't go because my legs hurt."

Of course, I didn't want to go with you who had enabe arthritis.

But my aunt refused to go with me for another reason.

"I don't want to see Arga squirm. If I see him, I'll want to be nice to him for a while."

The aunt said, stealing her eyes.

"You can go alone, right?"

My aunt's heart was felt that she didn't want to interrupt the meeting of the women,
so I laughed small inside.

"Sure."

I nodded and began to walk alone.

The sky was blue and high because autumn was just around the corner. I could only
hear birds chirping somewhere, but the surroundings were still.

While walking along the only trail, I heard a low voice.

"Sioni."

Her tombstone, surrounded by various beautiful flowers, was inscribed with "Cioni
Narnia Perelman, get eternal peace here."

And a familiar middle-aged man with brown hair stood still and recited in a friendly
but sad voice.

"It was such a miracle that you came to me... but I couldn't keep it."

I stopped without realizing how sad my voice was.

"If I had just headed to Laverie Island together, I would have been the Earl of
Ravager then."

I felt countless regrets.

While I couldn't take my steps, he sighed and swept the tombstone with his trembling
hands.
"That's why I'm so scared this time, too."

It was a dazzlingly beautiful day, to the point where the mother without an answer
was vulgar.

"Our daughter came to me like a miracle, and I'm afraid I'll miss her again because of
my lack."

Tears began to gather in my eyes again.

"Licce's skills were recognized at a glance six years ago. That's why Isabelle and Eran
were so dependent on Lice that they went through all the continents. No matter how
close they are, they say they don't know more, but how could they not have doubted
it once?"

It was the same for me.

Although Diel said the two were so similar, he didn't even think they were too close.

So I could understand him.

"I've only seen the benefits of Lice while she's been working on her craftsmanship and
doing her paternity research, and I've never helped her. There's more than one thing
that bothers me..."

Tears began to flow in my cheeks as I heard a voice that was getting more and more
locked.

"Since she saw the crystal ball, whenever she didn't even make eye contact while
singing 'Jajak-nim'," she said.

I couldn't even think of wiping my tears and swallowed my dry saliva.

"I feel like I blame myself for not being able to protect my wife and daughter."
After spouting countless self-blaming remarks, he remained silent for a moment.

"I've always wanted to see you, but I'm desperate for you at this moment.........
there's so much I want to say while hugging you."

He continued, sweeping away the tombstone.

"Our daughter has grown so smart and brave by herself, and she looks like me as an
excellent doctor, but everything else looks like you, and I would be very proud to see
you from heaven..."

I took a deep breath and started moving again.

"I'm so sorry that I'm so restless that I can't even get close to you. Do you know how
to ask for forgiveness?"

I walked slowly, pretending to be popular, thinking he was going to mutter something

sad forever.

He slowly turned back at the sound of stepping on the early leaves.

It was the first impression I saw six years ago, but I left my family and became very
familiar with him.

"Daddy..."
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Originally, I was going to call him 'father,' but I called him 'dad' according
to my grandfather and aunt.

When I saw her standing in front of her mother's grave, my tears became teary
without realizing it, and without any sense of danger, the name that seemed to be
called by a child popped out.

"Liche... I'm sorry..."

My dad finally started sobbing in front of me.

I cried a lot with my grandfather and aunt earlier, but tears came out again.

"I'm so sorry..."

I left a bunch of Frisian flowers in front of my mom's grave.

In front of the neatly maintained tomb, I remembered my mother's last expression on

her face when she stopped by the maid and sent me away.

"I think my mom died because of me... because I think I stole someone precious to
everyone."

My dad was obviously misunderstanding like my grandfather and aunt, so I sniffed.

Every single word was so sad when I remembered my father's monologue.

"I feel like this has happened because I was born for nothing..."

"What are you talking about?"

Dad hugged me and shook his head.

"You've been our blessing since you first came into existence, and you've been the
luck of Perelman even when you didn't know you were our daughter."
If after returning, I had left the Serious estate to live alone and started living
somewhere else, I would never have met my father.

"Your altruistic choice will find you lost."

The trust was again in line.

"I thought it would be okay to look like anything, and I would do anything if I could
see it once. But she's such a perfect daughter."

My father's voice became more and more moved, so I decided not to think bad things
anymore.

"I thought it doesn't matter what kind of parents they are. As Mrs. Sabel said, a
shallow person who only wants money will do everything to my parents... but I'm so
glad they're such a wonderful family that I've never dreamed of."

Coming out of front of his mother's grave, Dad cried so much that the time had been
overshadowed.

"How much I would love to see you so big..."

Dad stroked my hair and talked about my mom several times.

I didn't know because I didn't talk about my mom, but even after a very long time,
my dad... He seemed unable to forget Ma at all.

I couldn't break the rising sense of revenge whenever I felt more sad in my heart.

It was a clear malice to kill my mother, who had nothing to do with it, even though
she tried to get rid of me on a trust.

It was so vicious to try to disguise it as a childbirth death, not just an accident.

The death of one of his own wife, who is not very well-known far from the capital,
would not have been a topic of conversation.

The fact that the maid seduced the five-year-old prince to steal an extremely
dangerous magic item would have undermined the authority of the imperial family, so
it would have been difficult for everyone to connect the two cases.

The more affectionate the families who returned, the more painful the past
time was, so I didn't want to leave the main problem of all this alone.

When I realized that everyone was thinking the same thing, I was going back to
Perelman's own house and drinking tea together.

My father, aunt, and grandfather patted my hand and looked into my face, so I was
distracted.

"There's so much to do together."

The aunt murmured with a serious look.

"What should I do first?"

When he said that, he brought out a pile of parchment from somewhere.

"You can choose from here. That's when I wrote it down."

Grandfather took the magnifying glass out of his pocket and carried it
enthusiastically.

"Drawing family portraits, tasting the five delicacies of the continent, dressing up in
royal dresses, going to the finest accessory shops, playing board games together, and
inviting all kinds of aristocrats at a lavish tea party......."
Surprisingly, all I wanted to do was draw a family portrait.

If we played board games together, I wouldn't have much fun because I would win all
of them anyway.

The rest was also done by Lady Isabelle in the Duchy, and when I recalled the
luxurious tea party, I remembered only the strange atmosphere in which Betia and
Silvina fought each other at Eran's inauguration.

"You can do it slowly."

Dad nodded with a proud look.

"Now I have a lot of time. In that sense, I should have an interview with the chef
again. Call all the famous dessert chefs from all over the country. Lice likes sweets."

Perhaps I'll have to get a cook from the Duke of Cerseus to do that, but I saved my
words for now.

"We need to start the lab and greenhouse work. For Lice only, it's much more
luxurious than it is on the Duke of Cerseus."

My aunt interrupted with a glare at the word "Duchess of Serious."

"Shouldn't we start over with our debut tantrum? Now you're a noble lady. I still feel
bad that the Duke of Cerseus lost his Coming-of-Age birthday party."

"Well, I'm..."

When I opened my mouth calmly, everyone looked at me quietly with twinkling eyes.

"Rather than that, I want to see the end of the people who made us do this."

I didn't think anything would be pleasant if I didn't see them paid for their sins.

My words began to resonate with anger between us sitting in the parlor.

"Can't you put the sword in the prince's stomach?"

The aunt muttered with her naked eyes.

"How am I supposed to kill that bastard, Haydn, to be rewarded with all this..."

"Seirin, apologize to the dog."

"Oh, I see. Keep it a secret in front of the dog."

It was rare for an aunt to immediately affirm her father's words. It seemed to be
quite congenial.

"The Imperial Inquisitor has gone. If we don't do anything, we'll be arrested soon."

I spoke calmly.

"As it is, the truth will soon be revealed, and Prince Jade will dispose of it
herself."

"I can't get over my anger."

My aunt huffed and gnashed her teeth, and I nodded and spoke.

"The Duke of Cerseus will be here soon anyway."

The words raised his eyebrows.

"......Heroine Serious?"

"Yes."

I looked at my dad's strangely sharp look and said.

"Let me give you more objective information about what happened with the Imperial
Inquisitor..."
"Do you believe that, Liche."

Dad put the cup of tea down aloud, frowning on the forehead.

"You're chasing us because you're afraid we'll never let you go to the Duke of Cerseus
again."

At the horse, my grandfather put his cane to the point where his fingers were white.

"I've heard the Duke is a very nasty fellow."

"What?"

"Are you threatened by any chance? If you're driving you through a gap in status,
you're now a nobleman. Even though you are a self-author, you will never be dragged
away by a peacock!"

"That's not it, Grandpa!"

My grandfather shouted with his eyes, and I shook my head in fright.

"Really? He's a little weird, isn't he?"

When asked about my grandfather's doubts, I mumbled hesitatingly.

"Well, it's kind of weird, but..."

No matter what anyone said, I couldn't deny that Eran was a little strange.

"Arga says the speed is different from the outside."

"Definitely... a little bit of that...."

It's different from the outside and inside, so I could tell by the temperature difference
between Diel and me.

"Even cruel, bloodless, tearless!"

"For now, blood flow and tears are normal. But if you're a little cruel, let's... do it."

He also nodded at the criticism that he was cruel when he recalled Wederick, who had
become a rags.

"No, what do you like about him!"

"I know why, Father."

My aunt answered quickly when my grandfather pointed to my forehead.

"Lice only sees the shell. You look like Zioni. We've got to get him out of that big,
healthy nut."

"No! At first I thought so, but the more I live......"

When I shook my hands and spoke hurriedly, my aunt looked at me with her eyes
glaring.

"So the peacock is ugly?"

I couldn't bear to tell a lie and replied immediately.

"He's very handsome."

"There you go!"

My aunt said with a triumphant runny nose and arms crossed.

"Liche, since you're here, don't go back to the Duchy. You've been there for too long.
Now that I have your room, I'm still living here."

Grandfather nodded fiercely, too.

"Yes, once you've watched the progress of the incident, you'll have to eat with your
family, go out on a picnic... and talk as much as you can.I'll put up my family register
first."
"Now that I'm a nobleman, I have to change my middle name. Can I make it for
you?"

The aunt said with her eyes twinkling.

"What do you think, Ciony?"

The aunt's words caught a sad smile on everyone's face.

"I thought you looked more like Zion than Arga."

"Good."

I replied with a shy smile.

I felt like I always kept something precious for my whole life close to using my
mother's name as a middle name.

Now whenever I introduce my name, I thought I would recall my mom who somehow
used everything to save me.

Lice Sioni Perelman. When I finally quietly froze my name again, I felt proud that I
had a family.
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"I'll have Diel bring all your stuff."

I also wanted to spend a lot of time with my family for the time being. It was a
different wish from liking Eran.

So I did not intend to return directly to the duchy with Perelman's own house, but
there was something bothering me.

I was Eran's doctor and autumn was coming soon.

Although iron is likely to be chewed now, it was the first treatment that was
implemented, so I didn't know what side effects there would be.

I thought it was the end of my job to check that out.

'Now that the cold wind is beginning to blow, I really need to watch carefully......'

My dad squinted to see if he knew what I was thinking.

"I can take care of it myself. Trust me."

"Uh......um......."

Imagining Eran's reaction as if the world seemed to have collapsed, my father, who
was shaking, asked me low when I hesitated a little.

"So when is he coming?"

"Go, you're the duke... you're him..."

"I can say more to the guy who's after my daughter."

"I've decided not to make a few hours' difference, so I think I'll be there soon..."
Dad jumped up and called the maid to order.

"Prepare the best tea in my house."

It's a house with enough money, the best tea?

Suddenly, I was thinking if I wanted to entertain Eran well, so I was pleased, but my
father grated his teeth and added.

"You have to make sure you don't discredit yourself as a self-author. It's not
comparable to the Duke of Cerseus, but you can't say nonsense like, You have to
show that you eat well enough and live well to make Liche happy."

Then a servant came in and spoke cautiously.

"Hey, son."

"Why?"

"The Duke of Serious is here."

The expressions of grandfather, aunt, and father all changed to fighting attitude after
the servant's words.

"It's not a good match. Be nervous."

"I'm sure you've come here with a lot of preparations, but you shouldn't get caught
up in the laundry tongue."

"I need to change into the best clothes. Don't be ignored as an old man."

I felt 'difficult' after a long time.

"You know, it's true that the Duke of Cerseus isn't normal, but there's rarely a better
man."
"What a better man! It's a waste of you to bring any of them!"

Even my aunt opened her eyes, so I shut my mouth for now.

"If you don't have a man with eyes, you can live alone. Look at me. I don't know how
happy I am to have a cranky father, a beggar, and an angelic nephew."

My aunt gave me a big bang on her chest and her eyes.

No matter what I said, I didn't think it would work now.

***

Eran arrived at the right time.

All three grandfathers, aunts, and fathers sat opposite Eran, staring at him with a
look of horror.

When he tried to lean toward me at all, my dad's eyebrows rose.

Eventually, Eran could not budge and delivered what the imperial investigators had
visited.
"...... well, that's what happened."
The expressions of the three listening to Eran gradually began to collapse. My father's
face turned white when I explained how the Mana Stone was taken out.
"But..."
He looked around his grandfather, aunt, and father, who were still in shock, and
brought up his speech with a slightly troubled look.

"Do you happen to have a knighthood in your own composition?"

I was startled drinking tea quietly next to him.
This is because it was an unexpected subject that he would bring up.
At this point, there is no reason to ask for his own military power, but suddenly,
anxiety began to creep.
"There is."
Grandfather replied with a face of disapproval.

"How big is it? If you're escorting the top...."

Dad cut in with his axe open.
"I can attach an escort to Lice as much as a peacock."
Probably not faulted in many ways, so he understood that he intended to kill the flag
on the scale of the Knights of the Duchy. It was the same.

But I was a little different. This is because I heard that Mrs. Isabelle and Eran talked
about waiting closely.
Furthermore, Eran was not such a fool as to have me here and struggle with it.
"Why?"
I asked anxiously.
"What's wrong?"
"Well, I hope not, but actually on the way..."
"The Duke."
Dad put the tea cup down aloud and raised his chin.
"Let's not go round and round, let's just get to the bottom of it. My daughter won't
marry me and I'll live here forever."
"What?"
"I know I'm after my daughter. That's because you can't."
"My son."

Eran folded his eyes and smiled mildly.

"May I know why? I know I'm lacking a lot. I'll do whatever the Perelleman family
wants."

The grandfather's eyes, which were looking at Eran with disapproving eyes, were
slightly loosened, as to how polite the tone was and how pretty the expression was.
"I love Lice with all my heart, and I have the heart to make her happier than anyone
else in the world.
It's been a long time."

But Dad snorted as if he didn't even have a chin.

"Don't look so desperate, pretending you've changed. It won't go over. I'll never let
you."

Eran, who would have ignored it with cold eyes, bowed his head and made a sad face.

"But without Lice, I have a genuine feeling of dying..."

"Didn't you already show me too much truth?"
Dad spoke coldly and muttered that he could not forget his first impression of the
hunting competition.
After becoming an adult, I didn't know what was wrong with Eran and his father's first
meeting.

"So from the moment I met you as an adult, you seem to have
accumulated only things to regret."

That was right.

Eran yelled at my father not to disturb me until he did it rather than to bring me in as
his adopted daughter at the end.

"The outside and the inside are the end of the other. It's a great deal of punishment,
good and bad."

"I've been determined to do my best since I heard the results of the paternity test.
Why on earth did I live like that?"

He sighed with a look of regret.

"I am very self-reflection. I've felt a lot, and now I'm going to change my personality
and be a kind new person to everyone."

Eran gave a look of innocence and answered in a disastrous tone.

Dad smirked as if he were dumbfounded.

"From now on, as if I were Lice to everyone, You're going to treat me?"

"Oh, that's a little..."

While sitting in a regular position, Eran gave an embarrassing look and answered
seriously.

"Then I'll have to be a temple saint dedicated to all mankind..."

"I don't like that. A temple, because the mere mention of a trust makes me feel bad."

As I spoke slowly, Eran nodded furiously.

"I'll try to be as sweet as half of what I'm dealing with Lice."

That much seemed enough to be a new person.

Everyone thought so, but no one puked at the words.

"Since I'm still young and young, can't you give me a chance to see that there's room
for renewal?"

Her aunt's forehead, which was frowning heavily on Eran's pitiful face, began to
spread out.

"No."

But Dad shook his head like a solid wall.

"There's no room for compromise, Duke. Does it make sense for a person to change
in such an instant?"

"I haven't changed. I'm originally a Liche-tailored person. I can be a gentleman if I

need to."

"But you can't."

Every time my father cut and answered, Eran answered very politely, but he didn't
stop and said everything he had to say.

"If I had to change to be around Liche, I would."

"But still not."

"I'll fit whatever human image you want."

"Unfortunately, not forever."

Seeing Eran's face start to get frustrated, it really seemed like my turn to step up.

I didn't think everything he said was wrong, but only Eran could give me.
It was clear that there were feelings and bonds.

Well, I wanted to get married right away and leave the horse, and I wanted to
mediate because it was true that I was my lover now.

"Daddy, but..."

But what I said was cut off right away.

"Liche, don't you know that your character is not good. Never."

As if I knew what I was going to say, my father's voice was energized.

"If you're crazy enough, you'll give me medicine. Quietly, there's no medicine!"

I couldn't say no because it was all right.

Still, it was time to talk again with the intention of persuading us.

"Daddy, but we..."

"What do you mean, we!"

My father lost his reason and banged the table.

The tea water in the most expensive teacup in his own house shook.

"You ended up being possessed by that smug look and that devilish whisper! It's all
his face! It's his fault!"
In the end, the title "that guy" came out.
I groaned with a ball.

"Do I have the grace to send you to the Duke and all that!"

However, Eran remained calm as if he had not offended at all.

"Then what should I do? Do you think the prince's letter of the last time made you
feel uncomfortable with the peacock...?"

When he brought this up, he looked a little distressed.

"If you want the crown prince's throne, I will rebel..."

"Duke! What are you talking about!"

"Yes, there was that stupid idiot, too. The Crown Prince, I hate all the men who just
stick to my daughter!"

"If you don't like human men, do you want to be transcendent?"

Eran looked at his father with a desperate look.

"The founding myth says that the first emperor killed a thousand manmills and
fainted with dragons. Will I come back after manmals?"

At this point, the conversation was simply a mess.

The expression of Eran, who was saying such a thing as treason or a dragon, was so
serious that it was even more disillusioned.
Eventually, my father jumped up.

"Don't let dirt get into my eyes! Peacocks, princes, dragons, gods, everything!"
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Dad grated his teeth and shouted.

"You! When I was a child, I used my energy to save her. How dare you aim for my
daughter? If I knew this would happen...."

The teacup was about to fly as my father's hand shook with the teacup was about to
come.

I shouted desperately.

"Daddy! No!"

You took the most expensive thing out of the mansion, and you threw it?

Besides, the tea hasn't cooled down yet.

My father was a concubine like me, and when Eran gets burned, he looks amazing.
It's getting weird.

"Get out, Duke."

After barely finding calm, Dad huffed and clapped his fingers at the door.

"You never see my daughter's face again. Lice's doctor's contract will be broken,
doctor's conscience. I'll stay with you until the change of seasons."

"Can't you kneel in front of me until you agree?"

"You can't kneel forever."

"Daddy, I like the Duke..."

"I'll do all the good things for you until you lose that mind. Don't meet for now and
stay for 3 more years. Out of sight, out of mind."

"Three years?"
"Daddy's been looking for you for 19 years... ...is it so hard not to see your face for
three years?"

When my dad's 19 years came out, I really had nothing to say.

Eran looked desperate when he saw my pupils shaking.

It was like a bolt out of the blue for Eran, who was excited to be with him for 20
hours a day.

It was really because my dad was going to isolate me from him from this moment.

"Anyway, it is the duty of parents to protect their children from danger."

"Ha..."

Eran, who had become a danger to sleepiness, turned his head over once and sighed
once.

"I tried not to use this..."

In front of his huffing father, Eran took an envelope out of his arms and handed it to
his father on the table.

"My mother told me to show you at least this because it's obvious that I can't do it
with just that personality trash. a little bit
It's going to be an atmosphere."

When I was about to leave, Mrs. Isabel ran desperately and handed it to Eran.
It seemed to be.

"Huh, whatever it is, my answer won't change..."

My father's face hardened when he couldn't calm down and opened the envelope
without sincerity.

My aunt and I, who peeked over my shoulder, were surprised and opened their
mouths slightly.
"Si, Sioni... when the hell..."

It was a contract that my mother and Mrs. Isabelle wrote as a joke.

It was about marrying Isabelle's son and her mother's daughter.

"When I found out that Perelman's child was my daughter... Perelman's son was very
excited, but I and Sioni, who were pregnant together, made a contract as a joke to
ask for money behind Perelman's back."

I remembered what Mrs. Isabel had said and admired her detail.

You saw this and said thank you to Mrs. Isabelle for being a new person again and
again.

Of course, there is no notarization effect, and the format was a document

for making memories between friends.

However, it was also a trace of a mother that cannot be ignored in my family.

"Even if I say it's a joke, I say no..."

Her father breathed, and Eran spoke carefully.

"Sioni must have liked Serious. As much as you'd like to have as your own money."

"Sioni only sees the shell..."

"He's also a man of great insight."

My aunt murmured frustratedly at the contract.

"In the end, Sioni's only drawback continues in many ways..."

Eran added sternly.

"I'd like you to think about the relationship between Lice and me when we're in the
boat and give me a chance. I'll try."

There was a pause.

Not with one Eran, but with the wisdom of Lady Isabel, it was right.

The contract softened the prospect of evicting cc at once.

It doesn't seem to be a problem that will be solved overnight anyway, and I thought
it would be better to talk about it again when I was with my dad, so I brought up the
topic that I've been worried about since earlier.

"By the way, Duke."

"Huh?"

"Why did you ask about the status of our Knights?"

"Ah..."

Eran's drooping, pitiful eyes shone sharply in an instant.

"I passed the Chippia estate on my way, and the atmosphere was unusual."

"What do you mean it's not unusual?"

"Because I feel like I'm preparing for battle."

"What?"

"Then the prince of the flower garden said the rebels were sporadic, so something
was disturbing."

I rummaged through my memory.

The Chippia estate was also a place where the rebels joined quite late.
It is not yet time for the rebels to rise in force, and Prince Haeldon was scheduled to
be arrested as soon as the Imperial Inquisitor returned.

So I was relieved about the full-fledged rebellion. Suddenly, I felt uneasy when I
thought that the aspects of the incident had changed a lot from the past.

If one of the things I've changed has become a variable and the rise of the rebels is
faster than expected...

And if the first land to rise was also changed...

The Chippia estate was very close to the Perelman estate.

The wealthy Perelleman could have been seen as a good prey to the money-strapped
rebels.

And I wondered if Prince Haeldon, who noticed that something was going wrong, was
trying to get rid of the person who was most bothered first.

It was my dad who tried to drop him into the abyss.

Seeing my contemplative expression, my aunt quickly grabbed my hand and began to

explain.

The Knights on the Perelman estate were led by their aunt and were not bad
numbers.

However, Eran shook his head with a serious look when he heard the exact
size.

"The Chippia estate is an earl and it has an iron mine that is advantageous for
weapons. Sue, if you've been in a surprise attack. It's not that big of a preventable
size. No matter how much money you have in Perelle Bay, you can't get mercenaries
on a large scale right now...."

"Then what?"
I asked anxiously.

"I thought it was weird, so I sent a pigeon to General Joaquin. Just in case, let's start
the elite members."

Eran muttered with thoughtful eyes and turned to his grandfather.

"Lord, I don't want any danger to the woman I love. It's true that the Duchy's forces
are superior to mine, so is it all right for a few Serious Knights to be stationed at the
Duchy until the situation is clear?"

Of course, it's best to just let all this go by and pass by without a hitch, but there was
nothing bad to prepare for.

".......... Arga, are you trustworthy?"

"You can trust General Joaquin, but you used to trust Baron Ishider..."

I answered the question.

"Mr. Joaquin even swore allegiance to me. You can count on it."

"But he's still a Serious man..."

Dad murmured with a grim face.

I oppose to death with the help of someone that an expression of itself is awkward.

Still, Dad was not the one to refuse because of pride that the estate could be
dangerous.

"Licce wanted to spend a lot of time with her family."

Eran spoke softly. It was true, so I smiled and nodded.

"Yes, Duke. I finally found the family. There were so many things I wanted to do
when I found my family."
"As much as we haven't been together, I hope you make lots of good memories. I will
never disturb you. But can't I stay with you a little bit, a little bit?"

"Of course not. I have no intention of taking my daughter away."

"What do you mean, I always respect Liche's intentions."

"Yes, respect me as much as much as you want. I'm not going to respect Lice's doctor
on this."

Eran spoke sternly, but his father was very determined.

"I know I've been very wrong with you all this time. But even if it's a little bit...."

"It's not because the Duke was acting like a chariot to me, and the buds of humanity
were yellow and rotted away."

Eran's expression began to become increasingly nervous as his future, which could
not be changed even by his father, was faced with a crisis.

So I carefully changed the subject.

"I have something to discuss with Dad and the Duke."

"What is it?"

Just the words "daddy" spread a smile on his face.

"Our Perelman family is so good that they don't know what to do with Prince Haelden.
I think we need one of these evil characters right now."

"If that's the case, leave it to me. I'll do my best."

Eran spoke quickly, her eyes twinkling.

Dad asked with a mysterious expression that seemed suspicious and trustworthy.
"...... what are you going to do with Baron Ishider?"

Of course, it would be Mrs. Isabel and Eran who are grinding their teeth further to
Baron Ishider.

He tried to poison himself and take over the Serious estate.

But even if he didn't kill us, it was true that he tried to get rid of me and lied to my
dad.

So the father asked what he would do with Baron Ishider, who was supposed to take
over the disposition in the duchy.

"Ah."

Eran spoke in a gentle tone, as if he were an animal of command.

"I gagged him in a dungeon just enough to hear Wederick scream."

Then Wederick would never think he would be locked up with his father.

"My mother said that whenever I was sick and in pain, my heart felt broken. So I'm
just going to go through all those years."

In a calm tone, Eran added, 'The Baron will suffer from the screams of his children in
prison for the rest of his life.'

He kept his promise to save his life.

"Then one day, if you do something evil, you can throw away Wederick's bloody
clothes."

Considering Wederick, who had a lot of abuse, Baron Ishider will have to have a really
painful day.
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"We can't even let anyone who's made our Lice suffer. If you leave it to
me, I'll do my best to come up with an evil plan."

Eran continued with a serious look on his face.

But I tilted my head and said.

"The Prince Haeldon doesn't even have children. Well, of course, it seemed desperate
enough for Isla to sneak in on me and ask me to prescribe a well-pregnant drug."

"Do you have any medicine like that? Did you prescribe it for me?"

"Well, I've made you a helpful reagent, but it's only a little bit more likely, but it won't
help much."

"......Really? Who knows that?"

"I don't know."

I answered in thought.

"Prince Jade, for now. The princess asked me to keep it a secret, but I'm sure you'll
be able to keep it safe because of your personality......I'm sure she made a mistake
once or twice."

"That's what I think. The Imperial Palace is a fast-paced place, so I'll have to say I
know almost everything."

"Khhmm."

Listening to my conversation with Eran, my father made a look of trouble.

Even if he had told the investigator the truth, he must be anxious because he had not
yet finished.

"Lice is too good and too good. I can't lie and I'm so normal. So if there's a little bit of
a strange caravan next to me, we can live better in a rough world."
The grandfather and aunt, who had no particular bad memory for Eran, could not
refute his correct words and breathed a breath and avoided his eyes.

His father, with his arms folded, was just staring at him that he could never do it.

"Dad, why don't you stay in your own house for a while? It's change of seasons, so
we have to keep looking at the symptoms, and even if he goes to the peacock, we're
falling."

My father sighed at my reasonable words.

Eran tried to hold my hand gently, but he gently looked at his father and said
affectionately with a pathetic look.

"Even if I stay in my own house, have a good time with your family. I won't disturb
you, so don't bother me."

He, who was always a gentle sheep in front of me, spoke mildly and smiled as if to
praise him.

I don't have time to answer back.

Dad shouted.

"Don't laugh like that! Lice, don't your eyes get blurry! The look you were looking at
me in the prime of my life!"

"Oh... I'm sorry for the blur. You don't want to see it."

My sullen reply was simultaneously spoken by my father and Eran.

"No, no, no. It's wrong of him to laugh!"

"That's right, Liche. It is my fault. You don't like it, I'll be careful from now on."

Once hooked, Eran, who never looked forward or backward, seemed determined to
roll firmly in front of his father.

It was a bit crazy to watch it, so I thought it would be better not to be between the
two in the future.
It was then.

"Lord! A man came from the palace."

Suddenly, the door of the parlor burst open and a servant ran in.

Dad stood up, tilting his head.

"Has the interrogation of Prince Haeldon already begun? You're calling me a witness,
aren't you? "

However, an authoritative man wearing a royal guard's uniform entered the reception
room without proper procedures.

The servant was restless and at a loss.

It was just when my father was angry at rude remarks and actions similar to
intrusion.

"I'm Belon Kaider from the Imperial Guard. I heard Lice Estelle is here. Is that true?"

Even though Eran stood in my way, Belon's eyes were already stuck in me, the only
young woman in the drawing room.

"Your Highness Isla will be arrested immediately for prescribing inappropriate drugs."

"What?"

Dad stepped forward, grinding his teeth as if he were going to grab Bellon by the
collar.

"What did you just say? Arrested?"

Grandfather also stood up with a cane and shouted with difficulty.

"What are you up to, these! We can never give Liche away!"
My aunt was already pulling the sword, and her hand moved toward the sword,
muttering, "Finally, the Duchy of Independence..." that was blocking my front. I
quickly grabbed him by the arm and stepped forward.

The Imperial Guard just obeyed orders and did nothing wrong.

Having been sentenced to death just because I did well what someone told me to do,
I didn't really want them to die at the hands of Eran.

So I spoke confidently.

"It's not Lice Estelle, it's Lice Sioni Perelman."

If he continued to be a commoner, he had nothing to say if he was arrested

immediately and executed without any procedures at the discretion of the Imperial
Guard.

However, the story was different when it comes to aristocratic dress.

Bellon couldn't hide his embarrassment and took out the documents.

"But, um... you're a commoner on the estate of Cerseus..."

"My father was going to the palace to change the family register anyway."

He replied calmly, but in fact he was quite embarrassed.

There were no proper witnesses because it was not an official prescription, but a mild
diagnosis at the international booth.

I could manipulate the evidence as much as I could. This was a perfect malice to me.

"We can go together. But is there any reason why I prescribed medicine to your
highness Hwang Ja-bi?"

"Everyone in the imperial family should record all medications taken. Including
visiting from royal medical researchers."

Thinking that I should buy time and see the situation go, I raised my chin and spoke
as hard as I could.

"Anyway, make sure you take proper steps after I get on the family register."

Although he lived as a commoner for a long time, it was not difficult to act like a
noble.

Belon began to feel nervous about what to do when he saw me purifying my clothes
with graceful gestures.

"But... um... it's a case that's related to the security of the imperial family..."

In the past, when she went to a victory banquet, Mrs. Isabelle taught all
kinds of teachers to teach the manners and speech of the nobility. The hit was
glowing.

"I'll go, too."

As Belon was still hesitating, Eran gnashed his teeth and said.

"If your family name is still a commoner in the estate of Serious, I'll be in charge."

To be honest, there was no relationship, but it must be an excuse to follow me.

"And Ferrellmann's virginity is also my fiancee."

Dad's eyes sparkled, but it was enough to keep Bellon's mouth shut.

No matter how much the Imperial Guard is, it is embarrassing to arrest the author's
wedding, because he could not even arrest the fiancee of the duke, who is a noble.

"Take them all with you. I will never let my fiancee go alone."

After confirming once again the terrible fact that Eran should be accompanied, despair
began to be added to Bellon's expression.
"Me too, me too! How dare you, Liche! "

"My father's gone. You may be invaded now, so you have to protect your house. If my
father leaves me, who will accept Joaquin's knights?"

My grandfather waved his cane and said, and my aunt immediately dried it and added
it.

"I'll go instead."

My aunt stared at the bellon without putting the sword in.

Belon asked weakly with a look of tiredness.

"What? Ser Seirin, why..."

"Liche's escort. I'll share the room and stay with you 24 hours a day."

Belon sighed, and even Eran looked a little frustrated.

***

"Don't be too scared."

I gave Belon a tranquilizer and said calmly.

Bellon took a tranquilizer and sighed as he wiped his sweat.

He was now following orders to take me to the palace.

But on the way, she was growing old at a fast pace, receiving the sharp gaze of her
unexpected companion, Eran, her father and aunt.

At first, I maintained a firm attitude to arrest me, but as I gradually became wary of
these terrible people, there was a strange situation where I felt the most comfortable.

The Imperial Guard, who followed Bellon, seemed to follow Eran's eyes, far away from
us.

"Thank you, Young-ae. I thought they were really scary and cruel. As expected,
rumors and You're trying to say that they're actually warm and merciful people,
right?"

Belon said with a somewhat brighter look.

"No, you're a good judge. It's as cranky as it looks."

I stepped on the hope as an objective fact.

"But I'm too nice and respectful of the social system, so I'll be fine. Everyone loves
me so much that they follow my meaning well."

"So what if Young-ae said she didn't want to follow me?"

Then he would answer that there would have been two insurgents, but suddenly
Guieran approached and took the tranquilizer from Belon's hand.

"Liche, isn't it too much to give another man this kind of consideration? I'm so hurt as
a 19-year-old fiance."

"If I am not considerate, I think you will resign from the Guard right now and be
unemployed. And since when have you and I been engaged for 19 years?"

"You don't know that I use everything if it's to my advantage? And the Duke."

Eran smiled deeply.

"Call me Eran, will you? They're both past adulthood. Let's not talk."

"Uh...A little slower."

No matter how handsome he is, he has a dirty impression, and he is so big that he
has no idea of calling a man's name.
We've been in together for a long time.

"If it's hard to call your name at once, I like Eran as much as I used to when I was
young."

"Because I'm not cute and young right now."

"When you were a child, Eran, it was so reassuring and nice to call you this."

He tried to wrap my hair around my finger and suddenly my dad's fierce touch pulled
me.

"Are you making a move on Lice? You're not good at learning. I've told you so many
times that I can't."

"No, I'm a little sick."

"I'm also a doctor for a duke. You can talk to me."

My dad completely covered me up and irritated me, so Eran made a pathetic face and
muttered. It's gone.

"My mother-in-law must have loved me."

"Who says you're mother-in-law? Don't talk nonsense......huh? "

Still, his father, who could not pretend not to know that he was sick, held Er's hand
nervously to check the flow of mana, frowned.

"......isn't your breathing a little weird these days?"

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"It takes a little while to breathe since yesterday, but it's not
uncomfortable."

"As the change of seasons approaches, the Duke's body is adjusting. I've never been
in this cold weather in five years of recovery. You'll be fine for the rest of your life,
but don't overdo it during this period."

"Yes, sir."

Whether he was worried that his father would kick him out of the spot, Eran called
Bellon, who was slowly avoiding him, and changed the subject.

"Is Prince Haeldon arrested?"

"What?"

Belon was dumbfounded and asked back.

"Well... I don't know what's going on in the palace because it takes a long time to get
out of the palace and get to Jajaknyeong. What's the matter with Prince Haledon? It's
Prince Haeldon who gave orders to the Guard...."

I quickly organized the case in chronological order.

After Prince Haeldon sent a guard to arrest me, the investigator came to find out the
whole story.

So by the time I arrived at the palace, there was a high possibility that Prince
Haeldon had already been arrested.

'He's a meticulous person, so he'll definitely get away with it. He didn't show himself
until the end before he went back. When I'll be ready to cut my tail.'
Then no matter how unfair it was, the situation of entering the enemy camp was not
necessarily bad.

It wasn't reliable to leave everything to Prince Jade.

"Of course you'll have to stay at the finest inn. Find the best inn around here before
dark."

As I was still thinking, Eran said with a flash of black eyes.

"It should be especially a good dessert place. If Liche ever leaves a dessert plate or
something, the Duke of Serious stays still. I won't."

Belon sighed and sent soldiers from the Guard here and there to find out about the
inn.

He must have come with a light heart because he thought it would be an easy task to
catch a commoner, but he must have thought he had a hard time inside.

***

How much I got a luxury inn, and when I said I wanted to fly a pigeon, the inn staff
even said that they would save it as soon as possible, although they are not there
now.

Considering that the pigeon for jeonse is quite difficult to get, the service was
enormous.

My aunt insisted on sleeping with me, but unfortunately, the luxury inns were all
single rooms.

Belon's not here to arrest someone, he's like a noble's journey. He sighed deeply, but
could not express any dissatisfaction because of Eran, who had a much higher title.

No matter how much the Imperial Guard was, a higher rank would have come when
arresting a noble.
However, Belon, who came to capture commoners, was paradoxically least
authoritative here because he was also a new member of the Guard.

So I slept in the best room for arrest, and he came to arrest and slept in the cheapest
room.

My father assigned me a corner room on the top floor, saying, "I don't know anything
else, but Eran and my room should be far away."

And tell Err to use the room opposite him, and if he sneaks out during the night, he'll
leave you go.
He even threatened not to do so.

"But my breathing is still unstable, so I think I should have my doctor by my side....."

"I'm a doctor, too, Duke. I'll keep you company."

Dad was in my room looking after everything after he opened his eyes with an axe.

I added all kinds of options so my room was fancy.

"Liche, do you think your bed is okay? I brought the scent of sleep by type."

"I don't have insomnia. I'm very healthy."

"But just in case you were surprised by the sudden situation."

Dad sighed and touched my hand.

"I've prepared all sorts of things for myself in case my bed changes and I don't think
this is going to happen. "

"What's your preparation?"

"I've invited a band of musicians to play music for comfortable sleep..."

"I almost fell asleep listening to the money going out. No matter how rich the estate
is, I'm the heir, so save it."

I added firmly.

"If anyone says they'll buy a dragon claw or something from now on, don't listen."

Until now, I spent a lot because I thought it was not my money, but now the situation
has changed.

As expected, it was an opportunity for me to realize that people should not easily
consider other people's money but should use their sims well.

I was educating my father about the economic concept, and my aunt came in for a
while to use the room next to me.

"Come on, get out of here. Lice, you must be tired, so you have to put her to sleep."

"I have to go see the Duke of Cerseus anyway. I can't take my eyes off for a long
time because it's in-between seasons. Not really. Just because someone tells you to
turn it off doesn't mean you turn it off."

Dad shook off his seat, stood up, and gave his aunt a good shot.

"Watch out for the Duke. Look at the eyes of that obsession. I think I'm going to
crawl in somehow. "

"Don't worry, just make the sound of someone stepping in this hallway and I'll go
out."

How long have you and Auntie been next to me all day, and in the meantime, Eran
and I have five words. I couldn't even talk to him.

When I suddenly made eye contact, I made a very sad face, but I was often scolded
by my father, asking where he would make a desperate face for Liche.

Of course I liked Eran, but I thought I should listen to my father who had been
looking for me for 19 years.

After my dad and aunt left, I washed up and heard a conversation outside.
It was Eran's voice who didn't know how he left his father and his aunt who finally
found out his way in and out.

"I hope Liche stays with us for a long time. I found it now, but I can't get her married
right away. Maybe both my father and my brother feel the same way."

"Liche will do the same. You have to respect it."

His softer-than-expected answer seemed quite embarrassing to Auntie.

"We honestly thought the Duke would force Lice to drag her away or coerce her."

"I can do that well, too. It's easier than breathing."

I put on my pajamas and thought that was true.

"But then Lice will be in trouble."

Not so long ago, you knew I was embarrassed, and you said you weren't going to be
the crazy one of Serious.
The aunt who shouted seemed to be smitten by Eran's words.

"I want to listen to everything Liche wants. Of course, I'm not confident in seeing you
go to another man."

"......khhmm."

"I can't deny that Liche is making a much happier face among the families he finds
again."

Eran could hear a small smile.

"......so you should've done better on a regular basis. You can see him well, too."

"I didn't know this would happen."

Her aunt's voice was quite toned down when Eran said she had no intention of
interrupting family time.

It seemed like a peaceful conversation, so I left the idea of going out and mediating
and just went into bed.

The conversation continued.

"The world was divided into people, not Lice and Lice. I didn't even hear it when she
said she was going to pay for her bad personality, but I didn't know that would be
true."

"Well... so will Arga. When you're living on your own and being hard on everyone, you
didn't know that my daughter was among them. Well, I'm the same."

My aunt, who had been muttering casually, forcibly changed the topic to see if she
felt bad about forming a consensus.

"But are you really going to be a new person? Is that possible?"

"Everything is possible if Liche wants to."

"But Ar wouldn't let him."

"You have to roll until you feel better."

"I'm not going to play."

"Let's roll until we die, okay. "

I closed my eyes thinking that Eran would roll really hard.

I was tired because too much happened today.

***

"Hey, you fucking crazy guy! Hey! Hey! "

The background was blurry.

However, my father was screaming with a perplexed face.

"Mr. Eran!"

I didn't stop my dad from calling Eran 'Ya'.

Because I was so surprised, I was shouting the chant that I used to sing when I was
young.

In the meantime, his eyes looking at me were definitely smiling.

My voice trembled after a few words of conversation with him.

My aunt, who was listening to all the conversation next to me, murmured with a
shocked face.

" x-feet, what's so consistent about human beings? Isn't that crazy?"

Then Dad jumped up and down and got angry.

"Eran Serious! Do you end up screwing me over? Hey! Hey!"

And I opened my eyes after hearing the sound 'a tap, a tap, a tap' .
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The contents of the dream were quickly being volatile. If it was a dream
that was forgotten in such an instant, it was clear that the precognition dream was
clear.

I have to remember quickly, but all I could tell was that Er-An did something crazy
and that his father was very angry.

In fact, such a situation happened so many times that it was not worth remembering.

I lifted myself up and looked toward the window where there was a knock on
something.

"The Duke?"

Surprised, I jumped up, lit a small lamp by my bedside, and opened the window.

Eran jumped from the balcony and came into the window.

"Once again... call me Er Anh. It would be better if you spoke informally."

He folded his eyes and pressed his lips against my forehead.

"Uh, uh, how did you get here?"

"It's the top floor. I came down from the roof."

"Still, it's going to be quite height ..."

"I can do more to see your face."

"No, then why did you squabble with your aunt in the hallway?"

"Once you do something, you lose your guard."

It was also not worth remembering precognitive dreams. Anyway, Eran was only
working hard when his dad found out.

I'm sorry to my family, but I was going to firmly say that I would somehow continue
my relationship with Eran as time went by.

When my mother was depressed because of me, I could have let her sit in the Duke
of Cerseus if she had really taken a bad heart.

If so, more misunderstandings could have been built between families who were able
to shovel each other.

I was grateful to him for being in the rain and pushing his back for my happiness
even though I would have expected this situation with my father's cold attitude, so I
had no intention of pushing him away.

I was the person who played the most necessary role beside me when I was most
mentally challenged.

I couldn't help it even if my father sighed that all my daughters were useless later.

Of course, the wedding could be postponed without a hitch because of strong

opposition from my dad, aunt and grandfather, but...

"Isn't you sick? You should be careful."

I took his hand just in case and checked the mana flow first.

As my dad said, I think there are some side effects that are slowly coming out.

Indeed, I felt a strange mana flow toward the respiratory tract.

"Don't overdo it from now on. If you get short of breath, you can go into
hallucinations. Don't run, always breathe...."

"Okay."

In the dim darkness, he came very slowly, holding my cheeks together.

"Then we can kiss each other slowly, right?"

I don't know why it's happening, but I had to wait with my eyes down until his lips
touched.

The breath mixed and the heat began to rise between the eyes I sometimes
encountered.

"We need to stay together for 20 hours."

As the small lamp near the head of the bed blinks and the view is blurred, the touch
of the one-year-old face felt more sensitive.

He slowly pushed me to bed and murmured without taking off his lips.

I began to feel familiar weight on my back-peddling body.

The difference in physique was so great that I quickly fell into his arms.

"That's why it's hard to be with you for 20 minutes..."

His big hand held me gently on the wrist.

"I love you so much. I'm so scared that I can't control it."

The hem of the clothes was swept up, but the warm body temperature was wrapped
before the cold wind touched it, and it was very hard on the tip of my toes.

"So it's not enough to just put it in the eye."

Compared to the slow touch, my eyes were so eager to see the heat, so I regretted
that I had told him to forget the doctor's duty for a while and clean up his breathing.

"Don't bite... it hurts."

"Just a little bit... it's too sweet, sorry."

Not at all sorry, but in a humble voice, he kissed me with his elders.

"Do you know how it feels to be in front of you and not be able to touch a hair?"

As he soothed me, he whispered with hot breath.

"It's a lot more painful than breathing a little bit due to the side effects of the change
of seasons."

If Dad wanted to bully Eran, his behavior was more successful than anything else.

"Then..."

I breathed and whispered, looking at his bright black eyes.

"I'll have to fill it up soon."

"Still, take your time."

A deep voice fell on my cheeks, neck, and shoulders.

"I listen to everything you say."

The slow touch that penetrated my body was soft, and my hard arm wrapped around
my waist.

His fretful eyes stared at me in the dim light.

His temperature seeps all over his body, and I don't know what to do with his clothes
and bed sheets.
It was time to rest.

"Liche?"

The knock on the door surprised us to stop breathing.

It was my aunt's voice.

"Are you sleeping?"

I hurriedly opened the window, let go of Eran with a desperate look, and managed to
dress up and open the door.

"... Oh, aunt."

Her eyes were a bit teary.

I asked after picking my breath, leaving my worries behind whether it went well.

"What's the matter?"

"Why did you open the door so late? Why is your face so red?"

"Uh, um... it was hot, so I opened the window and it was late."

I'm not confident in my facial expression, but fortunately the light was dark.

"It's a little noisy outside, are you okay?"

"What? Oh... well, that's the same."

Only then did Eran's senses become clear, and the sound of horses running from far
away was heard.

"I asked the owner and he said there's an unknown attack going on here and there. "I
think it's a rebel," said Crown Prince Jade.

"......what?"

The rebels were originally sporadic.

Apparently, it was in the process of suddenly taking control of the next estate and
incorporating it into the rebel territory.

But there was a variable in the middle, and the timing was much faster than before I
returned.

Of course, Prince Jade would win everything, but the important thing was that there
was no Prince Jade in the palace right now.
The Emperor is in bed, unable to observe the affairs of state, so it's Jay who's going
to find out the whole story and punish him. He should be Crown Prince De.

But now he's not in the palace?

If he took time like this, Prince Hayldon could have done something to get out of the
way.

In fact, even before returning to Korea, Prince Haeldon was hiding until the end when
the Crown Prince found out the rebels.

Of course, there must have been some benefit of not being found behind Prince Jade's
cry for "the death penalty."

Now, it was fortunate that Prince Haeldon could not use his hands because he would
have been arrested for now.

' I've got to step up after all.'

It also seemed that he was not destined to leave it all to Prince Jade and wait for a
reasonable punishment.

Now that I've entered the enemy's line, whether it's self or other, I feel like I need to
see the end with my own hands.

"If the Duke of Serers hadn't sent the Knights, it would have been dangerous. I'm
glad."

"So she's letting us date now?"

"No."

My aunt spoke firmly.

"But we've just met you, and we can never send you to the Duke. I'm saying I'm
single, but it's not bad to live with my family. It's true."

I recalled my aunt and father's conversation and thought seriously for a moment
whether it was "a dam with my family."

Anyway, it didn't seem like the stage to talk about it yet.

"But that's what woke you up for? Anything else?"

"There's something else I can really do. The owner saved the pigeon. I woke him up
because I thought he was in a hurry."

"Ah."

I ran into the room with a glad eye and quickly picked up my pen from my desk.

"Give me a note. I'll send it to you on the first floor."

"Yes, thank you."

I grinned, sticking out a quick note to my aunt.

"Send it to Diel, Duke of Serious."

When you arrive at the palace, you will now be able to do me a favor and meet All-
Diel.

"I tried to live a quiet life, but I can't."

Since Prince Haeldon came out like this, I felt like I had to show my brilliance in front
of many people in the capital.

Baron Ishider, who touched me directly, was now confined to the Duke of Cerseus.

There was nothing the prince couldn't do.

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Jade was destroying the rebels hopes of 'maybe strong in the hands of the
enemy,' taking down every rebel-held territory at once.

When he rushed alone with a look of indifference and no matter what the tactic was,
and devastated the enemy's camp, the rest of the imperial knights cleaned up.

He was almost invincible in combat, as it turned out that the five-year-long pirate
sweep was because pirates kept hiding.

However, he had to smile brightly, saying, 'Why do you come at me when I'm going
to be all done?' His aides looked surprisingly painful.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

Every time he swung the sword, the bodies piled up, but he didn't show any signs of
pride and only screamed like he was struggling with inner pain.

"Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

"Oh, Lord Keynes, are you here? How's the investigators coming back? Did you bring
Miss Lice's answer? What's wrong with your face?"

"For now, Miss Lice says she likes the Duke of Cerseus, not your highness."

"..........what?"

"And... the death of Miss Lice's mother by the magic stone she took out when she was
five. Same here. I have too much to say. You'd better meet the investigator first. Now
Party
Imprison Prince Jean-Heldon and the Marquis of Frillit. There was a tip-off and
evidence from the Duke of Cerseus."

Since then, Jade had been out on the battlefield with everything on hold, as the
rebels sporadically rose before further investigation.
Of course, as he expected, the rebels were exterminated in a heartbeat, but the fact
that Liche's mother died because of herself at the age of five continued to haunt his
mind.

"Now I can't even be fair to the woman I love."

After running like a madman, he looked through the devastated battlefield, and as he
left for the next rebel territory, he muttered to himself.

"Miss Liche revealed all this! I'm... stupid...."

The territories where the rebels took place were decreasing in an instant, as they saw
Jade being smashed and hanged.

Even Haeldon was unexpectedly detained, so there were many young masters who
remained calm.

The rebellion, which had been prepared for a long time, collapsed too easily in front of
Jade, the genius of the battle.

No matter how long you've been building your base, there's no answer if you lose
every fight.

In many ways, Jade sobbed like the protagonist of tragedy, although she is simply
suppressing the buds of rebellion.

"What kind of fate is this! What am I supposed to do, Miss Liche! Ah... why can't we
love each other? Why not! "

Keynes, looking at Jade, who comes back from every battle without a scratch, with a
wild look on her face, said it wasn't exactly how Lice rejected his heart, but his dark
expression. have not been undone

"Anyway, things don't change, Lord Keynes."

He took a breath, drooping his shoulders.

"Thanks for the consolation though."

Trying to say it wasn't comforting, but actually just in time, Keynes closed his mouth
looking at his sad blue eyes.

"Really....... is it really your brother'sincerely. It's hard for me to believe. I think I'll
be able to organize everything quickly and get back to the right report."

Jade's beautiful world, which was filled with goodwill, was being broken.

"It moves as fast as it can. I'm going to go back to the palace and question him."

"Woman, faster here?"

The Imperial Knights' expression on the back of Jade's horse, which began to run,
darkened.

***

"So what are you going to do in the future? "

After arriving at the capital, when Eran asked with a cringy smile, Belon replied,
dodging his eyes.

"Originally... well, you're an immediate arrest and a commoner, so you put him in
jail..."

"Well, give me a problem. In this situation, Lord Belon...."

Eran squinted and laughed.

"Should we keep talking, or should we keep quiet?"

Belon immediately shut his mouth in the cold tone.

Rumors spread in the capital that Prince Haeldon and the Marquis of Frillit had been
detained for the tower's terror attacks.

However, the evidence of terrorism seemed to be a conspiracy, with only one note
sufficient to manipulate, and the majority seemed to think it was a conspiracy
because they were stubbornly refusing.

In fact, it was based on the fact that Prince Hayldon also hurt his leg significantly in
the Ferris wheel incident.

' Prince Jade almost lost her life, but as a result, she's so fine that it's
counterproductive.'

Many other evidence was sent from the Duchy of Sergius, but Jade, the person who
will conduct the interrogation now,
The Crown Prince's sporadic suppression of the rebels had stopped all interrogations.

'I'll be back in a few minutes, anyway.'

He was also a man who had taken the Duke of Ceres with considerable power and
territory.

He's the first man in five years to finish a battle in a terrain he's not familiar with
without any strategy.
There was nothing to say about the ground.

If the rebels really wanted to succeed, they had to get rid of Prince Jade, not start a
war. I'm sure you didn't try that.

"Yeah, if you don't know, you should stay still. You must be very communicative."

Eran grinned and spoke insolently.

From Bellon's point of view, it seemed that the Hwangs, who had ordered the
common people to be captured, were in custody, so they could not do this or that.
The emperor, who gave the order, was too far away to contact, and the Duke of
Cerseus, who was likely to eat people, was too close.

"Let's rent the best inn in the capital so that we can all stay there. Let's register Lice's
family register first and then go back to the formalities."

It was very reassuring to have someone on my side who was strong, had money, and
knew how to use it well.

His father also stared at Eran as if he was eating, but he still nodded to see if he liked
each remark.

"If it's a formal procedure..."

"The prince is in custody... and in the meantime, it could be fizzled out by insufficient
evidence. You've brought me to the capital anyway, so I've done everything I can."

Of course I was very innocent, but I felt as if I was in the scene of

covering up a crime with power.

"Tell him to contact me if he's not feeling well-being. The stupid Imperial medical
team will fix the symptoms that they can't fix. Don't charge Lice with anything
unusual."

"Anyway, I know I'm going to bury whoever's trying to catch Lice, who's done nothing
wrong."

My father and aunt also ground their teeth and added a word.

When I saw Belon rolling his eyes with a painful face, I thought of Diel strangely.

"No, sir Belon."

So I spoke in a kind tone.

"If there's a problem, of course I have to clarify it. I have a righteous personality."

"Ah..."

I grinned as I saw Belon's face that I was moved.

"But of course I don't think I did anything wrong. So I don't mean to be arrested.
Let's get all this straight. Please put me on trial as soon as my family register is
registered. Reasonable procedure, right?"

If I were a commoner, I had nothing to say even if I was simply summarily executed
without doing anything in the imperial court trial, but since I was a noble, I had no
choice but to formally prosecute if I wanted to ask for my fault in the imperial family.

The imperial court was attended not only by immediate imperialists, but also by clan
members, large aristocrats, and other nobles who wanted to see.

As it was quite a big deal, court trials were not frequent.

Even Prince Haeldon would not have imagined this would happen when he asked me
to arrest him.

"Of course I can use my defense. I've heard that you can go through formal
procedures and ask for access to the materials."

In the past, when I was invited to attend an imperial banquet, Mrs. Isabelle taught
me a noble education, so I knew these things very well.

At that time, Mrs. Isabel thought that I could be a queen's mercy, so she taught me
all kinds of institutions and cultures.

Of course, my ability to absorb all of the lessons was great.

"Well, that's true."

Belon's face turned muddy as he didn't know it would be this big.

But there was nothing wrong with what I said. This is because there was no particular
contradiction in replacing the existing order to "arrest the common people" with
"prosecute the noble."

"Then do the work like that. My dad's going to register for me today, so I'll be able to
get the indictment tomorrow."

When Bellon sighed and answered yes and turned around, there was a man who rode
a horse and stood in front of us.

After running gasping, he quickly got off the horse and thanked Eran and Dad and
scratched the back of his head.

"We arrived just in time, Diel."

I tried to stand in front of Diel, who was smiling brightly and clearing up his messy
hair, but stopped after facing Eran's blazing eyes.

I read that I couldn't come near myself, but I couldn't see him closer to another man.

Diel also crept back to see if he wanted me to come closer.

"Well, I'm... well, I'm calling from you."

"Lady, you can just use informal language. You've been friends all this time!"

"I... want to live a long, thin life. From now on, I'd appreciate it if you could just
express it with money when you want to prove your friendship."

"Well, don't you usually say that you don't have to express your friendship because
you know how I feel?"

"As I got a 500 percent bonus from my last salary, I thought I knew how weak I was.
It started with friendship at first, but in conclusion, the taste of money is more
rewarding."

After it was completely revealed that I was a daughter, Dad was told that Diel had
paid more money.
Anyway, I thought I would have to agree on this topic again later when my father and
Eran were away.

"That's when I sent you as a pigeon..."

"Of course, I've taken care of everything you asked me to."

"And I have another favor to ask of you, let's settle down at the inn and talk."

"What?"

"I think we should make a name for the capital."

Last time, the "Liche Estelle" booth was the most famous in the capital when it
participated in the founding ceremony.

This time, the name of "Liche Sioni Perelman" will be circulated here and there again,
so I didn't have to make a debut tantrum to announce my existence.
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After looking at her father, aunt and Eran once, Diel looked resentful as if
he had called her into these people.

Perhaps that's why he listened carefully to me and quickly left the inn.

My father was skillful when he went to report his family register.

However, because autumn was coming, I had to keep looking at Eran's condition, so I
had to be there for my father.

"I'll hear what the plan is. But it's an imperial trial......Liche, I don't want you to be in
danger."

"I'm Perelman's only successor."

I spoke with confidence.

"I don't do anything dangerous. Don't worry."

Knowing how messed up the estate was when the only successor disappeared, I was
going to think of my safety as the first priority.

' It's always been the case, though, when I think about it.'

Besides, how much money does the Perelman family have? It could never be
dangerous.

"We haven't even gotten a proper revenge yet. Silence. Mom died a miserable death
at a farmhouse, but Hael is still here.
I didn't even see the end of Prince Dunn. I'll be safe and sound until you see me."

"What......Liche's a very good judge of his own body.

The aunt nodded her head slowly.

Perhaps he remembered his aunt, who was about to run at him during the victory
banquet, telling him not to attract me.

"Yeah, Liche. And I haven't had a decent, comfortable date yet."

Eran stepped in quickly.

Come to think of it, Eran has never been together like a lover because he was
distracted by the paternity test after recovering.

The last date was the capital hill we climbed on the international night.

When I came to the capital city again, it was time to redden my cheeks because I
remembered the memory of that time.

"You will never be able to do it for the rest of your life. I'll always be next to my
daughter."

Her father immediately opened his eyes to answer Eran's words.

I thought it would be hard to have a comfortable date until Eran softened his father's
heart even a little bit.

"Don't overdo it until your body is fully adapted to the cold. Especially breathing. Be
careful."

I repeated what I said a hundred times more anxiously.

"What happens if I run all the way and I lose my breath?"

"You may go into hallucination right away and not be able to wake up."

Dad spoke bluntly.

My aunt, who was next to me, asked back in surprise.

"Then what should I do?"

"It's hard to wake up again if you fall into hallucinations. I've sealed everything with a
first-degree poison.
It's better to do it afterwards."

"It's easy to decipher first-degree poison?"

"It's easy? You don't understand what I'm saying? Do you have a curse on your ear?"

"Is that a curse on your mouth?"

Neither Eran nor I was the only child, so I was unfamiliar with the endless disputes
between my father and aunt.

It was not easy as my father said, but my father and I will be able to do it
after a few days of hard work.

"I'll have Diel bring the first-class poison. You'd better keep it just in case."

"Yes, but it's best for the Duke to be careful. Of course, I decoded Dokdo more
though. "

I finally got to know the ingredients perfectly, thinking of the snacks in question.

"But Dad, no matter how hard it is to poison medicine, wouldn't there have been a lot
of trials and errors to make it work perfectly?"

"Of course, the poison I injected into the Duke was a fairly successful improvement. It
would have taken some time until then. There must have been a lot of subtypes that
only worked in part, or that turned to one side and caused a strange effect. Besides,
you were young then."

Dad seemed to be angry at the fact that his research had been abused in front of
sight.

"All that kind of poison works the younger the better. An adult who does bad things to
immature children. They're the most repulsive."

"It is."
"That's why when you were a child, you were lying to your doctor, and you didn't take
issue with it."

Dad didn't particularly blame Wederick for not telling his dad that he was secretly
giving snacks, and for not telling him the symptoms honestly.

The only thing my father didn't like was Eran, who became an adult.

"Anyway, stay with Lice while I'm back, but don't stay with her. Seirin, you take care
of yourself."

"Okay, get out of course."

"I'm going because I want to put it on the family register. This time, it doesn't go off
just because you told me to."

Dad tapped me on the shoulder and stared at Eran several times before leaving the
inn.

Accepting my opinion that she wanted to get some fresh air, my aunt sat next to me
on the garden bench.

Eran, who was next to him but not next to him, was forced to sit next to his aunt.

So I, my aunt, and Eran were sitting side by side, and I began to speak softly to my
aunt, who seemed to be the easiest to attack.

"Aunt, you're a new man... and I've been very helpful with this, and thanks to the
estate, I'm safe. I could've kept it...."

"Huh, it's because of the shell. Don't you think so?"

I answered back with a sulky look.

"Of course, I like the way you look, but I've built it up when I was young... and my
heart is pounding when I'm with you.It's a bit strange, but it's also reliable. He's also
comforting me when I'm in trouble."

Eran pointed at his forehead with a painful face.

My aunt asked, frowning.

"What's wrong with you?"

"It's frustrating that I can't get to Liche even after hearing that."

"No man can approach Liche, so don't be upset."

I gave my aunt a coy reply.

"No, I'm getting married."

"No, we don't need a son-in-law. You're the only one..."

"And I'm going to have children. One daughter and one son."

The words shut my aunt's mouth.

Then he began to hold his head in agony.

"Oh... damn it... I think it's going to be so cute... what should I do?"

"You're cute, not kidding."

"Why do you sound like you saw it?"

"Think of me as the Duke's child, just think of the appearance."

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhh! I miss you so much! Oh, my God! "

My aunt was not the only one suffering. Eran also sighed with a miserable look.

I crept up to soothe Eran, who seemed to be tortured.

"Aunt, I'm sorry, but... no, I'm not sorry, I'm sorry, but... can I hold your hand,
Duke? I'm nervous. I want to keep checking the mana until Dad Seo comes."

"Not in front of my eyes."

My aunt seemed to be shaken by my nervous voice for a while, but eventually shook
her head with her arms folded.

"Because I don't want Ar to suffer from him."

It was Eran who answered the question coldly.

"Yes, auntie. Then I'll hold you back."

Behind my aunt's back, Eran's big hand is my hand. I dragged him.

My aunt hates it and tries to be annoyed, but she says to herself, 'Niece
granddaughter.......Joka's grandson......Licce's little version......' sighs... ...and sighed
deeply.

It was an excuse to hold hands, but it was also true that I was worried.

I'm looking at a different flow of mana than usual, and Eran's fingers are moving, and
I'm looking at the letters on the back of my hand. I started writing.

[You look happy with your family.]

Come to think of it, the two have never talked since he visited the inn room last time.

At that time, he seemed too urgent to talk to each other, so he couldn't have any
conversation.

[That's a relief.]

Deep in my heart, warmth began to resonate.

Although we were still at odds with each other, we were surrounded by people I loved
anyway.
"Well, Adrian is a son? Oh, no. Arga's 'ah' goes in. Then, Nidrian? Sedrian? My 'three'
won't let him in, right?"

While her aunt was reciting the names of the beautiful babies alone, Eran quietly sent
a message from behind.

[Next time with me]

The panoramic view of the prosperous capital in the distance was still splendid, and
the unfamiliar garden was beautiful.

[You have to be happy]]

It was an afternoon when the cold autumn wind felt refreshing.

I'm sure it's a serious situation ahead of the big deal. Even the deep blue sky where
the clouds passed was like a dream.

[I mean, let's go on a date. ]

I wanted to see his face, but Aunt Lee was subtly covering the angle as if she
wouldn't allow it.

His eyes were folded and looking at me with a slight movement of his head.
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I wouldn't have been able to see myself well anyway, so I didn't know
when I had been keeping my eyes fixed.

[Pretty.]

My fingers moved quickly again how I read my thoughts.

[Even if it's hard to see.]

I felt a friendly and consistent gaze, so I was slightly stiff without realizing it.

[Wherever you are you. ]

I had a strange feeling that touch only existed in my palm in the only thing in my
palm.

My breath was a little shaky, interpreting the slow but obvious movement of my
fingers.

No matter how much I became a lover, the strands I had been seducing seemed to
have not change.

[It means I love you]

And I'm falling for it.

His fingers tickling on my palm were good, so I bit my lips and laughed a little.

[What if I do my best to your family and they don't get married? ]

Eran wriggled and wrote over his palm.

Indeed, even before my biological father was revealed, he was as happy as having
the whole world when marriage seemed to be in sight.

Although his karma broke the happiness just before it became a reality.

And until now, he couldn't even communicate with me easily.

[Then I think I'm going to die.]

I felt the anxiety I had accumulated as I was persistently rejected by my father.

I felt nervous when my father was stronger than I thought.

[I love you so much that I don't know what to do with you. ]

Unaware of our conversation behind us, Auntie kept mumbling with her arms folded.

"If it's a daughter, Yuri... Yuri? Isn't it Yuri?"

It was a happy afternoon enough.

As of that evening, I was proudly listed on the family register of Perelman's own
author, and it was the next morning that the imperial court's indictment with the
empress' seal flew in.
 ***

According to the information that Diel had been collecting hard, investigators returned
with all kinds of evidence from the Duke of Cerseus and detained Prince and his wife
for now.

However, sporadic insurgents left Prince Jade in a hurry, unable to deal with the
situation.

Prince Haeldon said, "Everyone denies all charges, saying that Baron Ishider is biting
a strict person because he failed to take over the Duke of Cerseus."

He followed Crown Prince Jade, a Keynesian police superintendent who will testify in
detail.

As a result, his country has been postponed continuously.

The emperor had been lying down and doing nothing since the summer hunt.

Originally, Prince Haeldon would have to take charge of all the political affairs, but the
Empress was forced to act as acting political because she was in custody.

The Empress, the biological mother of Princess Jenshi and Crown Prince Jade, is nice
and gentle, and she is not particularly interested in love, so she said she is having a
hard time these days.

"As expected, the decision maker of the imperial trial means Her Majesty."

It was expected from the time the empress' seal was stamped on the indictment.

From the Empress' point of view, she may have suddenly learned of Prince Haeldon's
arrest order.

When things got complicated in the middle without knowing much about the case,
Bellon must have indicted me first according to the procedure explained.
The court date was set three days later.

Rumors quickly circulated in the capital city because it was the first time in a long
time for the imperial family to indict a noble.

As soon as the trial was scheduled, I submitted an application to the imperial medical
researchers for a data review, saying I should look at the official records to defend
myself.

Naturally, the imperial medical researchers could not refuse due to procedures.

"Come with me, Dad."

"That's right."

Last night, when I explained my plan, Dad nodded slowly and murmured, 'In the end,
Haeldon dug his own grave.'

"Are you okay? You don't want to go because you only have bad memories, do you?"

"Well, it was a little hard to argue with Prince Haeldon. I'm not as good as I am, but I
enjoyed doing medical research with talented people anyway."

Dad murmured with remorseful eyes.

"Because I'm a philanthropist, I had a mission to study for humanity."

Dad is not at all a person to do anything he hates.

Nevertheless, he was definitely fit for the research team right before his mother's
death.

For the first time in 19 years, my father and I are confident in the lab of the Imperial
Medical Researchers in the Imperial Palace. The crab walked in.

Of course, one investigator participating in the trial and Eran, who always had to
watch the situation, were also present.

"Hello, I'm Lice Sioni Perelleman."

I entered a spacious and colorful laboratory.

And he politely greeted the researchers who looked at us with surprised eyes.

"Did you hear the news? I'm on trial for prescribing harmful drugs to your highness.
So, let me look at the records of the imperial prescription."

"Everyone in the imperial family should record all medications taken. Including
visiting from royal medical researchers."

At the hunting competition, no one knew me who beat Natalie, who represented the
imperial medical team.

In an uncomfortable gaze, I spoke with a refreshing smile.

"Sadly, my prescription is unofficial and I don't have any records left. Maybe the
prescription from the researchers caused the problem."

"Are you doubting us?"

"I'm under suspicion, too. Don't be so bitter."

They kicked their tongues out as if they were ridiculous, but they couldn't be openly
annoyed.

There may be many reasons, but Eran, who is breathing cool energy behind me, may
be the biggest reason.

"It's my right to open the records anyway, right?"

The atmosphere of the researchers was unsettled because the head of the research
team, Prince Haeldon, was in custody.

The investigator who came with us also nodded, saying, "That's the right procedure."

Everyone hesitated, just being sensible, but one person stepped forward and said.

"If you tell me what you need, I'll get it for you."

"Oh, you don't have to. I can see it myself."

Then my father strode forward.

"I originally kept it in this cabinet..."

Dad opened the leftmost large cabinet without hesitation.

It was packed with year-to-year documents.

"As expected, it hasn't changed."

"That's great. The old prescriptions may have affected you now, so I'll look at all the
old ones."

I took out the files after my dad left the research team.

Indeed, the drugs prescribed to all the imperial family were arranged at a glance.

"The prescription from 20 years ago is no longer a problem."

"I'm sorry..."

I said with a sigh to the researchers who blocked us, showing signs of
embarrassment.

"I know the researchers proved at the hunting competition that they don't deserve to
be involved in our women's medical skills."

"........"

"I know I'm unlucky, but I'm desperate. I'm sorry."

Having kept my mouth shut, I started looking for very old data with my father.

Originally, the records of Hwang's prescription for drugs were naturally prohibited
from viewing except for officials.

However, if the trial was prosecuted by the imperial court, the story changed.
All official data was accessible so that it could not be controversial.

As such, the imperial family only had to deal with issues that were really important
because they posed a great risk when prosecuting aristocrats.

The empress would have given her permission with a light heart because there was
nothing to catch.

But if Prince Haeldon had known this, he would never have indicted me in court.

' You never thought I was a nobleman.'

He must have just touched me for venting his anger at the hunting competition.

I wouldn't have expected this to happen.

My father and I, who had set Eran up like a warning screen and were looking at the
records, started to exchange glances at some point, passing the records.

I quickly sorted out some of the files and handed them over to the investigator as a
reference.

And Dad looked around and opened a cabinet without hesitation.

And I found a report and handed it over to the investigator.

"Please do this, too."

It was expected to be released before everyone as evidence in the upcoming trial.

' This is how I end up with my own hands."

I thought Prince Jade would be executed, but I thought I was destined to be clean.

It was a little sad, but anyway, the more it happened, the more everything was going
on in trust.
137

The night before the imperial court, Lice and Diel were talking in the
garden behind the inn.

After Diel's report that he had done all he had asked for, Diel shook his head firmly
when Lice recommended that he speak informally a few times.

"Lady, I told you. I'm a person whose daily peace is more important than pride,
friendship, and memories."

Lice made a sulky face, but he didn't change his attitude at all.

"If you really miss your old friendship, express it with money. You're the only child of
Perelman's own author, aren't you? "

"It's because I'm uncomfortable. Then can't we just use informal language when
we're alone? We're not identified...."

"Oh, does he who is so free in his position still respect his lover by calling him
'Duke'?"

At Diel's response, Liche blinked with a blemish.

"Let's understand each other when we were once timid commoners. What?"

"...... a friend's request."

Lice sighed and said.

Then Diel began to look around with anxious eyes.

"I found my family thanks to my true friend."

"......."

"How many cases have we solved while being friends..."

In the end, Lice's natural compliment, he whispered.

"...... but if I knew I was alone like this, I'd be so sorry for you and the Duke."
"You say so, and what about your father?"

"No matter how I am, I don't think I'll ever see my daughter alone with a man. So
there's no way we're alone."

"Then let's do this."

Because it was a possible story, Lice shrugged and eventually offered a final
compromise.

"Just blur the end of the horse. That's fine, right? "

D.iel looked at the thought for a moment and nodded slowly.

"Well, I don't think it's bad..."

"It's much better. It's weird that you're so respectful. I can feel the distance."

"Actually, I thought I was, but..."

"Okay, thanks for doing me a favor anyway. You're coming to court tomorrow, right?
"

"Of course, I'd like to go sightseeing, so I'd like to go as Perelman's servant..."

Diel continued his conversation with a satisfied look.

"It's been a while, and I think it's better to go in now......maybe you'll find it..."

"Okay, okay. I'll go this way, so you go the other way."

Lice giggled, then turned around without regret and disappeared.

After seeing her long brown hair disappear, Diel whistled around the other corner.

"Argh!"

He felt his heart drop.

I almost collapsed.

As soon as he turned the corner, he found a cool-looking man with his arms folded
against the wall.

"Go, go, duke... uh, when did you start here..."

The fact that he was alone with Lice scared Diel.

As Eran raised his eyebrows, he gibberish and politely put his hands together.

"I'm, uh... you call me, you call me, you call me...."

"Die Molekin, you don't have to be so scared."

"......what?"

"Because I've decided to be a new person."

"Why?"

Diel asked blankly and quickly shook his head and corrected himself.

"I'm sorry. The question was stupid."

"Because the son of Perelman doesn't accept me as a match for Lice. I heard you
can't give a daughter to a dog like me."

When Eran answered with unexpected sincerity, Diel decided to believe a little bit in
his words that he would become a new person.

"So I've decided to treat everyone half and half of what I'm dealing with Liche from
now on."

"Oh, my God..."

Diel was surprised enough to breathe in.

"That's too much, Duke."

In the meantime, Eran had never talked to him so normally.

Until now, Diel had only remembered Eran staring at him without a word.

"That's why."

"Yes, please."

"What does Perelman like? I've been listening to you and behaving nicely so far, but
the way you look at me is still not good. Every time I get a look of disgust, my heart
is pounding. I'm afraid it'll be forever. "

"Oh... you don't like much. There are a lot of things I hate."

For example, a man who sticks to his daughter.

Diel, who managed to swallow these words, answered with a rolling eye.

"I don't know, but I don't think it's possible to ingratiate yourself. I'm sure that look
will last forever."

Diel was scared and wanted to be of some help, but he couldn't find a way out of it.

But he gave the most realistic answer.

"The Duke is actually very different in rank from his own. As long as Lady Liche likes
you, I think there are many ways to ask for you if you force yourself a little..."

"Liche thinks his family is more precious."

At Eran's emphatic remark, Diel paused for a moment.

The answer was short, but there was a strange resignation in his tone.

"Oh... no. Lady Lice must be...."

"Don't you know that well?"

Diel suddenly noticed that Eran had heard all the conversations between him and
Liche.

"It's because I'm uncomfortable. Then can't we just use informal language when
we're alone? We're not identified...."

"Oh, does he who is so free in his position still respect his lover by calling him
'Duke'?"

Liche was unable to tell lies or empty words that were not in his mind.

If there was something bothering me, it was Lice, who couldn't call Arga "Daddy" but
called him Perelmann's own son.

Her new family members were her grandfather, aunt and father, who were still "the
Duke" to Lice.

Even his comfortable opponent, Diel, said that he was comfortable talking down to
each other regardless of his status, but he drew a clear line for his lover, Eran.

It was clear that Lice liked him and was deeply attracted as a man.

However, I could feel the difference in the size of emotions from the side.

To her, Eran must be a pretty cool and handsome man, an employee with fond
memories of childhood, and a kind and dependable person.

So she must be in a romantic relationship.

But whether he really wanted her was another matter.

Eran already seemed to be aware that she was not her priority.

Diel could feel the deep bitterness of Er's in the ensuing silence.
"It's okay if I'm the only one in love. I'm just happy to have them by my side."

It seemed like he was talking to himself, not to Diel.

Eran did not tell Diel that he had not yet heard of love from Liche, or that the
diamond ring he gave her when she confessed was still sitting in the lab desk, not in
her fingers.

"I'm worried that Perelman's attitude is consistent after a few days. It's good enough
to get it from Lice. I can fill up the rest."

"But..."

Diel spoke cautiously.

"Aren't you in pain? You have to endure insults and hang on to someone who is not
sure about love."

Diel sighed a little, as it was soon assimilated by the loneliness of Eran, which was not
usually seen.

If I was frustrated, would I have asked myself what Arga liked?

"I think you'd be lonely no matter how close you are. Of course, love is a feeling that
I can only hope for a reward."

Despite Diel's emotional remarks, Eran only recited a lot of emotions, hiding them.

"......I can do better."

There was no need for further dialogue because we couldn't find a solution to Arga's
opposition.

He pulled himself off the wall he was leaning against.

Eran looked indifferent to everything in the world, with a stunningly gorgeous

appearance and a large look of pressure.
But he acted like a young beast in front of Lice.

D. E. always thought it was amazing, but for the first time today, she had her own
pain in her cool eyes under her dark eyebrows.

"Well, if you could come a little closer, you'd go crazy for it."

Mumbling like a throw, Eran scrambled to leave.

Diel sighed slightly, thinking it was a big problem to go wild.

And the two men didn't notice, but Lice, who had returned to her place as if she had
left her hairband, stood nailed behind the corner and listened to their conversation.
138

Haeldon, trapped in solitary confinement, was still thinking.

I heard that Isela and the Marquis of Frillit were also arrested, but now he was
detained alone in a royal prison, so he had been blocked from contacting the outside
world.

I thought it would take some time for Baron Ishider to blow something up, but I didn't
know he'd be arrested so quickly.
They were all helplessly quarantined in the imperial prison.

' It's a good thing the rebels were in a hurry.'

The Bondi plan was to sporadically assassinate the emperor, who was sick in bed
when the rebels rose and Jade appeared.

Since then, Jade had somehow been killed outside the palace, and Haldon had
planned to become the sole successor to the throne.

But I didn't expect to be suspected at this early stage.

Baron Lee Sider couldn't have named himself right.

It was hard to know when the Duchy of Serious was able to interrogate so quickly
with so much information.

Jade will be able to buy some time since she will be in the field.

If Jade fails to return to the palace for a long time, the empress, who cannot take
good care of political affairs, may be forced to release herself for now.

Investigators were unable to release evidence that they had taken it from the Duke of
Cerseus because his country had not yet begun.

If that happens, the person who occupies the palace became Haeldon, and only a few
imperial investigators could get rid of it quickly.

Since it was a royal prison where the accused royal family stayed, meals were fine
and all belongings such as self-defense and dagger were allowed.

It wasn't uncomfortable except for a little bit of a cramp.

Never thought Jade would be strong in battle, which took five years to clean up
pirates, Haeldon was working hard.

"Hey, prince."

So one night when the Inquisitor came, Haeldon greeted him with a relaxed look.

"Is there anything else you want to ask? I'm very unfair."

He was insisting that he knew nothing consistently.

The note handed over by Baron Lee Si-der was enough to say manipulation.

"I can't do that. I'm so satisfied with my position as the head of the medical research
team. It's definitely a setup. I thought I and the Crown Prince were pretty good
brothers, didn't we? "

The inspector blinked for a moment and shook his head.

"No, it's not about that..."

"Then?"

"I think you'll have to attend the court trial tomorrow."

Haeldon frowned on his brow.

If it is an imperial trial, the imperial family prosecutes the aristocracy, because such a
thing did not happen well.

"What's going on? Who in the world held such a trial?"

"The Emperor."
Looking at Haeldon's absurd expression, the investigator continued like a stream.

"A few days ago, the Emperor asked you to arrest Miss Lice Estelle. It turns out Ms.
Lice was a noble, not a commoner. So Her Majesty has changed the proceedings to
the Imperial Court."

"......what? Nobleman?"

When a commoner girl who had humiliated her in a hunting competition saved Jade
even from the tower terror incident, she was disgusted and only vented her anger as
soon as she knew about Isla's prescription.

This is because it was nothing to punish even a commoner by making a rough charge.

The detention was so quick that it was such a small order that I had forgotten...

Imperial court?

Things got out of hand.

Haeldon opened his mouth in astonishment.

"Yes, Arga was the daughter that Eate Perelman was looking for."

"What?"

When Jade was born, Haeldon had no choice but to watch as the next emperor was
handed over to him just because he was not in trouble.

Therefore, they tried to lead even the royal medical team successfully.

However, he was always pushed by Arga, a rare genius who was conducting some
research.
He just wanted to clean up the mess that was blocking his way.

In particular, Arga, who was about the same age, had a beautiful appearance and an
ability to admit, and most of all men of that age had Zioni as their wife, who they had
once in their hearts.

When I had a child after two years, I was jealous of how much Arga was single.

In the meantime, she was given a trust that her daughter would interfere with her
future.

That's why I decided to get rid of it.

Roman, who obtained the Duke of Cerseus as bait, was very scared.

So I told him to get rid of the daughter of Perelman's own son, but secretly, Zion was
going to give birth and decorate it like he died.

I wanted to see Arga become a nuisance because everything was ruined by Zioni's
pregnancy, which she was so happy about.

But Sioni noticed and ran away, so her daughter went missing.

Anyway, I was satisfied with the fact that I had to drop everything and look for my
daughter...

"Ha, ha, ha... she's... she's her daughter?"

Haeldon's vision got dizzy and he leaned his head against the wall and closed his
eyes.

He saved Jade from the viewing tower.

It was ridiculous that the damn trust eventually seemed to fit.

I wondered if all this was the result of the loss of luck by telling the contents of the
trust by the swindler Gypsy, who said he was good at magic.

"Anyway, that's why tomorrow morning is the imperial trial. The indictment was
issued by the Empress Dowager, but you are the one who actually prosecuted, so you
must attend. I'll pick you up then."
Things were going completely differently than Haeldon thought.

***

"Miss Liche!"

The road to justice was bustling.

As soon as I got out of the carriage, there was a person who was happy to approach
me. It was Jenshi Gongbi in a fancy dress.

"I wanted to say thank you for meeting you in person, but it worked out so well. I
came running right after hearing the news."

What I asked Diel to do by flying pigeons at the inn was to send Jenshi Gongbi to the
palace.

And she, who owed me a debt, gladly accepted it.

"I never thought you'd make that skin disease treatment free."

"Well, this is normal."

I answered with a grin.

As he received 1.5 million gold from Baron Ishider, it was much more profitable even
if it was distributed free of charge.

"After that, there was a swindler who sold the same cure at a tremendous price. If it
weren't for Miss Lice, they would have lost some of their fortune."

"I see."

I think the swindler is now behind bars in the Duke of Sergius. I didn't have to say

"By the way, I heard the news on the way here. You said you found your biological
parents? "
Genci Gongbi asked with a big smile on her face.

"Yes, by chance."

"I thought I'd come to the Duchy of Mailis after I resign, but I'm sorry. It's too much
of a waste to be a peacock's doctor. And if you get caught by a bad guy, run away is
the answer?"

"Uh..."

Eran's face, who had a happy expression behind her unexpected words, was
stiffening.

"...... what a waste of skill."

I nodded and added my head for now.

"But I decided to accept the bad guy because he's pure."

"Well, I see."

It wasn't until I checked that Eran's face was loosened again that I slightly relaxed.

There seemed to be little disagreement over what he called a "bad man."

I haven't felt very good since I overheard a conversation between Eran and Diel last
evening.

Of course I would be nervous because I was constantly rejected by my father.

I was a little sorry to think of his calm tone, which he said was more precious to me.

After the trial, I felt like I had to be more active in arbitrating no matter how much
my father ran wild.

"By the way, I feel a little sorry for Jade. Now that Miss Lice's status has changed, she
could have been beaten with the crown prince's mercy."

Jenshi Gongbi continued with a look of regret.

"Well, wouldn't I be sorry to be the Crown Princess?"

I corrected the words quickly.

"That's the case, too. By the way, I came in a hurry because there was a trial, but
what's going on here? There's no way Ms. Liche could have made a wrong
prescription. What did Haelden and Isla know wrong? "

"Oh, that's why... Gongbi. I have a favor to ask of you."

"What is it?"

Genci Gongbi asked with sparkling eyes.

"I'm going to make a statement that I don't think I have anything to do with today's
trial. Can you give me a chance then?"

"Oh, of course. I'm not asking you to bury your sins, why block him when he says
he's going to say something? Don't worry and say whatever you want. There are so
many people, by the way. I guess it's because it's been a long time."

Fortunately, Jenshi Gongbi gladly accepted my request.

"Thank you."

As soon as I arrived at the capital, I asked Diel to let as many people as possible
come during the imperial trial.

Diel was sincere in bringing together the nobles and relatives of the capital by
mobilizing various connections at the top of Perelman.

In the midst of such a bustling atmosphere, the imperial court trial was held after a
very long time.

"Then, see you later! Even if I help you, if you do something you don't like about the
Empire, you should always defect to the Duchy of Mailis."
Jenshi entered the entrance where only the royal family could enter and waved
brightly.

"Yes, I'll see you later."

I answered with my head down.

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Eran and I lined up where the nobles entered.

There were so many people that I had to wait quite a while. This is because the
inspection of belongings was thorough as the unspecified majority of the royal family
and aristocrats gathered together.

"Licce, I thought you were going somewhere with your resignation, and you were
going to the Duchy of Miles?"

I squinted at Eran's sudden bite.

"Well..."

There was a time like that.

But suddenly, on the night of my coming of age, I thought I was drunk and resigned,
but I couldn't find anything.

Eran's knowledge of my resignation gave me a very reasonable inference.

"By any chance... my resignation..."

"I wouldn't have accepted it anyways. That's why I threw it away first."

Eran answered quickly, stealing my words.

When I realized that he had removed my resignation, I asked back in astonishment.

"Then when would you have accepted it?"

"Wouldn't I have somehow kept my mind at my side until I could convey it enough? I
actually didn't even...."

"Come on, come on."

My father intervened when my conversation with Eran seemed to be getting longer.

"Have anyone here asked about the Duke's love feelings that no one is curious
about?"

My dad blocked my view, so the conversation ended there. And not long after that.
Oh, it's our turn to check our belongings.

Even Auntie didn't bring her usual sword, so we knew it would pass without a hitch.

But the servant suddenly caught my father.

"Oh, my Lord Perelman. What's this? I think it's a first-degree poison."

"It's a treatment for just in case."

If Eran's breathing was disturbed, he had to put it in before entering the hallucination
state, so Diel saved it.

The servant shook his head, showing a list of items he could not bring in.

"Still, first-class poison is not allowed."

"No, but this is a special situation..."

"Anyway, it's not acceptable, so I'll discard it."

Even if my father protested, his attitude was tough.

"You've been fine so far. What's the matter?"

After seeing someone behind him, Eran stepped in.

"Besides, there's no way I'll be out of breath in a sitting court."

"......then be careful anyway. Never run or run."

Dad gave the first-degree poison bottle to his servant with a look of embarrassment.

The auditorium of the court was already so packed with people that we had no choice
but to sit at the last seat.
Fortunately, the court itself was sloped, so the back seat of the audience seat was the
highest, and the court was at the bottom.

The trial itself was likely to be seen at a glance.

"Uh......then it's time."

In all cases, when he was in charge of state affairs, the empress stood up with a face
of embarrassment due to such complicated issues.

The biological mother of Prince Jade and Princess Jensi, she had round
blue eyes and gray brown hair.

"I'll start the court trial. I want the officials to come forward first."

She stood in the middle of the courtroom to announce the start of the trial.

"Prince Haeldon Mébeth Arhyman and Lice Sioni Perelmann's love."

In the front seat of the imperial family, the emperor stood up and sat in the plaintiff's
seat.

I also got up and started going down the stairs.

The rumor that the son of Perelleman had found his daughter spread in the capital,
and everyone looked at me, huddling as I went down a fairly long staircase.

Even people who had seen me at hunting contests used to share words like "As
expected, Ar looked like Perelleman at that time..." with the next person.

"The content of the case is very simple. When Ferrellman was a founding father, he
gave a harmful prescription to Isela Hwangjabi?"

The empress asked insincerely if she wanted to finish all this work quickly.

The imperial trial was simply carried out by the royal family, so there was no specific
format.
However, all the nobles who wanted could attend, so they had to be aware of the
gaze and proceed accordingly.

Isla Hwangjabi was nervously biting her nails next to Jenshi Gongbi.

He must have been isolated from Prince Haeldon, so there would be no sense of
reality in all this situation.

"No, I've only given a really good prescription for pregnancy. Do you have any
evidence that I gave you a harmful prescription?"

Of course there couldn't have been such a thing. Prince Haeldon must have intended
to impose severe punishment on me, a commoner, by accusing me of anything.

"At that time, I already submitted my prescription to the investigator, but I heard that
it is possible to manipulate it and cannot be used as official evidence."

I've prepared everything, so I've been very eloquent. However, Haeldon's side must
have been quite embarrassed not long after they have figured out the situation.

"Then tell me why Prince Haeldon raised the cow himself."

At the Empress's words, Prince Haeldon spoke with a firm face.

"It seemed that the reagent that Hwang Ja-bi was drinking contained porphyria."

"It was the same....... Do you have any evidence?"

The porpoise was one of the medicinal herbs that hindered pregnancy.

"There was a rumor like that, and when I saw the reagent that Hwang Jabi was
taking, I felt like there was a porpoise in it."

"Oh, it's a novel research topic to see at a glance the reagent and find out the
ingredients of the porpoise flower. The future of the imperial medical team is bright."

If you're still there.

I made a slight digression and quickly returned to the subject.

"Whether the rumor is true or not, whether the inference is true or not, we can
examine the reagents. Do you have any reagents left?"

I asked to the Princess Isla.

Even if the two were not in custody, they would have manipulated the reagent and
put it out, but since they were dragged out of custody, there could not have been a
reagent to push.

"I'm done eating, so I don't have it."

Princess Isla answered with her eyes rolling.

The situation was not understood properly, but it was clear that he had decided to
side with his husband anyway.

"But... I didn't feel well after taking the medicine you prescribed me."

"Oh, my."

It was Jenshi Gongbi who answered the question with his eyes wide open.

"Wouldn't she be pregnant? That's exactly what happened when I had Lily! Ms. Lice's
skills are incredibly good, so it's possible!"

I kept my mouth shut and stayed still.

Not feeling well was such a comprehensive concept that it was too much to say it was
a symptom of pregnancy.

' Besides, there's little chance of her being pregnant because she was really hard-
pressed......... '

But you didn't have to let me know now.

"Isn't Isla mistaken? Lice can't be a bad prescription."

Jenshi Gongbi took my side.

Eventually, the empress, who was tired of all this, stepped in.

"Anyway, did you file a complaint without any evidence?"

"Ah."

Prince Haeldon quickly answered after reading the annoyance of the Queen's tone.

"I admit, I was rash. There seems to be a misunderstanding, so we'd better agree at
this point."

It was obvious that he wanted to cover up the situation he didn't calculate.

"Well, if you actually eat pophori flowers, it doesn't hurt your life..."

Prince Haeldon coughed in vain and continued.

"I'd like to end this trial with tolerance and a simple reprimand and no more work."

He only looked at the empress without looking at my face.

"I apologize for being so sensitive to Hwang's work that I have grown up after hearing
rumors."

Even with such an insincere apology, he gave a look of humiliation.

"And I will reflect on Ferelleman's prescription of a drug that leaves no evidence to

the royal family. I think it'll be okay if you just listen to a simple apple. What do you
think of the Empress?"

It was amazing to ask me to apologize for protecting my pride until the end.

The empress answered quickly whether she wanted to finish the burdensome
position.

"There's no evidence on either side, so that sounds good."

The people in the audience were much more sloppy than I thought and the trial ended
quickly. He began to babble.

I spoke out in a loud voice.

"The Emperor's generosity makes me feel uneasy. I deeply reflect on the fact that I
didn't know how to overwrite such a cheap prescription and didn't leave any evidence.
I'm going to give you a prescription. I'll have to get my signature on the prescription
list and keep it."

I quickly continued before Prince Haeldon looked at me with a vague face.

"But since everyone is here, can we move on to another agenda?"

"What do you mean another one?"

"Yes, I asked the imperial medical researchers to read the royal medication records
just in case I was falsely accused. Oh, there's the investigator."

I smiled when I saw Haeldon's bloodless face hardened little by little by the word
"record of Hwang's medication."

"Looking at it, there's something a little strange about it, so I'm going to discuss it
here."
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"...... so cheeky, Ferrellmann's love."

Haeldon glared at me and said,

"What right do you have in this court where you're the defendant now?"

"I'd like to hear something else about Ferrellmann's love affair."

Then Jenshi Gongbi woke up and looked at Haldon and said.

"Your Majesty, personally, I believe in the ability and character of Miss Lice with great
help. Ferrellman Young-ae decided it was something to discuss here. There must be a
good reason. Permit Ferrellmann to speak."

This was why I called Jenshi Gongbi far away.

I gave her a wink of eye for not forgetting her request to allow me to speak.

"Yes, I'll give you permission."

The empress answered sharply whether she wanted to listen to Jenshi Gongbi, who
was born more than Prince Haeldon.

"Well, can I call my father, who was a member of the Imperial Medical Research
Institute 19 years ago, as a witness? I think you're going to explain this better."

"I give you permission. Arga Aate Perelman, come forward."

"Thank you."

Dad looked at me, raised his glasses once, and walked out confidently.

Then he began to talk to the audience, who were holding their breath.

19 years ago, when I had a stomachache or a headache, I was studying drugs that
could be solved at once, and I handed over all the findings to medical staff and left to
find my daughter.

"Here's the report."

Listening to the report he had handed over to the investigator, Dad began to recite
each composition of the medicine.

"Then, as fate would have it, my daughter Lice entered the Duke of Cerseus as my
assistant. And Lice found the poison that was being administered to Little Prince
Eran."

Whether he didn't know that the snacks he had put in Serious would come out here,
Prince Haldon's face turned white.

Then suddenly, the door to the court opened and everyone came in unexpected
people.

It was Prince Jade, who had not yet changed his blood-soaked clothes, and Lord
Keynes, who came running after him. I was also stunned because I didn't know that
Prince Jade, who would be running around the battlefield, would appear now.

"You said Miss Liche was on trial? That's outrageous! There must be some
conspiracy!"

Prince Jade strode to the throne of the royal family and shouted.

"I don't want to be sorry for Miss Liche anymore! I will surely protect Miss Lice in the
spirit of atonement!"

The court was filled with his shouting voice.

Jenshi Gongbi took Prince Jade's arm and forced him to sit next to him as he tried to
break in.

"The plot is now being revealed. He's my brother, but you can't even get the timing
right."

I admired the objective judgment of the blood relationship.

"You don't have to keep it. Keep your mouth shut with a feeling of atonement."
As soon as I heard that my trial was scheduled, Lord Keynes explained that Prince
Jade ran to the palace at a mad pace.

I'm sure Lord Keynes would have delivered his refusal. Anyway, he was a pure man.

After a slight sigh, I began to speak clearly.

He explained that the ingredients of the snack were poison that changed the medicine
his father was studying, so when Eran ate, his stomach hurt, his head hurt when he
read the book, and his organs gradually became poisoned.

"But, you know, I and my dad are really good doctors."

From far away, I could see the eyes of Eran, Aunt Diel.

"It's easy to turn drugs into poison, but there are only a few trials and errors."

"The poison I injected into the Duke was a fairly successful improvement. It would
have taken a while."

I took a deep breath and continued without hesitation.

"It was at the age of five when the little prince could eat the cookies that the perfect
poison was injected into the Duke of Serious. If we hypothesize that the poison was
developed and that there was an experiment for a perfect improvement, we can infer
that there were similar victims."

The reason why he initially tried to look at the record of the imperial drug injection
was because of the sentiment that Prince Haeldon was likely to have attempted to
assassinate Prince Jade.

The person who planned the terror attack on the Ferris wheel could not have tried to
poison them.

It may have failed to live so well and healthy, but I thought it would be secretly
administering harmful substances that others could not notice.

However, after reading the records, there were certain things to be seen.

The emperor, who used to do the enormous combination that even I, a union that
others don't notice, couldn't have handed it over to Baron Ishider without any
concern.

The drugs that Dad recited earlier were mixed elsewhere and were entering Prince
Jade sequentially.

Being strict about eating because he was a member of the royal family, he was not
allowed to eat snacks at once like Eran did.

So I mixed them one by one in cold medicine or nutritional supplements. It's hard to
notice the combination at once, but no one could have noticed it since it was mixed so
sporadically.

"If you look at my evidence of the royal drug administration, over the course of a few
days, the ingredients of the drugs that my father mentioned earlier have been going
into a person's diet. It's Prince Jade."

The input began when Eran was five years old, that is, when Prince Jade was ten.

And the result is...

"Since childhood, you've been saying that you have a headache whenever you read a
book, and that's what happened."

I looked at Prince Jade with her eyes wide open.

The Empress and Lord Keynes ran frantically and began to contrast my father's report
with my drug records.
Lord Keynes, who had already heard the explanation of the snack ingredients in the
Duke of Cerseus, opened his mouth.

"Oh, my God, Her Majesty! Although it is separated, it has the same ingredients as
the poison I saw! This circle... no one would have known if it had been put in this
way."

And the Empress glared at Haeldon, pointing her forehead.

"How dare you... my son!"

"Wait a minute."

Prince Jade stood up and shook her head in disbelief.

"I'm healthy, aren't I?"

"There must have been a lot of subtypes that had some effect, or that had a strange
effect on either side."

It must have caused a strange effect by expressing only "the symptoms of a

headache in the book."

Everyone was thinking something similar to me, but the prince said, "Your head is not
healthy." I couldn't speak out.

"All of that kind of poison works the younger the better."

Prince Jade was already ten years old at the time, so the poison had a lower effect
than Eran.

So it's a little bit, a little bit, a little bit, a little bit, a little bit, a little bit......

It wasn't medically a significant anomaly, but it still seemed to be at some

boundary...
I spoke as calmly as I could with my shaky pupils.

"The Crown Prince was already quite old at the time, and like the Duke, he drank
sporadically without taking poison at once. Even pre-improved drugs......maybe they
didn't work, or if they did, they were weak. Anyway, the intention is clear. I think
you're probably the one behind the uprising."

The hall was dead calm.

Prince Haldon, who did not know that the most secret and old failure would be
revealed in front of so many people, could not immediately catch and stumbled.

From far away, I could see Diel clapping silently.

I quickly made eye contact with Eran.

He was smiling with a relaxed face as if he had already known I would do well.

Jenshi Gongbi jumped up.

"Do we need to listen anymore? Arrest him now!"

Prince Jade also shook her voice and ordered.

"Let's get the questioning straight away. Call all the investigators who have been to
the Duke of Cerseus. There's not a couple of charges."

The empress came to me trembling and grabbed my hand.

"Thanks, Ferrellmann. Thank you so much... for not knowing that my son was lewd...
hunting. I knew it at the competition, but you're really smart. Thank you very much."

"Thank you. We had a fantastic chemistry."

"Is there anything you want? Whatever you want, Young-ae."

Of course, I said it without hesitation because I had already thought of the answer.

"So tell me, what about the count my dad didn't get before?"

The higher the title, the better it is, so I'm responding quickly, but my aunt in the hall
that was all of a sudden buzzing around. somebody's screams were heard

"What? Arga told you not to run a few days ago! Hey! Hey! "

Everything happened so suddenly unexpectedly.

My father was also stunned and yelled at the whale.

"I don't think intelligence has any side effects. Why are you running crazy? No, what
the hell!"

Eran was running from far back toward his father.

Running like an animal, he reached the steep stairs where the trial was taking place,
threw himself, rolled, and flew toward his father.

"Avoid!"

In an instant, Eran, who arrived at his father, fell together.

And at that moment, the dagger that Prince Haeldon was holding split where his
father was standing.
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Because Haeldon was a member of the royal family, he went to court

without being examined for his belongings.

He, who had not yet been questioned, never thought that the poison in the form of
snacks that he had put into the Duke of Cerseus a very long time ago would now be
revealed.

That was a long time ago, and I managed this Baroness Lee Sider so he wouldn't get
caught. Why now?

In front of so many people, everything was revealed without excuse.

Now, the hope of getting out of the way was gone.

He looked at Arga looking at her daughter with a proud look.

A lifelong distraction who eventually took everything he wanted...

I was half crazy and felt like I was going crazy when I was going through the
continent, but now that Arga looked at me and thought about liking me so much, I
turned my stomach.

Thinking that he could not be unhappy alone, he took out the self-defense dagger
that he always carried around.

I wanted to break the happiness of the woman and the woman.

Lice was too far away because she was near the Empress, and she took out a dagger
and stabbed Arga's heart nearby.

Suddenly, a big black beast-like man flew out of the audience far above and rescued
Arga.

He must have found the moment he took out the dagger and ran.

The Imperial Guard quickly captured Haeldon, who was guarding the court, and
immediately led him to the palace prison where the torture apparatus was set up at
the Emperor's command.

However, Arga, who had survived by a narrow margin, did not seem to feel relieved.
This is because Eran, who fell with Arga, was not able to raise himself easily.

There were side effects that had been warned from the past.

"Oh, my God, Duke! Don't close your eyes! Don't close your eyes until the first aid!"

Arga accepted Eran and shouted.

He also noticed that Eran must have run from far away despite the side effects to
save himself.

"Class 1 poison! Where's the Class 1 poison? Bring it right away!"

However, the court could not have saved the first-class poison, which was originally
rare.

Lord Keynes rushed to tell his servant something, but it was certain it would take
some time.

Arga slapped him in the face as she looked at his eyes that kept getting hazy.

Before I knew it, the urgency of his voice began to young.

"If you lose your mind, you're hallucinating right away, and you don't know when
you'll wake up until you find a cure! Hey! Wake up! in the first degree Dokdo! "

Eran seemed to listen to him and try to open his eyes, but his face began to twitch.

Arga was hitting him in the face like crazy, and Seirin came running gasping for
breath.

"What? Don't run, you punk. Didn't you say go?"

"You jumped and you got this!"

"Hey, you fucking crazy guy!"

Lice, who was standing with the Empress, immediately ran and held Eran's arm.

It was briefly clear that Eran's pupil, which was being released, had seen Liche's
silhouette.

Lice stood beside Eran, holding back her tears and gasping for breath.

"Mr. Eran!"

As soon as I heard Liche's voice, my eyes in Er were slightly bent.

"Are you really crazy? I told you not to run!"

Eran answered in a locked voice in a tight breath.

"How did you find your family, Liche."

"Keep your head up while you go into the first aid. If it helps you talk, just keep
talking. What the hell was wrong with you?"

"I didn't want to see you sad again."

Lice bit her crying lips tightly and asked Arga.

"The first-class poison you brought earlier has been discarded, right? But didn't you
take the syringe?"

"Oh! There is! It's not taken away!"

We can't just inject the first-degree poison, so of course we had a syringe with us.

Arga stopped hitting Eran's cheek like crazy and began to roll up her arms and got
angry.

"Heroine Serious! Do you end up screwing me over? Hey! Hey! Wake up! Keep
talking!"

It was originally Arga and Liche's judgment that it was better to press it with a first-
degree poison and decipher it than just falling into a hallucination state.

However, the rear barracks for medical assistance did not have a first-degree poison.

Lice took the syringe out of Arga's jacket pocket with trembling hands.

"It hasn't been long since I said I regretted saving you as a child..."

Arga held out her right arm, which rolled up her sleeve to Lice.

Because she knew what made her think about the presence of a syringe in this urgent
situation.

"Then I'll be fine if I put my blood in. For your information, I'm type E."

"What happens if I get blood of type E when I haven't treated Hirika for mana?"

"You get shock symptoms, and in the worst case, you're brain dead."

Arga's E-type blood was toxic enough to be close to a first-degree poison.

"Oh, my God, you're going to save yourself again. I'll stop by my daughter again
when I wake up...."

Lice bit her lower lip tightly and drew blood directly from Arga's arm.

Almost everyone there could not know why Liche was drawing Arga's blood, but he
was not stupid enough to immediately ask why.

Seirin, who was looking at him from the side, shook his head as if he was sick of it
and muttered.

" x-feet, what's so consistent about human beings? Isn't that crazy ?"

Recalling a conversation she once had at an inn, she pointed to her forehead.
"I'm rolling to death.Danny, what if you're literally ready to die and roll over?"

In fact, Seirin sighed as she recalled Eran rolling the stairs.

Seirin was talking to Eran until he ran out.

"How can that prince be painful? Indeed, it is too futile for Crown Prince Jade to end
with a death sentence. Sioni died so painfully, and my family had a long time of
guilt."

"That's right."

"Even Prince Haeldon has no children, so Ar can't know how he feels."

"Oh, that's not a problem. The way I thought of it was ...."

Listening to Eran, Seirin was deeply impressed by the fact that he was a vicious man
he didn't want to have as an enemy.

Not long ago, however, it was surprising that the wicked man, who had been talking
to him in a distant manner, threw himself for Arga and drooped like that.

"I wasn't a quiet madman for nothing..."

Whatever Seirin said or not, Arga jumped or not, no matter how noisy the
surrounding area was, Eran's pupils were only facing the calmly moving Liche.

"I'm spending precious time with my family, Liche."

Injecting this blood will keep him out of his senses for quite some time.

Although toxic, it is different from the first-class poison, so it should be studied and
decoded from the beginning to the end.

"You've been looking for a long time."

Of course, Eran did not save him for Arga, but for Lice.

After seeing her look full for the first time in her family, Eran easily lowered herself
from Liche's priority.

When he saw Haeldon's move to attack Arga, he judged that it would be better for
Lice to be hallucinated and unable to come to his senses than for Arga to die.

"I want to do everything you want."

While Eran was speaking with a slight smile, Lice poked a syringe into his arm and
injected Arga's E-type blood.

And she thought a lot in that short moment.

He said he wanted to spend time with his family, but he didn't even respond to his
request for a date.

It was always natural for him to come and she thought all she had to do was respond.

At one time, when he was young and often sick, he was desperate for a stable breath,
but before he knew it, he was considered a healthy person for granted.

Yesterday, after listening to Diel and his conversation, I thought we could do better
later.

I was going to pay more attention now because I think I'm struggling more than I
thought.

Her eyes were filled with tears as a calm voice came to her, which casually told her
that her family was more important than her.

That's why he took the risk and ran down the road, thinking that his priorities were
right below him.

' I... must have made the same mistake again, this time.'
In the past, I had never thought I needed a family until I was imprisoned and died.

This time, he was not aware that Eran was really important to him. I thought I would
always be around.

As he was in danger again in her arms, many nights spent caring for him as a child
passed by like a flashlight.

Lice took out the needle of the syringe, pressed it with alcohol cotton, pressed down
on her emotions, and quietly whispered.

"Trust me, Mr. Eran. I'll make you open your eyes again somehow. You can listen to
me. "

It was a tone of conviction that comforted him, who was in pain on a young day.

Eran smiled slightly and nodded, his cheek being hit by Arga.

"Yes, I believe it if it's Liche."

Lice held Eran's hand and watched his dimming eyes to the end, as she looked at him
asleep on a young day, whether it was noisy or not.
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Eran's eyes slid shut.

I knew that I could not open my eyes for a long time because I had been fully
explained to Arga since I sensed the body's abnormality.

"It's all right."

But I wasn't afraid of the long darkness that kept me awake like I was in my
childhood.

"I can see you even if I close my eyes."

Lice's green eyes drew tears quietly.

"So from some point on, the darkness has not been scary."

Arga held Eran's other hand and was checking the flow of mana.

It wasn't until Eran's naked cheeks were completely unconscious that Lice began to
cry quietly.

I know the cause, and I know I can fix it, but when I see Eran lying down right now, I
see her chest. It's been pushed back.

And Arga swallowed a deep sigh as she looked at the expression.

It was because Lice thought Eran would never like it, but she didn't like it more.

When he saw his daughter's face, which was contemplated earlier, he realized that he
had no choice but to allow someone like Eran if she wanted to.

"Don't cry."

Arga checked Eran's breathing and told Lice.

"It's you who saved this human from an unknown poison. One more type E blood
won't be able to decipher it."
"That's right..."

Lice answered as if she was speaking to herself, not crying aloud but shedding tears.

"I'll save it somehow. I did no more difficult for anything. "

Arga looked at Eran's face irritably and murmured.

"You end up making me say this. Serious of tenacity, indeed. It's a disgusting family.
I didn't want to get tangled up in the first place."

Neither Caillan nor Isabelle were well-versed in getting what they wanted in the end.

Would he have been the doctor of the family without any regrets?

He added, grinding his teeth.

"I hate it, but I'll overlook your date and get up. I'm not really doing this because you
saved me."

The imperial trial, which was held after a long time, ended with so many stories to
forget what the trial was originally held for.

All the nobles in the capital learned about the rebellion behind it was.

For a long time, the performance of Perelman's self-author, the father and daughter,
and the story that the Duke of Cerseus blew himself away to save Perelman's own
work and collapsed.

Of course, Jade's brain health was not mentioned in public.

***

Everything went well as I planned, but I wasn't happy to see Eran who lost his mind.

He'd better avoid transporting the patient as much as possible, so he'd be there to
take a little bit of the capital.
I bought a mansion.

"I wish I had one of my own on the capital. I didn't buy it because I thought it would
take a lot of time to treat the duke."

So I and my aunt, dad and Diel decided to stay in the capital for a while with Eran,
who lost his mind.

As soon as possible, you will never wake up from your hallucination

because you received your father's blood type E.

Once we avoided the worst-case brain death, we thought we would recover soon if we
treated it as well as we do now.

However, everything from the outbreak to the first aid was new, so they had to study
from one to ten and deal with it.

I wrote to Mrs. Isabelle that I would take care of her in the capital for the time being
because it would be best to avoid transporting the patient.

The fact that I am a genius is undeniable, so the mana that was fluctuating in Eran's
body is gradually changing.
It's starting to stabilize.

It was clear that it would happen sooner or later if it was treated carefully by the side.

Once you've had a proper illness when the temperature changes, you'll be stronger in
the future, just as you'll be more immune to a disease you've had once.

I was confident that I could treat it well because it was a poison I knew, but my heart
sank when Eran collapsed.

I knew how a precious person felt hurt, so I thought I could treat medicine more
missionarily in the future.

The capital and duchess were not far away, so after sending the letter, Mrs. Isabelle's
visit quickly took place.
"Lady, we have a visitor from the Duke of Cerseus. Mrs. Isabelle."

I was injecting Eran with a sap, and the maid came in and said,

"Yes, I'll be ready."

Of course, Mrs. Isabelle would like to see her son, Eran, so she ordered a brief
conversation with her father in the parlor and then to lead her right here.

As the soft glue detoxification effect and E-type blood met, Eran's body stopped as it
was.

At the moment when he closed his eyes, all the lines stopped and he was not getting
dirty even if he didn't get dirty.

He was injecting all the sap and stroking his hair when he heard a knock.

It was D.iel who came in carefully while Mrs. Isabelle, who was greeting her father,
tilted her head because she couldn't raise her head already.

It seemed to be accompanied by Mrs. Isabelle from the Duchess.

"I've brought some of the Duke's luggage..."

I tapped him on the shoulder and smiled and said.

"Then bring all the luggage to my room. We don't have a lab yet. And later, I'm going
to make my own lab and greenhouse, and I'll give you an estimate, and I'll ask you."

At my words, Diel rolled his eyes with excitement.

"The interior of the public lab is a bit out of fashion, but this time I'm going to
decorate it with the pastel tones that are popular these days... Oh, and."

Diel took something out of my luggage and handed it to me.

"I've also brought a must-have item...."

I received a small box from Diel.

After a brief personal conversation, it was Mrs. Isabelle who came in after D.I.L. went
out reciting all the colors that suited the lab.

After a brief greeting with me, Mrs. Isabelle sighed for a moment as she looked at
Eran, who was lying like a picture.

"Really..."

She used Eran's arm for a moment and muttered.

"It's hard at this age to see your child sick. Even if you're so big."

"You'll get well soon."

I spoke quickly to reassure her.

"The horsepower flow is quickly returning to normal, and other body changes are
good. I think I'll be back in a few days."

"Licce, you're watching this. It's a shame. I believe that."

"I'll make you feel better no matter what. But I got hurt to save my dad... I'm your
face. I don't see much of you."

"Then of course, shouldn't you take the burden on your mind?"

Mrs. Isabel slowly turned her head toward me.

Her eyes seemed to tie me up like Eran.

"I'll take care of this guy all my life..."

"......what?"

"You can call me your mother from now on."

She spoke forcefully and I nodded without realizing it.

There seemed to be a reason why Dad continued to be the doctor of Cerseus Castle.

As my father said, it must be hard to get out of the house once in the eye.

"I don't think marriage is going to be easy right now. I need my dad's permission,
and I want to spend more time with my family."

"I won't wait forever. Can't you just call me your mother from now on?"

"Oh... yes, ma'am."

I answered immediately without hesitation.

With Eran lying down like that, I wanted to listen to everything Ma'am Isabel wanted.

But that didn't mean to mortgage my whole life, so I hesitated and said.

"But I... if I get married, I don't want to be a duchess like you. So I think it's too
wasteful."

"Of course, Eran is uselessly good at it, so she can do it alone. Do everything you
want to do. And isn't it supposed to be Eran who's been supporting you? Also, you
said 'marriage' in your own words. Don't ever forget."

Mrs. Isabel spoke like a wedge, grabbed her son's arm and smiled brightly.

I hesitated and added because I thought I'd make sure everything was clear.

"And if you get up without any problems, I don't think you need a doctor like me or
my dad. It's different from when you were always sick for no reason, and you're going
to be stronger, so I wouldn't have much to do if I stayed with you."

"Yes, of course. Do as you please. But you're going to stick with our hats because
they're more sticky than the doctor, right? Like a family. Right? "

Looking at Mrs. Isabel's black eyes, I felt as if I were talking to Eran.

"Uh... yeah, well."

Even if I wanted to live in Ferrellman's own house for the rest of my life, I had no
choice but to nod my head with Eran because Mrs. Isabelle was ready to move her
luggage with her.

"I talked to him earlier, and he said that he must have written such a contract
because he thought Lice would look like him. If you were a son who looked like my
husband and wife, I would have written a contract even if it was a joke because I
thought the shell would definitely be great. "

"Ah."

"Of course, the appearance of our couple is a huge combination, but the kernel is also
a terrible mix of the two, so you can never get married."

But I don't think I'm going to oppose it for the rest of my life."

Looking at the expression of Mrs. Isabelle, who seemed to be relaxed, I thought that
Serious was one step ahead of Perelman.

Even after Mrs. Isabelle, who left her son to me completely, went back to the
Duchess, Eran could not get up.

I always thought so, but now I was eagerly waiting for him.

Waiting for someone was more lonely than I thought, so I would sweep him in the
face.
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As a victim of this incident, Eran is a picture of the day he goes to the palace after
being asked to appear as a witness by the royal court.

While I was taking care of Eran, an extensive investigation was being conducted in
the palace to dig up every single rebel.

"Liche, don't worry too much."

My aunt patted me on the head looking at Eran's condition every day.

"This consistent duke will surely wake up fine in case you feel sad. Besides, you're a
genius."

"You're right about everything, but I'm still worried that I can make it happen in a few
days."

I was always nervous even though I knew I could do well, and when he lost
consciousness with his eyes closed, the world seemed to collapse.

Worrying about precious people was a matter of emotion rather than the realm of
reason.

I closed my eyes peacefully and sighed looking at Eran's face lying down.

"There are so many things on my mind. I didn't know there were so many things I
couldn't tell you."

I'll fix it, but of course it will happen, but there's no 100% in medicine. just in case
What if I can't.

He insisted on staying with me for 20 hours out of 24 hours, so I knew we would have
a lot of time to do something together.

I thought Eran would always stand there so that I could be with him whenever I
finished my work.
I realized late this time that I should not take the uncertainty of life lightly, so I had
to be faithful to every moment and do my best to love.

"Of course, my family is precious and of course I don't want to get married in a hurry.
But like my dad said, I don't want to break up with Eran right away. Of course, I'm a
waste, but he's still a precious person to me."

"Ar doesn't have a clue, but he has a sense of shame. Even if you don't like it a lot,
you can't help it. Of course, it's not Serious."

"My aunt told me to live alone."

"If you let me name the babies, I'll let you get married when you're 40. How do you
like it?"

I think my children's story worked very well for my aunt.

"By the way, didn't you talk to him earlier? What did you talk about? I've never seen
you talk to your dad with such a long expression of determination."

"Yes, it was the second time in my life. The first was when I decided to separate you
from the Duke of Cerseus."

My aunt spoke casually in front of the unconscious Eran and me holding his hand
desperately.

"Oh... well... I see."

"This time it was about Prince Haeldon."

I blinked at my aunt.

"I don't want you to die comfortably in prison. When I was on trial, the Duke of
Cerseus told me what to do. I'm the only one who's heard of it, so shouldn't I pass it
on to Arga?"

Sitting in the audience, her aunt and Eran seemed to have talked about it.
It was a little pitiful to think of D.I.L. who must have been fidgeting between them.

My aunt shook her head looking at Eran's face.

"But I think I have a natural talent for revenge. They gave it back as much as they
really got, it's amazing."

"I'm sure."

I answered bitterly.

"I'm nice, so I told you to walk only pretty and nice paths. He does everything dirty
and evil."

I wanted to say thank you if only Eran stood up again.

Out the window came the autumn wind, which is now complete.

Soon the day I returned was approaching.

Now there is no real future, no more secrets to know.

Before returning home, he found his desperate family, and stopped the rebellion
before he shed more blood.

While my aunt told me what Eran had said, I pondered on how I wanted to live my
life, which was only once.

First, I wanted to spend a long time with my family.

Especially, I never wanted to break up with my father who was searching for me.

As a result of running a booth in Gun International, I didn't think it was very suitable
to work as a doctor and use my abilities to only one person, no matter how well
treated I was.

It was helpful to many people and it was good to follow their reputation.
And...

Soon when Eran opens his eyes, I wanted to tell you that I really need you.

***

The palace was still cluttered.

Arga calmly went into the room and thought the capital city was rumored to be fast.

This is because it has been heard from day to day that the imperial investigation team
is finding out the rebel forces one after another and catching them relentlessly.

Just as the Duke of Cerseus was baiting Baron Cedar, Prince Hael Dunn seemed to
have ghosted only families that would benefit if the existing system was broken.

Of course, before a full-fledged revolt, there will be many small families who will pass
by without being caught.

The land that started the army without a bottom or a bottomless pit was destroyed
within hours of Jade's personal appearance. Everyone was absolutely self-conscious
because they knew that.

Jade was right when she always opened her eyes and said uniformly, "Why the
rebellion when I'm going to win all of them anyway?"

' But in the meantime, there will be victims who die and get hurt. '

Anyway, the rebellion that Prince Haeldon had prepared for a long time was ending
like this.

Arga described all the facts that had been in front of the investigator and felt anger
rising again.
When he said everything without holding back his anger, the investigator sighed and
told him.

"You've been through a lot. But I'm so glad you found your daughter. The trial was
very impressive."

"It was very hard. Terrible. I'm the most direct victim of this. The Crown Prince, what,
has he lost much?"

"I don't know..."

The inspector spoke with a serious look.

"There was an opinion that we should leave the disposition of Prince Haelden to
Perelman's own author. The Crown Prince will probably accept it if you ask him. Oh, it
can be hard to forgive mercifully."

"What do you mean mercy? Have you heard what happened? Do I look like
a physiognomy to forgive that kind of rice paddy?"

"No."

Just saying that, the investigator immediately answered Arga, who was fed up with
the word "forgiveness."

"You look far from merciful."

"You've seen a good person."

"Anyway, would you like to ask for disposal?"

"Yes, of course."

Arga gnashed her teeth and nodded.

The inspector called the servant in and whispered something. The servant
disappeared for a while and returned shortly afterwards.
The investigator, who opened the official letter brought by King Xizong, held the flag
pen again as if it was not difficult.

"The Crown Prince is asking you to take over all the disposal rights. What are you
going to do?"

"What? This soon?"

"It's supposed to be a good job."

Arga wanted to ask if he was not cool, but he was just exaggerating his official seal,
but he endured it for his mental health. Instead, I asked something else I was curious
about.

"......who told you to leave the disposal to me?"

"This is Sir Keynes."

"There's loyalty to the subject of coveting my daughter as a family."

After smirking, Arga began to transfer the disposition he wanted to the investigator.

Arga quickly added, frowning at his brow, because the inspector could not hide the
appearance of a scratch every time he recorded it.

"It's not me, it's the Duke of Cerseus' idea.

"Oh, that's a good idea for the Duke. Are you feeling better now?"

"Well, my daughter is watching, so she'll be fine."

Arga sighed as if she was upset just thinking about it, but her expression already had
resignation.

"So... are you going to visit me now?"

"Yes."
Arga nodded and followed the Inquisitor into the palace prison.

I once went to the dungeon of the Duke of Cerseus. That's a terrible place.
I thought so, but the prison in the palace was even worse.

Naturally, there was no sunlight, dark, unsanitary, and all kinds of psychologically
painful magic.

Long on the shady road, Arga could see the mess of Haeldon.

On a young day, Haeldon, who always pressed the leader with arrogance, was
crouching in the corner of the prison, smiling like a madman.

"I won't ask you why."

Arga spoke coldly while speaking informally to the emperor.

"It's obvious he's been eaten up by inferiority complex. I don't want to see others do
well, I want to break them down somehow, I'm excited to think of someone who's
going to suffer from your actions, and I'm just trying to bully them."

Unlike when he vented his anger while talking to the investigator, Arga remained
expressionless and continued.

"That's a disease. a very nasty illness It's not normal."

"If you're here to laugh, get out of here. Are you satisfied that I gave you a long
enough painful time? I'm going to die anyway, and I don't have any regrets
anymore."

"Well, let me start by telling you that I have the right to dispose of you."

"So you want me to send you a congratulatory message?"

It was true that Haeldon had no regrets about the rest of his life, but Arga looked at
him still with her arms folded.

"Well, I'm a benevolent man full of humanity, and I'm weak."

"If you're going to talk nonsense, go."

"The Princess Hwang is pregnant."

Haeldon's expression, which he had always laughed at, hardened.

"My daughter, you know Lice is a genius, right? It's a matter of course because I've
been prescribed by Liche."

"Lie..........it's a problem that hasn't been solved even though I've studied it so far."

"Is Lice the same as you. It's Lice's skill. You'll know better."

Seeing Haeldon's shaky eyes, Arga worked properly. I knew that.

"I lost my wife and found my daughter for 19 years. My daughter grew up skinny in a
nursery."

"......Self, the child is innocent. You'd rather kill me. Torture me."

"Yes, the child is innocent. So I'm not going to kill him."

What Haeldon wanted so much, I was so envious of Arga that I tried to use him to
hurt him deeper.

It was a child.

"After giving birth to a child, we're going to execute Princess Hwang, and we're going
to leave him at a nursery in the distance. It's her life. It's on its own."

"......you can do anything about me, to a well-received nursery..."

Haeldon clasped the cage with his knee and spoke eagerly.

It was a very shameless request, but Arga did not point out.

"If you wait 19 years and don't kill yourself and hold out well, I'll show you the child.
face I know how desperate a child I've never seen before is. Just feel my pain in the
meantime."

Arga did not say directly what the 'pain' was. But Haeldon will have to endure any
pain now that he hears it.

I can't help but believe Arga's words just in case.

For the past 19 years, it was because Arga had lived like that.
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This was the way Eran sat in the audience seat of the court and told Seirin.

"It's Liche's ability, and they'll know better, so if you say you have it, you'll have to
believe it. Put him in prison, struggling with torture for the rest of his life, deceiving
him that if he doesn't kill himself, he'll let you see your child if you hold on to this. It's
a period of 19 years that Perelmann's son had been searching for Lice."

Of course, Isela is not pregnant. Lice also prescribed it and added that it wouldn't
have much effect.

"And 19 years later, you killed the torture because you couldn't hold it well. Isn't it
just a false charge that Haeldon was trying to put on Liche? Lice killed her own wife."

To tell the futility of the time at the end after suffering for a long time. It was a way
to pay back what Arga had been beaten.

I was going to ask Jade for torture to be done in the imperial prison.

Arga trembled once because she knew how terrible the 19 years had been, even
though she gave it back as much as she had received.

And how frustrating it would be to find out later that he didn't even exist.

Or I could never have told you.

"I'll go there once a year. She was a daughter, she grew up a lot, she said she was
good at studying. This way, if you let the information out about a virtual child, it'll
make you more obsessed with being lifeless and painful."

Arga slowly moved on, recalling what Eran said to Seirin.

"Of course not marriage."

He murmured with irritation.

"Stop suffering Liche and get up."

He sighed as he recalled Lice, who was nursing like a child next to Eran.

"If you want to go once a year, you should get up first, you punk."

I hate it when Eran is glibly next to Liche, but I hated it even more when Lice had a
worried look.

At any rate, it was impossible to escape once you were entangled with Serious.

It was when I regretted what happened 30 years ago, saying that I didn't get close to
Kaylan in the first place.

As soon as I left the dungeon, I saw Jade, who seemed to be carrying all kinds of
worries in the world.

"Your Highness?"

"Oh, Perelman himself."

Arga gave Jade an example, and Jade tapped him on the shoulder and said,

"Is Duke Serious all right?"

"Well... it'll be all right."

"I'll leave it up to you to dispose of Prince Haeldon. I've assigned the consultant as I
wanted. I thought I was going to kill him right now, but it was amazing that I kept
him alive."

"Thank you."

As a courtesy, I expressed my gratitude, but I felt like I was upset.

This is because Jade remembered the chronology, not the one she sent to Lice.

' My brain is extremely transparent, my frozen, my brain is so full of...'

Jade, who saw Arga's poor expression, sighed and mumbled.

"I'm so sorry... I can't be forgiven even if I'm young."

"What?"

"The Stone of Mana."

"Ah."

Arga actually thought that a five-year-old child could be possessed by a toy and take
out a magic item.

It was unique that he had the physical ability to outrun all his servants, and even a
child other than Jade could commit it without malice.

Of course, it would have been better if this had not happened, but adults using
intimate maid-of-law were considered worse.

Just as young Eran did not say anything to his doctor about lying and having secrets,
Arga had no intention of asking the child for sin.

And unfortunately, if not for the Stone of Mana, Zioni would have died.

"Yes, Lice had a hard time."

Of course, it was regrettable that Liche was not happy to visit his family after being
prosecuted for some time over it.

"Oh... oh, my gosh."

Prince Jade wrapped her head in pain.

Arga basically didn't blame Jade very much.

Perhaps it was because he had no expectations in the first place, or because he felt a
sense of responsibility for taking poison based on the drugs he had produced.

"You're wrong, son. I'm really reflecting on myself. From now on, I will never be
fooled by toys and release items."

His innocent blue eyes looked so sad that Arga answered with no energy.

"Yes, you should never fall for a toy from now on. Although my highness is twenty-
three."

"The fact that he is Miss Lice's biological father is quite amazing. Miss Lice is cute and
cute."

"Why is that surprising?"

"Well... look in the mirror, Jajak. You always have angry eyes. Even now."

I couldn't say it was because I was thinking of Jade's letter, and Arga sighed slightly.

I could see why Eran had a painful look when he was with Jade.

In Arga's eyes, Jade's expression became more and more firm because she also
looked shameless in her eyes.

'Of course, there are some effects of poison. But anyway, stupid...... wouldn't it be
better for Eran to have a bad idea than for a thoughtless human being? Wait, my
daughter is going to live with me forever, and what am I thinking now?'

Arga was even more annoyed when she thought without realizing it, so she frowned.
Jade sighed and swept up her head.

"As expected......that's not the fault you're going to make a word like this. He built his
own house in the capital. Face down? I'll have to apologize to you face to face."

"What? Aren't you busy?"

"Well, there's nothing I can do. There's no more fighting. Perelman and Miss Lice, I
have a personal favor to ask you both, so I'd like to drop by."

"Well, my daughter, um...."

When Arga hesitated and hesitated, Jade looked sad and dropped her head.

"The Duke of Serious risked his life to protect Perelman's estate and saved his own
son. I'm shameless, too. How can I ask Miss Lice to choose me, not the Duke, when
all I did is wrong."

'I think it's a mess of mixed sequences and causality.'

Arga felt very strange, but she remained silent because she hated correcting the
mistakes by reciting Lice and Eran's love affairs in her own words.

"We'll be on our way anyhow. Go ahead and get it ready."

No matter how powerless it seems, Jade was the Crown Prince.

Arga expressed her intention to know by example, and then took a sigh and rode a
carriage to return to the newly purchased mansion in the capital.

***

The capital's Perelman self-composed me suddenly received a guest. Prince Jade

came running on a horse.

My father definitely said he would leave first and get ready for the guest, but the two
of them eventually arrived at the same time. This is because horses were bound to be
faster than wagons.

Until my dad changed his clothes, Prince Jade had to deal with me alone.

"Oh, sorry, I've been running a horse and I can't control my speed. But I'm not picky.
You can be prepared whatever you want."

"Yes, it's a hurry-up mansion anyway, so we don't have a lot of households, so we

have to prepare anything."

As soon as Prince Jade saw me, she sighed as if the world was going away.

"When I was five years old, a woman-in-law seduced me to give me a toy sword, so I
let the escort go and took out an item of magic. Totally. I forgot about it...."

"Ah."

"I'm sorry... I'm sorry, Miss Liche. I kept telling Perelman to his own son. From now
on, I'll never take out magic items because I'm obsessed with toys."

"Yes, of course you should. I hope you keep that in mind."

I nodded to offer a seat.

Of course, it was true that I had a hard time because of Prince Jade, but it didn't
happen because he intended it and I didn't want to ask a five-year-old boy for his
fault.

But I said it quickly because I was afraid that I would say nonsense like I did in a
letter.

"I'm sorry, by the way. I can't accept the prince'sincerely. I like the Duke of Cerseus,
and we're on the same wavelength....."

"I suppose so, Miss Lice. Of course I understand."

Prince Jade groaned with a painful look on her face.

"I was foolish enough to play a part in the death of Perelman's wife, and the Duke of
Cerseus sacrificed his life to protect Perelman's son...It's Miss Lice's choice, of
course."
'Something's weird. '

"I'm a person who can infer that kind of situation, Miss Liche."

"Well, I've never actually liked you as a man."

"Yeah, when the Duke of Cerseus is lying like that, wouldn't my heart feel
insignificant? I also understand that everything became meaningless when Miss Lice
saved me."

"......"

It would be better to just end our relationship here and not get tangled anymore.

It was better than crying and raving about why I couldn't send it.

Anyway, the conclusion is the same, so I gave up telling the truth anymore.

It was hard to tell whether it was really a side effect of the poison that Prince Haelden
had fed, or if he was born a little short of being born.

You will never know until you return and save Prince Jade.

The most competent teachers would have been assigned, but I could see why the
crown prince's intellectual ability was this much.

I don't think teachers can teach everyone teach.

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"Sorry for the delay, Your Grace."

Then my father hurriedly changed his clothes and entered the drawing room.

Seeing that there were no outer glasses that I usually wore, and that Kravat was
slightly twisted, I and Prince Jade seemed to hate being alone.

"No, I came quickly. I apologized sincerely to Miss Lice."

Prince Jade looked at me and bowed her head again.

"If it's not enough..."

"No, it's not enough. I've accepted that heart that was heartbreaking enough."

I replied in a hurry because I didn't want to repeat the conversation anymore.

Dad also stepped in with a serious face to see if he wanted to stop me and Prince
Jade from talking.

"Your Highness, by the way, you have something to tell me..."

"Oh, yeah."

Prince Jade said, sweeping his chin.

"I really realized a lot about this."

Diel, who carefully came into the drawing room and delivered his father's al glasses
quietly, was surprised.

"In the meantime, I thought I'd win everything. That's true, but I knew there were
people who got hurt in the meantime."

"Oh, that's right."

I answered with admiration.

"Even if there was a full-fledged revolt, of course the Crown Prince would have swept
away, but a lot of people would have been hurt in the meantime. There must have
been some victims who lived a good life and were swept away and sentenced to
death."

That was me.

"That's right, so I regretted it a lot. Don't ignore the advice when the Duke of Cerseus
sincerely informs me of the rebellion."

"Yes, good job."

"So I've decided now."

Diel was walking around the doorway, unable to even go out because he was afraid
and curious about the decision.

Me and my dad waited half anxious for his next words.

"I'll admit that I've become a little lacking in the desire to take poison in the past, and
I'll leave many areas to outstanding experts to actively listen to clever people. Of
course those who are loyal. And I'm going to take a teacher and study again."

I sighed with relief. If you admit your lack, you'll get away with the worst.

"Yes, the future of the Empire is not very dark, fortunately."

"That's why."

Prince Jade looked straight at his father.

"We're going to dismantle the imperial medical team. Lord Keynes said it was actually
like Prince Haeldon's nobleman."

"Yes, I did. I've been kicking them out for a little bit since the old days."

Dad shook his head in disgust.

"But medicine is so important to the welfare of the nation, so I want you to take
charge of it."

"Total responsibility?"

"The researchers from 19 years ago said that Perelman's own creation was better
than Prince Haeldon."

"That's right."

"The inspiration of Perelman's own author has given us a clue to the rebellion, and we
are fully assured, not to mention our ability."

Prince Jade's words showed Dad's cheeks twitching.

As a young man, my father was a countess, but he had the mission and ability to help
many people.
He must have joined the research team because of his desire to open it.

Because I have that kind of heart, I imagined how excited my dad would be right
now.

So I stepped in quickly.

"Well... if we're going to dismantle it and rebuild it, we need conditions."

"Huh? What is it, Miss Liche?"

"I wish I were a national medical researcher, not an imperial medical researcher. It's
not for the imperial family, it's for the country."

"Isn't that what it is?"

"It's different. You'll find out later if you study. It's a better idea anyway."

"If that's what Ms. Liche saved me, that's what it would be. All right."

"And I want it to be composed of skills rather than status. Even a commoner can be
smarter than a nobleman."
I spoke confidently, recalling the memory of being once ignored in a contest as a
commoner.

"You'll have to pick your own. My dad has picked a lot of people from the Duke of
Cerseus. You can see the genius at a glance."

"Ah."

Dad sighed and murmured.

"Who's daughter is so smart and nice. Oh, it's sad that everyone already knows that
and can't tell you more."

Prince Jade said after nodding her head to my story, saying, 'I will follow the will of
the experts.'

"Licce is definitely a target, right?"

"Of course."

My father's voice was in full bloom.

"I'll go to work and be with you all day. It's so exciting to have a medical research
debate with my daughter."

I was also a really good suggestion in that my ability helps everyone.

I wanted to join the Imperial Medical Research Team even before I knew anything.

Besides, I really liked that you were working with your dad.

But I smiled and shook my head.

"Not now. I want to keep an eye on you until you wake up safely."

"Well, that's what you're going to do. Oh, and Miss Lice's request... she really wants
to listen."
"On the count?"

"Yeah, maybe when I'm appointed as the general manager of the research team, I'm
planning to put the count on it all at once. I know that."

"Oh... Liche, I didn't have to pack you anything like this."

My father said with a sigh as if he had been touched.

"Because I prefer Earl Young-ae to his own Young-ae. And...."

I answered nicely.

"I'm proud to be able to give my father the count who gave up looking for me."

Prince Jade and his father began talking about the formation and planning of a new
national medical team.

Considering my father's attendance at work, it was a good thing that I set up my own
house in the capital.

I was only listening until the middle, and I got up first on the pretext of
seeing Eran's condition.

Diel followed secretly and whispered.

"In a way, it's a very happy ending..."

He still blurted his words, glancing sideways, but still wobbly.

"The Duke knew that your father was your son, and he decided to live a good and
gentle life in the future. ... I heard that you were also a good son to her. ... Oh, my
God. Sir Zickel asked me to thank you for giving him a personality education he
couldn't do, but I forgot..."

To be exact, the situation surrounding me, not me, gave me a true realization, but
that was it.
"The Crown Prince knows that it's not all he has to do with his body at last, but he's
lucky to think he's going to use someone else's head because he's not good
enough............. getting hit in the back by his brother, getting dumped by a woman
he loves... "

"Yes, it's all thanks to me."

I nodded indifferently.

"Two men who lacked intelligence and personality have decided to fill in the gaps
because of me anyway."

***

Dad has been busy since that day. This is because work has been poured out to form
a new national medical research team.

And my grandfather came up from his own house saying he wanted to see me.

Unlike its craftsmanship, it is small in size, so it is allowed to leave the house for a
few months.

Thanks to Joaquin, Perelman's self-sacrifice was fortunately safe even when the
rebels swept the country.

"Oh, Liche."

His grandfather, who stepped on the dirt road more frequently in his new home in the
capital, became healthier than in Perelman's Birch.

"Can't you just back off a little bit?"

"No."

I used to play chess with my grandfather in the afternoon when my aunt, who hates
using her hair, went out for a walk.

"Sioni stepped back once in a while. Chess skills are just like Zioni, so why not?"
"Because my personality is like my dad."

"Ah."

Whenever I played chess with my grandfather while eating a sweet cherry cake, I
always won, so it wasn't really fun. However, small happiness used to come.

Dad used to come back every evening and talk about medical researchers. I also
didn't forget to put a wedge into it, saying it was my place to work anyway.

After finishing chess, I suddenly looked at the calendar and today was the day I
returned.

On an indifferently good autumn day, the day when I was imprisoned and waiting for
death alone.

"Grandpa."

I said with a grin.

"What if I'm put in jail unjustly?"

"I won't stand still until I'm locked up. I'll get it out before I get it."

Grandfather tilted his head as if asking something strange.

I was going to ask, 'If you're still locked up and sentenced to death, will you come
and see me?' I quit.

It was because I thought a too obvious answer would come back.

When Bellon of the Imperial Guard tried to arrest me, it was a really useless question
to think of my family, who were freaked out and blocked me.

As I looked out the window while organizing the chessboard, my aunt was walking
excitedly with a yellow hat.

My aunt can't wear such a pretty hat with flowers, so it must be my present.
My aunt used to go around the capital like that and buy endless gifts and push them
away at dinner.

It was an ordinary day for me, so it was a more exciting day.

From tomorrow, we're going to live only once.

"Liche, where are you going?"

"Go to the Duke."

"Didn't you say you were going in an hour? I think we can play another round."

"Just, just. Let's have dinner later and play again."

I didn't just say that I suddenly missed her, but I impulsively headed to the room
where Eran was lying.
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Eran lay like a picture.

"The Duke."

Holding his hand still and checking the flow of mana as usual, I murmured silently.

"Actually, today is a very important day for me. It's the beginning of a new life with
everything changed."

My life with my father, grandfather, and aunt.

And with my beloved lover, I'm not alone anymore.

"So get up quickly. I really want to deliver it before today goes."

"It's okay if I'm the only one in love. I'm just happy to have them by my side."

"I don't love you alone."

As I looked closely at Eran, things that I didn't care about before came to mind one
by one.

The only thing he had never said he loved before and the 500 gold shirt he had given
for him so far was a shirt that was not even right.

The day before the trial, I regretted a lot because the conversation he and Diel had
kept coming to mind.

"Aren't you in pain? You have to endure insults and hang on to someone who is not
sure about love."

Even in Diel's eyes, I must have been seen as a lukewarm opponent with no certainty
of love.
I've just been distracted by more important things since I found my family. I was
even stingy in expression.

It was because I knew that even if I approached him a little, Eran would fill all of
them.

"I think you'd be lonely no matter how close you are. Of course, love is a feeling that
I can only hope for a reward."

Eran had not denied the remark.

"I'm sorry. I made you unsure, so you made me feel lonely. I'm too late. Actually, I
had enough feelings to repay you, but I lacked a lot in this regard. I wasn't conscious
that love without expression wasn't delivered."

I sighed and swept his hair.

"I wanted to have a lot of fun with my family, but I'm going to have a lot of good
times with Eran. So get up."

Once again, I carefully put in my mana.

It was one of the daily treatments.

It was when he held his hand for longer than usual, poured out his mana, and kissed
the big hand quietly.

Suddenly, I woke up surprised by the unusual flow of mana in my lips.

"Ah..."

Then I searched the drawer and quickly took out the small box that I had asked Diel
to bring.
As expected, he was moved to tears at the thought of not keeping me waiting too
long.

I really wanted you to wake up today, but how can you listen to me so well?

Sitting next to him, he couldn't help but wait with his pounding heart, holding his
hand again, and as expected, he slowly opened his eyes.

"......Liche?"

The first thing he said was my name.

After a few more checks, all his metabolism was normal. He stared at me with the
same appearance as he had lost his mind.

Eyes met, and there was a pause.

"You promised."

I smiled close to him with tears in my eyes.

It was prepared several times imagining when he opened his eyes.

"I'll treat you for sure he'll heal me. I'm not lying."

I used to say this a lot when I was young.

"......I did. You're always right."

Whenever he did, his answer was always the same.

Eran smiled as if he had slept for a while and woke up.

We were only feeling each other's body temperature as if time had stopped for a
while.

"You're fine, aren't you? It's probably all right."

"Well..."

"Let me know if you have any inconvenience."

When I said anxiously in case there was a problem, Eran raised his body and tilted his
head.

"Your cheeks are a little sore..."

"Ah."

Eran's body had been stopped when he had lost his mind. I couldn't bear to say that
my father hit me like crazy to wake up, and I spoke awkwardly.

"Well, you'll be fine, too."

It was obvious that a simple scratch would recover quickly.

"Other than that, I think I just woke up."

Eran seemed hard to believe that he had lost his mind for several days.

I checked his body meticulously and confirmed several times that he was completely
normal.

He stared at me and said in a somewhat anticipated voice.

"In the meantime, my son has been so moved by my sacrifice that he allows me to
get married. Didn't you say anything like that?"

The first question you asked me was about your dad. It looked like it was bothering
me.

"Yes, he didn't say that."

I added quickly before his expression collapsed.

"But I think you'll allow me at least one date. I heard it clearly."

"That's very satisfying. It's worth it."

"What?"
"A few more rolls and we'll be able to travel together, right?"

He made a look of satisfaction.

"Of course, I'm not going to the Duchy of Mailis because I have a trauma."

"Don't say that. I was so worried."

But instead of answering that he wouldn't be sick, he slowly blinked and wrapped his
finger around my cheek.

"But you still called me Eran. Don't you think so? It's my first time since I was a kid.
It's worth the pain. And you can just call me Eran."

I replied with a grin.

"I've always decided to call you this when you wake up, so don't get sick anymore
sick."

"What?"

"It's real. And I was going to say that I love you, Eran, or I can't live without you."

Eran's face suddenly hardened.

I held his hand tightly and smiled.

He, who had been looking at my face for a long time, spoke carefully with trembling
lips.

"Well... Liche, can you repeat that? I thought I was dreaming."

"I love you, Eran. I'm sorry I said it too late."

Eran held my arm in doubt and asked me back desperately.

"Liche, am I all right? You don't want to be happy for the rest of your time when
you're going to die, do you?"

"I can't lie. You know."

Joy began to creep up on his face.

"Oh... I'm sorry this moment passed. I wish I could stay here forever."

"I mean, I love you. I'll do it more often."

"I promised you, Liche."

He held out his little finger as he did in childhood.

"For the rest of your life, you have to do it often. I feel like I have the whole world."

"Okay."

I hung my little finger gently.

Of course, I felt like I had walked my life while hanging my fingers, but I tried to
ignore it.

"Instead... now that Eran is very healthy, I'm quitting my doctor. My talent needs to
be out of the artificiality and out of the wider range."

Before Eran's expression collapsed, I quickly grabbed a box in his hand.

It was a diamond ring that Eran gave me as a gift on the day I reached adulthood.

"Please insert it yourself."

I didn't wear the ring once.

I didn't keep it in the drawer because I had deep thoughts, but when I received the
ring, I felt so pressured that I didn't feel the need to take it out after putting it in.

However, I realized that the person who gave the gift could feel quite indifferent.
"......huh?"

"I want to wear the ring and go on a date not as the Duke's doctor, but as a self-
inflicted love."

"Ah..........."

"The reason I kept calling Eran the Duke is not because of distance, but because
we're still in employment. Eran gets hurt, and then I get it."

Whether you understood me, Eran's face quickly turned red.

Only then did he really look good and die, and he pulled me, so I almost hugged him
sitting on his lap.

"That's right."

He smiled with his eyes bent.

I could feel his firm body behind his back.

"One engagement contract is enough for us to tie up."

He valued the contract too much, not even his own.

"And if you get hit in the eye, you have to do this."

As he held me in his arms to the point where each other's breath was mixed, he
kissed me on my cheeks and neck.

And only when I was about to twist my body in tickle did I slowly raise my hand and
put a shiny ring on my fourth finger.

Slowly kissing my fingers, he looked at my hands like he couldn't believe it.

"I'll buy your money for you when I get paid by the researchers."

I mumbled to him, who seemed to have no intention of letting me go after putting the
ring on. He kissed me lightly on the forehead and cheek, hugged me again, and
smiled playfully.
"We're not doctors, we're lovers, are we?"

"Yes, that's the word for us now."

"Of course, a couple on the premise of marriage. I'm always welcome, so feel free to
have a ceremony whenever you want."

Obviously, the premise of marriage was my suggestion, but Eran seemed to be happy
every time he spoke with much more emphasis.

"Uh, what... right?"

Of course, the wedding will take a long time due to the opposition of the family.

"Then we should do this instead of dating."

He was lying unconscious until just now, and his behavior was outspoken.

I couldn't answer any more because he pushed me to the bed, grabbed my cheeks
gently and kissed me.

Under the heavy weight on me, I relaxed and ended up laughing.

There was no reason not to be happy.

There are strong family members and the man he loves opened his eyes safely.

"I love you, Liche. I love you."

His whispers poured all over him.

"Mr. Eran... there were a lot of things that happened while you were down, so... oh."

"I'll listen to it later..."

His arm clung tightly to me.

While he hugged me, what had happened so far quickly passed through my mind.
Around this time today, I met Kansia, the world's most powerful person in view.

I returned to the age of thirteen and lived a completely new life, and I also knew the
secret of my birth where the trust was intertwined.

As God had predicted, I stopped the rebels and found all the lost families.

I didn't remember it properly, but I kept dreaming mysterious dreams, but now I'll go
back to being an ordinary person who no longer has to dream like that.

It was all thanks to my altruistic choice without leaving the Duke of Cerseus.

With his arms around his neck, I really need to live a decent life for myself in my
place from tomorrow. I thought.

Seeing that Eran is so healthy, I felt like I really did everything I had to do, and
although I failed last time, I think this resignation will be accepted.
147

Epilogue

"No."

Eran looked at the canvas and shook his head.

"This is all you can draw? Lice is much cuter than this. Next."

Diel answered immediately.

"The next artist, Rayville Ostram, has an exclusive contract with the Duke of
Merophon and King East.
They are famous for their portraits."

"Let me in."

I sighed when I saw the canvas that Eran had thrown away.

It was already the twelfth person.

It was all because I said I wanted to paint a family portrait.

It was my number one priority because I wanted to erase my grandfather's wish list
one by one.

Having boasted in front of his aunt and grandfather that he would somehow find a
good artist, he chose the simplest and most ignorant method.

It was to invite all famous artists to paint me and replace it until he liked it.

Doing the job, he woke up and had not even been to Duchy until now and was
interviewing painters in the capital.

Of course, her mother sent a letter saying that she must do her best because she
must be working as a duchess.

"...... shouldn't we not have to do this?"

I asked him carefully, burning with enthusiasm.

"I think you're good at everything."

"What are you talking about? There's a huge difference in detail. Look here. Your
eyelashes need to go higher than this angle, and your ears need to fold slightly
more."

"Oh... that's the first thing I've ever known."

"I know when I see it. Trust me."

Eran grinned and swept my hair away.

"You have to work hard and somehow look good at Ferrellmann's self-author. So
when I draw the next portrait, I'll go in."

"Mother and Eran, too..."

I now called him 'Erann'. Eran couldn't hide her joy whenever I called her name.

"Oh, we've already reached an agreement on the portrait of Cerseus."

"How?"

"It doesn't mean anything if I don't draw it with you."

The relationship between Eran and her mother has become extremely good, so the
atmosphere has been quite soft these days.

The problem was that the two topics were always the same.

How can I please the Ferrellermann family and seduce me to get married one day
quickly? Otherwise, the two rarely had a long conversation.

"My mother told me I had to draw it until she died, so don't feel pressured."

"Oh, really?"

"But tell him I'm a little rotten and I don't think I'll live long."
In the end, it meant that he should be burdened.

Eran used to tell the love story of her parents from time to time.

My future seemed set when I heard my mother's victory over my father.

In fact, common sense, it was not usually a love affair for Young-ae, the baron of the
periphery, to marry the Duke of Cerseus, a great aristocrat who had no contact.

Of course, he would have been so wary of Eran because he knew

everything about that relationship history.

"I wish I had a child when I draw my next portrait."

While Diel went to call the next artist, Eran approached me and folded his eyes and
smiled.

"One daughter, one son. As you said."

"Do you remember that?"

"I'm not a genius like you, but I remember everything about you."

He held my hand and whispered.

Then the door burst open without knocking.

"Get off! Get off! Get off!"

We let go of our hands with a hint at my dad's loud voice.

"I've seen you a hundred times, so I've allowed you to stay for a while, but you can't
see me sticking to you!"

"Father, we're the ones who saved each other's lives..."

"Don't call me Father! Call me Jajak! Call me Jajak! Protect public and private affairs!"
Dad shouted informally to Eran, telling him to keep his public affairs.

Of course, Duke Eran couldn't call his father his own, but it wasn't something we
should take issue with.

According to his mother, he said he had no choice but to allow it anyway, but he had
to let his anger go as much as he could because he was letting it go.

When I asked him how he knew that, he replied, "Now that I've seen the love story
between me and Kaylan with my eyes, I'll know better than anyone else what the end
will end."

Indeed, Dad would sometimes go and mutter, "Kaleen, it was fun to watch from the
side, but I didn't expect it to be my daughter's story."

"Hey..."

Then the door opened, and Diel peeked out.

"The next artist is here."

"Tell him to come in."

Dad said a word in an still-unsolved voice, and frowned at the canvas in the corner.

"What's this? Why did you draw our Liche so ugly?"

I think I'm good at drawing everything, but my dad grumbled disapprovingly.

"The angle of the eyelashes and the tip of the ear are strange. I sent it back."

"Oh, come to think of it, I see. Good job."

"We'll do our best to review the next picture as well."

"......khhmmm."
Dad sat between Eran and me with his arms folded.

So Rayville Austram, who was nominated for the next artist, had to paint with
trembling.

***

As Eran's fuss was worth it, the artist he selected painted incredibly well.

Fortunately, before searching the whole continent, Reyville Ostram was able to find
satisfactory results in Eran's harsh eyes. It's for me.

I sat well surrounded by my father, aunt and grandfather.

My mother sent four of us perfectly suited clothes for family portraits.

It was an elegant, antique design mixed with white and green, and a design that
showed the unity of the family.

My aunt and father bought all kinds of clothes themselves, saying, "It's all a burden
to my heart."

But I finally agreed that the clothes that best suited me were from my mother.

"As expected..."

Dad shook his head and pointed at his forehead.

"I should have known since I sent you the 3-tier cake first."

It was quite difficult for the elderly as well as for ordinary people to keep the same
posture.

Nevertheless, his grandfather insisted that he would sit together unconditionally.

"Grandpa, it's really okay. Tell your grandfather to draw first, and if he goes up
first..."
"It's the happiest moment of my life, and I don't want to miss it."

Grandfather sat upright and held my hand tightly.

"Grandpa."

I whispered quietly because I thought I knew what my grandfather was thinking.

"When you draw the next portrait, you should hold your great-grandchild and your
great-granddaughter's hand, not mine."

How did you meet your family? I wanted you to live for a long.

Now that my dad and I will always be there, we will be together for a long time.

"Everyone's having a hard time, so don't rest and work hard."

Eran was putting a lot of pressure behind Reibil's back. I thought it would work, but
unexpectedly, it was Diel who sided with Eran.

"They say you're five times the average market price..."

Diel spoke casually to me, worried.

"Then you can get that kind of surveillance..."

"Hmm, Diego? I think I've become a slave to capital."

"A lot of money is thrilling...... in that sense, Ferrellmann loyalty, loyalty."

Perhaps because the father rewarded Diel with money for the joy of finding his own
daughter, Diel suddenly became a soul engulfed in materialism.

'Actually, we've given him several years' salary at once, so he could quit.'

He always stayed firmly in our mansion, saying he liked the top of Ferrellmann.
Aside from the joy of being paid, it was clear that he liked Perelman anyway.

The finished portrait was to our liking.

Dad asked for another copy and hung it in his own house in the capital and in his own
house on the estate of Perelleman.

In addition, Raville had to make several smaller portraits of me.

"We can't stay together for 24 hours."

My father, aunt and grandfather shared my hand-held portraits.

"As long as it's been, I'll keep watching when I'm not around."

My father put my portrait on the watch and said that he always opens it whenever he
is busy with medical researchers.

Dad was quite busy because of the medical researchers who had not yet been
properly organized.

I was thinking about quitting everything and spending some warm time with my
family, but...

In any case, he was doing his best to study with me for the rest of his life, saying,
"You have to do well from the beginning."

Someday, if I go to the research team, I will have time to fall off with my grandfather
and aunt, who are spending most of the day together.

My grandfather and aunt kept my portrait in their wallets and necklaces.

Portraits alone have so many things to remember, but I couldn't even imagine how
precious time would be in the future.
148

"Liche, do you know that?"

My dad used to bring research materials and rare medical books left by imperial
medical researchers that he had before and often discussed them with me.

And whenever I rested for a while, I talked about my relationship with my mom, and
every time I felt happy that I realized that it was the fruit of your love.

"Your mom confessed to me first. He's into medical science, he doesn't know women,
he's got a nasty temper.
I can't help but think."

"......is that a confession? So what did he say?"

"I said I liked you even if you said that."

"Did she confess first?"

"I was in a hurry because I thought I'd lose even the words I liked if I stayed a little
longer. But aren't we romantic? When Isabelle first saw Kaylan, I was next to her...."

Dad continued with a sigh.

"That's what happened to Kaylan. I think I'm destined to meet a good girl within this
year. That's what he meant. Come to think of it, it was a proclamation. I'll win you
this year. Oh, my. It's not like we've been beautiful since we met."

I don't think there's much difference, but Dad made a clear line. Then he closed his
eyes slowly and murmured.

"I don't know how much I cried when I did my own autopsy on your mother's body.
At that time, I thought I could see the meaning of life falling into the abyss. Now I
really have to accept the life without Zioni, but I was so scared that I didn't want
tomorrow to come."
I had to try to hold back my tears.

"But apparently she gave birth, and the maid was found far away... and I thought she
might be alive, so I could not follow her at that moment. You must have been
desperate for a lie like Roman because you were out of your mind. Of course, I
believed it was Isabel's brother."

Dad stroked my hair and said.

"I missed you so much, and there were so many things I wanted to say."

In general, he was angry with everyone, but when he told me about the old days, his
face became more friendly than ever.

"With your existence alone, I could live without being crazy. The fact that somewhere
is alive saved my life. Thank you very much."

I carved all my dad's words deep into my heart. It was the best family I've ever
imagined.

***

Geckel was reporting the status of the Knights to Eran.

Eran nodded satisfactorily after carefully checking the condition of the troops.

"Yeah, it's important to keep your troops at a high level. You have to think about
creating an independent Duchy."

Knowing that the "flap" depended on Lice, Zickel nodded nervously.

Well, according to rumors in the capital, the crown prince is competent, but he is
incompetent. The power to protect did not seem to be a loss.

Eran had received a corner room on the top floor from the Perelman home in the
capital.
As Isabel said, "Stay close to the place as much as you can to build up your hatred,"
he was holding on firmly despite Arga's abuse.

Anyway, Arga's blood played a part in his successful life.

Now that the excuse for portrait painting is over, what other excuse would he be
staying on.........

Once there were no guards in the capital's own house, so Eran selected some knights
from the Duke of Cerseus to stay.

Arr was forced to nod at the opinion that it was better for the Knights of
the Serious, who knew Lice well than to hire a completely unknown mercenary.

' This is a strategy that seeps in.'

Geckel looked at Eran's long eyes and stuck his tongue inside.

"Well done. Oh."

Zichel and a group of knights called up to go out with a bow to him.

"Eat this one by one and go if you want."

What he offered was a box of cookies.

"What?"

"The maid delivered it to me earlier."

Zickel thanked Lice in person because he thought Eran had finally become so good
that he could share small things to eat.

I wasn't a person who was very indifferent to others and was so considerate of
others.
"Yes, thank you."

He picked up a box of cookies and shared them one by one with some of the knights
behind him.

The shape was likely, but the moment I took a bite, it was so sweet that I didn't want
to eat more.

When I thought about his personality again, I thought he had given it to them
because it was not delicious, and Eran twisted his head and said.

"What do you think? I don't really like sweets, so I haven't tried them."

It was then.

I heard a knock carefully, and Lice came in.

Eran's face looking at Liche was filled with joy in an instant.

"Liche!"

"Daddy went to work, aunt went for a walk, grandpa took a nap!"

I couldn't figure out what this was doing in the same house.

Anyway, if you keep Eran going, you'll end up allowing them to be together.........

Still, seeing the two people continue their secret relationship, not a secret
relationship, warmed their hearts, and Zickel swallowed a smile inside.

"Oh, did you get the cookies?"

"Huh?"

"I snuck her to the maid."

Lice said shyly, blushing her cheeks.

"I made it myself. I've always been given this stuff. "
At Lice's words, Zickel and other knights' expressions hardened in a heartbeat.

Eran murmured coldly.

"...... spit it out, now."

"By the way!"

Lice stepped in quickly.

"It's so nice to see you share it like this. How is it? It was good for my taste."

"......you can even eat it."

Eran clenched his teeth and spat out them small in succession.

"It's delicious. Make it often to the Duke. As much as you can. I think that's a good
idea."

Geckel immediately responded as a representative and did not forget to take a little
revenge.

"Then have a good time!"

Finally, Zikel and the knights quickly disappeared.

"I'm actually here to give you something else."

Lice approached Eran cheerfully and reached out her hand.

It was a small portrait of Lice that Eran received with a surprised look.

"My dad ordered a bunch. I stole one of them. I love you so much, but every time I
hear your love story, I make a promise."

"What is it?"

"You have to love your lover as much as you want. Mom and dad loved each other so
much when they were young. So they would have married as soon as they reached
adulthood."

"I'm sorry I couldn't follow that path......but this picture is so beautiful."

He stared at the small portrait, enthralled in his palm.

Perhaps because it was the work of the artist he chose, Liche's face full of bright and
cute atmosphere was vividly expressed.

"I'll always keep it."

Lice chuckled and laughed at Eran, who cherished the portrait inside the congregation
watch.

"Daddy put it in the congregation watch, too!"

"I think it's going to be a reverse effect now, and talk carefully after time. Build a
bond."

Eran lifted Lice up, sat her on her knees, and buried her head in the neck.

"It's not convenient to come up because it's the top floor, but one view is fantastic."

Liche leaned against him and looked out the window and said,

"I thought the capital was crowded, but I think it's fun. I've also received a ton of tea
time invitations."

"Really?"

"It was quite impressive at the trial. Me."

"Have you got anything from any of the dumbass?"

"There may be."

Lice blinked at Eran's thin eyes.

"Because my dad threw away everything that came to him. I didn't really get involved
in anything because I didn't intend to get acquainted with Young-sik anyway."

"I'll have to express my thanks carefully later on, too. There was a lot of bonding."

"Still, the time is one by one. I think I'll be busy if I go to the medical research team
later."

"Isn't there a holiday?"

"Of course it is. But shouldn't you spend the holidays with Eran?"

"...you know what, Liche?"

Eran sighed and said.

"You're good at dating because you make up your mind. It makes my heart flutter."

"It wasn't a big deal."

"Then I guess I'm an easy man."

"It wasn't easy as a duke, it was easy as a man. I admit it."

"It's amazing."

Eran grinned.

"It was too easy for you as a doctor. You can trust me no matter what. But it was too
difficult for a woman."

"Looking at the balance, it must be a match made in heaven."

"I'm excited again. What should I do?"

When she saw Liche laughing, Eran said she was serious and put her hand on her
heart.
Would it be easier to say that my heart beats like this even if I just watch it blankly?

I hope she doesn't have to worry a little bit because she's the easiest thing in her life.

"What am I supposed to do? It's fine if it's fine. "

"That's good."

My desire to stay 20 hours out of 24 hours has not yet been fulfilled, but I still liked
the fact that I could be with him.

Most of all, Lice looked happier than ever.

Everyone seemed happy to have a peaceful time with their family and to read a rare
medical book in the corner of the continent, saying they would study more before the
medical team launched in earnest later.

And when he was with himself, his sparkling green eyes were full of joy.

"Liche."

"How happy are you?"

Lice tilted her head to the bottomless question.

"Why all of a sudden?"

"Just."

Eran hugged her waist and said, eye-to-eye.

"I'm relieved if you're happy."

There were still many paths left.

I think it's already opened to some extent, but I still had to open the doors of the
Perelman's heart, so my heart...
I had to have a relationship that I would leave and stay together all day long, and get
married quickly.

Still, as long as she was happy by his side, the whole thing wasn't urgent.

"Well, how happy I am..."

Lice answered kindly without thinking for long.

"I'm happy enough to live the same life one day even if someone suddenly returns
me to the past."

"Why? Can't we live a little better?"

"I'm afraid I'll change my future to live a little better, but I'm afraid my current
happiness will run away because I'm not doing well. Being happier is so precious and
dreamy that it's hard to imagine. Oh, no."

"Huh?"

Lice penetrated into Eran's heart, rubbing his cheeks, and whispering joyfully.

"Oh yeah, I think I'll just choose not to go back."

149

There was a small confusion in the Baroness Ishider, which suddenly passed over to
the central bank one day.

"So our estate doesn't have any owners anymore?"

"The Baron sold his estate and was detained at the Duke of Ceres."

"And isabelle coming? Even if Isabel didn't get married because she fell in love with
the Duke of Cerseus, she could have inherited the title."

"Then it would have been much better to live. But there's no such thing."

All sorts of rumors spread, but no one knew the exact facts.

The young people went to their homes day by day, farming and eating in anxiety.

It was true that it was not bad to have no owner of the estate for a while after
passing the tax railway.

Baron Ishider was not a very competent lord, so the vacancy was not a shame.

However, there was no one to resolve disputes with Songsa Temple and neighboring
territories, which made him nervous in the long run.

"Are you sure we're all right? Baron Cedar was one of the rebels."

"Don't you have to pay some kind of compensation?"

"What if I ask Young Ji-min to pay for Young-joo's absence?"

It was the late fall when all the insurgents were suppressed and arrested for being
robbed that all the disturbing rumors had subsided.

An official letter came out that the new owner, who bought Baroness Ishider again
from the bank, did not have to be held responsible for treason at all because it helped
search for the rebels.

"Oh, it must be a similar disposition to the Duke of Cerseus."

Young people chatted cheerfully as if they were relieved.

"It also played a decisive role in the search for the rebels, and received an additional
Frillit estate. Well, you deserve to be rewarded because the Duke of Ceres accused
none other than the Duke of Ceres. You must have been tired because of the sit-in
system if you don't touch it, but you can't believe it at once."

"I heard that Perelman's self-sacrifice was granted the Chippia Territory. Why there?"

"There, Young-ae saved the Crown Prince from the tower terror attack."

"Oh, the daughter who finally found her is a lucky charm."

"Then it's procedural for our estate to go somewhere, but it seems that the
disposition has become ambiguous because it has been taken over by the central
bank. Who the hell bought it?"

While people were talking about whether it would have been better to live under the
Duke of Cerseus, there was an old woman who naturally flowed in.

She wanders around among the cluttered crowd. He sneaked into Baroness Lee
Sider's house around the evening of dusk.

The baron, who no one protects, was bleak and messy, but the old woman shook the
mansion as if it had nothing to do with it and lay on a dusty bed in a room.

"That's the best, that's the best. I've been thinking about where I'm going because
it's getting cold, but I'm going to clear up here."

Cancia took a rough piece of bread out of her arms and snorted and sang.

"It's rare for a noble mansion to be abandoned, but I'm smart, too. What if the
servants take the crime and there's nothing. It's a palace compared to
homelessness."
 She wandered around and heard somewhere that Baron Ishider had been
detained and all the servants of the mansion had fled.

After that, he lived without much thought for a long time, and when the weather
became cold, homelessness became difficult and there was no place to go, he came in
secretly.

She, who had intended to clear it until someone kicked her out, fell asleep in bed,
which once belonged to Wederick's.

It was the sound of a bell that woke her up from a deep sleep snoring.

"Cancia."

Cancia snored louder with her eyes closed.

"Cancia, I know you're up."

"......I can't be lucky."

When a soft voice rang in the room, Cancia sat up with her eyes wide open.

A woman instead of Ticilia was floating in the air and looking down at her.

"I'm here to say thank you. No matter how God's will was, I felt bad after I gave him
such a trust."

"Are you talking about Liche Estelle?"

"Now it's Perelman. God's will."

"I'm sick and tired of giving me a bottle and giving me a pill. If I were Lice, I would
live my whole life spitting on the word God."

"Even if it doesn't work for Lice, you're surprised to hear that Kansia is originally a
god."

Ticilia and her once powerful substitute girl candidate looked at her.
It was Cancia who was so powerful to live begging on the street that she took as if
she were kidnapped from the temple.

However, the shocking incident, when she shouted, "If this is a god, eat it!" and ran
away while she was training at the temple, was still vivid in her memory.

After the incident, Daeshin of the time vowed that no matter how strong she was, she
would never receive gypsies in the temple from now on.

"Anyway, Kansia, admit it. This time, you intervened in God's will. And come back to
the temple. It's too precious to waste all that confidence in magic."

Despite how great Kansia's credibility is and how inefficient it is to turn it into magic,
the opposite force, she did the best magic in the world.

Ticilia did not doubt that if Cancia had not run out of the temple at that time, of
course the place of the substitute would have been given to Cancia.

The person who could have been the closest to God instead of being a girl just lived
by his nature......

"Heng, then it's God's will for me to live like this. That's your logic. God's will."

Cancia poked her ears and lay down again as if she were bothered.

Ticilia said to herself, 'As expected, God's great man who determined that he would
never see Kansia become a woman instead. It was Rim,' he said, only to grow more
religious.

"So what did the god say? You're going to put down another trust and bully Liche?"

"Oh, you must be bothered."

"Well, I hope I'm fine while I'm alive. I don't want to be sick, but there's no one who
can fix it as well."

"Don't worry. Now that I've seen the future a little bit... there are only things I can be
happy about. God has no intention of giving the trust for a while."

"Yeah, tell him to shut up. Humans live on their own."

Kansia yawned and tossed and turned.

"Especially the boy, Liche, knows for sure and will live well."

"I think that's the case. Then Kansia... When you see Miss Lice, tell her I'm sorry
again."

"We won't see each other for a while. I'm very healthy, no more forbidden magic."

"Well, I don't know."

"You don't think I'm going to do him a favor, do you? If you have anything to say, say
it yourself. It's not my cup of tea to tell you that ticklish sound. I'm going to be really
safe. That's what I know."

Ticilia looked at the messy back of Kansia, who had completely turned away, and then
disappeared with the sound of a bell.

***

"1.6 million gold, 100,000 gold. I'm dying..."

"Because I have to live on the bank. Do you want me to give you 200,000 gold if it's
too bad?"

"I'll have my economic education back with my dad later."

I was grumbling and heading with Eran to Baroness Ishider.

The central bank issued 1.5 million gold bills as collateral for Baron Ishider. However,
when it came out for auction, the minimum was 1.6 million gold.

When I sighed and forced to shout 1.6 million gold, no one put me in a competitive
bid.
I regretted it, thinking that the price would have gone down further if I had just
endured it.

It was my first auction and I wanted to have Baron Ishider so badly.......

As a result, he lost 100,000 gold.

I was upset, but neither my father nor Erdo sympathized at all, saying that money
was nothing like that.

"For nothing, I'll go with Eran and...."

We were alone in the carriage, and Eran was sitting next to me, fiddling with my
hands.

I sighed at the thought that the more I thought about the auction, the more precious
it was.

Eran, who went to the auction house with him, did nothing.

"Do you want it? Then just call 3 million gold right away when it's annoying. I'll buy it
for you." There was nothing but a whisper like that.

This place was my mother's home, so I first felt bad about my disposal, but my
mother seemed to have no regrets.

It was fortunate anyway that I had somehow acquired Baroness Lee Si-der because I
did not intend to increase my possession.

"If I knew this would happen, I would have gone with Diel."

"Liche, how could you touch your lover's childhood trauma like that."

Eran made a poor expression and dug into my arms, but I was a huge man, so my
body ended up falling back.
Now that Eran is completely healthy and no one has been aiming for maneuverability,
there was no need for high-quality personnel like me and my father to be doctors.

He accepted the resignation of my father and I, and I interviewed him in person and
received a new doctor who was old.

It's okay up to that point, but since then, Eran and I have had to overwhelmingly give
time.

So I had to be more desperate when I was together.

'Dad, I'm sorry.'

When I said I was going to Baroness Ishider with Eran, my father was busy with an
interview with the researchers, so I couldn't follow him.

This is because as soon as he sent down an official letter saying he would select only
based on his ability regardless of his status, there were a lot of applicants in each
region.

My dad asked interview questions one by one as he first saw me in the Duchess and
concluded that it was impossible to select people who fit the difficulty.

Difficulty adjustment, subsequent re-interviews, interview problems caused by

leakage of previous questions... Dad's work was constantly pouring out.

Of course, he must be enjoying this job because he saw his face full of complaints and
smiles.

I've also passed the interview, but the other interviewers' schedules haven't finished
yet. He was not even able to do that.

It was a perfect time to visit Baroness Lee Si-der.

Now that winter is approaching, Baroness Ishider could not be left alone without a
caretaker.

I roughly told the news by a servant, but it was right to go there myself at least once.
My dad jumped on me saying I'd never be accompanied by Eran, but he started
overprotecting me.
The problem was that there was no escort better than Eran in the eyes.

And I said, "Dad, I told you I'd let you go out with Eran! I heard it clearly!" before I
could get permission.

Actually, it's not like we haven't been alone since, but "Going to the auction house is
not a date. It's work, work." and so on.
I used to get out of here and there.

Whenever he did that, Dad would talk to himself.

'It's no use raising a daughter......... Oh, you didn't raise her.'

Even just before departure, my father asked Eran to keep a distance of 1m radius,
but now there was no distance.

"Oh, wait a minute..."

"Yes, wait a minute."

He said, slightly pushing Eran, who had begun to cling tenaciously, but he didn't seem
to have any intention of stopping.

"It hasn't been long since we started, and we've already..."

I twisted my body because the kisses that followed on the neck were itchy.

"It's because you're pretty."

Apart from his insincere reply, his lips clung more boldly and carefully.
In an instant, the view changed from outside the window to the ceiling of the
carriage, and eventually darkened.
150

"I want to go to the harbor first."

After arriving at Baron Ishider, I unpacked my luggage at the inn, and immediately
got back on the wagon and told the horseman where I was going.

Baroness Ishider's port must stop by to visit her mother's hometown of Laverie
Island.

' No, I'm not a baron anymore.'

"The weather isn't good, is it okay? Turns out the harbor has been closed since
October."

"Yes, I'll just take a look."

"Oh, by the way... it's still the beginning of winter, and the more the beach goes, the
colder the winter is. It's not that far north."

It was one of the young people who answered the horseman's murmur.

"It's because it's on the Sea of Siberia."

"Shibli Sea? You mean the sea surrounding Laveri Island?"

He nodded when I asked him as if I were intrigued.

"The god who envied the beauty of the island of Laverie kept half a year wrapped in
cold ocean winds. So that the people of Laverie Island can't easily show off their
beauty to the continent."

"That's a very bad god."

"What?"
"Well, I've looked into it before. Anyway, thank you."

The reason why I have to go to the port is because I wanted to see the island from
afar.

His maternal grandmother and maternal grandfather had already passed away, and
his mother's younger brother, who inherited the estate, died 10 years ago without a
successor.

So now my mother's uncle was in Yeongju, so there was no immediate family on the
island of Laverie.

I heard you did a great job with your family until you wandered around looking for
me......

Even so, I wanted to go to my mother's hometown once.

When I sent a letter asking if it would be okay to visit just in case, he replied that it
would be difficult to come because of the wind and waves in the winter, so make sure
to come later.

The lord also remembered Zion's cute childhood, so he was really angry at all these
words, and now he really wanted to see me.

The island is very beautiful because it has a different vegetation than the continent,
so come and enjoy it.

But the horseman's words were wise. As soon as it arrived at the port, it was not a
mess that the rain and wind blew strongly.

The view was blurred, but I got wet rather when I left with an umbrella to see the
traces of La Berry Island somehow.

"......even if I could go next spring, I still wanted to see you from afar."

"Really?"

Eran squinted at the gray sky.

Eran wanted to listen to everything I wanted, but I couldn't stop the rain and wind.
"Oh, the rain and wind are getting stronger. Oh, my God! "

The horseman's hat flew away and the horses rumbled and sneezed.

"Oh... I shouldn't have asked you to go to the harbor."

"What are you talking about? You're not at fault. It's because of the narrow-minded
God."

Eran shook his head firmly and pointed his finger to the left.

"If you go that way, there is a baroness nearby. Let's go."

Eran told me that he had come once when he was a child because he was a young
man, and told me the way to go to the first Baron Ishider himself.

"The Baroness Ishider? Why?"

Originally, he was planning to stop by and quickly return to the capital, so he had no
intention of going to Baroness Cedar.

When I asked questioningly, Eran squeezed the water out of my hair and said,

"How am I supposed to ride a carriage for a long time after being so wet? Besides,
the horsemen and horses need to rest."

The statement was true, so I nodded for now.

"I'm sure it's empty. "

"Maybe? It's a mess, but I can catch my breath for now."

As Eran said, Baroness Ishider was soon seen.

It was an ordinary aristocratic mansion, but the grass in the garden seemed to be out
of reach for a long time.

Fortunately, the stable was well-organized, so the horseman sighed with relief.

When I entered the mansion with Eran, the broken glass bottles and frames were
rolled around, and none of the money-worthy decorations were visible.

The hallway was dark, so it felt not too bad to walk alone with Eran with a lamp on.

It was because the baron's house, which was being ruined and collapsing, seemed to
symbolize Baron Ishider's Malo.

Eran skillfully guided me to a relatively neat and antique room in a messy mansion.

"My mother used the room before she got married."

As expected, it was a mess because the servants took all this and that out of the
house.

However, the large bed and several layers of bed sheets remained the same, which
were not easy to take out.

When I opened the closet, there was no dress, but some old, modest indoor clothes
and bathrobes remained miraculously.

"That's the bathroom, so wash it first. I don't know if the warm water is still going to
come out ...... well?"

Suddenly, a thump came from upstairs and Eran stopped talking for a moment.

I was slightly surprised and frowned.

"Maybe... there's no one here, right?"

"No way. Who would be in this old mansion on the corner of the sea. It's going to be
a rat."

"Hmm..........."
Once my body temperature was slowly dropping due to the rain, I slightly left my
uncomfortable mind behind and went into the bathroom that Eran told me.

Unlike Eran's concern, warm water poured out well.

The water supply was managed by wizards, and it was probably contracted for a long
time in the first place.

When I slowly washed myself in warm water and went out wearing an indoor suit that
my mother might have worn, Eran, who had already washed up from another
bathroom, was cleaning the room.

He also wore an indoor suit that he had never seen before, but what seemed rather
small to him seemed to have been brought from another room.

"Huh? Eran, do you know how to clean? It's all done by my subordinates."

"That's why I do it."

He spoke in a nonchalantly.

"I'm the man under Lice."

I was going to answer something, but another unidentified thump came from upstairs
and closed my mouth.

"......."

"........"

Only then did Eran and I look at each other for a moment and sigh at the same time
as suspicious as they no longer heard the sound.

"What if you catch a cold, Liche. I didn't even dry my hair in the middle of winter."

I had roughly wiped my hair with a towel and came out.

"It's not the middle of winter."

"The weather is in the middle of winter."

"Because I'm from a nursery school, I'm used to doing things roughly. It's annoying
to dry."

"Then if you get sick at all, I shouldn't be too afraid."

Eran took off a layer of sheets and sat on a neat bed, and he approached me and
gently swept my hair.

"If it bothers you, I'll do it for you."

There could not have been any women's pleasure in this mansion, which had nothing
precious.

He took the perfume from the pocket of his original clothes in a small bottle and
began to straighten my hair.

"Do you carry this with you?"

"I always carry the perfume that I used on the day you said I liked my body scent in
the form of perfume. So that I can put it on any time."

His touch was so soft that I felt strangely drowsy.

His hair was full of body odor, and his fingers clenched explicitly behind his ears or
neck.

"Is there anything else bothering you?"

"What?"

"I'll do everything for you. All the things that bother you."

His breath tickled when he spoke in my ear.

"Isn't it bothersome to wash up?"

"What?"

As I jumped and looked back, his thumb went down my neck and gently pressed
down on the dented collarbone.

At the same time as flinching his shoulder, his eyes met.

Ever since he had just returned from Iberia, there was a smile on his eyes that was
determined to seduce me.

It was a little small, so I could see his hard body inside the shirt with a few buttons
undone.

"Why, did you think something weird?"

"...that's what I meant. But I didn't think too strange."

"Be strong now. Don't be upset."

He began to smooth my ears with a slippery palm.

"Wait for a very long wash..."

His voice got lower and slower.

The fever reared at the neck.

"I didn't feel wronged, I really imagined it a lot."

"...what?"

"It's just the two of us here. Don't you think so?"

"Really!"

Not long ago, his voice became too deaf to see him cleaning hard.
I raised my hand casually and got irritated.

"When you hit your chest, your hands hurt because it's hard. Hit me here."

But Eran quickly brought her cheek and I couldn't hit her even slightly.

"At least a little bit, never get sick, Liche... that's a one-time experience."

"That kind of experience?"

"The experience of the world falling apart."

Again he gently hugged me.

"Actually, I was afraid that you might catch a cold again when you were caught in the
rain."

"It's Er An who's been lying down lately."

It was Eran who was very healthy now and was fine even in the rain and wind, but lay
down like a picture for a few days just because he ran a little.

Considering that I was upset at that time, I also didn't want to see Eran sick again.

"I don't regret it. I protected your family, and I got permission to date anyway. I'll
have to roll a few more times to be allowed to marry."

"Don't say you're rolling again. It's terrible."

"Well... I would have been worse."

Eran lowered his eyelashes and mumbled.

"When you were lying down with a snake bite instead of me."

That was too long ago.

"That's when I found out. You've already become my world......."

"Isn't that a long time ago?"

"I've never hated having a chronic disease like that.....and I was out of my mind until
you woke up."

When I came to my senses, I remembered little Eran, who was hanging on to me

again, and I was a little bit quivering.
Got it.

It occurred to me that the time we passed was full of each other.

So it was when I slowly closed my arms around his neck first.

Bang!

The sound from the ceiling startled me again and opened my eyes round.

This wasn't something like a mouse could make.

"...... this room up here is Wederick's room."

He whispered in a hoarse voice.

"I don't care if you're in front of me, if you're upstairs tap dancing, but... if you can't
concentrate, it's a different story."

Just because he interfered with our time, his eyes began to flash, which were so
sweet.

"I'll be back. Wait. Whether it's an animal, a human, or a ghost, I'll leave it no longer
to shoot."

"Go, come with me!"

I grabbed him by the wrist.

"I'm scared to be alone."

It was raining and windy outside, and I was scared of the thought of waiting for Eran
alone in this empty mansion with only the hallway with all the lights out.

"Then do it."

Eran smiled affectionately, held my hand and began to grind his teeth upstairs.
151

After climbing the creaky stairs one floor, I could see a room with dim light leaking
out of the dark hallway.

"Is that Wederick's room?"

"Yes."

Who in the world stays in the Baroness's room in the Duchy of Cerseus?

It was when Eran walked without hesitation and left me behind and burst open the
door.

"......uh......?"

I was rather surprised by the embarrassment in Eran's tone.

"Why? Who is it?"

"What was your name..."

I couldn't see the room because of his large size, so I cut in between the copper next
to him.

As soon as I checked the shape of In-young who was falling on the floor, Er-An
murmured blankly.

"What a fucking gypsy?"

***

"Oh, my God! It hurts! It hurts!"

I helped the struggling Kansia quickly, but it was quite heavy, so I managed to put
her to bed by mobilizing Eran.

I didn't know why Cancia was here, but she fell out of bed and suffered a major back
injury. had to check Kansia's condition first.

"Well, I'm not seriously injured. You have a lot of cover."

"Be my age, damn it. I'm afraid I'll break a bone if I hit it a little bit. And!"

Cancia glared at Eran and said.

"Cancia Silonis. What do you mean a fucking gypsy? "

By this point, it was certain that Kansia's castle would change then.

"Hold on, please. I can't prescribe it because I don't have any herbs, but if you
carefully observe and carefully adjust the mana flow..."

"Wait, Liche."

Eran held me back with a gentle grip on the wrist back.

"You don't have to do it right now, do you? "

"What? That's it, though."

"It seems to me that Gypsy, when she comes in and when she goes out, she has a
completely different mind."

"That's true, too. "

Cancia got mad at me and Eran's conversation.

"What are these doing in front of a sick old man!"

"I'll ask you before that."

Eran raised his chin and said,

"Why the hell are you here? Isn't that an unauthorized entry into a house?"

"Why are you here, then! What's the difference between me and you?"
Cancia shouted out loud.

"Once this was my uncle's residence, the rich man is detained in my castle."

Eran replied nonchalantly.

"And Liche is the one who bought this estate for sale. And you? "

".........then give me the money."

Cancia murmured fatly.

"It's maintained by my mana, the capital, and I think I washed it, but of course I
have to pay for it. Don't you think so?"

"No, they're all gone, why are they here?"

When I asked Kansia, who raised her hand confidently, as if I was speechless, she
answered hard even though she was moaning because of her backache.

"It's getting cold. Homelessness is hard now because I'm old. One of the nobles has
been empty for a long time, so I just stayed for a while. That's not right.
Oh? Huh? "

"...... here, it's a very close relationship with me. I saw Cancia in the crystal ball."

"You think the world revolves around you. What does that have to do with me? I'm
not even curious about your past. There's no human being without such a story. I'm
just here because it's a comfortable place to stay."

In fact, it was highly likely that Kansia didn't even care in the first place because she
would have experienced much more stimulating things.

"Well, why did you buy this place? I've been here for a while, so I don't like it. Look at
the sea. God is going crazy because he's being mean. Did you buy it to keep it on
your property? I think you were swindled."

I replied coyly because Cancia's tone of saying that she seemed to have been
swindled seemed to be savory, not worried.

"No, I don't need another estate because my ability alone fills all my needs."

"Then why did you buy this place?"

"There's a port to Laverie Island, and it's the only route on the continent that
connects to Laverie Island..."

I shrugged my words together.

"I'm going to give it to my uncle in Laverryeong."

"Crazy? Why give free land? And you can't believe he's an uncle."

Cancia pointed her finger at Eran and said without hesitation.

"Look at them, my uncle tried to kill her, and she locked her up! Isn't it the opening?"

"......thank you very much for your kind explanation of the opening house. I don't
have to say it again, but everyone knows it."

Eran struck calmly. I answered with a sigh.

"I don't want to make my mother's case a bad precedent for people who want to go
back and forth from Laverie Island."

"Hmm."

"It's not a good thing for the island of Laverie that it can only be connected to the
continent by passing through other people's territory. It's just a small gift for my
mother."

"Be careful, you'll get caught giving it to the veins like that. Anyway, just fix my
back."

"Why Lice?"

Eran blocked between me and Cancia and raised his eyebrows.

"There is no reason to treat your back pain. And I personally came up with a
determination not to let a human being who interrupted the sweet time between us."

"Don't you think you've interrupted the floor and my sweet time?"

It didn't look sweet at all, but Kansia, who didn't want to lose, insisted.

But Eran was one step ahead.

"Then I'll get you back on the floor. We're not staying long either, so let's wrap up the
pleasant conversation here."

He really strode to bed, ready to throw Cancia back to the floor.

Cancia shook her hand in irritation.

"What the hell is wrong with me? It's nothing for her to fix this much
injury!"

"That's right, Eran, it's just nothing..."

"I'm not telling you not to heal. I'm telling you to pay."

I quickly shut my mouth.

Eran must have some ulterior motive.

Oh, my God, it's rare for young people to threaten an old woman who is moaning
because of her back injury, saying she won't fix it.

Of course, it's not uncommon for an old woman to look pathetic even though her back
is injured.

However, I wondered what Eran wanted from Kansia.

"What price?"

"You said you were the best wizard."

"By the way?"

"Then do me a favor."

"Haeng, who am I to do someone else's favor?"

"Well, you said you hated God."

"That's right."

"I hate it a lot, too. I hurt Lice."

I shook my head inside listening to the conversation between the two of them,
perhaps getting punished by heaven.

"That wind and rain is God's evil, isn't it? Are you jealous of the beauty of Laverie
Island?"

"I'm a little narrow-minded, I can't help it."

"Then that wind and rain... can you stop it? Let's break the will of God."

Eran continued, with his eyes bent and a gentle coaxing voice.
"Isn't that a way of screwing God in, much more than telling others to trust him?
What?"

"I can't. Magic isn't all that's. Do you have a conscience to remove that wind and rain
and keep it clear all the time?"

"I just need to stop for a moment. Five minutes. You can't do that? Is God stronger
than the best wizard?"

"...... damn it, I can get three minutes."

Cancia muttered, wriggling.

"Then I'll fix my back. All right? Damn it, bother me...."

"Of course. Lice is different from me, so I always keep my word."

I didn't know English, so I nodded for now.

Then, Cancia closed her eyes and began to memorize strange spells.

Eran dragged me up to the window.

Like a lie, the rain began to weaken and the waves sank, and even the clouds began
to clear the sunset.

' Wow...... what a scam. What the hell is Kansia capable of......'

And beyond the clear view, Laverie Island looked small.

It was where half of my blood came from and my mother's hometown. It really felt
like I was checking my roots.

Looking blankly at the island, the sky became cloudy as it began to rain again to see
if Kansia's mana had run out.

"Eranne... to show you this..."

"I want to support you whatever you want."

Eran kissed me behind my neck and whispered.

You didn't forget my murmur that you wanted to see the island of Laverie, and you
did it somehow. This guy.
How can it be so consistent?

"Really anything, somehow, from now on."

Eran warmly wrapped his arms around my shoulder.

"So..."

Then Cancia snapped in.

"Oh, my God, you're over a bear and you're taking care of your money. What are you
two doing with my talent? You're not in a situation where you've been single all your
life, and you're checking your beautiful love."

So I answered back, too.

"I'm in a situation where I'm in charge of treatment and magic, but I'm in a situation
where I'm only doing Eran. But isn't that ambition attractive?"

"Now fix my back! What do you do if you're the best magician, there's no business
where you'really!"

"Okay."

I approached Kansia and said,

"We did something before we came up.

I have to finish it, so I'll fix it for you."
Eran's face shone brightly at the words.

Seeing us exchange glances, Cancia muttered endlessly.

"You said you'd be happy in the future, but it must be real. God damn it."

Kansia's eyes turning toward me seemed to be relieved, not mean, so I did my best
to fix her waist.

It was all about staying in an old mansion where the rain and wind were blowing and
the hallway was dark, but somehow it was really pleasant.

With Eran, I thought everyone in the future would be like this.

— FIN
Side story ( 1 )

Medical Service

Isabelle was drinking tea and looking gracefully at the catalog.

"This is pretty, too, hmm. This is fine."

The catalog she was looking at was full of accessories for young women.

"Sioni used to like this style, but Lice would like it. I'll order this by color...."

After completing her jewelry shopping effortlessly, she hummed and picked up her
shoe catalog.

Then I heard a knock.

"Mother, this is Eran."

"Come in."

Isabel blinked, putting her shoe catalog back down unfortunately.

Eran sat in front of Isabelle after politely giving her a courtesy.

"I'm here to ask you a favor."

"Really? Tell me."

"I want you to take over the Duchy for a few days."

"Oh, I don't like that."

Isabel shook her head at once.

"When you were injured after the construction, and when you collapsed and received
treatment in the capital city, I took over all the duties of the duke.After that, I told
Perelleman that I could see him well and encouraged him to stay for a few more
days."

Her black eyes flashed coldly.

"But you still don't get permission to date Lice, let alone date her? And you're still my
son? What a incompetent thing to do...."

"That's...."

"I'm not cut out to run the territory. It is an apt life to fool around while choosing gifts
for Liche after drinking tea. I pretended to work hard because I was afraid I'd be
ignored for being a little baron, but I actually like a day without productivity."

Isabel picked up the shoe catalog again.

"Then go. You work. I'm going to rest now."

"But it wasn't without any income."

Eran spoke in an insecure voice.

"Now I think the Perelleman people have not kicked me out, but they have accepted
me to some extent. Lice keeps persuading me."

"The evidence is."

"If you say you're engaged to the king in front of other young people, you don't seem
to hold back."

"You're almost over."

"Is that so?"

"I'm pretty insightful in this field.

Aren't you sitting here as evidence?"

Isabel neatly turned her hair back, and continued in a somewhat soft voice.

"So my future plans are."

"That's why I'm here."

Eran replied sternly.

"There's been a landslide in the Duchy of Miles that caused a mana explosion and I'm
going to volunteer at the National Medical Research Institute this time, and I'd like to
follow."

"Of course, did you preoccupy the sponsorship? Don't let other families come in."

"The first place I came out was the temple, so I already said I'd fully sponsor it."

Eran, who decided to take revenge on God, was going to prevent the temple from
praising God's name as much as possible throughout his life.

"Then I'll have to take over the estate again."

Isabelle sighed, reversing her earlier refusal.

And I made a new request to Eran.

"Even if you follow me as a sponsor, don't be condescending and stay behind me and
listen to me. Do you understand?"

"Yes, sir."

Eran greeted me with a sharp bow and went out.

Isabelle, who was left alone, looked out the window with a moment of thought.

"Hmm... the Duchy of Miles..."

When Arga went to the Duchy of Mailis, an old memory began to come to mind.

When Zioni and Arga, himself and Kailan were as young as Lice and Eran.
"You must have bad memories, but you're a doctor. I can't forget Sirion because of
his personality, but I guess he has a clear history and engineering."

A lonely smile spread over her old-fashioned face.

***

"Liche, shall we order this? Snails raised from the horns of a healthy lion."

"But if you order that, it looks too much."

"But they've never been eaten."

It was the first family meal in a long time because my aunt and grandfather came to
the capital.

After the launch of the National Medical Researchers, my father was finally crowned
Earl and I became Earl Young-ae.

My father and I stayed at the count in the capital and went to work together, and my
aunt and grandfather returned to their original estate. Because the estate could not
be left empty forever.

However, my aunt and grandfather would always come to the capital and spend time
together when they were free.

Whenever that happened, it became natural to go to famous restaurants in the capital

and eat family meals.

"We've been apart for so long that we don't know your taste. I need to know as much
as I can."

My aunt said firmly, eventually ordering all the rather experimental dishes made with
new ingredients.

Even in the Duke of Cerseus, he said several times that he had eaten as much as he
liked, but my aunt and grandfather seemed to want me to experience all kinds of
flavors that existed in the world.

"We've missed so much."

Grandfather smiled and said.

"When you eat snacks for the first time in your life, or when you're a picky eater for
the first time. So I want to do everything you've done for the first time."

I felt something hurt, so I looked right into the menu and added an order.

"Aunt, add a ripe white wine with the bottom of your bear's feet here. I can't imagine
what the flavor would be like."

"Father, and Seirin."

Dad said, spreading his napkin with a proud face.

"You haven't seen little Liche eat pudding, have you? I saw it and even ordered more
pudding."

"I'm proud that I didn't recognize my daughter..."

"But I'm proud of this."

"I'm so...

The aunt tried to attack with a glance, but eventually she sighed and eagerly added to
her father.

"How did you save it? Are you splitting it into small pieces or mumbling slowly?"

Grandfather also intervened passionately.

"What flavor of pudding was that? Did I get you anything else?"

My father's triumphant expression made me laugh.

I even thought how much the three of them gave for me, and if I had grown up from
the beginning in this house, I would have grown up as a rude and self-less
spirituality.
It has already been two months since national medical researchers settled down and
began to present various research results to the empire.

Everyone acknowledged that the results of the two-month study were more useful
than those previously conducted by imperial medical researchers for 20 years.

As a "national" group, we received not only the imperial family but also various rare
disease patients that doctors from all over the country couldn't treat.

I felt quite good because I studied hard, spread my talents to my heart's content, and
became very famous in the meantime.

Of course, my father was also very happy to be with me all day long because he
changed the system that he thought was unreasonable.

"By the way."

My aunt took the appetizer out of my sight and said,

"There's a road under construction, and that's leading to the Duke of Cerseus, right?"

"Well... yes."

No matter how much her mother was guarding the territory, Eran could not leave the
duchy forever, so he eventually went down to the duchy. Immediately afterwards,
construction began on a straight road linking the Duke of Cerseus with the capital.

Originally, the Duke of Cerseus and the capital were not far away. However, it had to
go back a little, but it was to shorten the time.

Even now, he snoops at the capital, saying, "I'll see your face if I have time," but his
father did not hide his disapproval, saying, "If the road is completed, we will come
together every day."

"You've also been the sole sponsor of this Duchy of Miles."

Dad frowned on his brow.

"Maybe they'll catch up."

I had already secretly received a note through my servant that I would go with him,
so I only drank water without saying anything.

A large landslide occurred in the Duchy of Miles, which has not been very high in
medical standards, and people were injured a lot, and Jenshi Public Security asked
the Empire for help.

The cause of the landslide was a mana explosion, so I heard that patients complain of
various complications.

He was helpful to me when I planned to destroy Baron Ishider. Of course I wanted to

go and help myself.

Of course, my father followed me when I said I was going, and the imperial family
also gave me permission easily because it was a request from the imperial family.

"Daddy, why don't you allow me now?"

I secretly smiled at my dad by taking off the main dish.

"You've been intertwined with each other's lives, perhaps even more than I am..."

"Liche."

Dad clicked the knife and put it down.

"You're smiling with your eyes and acting cute....You must have learned it from the
Duke. She was also harmful to my daughter."

"What?"

"If you're still cute and smiley, you'll have nothing you can't do in the world and
everyone listens to you, and you'll be a very arrogant kid."

I eventually shook my head and shut my mouth.

According to Diel, now Dad has to accept Eran. I accept that in my head, but in my
heart I cannot accept it."

Because of the fact that Eran saved his father, he seemed to have come to the point
where he didn't say no and didn't push him away.

It seemed that a lot of time would have to go by or another incident would have to
happen to make me accept it in my heart.

"Yeah, think slowly about the peacock."

Grandfather organized the situation by holding a glass of wine.

I already thought slowly and tried to answer that it had been a while, but I held it in
because it seemed meaningless.

Thinking of Eran's expression of anticipation that he would stay together for 20 hours
a day, he broke that very day.
I felt sorry for my dream.

"When are you leaving for the Duchy of Miles?"

"In three days. Oh, I'm going to D.O. It's only part of the team, so I think it's going to
run pretty fast."

"Oh, you're going to D.O.?

I haven't seen D for a long time because I've been busy with my research.

"Yeah, we've already started. They'll be setting up accommodations, treatment

centers, and so on the other hand. "

I slowly nodded, imagining Diel's father, who would have definitely asked him to 'drop
off the Duke and Duchess Liche's quarters very far away.'

Well, why don't you stop sponsoring and force yourself to follow?

"By the way, volunteering... reminds me of the old days."

Dad put his chin on his chin and sighed.

"Sioni confessed to me then."

At that time, my aunt cut the meat with a knife and replied bluntly.
"Just say it right away. Sioni gave you a chance because you couldn't see someone
being pushed around by someone clever. Of course, your shell was the first one.
I did like it, but."

"What? What do you mean, Aunt? What do you mean a clever man?"

"There was just one guy who was being cheap to keep your father in check, saying
he'd look good to Zion....Wait, wasn't he from Mailies? His name is probably Si..."

"Stop it, Seirin."

Dad opened his axe eyes and got irritated.

All the love stories I've heard from my dad have been fun and beautiful, but when I
heard my aunt, I thought they might have been glorified or adapted.

"Justice has won anyway."

"Well, Dad was justice?"

"Of course, I saved a young life that almost died while the mean fellow took Sioni's
soul out. That's why I'm not justice."

I couldn't know at all because there was no context, but my father hasn't given me
more details since.

But I could notice quickly.

No matter how successful she was with her mother, the memory of that time was an
annoying situation that I didn't want to remind my father again.
Side story ( 2 )

On the night when everyone was asleep, I sneaked out of the house and
climbed into the carriage that stood quietly in front of the back door.

As soon as I got in the carriage, Eran lifted me up, sat me on my lap, and kissed me
on the neck.

"I missed you, Liche."

"I saw it that day, too."

"So you didn't miss me?"

"That's not true. I missed you."

While the carriage was heading somewhere, I sat back on his body with a big smile.

"I feel like I'm dreaming every time I'm with you."

Eran kissed me around the eyes and said.

"Even when I'm with you like this"

It's been a while since we first kissed each other in the rubble of the collapsed Ferris
wheel, so it's been a while since we felt like we had a connection.

He couldn't stay together for long because of his father, but it was quite a long time
as a lover, but his expression of affection did not fade.

"It's embarrassing to say that too often."

"Well..."

His fingers slowly swept around my eyes and went down gently.

"Should I do something really shameful?"

We already knew how big the capital city was and how many things to see.

However, as much as this moment of dark night, the gently rattling carriage was like
everything in our world.

"Such...If you look at it with your eyes..."

I grabbed him by the arm and spoke in a locked voice.

"..........I'm losing my judgment."

"I meant it. You know."

His harsh breath mixed with a soft whisper.

It was difficult to keep thinking because of the force that sometimes pushes hard
under careful touch.

"Because I haven't been around for 20 hours... do you do this every time you meet
me?"

His temperature clung to all parts of his tense body.

"No."

I asked, enduring the familiar weight.

He whispered softly as he kept freezing me, continuing to breathe.

"It'll be like this someday when we're together for 20 hours."

His posture changed in an instant because he held my waist up, but his vision was
still full of black eyes.

When the wagon finally reached its destination, I was exhausted and almost in his
arms.

We often went out on dates like this, avoiding my dad's eyes.

At first, I told Eran that I would tell my father firmly because I couldn't do this until
when, but he shook his head.

It was a time fight anyway, and I wanted to wait until my dad admitted himself
because he was relieved.
"I'm fine because I'm going to marry you. I can wait as long as I want."

"I don't want to create a conflict between the parents who barely reunited because of
me," he said. Instead, he suggested that we meet secretly like this because he would
be blind if we didn't see each other for a long time.

'Dad, I'm sorry...'

Buying most of the Earl's servants for a secret meeting, I murmured back inside.

We went to the salon during the night and looked around the paintings, matched our
clothes together, and had late-night snacks at a famous snack shop.

Of course, we were always the only ones that Eran had rented at a particularly late
time.

Tonight was on the hill where we looked at the foreground together in the old
international era.

"You'll need an opportunity that you can accept. I'm sure you can't accept the
reversal because you've been raving about it."

I said, sweeping the back of his hand.

"As time goes by, I'm sure that will happen. I'll never miss it, so don't worry."

I really didn't think Eran would miss it.

"In the meantime, I won't do anything you don't like."

When we were together, he would hardly leave me alone, bite me here and there, or
lock me up in my arms.

He hugged me as much as he wanted to sleep until the end, even if I twisted my

body.

I was stuck in his arms and spoke sulkyly.

"Then fix your shortcomings. Not every man in the world likes me. The last time Berto
saw Eran, he ran away. I was talking about something important."

Berto Jajak was a colleague of the medical research team, who was talking for a while
on the street, met Eran, greeted him in a hurry just by looking at his eyes, and
disappeared.

That's what all the nobles in the capital knew because Bellon spread the word "Duke
Serious's fiancee" during my trial.

It was fortunate that Dad didn't deny the rumor by saying, "If you stick to someone
else, it'll be more troublesome."

"Oh, yeah, I'll fix it... but how can I not like you?"

"The average person doesn't see a woman known as someone's fiancee as a reason."

"But there must be some guys who aren't normal. I... I was actually blind when you
danced with the Crown Prince, and I wasn't in a relationship with you, but I was never
sure I'd let you go. Maybe he'll show up again. I'm nervous about you."

I raised my hands to cover his cheeks.

And made me look straight in the eye.

"Don't be anxious. They say I love you."

A pleasant spring breeze gently enveloped us.

"It's really nice to be surrounded by new families, but I enjoy my research and work
day by day, but most of all, I'm really happy to be able to talk to Eran about love like
this."

He looked at me quietly as if he were being sucked in.

"So I promise. You can trust me that you won't be jealous of a man you're forced to
face because of work. You know, I used to have a solid iron wall against Eran, and
you're not going to let another guy do that?"

There was a brief silence between us and he spoke in a gentle voice.

"I listen to everything you say. I promise."

The cute appearance of the past disappeared surprisingly, but whenever he said such
a thing, I thought of the past for some reason, so I felt emotional.

"If you say that, I want to listen to everything. Actually, I can't keep my head straight
just looking at your eyes like this."

"Looking at him. "

"So I'm always out of my mind in front of you."

"It's good to know. But please pretend you're out of your mind because you have a
social status."

I put my forehead on his forehead and laughed.

"You have to protect yourself in the Duchy of Miles, okay? Don't disturb me too
much."

"......I have a bad memory there, but that's where you tried to run away."

"So cover it up with good memories."

"Well...."

"Since we're going to do something good, I'm sure something good will happen to
us."

In the Duchy of Miles, it was definitely going to work, but it was better for Eran to be
with him.

No matter how busy I was, I didn't know how happy I was to be together in the same
space.
 ***

"Miss Liche!"

As soon as he arrived at the Duchy of Miles, it was Genci Gongbi.

"Thank you so much... you can send me some doctors, but the Ferrellmann women
are coming in person!"

"I heard there were a lot of casualties. You must be very worried."

"But I'm glad that I'm from the Empire. Oh, and this is...."

Archduke Ezette, who controls the Duchy of Miles, was unable to come because she
had to stay in the capital due to her original schedule.

So I thought Jenshi Gongbi Bay came down to the landslide area, and there was a
young man standing next to her.

"The Earl of Ephon Reynie, Jr. He said he was sorry he couldn't come, and he sent it
instead to welcome the medical team."

For a more detailed introduction, the man was Grand Duke Edget's cousin.

That's why he represented the Grand Duke with Jenshi Gongbi.

Blonde and green-eyed, he was a young man my age, wearing big glasses and neat
eyes. He was dressed.

"I sincerely thank you for coming this far. I will continue to be in charge of the
community during the volunteer work period, so please feel free to let me know if you
have any inconvenience."

Sirion asked his father to shake his hand first.

However, his father's eyes were slightly pale looking at Sirion.

"Sirion Junior...Rainy? Do you happen to have a father's name...?"

"Yes, it's the same Count Sirion Rainey."

When Sirion answered cheerfully, Jenshi Gongbi gently stepped in and explained.

"It's common here to name a son after his father."

Sirion didn't notice his father's facial expression became strange because he was
giving me an example and kissing my hand a little by little.
Side story ( 3 )

Sirion also greeted Eran with courtesy behind us, who had a wary look.

"Oh, you're the Duke of Cerseus, aren't you? I heard that you sponsored the
volunteer support group. In fact, we can afford to pay for it without your
sponsorship..."

"No, I'm happy to help the Duchy of Miles."

Eran answered with a hard but polite manner.

When everyone briefly said hello, Dad took off his gloves and said.

"Well, let's move on. There may be a patient who is in a hurry every minute or
second."

Not long after walking, I saw a liver clinic already set up by Diel.

Diel came to us glad to find us while figuring out the quantity of herbs being carried
by porters in the carriage.

"You arrived safely. Thank you for your hard work."

"It's dinner time soon anyway, so don't waste your time saying that you're going to
relieve the fatigue, and I'm going to see the patient for an hour."

"Yes, that's the clinic. There you go, Count, next to you, Lice, and in turn..."

We should go on a tour anyway, but D.iel, who was giving us the seats we had
prepared for us, looked at Eran for the last time.

"And the Duke of Cerseus can sit over there."

"......there?"

"Yes, my patron, so look at the ocean view from the best table..."

He pointed to the seat at the top of the DA.

There was a tent that covered the sunlight with a soft chair, a table with various
foods, and even a servant.

Furthermore, sitting there, I could see the beautiful sea of the Duchy of Miles at a
glance.

Even though Diel must have really paid attention to it, Eran twisted his head as if he
was not impressed.

"You mean I have nothing to say?"

It seems to me that Eran is asking because he is really curious, but Diel's eyes looked
at me pitifully.

Eventually I had to speak softly on behalf of Diel.

"Instead of having nothing to do, it means that Eran doesn't have much medical
knowledge, so you should take a break, right?"

Eran blinked at what I said and asked.

"Then does Diel Molekin have medical knowledge? It's the same for not being a
doctor."

"No, there's no reason why I..."

"What are you going to do now?"

"Well, now I'm going to follow Lady Lice and Count Merelman in assistance, right?
Cause I need someone who can move patients, pack things, or whatever....."

As Diel mumbled in a timid voice, Eran said triumphantly.

"Then I'll have to do it."

"What?"

"Isn't it the same as you or I? And I think I'll use my strength better."

"Well, then I'll..."

"If there's nowhere to go, you're sitting there."

Eran spoke bluntly, pointing to the upper seat prepared for him.

"That'll do."

So, Diel was able to appreciate the blue sea of foreign countries while sitting at the
top of the table awkwardly drinking his own heart and soul.

"Heran, move that, please."

"Please undress this patient and disinfect the wound."

"Please make a portable bed. I have to move this patient soon."

"Would you bring me your diary? Oh, three reagent bottles."

If Eran had claimed to play Diel's role to stay with me, it couldn't have been better.

Because it was obvious that just chasing around would have been a distraction during
this busy time.

Thanks to this, Diel was feeling like he was on a vacation, and Eran was holding
someone's head for the first time in her life.

Of course he was doing his best because someone was me.

"Young-ae, do you need anything?"

While he listened to my instructions and went a little far to get the reagent, Sirion
approached and talked.

Jenshi Gongbi went back to the capital and he stayed and was taking advantage of
this and that, but he would come to me and talk to me without Er An.

"Oh, yes. Thank you for taking care of me."

"Is there anything you're lacking compared to the Empire? Just tell me anything and
I'll get it for you."

"No, it's all good."

"Well, my father was in the Empire when he was young, and he said he was no
different from the Duchy of Miles. It's better to live. The Duchy of Mailis is a little bit
remote in geography, but it's rich in natural resources such as iron ore, and there's no
major historical tragedy."

"Oh, I see. Thank you for the merits of the Duchy of Miles. I wasn't really curious."

I thought it was a hindrance to seeing the patient, so I tried to keep my distance

because I thought it would be a long story.

But he didn't seem to have any intention of stopping the conversation.

"The Duke and Duchess of Serious are engaged to each other."

"How did you know?"

"Molekin taught me."

Sirion smiled softly, sweeping away his wavy blonde hair.

"It's her one-sided decision, and I haven't gotten permission from Perelman yet."

"Well, it's all true..."

"Ferelleman's love is so tender-hearted."

He raised his glasses in my eyes.

"I wasn't going to say this..."

"Oh, then don't do it. You don't have to."

He ignored my words and asked in a sad tone.

"Are you maintaining your relationship with the Duke to protect your mother's will?"

In fact, I could infer that from just a few relationships.

But I was about to turn around calmly and answer in earnest to make it clear that it
wasn't.

"Liche!"

It was none other than my father who blocked us between the two of us.

"It looks like Rcy Kaloni is in a lot of pain."

"What?"

"I guess it's hard to bear because I'm a child. Go get me some painkillers."

If it was that much painkiller, my dad could inject it right away, but he looked like he
didn't want me to talk to Sirion, a young man.

"Come with me, Ferrellmann."

Sirion followed with a grin.

"I'll be direct with you. Actually, I thought Lice's green eyes were so beautiful from
the first time I saw them."

' What, this contextless straight line? '

I thought of Jenshi Gongbi and decided to keep the least courtesy.

"What? Your eyes are green, too. What do you mean...?"

"I know."

He actively avoided my father in front of me and talked to me.

"Because I'm the one who has the pretty things I have..."

As I shuddered and tried to stop talking, my dad jerked his head away.

"What are you talking about?"

"What?"

"I asked my daughter where she was doing the trick."

I was surprised to see my dad so aggressive for the first time.

Of course, I hated Eran terribly, but it was all because of the bad connection of the
past.

If the capital city sees new Yeong-sik talking to me or showing small favor, it only
sends a wary look but does not get so irritated.

"I heard you don't like the Duke of Serious."

I thought it was a fairly mild impression, but I also wondered if I could tell inside a
person, and Sirion was not pushed back at all.

"Then what about me..."

"Never!"

There was no room for me to intervene.

Dad was looking at him with a look of disgust.

"Don't dream about it and get rid of my daughter. I don't want to get goosebumps."

Far away, I could see Eran coming with a reagent box.

Come to think of it, it was a volunteer work for the Duchy of Miles, and Eran worked
hard and Sirion was snooping next to me.

"Teacher..."
But all that thought stopped immediately when I saw Rcy, the youngest patient I had.

Lecy, who is just nine years old, lost her parents in the landslide and suffered
significant injuries.

"......it hurts so much..."

The side effects of mana explosion were severe due to physical injuries caused by
landslides.

"You can't keep getting feverish.......... Leci, make sure you eat well and rest well. I'll
think of something as good as I can."

I said quietly, injecting painkillers.

I was afraid the worst would come to this child.

"Yes ......"

I sighed for a moment as I watched Leci, who fell asleep after suffering from
painkillers.
Side story ( 4 )

"Sioni, your green eyes are so pretty."

"Your eyes are green, too. Isn't that too much on your lips?"

"Can't we just say we share something pretty?"

"No!"

Arga woke up with her eyes wide open.

It was not until he saw the strange ceiling that he now recognized that he had come
to volunteer work in the Duchy of Miles.

It was true that I was very tired to see patients until late at night.

In the meantime, what's going on with the dream of 20 years ago .......

"It's because I saw the son of that damn son. You're just as big."

Arga put on the blanket again and grated her teeth.

"You look like a woman, creepy."

Twenty years ago, an active volcano near the Imperial border exploded and went on
similar volunteer work.

It was a terrible accident, so Sion on the island of Laverie came and Sirion on the
Duchy of Mailis came.

I'll try to sabotage the subtle air between Zioni and himself. Go, Sirion used all sorts
of numbers.

So how annoying I was throughout the volunteer work.

I vividly remembered the time when he was checking Arga repeatedly and acted the
worst.

"What should I do, Perelman? I'm gonna need a Belfo reagent to save Walliam, and
I'll take it to the inn. I left it in."

"What kind of inn is it?"

"On the way... the biggest inn in the Esposie area."

It was Zioni's birthday.

It was an evening when young young people and young people decided to have a
small party even if they couldn't hold a great party because they were volunteering.

However, Arga went a long way, knowing the number of Sirion to save the little boy
who was his patient.

Eventually, he saved the child, and he had no regrets about the decision, but he felt
that it would be completely over with Sioni, so he felt like returning.

He even finds Zion alone with Sirion and turns away...

"The son of Perelman has no affinity for you, Sioni, look. Even though it's your
birthday dinner, your face doesn't shine once, does it? "

"It doesn't matter because I'm here."

"What?"

"If you couldn't spend your birthday together, you can spend the day after your
birthday together. Oh, Arga! "

"...... are you going?"

"That's good. I have something to say."

I gave up and was depressed, and I was so happy with her words, and I felt as if
justice had won.

"Why on earth did Arga Ferrellmann do that in his youth. It's a relationship between
Zion and each other! There's no room for you! I should have declared it."

It reminded him of the time when he hesitated unexpectedly and was just boiling
watching Sirion going straight to Sioni, so he got nervous.

When I saw Sirion's son Sirion these days, the annoyance of that time seemed to
continue to pour.

"That's a horrible resemblance. Damn it."

Not only was it a cheap comment, but it was completely correct to just hang around
and point at women without doing anything stealthily.

"But why is the Duke of Cerseus not so gentle again? By the way."

Eran was not jealous of Lice's uselessness, as she had asked before she started.

Not knowing the truth, Arga once kicked her tongue wide and covered her head with
a blanket.

***

"Daddy, are you sleeping?"

"Yes, I've checked the lights out so many times..."

Diel answered cautiously, whispering.

He had set up a small space in the corner of the mansion, which he had reserved for
me and Eran's secret meetings.

"Here we are."

Indeed, Diel is quite competent, so he has tables and chairs ready where Eran can
reach as soon as he jumps off the balcony.

I also had a hallway that I could pass through my dad's room, so it seemed like it was
not difficult for the two to meet secretly.

"Wait. Where's your room?"

"I'm in the opposite room over there."

"Swipe into my room. It looks like it's connected to the balcony."

"Yes? But the Duke's room..."

No matter how close D.I.L. was to my father, he couldn't have a very good room
because he was a commoner.

Of course, Eran had the best room in the mansion.

"But this room is closer to Liche. Change it without the count."

"Uh......um......."

"You've got a whole bunch of stuff in there, and you've used it up."

From what I overheard for a moment, it seemed that Eran's room was spacious and
open to the view, as well as ordered to change luxury bath products and various
expensive food and drinks every hour.

"Okay?"

Diel nodded silently at Eran's eatable gaze.

Already, Diel's face color was smooth because Eran did all his work and was sitting at
the top every day looking at the sea and eating at the sea.
It was probably smoother from now on.

"Then have a good time..."

"Wait, Diel."

I said holding onto Diel, who was leaving quickly behind Eran and me.

"You gave Sirion more information than he needed. From me and Eran's engagement
to my father's opposition."

"I couldn't help it because I was so inquisitive that I couldn't tell a lie because I was a
commoner..."

Diel muttered in a crawling voice avoiding Eran's eyes.

Eran kept his arms still and spoke low.

"Sit down."

"......what?"

"Sit down."

"But there are two seats..."

"Take my seat. Don't try to run away."

Diel looked at Eran and eventually sat on a chair with a soft cushion.

Eran leaned against the railing with his arms folded and asked with cool eyes.

"Yeah, the fearless optician poked about the body?"

"Yes."
"You like it, don't you?"

"......yes."

"I got it."

I managed to catch Eran trying to leave right away.

"Where are you going?"

"To the optician."

"What are you going to do?"

"I'm going to make other places worse than snow."

Eran spoke calmly, but his entrance was already firm.

"How dare you pick on someone else's fiancee?"

I must have been holding it in for a long time because of my words that I shouldn't
disturb you because I was jealous of you at work.

Just in case it could turn into a diplomatic issue, I hugged him and stopped him, then
asked Diel.

"But he seemed to hate him too much. What happened between you two?"

"What's going on... Count Perelman hated him from the very beginning... Oh, wait."

Diel's blue eyes narrowed for a moment. He seemed to be reminiscing about

something.

"Sirion.......... Sirion."

"Why? Did you hear anything?"

"I've heard the top people talking before."

Diel was so lost in thought that he spoke informally to me as before.

"Oh... yes, I think I remember."

"Really? Then tell me quickly."

"I think it would be good to not talk. LICHE, you're not good at acting."

"Huh?"

"I think this can be a great opportunity if you do well. Oh! I think I can do it...."

Diel, who glanced at Eran's eyes, again blurted out whether he had come to his
senses.

"Both of you, just let the count do whatever he wants. Please accept it, and the Duke
will just wait and see. I'm sure there will be good results."

Eran and I went blank for a while and eventually nodded.

There seemed to be something about him, seeing him speak with such conviction.

Anyway, Eran tried to stop him because he thought it would spread to diplomatic
problems if he made other places bad.

Well, it wasn't that hard because it was all I had to do was listen to the nonsense in
one ear and spill it in one ear.

"I'm good at acting."

Eran said bluntly.

"So you can know everything. Just tell me."

"No."

I stepped in.

"If he finds out about this later, he could be overwhelmed with betrayal. We'd like to
do our best without knowing the situation."

"Well... but you accept him for being so stubborn, and I pretend not to know..."

"It's not worth losing. It's not like you have to do it forever."

"Still..."

"Erann."

I put my hand on the back of his hand.

"You believe me, don't you think I'll fall for that slippery fellow?"

"......Liche."

As Eran sighed and smoothed my hair, Diel sprang up.

"I'll go now, then."

"Diel!"

I laughed, pushing Eran's arm for a moment.

"Thank you. Thank you for your help."

"Well, this is just my opinion, but I thought maybe Count Perelman would feel better
if he had an opportunity to give up..."

He scratched the back of his head awkwardly.

"And thanks to you, I've been living so comfortably. I have a sense of shame, so I do
as much as I get."
Side story ( 5 )

After skipping breakfast and oversleeping, Eran quickly approached the

treatment center.

"Liche, here's orange juice, an apple, and freshly baked bread. You said you didn't eat
breakfast tonight."

"Yes, I'm sleepy."

Someone didn't sleep until late at night.

Eran raised her eyebrows naturally.

"It must be hard because the bed has changed. Hold on, I'll carry your bag. Oh, is
bread crumbs bothering you? I'll support you."

I yawned quietly under his fast wait.

Dad looks at us disapprovingly because he doesn't want to see her, but he doesn't
want her to skip breakfast. He blurted out while watching.

"Well ..... the Duke doesn't look very good either."

That's probably the same reason Diel's face color gets better day by day.

At that time, Sirion appeared dressed neatly.

"You look beautiful today, Miss Liche. Oh, this bread sounds too stiff."

The wind forced Eran's face to harden, who was about to answer something.

"I don't think I have a good breakfast, would you like to go downtown with me at
lunchtime? There's a place where you can cook seafood course very well."

I was about to say that all I need now is bread in my mouth, not lunch appointments
in the distant future, but I smiled at Diel's advice.

"Oh, thank you for your concern."

Eran silently held a cup of orange juice until I had finished eating the bread.

Seeing blood on the arm inside the sleeve seemed to be quite bad, but he seemed to
endure it well anyway.

"Hmm, big! Eat fast, Liche. I'm going on a tour. And."

Dad spoke bluntly, blocking Sirion's vision.

"Lunch is supposed to be with me, okay?"

"Oh... yes, of course."

"What's the seafood course? All the food is from there."

After making various regional discriminatory remarks, my father quickly caught me.

After drinking the orange juice that Eran gave me on time, I stopped walking and
said,

"Wait, Dad. I'll watch it from Leci. I'm the youngest patient, so I'm worried."

"This way, Liche."

Eran quickly stepped out of the way and said.

I added with a sigh.

"It's just like the kids I used to spend time with when I was in the nursery..."

"Ah."

"I'll be going to the nursery, too. I hope you'll be healthy."

"But I'm worried that my child keeps feeling depressed."

Dad also muttered as if he were on his mind.

"I need to feel better so that I can cheer up and accept treatment better."
However, it was hard to force a child who lost his parents to cheer up.

I stroked my head at the limp Rcy with a heavy heart.

"It would be great if you could cheer up a little..."

I muttered casually, recording Rcy's condition with a pen handed by Eran.

***

"You know what."

Taking advantage of his father's time in the bathroom, Eran quickly approached and
whispered.

"To be honest, I understood that the Earl hated me so much, but sometimes I was
disappointed."

I smirked at the prospect of what he would say.

"But I'm not upset at all these days. I want to praise you."

Of course, whenever I saw Sirion clinging to me, Eran had to hide his anger.

But before he couldn't bear it, his father would express extreme disgust.

Nevertheless, the reason why Sirion continued to talk to me and talk to me about
things that I couldn't eat was because I didn't cut it hard.

Taking Diel's advice, I kept my vague attitude and managed to take it well.

For example, if he asks you to go somewhere with him, you're willing to follow him or
give him a present, and he's happy to receive it.
If you compliment me, you say thank you and simply compliment him.

"In fact, the first time I saw him, I fell in love with him."

Even if he said something that was not fair to his fiance, he didn't look serious and
just smiled in a difficult way.

"Mother's will is important, but you still have to meet someone you like. Get out of
the box and choose the person you really want."

"Even with this nonsense, he only gave vague answers, such as "I'm going to do it."

Of course, the conversation never lasted long because my father was in the middle of
the conversation.

Sirion was not particularly conscious of his father's opposition because he was hard
on his fiance, Eran.

The logic was that the fiance whose mother's will was caught, but of course, it was
just too bad for her.

After a few days, my father even secretly expressed disapproval to me.

"Why aren't you being cold-hearted when he's being stubborn?"

"I came here with a good heart, but I don't want to cause diplomatic problems."

"No, but..."

"I have a relationship with Jenshi Gongbi. And I don't hate Sirion. He looks good and
he's nice to me."

"Liche, what are you talking about? Can't you see the Duke of Cerseus struggling
behind his back?"

"Oh, my dad! Are you worried about Eran?"

"You're talking too much, daughter. How can you say such nonsense? Why am I so
worried about him?"
I'm not sure, but this seems to be what D.iel said.

Of course, Diel was gaining weight day by day and enjoying everything he had
prepared for Eran.

"By the way, tomorrow is Firefly Night."

Eran murmured in thought.

"Firefly Night" is one of the events of the Duchy of Mailis, and fireflies fly around the
lake in unison that night to create a beautiful panorama.

The atmosphere was so romantic that there was a myth that men and women would
become solid lovers when they looked at fireflies together.

Of course, the general public opinion was that they would enjoy this beautiful night,
which is only once a year, if not the myth.

The Duchy of Mailis' enthusiasm for this "Firefly Night" was great, and some of the
patients insisted that they had to go to the lake.

One of them was Rcy.

"Lessie wanted to see the fireflies so badly, but she said she couldn't go anywhere,
and it was harmful to use cold night air. I feel bad."

At the fireflies' night event in this area, my dad and I said we must participate.

This is because Sirion planned to introduce us in an official position at that time,

saying that many people who were not hospitalized at the treatment center are
coming.

It is a necessary procedure to promote the harmony between the Empire and the
Duchy of Miles.

In particular, Ferrellmann's father and daughter, who have great symbolism in

medical researchers, must attend and say hello.
"No matter how pretty the fireflies are, I don't think I'll be very happy. I'm not here
to see that."

"But there is nothing we can do about it because there are diplomatic issues at stake.
I need to shave Jensi Gongbi, and I got some help."

Then, Sirion intervened between us talking.

"Miss Liche."

He flinched at first at Eran's livable look.

However, when Eran didn't intervene in his words and actions, he was at ease and
said whatever he wanted to say.

"Have you received an overview of tomorrow's Firefly Night?"

"Yes, it's from Diel."

"It will be very worth seeing. You can't see this view unless it's the Duchy of Miles."

"Oh... is that so."

"You know the myth that's circulating there, right? In the Duchy of Miles, the phrase
'Let's go see the fireflies together is very romantic.........."

Sirion couldn't finish the word.

Because my father came up and led my arm.

"What are you doing?"

"Explaining Firefly Night..."

"Do it to me. Don't bother doing it to my daughter."

I glanced at Eran's expression.

He had his arms folded with a look of great satisfaction.
Side story ( 6 )

The "Firefly Night" event was quite boring for Arga.

Of course, I wasn't expecting to see the anti-dit fires of the Duchy of Mileys, which
will fly all at midnight.

"Sioni, come to the Duchy of Miles next time. I'll invite you on Firefly Night. You don't
know how beautiful they are at once."

"Isn't that a bug?"

"Well... well, it's still... it's said that the sight of a young man and a young man
makes love."

"The Duchy of Miles' birth rate seems to be a myth. When you go back, try to calm
such false rumors in order to foster scientific thought among the people."

At that time, I felt dirty thinking it was a trick, but when I heard his son Sirion, I felt
worse.

The story of seeing fireflies together was romantic.....

Whenever my son Sirion was obsessed with Lice, I thought of the man who I used to
bring to Zion whenever I had a chance.

They have the same name and look so similar.

I keep seeing my father from him, and I see Zion from Lice.

So every time she does that, she can't keep her face on her own and stands still
behind her .............

' Crazy. You have to stop thinking.'

Arga folded her arms irritably.

At least Sioni firmly beat the man who was being stubborn, but Lice acted
lukewarmly, citing his relationship with Jenshi Gongbi.

' I thought you were going to go wild, but you must be timid in front of Liche.'

He sighed at Eran once again.

They had finished all official greetings and were now waiting in the crowd to see the
fireflies.

For diplomatic reasons, it was Sirion who was sitting next to Lice, and Eran seemed to
be standing behind him.

Arga frowned again as she remembered her youth standing behind Zioni, who was
popular with men.

' I'm not good at the title at the time, and I've only exchanged glances with Sioni. But
he has a peacock, and what's wrong with Lice when he's dating? '

He looked at the three disapprovingly and pressed his thoughts to himself.

"You can look forward to it. How pretty the fireflies are at once."

' You're just like my father, with all those bugs.'

"I'm looking forward to it because the count says so."

' You should've said they were bugs no matter how pretty they were!'

Unable to see, Arga strode toward Lice.

"Liche, I think you have something on your face. Go and look in the mirror."

"Really?"

Sirion tilted his head and stepped in.

"Where? I think it's just pretty..."

"......I'll be right back."

Whether he could not be positive about the words, Lice often shuddered and
disappeared in search of D.I.L., who would have all kinds of props.

Arga was sitting with her arms folded, and Sirion was heard talking to Eran.

"This is a gift, Duke."

"What?"

"It's a glass bottle that can trap fireflies. If you go into that forest, you'll catch it
easily."

"I don't have a hobby of catching bugs."

"I don't know."

Sirion grinned as he forced a glass bottle into Eran's hand.

"I don't know. There could be patients who want to see fireflies at midnight, right? If
it's Miss Lice's assistance, shouldn't we take care of the emotional aspects of the
patients?"

"........"

Eran hesitated, holding the glass bottle still.

Arga said, 'Don't go! He's planning on whispering nonsense at Vandit's fire alone with
Lice! I almost yelled at them, Fireflies are a tool for seducing women!'
Who wouldn't be his son to the father, just like the one that sent him away on Zioni's
birthday.
He was using a trick.

At that time, Sioni even approached Arga first, but in the current situation, Lice was
rather shaken if she was shaken, but she did not think she would go straight to Eran.

Arga watched Eran's inner conflict and felt like she was about to burst.

***

It seemed spectacular that fireflies would fly all at once, but I wasn't very excited.

Still, it was funny not to watch it, so I was going to go back right after midnight.

When I met Diel, I looked in the mirror and confirmed that there was nothing on it,
and I went all the way to Diel.
I was on my way back to where I was.

"I'm sure he hates Cirion more than Eran. You're after that, aren't you? But why do
you hate people you've never seen before? Of course he hates people, but he wasn't
that bad."

"Well, I'm afraid there's a reason why..."

As I was walking with Diel, I was surprised at the sight in front of me.

Eran was about to go somewhere, and his father grabbed him by the wrist.

Me and Diel stopped as if they were nailed to the spot.

Dad got angry as if he was annoyed.

"Are you a fool or a fool? What?"

Seeing Eran use the term "you" in the half-word, I must have gone out of reason for
a while.
However, the situation was so frequent that even Eran, I and Diel were not surprised.

But the words that followed were enough to frighten us.

"Why am I Liche's fiancé, you have no right to flirt with her, can't you speak up?"

At the words, Eran was surprised, too, and opened his mouth a little.

"What the hell are you not good enough to talk about? On the premise that we are
married. One lover, you can't get in the way, why can't you just say it out loud and
clear! Why can't you tell me half of what you've been telling me?"

"Oh, Dad?"

I murmured vacantly.

While his father was shouting nervously and huffing for a while, the first person to
come to his senses was Eran.

"Thank you, father-in-law. You've acknowledged our relationship?"

"Yes! I admit it! I admit, stop him from being so stubborn!"

"Daddy!"

As I ran with a big smile, my father opened his eyes to me and said,

"You don't either. You're standing in front of someone who's in good communication,
and you're standing up to the other guy's chitchat? At least Sioni didn't take that
ambiguous attitude! Who the hell do you look like?"

I stopped and blinked for a moment.

"Oh, Dad... are you mad at me for taking Eran's side?"

"...uh?"
When I asked him carefully, he blinked as if he was awakening.

But the water had already spilled.

Eran quickly stood in front of his father and bowed his head.

"You finally officially acknowledge our relationship. Thank you so much. Again, I'm a
prepared talent for Liche, and I'll explain again about my future plans."

Eran pushed Sirion, who was standing blankly, and stood in front of his father and
poured out his words like a swift gun.

"Now when the road connecting the Duke of Cerseus and the capital is completed, it
will take about an hour by carriage. If Lice gets married, she'll have enough time to
commute from the Duke of Cerseus."

"Well, that's what it is now..."

"I will work hard to help Lice work hard with her father-in-law. I keep taking care of
Lice's health, and I raise all my children."

Dad paused and breathed a harsh breath.

I couldn't seem to react to the words because my father just declared that we were
lovers on the premise of marriage.

"Then I'll get going. Once again, thank you for acknowledging our relationship. I'll do
really well."

"Oh, where are you going?"

When I asked him in an absurd way, he held up the glass bottle with a big smile.

"To catch the fireflies."

"What?"

"I'll show it to Rcy. You've been bothering me. If Rcy had picked up a little bit of
course. You said you'd like it. I've been thinking about it all the time, but he told me
how to do it."

"Ah......"

"I want to listen to everything you want. That's my first priority."

It is also a magnificent view that can only be seen once a year in the Duchy of Miles,
and now he was saying that he would catch fireflies himself for a young patient I care
about.

He's not his patient, he just wants to see me cheer up.

"Ha."

Dad swept his head.

"That's it, that's it. I lost."

"What?"

"How can I stop him when he's so consistent! But I don't mean to get married right
away. I'm just gonna admit, this is it, okay?"

When Dad asked, "Okay?" he was staring at Sirion, who had turned pale.

But Eran and I nodded passionately with excitement.

"Yes, Dad!"

"Yes, father-in-law, thank you!"

At a glance, Diel shrugged with a pleased look.

I clung to my dad, pledging to hear the reason why all this happened later.

"Let's make it an anniversary."

Eran whispered in my ear as if to behold.

"The day I finally got permission. Then I'll start getting ready right away to get
married anytime. And...."

Eran quickly continued, saying that he had to catch the Bandit fire for Rcy before it
was too late.

"Die Molekin, raise your salary. I'm going to play at Cerseus."

Now that we have solved the only last gate, all we have to do is to date proudly, get
blessed and get married.

I could have reversed it, but when I saw my dad's runny nose saying, "I can't help it,"
I thought that he might have been waiting for this opportunity because he couldn't
oppose it forever.

Fireflies haven't flown yet, but it was the best night.

It was a happy ending for everyone, including Diel, except for Sirion.

Side story 1 Medical Service

end
Side story ( 7 )

Propose

"Liche, it's been a long time."

"Uh... it's been a week."

"So it's incredible. There were times when we were together every day."

My mother sighed and stroked my hair.

I had taken a short vacation and stopped by the Duke of Sergius.

The road linking the capital and the Duke of Cerseus has been completed, and the
distance has now been reduced to the point where it takes more than an hour to run
the carriage quickly.

Of course, Eran was able to go back and forth much faster by driving a crazy black
horse at full speed.

But I didn't feel the need to do that, so I always rode the carriage and went around
comfortably.

"But Eran's not here right now... did you not contact her?"

"Yes, I didn't contact you on purpose."

I already knew from three days ago that Eran had gone on a tour of the duchy with
the elite knights.

I won't be back until this afternoon if it's on schedule.

"I have something for you. But I wanted to make it look cool."

My mother exclaimed when she heard my plan.

"Yeah, Liche, do whatever you want. And...."

"And?"

"I should start studying in earnest from now on. Oh, I'll be busy."

"Studying?"

When I heard what my mother was going to study, I had no choice but to blink and
smile awkwardly.

"Then mother... when Eran comes, please."

"Sigh..."

The mother nodded and murmured sadly.

"You're too bad for Eran."

"I know."

I replied with a smile.

"So that's true love."

***

Eran arrived at the Peacock when the afternoon sun shone warmly in the garden.

After washing up and changing clothes, I went to say hello to Isabel briefly, and
Isabelle had a lot more catalogs next to her than usual.

"Mother, I'm back."

"Really?"

At a glance, Isabelle hurriedly removed all the catalogs from the pile under the table.
Eran could only confirm that the year on the front catalog was two years ago.

"How was everything?"

"Yes, then take a rest. "

"Wait. I had a big problem."

Isabelle handed a note to Eran.

"Open up when you get out, immediately."

Eran left Isabelle's room with a small note in bewilderment.

As soon as he came out, Eran's eyes widened when he opened the note as Isabel
said.

[Come to the place where we first met]

Lice's handwriting could not have been recognized by him.

Eran ran flying and jumped over the railing.

At first, his heart throbbed as he recalled a brown bobbed-haired girl who

was dying in front of Wederick.

When he ran and arrived in the middle of the garden, he found a child racket and a
ball that lay still. And a finely folded note on top of it.

[You may not be able to play against me anymore, but I'll always be with you when
you want to play ball]
Eran muttered, feeling almost difficulty breathing.

"What if you do something so cute..."

There was another word written behind the hastily handed note.

[Come to the place where Eran and I shared strawberries together.]

He also jumped on his long legs and climbed up the garden where the beautiful trees
were shaded.

The note was also folded finely with a plate of a couple of strawberries.

Do you remember when you were young and whined to feed me? I'll feed you
sometimes when you don't see others.

P.S., now you're allowed to lick your fingers.]

After becoming an adult, Eran smiled at the time when he couldn't say he liked it first
and continued to seduce him with nonverbal expressions.

"I don't think it's going to work now that I've allowed my fingers."

[Come to the place where Eran confessed]

At the back of the note, there was once again a destination for him to go.

He headed to Lice's lab, feeling his head beating.

Did you know that he sometimes went in alone and stayed up all night in the lab
where she had lost her owner and his time had stopped?

There was a small box in the drawer where he found his resignation and tore it apart.

When I opened the box, it was empty inside and there was only a note.

[Isn't it time to define our relationship in other documents instead of our torn
resignation?]

"Ha..."

[Where we used to sleep together, decorate my favorite place]

After reading the instructions in the back, he quickly went to the mirror.

Lice's favorite thing was his face.

I trimmed my hair one more time, checked again to see if the outfit was weird, and
carefully opened my face just in case there was any fatigue.

As he entered his room as if he were walking on clouds, Lice smiled brightly and sat
on his bed. There was.

"Wait a minute!"

As soon as she saw him, she quickly stopped him from hugging him, and she led his
hand and calmly sat next to her.

She wrapped her little hands around his cheeks and grinned.

"You've come prepared well."

"I could have made it prettier, but it was too urgent."

"I thought so."

Having been eye contact with him for a while, she slowly pulled his left hand.

Then he put a shiny ring on his fourth finger.

Eran realized that the ring was originally inside the empty box in the lab.

"You bought my ring too expensive. It took me a long time to collect my salary to
meet the price."

Lice once told Eran that she would collect monthly medical researchers'
salaries and buy him a ring.

Since then, Eran has not said anything, so she was a little upset that she seemed to
have forgotten the promise, but she had not said a word because she was afraid it
would be burdensome.

"No... you can really buy me anything..."

"No, I'll wear them forever."

When he looked at the ring and murmured as if he couldn't believe it, Lietzsche spoke
softly.

"I'm doing it because I'm afraid you'll never be able to propose to me because you
and my family are watching."

Eran blames himself once again for his stupidity.

I can't believe Lice, who knows everything like this, will forget her promise about the
ring.

"Right now it's too much, and how about getting married just a year later today? I
know you've been waiting so far."

"I... I like everything..."

He gave a puzzled answer, frowning and muttering.

"Oh, my. When I confessed to you, I was in such a hurry that I couldn't do this
beautifully."

"That's right. Just give a ring to someone who's not prepared at all."

"I couldn't help it because you were waiting so eagerly for your coming of age. I was
so patient that I thought I was going to die."

"I won't die if I hold it in. Anyway, there's nothing urgent, so I prepared it slowly. Of
course I know you'll accept it, so I'm not nervous, so if you put your heart through it,
the ball will be similar."

At Lice's snapping remarks, Eran ended up laughing again.

"Of course my mother helped me."

"Oh, so..."

"What?"

"My mother was stacking up the catalog three years ago."

"Yes... he said he'd study wedding dresses. You have to look at it carefully from three
years ago to see the trend."

Just imagining Liche in a wedding dress was so good that Eran felt ticklish all over.

"This is the last note."

Liche shyly handed over a note himself.

[Now sleep together for countless nights] Then we can protect each other from things
that are scarier than the night. ]
From childhood until now, the days we spent together in writing the ball began to
pass through my head.

Even in this spacious and lonely room, Lice's small hands together may not be
essentially different from when everything was okay.

Because she was still the world itself to Eran.

"I'll take you tomorrow."

He whispered, sweeping Lice's brown hair.

"Stay with me tonight, too. "

"Like childhood?"

"Oh, no."

He laughed, pressing his lips against her forehead.

"Now I can't sleep with my hands in my hands."

I said I could wait all my life, but the rest of the year suddenly became painful.

Eran wouldn't let Lice go until she struggled to breathe.

The conversation after facing the skin in the dark continued like a dream.

"Where shall we go for our honeymoon?"

"Anywhere but the Duchy of Miles."

"Wouldn't it be a hassle to prepare for the wedding? Actually, I'm busy with my work
to care about that."

"Mother will take care of it."

"That's true. Actually, it was good at my birthday party."

"I think I'll be very happy. I can't imagine. What if I faint because I'm so happy to see
you that day? "

"I'll give you a good first aid. You can't be widowed from the first day of marriage.
Just watch your head when you faint."

It's a year from now, but I thought I could stay up all night just by sharing my
imagination.

The sweet conversation between the two lovers who think about the future continued.

"I'll let you eat right here when you wake up in the morning. You sleep a lot in the
morning and you don't eat much in the morning."

"Oh, good."

"And I'll take you to the capital every day so you won't be late.Of course, I pick you
up even though I'm going to leave work, and I can't stay out even if I get off work
late. I can't sleep."

"My dad may be a little upset, but he'll accept it because he's always working with
me."

"Then. I gave up 20 hours with tears in my eyes."

Eran sighed slightly.

"Yes... life won't go my way."

"But isn't it a happy life? Because I'm here."

"Of course."

A soft touch wrapped around the waist once again.

"And there are only days left to be happier."

Side story 2. Propose

end
Side story ( 8 )

Better than a dream

"How are you doing today?"

"It's not bad. Don't worry about it. What about Cedrian?"

"Diel is playing with me until my grandfather comes."

I was lying in bed eating blueberries from Eran.

I was in the early stages of pregnancy, so I was lying on a peacock all day without
going to work.

Actually, I haven't been to work for a long time, but less than half a year after I gave
birth to Cedrian, I became pregnant with my second child. It's because of the flag.

Year-in-year ......

I was shocked when I gave birth to Cedrian, so it was already terrible to think of
going into labor again.

But when I think of Cedrian, who's still pretty these days, I have another wobbly
baby. It was good.

The child's name was decided entirely by his aunt, who eventually decided to be
Cedrian, saying that one letter should be the same as his name.

Using the name of the child's grandfather as Middleame, our first child's name
became Cedrian Kaelen-Serious.

Of course, Dad was bitterly opposed to the name - Adrian Arga Serius! - but made a
dramatic compromise on the condition that he had the right to name a second name.

"Is there anything else you want to eat? Do you still want fruit?"

"Yes, but you don't have to procure 50,000 kinds of fruits all over the continent.
Anything that's sour is fine."
"There could be something more palatable."

After feeding all the blueberries, Eran began to peel the peaches.

"If there's anything else you want to eat, let me know anytime."

When I was pregnant with Cedrian, when I said I wanted to eat meat, I remembered
that I had even brought meat from rare animals that I didn't even know existed.

Even the grill was baked in a wide variety of ways to choose the most delicious food,
so I had to taste a hundred different kinds of meat.

I heard a knock as I was flapping medical books while eating a piece of peach that
Eran picked up with a fork.

"May I come in?"

Grandfather walked with Cedrian in his arms, and I shouted with a straight face.

"Grandpa! You have bad joints, don't hug him! Cedrian, come on down."

Eran quickly embraced Cedrian.

Grandfather answered with a sigh.

"I wanted to hug you so much. I stopped him on the d-do...."

"It's true that you've been feeling better lately, but you still have to be careful."

"Okay, okay."

But I didn't think my words would be useful because my grandfather's love had now
completely moved from me to Cedrian.

Later, if Cedrian whined to hug him again, he would surely hug him, saying, "Huh, I'll
hug you."

"Hey, you look like a genius."

Grandpa couldn't take his eyes off Cedrian and said.

"When you hear a sound, you turn around, you show me something new, you stare at
me..."

"That's in common with all babies, grandpa."

"But we, Cedrian, are different."

The grandfather said happily, tapping the baby's plump cheek, which he had just
begun to hold his throat, but could not even sit alone yet.

"I'm sure our Liche did, too. I heard he takes after his mother a lot."

"Really, Eran?"

Eran tilted his head and murmured.

"I'm supposed to look like my father except for my eyes..."

"What about your personality?"

"Well, she's kind of... extreme, isn't she?"

My grandfather and I exchanged glances at the words.

The hypothesis that the son resembles his mother was certainly plausible. Although it
was not yet the stage to know the character of our Cedrian, there was still hope in his
personality.

"Well, Cedrian looks just like me, and the rest look like Eran..."

I smiled and looked at Cedrian holding his collar in Eran's arms.

The black hair and long legs already resemble Eran, but the green round eyes
resemble me.
"Then what is it about rejecting the nanny and sticking to Diel?"

Eran hugged Cedrian and asked sharply.

It was my grandfather who answered the question.

"As expected, our great-grandchild is a genius."

"What?"

"It's instinctive to know who's the best listener."

"Ah..."

Eran murmured, looking at all the fruits in front of me, as if they were miserable.

"If I'm still worse than Diel after all this effort..."

His dim eyes gradually began to caress me.

"There's only one way to become the best listener..."

"That's why Cedrian is a genius!"

I cut in quickly before I was young to live in Eran's voice.

"Diel knows there's no one to take care of, and he's right on the spot!"

"Yes, yes. He's a genius. What did I say?"

Grandfather happily reached out his finger to Cedrian.

Peace came to us again to see Cedrian's small hand wrapped around his grandfather's
index finger.

"I'm sure our second child is smart enough, too, right? If he's a son, I think he should
name him Adrian as his father-in-law wants this time."

"It's my daughter."

I said, wringing my stomach that hadn't come out yet. Eran tilted his head and asked.
"Huh? You don't know the gender yet, do you?"

"I just know. I think it's a daughter."

As soon as I dreamed, I forgot the children's appearance in a flash, but I clearly

remembered that they were one son and one daughter in precognition.

Cedrian already knew that there were many things to go through in the early stages
of pregnancy.

It will become heavier gradually, and it will be difficult to walk because you are out of
breath during the last month.

It must really hurt terribly when you have a baby there.

She screamed when she gave birth to Cedrian, and at the end she tore off Eran's hair.

When he returns to the medical research team, he sincerely vowed to make drugs
that will relieve his labor pains unconditionally.

I'm afraid the return will be delayed because of my second child.

After giving birth to Cedrian, I cried a little because I remembered my mother.

How hard it must have been for my mother to give birth to me, trembling with
anxiety in the worst environment, even though she endured the expectation, blessing,
and support of so many people.

At the same time, I understood my mother's heart to save me until the end.

So I decided once more to live happily and happily to my mother's share.

Even if I'm in the same position, I think I'd want a happy life for Cedrian.

***
"Liche, are you home already?"

"Look, Dad."

I took off my lab uniform with a cry.

"I've been working overtime for 10 days already. I have a family, too."

"But what if other researchers think you get preferential treatment just because
you're my daughter..."

"Would you like to see my work log? My overtime hours are the most."

"...hmm."

"I didn't want to say this, but they're going to forget their mother's face. I always go
in when I sleep."

When I noticed my dad's pupils shaking, I sighed more exaggeratedly.

"So I've done my share of the experiment last night, too. "

When I spoke pitifully, one of the researchers, Charlotte, helped me.

"No one here would think that Mrs. Cerseus would benefit, Count. A lot of research is
proof."

With Charlotte's support, I looked at my dad in triumph, and he sighed and nodded.
It was.

"Yes, of course. Go early today."

"Thank you!"

Just because you're a father doesn't mean you don't want to listen to my wishes.

However, my father was worried that my research results might not be recognized
objectively because of my blood relationship with him.
At this rate, I would be the next head of the research team, but the reason why it
seems like a hereditary succession is because neither of us wanted it.

When I saw my father's face smiling, I quickly took off my lab coat.

It's been a long time since I left work at the height of the day, so I was excited to ride
in the carriage.

Today was Cedrian's fourth birthday, so I really wanted to be with him for as long as
possible.

"Oh, Liche."

When I arrived at the Duchess, my mother ran out.

"Didn't you say you were coming so early?"

"I begged my dad. What about Cedrian and Yuria? "

"Erann took me out earlier. I have a bad memory, but I heard you're going to pick
cherries, do you remember any place?"

"Yes, I think I know."

It must be the same hill I climbed with Eran as a child and was bitten by a snake
instead.

There were definitely a lot of cherry trees there.

I went out to look for Eran and the children with light steps, with no time to breathe.

I saw them this morning, but I can't wait to see them. The sky was blue and high.

Four-year-old Cedrian was still slow, so I could catch up with them quickly.

As soon as I could see the silhouette of Eran and the two children who were too big, I
paused for a moment and looked still at their back.
Eran arrived on the green lawn and laid down the holding yuria.

The children's laughter rang on the green lawn, and Eran was setting up under the
shade of a tree.

"Mom! Mom!"

Cedrian found me first and started running on small feet.

"Mom? Mom!"

After my brother, Yuria also ran and hit me.

"I heard you're going to be late today."

Quite clearly, Cedrian spoke, and I replied by stroking my son's black hair.

"I came early because it was Cedrian's birthday."

"Sedrian would be nice. I saw my mom so quickly."

Before I knew it, Eran kissed my forehead and grinned.

"Of course I like myself better in that sense."

"What?"

"I was thinking I wanted to see you anyway."

"I saw it this morning..."

"If you can't see it, you want to see it. I haven't given up on my 20-hour dream yet."

Suddenly, I thought that I had this dream.

Blue, high sky, green grass, lovely children...

Other than that, everything was blurry, so I didn't have to remember it in detail.

It was because it was clear that he would be much happier than in the dream
anyway.

Better than a dream.

End