episode_0016

Lunch that day. Today again, as usual, I asked Mel to prepare tea, and I was leisurely looking out at the garden from the balcony.

Suddenly, a hidden path inside the garden came into view. I remembered scraping and drying the latex of a poppy the other day.

“A person like me forgot that.”

Umm… … . I guess I’ll have to sneak out this evening and check. Even though I hid it, I can’t relax.

While I was thinking for a moment, I heard the door clicking open and the wheels of the moving tray rolling across the floor.

I glanced briefly to see who had entered the room, and realized that it was Sarah, not Mel, who had entered the room. At the sound of the balcony door opening, I smiled and turned around.

“Good job, me… … . Sera… … ?”

“That… … . miss… … .”

I pretended to be surprised, opened my eyes wide, and got up from the chair. Sarah trembled in shock at the sight of me like that and immediately fell to her knees.

When I saw that my complexion was better than before, it was just as I thought. It seemed like I followed Mel’s advice and gave the matriarch medicine I got from a drug store.

“Well, what happened last time. I’m really sorry… … . do. I just… … . I want to get a little closer to you… … . So, let’s get a little greedy… … . No, I didn’t mean to say this… … .”

“… … .”

Sarah, who stuttered several times, looked up at me with trembling eyes. Then, I forced myself to raise the corners of my mouth to smile.

However, the eyes looked like they were going to cry at any moment, the lifeless eyes, the frown, and the smile that was difficult to put on. It gave off a strange feeling, as if a torn human being had been forcibly pieced together.

“I… … . I gave medicine to the head of the family. Now, you will get better now! therefore… … . So please don’t throw it away… … . I will do better in the future. I will work harder. If you tell me to crawl on the ground, and if you tell me to lick my feet, I will do that. If you tell me to die… … . I could die… … !! So please, please don’t throw it away… … .”

It was such a pitiful look and such an earnest request, but I deliberately avoided Sarah’s gaze.

After enjoying the sight of Sarah trying to despair once again for a moment, she slowly opened her mouth.

“I understand what Sarah said. but… … . I also need some time… … . So, can you give me a little time… … ?”

Although it wasn’t a definitive answer, Sarah’s face began to brighten at the answer that gave her a clear reprieve. Soon tears flowed down Sarah’s cheeks. Sarah bit her lip to silence her voice and began wiping her tears with her sleeve.

In the same situation as in the carriage, I quietly walked over, handed Sarah a handkerchief, and then returned straight to my seat. However, Sarah seemed to think that was enough. No, rather, it seems like this is too much for him. I cried really sadly and smiled brightly.

Laughing while crying? Your eyes are crying but your mouth is smiling? It was difficult to express exactly what it was, but it was an expression that made me wonder if that’s what happens when people break down.

Anyway, Sarah shed tears for a while. In the end, I was able to stop crying only after my eyes became swollen. But the sniffling still persisted, so Mel was eventually called in and prepared tea for Sarah, who shook her hands every time she sniffled.

I drank the black tea that Mel had given me, thinking that I would have to bring Sarah back tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, after I confirmed that the matriarch had woken up.

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The next morning. The head of the family showed his face during meal time.

Maybe my combination diet was right, but he didn’t seem to be overly drugged, and his physical condition seemed to have improved moderately. Did you say that it all depends on how you write it? Even though he took drugs, he didn’t seem to have any problems at all.

Yes, on the surface, that is.

“Father, I’m so glad you’re feeling better… … .”

“Um… … . okay. Thank you… … .”

His reaction was a little slow, and his voice was gentle, perhaps because he was in a good mood. As soon as the medicine wears off, you will become a little sharper than usual. because? Because I ran out of medicine.

And as time passes, the frequency of seeking medicine and the amount of medicine taken at once will increase. The amount of drugs entering your body will gradually increase, and at the end of the day, you will become a half-corpse and not be able to get out of bed.

“Then, eat it.”

Considering the mental strength of the head of the family, it would take about 1 year at the shortest and 2 years at the longest.

It is at that point that the people around them become convinced that something is wrong. It may only take a few days to confirm that the drug they were taking was not a tonic, but a drug, but as they search for the route through which the drugs flowed, it is revealed that a brothel was involved. Time will drag on as some of the nobles become hissed.

No noble, high or low, would want to mess with a brothel, which was a source of money and an outlet for the desires of corrupt nobles.

Well, thinking that the one who fell was the highest-ranking duke out of the five ranks, he went up again to find the culprit, and it took about two years until his younger brother was caught. The younger brother was branded an adulterous child who attempted to assassinate the head of the family and was thrown into the abyss, and the mother fainted from the shock of the child she gave birth to trying to kill the person she loved, and later became weak and became a soldier… … .

I blinked as I looked at my mother, who had become emaciated due to being overly attentive while taking care of the matriarch. If a person had such thin nerves that he became emaciated after just a few days of attention, he would die on his own without me having to cast a curse of weakness, right?

“Huh? Why are you doing this, Charles?”

“I think my mother has become very gaunt.”

“Hehe, are you worried? It’s okay. Don’t worry too much.”

After a total of 4 years like that. I become the head of the dukedom. There is no need to be afraid of a fucking arranged marriage, and there is no need to remain engaged to that rotten crown prince with a loose foundation.

4 years… … . It’s a long enough time, but it’s like I’ve just taken the first step. Things in the mansion will fall into the abyss on their own without me having to worry about it, so now I have to worry about what happens at the academy.

As I was slowly gathering my thoughts while eating the meat of the sea bream, a maid came up behind my mother, who had finished eating and wiped her mouth with a napkin, and whispered something. My mother nodded, looked at me, and smiled.

“Charlotte, Mrs. Amelia sent someone to you.”

Mrs Amelia… … ? Ah, talking about it reminded me of something. We had school uniforms together last time.

“Ah, I think it’s the academy uniform I wore last time I went out.”

When I said that, my mother blinked.

“It’s fall now, but school uniforms are already here. When on earth did you get it right?”

“It was set at the end of July. Roughly… … . I think it took about 5 weeks. Mrs. said she would take care of it, but I had no idea it would take 5 weeks. Hehehe.”

“Academy… … . Hehe, I met him at the academy too. Yes. You?”

“That’s right.”

My mother smiled as she reminisced about old memories, and even though her mind was being eaten away by drugs, she still remembered them clearly. The head of the family also smiled slightly and nodded at her mother’s words.

“How passionately he courted me back then… … . Even thinking about it now makes my heart tremble. Ho ho ho.”

“Hmm… … .”

They really are a great couple. I felt it again and smiled.

“I hope you enjoyed it.”

“Well, it was good. I hope you have a relationship like that too.”

I put down my fork and knife and smiled.

“I have Sargela.”

“Oh, look at my mind. You had Crown Prince Sargela, right? I got so excited about the old story that I made a mistake. Hoho.”

I looked at my mother, who was smiling brightly, and smiled, and then I left the little bit of food there and glanced at the door of the restaurant.

Then the head of the family noticed that and looked at me with a small smile.

“Are you really looking forward to the school uniform?”

“Ah, that. yes… … .”

As I pretended to be embarrassed and lowered my gaze, I heard the laughter of my mother and the matriarch.

“Okay, go ahead and go.”

I bowed my head and walked out of the restaurant at a brisk pace.

Nauseous.

Are you hoping to find a man who will court you passionately? You’ll be lucky if your eyes go back and you don’t get poisoned.

I’m saying this sincerely for my own good, but it’s so nauseating I can’t stand it.

I frowned and walked towards Sarah’s room. Meanwhile, the maid who was bringing in someone who appeared to be a customer stopped me.

“Miss, you are a guest who came to see you.”

“Oh… … . It was my first time seeing Mrs. Praise so loudly that I wondered what kind of person she was. Her glossy hair is a fresh red color like a rose blooming under the hot summer sun in June, and her eyes are a beautiful red color that shines more brilliantly and elegantly than any other jewel… … . It even looks like a sculpture. As Mrs. said, you are truly beautiful!”

This person is also a similar type of person to the clothing store owner. I felt the nausea I had barely suppressed earlier come back to me, but I held it back and smiled.

“Welcome to Rochelle Mansion. Customer.”

“Oops, I was rude in front of the lady. sorry. Uhm, my name is Garman. Mrs. Amelia’s servant and bard. Please feel free to call me Garman.”

The sight of a man nodding, placing his hand on one of his chest and bending down. I was wondering why I had come all the way here, when I could just give him clothes and leave.

Of course, I couldn’t show it openly, so I smiled and covered my mouth with a fan.

“Nice to meet you, Garman. My name is Charlotte La Rochelle.”

“It is truly an honor to meet you. Lady Charlotte.”

Haha I folded the fan while looking at the smiling man.

“So, are you here today to give us school uniforms? If you had sent me a message even if you didn’t have to come, I would have sent someone.”

“Mrs. Lady Charlotte personally went and gave me the clothes and asked me to listen to Lady Charlotte’s opinions on any parts that were uncomfortable or that I didn’t like, so I came here despite being rude.”

“Is that so? Then, I want you to leave behind your clothes and go home today. Rather than saying what you feel in words, it would be cleaner to organize your thoughts and then write them down.”

At the obvious congratulatory message, the man smiled softly and lowered his head.

“If the Lady says she will do it, it would be right for her to do as she wants. Then I will leave now.”

“Yes, thank you for your hard work in coming here.”

The man left the mansion without saying anything, and I sighed loud enough for the man to hear and looked at the maid who brought him in.

“Today is a good day because my father overcame his illness and woke up. I didn’t want to say something rude to someone on a day like that, so I sent it back on purpose. So, I hope you leave a good message to the man named Garman when you see him off.”

“Ah, yes. Okay.”

The maid immediately followed the man down, and I headed back to Sarah’s room.

All unnecessary distractions have now been eliminated.

Now is the time to bring back the puppy you abandoned.