episode_0172

Lightning struck the Rochelle family once again.

This was because the head of the family, who had gone down to the dungeon, and the princess who was trapped in the dungeon collapsed and escaped.

The matriarch even seemed to be out of her mind, and the princess had a lot of blood around her mouth, probably because she had vomited blood.

“What… … ?Jenea collapsed?”

“Come to your senses! We are knights! What can we do because we are shaken!”

The Rochelle family, which was already in turmoil due to the previous head of the family’s poisoning, had no choice but to be greatly shaken by another incident that suddenly occurred.

The knights who heard this news first rushed out and started looking for Priscilla in order to save the head of the family and the princess.

The fact that Priscilla was majoring in herbalism and potions was a fact known to most people who had recently graduated from the academy.

[Priscilla! Priscilla!!]

Priscilla, who was taking a leisurely walk to clear her complicated mind, suddenly heard a commotion and a voice searching for her, so she trembled and looked around.

“What… … ?”

I don’t think it’s time to call it dinner time. I have a strong feeling that they are looking for me because something urgent has happened… … .

Priscilla thought that rather than trying to figure out the situation here, it would be better to receive information about the situation directly from those who were looking for her, so she walked towards the direction where the sound was coming from.

At the source of the sound that arrived, several people who appeared to be knights and employees were looking for Priscilla, shouting her name.

“Where are you! Priscilla!!”

“I’ll look over there and come back!”

What on earth happened to make them look for me so desperately? Priscilla approached them, deliberately pretending to be popular.

“What’s going on?”

“… … !! Priscilla!! Please help!”

When they found Priscilla, they immediately approached her and asked for help.

Priscilla, who was standing in bewilderment at a situation she could not even imagine, blinked and answered.

“Yes? Suddenly, what is that――”

“Jenea and Princess Charlotte are in critical condition!!”

The moment she heard the words come out of the knight’s mouth, Priscilla felt dizzy.

“… … What?”

“No time to explain! First of all, I will take you to where Princess Charlotte is right now, so please be patient for a moment!”

Before Priscilla could come to her senses, the driver picked her up and started running.

Priscilla was momentarily taken aback by the suddenness of the situation, but then realized that the situation was urgent enough to touch the nobleman’s body, so she kept her mouth shut and surrendered herself to the knight’s arms.

After running through the mansion and arriving in front of a room, the driver dropped Priscilla off and immediately opened the tightly closed door. At the same time, a foul fishy smell and the fishy smell of blood came out.

“Ugh, what on earth is this…? … . Charlotte!?”

Surprisingly, the owner of the stench was Charlotte, who was lying in bed.

why? Before she could express her question, Priscilla approached Charlotte and made the maids who were cleaning her body step aside and inspected her condition.

‘There’s nothing wrong with my body. I think it’s probably because the internal injuries haven’t completely healed yet. I’ve been checking the condition ever since I took the medicine at the health room, but there’s no sign of it getting any worse.’

In that case, this is probably caused by an external problem, an environmental problem, rather than Charlotte’s problem. Like I heard at the time, it was probably because I was in a dungeon.

What on earth were they thinking, putting a sick child in a dungeon… … ! Priscilla gritted her teeth as she burned, but eventually remembered that all of this had happened because of her, and kept her mouth shut.

“… … .”

In the end, Priscilla couldn’t say anything and just looked at Charlotte’s physical condition, and a maid who was watching Priscilla swallow her dry saliva and carefully opened her mouth.

“Um, Priscilla… … . Miss Charlotte, are you okay… … ?”

In response to the maid’s question, Priscilla thought there was no need to cause any more confusion in this situation and opened her mouth.

“… … It’s quite stable now, and it’s because the environment isn’t good, so if you clean your room and body and get some rest, you’ll get better.”

“Ha, but you vomited blood… … .”

“I will make a potion and bring it to you, so don’t worry and take good care of Charlotte in the meantime.”

When I said that and closed my mouth, the maid who had asked the question slowly nodded.

Priscilla, who confirmed that Charlotte’s condition was now quite stable, remembered that she had heard that not only Charlotte’s condition but also Genea’s condition was not that good, and decided that there was no time to blame herself, so she quietly stood up.

“Now, please guide me to where my sister is.”

“Yes, I understand. Please follow me.”

Priscilla caught her breath as she followed behind the knight. I held on with the thought that I couldn’t show a disheveled appearance here.

okay. It’s enough to blame yourself after everything is over. Priscilla thought so and followed the knight. The driver stopped not far from Charlotte’s room.

“This is it.”

At the knight’s words, Priscilla took a deep breath and nodded, and upon seeing that, the knight slowly opened the door.

In the room were five knights, the head butler, and the head maid. Those who held important responsibilities for the family were gathered together.

And on the bed in the center of the room sat Genea, the pillar of the family. At first glance, there was nothing wrong with it.

There was no blood on it, nor was there any trauma. Priscilla slowly approached Genea, and those around her swallowed dry saliva and looked at Priscilla.

“Sister… … ?”

In the room where everyone was silent, Priscilla quietly called Genea. However, Genea did not show any response to Priscilla’s call.

Something is strange. It was very wrong. Priscilla, who sensed this, began examining Genea’s body with trembling hands.

I put my finger under my nose to check if I was breathing, and I also checked my wrist to see if my heart was beating. There were no externally visible injuries. Judging by the normal breathing sounds, it was not likely that there was a respiratory problem.

“By any chance, is the dungeon filled with mental magic or curses?”

“No. Because the underground prison is used as a temporary residence for criminals before heading to the trial, no such traps are installed.”

It is neither a trauma nor an internal injury. It is not a mental magic or a curse.

Priscilla vaguely realized why Genea had become like this, but could not open her mouth.

‘The husband who died while vomiting blood, and the daughter who was suspicious were not guilty no matter how much I thought about it, and went to the dungeon to personally apologize for that, but what caught my sister’s eyes was the sight of Charlotte fainting and vomiting blood. ?’

Priscilla, who was breathing hard from the guilt that threatened to strangle her, tried to say her sister’s name, but could not.

I couldn’t even say I was sorry. What right do I have to say something like that? Priscilla had a hunch as she gently put down Genea’s hand.

All he can do now is giggle and think about his sins and tremble in fear about the terrible future ahead.

“… … .”

Priscilla, who was looking at Genea’s condition as she sat as if she were dead, felt such terrible guilt that she wanted to hang herself and die right now.

“… … Is there no way?”

Priscilla responded in a trembling voice to the knight’s gloomy voice coming from behind her.

“For me… … . There is no way… … .”

In fact, there was no way at all. If you make her drink an forgetfulness potion that erases her memories, Genea will definitely return to normal in no time.

But can we say that she, who has lost her memory, is the real Genea? Isn’t it like stitching a torn, dead heart together with thread and playing with a doll with that thread?

‘I can’t do that… … .’

Even just now, I feel like I’m going to die from the guilt, but if I commit more sins here, I’ll die. I really can’t hold on any longer.

Priscilla chewed her lip and raised her head, and only then was she able to make eye contact with Genea.

“Ah… … .”

Genea’s eyes, with her head down, were empty and empty, like a dead animal.

The brilliant intelligence of the past, the reason that softly illuminated the future, and even the emotions did not remain in her eyes.

“Sorry… … .”

Priscilla, who saw Genea’s eyes like that, couldn’t stand the fact that her beloved sister had become like this because of her, so she got up and went outside.

“Ha… … . ha… … .”

As soon as Priscilla left the room, she ran outside. After escaping from the mansion, I took a deep breath as it felt like I had been submerged in deep water.

My heart was pounding like crazy, my face was so hot, it felt like it had become a ball of fire.

“Ugh, huh… … .”

It’s because of me. Because of me, my sister and Charlotte… … . Because of my foolishness, because I did something pointless… … .

Priscilla, who was out of breath and blaming herself, suddenly came to her senses when she felt a stabbing pain in her wrist and looked down.

Her wrists had clear fingernail marks and a little blood leaking out.

“It hurts… … .”

It hurt, but strangely enough, it felt like my complicated and painful feelings were being relieved a little.

“It hurts, it hurts… … . Ugh… … . Tsk… … .”

For atonement, Priscilla cut her own wrists with her own hands, hoping that her wrists would hurt more than her rotting heart.

Until the sleeves of the white gown turn red.

Until the guilt weighing you down disappears.