A Contract Marriage with My Child’s Father - Chapter 30

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Chapter 30

 

Though I had been suddenly dragged here and was being suspected, I actually didn’t feel unpleasant about it.

 

‘Rather, it’s natural that they don’t trust me.’

 

I knew that Celia was acting this way because of her ill feelings toward me.

 

But setting aside whether she had ill feelings or not, thinking about it coldly, these were suspicions worth raising.

 

Until recently, I was nothing more than an outsider with no connection to the Duke’s family.

 

Yet how long had it been since I entered the Duke’s household before I suddenly claimed that a deadly poison was a way to treat an incurable disease? It was natural that my words would be hard to believe.

 

But my claim that this was a treatment method really wasn’t a lie.

 

After all, it was information from the original story.

 

In 『The Future Saint』, the discovery of a cure for Tamutarbang was purely by chance.

 

‘More accurately, it would be right to call it the female lead’s buff?’

 

So the beginning of the incident started when an assassin infiltrated and fed Jayden Gamjongcho.

 

Even though he was a patient, Jayden had dragon blood that was almost immune to poison.

 

Normally, it would have been just a small incident where he’d have a fever for a day, but the problem was that Melody had no idea about this fact.

 

Thinking that Jayden might die soon, Melody tearfully fed him pointed leaf grass.

 

‘Now Gamjongcho might be the assassins’ 3rd favorite poison, but that’s only the current story.’

 

In the future 7 years later when Melody was around, it was hardly used.

 

This was because the antidote to Gamjongcho was discovered. That was precisely the pointed leaf grass.

 

“Woo woo. Woo woo. Waaaaah!”

 

After detoxification, Jayden woke up crying and was moved by seeing Melody worry about him, becoming a sister-obsessed fool.

 

But that night, something strange happened.

 

The pain he always felt when sleeping due to Tamutarbang completely disappeared.

 

It was the first time this had happened since his condition had considerably worsened.

 

Cain immediately investigated the cause and thus discovered the interaction between pointed leaf grass and Gamjongcho. Specifically, that pointed leaf grass’s effect of suppressing dragon energy became stronger in the process of detoxifying Gamjongcho’s poison.

 

In other words, if those two were properly mixed together, they would become an excellent medicine that could improve Jayden’s condition.

 

But this was only evidence that would work from my perspective of knowing the original story.

 

‘It’s definitely worth suspecting.’

 

Though Celia was acting this way because of malice toward me, this was a separate issue.

 

Misunderstandings that anyone could have because I hadn’t proven it. And I had a duty to resolve such suspicions.

 

‘No matter how much I talk, the doubts won’t be resolved.’

 

…Then I might as well take it directly and prove its effectiveness.

 

It was something I would have had to do eventually anyway. The timing just happened to be now.

 

As she said, I couldn’t give something dangerous that I couldn’t even eat myself to a child like Jayden.

 

Without hesitation, I put the poisonous herb in my hand into my mouth and swallowed it.

 

“Lady Viola, what is this…!”

 

Even though he had urged me to do it, Conrad grabbed my arm to stop me as if he hadn’t expected me to actually eat it.

 

Unlike the urgent Conrad, Celia became even more triumphant.

 

“Don’t tell me you’re going to pretend to die now? Are you trying to gain sympathy with that?”

 

But that’s when it happened.

 

“Viola!”

 

Cain, who had returned to the study, seemed to grasp the entire situation and immediately rushed toward me.

 

Before the poison could circulate through my body, I hurriedly took out the antidote I had kept in my pocket and swallowed it. It was something I had made from pointed leaf grass as a test earlier.

 

Wow. But this was my first time swallowing such a strong poison…

 

How long had it been since I ate it before poisoning symptoms immediately began? My vision seemed to spin.

 

Ugh, I’m dizzy. I swayed without realizing it, and Cain caught my collapsing body and held me in his arms.

 

“Are you insane? What were you thinking, eating poisonous herbs…!”

 

On his usually expressionless face, there was undeniable anger visible at this moment.

 

Is he angry? Why? Oh, come to think of it, didn’t I forget to mention I had an antidote? My head wasn’t working well, probably because of the poison.

 

“Haha, I’m sorry. It is quite poisonous… I did take the antidote right away though.”

 

I forced my weakening lips upward and smiled, but this didn’t seem to be the answer he wanted, as his eyes looked somehow complicated.

 

“Spit it out.”

 

He cupped my cheek and tried to force my mouth open. Come to think of it, there was a similar incident earlier… My mind was hazy so I couldn’t remember well.

 

“It’s too late for that… If I spit it out, the antidote would come out first…”

 

The scary thing about sweet death was that it was absorbed immediately upon consumption and spread quickly.

 

If I forced myself to vomit in this state, I might only spit out the innocent antidote and really die.

 

“Ah, but don’t worry… When I give it to Young Master Jayden, there won’t be such problems…”

 

I was like this because I ate raw poisonous herbs, but I would properly process it before giving it to Jayden, so there would be no problems.

 

I wanted to convey this thought to Cain, but the words wouldn’t come out well.

 

“You call that talking right now!”

 

I seemed to hear him getting angry again, but I wasn’t certain.

 

I was just so sleepy.

 

It didn’t seem to be because of the poisonous herb, so maybe it was because of the antidote. It might be good to change the mixture slightly…

 

The thought couldn’t continue to the end. I ended up fainting in Cain’s arms.

 

* * *

 

The moment Viola fainted, Cain couldn’t say anything.

 

It felt like his heart had dropped with a thud.

 

‘Did I get startled? Why?’

 

Even when facing magical beasts and crossing the line between life and death countless times, he had never felt like this.

 

But if he wasn’t startled, then how could he explain this reaction?

 

His life had always been clear, but at this moment, an unidentifiable confusion consumed him.

 

His heart pounded strongly like an angry person. The thundering rhythm was unfamiliar. The muscles in his clenched jaw naturally tensed up.

 

“See! I knew this would happen. She collapsed! It’s a dangerous poisonous herb… Huh!”

 

Celia, who had been triumphantly raising her voice without grasping the atmosphere, couldn’t finish her words and immediately shut her mouth.

 

Her triumphant attitude disappeared in an instant and she began trembling.

 

Even so, Celia had a puzzled expression.

 

‘Why, why am I like this?’

 

Since entering the manor, today was the first time she had faced Cain this closely.

 

He was always away from the manor hunting magical beasts.

 

So she should quickly boast to him about today’s achievements. But for some reason, no words came out.

 

Clearly there was nothing there, yet a terrible sense of intimidation pressed down on her entire body as if she had encountered a giant monster.

 

Eventually, her legs gave out and she collapsed with a thud.

 

That unpleasant sensation she felt when facing Jayden. What she had perceived as mere discomfort came dozens, hundreds of times stronger, and her entire body was consumed by fear.

 

It didn’t seem to be just her imagination, as even the servants surrounding them were trembling in the same way.

 

“Everyone out.”

 

Cain’s words were extremely concise, but no further expression was needed.

 

The servants all rushed out urgently. When Celia couldn’t get up, two servants dragged her out.

 

Finally, the surroundings became quiet.

 

Cain looked down at Viola in his arms. Her already milk-white face had turned deathly pale.

 

Even though she had taken an antidote, she had still swallowed poisonous herbs.

 

‘How could her body be normal?’

 

This woman couldn’t have been unaware of that. So why on earth?

 

Even a newborn squirrel that didn’t know what food was wouldn’t do such a thing. Did this woman have no survival instincts whatsoever?

 

No matter how much she had an antidote, voluntarily eating poisonous herbs?

 

His grip gradually tightened, but Cain forced himself to regain his composure.

 

The reason could be dealt with later.

 

For now, the priority was to lay her body down comfortably.

 

“Your Grace, I’ll do it.”

 

Conrad reached out his arms as if to carry Viola himself, but Cain only gestured with his chin for him to step aside.

 

“It’s fine. I’ll do it.”

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