A Fortune-telling Princess - Chapter 355

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Chapter 25. Rio Goes to the Academy
“Camilla!”
Thud thud thud thud!
Duke Sefra’s Residence.
Camilla, who had been sitting in an armchair in the living room sipping tea, let out a soft laugh as she watched the small child rushing toward her.
Camilla had only recently returned from the Gracia Empire, and the reason she was visiting Duke Sefra’s Residence today was because it was an exceptionally special day.
“How do I look?”
“Splendid.”
Rio was wearing a school uniform—the Academy uniform, to be precise.
“Sena is wearing one too!”
Behind Rio, Sena appeared with a shy expression on her face. She was also dressed in the Academy uniform.
‘Me… me too?’
‘Yes.’
‘Will I… really be allowed to go to a place like that?’
‘You don’t want to go?’
‘That’s not it…’
‘Then it’s settled.’
When Duke Sefra had first suggested that Sena enroll at the Academy alongside Rio, the girl had been utterly bewildered and didn’t know what to do.
Sena, who had never properly studied a day in her life, was anxious about whether she even deserved to attend such a place.
Wasn’t the Academy a place only for the wealthy and talented?
‘Absolutely not. Just go and study hard, that’s all you need to do.’
‘Yes…’
‘There are plenty of people mentally inferior to you, so don’t worry at all.’
It was Camilla who had patted Sena’s back and eased her anxiety.
And today was finally the day the two children would attend the Academy for the first time.
“Our little sweethearts, you’ll do wonderfully, won’t you?”
“Yes!”
Camilla gently caressed Rio’s cheek as he answered with vigor, and her gaze turned toward something else.
She could see Duke Sefra and Arsian slowly descending the staircase.
“What are you two doing?”
“Hm?”
“What do you mean?”
Camilla’s eyes narrowed as she looked at the two of them.
“Why aren’t you getting ready right now?”
“Ready for what?”
“To go to the Academy.”
Camilla frowned slightly at the sight of Arsian and Duke Sefra in casual clothes.
“Ready? For what exactly?”
“To go to the Academy.”
“…”
“….”
Camilla’s eyes narrowed further as she watched the two men standing there, utterly bewildered and unable to comprehend what she was saying.
“The children are enrolling, and you’re not going to accompany them?”
“The butler will go.”
“You’re only sending the butler?”
“…Do we have to go as well?”
“Of course you do.”
All the other children would have their parents attending, yet our little ones would be sent off with only a butler? Absolutely not.
“You’ll take photographs as well.”
Offer encouragement and congratulations!
“You need to show everyone.”
“Show them what?”
“Who stands behind our children.”
“….”
“Why else would the others bother attending the enrollment ceremony?”
They come to ensure their own children don’t feel inferior!
Camilla glared at Duke Sefra, who remained standing motionless, her eyes blazing with silent reproach. What are you doing just standing there?
“…I’ll prepare myself.”
Faced with Camilla’s fierce gaze, Duke Sefra—who had never once attended an enrollment ceremony in his life—awkwardly made his way toward his room.
“What are you doing? You prepare yourself too.”
“…Yes.”
Witnessing Duke Sefra’s predicament, Arsian offered no resistance and quietly headed straight to his own room.
‘Sigh.’
There’s still so much I need to teach them, so very much.
Watching the two of them, Camilla shook her head softly.
At Arsian’s graduation ceremony last time, Duke Sefra had questioned why he needed to attend at all, so she’d forcefully drilled it into him.
A graduation ceremony was an event that any parent, barring exceptional circumstances, absolutely had to attend.
‘I won’t let our little ones feel that loneliness.’
When she lived as Sia in Issia, her parents had never once attended her enrollment or graduation ceremonies, and Camilla knew that desolation better than anyone.
“Uncle and big brother are coming with us?”
“Yes.”
“Yay!”
Watching Rio bounce excitedly and Sena smile faintly at the news that both of them would be attending, Camilla couldn’t hide her own satisfied expression.
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“…This is the Herb of Immortality?”
“Yes.”
“Eating this extends one’s lifespan by ten years?”
“That’s correct.”
“Ha, you expect me to believe that now?”
Duke Jebillen let out a scoff. Now they were bringing him some ridiculous herb to peddle? This was beyond absurd!
“Of course you wouldn’t believe me.”
Camilla responded with a gentle smile, as if she fully understood Duke Jebillen’s skepticism.
“However, I’ve already visited the Pharmacy and completed all verification procedures. It’s even documented in the ancient texts.”
“Ancient texts?”
“Yes. If you’d like, I can show them to you right now.”
Faced with Camilla’s seamless response, Duke Jebillen examined the herb before him more carefully.
“My lifespan extended just from eating a single blade of grass?”
Duke Jebillen still couldn’t shake the suspicion in his eyes. Could such an herb truly exist in this world?
“That’s what I’m saying. Isn’t it truly remarkable? The ancient texts—shall I show you right now?”
Camilla had already gathered all the necessary materials in preparation for this very moment.
She herself had been astonished. The herbs that Able had taught her to harvest possessed the exact miraculous properties she had described—they were genuinely precious medicinal plants.
‘They reeked of death when I was digging them up.’
Still, with a glimmer of hope that perhaps one in ten thousand might turn out to be a valuable herb, I had dug diligently.
And yet they truly were herbs without equal in this world—extraordinarily rare.
‘W-where did you obtain these?’
‘Are these really genuine herbs?’
‘Wait, wait just a moment, please!’
When I visited a reputable Pharmacy within the Empire and showed the herbs, absolute chaos erupted.
The Pharmacist, the shop’s proprietor, hurried into the back room and emerged carrying an ancient-looking tome.
‘Look here! This herb—it matches perfectly, doesn’t it? It’s called Polateon, also known as the Herb of Immortality.’
‘I see. Couldn’t it just be a similar-looking plant?’
‘If you immerse it in this solution, you’ll know! If this is truly the Herb of Immortality, this liquid will become perfectly transparent and purified.’
The Pharmacist brought forth a liquid with a deep crimson hue and instructed me to place the herb within it.
Following the Pharmacist’s instructions, I placed the herb into the liquid, and moments later, I witnessed the dark red liquid transform into a clear, crystalline transparency.
‘Where did you obtain this? I’ll purchase all of it!’
‘Here, consider it compensation for your trouble.’
‘No, no compensation is necessary! Just sell me all the herbs.’
‘That won’t be possible.’
‘If not all of it, then at least some….’

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