Grand Duke, Please Stop Obsessing Over Your Wife! - Chapter 60

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60.

Anna Rose looked up at the sky in bewilderment.

Then she was horrified.

“The moon is gone!”

The moon that had been perfectly fine just moments ago had vanished without a trace.

She didn’t know what was happening. She thought she should hurry back.

Anna Rose quickened her pace, relying on her lantern.

Just as she was hurrying along without time to look around.

“Excuse me-“

Goosebumps rose on Anna Rose’s neck.

Someone’s hand touched her shoulder.

“Kyaaaah! Get away!”

Due to the darkness, she couldn’t properly identify her opponent.

Anna Rose panicked at the strange man’s appearance and swung her lantern.

Fortunately, the self-defense techniques she had honed shone through.

Along with her scream, Anna Rose’s body moved reflexively.

She lifted her head to strike the opponent’s jaw and immediately thrust the stick she carried for self-defense into his solar plexus.

“Ugh…!”

The opponent collapsed to the ground with a death cry.

Anna Rose immediately ran through the forest without looking back.

‘I’m lucky it’s a familiar path. I arrived properly even in the dark.’

As soon as she arrived at the monastery, she went straight to her room and closed the door.

“Huh?”

She belatedly discovered an object caught on the end of her self-defense stick.

“Is this something from the man I met earlier? It must have fallen off when I stabbed him.”

When she untangled the necklace caught on the stick, there was a very expensive-looking pendant.

“Wait. This is the Imperial Family’s emblem!”

The strange man was not an ordinary person.

Since the Emperor wouldn’t give items with this emblem to just anyone, he was at least someone from the Imperial Family.

‘But the Capital and the Northwest Region are far apart. There’s no reason for Imperial Court people to come to this remote place!’

Did that person steal the item? Or was he really the Emperor’s close associate?

Two possibilities wrestled in Anna Rose’s mind.

The former would be fortunate, but if it was the latter…

‘I beat him up so mercilessly earlier!’

The weather in the Northwest Region is particularly chilly at night, with temperatures dropping sharply.

“What if he’s already dead.”

In the worst case, the man could be found as a frozen corpse.

Anna Rose stayed awake all night with worry and fear.

As soon as dawn broke, she secretly slipped out of the monastery and headed to the forest.

The monastery was in chaos due to the moon’s disappearance the night before. The nuns didn’t even notice her leaving as they chattered about last night when the full moon vanished.

Retracing her memory to arrive at the place where she encountered the man, Anna Rose was relieved to see the man collapsed under the fallen leaves.

“Thank goodness! He’s still alive!”

Though he hadn’t regained consciousness yet, she could see the man’s back rising and falling regularly.

Anna Rose placed the first aid kit beside her and began turning over and examining the man’s body.

Then she removed the cloak covering his face, and she could clearly see it.

The man’s face…

“He’s handsome. Silky blonde hair that reaches his shoulders, oh my.”

Anna Rose stopped explaining the situation and began giving her impressions of the Crown Prince’s appearance.

She hadn’t even started explaining how she ended up with blood on both hands.

‘Still, I’m relieved that she seems completely smitten with the Crown Prince.’

Annelize surveyed the unconscious Crown Prince with an indifferent expression.

His white skin had turned pale and cold sweat beaded on his forehead.

Blood from his lips flowed down his chin.

He looked pitiful and fragile. It was an appearance that naturally aroused protective instincts.

‘He’s exactly Anna Rose’s type.’

I was worried for nothing that she might fall for Isaiah.

Though she understood her sister’s excitement at encountering her ideal type, handling the situation came first now.

“So when are you going to tell me how that man ended up coughing up blood?”

“Alright! I’ll talk about that too. Really, just one more thing. But that man is really handsome.”

Anna Rose raised her finger for emphasis.

“Really, really looks like a prince. Just exactly like a prince himself.”

“Of course. He’s a real prince.”

“What?”

“Crown Prince Iskasian.”

Except for the necklace with the Imperial Family’s crest, the Crown Prince was disguised as a commoner, but Anna Rose had accurately identified his true identity even in that situation.

“Whaaaat? He was really a prince?”

Anna Rose’s astonished scream echoed.

A few minutes later, she regained her composure and resumed her explanation.

“Right. I was in the middle of talking. Anyway, his high body temperature and pale fingertips were the symptoms you told me about in your letter. So I gave him the potion you mentioned.”

Anna Rose waved both hands as if feeling wronged.

“Then suddenly he started coughing as if he was dying and began vomiting blood!”

“I see.”

The medicine she had given Anna Rose was an antidote.

The Crown Prince’s symptoms matched exactly with the effects of taking that antidote.

“I just… I was only trying to treat him… Sister, what should I do now? Help me!”

Annelize patted Anna Rose’s shoulder.

“You did well. That’s exactly right.”

“Huh? I did well?”

“I knew I could trust you, Anna Rose.”

Anna Rose couldn’t understand why her sister was acting this way.

At least by her common sense, it was incomprehensible behavior.

A sister who smiled and said “well done” after making someone nearly die?

“I’m proud of you.”

Leaning into her sister’s embrace, Anna Rose trembled with fear.

“Oh no. Our sister must have gone crazy from suffering in the North…”

“Don’t worry, Anna Rose. Crown Prince isn’t dead. Thanks to you giving him the medicine in time, he’s expelling the toxins and recovering.”

“Is that so?”

Only then did color return to Anna Rose’s face.

“Yes. Once his body completely expels the poison, he’ll get better quickly.”

Crown Prince Iskasian was currently in a poisoned state.

‘He wouldn’t have properly detoxified the poison he ingested when he was kidnapped. His condition would have gradually worsened.’

That’s why Annelize had Anna Rose carry the antidote with her at all times as soon as she made it.

‘Fortunately, she gave him the treatment medicine in time this time. The Crown Prince won’t suffer aftereffects like before.’

However, even though she gave him the antidote, it would take time to completely purify the poison from the Crown Prince’s body.

“Anna Rose, can you hide this person in your room at the monastery for a while? He needs someone to care for him until he regains consciousness.”

“Yes! Yes! I can do it. I happen to use a double room by myself. No one will notice. The Monastery Abbot and all the nuns seem to be going to the Capital.”

“Why are they going to the Capital?”

“Oh, yesterday the full moon suddenly disappeared from the sky. Everyone’s afraid, calling it an ominous sign. Did you see it too, Sister? It was really eerie.”

Anna Rose shuddered.

Then, when Isaiah cast a meaningful glance at Annelize, Annelize suddenly cleared her throat.

“Sorry.”

“Why are you sorry, sister?”

Annelize mumbled her words.

“Anyway. Let’s hurry back to the monastery. Isaiah, could you carry this person?”

“Understood.”

Isaiah slung the unconscious Third Prince over his shoulder.

Even carrying a grown man, his expression didn’t change at all.

Anna Rose looked back and forth between Annelize and Isaiah.

“But I’ve been curious since earlier – why is this merchant with you, sister? You said you kicked him out for trying to get you to gamble.”

“As a side job, I also work as the Duke’s right hand and the Duchess’s escort knight.”

Isaiah answered matter-of-factly.

“Actually, he was Duke Aperhis’s knight. I lied because I was worried you might take interest after seeing his face.”

Anna Rose’s face reddened as if she’d been insulted.

“Sister! Even if I’m crazy about handsome blonde men, how could you think that? Even I wouldn’t touch my sister’s man!”

“Isaiah isn’t my man!”

“Was I the madam’s possession? This is news to me.”

“Be quiet and just carry him, Isaiah.”

Isaiah silently shrugged his shoulders.

As Anna Rose had said, the monastery was in chaos. Taking advantage of the guards gathering in the main building, the three were able to safely enter Anna Rose’s room and lay down the Third Prince.

Anna Rose rummaged through her wardrobe and pulled out some rope.

The Third Prince’s wrists were securely tied to both ends of the iron bed.

Annelize watched with a peculiar gaze as her sister restrained her future husband.

“Rope?”

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