I Opened an Illegal Animal Hospital in Another World - Chapter 150

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Chapter 29. Brilliant Lights Embrace Me (5)

To cut to the conclusion, we achieved half success.

Seizing the initiative? Of course we did. We completely dominated. I could speak with absolute, absolute confidence about that part.

After all, seizing the initiative is all about first impressions and atmosphere, isn’t it?

Since I’d unknowingly become an organization boss, I wanted to dress up in a sharp black suit and do some really imposing walking like in the movie The Thieves. It’s awkward to say this myself, but we all have decent faces. Even though my height is a bit lacking, everyone else is tall and good-looking.

Maria found it hilarious and loved it, while the twins absolutely hated it.

“Even if you’re officially dead, shouldn’t you be careful not to stand out?!”

“Since I’m officially dead, it doesn’t matter. Even if someone who saw me at that one official party recognizes me, they wouldn’t think a glamorously dressed noble lady and a slum healer are the same person, would they?”

I was also wearing cognitive reduction glasses just in case.

“Even so.”

“Let whoever wants to be suspicious be suspicious. Since the Temple confirmed the Wentworth Noblewoman’s corpse, there’s only one conclusion. They’ll say I’m sponsoring you because you resemble my dead daughter, and that you’re clinging to me because you can’t forget the day she died.”

“…It sounds like we’d have quite a tragic backstory…”

Our hospital’s members were the same as before, and the Wentworth Noblewoman had never been among them from the beginning.

Suspecting that a dead person was alive would also mean the Temple had failed to properly confirm the corpse. Not many people could rashly harbor suspicions just because of some resemblance when they’d need to be prepared to make enemies of not only Wentworth but also the Temple.

I wasn’t going to live as the Wentworth Noblewoman, but that didn’t mean I wanted to cut ties with family and friends, so I didn’t want to be overly cautious and avoid everything related. If I did that, I’d have to distance myself from the twins and Evelyn first. Maria too.

Of course, since I’d abandoned the Wentworth Noblewoman’s status, there would be a few people I couldn’t easily approach…

Anyway, though there was some bickering with the twins, thanks to Maria’s active cooperation, we were able to put on an absolutely amazing walk.

For background music: feeling like an organization boss, today I pointed a gun at a friend who betrayed me, multiple decadent and deadly playlists that instantly make you the protagonist organization boss.

Brilliant lights embraced us as we walked through curious stares and passionate cheers.

‘We definitely drew attention.’

I found it hilarious and fun, but the twins looked like they wanted to die from shame. If I’d suggested adding background music too, they might have strangled me.

“Aaaaargh… There were definitely classmates among the spectators!”

“Who? Who was there?!”

“I don’t know, but I think I saw them! Aaah…”

Such amateurs.

This level of shame? I overcame it all during those days when I lived as a newborn with an adult’s memories. The twins still had a long way to go.

Just living two days in a newborn’s body lets you transform any shame into entertainment.

The scary one was Maria.

Maria genuinely enjoyed the cheers. That was truly impressive shamelessness. To make excuses, I enjoyed it with the feeling of going on stage for comedy.

Moreover, Maria watched the Guild Master like a minnow trapped in a fish farm, then the moment dialogue opened up, she transformed and swallowed him whole in one bite.

While the twins, Evelyn, and I sat there like borrowed barley sacks, Maria began pressuring him with personal corruption, deadly secrets, and countless exposé materials – when had she investigated all this?

The man who’d initially been full of bluster and pride was broken once by the Imperial Cooperative Clinic appointment letter bestowed by the Graceful Empress, and twice by Maria’s pressure.

In the end, his legs gave out and he couldn’t even stand up…

“He definitely wet himself, that man…”

“I didn’t smell anything though.”

That’s just a figure of speech. Evelyn tilted her head and said.

“If he’d made a dirty smell in front of Shana, I would have cleaned it up.”

Let’s not ask what she would have cleaned up.

The Graceful Empress said she was finally keeping an old promise, and even hung an Imperial Cooperative Clinic sign next to my hospital door before leaving. She’d made time despite being busy just to do this for me.

‘I needed to see you alive with my own eyes to even pretend to mourn for Nathan.’

And she sweetly left a kiss on my cheek before departing.

I could really fall for her.

Her departing figure with Mother was so dignified and beautiful that I was entranced for a long time. If the Graceful Empress had seriously tried to seduce me, I might have knelt and begged to dedicate my life to her. A bewitching charm that makes you throw away your current life…

Anyway, the title I gained thanks to that became a means to prove legitimate business without needing the Apothecary Guild’s cooperation.

Though even if just Maria had stepped forward, the problem would have disappeared without a trace. Now who would dare interfere out of fear of Maria?

We seized the initiative well, the dialogue with the Apothecary Guild went smoothly, so why was it only half success?

“We went overboard…”

I made a whimpering sound and collapsed on the desk. Sharp gazes pierced the back of my head. It was Renate and the twins.

“You don’t know what moderation is.”

What’s that? Is it something you eat?

“See, I told you not to do that.”

“Leon, you said it was embarrassing.”

“That’s the same thing! If it was embarrassing enough for us, imagine how burdensome it must have been!”

Leon just admitted that he doesn’t feel shame over most things.

“It’s hard to come and go freely when you put up something like that.”

“There are many businesses that cooperate with the Imperial Court….”

“But among all those businesses, there aren’t kids like you guys.”

“….”

“It just takes time. Our kids are already working hard to attract customers by pretending to be good, so don’t worry.”

“You can’t go around creating patients.”

“I said they’re pretending to be good.”

Renate smiled brightly.

I had a premonition that soon my adorable troublemakers would come in arm-in-arm with patients, grinning from ear to ear.

‘Well, as long as they didn’t beat them up directly….’

As long as they hadn’t committed immoral crimes, I decided to gratefully accept their goodwill.

The clinic that had been empty since morning remained so despite the successful promotion. Maria was so excited about having her own clinic that she wouldn’t come out of there. She looked ready to eat lunch at her desk too.

Saying this was the taste of success.

“Should I set up a nutritional supplement stand in front of the hospital…?”

“…I don’t think there’s any need to go out of your way to get hurt.”

Renate kindly said in a roundabout way that even if we gave away nutritional supplements for free, the place would still be empty. It wasn’t the right atmosphere yet.

Now I know. He’s being very considerate because it’s in front of me.

Renate said.

“Think of it leisurely. You don’t have anywhere to go back to anyway, right?”

Is he calling this comfort right now? Surely he can’t be serious.

I wasn’t particularly missing my life as a noble young lady, but people don’t usually comfort others like that….

Renate’s eyes were warm enough for those who hadn’t known him long to notice, so I could tell he was sincere. I couldn’t answer and just made a groaning sound. It’s my karma, I suppose….

“That’s right, Shana. Let’s think of it leisurely.”

“Leon, you be quiet.”

“….”

Today too, Leon feels wronged.

Anyway, like this clumsy comfort, it wasn’t something that would be solved by thinking anxiously. I couldn’t exactly bomb the capital city to create injured people, and I couldn’t get hold of an epidemic that was barely contained in childhood.

If there aren’t many sick people… that’s good, right….

Ian was looking into making potions available not just at the Mercenary Guild but also at general stores. Ian was like a fish in water, as if this suited his aptitude. Everything was going smoothly.

A little later, Renate and Leon left to look around the area, and Ian went out with Maria, saying he had negotiations left with the Apothecary Guild.

“Evelyn, I’m not lonely….”

I just need you. When I reached out to hug Evelyn, she smiled happily and let me embrace her.

“But I have to go prepare dinner too.”

That damn dinner!

In the end, Evelyn also left me alone in the clinic. The bustling clinic wasn’t very spacious, but once everyone disappeared, it looked very empty and desolate.

I’m not lonely, really….

‘What is Seth doing that he’s nowhere to be seen?’

That’s when it happened. The clinic door burst open.

“Shana.”

“Raven?”

Why are you here?

I jumped up. I was startled because he entered so naturally, as if entering his own room. Not only that, but there was another face I knew behind Raven.

“Shana!”

“Seth, why are you also….”

Come out from there.

“You missed me, right?”

“No, I didn’t miss you at all?”

Actually I did miss you, but I don’t want to tell you honestly.

Like a big dog, Seth rushed over and hugged me, and I didn’t push him away but patted him. He’s my precious backup battery after all. I should put a ribbon on him. So he can’t go anywhere.

Raven was looking at that scene with displeasure and said.

“Why don’t you let go now?”

“A man’s jealousy is unseemly, Your Highness the Prince. Shana, your childhood friend is threatening to oppress my contractor!”

That’s worth threatening. I understood why Seth was with Raven. Since Seth’s contract was to help Chloe succeed, he had connected her to the strongest line. Probably Father had a hand in it.

Letting Seth hug me tighter and sneer, I asked in bewilderment.

“Why did you come here? And without even hiding?”

It was broad daylight, right before the funeral, and he had come openly without hiding his identity. At least during the welcome ceremony, he had hidden his identity.

“What’s the problem?”

Raven boldly sat down in the patient’s chair. I looked at Seth wondering what was going on, but there was no way that shameless demon would have changed in the meantime. He winked coyly and pretended not to know anything.

“Why are you coming here?”

“Ah, honestly, this isn’t the kind of place you should be coming to!”

Even though it had become quite clean since I’d established myself here, this district was where poor people lived together. The security wasn’t that good either, so it wasn’t the kind of place where Raven, who was the Prince no less, should be appearing.

“Why are you coming here!”

I got angry without realizing it. Seth tried to calm me down by patting my head, but Raven strode over and pushed him away.

“Don’t get angry as if I came somewhere I shouldn’t have, Shana.”

“Isn’t this place an Imperial Cooperative Clinic?”

“He won’t be able to come!”

“Isn’t this the Imperial Cooperative Treatment Center?”

“…No, hey, this doesn’t make any sense.”

“Honestly, what kind of patient are you! What’s wrong with you!”

Raven tapped his temple.

“Are you crazy?”

“…”

“…”

I lost my words and only let out short breaths. So this is why the Graceful Empress came, even the Empress was Raven’s chess piece…!

“We don’t do psychological therapy here.”

I was left speechless and could only let out short, shallow breaths. So this is why the gorgeous Empress came—even the Empress was one of Raven’s chess pieces…!

“They don’t do psychological therapy here.”

“I’m an exception. I’m special.”

I didn’t dislike that confident face of his, believing there was no way he wasn’t special to me. I had never disliked it once in my life, so how could I now?

Yeah, if it really was Raven, it seemed like she could make it so we wouldn’t lose anything. Even if we couldn’t see anything right now, I thought maybe we could eventually find a form that would work for us.

“I told you I wouldn’t let you keep your distance.”

Raven smirked.

And so my small hospital secured regular patients from a prisoner to even a future emperor.

– Main story fin.

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