I Won’t Pick Up The T*ash I Threw Away Again - Chapter 115

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#115

 

After the uncomfortable dinner ended.

 

Returning to my room, I stared intently at the spirit stone necklace.

 

When I saw this necklace at the shop before, I thought I had seen it somewhere many times, but it was because I had seen Sisly wearing it.

 

Wearing the same necklace as Sisly was not particularly pleasant.

 

Even though I thought I should take it off right away, my hand wouldn’t readily move because this necklace had already become like a talisman to me.

 

‘Still, it would be better to take it off for now, right?’

 

If Sisly saw it, she would surely mock me for wearing the same necklace as her.

 

Though it was regrettable, it seemed better to take it off for now, so I removed the necklace and placed it on the vanity when a maid entered.

 

“Would you like to bathe, Miss?”

 

“Yes. Please prepare it.”

 

“Understood.”

 

I quickly threw off my clothes and entered the bathwater the maid had prepared.

 

As I soaked my body in the warm water, the drowsy fatigue seemed to fade a little. My eyelids gradually drooped.

 

Feeling like I might fall asleep in the bathroom at this rate, I quickly washed and came out.

 

After putting on a bathrobe and sitting in front of the vanity, the maid approached and dried my wet hair.

 

“Oh, Nes.”

 

I asked the maid, Nes, to confirm the story I had heard from Fillen earlier.

 

“Is it true that there were a total of two medicine bottles that came out as evidence?”

 

“Oh, really?”

 

From Nes’s reaction, it seemed she was hearing this for the first time.

 

Well, if she had known, she would have told me when I asked earlier.

 

“Ah, maybe Kena might know.”

 

It was a name I was hearing for the first time. She seemed to be a servant who wasn’t there when I was at the Williot Duchy.

 

“She must be a newly hired maid?”

 

“Yes, that’s right. Since more hands would be needed when the baby was born, the former head maid unofficially hired two more people, and she’s one of them.”

 

I asked just in case, and as expected.

 

“So how does this Kena know about it?”

 

“Previously, by the master’s orders, there was an investigation of Miss’s belongings gathered in the warehouse. Kena was one of the servants mobilized at that time.”

 

Surely Kena wasn’t mobilized alone.

 

There were other servants too, but there must be a reason why Nes specifically mentioned only Kena’s name.

 

“Why do you think Kena knows about it?”

 

“Well, the master said he would give a big reward if anyone found out something about that matter. And Kena received that reward!”

 

Kena wasn’t among the servants I investigated today.

 

“Call Kena right away.”

 

If such a thing had happened, it seemed better to ask Kena, so I immediately looked for her, but.

 

“Miss, what should we do? Kena took a week’s vacation and left the manor at lunchtime today.”

 

“…Really?”

 

The child was stillborn, yet a maid gets vacation. And perfectly timed with my arrival.

 

It could be seen as a coincidence, but it felt strange somehow.

 

I rubbed my chin and fell into thought.

 

* * *

 

Besides Kena, other servants who were mobilized to investigate my belongings might also know something, so I asked them too, but they knew nothing.

 

Well, if they had known something, they would have immediately gone to Fillen to tell him and received a reward.

 

‘Should I wait until this Kena comes back?’

 

A week was long, but not unbearably so.

 

I thought I had to wait since there was no other way, but unexpectedly, there was another person who knew what information Kena had told Fillen.

 

“If it’s about that, I know about it.”

 

“Really, Butler?”

 

“Yes. I was also present at that time.”

 

What a windfall! I hurriedly asked the butler.

 

“What did Kena tell His Grace the Duke?”

 

“It’s as you know, Miss. She said she discovered medicine bottles while searching through the belongings.”

 

“What about other things? Was there absolutely no other story?”

 

“Well.”

 

The butler thought carefully, then let out a small exclamation of “Ah.”

 

“Come to think of it, she said she saw you holding those medicine bottles.”

 

“That maid saw me holding the medicine bottles?”

 

“Yes. She definitely said she saw it clearly while helping you organize your belongings when you were preparing to leave the manor.”

 

“That can’t be right. That maid came in after I left the manor.”

 

“…What?”

 

The butler blinked rapidly. It seemed he didn’t know this fact.

 

Although the butler was the person who oversaw the manor, matters concerning maids were delegated to the head maid.

 

It was because the butler alone couldn’t manage all the dozens of servants.

 

So it wasn’t unreasonable that the butler didn’t know exactly when Kena had entered service.

 

“W-wait a moment. I’ll check with Roran right away.”

 

The butler ran off urgently, then returned shortly after, bringing Roran with him.

 

“Roran, is it correct that Kena is a maid who came in after Miss left the manor?”

 

Roran answered bewilderedly.

 

“Yes, that’s correct. She’s a girl hired by the former head maid… Why do you ask?”

 

“Good heavens.”

 

The butler sighed and held his head with his hands. His eyes shook greatly as if he could hardly believe it.

 

While it might be shocking for the butler, it was a great opportunity for me.

 

Perhaps this could be the chance to prove Misa’s and my innocence.

 

“Roran, do you know where Kena went?”

 

In preparation for emergencies, maids reported their destinations when going on vacation.

 

“Yes. She said she was going to a house in the neighboring village.”

 

The neighboring village wasn’t very far. It could be a round trip in half a day.

 

“Send someone to the neighboring village right away to bring Kena back.”

 

“Understood.”

 

After Roran left, I looked back at the butler.

 

The butler, who had barely recovered from the shock, let out a deep sigh.

 

“Then that might be fake too.”

 

That too?

 

“What are you talking about?”

 

“The medicine bottle Kena offered to the master. Isn’t there a possibility that medicine bottle is also fake?”

 

“That would be real.”

 

Because it was true that I had two medicine bottles.

 

Still, it would be good to check. If Kena had lied, that could also be a lie.

 

“I need to go meet His Grace right away.”

 

“If you’re going to report about Kena’s matter, shall I help you?”

 

“No. I’ll handle it myself, so please don’t do anything, Butler.”

 

“Understood, Miss.”

 

After parting with the butler, I immediately went to find Fillen.

 

“What is it?”

 

Fillen asked me while keeping his gaze fixed on documents.

 

“I came because there’s something I want to confirm. Should I come back later?”

 

I wanted to check as soon as possible, but I held back since saying the wrong thing might arouse Fillen’s suspicion and complicate matters.

 

Fortunately, Fillen waved his hand dismissively, saying it was fine.

 

“I just need to look at this, so sit and wait for a moment.”

 

I obediently sat on the sofa. A maid brought tea for me to drink while waiting.

 

While sipping tea, I watched Fillen work from the corner of my eye.

 

He was looking at documents with an extremely serious expression.

 

Aside from sword training, this was the first time I’d seen Fillen with such a serious face, so it was fascinating.

 

The Dowager Duchess would have been so pleased to see this.

 

Suddenly thinking of the Dowager Duchess Williot made my mood sink.

 

When I leave the Williot Estate this time, I must visit the Previous Duke and Duchess’s graves to pay my respects.

 

Since I might never get to greet them again.

 

When I had nearly finished my cup of tea, Fillen put down his quill and stood up.

 

Fillen moved to sit across from me and rang a bell to call a maid.

 

“Bring tea. And bring some light refreshments too.”

 

“Yes, master.”

 

After the maid left, Fillen asked me with a smiling face.

 

“What did you want to check?”

 

“I’d like to see the medicine bottles that came from Misa’s room and my luggage directly.”

 

“Why is that?”

 

“I want to confirm if they’re really what I had.”

 

I worried he might not show them, but Fillen readily brought the medicine bottles.

 

It was indeed the medicine bottle Countess Tebesa had given me.

 

The problem was that it wasn’t the bottle with the blue liquid abortion drug that was empty, but the bottle that had contained the red liquid.

 

Why? If Sisly had taken the abortion drug, the bottle with the blue liquid should be empty.

 

“…Is this really the medicine bottle that came from Misa’s room?”

 

“Yes. The empty bottle came from Misa’s room, and the blue medicine bottle was found in your luggage. Sisly also said she drank the red poison.”

 

Ha. What kind of nonsense is this?

 

If Fillen’s words were true, then the poison Sisly took wasn’t the medicine I had.

 

‘They might have cleverly mixed another drug into the red medicine…’

 

But was there any need to go through such trouble?

 

They could have just given her the blue medicine.

 

‘There’s something here.’

 

There was definitely a secret I didn’t know hidden. If I could uncover this, I felt I could get closer to the truth.

 

“Who was it that revealed the medicine Sisly took was an abortion drug?”

 

“Mabel. He was Sisly’s attending physician.”

 

Ah, that doctor. I had seen him a few times when I was at the Williot Duchy.

 

He was definitely a doctor that Fillen had personally selected and brought.

 

Unless Fillen was a fool, he wouldn’t have brought just anyone.

 

That meant Doctor Mabel’s skills were certain, but it would still be good to verify once.

 

“May I take these medicine bottles with me?”

 

Fillen’s eyebrows rose.

 

“To destroy the evidence?”

 

Why does his thinking jump like that?

 

“No. I want to confirm if that medicine is really an abortion drug.”

 

“Are you saying I conducted the investigation incorrectly?”

 

“That’s not it either. It’s just an important matter, so I want to be absolutely certain.”

 

“Either way, no. This is important evidence.”

 

“Then I’ll just take a small amount.”

 

I worried he’d refuse this too, but fortunately Fillen readily gave permission.

 

There was plenty of the blue medicine so I could take a generous amount, but the red medicine only had some residue left on the walls, so all I could do was steal a few drops with a dropper.

 

I hoped it would be enough for analysis.

 

I carefully put the bottle containing the evidence samples into my pocket with some concern.

 

Leaving Fillen’s study immediately, I headed to Abeldan Pharmacy, the most famous pharmacy in the domain.

 

Abeldan Pharmacy was renowned as one of the finest establishments not only in the Williot Estate but throughout the Empire, with rumors that there were no medicinal herbs they didn’t handle.

 

As soon as I entered, I smelled the pungent odor of medicinal herbs.

 

“I’d like you to identify the effects of these.”

 

I presented what I’d brought to a wrinkled old man. The old man frowned slightly as he looked at them.

 

“What’s wrong? Is it difficult to identify?”

 

“I can do the blue liquid, but this one has too little quantity. Multiple experiments would be impossible, so do you have any idea at all what kind of medicine it might be?”

 

“I heard it was a medicine that helps with conception.”

 

I had worried it might not be enough, but fortunately the old man asked me to return in an hour.

 

Exactly one hour later.

 

I visited Abeldan Pharmacy again.

 

“Are the results ready?”

 

“Yes, they are.”

 

The old man showed me the analysis report.

 

On the yellowed paper, written in cursive script along with Abeldan Pharmacy’s mark, were the results.

 

The blue medicine was an abortion drug, and the red medicine was a fertility aid – exactly the results I already knew.

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