I Won’t Pick Up The T*ash I Threw Away Again - Chapter 178

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#178

 

I was confined to my room, separated from the servants.

 

Britina Baroness, the captain of the guards, asked me about various things including the Molentze fruit, but I pretended not to know anything.

 

The other servants like Sara and Nes also wisely kept their mouths shut.

 

At this, Britina Baroness flew into a rage and locked us all in our rooms to wait until they finished searching the manor thoroughly.

 

‘They won’t find anything.’

 

I had burned everything before the guards came in.

 

I also disposed of the Molentze fruit I had thrown in the trash while they were busy putting out the fire in the garden.

 

That’s how I got burns on my palm.

 

It was because I squeezed the juice from the watery fruits with my bare hands to throw them into the fire.

 

My burned palm was burning and hurt terribly, but my mind was at ease.

 

I had disposed of all the evidence. Getting hurt this much was nothing.

 

In the cold winter, and indoors no less, butterflies that shouldn’t be visible flickered before my eyes from time to time.

 

It was a hallucination, a typical symptom of Molentze fruit.

 

It seems the fruit powder was absorbed into my body through the wound.

 

Raw Molentze fruit itself contains strong narcotic components, but if not directly inhaled, the effects don’t last very long.

 

So I’ll be fine. If I endure just a little, it’ll be resolved quickly.

 

Steeling my mind, I tried to wake myself from the hallucinations by biting my tongue whenever I saw them.

 

However, despite my earnest efforts, the hallucinations continued.

 

“You worthless bitch!”

 

To make matters worse, I started hearing auditory hallucinations too.

 

“A person like you should die! You have no value in living!”

 

“If we weren’t selling her in the marriage market, we wouldn’t have raised something like that.”

 

Sounds mocking me echoed from all directions.

 

“Look at that half-wit acting all high and mighty like a noble princess.”

 

“The master really has no eye for people.”

 

These weren’t auditory hallucinations. They were all things that had happened.

 

Things I had endured at Tebesa County…

 

“What did you say to Sisly?”

 

I could also hear the verbal abuse Fillen had hurled at me. And the ways Sisly had deceived me too.

 

I covered my ears and curled up my body. I buried my face deep in my knees.

 

But I couldn’t block the auditory hallucinations ringing not in my ears but inside my head.

 

‘I hate this.’

 

I don’t want to hear it. Make it all disappear.

 

…I want to see His Majesty, Kalian.

 

I wanted to be held in his broad, warm embrace.

 

Did heaven understand my heart?

 

“Leilah?”

 

I heard Kalian’s voice.

 

Just hearing his voice made my heart feel at ease.

 

Even among hallucinations, the feeling is so different depending on who it is.

 

“Are you alright?”

 

…Now I’m seeing visual hallucinations too.

 

When I raised my head and saw Kalian, I smiled brightly and burrowed into his embrace.

 

Then I felt Kalian flinch and stiffen his body.

 

But I didn’t care and continued burrowing into his embrace. I leaned my head against his broad, reliable chest.

 

“Your Majesty…”

 

Ah, since this is a hallucination, wouldn’t it be okay to call him Kalian instead of Your Majesty?

 

“Kalian…”

 

When I did as my heart desired, Kalian’s body stiffened even more.

 

For a hallucination, it feels quite realistic.

 

I let out a laugh and burrowed into his embrace.

 

* * *

 

Kalian looked down at Leilah with wavering eyes.

 

Rather than joy at her voluntarily embracing him, worry came first because her pupils were unfocused.

 

Not only that. Her body gave off a sweet smell.

 

It was such a faint fragrance that it was barely noticeable unless you got close to smell it.

 

“Leilah, look at me.”

 

Having clearly caught that scent, Kalian lifted Leilah’s chin.

 

Her jet-black pupils were still unfocused. She also looked somewhat dazed.

 

The sweet fragrance and dazed-looking pupils.

 

Could she be poisoned by Molentze fruit?

 

“Damn.”

 

Having reached that conclusion, Kalian muttered a brief curse and cupped both her cheeks.

 

“Excuse me for a moment.”

 

With a brief apology, Kalian gently pressed his lips over Leilah’s.

 

Blue mana shimmered like a mirage around Kalian.

 

The blue mana was soon absorbed into Leilah’s body.

 

Right after that, Kalian separated their pressed lips.

 

Focus gradually returned to her previously dazed pupils.

 

Leilah fluttered her long eyelashes and looked up at Kalian.

 

“Are you coming to your senses?”

 

Kalian asked while gently tapping Leilah’s cheek.

 

The pupils that had been reflecting Kalian’s image suddenly widened and her mouth fell wide open.

 

Leilah looked more surprised than ever and stepped back.

 

“Y-Your Majesty?”

 

She’s definitely come to her senses.

 

That was fortunate. It would have been terrible if someone else, especially Britina Baroness, had seen her in that state.

 

Still, there’s no need to look like she’s seen a ghost.

 

While Kalian didn’t like Leilah’s expression, he also understood it on one hand.

 

He had kissed her without warning. It wasn’t unreasonable for her to be so surprised.

 

“I had no choice.”

 

Worried that Leilah might misunderstand, Kalian made an excuse.

 

“That was the only way to suppress the narcotic components in your body.”

 

Leilah slowly blinked.

 

“What do you mean…?”

 

…Does she not remember?

 

For some reason, that fact displeased Kalian even more as he twisted his lips.

 

Then he noticed her bandaged hand and frowned.

 

“Are you hurt?”

 

I hadn’t heard anything about Britina Baroness being injured.

 

“Ah.”

 

Leilah let out a short gasp and hid her bandaged hand behind her back.

 

“It’s nothing serious.”

 

“Nothing serious, my foot.”

 

Kalian strode up to Leilah and examined her bandaged hand.

 

The bandaging was sloppy. It wasn’t the work of a professional.

 

Which meant she hadn’t received proper treatment from a physician.

 

“Did you get proper treatment from a physician?”

 

When I asked just to be sure, Leilah smiled awkwardly.

 

As I thought, she hadn’t received treatment.

 

“I’ll call for a physician.”

 

“It’s fine.”

 

“I’m not fine with it.”

 

Kalian told her to wait a moment and went outside.

 

* * *

 

Was that… a hallucination?

 

After Kalian left and I was alone, I touched my lips with my fingertips.

 

I was intoxicated by Molentze and my mind was hazy, so I couldn’t tell if kissing him was real or a hallucination.

 

‘It must have been a hallucination, right?’

 

There’s no way he would kiss me otherwise.

 

But the sensation was too vivid for that, which kept confusing me.

 

It was warm and soft, yet sweet like eating candy.

 

Just thinking about that sensation made my whole body feel like it was melting.

 

If I felt this way from just a hallucination, what would a real kiss be like?

 

“…I’m crazy.”

 

At the sudden thought, I patted my cheeks and tried to calm my fluttering heart.

 

Shortly after, Kalian returned with a basket full of bandages, wound medicine, and other supplies.

 

“The physician will take some time to get here. I thought I’d take a look at it first, if that’s alright?”

 

Of course it was alright. When I nodded, Kalian took my hand and led me over.

 

Kalian sat me on the bed and knelt on one knee in front of me.

 

His Majesty kneeling before me.

 

“This is…!”

 

I tried to stand up in shock, but Kalian pressed down on my shoulders.

 

“Stay seated.”

 

“But Your Majesty…”

 

“This position makes it easier to treat you. Just stay seated.”

 

Since Kalian kept telling me to sit, I had no choice but to remain seated.

 

Kalian unwrapped the bandage and examined my hand, frowning.

 

“The burn is worse than I thought. Did you get hurt because of the fire in the garden?”

 

I nodded silently.

 

“How did the garden catch fire?”

 

“…There was Molentze growing in the garden. It had even borne fruit.”

 

Since he had seen me intoxicated by Molentze, there was no point in telling him a half-hearted lie, so I answered truthfully.

 

“I realized this fact too late and tried to remove the Molentze, but before I could, the estate guards came looking for me.”

 

“So you set fire to the garden. To destroy the evidence.”

 

Kalian said this while listening to my story, applying medicine and rewrapping the bandage.

 

“The Molentze intoxication symptoms you showed were also an accident while trying to destroy the evidence.”

 

“…I’m deeply ashamed.”

 

Not only did I not know Molentze was growing in my garden, but I even got intoxicated by it.

 

I couldn’t bear to look at his face.

 

“But it wasn’t something I did. I swear I didn’t plant Molentze in the garden.”

 

“I know. At least that you’re innocent.”

 

Kalian stood up and continued speaking.

 

“But we need to find out why there was Molentze in your garden.”

 

“This is just my guess…”

 

I carefully voiced my opinion.

 

“I think Molentze seeds flew in from somewhere and took root in my garden.”

 

Kalian chuckled.

 

“I thought you knew a lot about seeds, but there are things you don’t know too.”

 

What does he mean?

 

“Leilah. Molentze seeds aren’t light enough to be carried by wind, unless there’s a typhoon.”

 

“Is that so…”

 

This was the first I’d heard of it. My shallow knowledge was embarrassing me.

 

I blushed and lowered my head.

 

“I apologize. My knowledge was lacking.”

 

“Molentze is a drug that disappeared before you were even born. It’s natural that you wouldn’t know about it.”

 

Kalian answered nonchalantly while stroking his chin.

 

“But the fact that there was Molentze in your garden means someone planted it intentionally.”

 

Kalian thought for a moment, then asked me.

 

“What’s the possibility that the manor’s servants planted the Molentze?”

 

“None.”

 

When I answered firmly, Kalian looked at me with interest.

 

“You trust your servants quite a bit.”

 

“If you can’t trust the people you employ, I think you’re unqualified as a superior.”

 

“That’s a good mindset. I hope that feeling never changes.”

 

I hope so too.

 

As soon as I answered in my mind, Kalian asked something else.

 

“Then do you suspect any other culprit? To plant seeds in your garden, they would have had to enter the manor, so it must be one of the guests who visited the manor.”

 

I agreed with Kalian’s opinion and carefully retraced my memories.

 

There were only three guests who had visited the manor.

 

Andant and Countess Tebesa.

 

And Duchess Cloud.

 

If the culprit was among them…

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