Mad Rosetta - Chapter 33

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Mad Rosetta

 

Episode 33

 

Too Spicy for a Spring Flower (7)

 

Dr. Beaumont, who even recommended adoption to his own son in order to use one child.

 

Gaildo and his family members, who treated such a child coldly and constantly reproached her with persecuting eyes!

 

Since they were all nothing but disgusting people, even if Marmint forgave them with a benevolent heart, I didn’t want to do the same.

 

Rather, I felt it was a waste to spend any emotion on such people.

 

‘Most importantly, my money! What about my money that was stolen!’

 

The 50 million shillings that Dr. Beaumont extorted from me had vanished into thin air with his death.

 

Moreover, the amount that went to Marmint, who actually produced results, was also 50 million shillings.

 

So I planned to absolutely collect the penalty fee of 100 million from the Beaumont Household, essentially paying Marmint her compensation without spending a single penny of my own.

 

‘But if Marmint doesn’t want it… No, but business is business, personal is personal, my money is my money…’

 

Father had taught me never to make deals that would result in losses. Faced with the child’s unreadable expression, I asked reluctantly.

 

“Oh, or should I give you a small discount?”

 

【Darling, why have you become so servile?】

 

If this kid had been Odette’s age, I wouldn’t have become this pathetic.

 

Perhaps because I had once held Marmint’s small fist, I found myself being overly considerate of her.

 

I seemed to realize for the first time that day that wounds that would be mere scratches to others could feel like sword cuts to a young child.

 

“…What discount are you talking about?”

 

“Well, I can’t give much… Huh? What did you say?”

 

At that moment, Marmint’s eyes reminded me of myself when I was suppressing the urge to grab Odette by the hair.

 

Marmint glared at me with sharp eyes and snapped as if her teeth were chattering with anger.

 

“Do you know how much humiliation I’ve endured all this time! I’ll make them end up on the streets!”

 

“Uh… Yes, sure.”

 

“Ha! I was already annoyed to death thinking we might be doing only good things for those people. Serves them right! They need to starve a bit!”

 

“Yes, yes, I’ll make them starve completely.”

 

Even though I was agreeing with her soothingly, Marmint continued fuming for a while longer, saying this is what happens when you mistreat people.

 

【…Rose, darling. What on earth have you been teaching this child?】

 

“…”

 

【The way she’s jumping around reminds me of your movements when you were tearing down the curtain rods.】

 

Sing kept getting on my nerves, saying she looked just like me and asking if she might be my hidden niece.

 

The problem was that even to my eyes, Marmint’s upturned eye corners as she calmed her anger looked quite similar to mine.

 

I even found myself thinking I should behave more properly.

 

‘They say children learn easily…’

 

Really, being a guardian came with far too many concerns.

 

* * *

 

“Huhhh…”

 

After Marmint left, completely drained, I collapsed onto the sofa.

 

I had called Marmint back as she was leaving the reception room and whispered to her to tell Gaildo that I would become her guardian before mentioning the penalty fee.

 

‘That way, even when Gaildo hears the news that he must pay every penny of the penalty fee, he won’t dare treat Marmint carelessly.’

 

There were many things to be careful about until Marmint entered the Academy and began dormitory life.

 

It was a necessary step to prevent Gaildo from inheriting Dr. Beaumont’s estate and to ensure Marmint wouldn’t be persecuted again in that household.

 

After spending so much time earnestly instructing Marmint, I noticed yellowish-red light casting shadows on the table.

 

Sing, who had been standing behind the sofa the whole time, quietly approached and tapped my shoulder while whispering softly.

 

【Yes, yes, soothing angry people takes a lot of energy. I’m very pleased that you’re finally understanding my feelings firsthand.】

 

“…You’re mocking me, aren’t you.”

 

Sing chattered excitedly about how my darling understood implied meanings right away, and how he felt the power of mirror therapy was quite significant.

 

I didn’t even have the strength to smack that mouth, so I just lay there receiving his patting while looking at the antidotes.

 

Even calling it ‘finally’ might be premature at this very moment.

 

No matter how much effort Marmint had put into making the medicine, I couldn’t suppress the anxiety in one corner of my heart until I faced the results.

 

“Carefully…”

 

【Hmm?】

 

“I’ve been careful enough, haven’t I?”

 

Nothing to lose.

 

There was nowhere to retreat to anyway.

 

Better to take the beating first, so I decided to quickly test the medicine’s effectiveness.

 

When I sat up and reached out, the first vial I grabbed had quite a chilling aura.

 

【What… Wait, Rose-】

 

Open the cap! Drink it!

 

I unhesitatingly opened the antidote and gulped it down in one go.

 

The small amount was quickly emptied.

 

【…Your boldness is insane.】

 

Sing looked at me in dismay.

 

【No matter how urgent it was, to drink medicine without knowing what might happen, without a single word-】

 

“Huh…”

 

【…Darling?】

 

I covered my mouth and squeezed my eyes shut. Startled, Sing urgently leaned his head closer.

 

Asking if there was some problem, he frantically grabbed my hand telling me to spit it out immediately, causing me to swallow the last mouthful that had been remaining in my mouth.

 

“…Agh! Damn, it’s so bitter!”

 

【…】

 

“Ugh, ugh! It gives me chills. This is too bitter? Damn, I’m going to be scared to drink those later?”

 

【Darling? Honey? Can’t you see me here, nearly fainting from shock?】

 

“No, I really need to try drinking it. Wow, it’s really disgustingly unpalatable in so many ways.”

 

I got up from the sofa thinking to drink some water.

 

Really. It was horribly bitter, and the way it went down was disgustingly awful.

 

I thought it looked exactly like muddy water, but among all the medicines I’d ever taken in my life, I wanted to rank this as the worst.

 

“But is this actually effective?”

 

【Why, how does it feel?】

 

Sing seemed worried and followed my every step, standing beside me.

 

After taking a sip of water from beside the bed, I gently rubbed my stomach and furrowed my brow.

 

‘How should I put it, my stomach definitely feels somewhat queasy…’

 

Actually, it seemed similar to the psychological sensation you might feel after eating something that upset your stomach.

 

I thought perhaps the medicine suited me well, and as Marmint had hinted, maybe severe pain wouldn’t follow.

 

“My stomach feels a bit nauseous, but it seems quite bearable?”

 

Did the antidote get hurt in its pride because I spoke too cheerfully, as if it had developed a sense of self?

 

Exactly one moment later.

 

My head gradually became hot and dizzy, and I eventually collapsed while trying to head to the desk.

 

If Sing hadn’t caught me, I might have hit my head on the desk corner and even bled.

 

【Rose! Open your eyes! Rose…!】

 

My head was so dizzy and felt like it would split.

 

Sing’s face shouting at me spun around, creating the illusion of being sucked into the center.

 

Just then, I heard Penny and the children entering the room, asking how I wanted to handle dinner.

 

Soon after discovering me with my head buried on the floor, someone screamed “Kyaah!” in a death cry.

 

I hadn’t intended to take such a painful beating.

 

I finally lost consciousness.

 

* * *

 

When I opened my eyes again, Rose Manor was already in a state of emergency.

 

To endure the burning heat, my body brought on chills.

 

The children took turns repeatedly wiping away the cold sweat that flowed endlessly.

 

Due to the trembling from chills, I kept muttering words like cold or hot.

 

“What on earth have the attendants been doing while the child deteriorated to this state!”

 

When Father returned to the manor late in the evening, this news reached his ears and he flew into a great rage.

 

Due to Father questioning the attendants’ competence and scolding them harshly, sobbing sounds from Penny and the other children could be heard from time to time in the room.

 

At Father’s summons, the household physician rushed over in the middle of the night to diagnose my condition, and I had to tremble in fear that the poison detoxification process might be discovered.

 

With my mental strength feeling like it would snap, I clung to it and only offered the excuse that I seemed to have indigestion.

 

However, the physician looked at me with puzzled eyes.

 

“The fever is too severe for simple indigestion symptoms…”

 

“I… I overate a bit, so maybe that’s why.”

 

“Even so… Lady, I’ll prepare fever-reducing medicine for you. Please try it first, then we’ll monitor your progress further.”

 

The meticulous physician insisted on preparing medicine and left my room.

 

At his words, Father looked at me with worried eyes as he brushed my sweat-dampened hair behind my ear and asked.

 

“Haven’t you been pushing yourself too hard lately? Hmm? Coco…”

 

Father let out a sigh heavy with concern, saying how could he send me to the capital when I was this sick.

 

Three days later.

 

I had to depart for the capital townhouse with Odette.

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