Me, a Princess? My Lord! - Chapter 49

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Chapter 49

 

“You almost faced a terrible disaster.”

 

A rough voice echoed loudly across the balcony.

 

“How did such an esteemed person end up swallowing the poison of a stone flower?”

 

The owner of the voice was Deon, an herbalist who had known Heidi since childhood.

 

“We don’t know that much either. We’ll have to ask when the master wakes up.”

 

At the butler’s words, Deon hurriedly opened and spread out a bag as large as his own body.

 

“But Heidi, you are… No, let’s talk about that later.”

 

Deon kept wiping the sweat from his forehead while glancing at Heidi’s appearance.

 

Though she had been famous in the neighborhood as a pretty girl since childhood, Heidi’s current appearance looked exactly like a lady raised in a noble household. Despite her disheveled state due to the urgent situation, the clothes she wore somehow didn’t look like those of a maid.

 

“You said it was the poison of a stone flower?”

 

“Yes, a stone flower.”

 

Deon nodded.

 

“It’s a flower that blooms in deep forests at dawn. Despite being a flower, it looks like a red fruit, so people often mistake it and eat it.”

 

Heidi, her face pale as a sheet, asked urgently.

 

“Is, is it a fatal poison?”

 

“Yes. It’s a terrible poison that can kill a person.”

 

He pressed Deshion’s forehead with his thick hand and continued speaking.

 

“At first, you get a fever and muscle pain all over your body like you have the flu, then the flower’s toxicity destroys your organs one by one until you die.”

 

“…!”

 

“Fortunately though, the stone flower’s poison takes quite a long time to spread throughout the body. If you take an antidote before dying, it’s possible to save your life.”

 

Deon looked at Heidi and said.

 

“Of course, it could be dangerous if we can’t control the high fever before then… but it seems you treated him well, so fortunately his condition is more stable than expected.”

 

At those words, the expressions of Heidi and the other servants brightened considerably.

 

“Then, you can save him?”

 

“It seems so. Ah, found it.”

 

Deon pulled out a small glass bottle from among the rattling bottles. Inside the bottle were a few black, round seed-like objects.

 

“Fortunately, there’s a little left. This should be enough to put out the urgent fire.”

 

He handed the bottle to the butler and said.

 

“Grind this finely and mix it with warm water. Please do it as quickly as possible.”

 

“I’ll do that.”

 

Heidi gazed down at the unconscious Deshion and asked.

 

“Will he wake up soon after drinking that?”

 

“It’ll take at least half an hour. It varies from person to person. However…”

 

However?

 

With an ominous feeling, Heidi perked up her ears.

 

“The stone flower’s poison slowly destroys every corner of the body. Since you took appropriate measures, he’ll probably survive, but…”

 

“…”

 

“I don’t know what kind of aftereffects there might be. He could recover completely, or he might not.”

 

Heidi’s eyes widened.

 

“He might not recover? Then…”

 

“I’ve seen cases where people went blind a couple of times, and once where someone couldn’t walk.”

 

Sounds of shocked gasps could be heard from here and there. Heidi froze like a statue.

 

Her joy at hearing that his life could be saved was short-lived. To think he might go blind or be unable to walk. Heidi’s heart grew cold.

 

Deon placed his hand on Heidi’s shoulder.

 

“Don’t worry about it beforehand, let’s just wait and see. Since you cleverly controlled his high fever, let’s believe he’ll recover without any problems.”

 

A moment later, a maid returned to the room carrying a bowl. After confirming that the antidote was properly prepared, Deon nodded.

 

“I’ll do it.”

 

Heidi naturally took the bowl and carefully spooned it, letting it flow between Deshion’s lips.

 

Even though it was strange for Heidi to personally nurse him when there were maids available, no one pointed this out.

 

Because she had much experience caring for her parents and Eloise when they were sick, her actions looked quite natural.

 

“…Ugh.”

 

When she had given him about half the medicine, Deshion’s brow twitched. He groaned and moaned as if in pain.

 

Heidi turned toward Deon and asked urgently.

 

“He seems to be in a lot of pain. Isn’t something wrong?”

 

“It’s probably the process of the antidote taking effect. The fact that his consciousness has returned should be seen as a positive sign. He’s passed the biggest hurdle.”

 

“If that’s the case, then it’s fortunate, but…”

 

Heidi tightly grasped Deshion’s hand, which was damp with cold sweat. Feeling the weight of his limp, powerless hand made her heart sink.

 

‘This appearance doesn’t suit you, so please wake up quickly. Like nothing happened.’

 

* * *

 

“What do you mean, entrusting His Lordship’s treatment to someone other than me!”

 

The Count’s personal physician, who arrived late, fumed with his face bright red.

 

“And to such a quack who isn’t even a real doctor! No matter how urgent the situation was, do you think that was the right judgment?”

 

The doctor pointed at Deon, who was sitting in a chair, and raised his voice angrily.

 

“Who exactly made such a reckless decision? What if something happens to His Lordship…!”

 

“It was my decision.”

 

Heidi, who had been continuously watching over Deshion, stood up.

 

“And lower your voice. Eloise still doesn’t know what happened to Deshion.”

 

“That…”

 

The personal physician, momentarily flustered, cleared his throat awkwardly. With his momentum deflated, he said with a dissatisfied expression.

 

“Still, you were too hasty. Poison is more complicated than you think. You must use the exact antidote.”

 

At those words, Deon, who had been quiet all along, spoke up.

 

“I used the correct medicine!”

 

“How dare you now…!”

 

Deon stood up from his seat and said.

 

“High fever and sweating, lightning-shaped rash appearing on the nape of the neck. Reddened whites of the eyes. What do these symptoms seem like to you?”

 

“That, that’s…”

 

The personal physician rolled his eyes back and forth. He racked his brain thinking, but couldn’t come up with any disease name.

 

“How could I know just from hearing about it like that? I need to see the patient directly…”

 

“Of course you wouldn’t know. You probably heard about the stone flower itself for the first time today.”

 

Deon continued in a firm voice.

 

“Perhaps it’s natural. Nobles rarely get poisoned by stone flowers.”

 

“…”

 

“Only poor and starving commoners eat it and collapse. Such people usually come to me, not to well-educated doctors like you, sir.”

 

Deon’s brown eyes gleamed brightly.

 

“Even if you had known about stone flowers, nothing would have changed. If Heidi hadn’t called for me, His Lordship the Count would have had difficulty surviving.”

 

“…What did you say?”

 

“Didn’t you arrive only after dawn had fully broken? If you had only given medicine now, His Lordship would have had difficulty surviving. The poison would have spread throughout his body.”

 

“…”

 

“So you should be grateful, sir. To Heidi, who made the right judgment.”

 

The chaotic atmosphere in the room instantly settled down calmly. The personal physician’s face was still red, but he too seemed to realize something and kept his mouth firmly shut.

 

That’s when it happened.

 

“Hei, di.”

 

A low, cracked voice broke the silence.

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