The Baby Raising A Devil - Chapter 63

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Chapter 63

‘I need to find out if they sold it to anyone other than the Empress Dowager.’

I followed behind the Empress Dowager as she left the hall to take her medicine.

When I approached the Empress Dowager who had just stepped out the door, she asked as if wondering what was going on.

“Why aren’t you in the hall?”

“I want to be with Your Majesty. There are too many people in the hall and it’s scary.”

There aren’t many people who dislike a child following them around out of affection.

The Empress Dowager also chuckled when she saw me desperately following her like a chick chasing its mother hen.

“His Imperial Majesty didn’t cherish me this much when he was young, but you seem to be quite fond of me.”

That’s when it happened.

“Your Majesty.”

A familiar voice reached my ears. I flinched and turned around.

‘Priest Adolf.’

Five years ago, he was the man who pressured Dubbled with spinel, and in my first life, he was the man who persistently tormented me.

“Even though it’s been revealed that she’s fake, how can you not hang yourself? Can you even fathom how much the temple’s reputation has been damaged because of that Young Lady?”

The Empress Dowager looked pleased to see him, but soon glanced at me and said.

“What brings you here? Duke Dubbled would be displeased if he saw this.”

“I brought more medicine. I was worried you might run short.”

“Perfect timing. I take it faithfully every day, so I was disappointed when it ran out so quickly.”

She chuckled softly and gestured, prompting the head maid to receive a box full of medicine bottles from the priest.

The Empress Dowager gently pushed my back.

“This is the Child of Fate. She’s grown quite a bit, hasn’t she?”

The same person who said she wouldn’t call priests to the palace when I arrived now promptly introduced me to the priest as soon as she received the medicine.

This was the kind of person the Empress Dowager was. Someone who instantly turned to whoever offered her something bigger.

Adolf looked completely uninterested in me, but reading the Empress Dowager’s expression, he said.

“Nice to meet you, Young Lady. I’m Adolf from the Central Temple. You’ve grown quite a lot.”

“Hello.”

“You must devote yourself and devote yourself again. Young Lady, you have received a great mission compared to what you possess, so you need limitless patience.”

Adolf glanced at me with eyes that seemed to view me like a parasite, then laughed heartily as he turned back to the Empress Dowager.

“Your complexion has improved greatly.”

“It’s all thanks to the priest. The medicine’s effectiveness was amazing.”

“I wondered how much pain you must have been in to take medicine sold by such a small trading company, so I desperately devoted myself to manufacturing it.”

How shameless of him to steal our trading company’s manufacturing method.

Well, Adolf was always someone who found it easy to steal other people’s things.

She had stolen the divine power calculation formula I desperately completed and reported it to the Papal Court as her own development multiple times.

“I’m truly grateful. The merchant group only sells such small quantities, and you can’t purchase it unless you go there personally.”

“What despicable people. Don’t worry anymore. I’ll prepare plenty of medicine before it runs out.”

“If it’s such good medicine, it would be profitable to sell it, but once you start selling, won’t you be too busy to take care of an old woman?”

“Not at all. I make medicine only for Your Majesty the Empress Dowager.”

Thanks to the two people chatting harmoniously, I finished grasping the situation and trembled with excitement.

I was trying to hold back the cheers that wanted to burst out!

‘What a stroke of luck.’

After seeing the effects of the Luminus medicine, Mina had said this.

“Ah, so steroids come from herbs here.”

That was a drug with serious side effects if abused.

Used properly, it’s an excellent medicine, but used incorrectly, it can kill in the worst case.

The reason I stationed doctors to check symptoms before selling Luminus medicine wasn’t just to maximize rumors of its effectiveness.

It was to protect the clients.

‘If he only gives it to the Empress Dowager, the other clients will be safe.’

They’re taking only very small amounts of medicine according to the instructions of the doctors I stationed, so there’s little possibility of side effects appearing.

But if she takes that much medicine, the Empress Dowager will definitely experience side effects.

My medicine doesn’t cause side effects, but the medicine made by the priest does.

This means he must take all responsibility for the Empress Dowager suffering aftereffects.

The Empress Dowager laughed heartily and said to me.

“Isn’t the priest truly amazing?”

“Yes. Amazing!”

I said brightly. The priest’s lips curled up smugly.

* * *

After returning from the party venue, I looked around and went to a corner of the windowless dressing room to grab the communication stone.

I connected communication with Seria and explained what happened today.

“Soon an incident related to Luminus medicine will break out. Build trust well so clients don’t panic and immediately stop taking the medicine.”

‘Because suddenly stopping Luminus medicine is also dangerous.’

[Yes, Young Lady. But what about the Empress Dowager?]

“Hmm, that’s… not my concern?”

[What?]

I am not a good person. The kind Leblaine who would worry even about the life of the Empress Dowager, who had contributed to ruining my life multiple times, was no longer here.

‘Now I just need to wait.’

Thanks to Adolf being so greedy, I just need to watch ceremonies and eat bread.

* * *

A week later.

Humming as I left my room, I walked down the corridor with light steps.

‘I should explore the mansion!’

Between the banquet, the Empress Dowager, and dealing with the aftermath of the Luminus Medicine, I’d been so busy that I hadn’t had time to properly explore the mansion.

Even when my brothers came to play with me every day, I pretended to be tired and burrowed under my blanket, keeping my eyes wide open as I examined the account books.

‘There’s absolutely nothing incriminating!’

I can rest easy no matter what the shrine tries to threaten me with.

The scenery of the mansion and the Imperial Palace was very different.

The Imperial Palace was bustling with many employees passing through the corridors.

But in the mansion, only the bare minimum of people passed by quickly. To avoid catching their masters’ attention.

I don’t know why, but apparently that’s the rule for servants of great nobles.

They said servants are no different from tools and must move around without bothering their masters’ eyes.

The Valois Mansion was like that too. The Amitie Mansion was different, with only a butler and one maid due to its frugal nature.

‘It seems like a rather lonely scene.’

Wouldn’t the people living here feel lonely?

For me, who would soon be going down to the territory, it was fun to explore without interference from servants.

I was slightly excited.

The servants said I could go anywhere except for Aunt Javelin’s room.

The mansion was really so large that running from one end of the corridor to the other would leave me panting.

As I was wandering around the second floor, I discovered a room decorated with a slightly different pattern on the door.

‘Where is this?’

When I slightly opened the door, a small room without windows appeared.

I thought it might be a warehouse, but it was very, very well maintained. There was a table, pretty chairs, a cupboard, and even a small bed.

‘Is this an employee’s room?’

But is there an employee who can have a room inside the mansion?

Judging by the lack of windows and the cramped space, it definitely couldn’t be Javelin’s room.

I quietly sat down on the chair. There was a small drawer under the table, and when I opened it slightly, there was a bundle of letters, or rather, a bundle of notes.

Should I be reading this? I hesitated for a moment.

But I soon organized my thoughts.

They said I could go anywhere, so if there was something I shouldn’t read, they would have put it away beforehand, right?

[Apologize to me.]

[Isn’t an apology something you give when you’re sorry?]

[You were rude!]

[I don’t see how helping down a lady who was crying because she was scared of words was rude. If it’s because you’re worried about me seeing your tears, don’t worry. You’re not special enough for me to keep in my memory.]

[I wasn’t crying! I was just practicing horseback riding! Grabbing my neck and throwing me down while I was practicing horseback riding was quite rude enough.]

[I don’t know since when clinging to a horse’s back like a flying squirrel became horseback riding.]

It was the neat handwriting of an adult.

The notes seemed endless.

[I apologize for screaming yesterday. I was simply trying to put medicine in the bathroom at the butler’s request to help with fatigue recovery. I truly never dreamed that you would enter the bathroom during the day, and naked at that.]

[It seems my apology from the last letter didn’t get through properly, so I’m writing again. I’m sorry. And I have never spread rumors about your cobra being a cobra.]

[If you mention the cobra one more time, I’ll burn down your room.]

[I’m sorry if I upset you. But I really didn’t do it. It’s scary, so I’d appreciate it if you didn’t glare at me like you did earlier. What I said in the bathroom, “co, cobra,” was indeed referring to your cobra, but I really, really didn’t spread any rumors.]

[What if you really set fire to my room!]

I giggled as I passed the note.

[Are you okay from getting hurt yesterday? If you don’t get treatment, the wound will fester.]

[That’s not for you to worry about.]

[Don’t leave useless things in front of my room.]

[It’s not useless, it’s medicine. It’s a nice day. Speaking of which, I’d like today’s snacks to be pudding. Please tell the butler. I’m sorry for making such requests when I’m already indebted to you.]

[The one you’re indebted to isn’t the butler, it’s me.]

[Thank you for the pudding.]

[Do you know how happy it is to dip your feet in ice water under the shade of garden trees in summer?]

[Thank you for the ice water.]

The one using formal speech was incredibly shameless, but I didn’t find it unpleasant. I could feel the loveliness in both the handwriting and the sentences.

[Why didn’t you come outside yesterday?]

[If you’re sick, say you’re sick. Don’t endure it by covering yourself with a blanket again.]

It seems the other side had also started writing notes first.

My heart started pounding. Could this possibly be a love letter?

[I don’t get married.]

I was right!

[Why are you telling me that?]

[Then why don’t you stop putting so much intensity in your eyes when we meet.]

[I have an eye infection! …But are you really not going to get married?]

[That’s right.]

The letters became a bit sweeter.

[I’d like you to calm down a bit.]

[That’s not an apology, is it? If you knew that I almost jumped into the lake because you kissed in front of the butler, you absolutely wouldn’t apologize like that.]

They must have kissed!

My heart was pounding so much that I covered my blushing cheeks with my hands.

[Was your body alright yesterday?]

[I’m not that weak.]

.

.

[Three months, they say.]

What’s three months supposed to mean?

‘Could they be sick somewhere?’

There were no more notes following. I touched the end of the note with a worried expression.

Just getting a glimpse into their hearts made my chest feel warm, and I found myself hoping they would be happy for a long, long time.

I let out a regretful “Hmm.” and was about to tie up the note properly and put it back in the drawer.

But something blunt touched my fingers in the corner of the drawer.

When I carefully pulled it out, it was a pair of rings. The one with the wider band had nothing on it, but the narrower one had a ruby embedded in it.

While examining the ring with the wider band, I discovered writing engraved on the inside.

“Li… sette. Lisette?!”

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