The Male Lead’s Attached Maid Is Too Competent - Chapter 44

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The Male Lead’s Devoted Maid is Too Competent Episode 044

 

As soon as I had some free time, I took leave and came out to the city district. Due to the death knight sweeping through, the number of people outside was significantly reduced.

 

Even the market was in a state where only dust was flying around.

 

I pulled down a hood to cover my face and tightly wrapped my mouth with a scarf. If I caught it too, there would really be no answer.

 

I knocked on the doors of herb shops that were closed to open them, and fortunately at the herb shops that were operating, I offered extra money and asked them to obtain the medicinal herbs I wanted.

 

“Haah.”

 

But I couldn’t obtain them anywhere right now.

 

“This is driving me crazy.”

 

My hands and feet were trembling. What if someone I know suddenly falls ill at this rate? What if the moment comes when I have to watch that happen?

 

I bit my nails nervously.

 

Ah, this bad habit.

 

I let out a deep sigh.

 

“Spring, can’t we bring spring forward?”

 

I swept my hair back. Actually, this world doesn’t have well-established storage facilities like refrigerators, and since medicinal herbs have expiration dates too, I knew it wouldn’t be easy to obtain them.

 

I came out because I couldn’t just sit around doing nothing. It would be nice if I could obtain them somewhere.

 

I asked Aidan and got all the addresses of herb shops in the Northern Territory. It was somewhat despairing that I couldn’t find them even after visiting all 7 places.

 

I patted my aching legs.

 

Still, I can’t just stay like this.

 

There were still medical clinics left. There were 5 medical clinics in total that were currently overflowing with patients. I might be able to obtain them there.

 

As I was about to get up, a shadow fell before my eyes and something dropped onto my shoulder with a thud.

 

A weight with warm warmth covered my shoulders.

 

I looked up. The familiar scent didn’t feel repulsive either.

 

“…Your Grace the Grand Duke.”

 

“What are you going around doing again?”

 

Christen sat down next to me. My cold body seemed to warm up. I pulled at his jacket that wrapped around my shoulders.

 

Even my heart felt cold, but it got much better.

 

“What do you need that has you going around like this?”

 

“…There’s something I absolutely must obtain.”

 

Christen’s eyebrows twitched.

 

“…Whatever you do is fine. I trust you. However.”

 

Christen pulled up the jacket that had been sliding down my shoulder.

 

“You need to be careful. If even you fall ill in times like these, what will happen to this Northern Territory?”

 

I smiled faintly at those words. Christen’s words seemed to give me some energy. It felt like encouragement to search hard.

 

“Yes, I’ll work hard at it!”

 

“That’s not what I meant…”

 

“I’ll definitely find it!”

 

Christen let out a hearty laugh at my determination. It was a refreshing laugh that didn’t match the current situation. His laughter seemed to purify my heart.

 

* * *

 

That night.

 

Rentro sat alone in the gardener’s quarters. While the inside of the Grand Duke’s Castle would be warm, this place was cold.

 

“Damn it… damn it…”

 

He muttered curses incessantly. Rentro shivered as he pulled the blanket closer. Not even knowing how to light the oil heater in the gardener’s quarters, there was nothing Rentro could do. He tried poking it a few times with the fire poker before giving up.

 

“Why do I have to be treated like this?”

 

The Grand Duke’s Castle was visible through the window. Warm lights were lit in every window. He thought of the people who would be inside there. And he thought of outside the Grand Duke’s Castle. The pale faces of people who had collapsed while coughing up blood.

 

They were dying. If Rentro had been out there, he would have ended up the same way.

 

Rentro’s hands trembled.

 

Their screams still echoed in his ears.

 

Being inside the Grand Duke’s Castle was at least safe. At that moment, he heard a small cough from outside.

 

Rentro froze.

 

‘Could it be… the plague…?’

 

His hands began trembling even more violently. He forcibly pulled the blanket and curled up his body.

 

* * *

 

Chase’s room.

 

Prince Chase stood in front of the window, looking down at the Northern Territory’s night view with eyes full of interest.

 

Chase, who had arrived here a few days ago, had felt and seen many things during that short time. Why did he think that this time, the horseman of death sweeping through the Northern Territory would be defeated? He thought of Roella, who had been uncomfortable with him today.

 

That made him smile naturally.

 

What he was curious about now was Christen’s response and the Northern Territory’s choice.

 

‘And…’

 

Chase looked at his own hands.

 

‘I might already be infected too.’

 

Chase was not an optimistic person. He had already traveled around the country and seen sick people. He had seen people dying.

 

Thousands had died and tens of thousands had fallen ill.

 

Lords either fled or closed their castle gates and hid. They feared the plague. Some even burned patients alive. But the Grand Duke’s Castle gates still remained open. Christen wouldn’t have given up.

 

Chase smiled.

 

‘It’s truly interesting.’

 

He wanted to see how the Northern Territory’s fate would unfold.

 

‘If I’m infected, that would be fate too.’

 

Either way, he had no regrets.

 

* * *

 

Lady Rosette walked slowly through the garden. Her body felt heavy. It was as if lead weights were hanging from each of her ankles.

 

“Cough, cough…”

 

Another heavy cough came out.

 

Lady Rosette hurriedly covered her mouth with a handkerchief. She tried to suppress the cough, but couldn’t stop it. Her throat felt like it was being torn apart. No, her whole body felt like it was being torn apart. The cough that made her lungs heave finally made her stop walking.

 

“Cough, cough…”

 

Her body swayed. She placed her hand on a tree and barely managed to keep her balance. When she lowered the handkerchief, it was stained red.

 

‘Again…’

 

Lady Rosette hurriedly put the blood-stained handkerchief into her pouch. This was already the third time just today. That’s why she was on her way to get medicine from the doctor. She felt her body getting worse and worse. But she couldn’t rest. The Grand Duke needed her.

 

There was a mountain of work to be done. Without her, everything would collapse.

 

Another cough came. This time it was so severe that her body bent forward. More blood stained the handkerchief. Her breathing… wasn’t coming properly.

 

She would be fine once she took the medicine. Lady Rosette sat on the garden bench for a moment to catch her breath.

 

Lady Rosette carefully folded the handkerchief, now even darker with blood, and put it in her pouch. Her hands trembled slightly.

 

Death’s knight.

 

Those words flashed through her mind.

 

She had known since this morning that her physical condition was not normal. Her forehead was burning hot, and her whole body felt languid. Tasks that she could usually handle easily felt burdensome today. Every time she climbed stairs, she was short of breath, and every time she lifted documents, her arms felt heavy.

 

Her whole body trembled as if convulsing, and her vision became hazy.

 

She didn’t even have time to take out her handkerchief. With the cough, something warm came out of her mouth. She covered her mouth with her hand, but it was useless.

 

She could feel hot blood flowing between her fingers.

 

The ground seemed to be swaying. No, it felt like the entire world was tilting.

 

The world spun round and round, making her dizzy, so she closed her eyes. A buzzing sound rang in her ears.

 

But her body wouldn’t move. She couldn’t even twitch a finger. As if her entire body had turned to stone, like a tree that had taken root in the ground, she couldn’t budge at all.

 

She only grew heavier and heavier.

 

Lady Rosette slumped down while leaning against the bench. Her head tilted to the side.

 

Her eyelids were as heavy as if made of lead. Even though she wanted to open them, she couldn’t.

 

Her consciousness gradually became hazy. It was like falling into fog. Sounds grew distant, sensations disappeared, and thoughts scattered.

 

Lady Rosette’s hand fell limply beside the bench.

 

In the distance, she could hear birds chirping. The sound of wind brushing through trees too.

 

But Lady Rosette could no longer hear anything.

 

She was only falling into darkness, into deep and cold darkness.

 

The owner of the coughing sound that Rentro had heard was Lady Rosette.

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