The Male Lead’s Attached Maid Is Too Competent - Chapter 49

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The Male Lead’s Devoted Maid is Too Competent Episode 049

 

Christen asked with a serious expression. He was absorbing everything I said like a sponge.

 

“How?”

 

“It’s a substance that comes from blue mold.”

 

I continued explaining.

 

“Blue mold, a specific substance produced by a type of mold called Penitax kills bacteria. If we extract this and administer it to patients, their illness will be cured.”

 

I explained the extraction method, cultivation method, and administration method in detail to Christen alone. It was exactly as I had read in the original work.

 

It’s really amazing that I remember this. I’m glad I read this episode several times. The author definitely got hints from the Black Death, but it was different from the Black Death, so I kept looking it up. That’s why I remembered it so clearly.

 

“Of course, that’s not all that’s needed. The substance obtained from blue mold is toxic, so if taken as is, side effects can occur. In severe cases, it can cause death.”

 

“Then…”

 

“That’s where Spring Herb comes in. Spring Herb plays the role of mitigating the toxicity of blue mold. This is the kick.”

 

“Kick?”

 

“The important point.”

 

Christen’s eyebrows twitched. Then he nodded as if he understood.

 

“That must be the reason why Miss Roella was searching through the market so thoroughly.”

 

“That’s right. And I was able to obtain it thanks to Mr. Jayman.”

 

“No, I just gave what I had.”

 

Jayman scratched his head with an embarrassed expression.

 

Christen stared at me silently for a long time. As if Jayman beside me was invisible.

 

“…How on earth…”

 

“You promised not to ask. Please keep your promise, Your Highness.”

 

I said with an awkward smile. Even though it was no different from just asking him to believe me, Christen accepted it.

 

Christen also smiled sadly.

 

“That’s right. I’m sorry. Miss Roella doesn’t need to step forward directly. I’ll explain to the doctors and scholars. I promise I won’t tell anyone that Miss Roella told me this story.”

 

Christen extended his pinky finger to me. It was the promise method I had taught him once. I hooked my pinky finger to his and shook it gently. I was able to smile a little.

 

I could only hope that the decision I made was right. That we could save more people.

 

“I’m truly grateful to you. Sincerely. I express my gratitude on behalf of the Northern Territory. I don’t know how to repay this debt.”

 

What debt.

 

“After driving away the disease…”

 

I hope the choice I made doesn’t bring more misfortune.

 

“Just give me one word of praise. That would be a great reward. Please tell me that I did well.”

 

“I promise that too.”

 

That’s enough.

 

* * *

 

“Aidan!”

 

At his call, Aidan’s face was flushed with anticipation.

 

“Immediately summon all the doctors and scholars inside the castle. As quickly as possible!”

 

“Understood!”

 

I looked at Christen.

 

“Your Highness, I am…”

 

“Miss Roella will stay here. You just need to watch quietly from the corner. I will explain everything.”

 

He had completely freed me from this matter. All my worries from yesterday seemed so pointless now.

 

‘That woman spread the disease, didn’t she? That’s why she knows the cure!’

 

And once suspicion takes root, it won’t easily disappear.

 

But people don’t suspect Christen. Christen was the lord of the Northern Territory and their long-standing pillar.

 

Before long, doctors and scholars began gathering one by one in the office. Perhaps because they were summoned urgently, none of them were properly dressed, and many had disheveled hair.

 

And Prince Chase was there too. He seemed to have followed the people out of curiosity about what was happening. There was no one here who could drive Prince Chase away. He still wore his elegant smile. He gave me a knowing look with his eyes.

 

Crazy bastard.

 

A curse escaped me involuntarily.

 

Elisha also entered. With a pale, ashen face, she quietly went to sit on a chair placed in the corner.

 

As Christen had said, I stood quietly in a corner of the office, in a place where people’s gazes wouldn’t easily reach.

 

Once everyone had gathered, Christen opened his mouth with a dignified voice.

 

“The reason I urgently called you all here is… because we have found a cure for the death knight.”

 

Murmurs arose in the office.

 

“Is that really true?”

 

The white-haired elderly doctor said.

 

“The death knight is an incurable disease. No one has been able to cure it for hundreds of years.”

 

“I thought so too.”

 

Christen said calmly.

 

“But there is a way. I will explain it now.”

 

Christen began explaining the content I had told him accurately, but in his own words.

 

The doctors looked half-believing, but they listened to Christen’s story. Everyone probably felt the same desire to grasp at any straw.

 

While scanning the people, I happened to make eye contact with Prince Chase.

 

His amber eyes were gazing at me, filled with interest, curiosity, and greed all at once. He looked at me with sparkling eyes like a merchant who had discovered precious gems, wearing a strange smile.

 

Stop looking at me like that.

 

Feeling uncomfortable, I subtly averted my gaze.

 

Christen knows the cure, so why is he looking at me like that?

 

Christen continued his explanation.

 

“We will test this from now on. We will find blue mold, extract it, mix it with spring grass to make medicine, and then administer it to patients.”

 

“But Your Grace.”

 

One doctor asked cautiously.

 

“Could you tell us the source of this treatment method?”

 

“That’s not important. We were about to let the entire Northern Territory die with our hands tied, and now we have a chance to try something. This isn’t the time to sit around on our backsides.”

 

Christen drove the people away. The only one who remained until the end was Chase. Chase approached me. Christen blocked his path, but he couldn’t block Chase’s mouth.

 

“It wasn’t you. The one who figured all this out was Miss Roella.”

 

I covered my mouth while hiding behind Christen’s back. That perceptive bastard.

 

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

 

“Haha. Right, you wouldn’t know. Miss Roella. What I said before will always be valid. Do you understand?”

 

…Did he just make a scouting offer in front of my boss?

 

This is really beyond common sense.

 

And Elisha was watching us with quiet eyes.

 

* * *

 

Elisha quickly left the office and headed straight to her room. She gripped the window frame tightly and stuck her face out the window. Only then could she breathe properly.

 

“Huff!”

 

How on earth did she know that?

 

And she knew it in much more detail than Elisha did.

 

‘The blue mold was toxic?’

 

It could have killed half of the Northern Territory.

 

Elisha hugged herself tightly. Terrible images flooded her mind. Herself standing alone among people dying while coughing up blood.

 

But that was only for a moment.

 

Roella, was it? That woman had stolen the opportunity she had worked so hard to create. With such a calm face too.

 

Elisha gritted her teeth.

 

As expected, she had to eliminate Roella first before anything else.

 

She gasped for breath while gripping the window frame tightly.

 

She wanted to break Roella’s slender, elegant neck. If she wanted to do it, she could just do it.

 

Elisha pulled herself away from the window.

 

When she turned around again, she was smiling.

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