The Obsessive Male Lead Is Obsessed With Me! - Chapter 17

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Episode 17

“I was truly curious what confidence a mere bishop could have to step forward and claim they could treat what even the Pope and the palace physicians had given up on…”

Cayen moved only his eyes to look Nicole up and down.

It was a blatantly obvious gaze meant to humiliate her, and indeed Nicole’s face flushed red with shame.

Cayen was now treating her like a woman who had come to seduce him.

“Tsk, if I had known the bishop who stepped forward to treat me was a woman my age…”

“Your Highness. May I examine your condition?”

Seeing Nicole cut off his words mid-sentence, Cayen raised one eyebrow with an expression that said ‘look at this?’

Then with a snickering sound, he pulled up one corner of his mouth and nodded his head.

“Fine, I’ll allow you to examine me once. I’ve become quite curious about the source of that confidence.”

Cayen showed a menacing smile as if to say she’d better be prepared if she came back with an answer of ‘I cannot cure you’ after examining his body.

At this, Eve grabbed Nicole’s sleeve with a frightened face.

“Ni, Nicole Bishop…”

“I’m fine, Eve. Could you prepare the sacred herbs?”

“Yes! Nicole Bishop!”

Eve, who had been trembling like a rain-soaked puppy, immediately perked up when given a task and began moving busily.

Cayen watched with his arms crossed as Eve busily laid out herbs on the table.

“Sacred herbs… Are herbs your medium?”

“Yes, that’s correct.”

In emergency situations, one could directly infuse divine power into the other person’s body, but this method wasn’t very efficient.

Generally, clergy used mediums suited to them to maximize their healing and purification efficiency, and there were four main types of these mediums.

Sacred fire using flames. Holy water using water. Sacred silver using silver, and sacred fruits cultivated by pouring divine power into them.

“I’ve heard people usually cultivate fruits, but herbs are a first for me. To use this as a medium, don’t you need to know herbs well?”

“That’s right. My birth mother was a pharmacist… so I naturally came to know herbs well. First, before using the sacred herbs, I’ll check Your Highness’s physical condition.”

Nicole wrapped the long rosary around her hand several times, then took Cayen’s hand and directly infused divine power into it.

-Flash!

A pure white light gently emanated from the hand wrapped with the rosary, and that light was soon absorbed into Cayen’s body through their joined hands.

From bishops to the Pope, he had received divine power injected into his body many times, but he could never get used to this sensation of warmth rising from inside his body.

More precisely, it felt like it was floating around despite clearly circulating inside his body.

There are occasionally such people. The type whose body doesn’t match with divine power. In terms of ratio, about one in ten thousand?

When divine power rummaged through his body, he felt sick, and after the divine power left, the exhaustion that made his whole body limp tired him out.

After Nicole’s divine power withdrew, Cayen asked wearily while slumping his tired body.

“So, what are the results of the examination?”

“From what I’ve observed… To explain simply, remnants of poison remain throughout every corner of Your Highness’s body.”

“Right. I’ve heard similar stories countless times. That poor blood circulation, easily feeling fatigue and frequently fainting, even being unable to sit for long and feeling dizzy are all because of that damn poison.”

Even speaking like this was difficult, so he had to take deep breaths.

“So? The explanation is done, just tell me whether you can treat it or not. If…”

“I can cure it.”

“What?”

“It will take quite a long time, but I can treat it.”

Nicole said while looking straight into Cayen’s eyes.

The physicians and servants showed surprised reactions at her resolute appearance.

“Bi, Bishop. Is that true?”

“Really, the First Prince…!”

-Crash!

What silenced the noisy chatter of servants and physicians alike was a loud shattering sound.

“Shut your mouths. My head is ringing.”

Everyone closed their mouths looking at the cup shattered into pieces. Nicole moved the trembling Eve behind her as she shook in fear.

“Right… Bishop, what was your name again?”

“It’s Nicole.”

“Right, Nicole. Listen well. Today I specifically told her not to come, but next time during treatment, Empress will be present. She is very… extremely interested in my health. You know this, don’t you?”

“I know.”

“If you want to take back your words, now is your last chance. If you misspeak in front of my mother…”

“Whatever I say would be hard for you to believe. So shall we proceed directly to treatment?”

The atmosphere in the room suddenly stirred.

Pretending not to notice the many gazes flying toward her face, Nicole began selecting several sacred herbs from the table.

“Eve, please prepare the medicine burner.”

“Ah, yes, yes!”

Under gazes mixed with expectation and distrust, interest and curiosity, Nicole calmly completed the medicine.

“You were poisoned when you were too young, and much time has passed, so we need to take a long-term view. It will take at least 3 years.”

“…You mean, if I receive treatment for 3 years, my body can become normal?”

Nicole answered in a small voice with her eyes downcast.

“I cannot guarantee it. But I can say with certainty that it will improve from now.”

“Improve, improve.”

Cayen burst into laughter. Even though he coughed up blood from laughing so loudly, he didn’t care and laughed again.

“I don’t ask for much. Just make it so I can sit for a full day, no, half a day.”

“…”

“And if I can reclaim what I’ve lost… I’ll grant you whatever you desire.”

Then Cayen shouted at the servants and physicians in the room.

“You all, if you carelessly let slip what you’ve seen and heard here…”

“That will absolutely never happen!”

“We absolutely will not reveal anything!”

“You’d better not. If even a single word leaks out, all of your heads will roll.”

The other party was the First Prince. Everyone knew this wasn’t a simple threat but a warning.

“Hic, hiccup!”

Moreover, Eve, who realized she was also included in that warning, clung to Nicole while hiccupping with tears in both eyes.

While comforting Eve, Nicole was immersed in regret, wondering if she had made a big mistake.

‘But…’

As a child’s duty, shouldn’t she settle the karma left by her parents?

This was the responsibility she had to bear for living well while hiding the fact that she was the bloodline of a traitor who had poisoned the Empress.

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