The Quack Lady - Chapter 74

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Episode 74

“Is that so.”

“Hmm, everyone said they would lose the child, but both the baby and the Marchioness are safe.”

Soon he moved a pawn on the chessboard with satisfaction.

“It seems like talk is spreading in social circles that it was close to a miracle. Though Riben didn’t seem particularly interested.”

Riben was the emperor’s personal physician and head of the Imperial Palace medical office.

“Is that so.”

At the repeated answer, Kaileus stared straight ahead without a word.

The man with long flowing hair sat like a painting, showing a leisurely smile.

Kaileus, who found that appearance quite displeasing, asked sarcastically.

“I suppose it wasn’t divine grace after all.”

At those words, Zenhauer’s hand stopped abruptly in mid-air.

“Grace goes to those who need it, doesn’t it.”

“You didn’t bestow holy water?”

At those words, this time Zenhauer’s gaze turned to Kaileus.

Though he resembled the emperor in appearance, his personality took after his mother in being greedy.

That was what he had liked about him.

Recalling this fact, Zenhauer smiled beautifully once more.

“Holy water is barely enough to deliver to His Majesty and the nobles.”

“Then that’s fortunate.”

Kaileus nodded his head low.

‘Yes, it would be troublesome if holy water were in short supply.’

The power of holy water had put the emperor into eternal sleep.

Through this, he would be able to ascend to the emperor’s throne even without his father the emperor’s recognition.

With that end not far off now, he smiled with satisfaction.

“By the way, it seems catching one little rat hasn’t made much progress as expected.”

What he called a little rat was the 3rd Prince Eruten Lindhafen, who had suddenly attacked the Prince’s Palaces five years ago and then disappeared.

“Since it was five years ago, it’s difficult to identify witnesses or track his movements. However, we’ve put out a bounty, so soon…”

Just then, the chessboard fell to the floor with a loud noise.

Zenhauer’s gaze turned to Kaileus.

“Since when did a bounty mean death?”

Five years ago. Kaileus was no exception to those who suffered damage from the attack that struck the Prince’s Palaces.

Though he suffered relatively minor losses, all the other princes were harmed.

And this became the seed of war with the neighboring country Bezen.

“He hasn’t shown himself for five years. The probability that he’s dead is high, Your Highness the Crown Prince.”

“…”

“Above all, isn’t Kaileus the Crown Prince now?”

“…”

“I’ll make sure there are no problems.”

He bowed his head to Kaileus as if pledging loyalty.

‘Well, if the 3rd Prince were to suddenly appear in this situation, his position would indeed be shaken.’

Kaileus’s anxiety was understandable.

Anyone living in the Capital City knew that nobles including Duke Quais were not favorable toward the 1st Prince with his violent temperament.

“The Count has begun to move. Not only has he revealed His Majesty’s health condition, but he’s trying to identify the cause.”

“…”

“So instead of wasting time looking into some unnecessary Marquis’s mansion, solve that problem first.”

Kaileus smiled gently as he knocked over the white king.

“Oh my, I won.”

It was Kaileus’s victory.

* * *

My status at the Marquis’s mansion grew higher day by day.

Countless gazes poured down on me as I walked through the corridors.

Most were looks that seemed to say ‘Did that small child really deliver the baby?’

‘Well, does that matter.’

I was just about to turn the corner, thinking I’d just work hard at what I needed to do.

“Rtemeia.”

“Yeah.”

“…Are you still angry?”

Come to think of it, I remembered that he and I had been awkward with each other for the past few days.

I was about to brush it off saying it wasn’t like that when.

“I’m sorry.”

“Huh?”

He bent his waist and said.

“Thinking about it, I think I went too far that day. I was just so happy that I had accomplished something that I…”

“…”

“I’m sorry if you were uncomfortable.”

He offered a clear apology.

“It wasn’t so much uncomfortable as…”

Honestly, part of me was also worried.

Medicine wasn’t light enough to approach just for fun.

I let out a deep sigh and looked down at the back of Tenoa’s head.

‘Was I too harsh?’

Thinking about it, Tenoa was only fifteen at most.

Compared to that, I was a twelve-year-old girl with memories of being over thirty.

I wondered if I had been unnecessarily stubborn with a minor.

“Get up. It’s fine.”

“Really?”

“Yeah. But I hope you won’t think too lightly of it. If later you ever think you couldn’t save someone because of that light attitude, you’ll blame yourself…”

“Yeah! I will.”

Tenoa smiled with his lips pulled tight.

‘Did he really understand?’

I was about to speak to him but closed my mouth tight.

I could practically see non-existent ears on his shaggy head.

“By the way, how about pushing your hair back a bit?”

“Huh?”

Feeling awkward for no reason, I spoke about his hair that hung down enough to cover his eyes.

“It’s hanging down all shaggy, so it’s not hygienic.”

“…Really?”

“Yeah. I was going to mention it before too, because it would be bad if hair fell out.”

“…”

Tenoa nodded slightly. Then.

“Then will you cut it for me?”

“What?”

“Even if I push it back, it’ll just keep falling down, so it’s meaningless.”

That was true, but.

I was a bit flustered, so I took a step back.

Tenoa, regardless, pulled at a strand of hair covering his eyes and said.

“You’re good with scissors and knives.”

“Ah.”

Thinking about it, what would be so difficult about it.

For suturing and incising small blood vessels.

“Really? Then sure, why not.”

“Thanks.”

I readily accepted his request.

Then, I sat him down in one corner of the research lab and roughly draped a long cloth around him.

“Stay still.”

“Okay.”

He sat there obediently.

I was fumbling around, wondering how to cut his shaggy hair, when—

“…You’re not going to operate on my head, are you?”

Maybe he got scared once he actually sat down.

Tenoa asked in a slightly trembling voice.

“Of course not.”

Even at my words, he seemed a bit nervous and flinched.

“Stay still. You’ll get your ear cut off at this rate.”

For a while, only the sound of scissors cutting hair could be heard.

After I finished cutting all his hair…

‘Huh? What? This guy is incredibly handsome?’

I had thought from the beginning that he had a similar feel to Eruten, but after cutting his hair, it was beyond my imagination.

His prominent nose bridge, deep emerald eyes too.

Once the things covering his face were gone, he turned out to be quite good-looking.

Especially his gentle eyes were quite impressive.

“Oh, he looks much better now…”

“Why?”

I just stood there silently holding the scissors and muttering.

“…Sorry.”

Maybe my concentration had wavered from looking at his face, because his bangs were cut short like they’d been gnawed by a mouse.

‘Cutting hair and surgery are completely different.’

It seemed like it would be easier to saw through a skull instead.

“Ah, maybe I shouldn’t have offered to cut it.”

As I touched Tenoa’s hair and muttered, Tenoa smiled as if it was fine.

“It’s okay. This way I can see better in front too.”

Just as things were about to end on a warm note—

“Rtemeia! Here are the herbs you requested!”

The door opened with a loud voice.

The one who appeared through the door was Mr. Hanel.

“Huh? Mr. Pairon?”

“You two… what are you doing right now…”

Mr. Pairon frowned deeply as he looked at the two of us.

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“So you’re saying you were simply cutting his hair?”

“Yes. You can tell by looking at his mouse-gnawed bangs.”

I let out a deep sigh as I recalled what Mr. Pairon had just said.

“You two were so close together, I thought you might be doing something inappropriate!”

What on earth was in his head to make him misunderstand like that.

‘He really is a strange old man.’

When I shook my head, Mr. Pairon seemed a bit embarrassed and changed the subject.

“Ah, anyway, here are the herbs you requested!”

“Oh! You brought them properly!”

I happily greeted Mr. Hanel… no, more precisely, the herbs.

“You really still have no charm.”

When I touched the herbs without even glancing at Mr. Pairon, Mr. Hanel let out an incredulous laugh.

“But if you’d been even a little later, I almost couldn’t have used them.”

It was just when I was about to change the medicine for the Marchioness due to tolerance issues.

“By the way, our little one succeeded? The Marquis’s family is doing this much for you?”

Mr. Pairon also seemed a bit more surprised by the research lab than by me.

However, I wasn’t happy at all.

“The birth went properly, but… the Duchess’s condition isn’t recovering at all.”

“I heard roughly about it… Hmm, tell me in more detail.”

Mr. Hanel settled into a seat.

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