The Reason I Got Engaged to My Ex-Boyfriend - Chapter 51

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Episode 51

 

“I’ve never seen you before. Oh, could you possibly be that Colonel’s lover I’ve only heard about?”

 

At the natural question, I hesitated for a moment before just nodding my head.

 

The man smiled brightly and said.

 

“I’m Angelica. Please call me Doctor Angri.”

 

Doctor….

 

Now I understood why Ransel had come to this place.

 

Instead of me, Ransel responded with an incredulous voice.

 

“A secret doctor without a license calling himself Doctor.”

 

While saying this, he naturally seated me on the sofa.

 

The shabby sofa sank down with a soft thud.

 

‘A secret doctor.’

 

It was someone I’d only heard about in stories.

 

For royalty and high-ranking nobles, even the smallest things could become weaknesses.

 

So when they fell ill, the person they met while paying millions of gold was precisely a ‘secret doctor’.

 

A quack doctor who treated patients secretly to avoid leaving medical records and took enormous amounts of money….

 

‘But why would such a person….’

 

Be living in such a shabby house.

 

Just as I was having such doubts, Ransel plopped down next to me.

 

The old sofa sank down again with a soft thud, reaching a state near death.

 

Angelica had already brought out a bunch of medical instruments and started disinfecting them. He said cheerfully.

 

“By the way, the combined amount for night consultation and treatment fees is 2,000 gold.”

 

…Even for a secret doctor, 2,000 gold.

 

The man who was about to lose enough money to buy a commoner’s house spoke as if astounded.

 

“Even getting a house call from His Majesty the Emperor’s personal physician would be cheaper than that.”

 

“Think of it as saving one person who lost everything at a poker table a few days ago and was on the verge of hanging himself.”

 

‘…Ah.’

 

With that one sentence, I understood why that great secret doctor was living in such a shabby house.

 

A doctor who lost everything at a poker table.

 

I really shouldn’t gamble…. As I muttered inadvertently, Ransel glanced at me and said.

 

“That’s right, Mary. I’ll support whatever the princess does, but never gamble.”

 

At this, Angelica quickly glared in our direction, but Ransel didn’t care.

 

“If you touch it, your life gets ruined like his. He earns 2,000 gold every time he sees a patient and still lives like this.”

 

“Hey, whose life is ruined? I’m living quite satisfactorily, you know? Don’t judge arbitrarily.”

 

Angelica said while continuing the hot water disinfection.

 

“Right, Young-ae? Please say something to that person quickly.”

 

“I respect that way of life too.”

 

More precisely, I didn’t really want to care. If he ruins himself, it’s his own life being ruined.

 

At my words, Angelica smiled brightly.

 

“Wow, you’re the first person to say that to me. Do you happen to like card games?”

 

“No, but don’t drag me into it.”

 

I can only respect it to the level where I don’t have to worry about it.

 

When I answered firmly, Ransel smiled with satisfaction.

 

On the other hand, Angelica quickly lost his smile.

 

“Ah, why not. This is also an activity that builds mental nourishment, you know? There are really all kinds of people there, so there’s a lot to learn.”

 

“Okay, I understand.”

 

“I’m serious. A few days ago, some investment scammer was my poker opponent.”

 

I already felt like believing him would be dangerous.

 

“He said he liked me because I was handsome, and even gave me premium information. Something about… not investing in a mine, where was it? Oh, Dallas Mine up north. He said really good information about it would be circulating for a while, but it’s all a scam so don’t believe it.”

 

“…That’s quite good information.”

 

I definitely shouldn’t gamble even if it kills me. Though I’d never even thought about wanting to do it anyway.

 

Angelica, who had finished disinfecting, approached us with the instruments.

 

Ransel said to him.

 

“Angri. Instead of taking 2,000 gold, let us stay here for just one night. I’ll use the bed upstairs.”

 

“What, you want to stay overnight too?”

 

“You’re always here holding a bottle and falling asleep anyway.”

 

“…Good grief, you know me better than my mother in the afterlife.”

 

Angelica muttered as if dumbfounded, then gestured for us to do as we pleased.

 

Blue eyes turned toward me this time.

 

“Go up first, Mary. Go and rest.”

 

I also agreed to staying here until morning dawned, in case of any potential danger.

 

But….

 

“It’s not something that takes long. Let’s go up together.”

 

At my answer, Ransel smiled crookedly.

 

Ransel very rarely smiled like that when he didn’t like something I did but couldn’t bring himself to show it.

 

“But it’s not something we need to be together for either.”

 

“Why are you trying to send me up first….”

 

“Well, honestly, it won’t be a sight worth watching for you, and I’m an adult who doesn’t need a guardian just to receive some treatment. Go up first, Mary.”

 

“….”

 

“Our princess is quite possessive despite appearances.”

 

At the added comment, I reluctantly got up.

 

Actually, Ransel was right. There was no particular need to be together.

 

Even so, the reason I wanted to go up together was because I didn’t like having time apart given the situation.

 

And I was a little worried… honestly.

 

“When you go up, you’ll see two doors. The first one you see is the bathroom, and the next one is the bedroom.”

 

At Angelica’s voice that followed, I just nodded slightly and went upstairs.

 

When I got up from sitting on the sofa, my ankle hurt particularly, but I tried not to show it.

 

***

 

After confirming Mary had disappeared, Ransel leaned his neck back against the sofa.

 

His silver hair fell back, revealing his forehead wet with cold sweat. A groan flowed out between his teeth.

 

Perhaps because he kept moving while injured, the bleeding was ridiculously severe. The cardigan Mary had hastily wrapped around him was soaked with blood.

 

At the constant groaning, Angelica looked at Ransel with an astounded expression.

 

It seemed he had been enduring it so Young-ae wouldn’t worry….

 

“What, am I some emotionless invisible person? You’re making people feel hurt.”

 

“Where is there a person who hides their pain in front of a doctor they went to find.”

 

…It was a valid point, so Angelica closed his mouth.

 

Soon after, Angelica placed a small bottle on the table with a thud. It was anesthetic.

 

A drug made purely with holy power without herbs, it was the most commonly used anesthetic in the Obern Empire.

 

While Angelica continued preparing for treatment, moving about distractedly, Ransel quietly stared at that bottle before asking.

 

“Angri, is this the only anesthetic you have?”

 

“Yes, that one has the best cost-effectiveness.”

 

Hmm, it’s too late to find anywhere else to get other anesthetics.

 

Ransel asked once more.

 

“What would happen if I waited until tomorrow morning and went to the Viscount’s Mansion for treatment?”

 

“What would happen? All your nerves and muscles would die, you’d become disabled and unable to use one arm, and you’d probably retire early from the Naval Base for about twenty years.”

 

“….”

 

Ransel remembered the magic power he had felt in the alley.

 

Even if they weren’t demons, if they were related to demons, there would be traces of magic power remaining in the bullet fragments embedded in his arm.

 

They were well-trained assassins. There was no way they wouldn’t have erased traces of their path, and it was unlikely that Lebein, who had struggled alone in the alley, had managed to capture a hostage.

 

The bullet fragments were the only remaining clue. The magic power embedded in them would disappear upon contact with holy power.

 

So then.

 

Getting gunshot wound treatment without anesthesia from a quack doctor, or losing an arm and getting early discharge…

 

…Ransel pondered for just a brief moment.

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