The Time-Limited Baby Doctor Doesn’t Hide The Fact That She’s A Genius - Chapter 240

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The Terminal Baby Physician Doesn’t Hide Being a Genius

Additional Side Story Episode 5

“….”

Sylvester didn’t answer with a sullen face.

However, his eyes were saying ‘Why are you asking when you already know?’

‘He must have been told not to answer.’

I let out a hollow laugh. Because it felt somewhat amusing.

In fact, Raon had somehow made time despite being busy to come see me. I had no complaints about this.

Conversely, when Raon was at the Hei Family Estate, he had also been considerate of me being busy as the Family Head. I didn’t mind at all.

“Why didn’t he ask himself?”

“He says it would look petty if he asked himself.”

I was slightly impressed.

‘As if that could be true.’

This isn’t just because we’re lovers, but if it’s Raon, no matter what vicious or strange words he says, his face would neutralize them.

“Well, setting that aside, why did you come? This isn’t something a minister should be asking about. This castle should also have a Chief Administrator, so… there should be a Head Maid or Head Servant, right?”

“There are.”

Sylvester replied indifferently.

“They’re just waiting to be purged.”

Ack.

Sylvester’s explanation was as follows.

After Raon ascended to the throne, he discovered that the previous Crown Prince had employed vicious families, incompetent or corrupt officials, those who embezzled taxes, and so on.

There were quite a lot of people who needed to be eliminated for reform.

At first, they started by eliminating the lower-ranking ones who were easier to deal with.

As time passed, now they were trying to sweep away the big fish too.

They were leaving the Head Maid and Head Servant alone because they planned to use them as an excuse for this purge.

‘Oh, so they’re in cahoots with those corrupt people.’

Well, thinking about palace intrigue stories, having spies in the opposing camp would be basic, wouldn’t it?

It seemed the Head Maid and Head Servant had been bought with money.

Anyway, they were about to eliminate the big heads, but it coincidentally overlapped with my arrival at the Imperial Capital, so it was temporarily postponed.

“Politics gives me a headache.”

“At least the Hei Family is a physician family, so it would be less troublesome.”

I glanced at Sylvester.

“There’s a clear and visible standard, isn’t there? Skill.”

He definitely looked thinner and more tired than when I last saw him.

“Ah well. Even a genius like me gets persecuted sometimes, you know?”

Sylvester and I burst into laughter at the same time. It was a joke we could make because we knew each other’s past.

“…You must tell His Majesty that I asked very kindly and attentively. Please. He said he’d reduce my overtime.”

“If it’s that hard, just quit. As a physician, I advise you should sleep more.”

“I can’t do that.”

Sylvester smiled grimly.

“Do you know how much it pains those branch family elders who were pushed to the back rooms to see me, who was called the family’s failure, succeeding so greatly? I can’t give this up.”

I chuckled.

“Alright, I understand. I’ll tell Raon properly.”

Sylvester terribly hated his family. More precisely, the things his family had done, like deliberately creating and spreading diseases.

In the end, he had sided with Raon and become the winner.

“Ah, but it’s fortunate. Ever since you arrived, His Majesty has become such a complete fool for his lover… Thanks to that, the marriage proposals have decreased significantly, haven’t they?”

“…Marriage proposals?”

Sylvester made an ‘oops’ face. However, he soon accepted it and opened his mouth.

“Um… please don’t misunderstand. His Majesty only has eyes for you, even from 1000 kilometers away.”

“Did you think I didn’t know that? So what is it?”

“Well… it’s something that happened because of the Previous Emperor.”

The Previous Emperor, who was like Raon’s grandfather, apparently had multiple empresses.

In other words, he had multiple marriages.

The Former Emperor at least only had two. Raon’s Mother and the Crown Prince’s mother.

By the way, the Crown Prince’s mother had been dead for a long time.

“Anyway, since the Previous Emperor had multiple state marriages, there are opinions that it would be good for His Majesty, who has just ascended the throne, to do the same… something like that.”

There were those who were enthusiastically making proposals because of the precedent.

My face darkened slightly.

Sylvester cautiously watched my reaction and hunched his shoulders.

“But there seems to be nothing to worry about at all. Um…”

He glanced over me briefly. Just enough to not be rude.

“You have so many bodyguards.”

Sylvester, feeling that staying longer would be disadvantageous for him, quickly bowed and retreated.

“Anyway, no matter what happens, don’t worry. You mustn’t follow anyone who offers to buy you something!”

“Am I a child?”

‘Tch, maybe I should falsely accuse him of being unkind to Raon.’

Of course, Raon had rejected all proposals outright, and the Family Head doesn’t know how scary His Majesty is… You’ll really see heads rolling soon…

Sylvester had left after dropping these words. But I wasn’t in a very good mood.

‘Well, a gem that’s pretty in my eyes would look pretty to others too…’

Should I move up the wedding date? No, that’s not right.

We roughly decided on the timing, but we agreed to decide the exact date after finding more ingredients to revive Mother and seeing more clues.

‘Having a future husband who’s too outstanding is also a problem.’

It was when I was rubbing the back of my neck.

“Excuse me, Miss.”

I turned my head at the irritating form of address. There stood a maid who had appeared at some point.

The maid with a perfunctory smile bowed politely.

“It’s just that… there’s someone looking for you, Miss.”

I only blinked and didn’t move at all.

– The maids… No. They said no.

‘You mustn’t follow anyone who offers to buy you something!’

Somehow, Mother’s words and Sylvester’s parting words seemed to merge into one.

I soon smiled lightly.

“Alright, let’s go see.”

Just as I took a step, the maid hesitated. Because water was rippling in front of her.

“But first, let’s correct the form of address. Not Miss, but Family Head.”

I was holding a water bottle in my hand. A water bottle filled with clean water.

I slightly raised the corner of my mouth.

“I trust you have the sense not to be rude anymore. You’re a maid of the Imperial Capital, aren’t you?”

“…”

The maid who had rolled her eyes soon bowed with a different kind of politeness than before.

“…I apologize, Family Head. I, I will guide you.”

The place the maid guided me to wasn’t far from where I had been initially.

‘Ah, I think I saw this while passing by.’

It was the glass greenhouse I had seen while taking a walk. Raon had said that greenhouse and the pavilion next to it were also rented out to nobles.

The place the maid headed to was the pavilion next to the greenhouse.

There, delicious tea and snacks were laid out, and three women were seated.

Nearly arriving, the maid stopped walking. Right in front of the steps leading up to the pavilion.

Soon the women sitting at the table rose from their seats.

With me below the steps, it naturally became a situation where the women were looking down at me.

“Oh my, we meet such an esteemed person.”

“Hello there, Family Head from that distant neighborhood?”

“You’re a more beautiful young lady than the rumors say.”

Deliberately not properly calling my family, territory name, or my title, and lastly, not correcting this despite knowing it.

A gaze looking down while pretending to greet.

Even the familiar look of discrimination.

Ah, that’s right.

They exist everywhere.

‘Territorial behavior.’

Though I don’t know why someone other than the owner of the Imperial Capital is displaying such territorial behavior.

I chuckled softly.

And just as I was about to open my mouth.

“We greet the noble Family Head.”

A proper greeting was heard from behind me.

A familiar voice.

The women looked surprised with wide eyes or blushed cheeks. When I turned my head, sure enough.

There stood a familiar figure with intensely red hair like the sun.

It was Shaman.

He didn’t even glance toward the upper pavilion and asked me.

“Are you lost?”

That was both a warning directed upward and a helping hand extended toward me.

“…Shaman Wolfsbane.”

“I’ll guide you. Over there…”

“No, it’s fine.”

I shrugged my shoulders once and turned my gaze back.

Whether Shaman was popular or not, the women seemed flustered. Looking at their blushing cheeks, I waved my hand.

“Kyaaaah!”

Suddenly trapped underwater, the women screamed.

‘There must be someone behind them who ordered this.’

Originally, such crude work is done by lackeys. Expendable foot soldiers, that is.

I trapped the women in diagnostic water, brought them down below the steps, and released it.

Oh, by the way, when trapped in diagnostic water, you can come out cleanly, but.

“Kyah, my clothes, my clothes!”

“My hair…!!”

You can also come out soaking wet like this. I chuckled looking at those who got drenched.

“Since you invited me, I should naturally show dignity as the prospective mistress of this place.”

The women stared up at me blankly.

“However, since you seemed to have difficulty coming down to greet me, I helped you. Ah, you don’t need to greet me now.”

“What…”

“I’d rather not mention trivial matters to His Majesty since he’s busy, so I’ll let this pass. But there won’t be a next time.”

“…”

The water stream swirled back to my side and returned to the water bottle.

I smiled brightly.

“I responded because I was bored, but please refrain from such invitations in the future. I’m too busy seeing patients.”

I lightly shook the water bottle and smiled even more deeply.

They were too cute to be called territorial, so I let them off easy. Little lackey sisters.

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