It has been a week since the prescription of extreme drugs for scurvy patients.
In the meantime, the Count and I went straight back to Count Espera’s mansion, and they were spending time with a fairly decent treatment.
There were some mysterious invitations in the middle, but due to Louis’ strong opposition, all the invitations went straight into the blazing fire, thanks to which I was able to spend my time peacefully.
Supervisor Cynthia has gone somewhere because something urgent has arisen, and Hans has been living in the training ground all day long, immersed in sword training.
“Prince Rommel! Prince Rommel!”
I’m reading a book in the library, and Louis runs over and sits next to me.
As the daughter of Count Espera, not Louis at the Academy, Louis smiles brightly in a dignified dress.
“I just heard from Papa and he heard that he can cure Scoby!”
I replied with a smile to Louis’ action, which forced her to answer with her eyes twinkling.
“It can be cured, and it can also be prevented. In the future, people here won’t suffer from scoby.”
“Isn’t Scoby the curse of the sea? Maybe… Prince Rommel has a powerful divine power…?”
“I say nonsense again. If I had divine power, I would have entered the priesthood sooner.”
“Huh! That’s not right!”
When you become a priest, you don’t have time for yourself.
Wake up early in the morning, prepare for the morning Mass, and go to the temple to clean and manage.
A priest who had to live as a servant of God for the rest of his life did not seem to fit his personality at all.
At first, Rommel was also skeptical of religion.
“So why did you come to me so early in the morning?”
“Ah! Papa told me to bring Prince Rommel. I don’t know the exact reason, but you seemed in a hurry anyway.”
“It’s coming.”
A week ago, scurvy patients were fed a diet of vegetables and fruits.
It’s been about a week, and now it’s time to start working.
The fact that the Count had called me through Louis early in the morning was to prove that I had already received reports that the patients had recovered.
“Yes, the Count is calling, so we need to go quickly. Louis, guide me to the Count’s office.”
“Of course!”
Louis smiled brightly and nodded her head vigorously.
Putting aside the book we had been reading for a while, Louis and I got out of the study and started walking to the Count’s office.
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“Come on!”
“??”
Arriving at the Count’s office, the first thing the Count did was run to the door and grab Rommel’s hands.
Rommel was somewhat embarrassed by the sudden hospitality of the Count, but the Count didn’t care and took Rommel’s hand even tighter.
“What are you… are you doing?”
Rommel seemed to have taken a step backwards as to whether the Count’s attitude was burdensome, but the Count rather approached Rommel and smiled brightly.
“It works! As you said, I ate a diet containing vegetables and fruits and all recovered within a week!”
” okay. “
It was only then that Rommel could understand why the Count was so welcoming to him.
When the treatment for scurvy showed improvement, it was only then that the Count believed in Rommel.
“How the hell did you find out about Scoby’s cure? It’s a difficult puzzle that even prominent scholars in the Empire and around the world have not been able to solve…!”
” ..we just compared the literature and picked out some of the odd ones.”
“You speak so easily. Didn’t scholars around the world use that method?”
“I was just lucky.”
In fact, in my world, scurvy was already a conquered disease. It was clear that he would be treated as a pseudo-heathen, so Rommel had no choice but to reply with the answer that he was just lucky.
However, even with such an ambiguous answer, he did not know that a smile would fall on the count’s face.
Even if you were lucky, it doesn’t change the fact that it was Rommel who discovered the cure for Scoby.
The count was a merchant.
It is also the fact that the pursuit of profit is terrible.
When Scoby recovered, the Earl had been thinking of making huge profits from this method of treatment.
In the end, when he thought of his own estate that was growing into the most famous city in the world, the Count did not know what to do with his euphoria.
“Awesome! To be honest, I didn’t believe you! But nonetheless, you turned doubt into belief as a result! It’s amazing!”
“It’s overrated.”
“Heh heh! You’re too humble, you deserve a little more!”
Bang!
The Count taps Rommel’s shoulder and gives a honey dripping look.
The hostility we had when we first met disappeared, and the Count sends a favor to Rommel.
” ..so you have a fiancee?”
” ..yes? “
Rommel’s eyes widened in surprise at the question that came in out of nowhere.
We’re talking about Scoby, so why is there a story about a fiance all of a sudden?
” ..Not yet. “
“Yeah? Well then, you’re lucky!”
What is happiness?
Rommel was genuinely curious about the count’s intentions.
” …to be married.”
Come to think of it, even when Rommel came of age, issues such as marriage or engagement did not arise.
It is common for nobles to become engaged before reaching the age of majority and to hold a ceremony when they come of age.
But Rommel didn’t even have a common fiance, let alone marriage.
There was no family that reached out to an heir who was pushed out of a family that could not even debut in a social church.
“How about my daughter Louis?”
” ..yes? “
“Looks like you’re close with my lovely and cute daughter, Louis, and I asked him about getting engaged to him.”
“Because it was so sudden…”
“I did some research on your family.”
Rommel shuts her mouth at the Count’s words.
Viscount Griff in Rommel’s life was a shame.
No human treatment was received or desired.
To be honest, right now, Louis is more important than family.
“It’s a little harsh to say this, but they say your family’s situation is a little difficult.”
” ..difficult?”
“Yeah, financial problems or the management of the estate is not working properly.”
” …. “
The Count secretly investigated Rommel’s family.
And this morning, the Count received a report on Rommel’s family and was not able to contain his bewilderment.
It was the fact that Viscount Griff, who he knew as a family with history and tradition, was slowly declining.
Viscount Griff, sometimes at banquets, he sometimes showed his face, but that was all.
After arriving at the banquet hall, I was very impressed and remembered that he did not even speak with the other nobles, just looking at his eyes.
It’s just too bad luck, isn’t it?
No, this could have been a good opportunity.
The Scoby Therapy is certainly a groundbreaking invention capable of astonishing beyond empires and around the world.
But Rommel casually brings such an invention out of his mouth.
I’m sure there must be something greater in my head than the Scoby cure.
Somehow, I had to make a kite now and tie a string.
And in order to tie the knot securely, marriage was the most common and sure way.
To be a family means to be united by blood.
If Rommel became a blood relative of Count Espera… it wouldn’t be a bad offer for Rommel either.
Viscount Griff is currently being slaughtered, and Rommel has not received support from the family.
Tears of blood flowed down his face when he thought of his daughter, Louis, whom he raised dearly.
“..Is it okay if I think about it for a moment and tell you?”
“Of course, marriage is the most important thing in life. You can’t decide on such a thing right away. Oh, and.”
The Count picks up the papers from the table in his office and hands them to Rommel.
A document with some messy writing on it, Rommel took the document and asked the Count.
” What is this? “
“The exact amount of damage caused by the pirate ship.”
” ..this document, it is not just the seal of the count.”
“Yes, it is a document written and given to me by merchants from the Ottoman Empire, the Holy Ruth Empire, and the Beershev Empire.”
Upon closer inspection of the document, it was found that it was written in several languages.
However, the numbers written in common in those languages.
Rommel immediately understood what these numbers meant.
” ..it is the exact amount of damage that the victims who suffered damage by the pirates wrote down directly.”
“Yes, honestly, I thought that our estate suffered the most damage…but it wasn’t necessarily like that.”
“The pirates do not know the subject and are installing it.”
“Yes, it was our Espera family ship at first. But over time, pirates started to loot ships from other countries as well.
A little bit of anger was felt in the sight of the Count, who was stroking his beard and his eyes fluttering.
” ..huh. I’m sorry to those merchants, but this document. I think it can be put to good use.”
“That’s right.”
Why did the count give Rommel the papers?
Rommel quickly figured out why the Count had given him the papers.
“I’ll prepare right away.”
” ..You have a good heart, but take it slow.”
“No, it takes thorough preparation to play with the country.”
” ..country? “
However, Rommel had no intention of dealing only with pirates.
A country that helped control the pirates from behind and legally plunder them.
“The Kingdom of Spesha is my goal.”
” what? “
A country that quietly grows its power in the west.
The Kingdom of Spezia was Rommel’s goal.