36 – The wicked woman interrogates
The sound of a door closing. Shael was coming in. It looked like Shael had gone somewhere during the short nap.
“What is it?”
From the time I entered, Shael had been watching me carefully. As if it were an interrogation.
“⋯You seem really tired lately?”
Of course. It was because I was working hard on my training even while sleeping.
I should have taken a nap, but I couldn’t because I was buying Clie’s medicine.
“For some reason, I fell asleep a lot.”
She
She told the truth that it was because she was training ⋯ But she said to the owner of the Mage Tower that she would pass out in one blow, thinking that she would be cursed at.
Shael still hadn’t taken his eyes off him.
“Your body seems weak.”
That’s what Shael told me. Are you weak?
That was my point. Because Shael always made her gasp for her lack of stamina.
Even this morning. When secretly tracking me.
“⋯I don’t think the person who secretly followed me and panted and panted didn’t have anything to say.”
“I didn’t.”
Sael spat out a lie as if she was right and sat down. She, of course, was still staring at me deeply. She said and then she said
“⋯Come to think of it, it looks like your hair has gone a little worse.”
“Yes?”
Did I get a headache?
It was clear that the villainess was determined to torment me. But… It wasn’t the same atmosphere as usual.
Shael looked serious about her something. Unlike the other times when they ridiculed me and bullied me.
Of course, that wasn’t a reason for me to look after Shael.
“I think it’s because I’m on a similar level to being with someone with a brain.”
“⋯⋯ Ha.”
Even after saying that, Shael let out a sigh and was watching me.
No, I was observing.
“⋯⋯If you have something to hide, tell me quickly.”
Now they were questioning me. Could it be that the observation was a preparation for this?
Then, what is the reason the wicked woman is questioning me?
She even followed me in the morning.
It was then that an assumption popped into my head.
Clie’s voice must have flowed from the bracelet. Could you have heard that?
I tried to deny it in the morning, but now that things have narrowed down to this point, I’m a little nervous.
Receiving communications from Clie, who Sael hates? Even that was in front of Shael.
It was obvious that this was an act that the villainess would hate to death.
“⋯⋯ What am I hiding?”
Before Shael could argue, she hurriedly pulled out her magic pouch. It was time for her to bring out her dessert to quiet the villain.
She handed several things to Sael so that he could not even speak.
There were so many different things that I couldn’t even remember what kind I made.
So it was enough to catch Sael’s attention.
Shael looked at me and the dessert for a while, then ⋯ She picked up one of her cookies as if she hadn’t been tempted.
She
She thought she would bring it to her mouth in a hurry, but the action was slow, as if she was deeply troubled.
Of course, after taking a bite of her cookie, Shael began to enjoy the dessert as if she had forgotten what she was doing earlier.
As if he forgot that I was in front of him.
Did I just give it to you?
* * *
The main characters in this novel have strange personalities.
No, in fact, many romance fantasy novels are like that.
There may be some male protagonists who are just kind and docile, but most of them are not.
The male protagonists have dirty personalities and are obsessed with the female lead. Male protagonists with such a personality were usually popular.
In this novel, the role of Crown Prince Zerok was exactly that. A role that is endlessly obsessed with the female lead and longs for love.
Why did this suddenly come out?
“⋯⋯What are you doing to Clie?”
“⋯.”
It was because of the prince right in front of me.
Clié’s bracelet was not universal. He continued he couldn’t communicate through the bracelet.
A few words at most. So he agreed to meet at the restaurant.
The problem is that when I was sitting with Clie, the prince suddenly appeared.
It was clear that Zerok was tailing Clie.
Clie was also glaring at Zerok in bewilderment.
‘⋯Should I give you medicine?’
In this mood, in this situation?
I don’t know.
* * *
Shael returned after leaving the medicine he found in Eran’s magic bag with the pharmacist.
Shael said to Eran who woke up.
“⋯You seem really tired lately?”
I was curious about what the drug was, so I asked.
The pharmacist of the Azbel family is so good that you will know the results right away, but Sael couldn’t wait.
I could ask straight-forward, but will Eran tell you that easily?
With no answer, it was clear that Eran’s behavior would become cautious, making it difficult to know.
So Shael began to question Eran.
“Your body seems weak.”
“I don’t think the person who secretly followed me and panted and panted didn’t have anything to say.”
There were times when I actually ate a punch from Eran, but⋯⋯.
Shael did not stop.
“⋯⋯If you have something to hide, tell me quickly.”
It was then that Shael was sure. Eran was perplexed. It was rare that she hadn’t been there a few times.
It was clear that he had something to hide.
She even brought out the dessert she cherished so much to keep Shael from dying.
Shael picked up one of her cookies. Eran was trying to make things up with her only dessert.
Does she consider herself a fool?
She was about to question Eran while eating a cookie. It was so sweet and delicious.
Shael was defeated by dessert. So she couldn’t even interrogate Eran.
Actually, she can’t seduce people’s spirits with dessert, but ⋯⋯.
But this was different. It felt like an inevitability. Shael falls for the taste of this dessert.
“⋯⋯.”
For some reason, her pride was hurt, and Sael just spent his time as usual.
Eran left before he knew it. Shael went straight to her pharmacist who left her pills.
She actually said she would be back by tomorrow, but ⋯ Sael couldn’t wait for even that. She saw the pharmacist who had left the medicine.
“⋯ What about medicine?”
A short word. At that one word, the pharmacist spoke quickly. Because she was a pharmacist who knew the character of a wicked woman, she knew her ingredients as soon as possible.
“It is a medicine for blood clotting disease caused by magic. It can’t make it better, but it slows things down a bit.”
Blood clotting disease. It was a disease that Sael had never heard of.
Shael still looked at her pharmacist. I meant to say more. Detailed.
The pharmacist, who was thoroughly prepared, spoke again.
“We only know that blood clotting disease is caused by magical powers, but the exact cause is unknown. It’s just that… It’s like exercising while breathing in the air filled with clear magical energy.”
Come to think of it, Shael had climbed the Azbel Family Mountains with Eran. The mountain range of Azbel, where the air is filled with pure magic power.
After Sael’s thoughts were over, the pharmacist continued.
“Avoiding sweets and getting plenty of sleep can keep you in good shape at least a little. In fact, there are many other ways besides these. Taking this medicine is one of them.”
Eran doesn’t seem to like sweet things very much.
When Shael gave Eran a cookie he cooked himself. Eran had eaten that delicious, sweet cookie with a frown on her face.
Otherwise, he would have eaten with a calm expression on his face, but Shael could have noticed.
“⋯ What are the symptoms of the disease?”
A question appeared on the pharmacist’s face at Shael’s successive questions. Aren’t you asking as if Sael had this disease?
But the pharmacist cleared the question. She was Shael, whose health was checked every time by Duke Jespen.
So there’s no way that Sael got this disease.
If Shael is afflicted with this disease, my Duke of Spen will search all over the place to find a cure for her.
The pharmacist said with relief.
“First of all, my body gets weak…and I sleep a lot. When things get worse, I have a really bad fever.”
For a member of the Baslett family, a master of swordsmanship, Eran was knocked out by a single spell.
Eran even fell asleep in front of Shael earlier. She was the one who had been seeing Shael lately with her tired looking eyes in her eyes.
I don’t think I’ve ever had a fever, but was it still early?
For the moment, Shael erased her thoughts and focused on the pharmacist’s words.
“After suffering a fever like that, I feel strangely healthy.”
“⋯ Getting healthy?”
“Yes.”
At that, Shael tilted her head. Then it wasn’t a disease that would be a problem.
But the pharmacist’s words did not end there.
“⋯⋯And die within a week.”
“⋯⋯Still, if you practice the methods I mentioned earlier, is it okay?”
“They are just stopgap measures. It slows down the deterioration, but it doesn’t stop it.”
Shael asked back. Her simple curiosity was the reason. In Shael’s opinion.
“⋯⋯ Then, how can I cure it?”
As for the pharmacist of the Azbel family, she knows all kinds of diseases and cures. So it was clear that he even knew how to cure this rare disease.
At Sael’s words, the pharmacist took a deep breath before speaking.
“⋯⋯”
No way.
The pharmacist added.