The Damn Family Is Back Again chapter 107

107. Remnants of Malice (8)

Since I had seen the memorial, it was certain that food containing Kelvia Berry would be served.

The nobles would try to feed this food to Carsein by any means necessary, and the system would not miss this crisis and would press him.

But I very easily.

I reversed this situation in an instant with just one preparation I had made in advance.

▶Kelvia Berry Indicator has been used!◀

▶A large amount of Kelvia Berry has been detected in the dish prepared by Peteah Gelgaten.◀

▶The choices will disappear.◀

Although the system’s interference prevented the purchase of the potion, it wouldn’t have gone so far as to interfere with making it by combining the ingredients directly.

How could they possibly block such a reasonable and legitimate method?

With the choices automatically disappearing, I was able to speak with confidence.

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“I told you, Flora. It’s not right for me to enter this tea party. I should just go back to being an escort knight.”

“…”

Flora flinched and raised her head.

But even after raising her head, she wouldn’t have been able to say anything.

It must have been an all too familiar sight for her.

From the very beginning, Karsein hadn’t been invited here.

He was merely a clown, brought here only to liven up the festivities and provide entertainment for them.

And Flora was no different from them.

She was the same kind of person who had forcibly blocked Karsein, who was desperately struggling and trying to escape from the confines of his cage, and had thrown stones at him, inflicting wounds.

“This… It’s not me. I didn’t make this. There’s some kind of misunderstanding…!”

At this point? You’re saying that you didn’t make this?

‘No. This is the remnant of your malice.’

It was something that had happened because of you.

It was something that had grown because of your own two hands.

Because of you, who had spread evil with your petty malice without putting a stop to it, Karsein had been forced to eat Kelvia berries not only within the duchy but also outside.

And in the end, you had failed to realize this fact on your own.

This was the reality that Flora Vagabund had created for Karsein Vagabund.

So I cut off Flora’s words like a knife.

“As I thought, this wasn’t my place. I understand very well that I’m a hundred times more suited to being in the back as an escort knight.”

“Wh, what are you saying?”

“Do you feel sorry? That you realized so late that I was an unwelcome guest?”

-Thud.

“Uninvited guests should take their leave.”

Leaving behind the nobles who seemed to be in a state of confusion, I exited the tea party hall.

Naturally, there was no one who came to stop me.

***

Why on earth?

It was the thought that had been swirling around in Flora’s head all day today.

Why was he wearing such plain clothes at a tea party with the nobles?

He should have dressed up a bit more. He should have worn something a bit more stylish.

She hated that he wore such plain clothes.

Why had they prepared two carriages?

The servants weren’t riding with them. In that case, they could have just ridden together.

She hated that he had insisted on riding separately.

He wasn’t a guest who had been invited to the tea party but an escort knight?

He was a proper noble, a member of the Vagabund duchy, and Flora Vagabund’s companion at that.

She hated that he was strangely putting himself down.

Is it right to return to the Duke’s?

As an escort for Flora Vagrant, I came here confidently, but what’s the problem?

I hated how she kept trying to get away from the tea party.

Up until now, Karzen’s actions have all been like that.

As if he wasn’t invited here. As if he was an outsider.

I hated all of his actions.

However.

When Hemnan Modric opened the door and entered, I suddenly felt as if I had been hit in the head with a hammer.

The thought that Karzen’s actions were unpleasant disappeared.

This is because a day from the past came to her mind.

Like Hemnan, who arrived late today, Karzen had been criticized for not arriving on time.

He was urged to apologize for breaking his promise to these many people, and Karzen meekly bowed his head to the words that he had lowered the level of etiquette of the Duke’s family and tarnished the dignity of the nobles.

If we were to leave this place as it is and turn the two of them upside down, it wouldn’t be much different from that day and today.

That’s why it’s breathtaking.

That day was the day Flora Vagrant thoroughly tormented Karzen Vagrant.

A gathering of nobles.

Karzen’s attendance.

An incident at the location.

And…

I can’t help but think of my own reaction. The old congestion subsided as I watched Karzen suffer at the hands of the nobles. I thought it was refreshing.

‘Don’t tell me…’

When I noticed this, the host, Pitthea Gelgetten, was bringing out the food.

The past came to mind so naturally.

– Lady Pitthea. By any chance, could you put a lot of Kelvia berries in the food?

I had requested that all the food be filled with Kelvia berries, without exception.

And those colors.

They appeared before Flora’s eyes.

Looking at the dish on Karzen’s plate, which had turned dark, Flora’s heart sank.

The bright color, which had become an indicator to identify only the food containing Kelvia berries, was telling her.

Karzen was never invited here in the first place.

Not everyone recognizes him as a noble.

Only one person was isolated in this place.

The one who caused this situation was Flora Vagrant, who had informed them that Karzen was allergic to Kelvia.

That’s what she was saying.

‘Why, why did it turn out like this? Why…!’

Pitthea Gelgetten approached Flora, who kept her lips shut.

“Excuse me, Lady Flora. I’m sorry.”

“…Yes?”

“I tried to prepare a satisfactory gift this time… but strangely, Karzen seemed to avoid it all. I even thought about feeding him Kelvia berries, but unfortunately, it didn’t work. I was trying to cheer you up somehow.”

Pitthea expressed her regret, saying that this wouldn’t spread more than one bad rumor.

Flora’s head snapped up at those words.

“What are you talking about? Cheer me up?”

“You were so upset at the last tea party. If Lady Young-ae were to be upset at Bagran, there could only be one reason.”

Flora asked as soon as Pithia finished speaking, a thought suddenly occurring to her.

“Are you saying that I ordered this? And that’s why you served that dish with those berries?”

“Yes? Ah, yes. Well, if it was for Lady Flora Young-ae, then feeding this to Karsein…”

“When did I ever tell you to prepare something like this…!”

Her throat burned with rage.

But Flora’s voice suddenly cut off.

Was it really right to shout here and ask why she had acted so recklessly?

No. That would be bad.

‘If I shout now… this whole thing will…’

Whenever something happened among the nobles, one person always ended up taking the fall.

Even if it was all the nobles’ carefully laid plan, their side was always covered up, and in the end, only one person was ever blamed for ruining the gathering or party.

She couldn’t even scold her for doing something she hadn’t ordered.

She couldn’t get angry and ask if she had deceived the Duke of Bagran by doing something she hadn’t been told to do.

Because that would only make Karsein’s actions, which had upset Lady Flora Bagran, stand out more.

All of this was a seed sown by Flora Bagran.

And Karsein, who had always lived with contempt and hatred, would face this storm head-on.

No matter what he said.

No matter how he reacted.

A distorted truth would be created and would surely leave a huge scar on Karsein.

-Drip. Drip.

Tears fell naturally.

‘Karsein always… these things…’

She couldn’t even begin to imagine how miserable it must have been.

No. She couldn’t even imagine it.

Flora Bagran, who was just a stupid, ignorant, foolish Lady Young-ae, was always deepening and enlarging that wound.

And yet, the reason Karsein hadn’t gotten angry at her for a while now was because he knew that this matter could become even bigger.

To Karsein like that.

She had tried to force-feed him food that was full of Kelvia berries.

Her heart ached like mad.

“Lady Flora Young-ae…?”

“Why are you crying all of a sudden?”

“Are you alright?”

The nobles began to notice.

Their concern created seeds of hurt in the face of worry.

Just by crying here, she would be hurting Karsein even more.

Flora wiped away her tears with her sleeve and said,

“My stomach hurts after eating all that food.”

“Yes, yes?!”

“No… That, that kind of thing…”

Because there was a problem with the food. So Karsein got up.

Flora Vagrant burst into tears at the same time because her stomach hurt.

If you put it this way, there will be no rumors spreading in the future.

There will be no talk of why Karsein left the banquet hall alone.

This was the best.

“I’ll be going now.”

“Hey, hey… Young-ae!”

Flora ran out of the banquet hall, leaving the grumbling nobles behind.

She probably didn’t look like someone who was sick.

The tears that had been falling like a faucet had stopped.

She thought she should go straight to Karsein and ran to where the carriage was, but Karsein was already gone.

He had returned to the Duke’s estate with the horse that was right next to him.

However.

There was someone else.

“Flora? Did you cry?”

Pink hair getting out of a new carriage.

It was her little sister.

“Un, ni…”

As soon as she saw her little sister, who had once confessed her wrongdoing.

Tears welled up again.

She ran to where Claire, who had just gotten out of the carriage, was standing. Flora, who had fallen into Claire’s arms, burst into tears.

“…!”

“Sister, sob, I, how…? I, I… hurt Karsein again, sob.”

“…What?”

“Wahh, how could I…? Karsein… must be in so much pain right now, sob!”

Strictly speaking, she didn’t have any symptoms of a Kelvia allergy because she didn’t eat the food.

However, it was definitely true that she had hurt Karsein.

-Ting!

***

Flora, who had burst into tears in the arms of Claire, the only one she could confide in.

Claire stroked Flora’s back as if she pitied her.

But she didn’t just comfort her.

“Flora. Like I said last time, that’s not something I can solve for you. You know that, right?”

Flora answered with a sob.

She should never forget that.

Then Claire stroked her head instead of scolding her like she did back then.

“This is just my opinion, but… I think Flora should figure it out herself. How to stop hurting Karsein.”

However, I don’t know what to do.

I don’t know what to do or how to do it.

Flora had told Claire.

Claire told her to think about it on her way back in the carriage as she wiped away her tears with a handkerchief.

Inside the quiet carriage.

Flora was deep in thought as she looked at the empty space in the carriage that had been occupied by two people on the way there.

She didn’t know how much time had passed.

In her little head, she kept going back and forth between the past and the present.

“Miss Flora. We have arrived at the Duke’s residence.”

Before she knew it, they had arrived at the Duke’s residence.

She still hadn’t decided what to do.

However, she could clearly recall the fact that her foolishness and petty jealousy had caused such a great aftermath.

That’s why she came here.

“Shaiden.”

“Miss Flora? What is the matter?”

This is the room of the Duke’s personal physician.

It was the place where Shaiden, who always rushed to her side to examine and treat her whenever she was sick, stayed.

Her eyes were red from crying outside. Shaiden was about to ask her what was wrong, but before he could say anything, Flora spoke.

“Teach me how to make medicine. Shaiden.”

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“Medicine… you mean?”

Flora nodded.

“When people are sick, they get better when they apply medicine. I need medicine too. I need to learn from Shaiden to make it.”

It was a somewhat ironic request, but Shaiden noticed something faint. This must be a request related to Karsein.

He closed and opened his heavy eyes for a moment.

If not now, when? He thought to himself.

“Miss Flora. I’m sorry, but medicine doesn’t always heal wounds.”

“It doesn’t get better just by applying medicine…? Then how…”

“No. That’s not what I meant. I mean, wounds don’t get better just by applying medicine. Also, if you use it incorrectly, it can become poison. Then you will be hurt even more.”

“What? T-that…! Is it the same for medicine that you eat?”

“Yes, Miss.”

“How… that…”

Flora’s eyes widened at the words that she would be hurt even more.

“Then Karsein’s allergy to Kelvia… can’t be cured?”

Tears began to form in the eyes of the youngest and most naive lady.

It was cruel, but here, he had no choice but to tell her the truth.

“That disease cannot be cured, Miss. No matter what medicine you apply or what medicine you take, it cannot be completely cured.”

Tears streamed down her cheeks again.

Following the path of the tears that had been wiped away once.

But the stream of water did not pass through the same place.

“However, the Kelvia allergy that the Lord is suffering from has stages of onset, so it is possible to take measures before it gets worse.”

“…?”

Flora lifted her head at those words.

“I am saying that we can prevent it before it gets worse. My lady. What would take days of suffering can end in a day, and what would take a whole day of sleep can end in a sufficient amount of sleep. If we speed up the recovery, we might even see you resuming your daily life as if nothing happened. That is what people like us, doctors, do.”

Flora’s eyes lit up as Shaiden spoke with a gentle smile.

As if a sliver of hope had appeared, she quickly wiped away her tears.

“How do I do that?”

Even from her appearance, it was clear that the girl was full of determination.

The girl, who had always been in the arms of her mother and older sisters, had always been just a naive young lady.

Always putting off studying.

Busy playing around.

Only spending time relying on her family to live a luxurious life.

But this time, she was trying to break free from their embrace and do something on her own.

“First of all, you will have to study hard, won’t you?”

“Studying… Yeah. I’ll do it. I’ll study hard!”

Shaiden handed Flora the books that she had given up on in the past and gently pushed her back.

“This time, don’t immediately look for the answer sheet just because you’re stuck. Try to solve it yourself. Do you understand?”

“Yes!”

-Ting!

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