“You said the violet disease was spread by the factory?”
“I looked into it and it turned out that way.”
“Oh my god. Why?”
I was shocked by the new news Klaus gave me.
According to Klaus’s explanation, the secret place I found out by headbutting in the tomb was Violet Bottle’s laboratory.
Klaus also knew that they had already given up on their plan to exterminate zombies, so he pretended to look for zombies and focused on finding evidence linking the Violet Soldiers and the Duke family.
“I wanted to gain the upper hand in my relationship with the imperial family.”
“predominance?”
“If a rare, incurable disease is spreading like a trend and the duke family has the cure, the imperial family will never be able to ignore the dukedom’s status.”
“Just for that reason?”
“They were always dissatisfied with the strength of the imperial power and the weak authority of the nobility. People bet more on implausible reasons than you might think.”
Klaus gritted his teeth without even hiding his anger.
“Because of that, the lady almost ended up in danger.”
“I’m fine.”
“You’re still suffering from violet disease.”
“Of course, but Your Highness will save you, right?”
“Yes. That’s right.”
Klaus smiled softly, as if his anger was a lie.
And he handed me a small bottle.
“what?”
“approximately.”
The voice was kind.
“Let’s enjoy the festival healthily.”
“Are you looking for medicine?”
“okay.”
“how?”
Didn’t he have some kind of incurable disease or something?
Klaus crossed his arms and nodded in response to my question. It was a very relaxed attitude.
“I thought the duke was preparing a different move. This time, the Duke of Shisena has quite the snobbish side. Moreover, I just happened to discover the laboratory where the lady was researching violet disease.”
“So?”
“It looks like the duke was trying to make a deal with the imperial family for a cure for that disease.”
Klaus raised his lips and smiled.
“A strange incurable disease is breaking out in the empire. But the duchy has the cure. The imperial family will be anxious and will do anything to obtain the cure. They may even transfer core power to the duchy.”
“But you didn’t do that in your past life.”
“Have you forgotten, my lady? In my past life, the dukedom was wiped out by an invasion by demons. It’s very unfortunate.”
… … That’s right. That’s right.
So, you’re saying that these bastards were trying to give him a bottle and give him medicine, but he ended up giving him a bottle and dying, which made his previous life even more of a mess?
“It feels a bit vain. I can’t believe that both Your Highness and Lariette had such a hard time in their past lives because they didn’t have this one cure.”
“Most things in this world end up being more vain than expected.”
“Iknow, right.”
Although the ending is too vain for the conflict in the novel… … .
I stared at the medicine bottle in my hand and handed it back to Klaus.
“Have you done a drug analysis?”
“To put it simply, it’s not poison. It probably has medicinal properties.”
“Why don’t we investigate in more detail than that?”
“huh?”
“Since viruses naturally come in many variants, wouldn’t it be necessary to find out the effects of each herbal medicine?”
Of course, there’s a higher chance that that won’t happen, but for some reason, I’m anxious! This world, which has been unfolding so dramatically so far, suddenly kindly offers a cure?
“The author didn’t give you the recipe, right?”
“They just said they don’t know how to mix medicine.”
“I feel sick, anyway.”
“They say that other people, not them, were mixing the medicine and receiving it. I don’t know how much of it is true.”
Klaus sighed.
“Anyway, the lady’s point is correct. I’ll have to do a detailed analysis.”
“Then this medicine….”
“This is yours, young lady, so take it.”
Klaus opened my hand again and placed the medicine bottle on it.
“I don’t know how to mix the medicine, but the duke has more medicine. That’s how we can make a deal.”
“ah.”
“Let’s do the analysis with that. This is something I specially saved to give to the lady. Drink it now.”
The round medicine bottle rolled around in my palm.
I carefully opened the cap of the medicine bottle and put the medicine into my mouth.
It wasn’t that it wasn’t very tasty, but it wasn’t that delicious either. An ambiguous taste lingered on the tip of my tongue and then disappeared.
Anyway, what’s going on with a man who usually doesn’t miss things like this?
I asked Klaus playfully.
“You normally never miss things like this. What’s going on?”
Then Klaus looked at me blankly.
My embarrassed face was completely captured in the red eyes that seemed to contain fire.
what. Awkwardly. If you do this, you will become conscious.
“Why, why? Would you like me to hit you?”
“……Young lady.”
Klaus sighed deeply after hearing my trembling question.
“Does it make me look like I would hit a young lady? No, does it make me look like I would hit someone in the first place?”
“hmm…….”
Well, he has black hair, red eyes, no speed, and is good at martial arts… … .
“If you touch him wrong, he looks like his eyes will roll. It’s a bit like he would kill everyone except my woman.”
After Klaus’ extremely dissatisfied gaze, I headed to my room.
‘No, what else is there to be so dissatisfied with?’
Anyway, he’s a kind and good man to my woman, so isn’t that a compliment?
That was when I opened the door and made a fuss.
“miss!”
“It’s a surprise.”
Belle greeted me with an excited face.
No, why are you so excited… … ?
“Miss, please come quickly. I’ve been waiting with my head crooked to see when you would come.”
“Huh? Why all of a sudden?”
“Didn’t you hear what I said? Oh my, it’s a surprise.”
… … Belle, why are you so excited?
I started to have an ominous feeling. Usually, when Belle gets this excited, it usually has something to do with Klaus.
The moment I entered the room, I let out a deep sigh.
“……wow.”
“His Majesty Klaus sent it to you!”
The light blue fabric mixed with purple spread out as if flowing.
The off-the-shoulder design was a bustle-style dress that emphasized the neckline and waist.
The puff sleeves were narrow, but had subtle lace at the end, highlighting the elegant look.
The waist part of the design, which lightly holds the lines, was densely decorated with elegant silver thread embroidery.
The hem of the skirt, which was richly folded along the bustle line, took on a darker glow, with gold dust and jewels sparkling on top of the pale sky-colored flower decoration.
Below the flower decoration, white and elegant lace continued and naturally connected with the skirt fabric.
Small diamonds, sapphires, and amethysts were studded along the lace, making it look like stars.
It was a dress with an elegant design that looked like the night sky at a glance.
“This came to me?”
“Yes! Of course!”
“Didn’t His Highness Ludiat send it to Lariette?”
“Ah. Lady Lariette has already received the dress.”
Belle smiled and took out the dress.
“Would something like this suit me?”
“What are you talking about, lady? Is there anything that doesn’t suit you?”
“But haven’t I been wearing only cute clothes for a while? This off-the-shoulder top has a grown-up feel to Lariette….”
“Oh, you’re going to wear it as a festival evening gown tomorrow, but it needs to be this flashy. You’ve only been wearing clothes that are too comfortable.”
Belle shook her head gently and clenched her fists again.
“I was actually very disappointed when His Highness Klaus sent me those strange work clothes as a gift, but now I feel a little relieved.”
“No, those pants were comfortable and nice…”
“Did you pull that prank on her to trick her into sending you this dress? Hoho, I think you’re cute too.”
Wrong! Belle, listen to me!
Of course, the dress was really gorgeous and pretty.
I’m a little worried about whether it will suit me, but with Belle’s skill, which I’ve seen so well, I’m sure she’ll decorate it in a style that matches the dress well.
But still… … !
“Or is there any possibility that it was sent by someone other than His Highness Klaus?”
“Miss, are you meeting someone else Youngsik again without my knowledge?”
“No, that’s not it….”
“Don’t worry. Your servants brought it directly, saying you sent it.”
Belle said that and laughed.
No, but… … .
‘Are you sending me a dress ahead of the prom?’
From what I can see, doesn’t this seem like a situation where Klaus has feelings for me?
Is this really just my excitement?
“Bell, you know. I have a question.”
“Please speak, my lady.”
“Is it natural for you to send me a dress to wear to the prom even when you’re just passing by?”
“Oh, so this room would be full of dresses?”
“So, is it possible that sending a dress to the prom is like challenging me to a duel in this world?”
“Miss, what are you really talking about!”
Belle burst out laughing at my story.
“You’re saying that because you’re embarrassed, right? His Highness Klaus has shown interest in you.”
“Ho, is this a sign of interest?”
“No, of course. You made me your partner on the prom day, and you even sent me a dress!”
really? Are you really saying that me and Klaus are dating right now?