After a while, Amelia muttered with a puzzled expression.
"Duchess... I really feel a little better."
"Really?"
"It's still itchy, but I can bear it."
"That's good! Really, be patient!"
Until now, it was said that it was unbearably ticklish. If it's that much pain, it's worth finding medicine.
'I told her not to scratch it. She kept her promise.'
Kanna, who had become proud of the Princess, gently smiled.
“Starting today, the decoction will come up three times a day. You will use it a lot, but you should eat it well."
"Yeah, that's right, I'll do that!"
Amelia nodded vigorously. Kanna got up from her seat.
"I'll be back tomorrow. Then......."
"Now, wait."
Amelia stood up and grabbed Kanna's collar.
"Here, Duchess."
"Yes?"
"I'm sorry I lost my temper by throwing the vase."
"It's okay."
As Kanna tried to turn around, Amelia grabbed her again.
"Do you want to go get a cup of tea?"
Amelia blushed and was talking gibberish.
“Her Majesty gave me a present. It looks like she bought other things while obtaining the medicinal herbs from the East Continent that you requested. It's a very rare tea.."
"Great."
Nothing bad. Kanna smiled.
***
Several days have passed since then.
When Amelia's treatment was going well, the Empress summoned Kanna.
Kanna gave the Empress perfume as a gift, as promised a while ago.
“I didn’t know you would give me a real present. This is the perfume you use?"
"Yes, Your Majesty."
The Empress sprayed the perfume on her wrist and then closed her eyes, and smelled the scent. She smiles happily.
"It smells really nice. Thank you. I'll use it well."
"It's an honor. Your Majesty."
Perhaps thinking that the show was enough, the Empress immediately got to the point.
"By the way, is the Princess's treatment going well? It's already been two weeks since she started."
The Empress sighs deeply as if she is worried.
"On the outside, it doesn't seem like there has been a major change yet."
"It is not a disease that can be cured in a short period of time. And the tickling is almost gone. It's a smooth process of healing, so take it easy, Your Majesty."
Can a long-suffering skin disease disappear suddenly in two weeks?
'Amelia tolerates it well but the Empress is too impatient.'
As Kanna clicked her tongue inside, she heard a knock and the voice of an attendant.
"Your Majesty the Empress, Her Highness the Second Prince has come to visit."
"Come on in!"
Then the door opened and a young man entered.
"Crescent!"
In an instant, the Empress's face brightened. It looks like all the worries from a moment ago had disappeared.
“Why did my precious son come all the way here! If the messenger had been sent, this mother would have gone by herself."
"I heard that my sister's doctor came. Is that you?"
Had he just turned twenty?
He was a boy with a serious impression that crossed the line between youth and boyhood, and his dark golden hair was very similar to Amelia's.
"Nice to meet you. Duchess."
"This is Kanna Valentino. It is an honor to meet you, Your Highness the Prince."
"How is my sister? I want to go to visit her, but my mother is very much holding me back."
As expected, the Empress quickly Intervened.
"It's not possible! Crescent, never goes to the Princess's palace. Never enter a place that is nothing short of a den of germs. Got it?"
Germ den.
Kanna almost frowned at that naked expression.
No matter how precious the son is, it's a place where the daughter lives, but it's a den of germs...
"Don't worry."
"Promise me! Doesn't Crescent often break his promise to his mother!"
The Empress shouted fervently and grabbed the Prince by the shoulder.
"Never approach your sister. Especially, you shouldn't have tea time with the Princess like before! It could be contagious, couldn't it?"
Then Crescent raised an eyebrow.
"Why? Could it be that my sister will poison me?"
"Crescent!"
"It was a joke. I will definitely keep my promise this time."
The Empress released Prince Crescent only after accepting several promises. Kanna watched the scene with a sunken gaze.
***
"Duchess."
As soon as the Empress left, Crescent chased after her.
"Are you on your way to see Amelia now?"
"Yes."
"Before that, let's take a little walk together."
There was no reason to refuse, so she walked through the garden of the imperial palace with him.
"I was unable to attend Lilienne's birthday banquet because I was not feeling well. But I have heard the gossip about the Duchess's beauty."
"It's an overstatement."
We walked while talking nonsense. But is it because of the mood? Somehow it seemed that Crescent was leading me to the lesser-known side.
'It seems like people are disappearing. Is it because of my mood?"
What if he is a lunatic like Argon? When Kanna was on high alert,
"Now there is no one."
Crescent stopped in place without warning. And he smiled softly.
"Finally, I am alone with you."
As expected, it was right that he purposely came to a place where people were rare!
Kanna was so nervous that the hairs all over her body stood on end.
"What are you doing?"
Then Crescent grabbed Kanna's hand.
Startled, Kanna reflexively threw it away. But in reality, she couldn't escape at all.
"Your Highness?"
"Madam. Excuse me for a moment."
Crescent raised the corners of his mouth and smiled. Then he bent down and whispered something in Kanna's ear.
"It's a secret to everyone else."
"..."
Then his hand fell.
At that time, Kanna held a small water bottle in her hand.
This is...
"It's something that can save the Duchess and my sister."
"..."
"It's an antidote."
Kanna looked at him quietly and asked.
When she is about to ask what the hell is he talking about, why did he come up with the idea of giving Amelia the antidote?
"Duchess Valentino."
Kanna heard the sound of footsteps stepping on the grass. Armed knights were approaching.
"Meet Your Highness, the Second Prince."
They bowed to Crescent and spoke in a very businesslike tone.
"Excuse me. An imperial order has come to arrest Duchess Valentino."
Kanna's shoulders stiffened.
Arrest?
Who? Me?
"What do you mean by that?"
Then Crescent bit his lip. Maybe it's a little late, she hears a small whisper...
"A little while ago. Her Highness Princess Amelia passed away."
***
Amelia Isabelle is dead.
According to the maid who witnessed it, she said she was tired all day today.
And, Whoops... Blood spilled out.
She fell down and never got up again. A doctor came to examine her and confirmed that her heart stopped beating.
Amelia was poisoned by an unknown poison.
This news struck the imperial palace like lightning.
As soon as Crescent and Kanna left, an attendant ran and delivered the message to the Empress. The Empress fainted briefly, but she immediately came to her senses.
And guessed the culprit.
There is only one reason to be poisoned.
Recently, she has been taking a medicine containing strange medicinal ingredients from Kanna.
"Get Canna Valentino right now!"
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so mommy killed her own daughter lol
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