"...Ah."
“Aren’t you curious about what kind of black magic it is, Cordelia?”
Empress Giselle looked into Cordelia's eyes, which were filled with fear, and smiled even more deeply.
And she raised her hand and stretched it out towards Cordelia.
Dark red smoke billowed out and slowly entered Cordelia's mouth.
“Ugh, ugh!!!”
Empress Giselle looked calmly at Cordelia, who was gasping for breath and clutching her neck in pain.
“You won’t die right now. But if I don’t lift the curse, you’ll die within two years, right?”
“Your Majesty, Your Majesty.”
Cordelia called out to Empress Giselle earnestly with tearful eyes.
"There's a way to purify your soul and come back. But that's actually impossible. If you want to live, Cordelia, you'd better try harder. Right?"
'Soul purification?'
Cordelia was at a loss for words at the unfamiliar method and soon became frustrated.
She was tormented by the burning heat that had passed through her esophagus and windpipe, but she struggled to get down on her knees and beg.
“I will do my best... Please spare me, Your Majesty.”
“Yes. It will relieve the pain.”
With a single gesture from Empress Giselle, the pain that had been tormenting Cordelia subsided.
Eventually, Cordelia grew tired of Empress Giselle's cruelty, which put a leash on her, but she had no choice but to submit.
Because it was clearly her own mistake.
Empress Giselle smiled as if she liked the more gentle Cordelia and picked up her scissors again.
And then she cut off the stem of the flower that had formed a lovely bud.
"The woman the Crown Prince fell in love with was Yvonne Argenthoz. And now you're ignoring her?"
She looked at the purple flower buds intently and smiled softly.
“I am indeed curious. I am very much looking forward to the Crown Prince’s birthday this year.”
Empress Giselle blew her breath on the flower bud, and in an instant, the fresh flower bud turned to black ash and disappeared.
“Really? Are you sure you’re okay, Yvonne?!”
"Yes, I told you, it was a really meaningless song, Dad! I just made it up and sang it!"
“Hmm... really?”
I came back from the Iels' mansion completely exhausted and was immediately caught by Duke Argenthoz and had to listen to a lot of worried nagging.
It was an absurd reason.
It all started because of a sad song I was singing alone in the bathroom.
It was said that a strange rumor started to spread among the maids after they heard me singing a song while I was taking a bath.
The Princess, who still cannot forget the Crown Prince, is overcome with grief and sings a song they has never heard before.
The lyrics of that song are so sad and poignant that everyone says it feels like there's a hole in their heart.
‘Oh my... That’s not just a song I made, it’s a K-pop hit, a song I used to sing alone at karaoke!’
I had to spend a long time convincing Duke Argenthoz that I really, swear I didn't mean to sing that song like that before I was released and allowed to return to my room.
A sigh escaped me, but the corners of my mouth twitched.
Honestly, I wanted to brag to Duke Argenthoz.
Now I'm not saying I'm shot, I'm saying I'm holding a gun!
I am a love fairy who is so full of humanity that I can even shoot love bullets!
...Sorry for the crazy woman status.
Anyway, right now, thanks to Rudnine, my love gauge is at its maximum, and I feel like I'm walking on clouds.
'Hoo hoo hoo.'
“Princess! I think you should come quickly.”
“What’s wrong, Eudela?”
But the situation was moving urgently.
Not giving me the luxury of falling into some crazy, happy delusion.
Eudela, who had already returned to her room, called me urgently, and I instinctively realized that the atmosphere was not good and ran over.
“Oh my god, Liana.”
I sighed as I found Liana waiting in the room.
Liana's skin condition, which she thought had improved thanks to the Fountain of the Sun, has actually gotten worse.
The Fountain of the Sun was not a cure after all.
Liana met my eyes and smiled faintly.
“I am fine, Princess.”
"...What’s okay? Nothing is okay.”
I clicked my tongue in pity as I looked at Liana's mouth and neck, which were swollen and red again, with pus flowing out like before.
What was even more pitiful was the hollow eyes of Liana, who seemed to have been so frustrated by the effects of the Fountain of the Sun that she seemed to have lost her soul.
The greater the wind, the greater the despair.
Hope is always in contact with disappointment and despair.
“Sister... It hurts. I’m sorry, I... I did something useless, ugh.”
"Why are you sorry, Eudela? I'm okay. Really."
My heart felt heavy as I watched Liana's indifferent expression as she comforted her sobbing younger sister, Eudela.
What should I do?
I hesitated for a moment, but then made up my mind and clenched my fist.
'No, this is correct.'
Although there were still some concerns and doubts about the Rhodia grass, I decided to trust my strong intuition that it would be a cure for Liana's skin disease.
I approached the despairing Rognier sisters.
"Liana. Could you please fill out one more research consent form?"
And then I turned my head and shrugged my shoulders at her, who was looking at me with a puzzled look.
"Actually, I have another cure. I told you before, I said I'd use you. Do you remember?"
“Yes. Of course, I remember.”
Liana and Eudela's expressions hardened at the same time.
I continued speaking casually, as if I didn't care.
"The Fountain of the Sun might be a cure, but I believe my remedy might be able to cure your skin condition. I really needed you to see how effective it is."
"...Ah."
I spoke calmly, trying to keep my emotions as low as possible.
Liana stared at me without answering, then, after a while, let out a hollow laugh.
“Really, Princess, you are using me?”
"Yeah. I apologize again. But I told you in advance, so it's not a scam. But for now, I need you, and you need me, right?"
“...”
"You can blame me later, Liana. But right now, you need the cure. I need your earnestness."
I spoke with as blank an expression as possible, but I was trembling inside.
What if Liana despises me?
What if she leaves the mansion without getting my Rhodia full cure?
Both Eudela and Liana.
I was afraid of losing the support I'd barely built and being left alone again. Carol would return, but I still didn't want to be left alone like before.
An uncomfortable, heavy silence flowed for a while.
Eudela was just watching me and Liana.
Liana, who had been looking into my eyes for a long time as if she were piercing my soul, finally opened her mouth.
“Princess.”
"Huh."
"...You're so honest, it's embarrassing. You didn't have to say that. You could have threatened me by saying, 'There's another cure for you.'"
I felt sorry for Liana, who was lowering her head, and answered awkwardly.
“Well, it’s true.”
Liana looked at me again.
"Princess, you absolutely need a flexible and diplomatic secretary. That's exactly what I, Liana Rognier, need. You absolutely must cure me and retain me as your secretary."
“...Yeah, I understand, Liana.”
Something hot rose up in my throat, but I barely managed to swallow it.
I'm not impressed.
It's just that I'm so happy that I have my own bookshelf.
My eyes were about to turn red without me realizing it.
“Then, I’ll quickly bring the cure.”
Before I lost my dignity as a superior, I quickly ran away and contacted Randy through the magic communication device.
I told the Palette CEO to make a bath salt version of Rhodia Grass Cosmetics and to secretly send a sample to the Agenthoz Townhouse immediately.
It wasn't until late at night, after the moon had risen, that I finally got my hands on the Rhodia Grass Bath Salt.
In the original work, it was not stated in what dosage Cordelia used Rhodia grass on the nobles suffering from skin disease.
It simply said that the skin disease improved when she gave them Rhodia grass.
As a romance novel focusing on the love between Adrian and Cordelia, the plausibility of that part was completely destroyed.
I also ordered them to make it into a bath additive that is harmless to the human body.
I opened the cap of the Rhodia Grass sample bath salt that came into my hand and smelled it.
'Oh. Is it okay?'
There was a bitter yet cool scent of Rhodia grass.
I much preferred this scent over the sweet and rich Fountain of the Sun bath bomb scent.
I closed the lid and handed the Rhodia grass bath salt to Eudela.
“Eudela. Put this in the bath, dissolve it appropriately, and then add warm water.”
“Yes, Princess!”
I asked, as I watched Eudela and Liana briskly carry the Rhodia Grass Bath Salts into the bathroom.
“Are you looking forward to it?”
“No. I’m not going to expect anything anymore.”
I spoke to Liana, who was sighing, in a deliberately mischievous tone.
“Really? I’m looking forward to it.”
“... Princess, are you kidding me?”
"No, really? It's true. I think it might help with your skin condition."
Fountain of the Sun is certainly not a cure for skin diseases.
Rhodia grass may be the cure.
However, I have one concern.
It is necessary to discern whether it is effective only for skin diseases that are popular among the nobility or whether it is also effective for common skin diseases.
So, before the Rhodia Grass Bath Salts arrived at the mansion, I went to find an employee with a skin condition.
She was a maid working in a laundry room, and her hands were red and peeling due to eczema.
And I just tried using Rhodia paste on my laundry maid, but it didn't seem to have much effect.
“I’m sorry, you had a hard time.”
“No, Princess.”
When I apologized and gave her the research participation fee from the allowance I had received from Barden before, the laundry maid just smiled brightly and left.
“Hmm. It doesn’t seem to have much effect.”
“Yeah. That would be even better.”
“For now, I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
Just as Liana, puzzled, was about to ask me more questions, Eudela's cheerful voice came from the bathroom.
“Everything is ready!”
“Yes. Liana, come in.”
"Yes..."
Liana looked at me with anxious eyes and sighed briefly as she slowly entered the bathroom.
For a common skin condition like a kitchen maid's eczema, Liana's Rhodia grass bath salts probably won't work either.
But I am so confident because I have obtained important information in advance.
Actually, I received a message from Carol a few hours ago.
According to Carol, the supplement Liana was receiving from 'someone' was found to have similar ingredients to the Fountain of the Sun.
She also added that a skin disease has been spreading like an epidemic among the nobles recently, and that the symptoms are similar to Liana's.
Isn't this a really great carol?!
Yvonne, you weren't alone! You had a talented person like Carol by your side!
“Aren’t you curious about what kind of black magic it is, Cordelia?”
Empress Giselle looked into Cordelia's eyes, which were filled with fear, and smiled even more deeply.
And she raised her hand and stretched it out towards Cordelia.
Dark red smoke billowed out and slowly entered Cordelia's mouth.
“Ugh, ugh!!!”
Empress Giselle looked calmly at Cordelia, who was gasping for breath and clutching her neck in pain.
“You won’t die right now. But if I don’t lift the curse, you’ll die within two years, right?”
“Your Majesty, Your Majesty.”
Cordelia called out to Empress Giselle earnestly with tearful eyes.
"There's a way to purify your soul and come back. But that's actually impossible. If you want to live, Cordelia, you'd better try harder. Right?"
'Soul purification?'
Cordelia was at a loss for words at the unfamiliar method and soon became frustrated.
She was tormented by the burning heat that had passed through her esophagus and windpipe, but she struggled to get down on her knees and beg.
“I will do my best... Please spare me, Your Majesty.”
“Yes. It will relieve the pain.”
With a single gesture from Empress Giselle, the pain that had been tormenting Cordelia subsided.
Eventually, Cordelia grew tired of Empress Giselle's cruelty, which put a leash on her, but she had no choice but to submit.
Because it was clearly her own mistake.
Empress Giselle smiled as if she liked the more gentle Cordelia and picked up her scissors again.
And then she cut off the stem of the flower that had formed a lovely bud.
"The woman the Crown Prince fell in love with was Yvonne Argenthoz. And now you're ignoring her?"
She looked at the purple flower buds intently and smiled softly.
“I am indeed curious. I am very much looking forward to the Crown Prince’s birthday this year.”
Empress Giselle blew her breath on the flower bud, and in an instant, the fresh flower bud turned to black ash and disappeared.
***
“Really? Are you sure you’re okay, Yvonne?!”
"Yes, I told you, it was a really meaningless song, Dad! I just made it up and sang it!"
“Hmm... really?”
I came back from the Iels' mansion completely exhausted and was immediately caught by Duke Argenthoz and had to listen to a lot of worried nagging.
It was an absurd reason.
It all started because of a sad song I was singing alone in the bathroom.
It was said that a strange rumor started to spread among the maids after they heard me singing a song while I was taking a bath.
The Princess, who still cannot forget the Crown Prince, is overcome with grief and sings a song they has never heard before.
The lyrics of that song are so sad and poignant that everyone says it feels like there's a hole in their heart.
‘Oh my... That’s not just a song I made, it’s a K-pop hit, a song I used to sing alone at karaoke!’
I had to spend a long time convincing Duke Argenthoz that I really, swear I didn't mean to sing that song like that before I was released and allowed to return to my room.
A sigh escaped me, but the corners of my mouth twitched.
Honestly, I wanted to brag to Duke Argenthoz.
Now I'm not saying I'm shot, I'm saying I'm holding a gun!
I am a love fairy who is so full of humanity that I can even shoot love bullets!
...Sorry for the crazy woman status.
Anyway, right now, thanks to Rudnine, my love gauge is at its maximum, and I feel like I'm walking on clouds.
'Hoo hoo hoo.'
“Princess! I think you should come quickly.”
“What’s wrong, Eudela?”
But the situation was moving urgently.
Not giving me the luxury of falling into some crazy, happy delusion.
Eudela, who had already returned to her room, called me urgently, and I instinctively realized that the atmosphere was not good and ran over.
“Oh my god, Liana.”
I sighed as I found Liana waiting in the room.
Liana's skin condition, which she thought had improved thanks to the Fountain of the Sun, has actually gotten worse.
The Fountain of the Sun was not a cure after all.
Liana met my eyes and smiled faintly.
“I am fine, Princess.”
"...What’s okay? Nothing is okay.”
I clicked my tongue in pity as I looked at Liana's mouth and neck, which were swollen and red again, with pus flowing out like before.
What was even more pitiful was the hollow eyes of Liana, who seemed to have been so frustrated by the effects of the Fountain of the Sun that she seemed to have lost her soul.
The greater the wind, the greater the despair.
Hope is always in contact with disappointment and despair.
“Sister... It hurts. I’m sorry, I... I did something useless, ugh.”
"Why are you sorry, Eudela? I'm okay. Really."
My heart felt heavy as I watched Liana's indifferent expression as she comforted her sobbing younger sister, Eudela.
What should I do?
I hesitated for a moment, but then made up my mind and clenched my fist.
'No, this is correct.'
Although there were still some concerns and doubts about the Rhodia grass, I decided to trust my strong intuition that it would be a cure for Liana's skin disease.
I approached the despairing Rognier sisters.
"Liana. Could you please fill out one more research consent form?"
And then I turned my head and shrugged my shoulders at her, who was looking at me with a puzzled look.
"Actually, I have another cure. I told you before, I said I'd use you. Do you remember?"
“Yes. Of course, I remember.”
Liana and Eudela's expressions hardened at the same time.
I continued speaking casually, as if I didn't care.
"The Fountain of the Sun might be a cure, but I believe my remedy might be able to cure your skin condition. I really needed you to see how effective it is."
"...Ah."
I spoke calmly, trying to keep my emotions as low as possible.
Liana stared at me without answering, then, after a while, let out a hollow laugh.
“Really, Princess, you are using me?”
"Yeah. I apologize again. But I told you in advance, so it's not a scam. But for now, I need you, and you need me, right?"
“...”
"You can blame me later, Liana. But right now, you need the cure. I need your earnestness."
I spoke with as blank an expression as possible, but I was trembling inside.
What if Liana despises me?
What if she leaves the mansion without getting my Rhodia full cure?
Both Eudela and Liana.
I was afraid of losing the support I'd barely built and being left alone again. Carol would return, but I still didn't want to be left alone like before.
An uncomfortable, heavy silence flowed for a while.
Eudela was just watching me and Liana.
Liana, who had been looking into my eyes for a long time as if she were piercing my soul, finally opened her mouth.
“Princess.”
"Huh."
"...You're so honest, it's embarrassing. You didn't have to say that. You could have threatened me by saying, 'There's another cure for you.'"
I felt sorry for Liana, who was lowering her head, and answered awkwardly.
“Well, it’s true.”
Liana looked at me again.
"Princess, you absolutely need a flexible and diplomatic secretary. That's exactly what I, Liana Rognier, need. You absolutely must cure me and retain me as your secretary."
“...Yeah, I understand, Liana.”
Something hot rose up in my throat, but I barely managed to swallow it.
I'm not impressed.
It's just that I'm so happy that I have my own bookshelf.
My eyes were about to turn red without me realizing it.
“Then, I’ll quickly bring the cure.”
Before I lost my dignity as a superior, I quickly ran away and contacted Randy through the magic communication device.
I told the Palette CEO to make a bath salt version of Rhodia Grass Cosmetics and to secretly send a sample to the Agenthoz Townhouse immediately.
It wasn't until late at night, after the moon had risen, that I finally got my hands on the Rhodia Grass Bath Salt.
In the original work, it was not stated in what dosage Cordelia used Rhodia grass on the nobles suffering from skin disease.
It simply said that the skin disease improved when she gave them Rhodia grass.
As a romance novel focusing on the love between Adrian and Cordelia, the plausibility of that part was completely destroyed.
I also ordered them to make it into a bath additive that is harmless to the human body.
I opened the cap of the Rhodia Grass sample bath salt that came into my hand and smelled it.
'Oh. Is it okay?'
There was a bitter yet cool scent of Rhodia grass.
I much preferred this scent over the sweet and rich Fountain of the Sun bath bomb scent.
I closed the lid and handed the Rhodia grass bath salt to Eudela.
“Eudela. Put this in the bath, dissolve it appropriately, and then add warm water.”
“Yes, Princess!”
I asked, as I watched Eudela and Liana briskly carry the Rhodia Grass Bath Salts into the bathroom.
“Are you looking forward to it?”
“No. I’m not going to expect anything anymore.”
I spoke to Liana, who was sighing, in a deliberately mischievous tone.
“Really? I’m looking forward to it.”
“... Princess, are you kidding me?”
"No, really? It's true. I think it might help with your skin condition."
Fountain of the Sun is certainly not a cure for skin diseases.
Rhodia grass may be the cure.
However, I have one concern.
It is necessary to discern whether it is effective only for skin diseases that are popular among the nobility or whether it is also effective for common skin diseases.
So, before the Rhodia Grass Bath Salts arrived at the mansion, I went to find an employee with a skin condition.
She was a maid working in a laundry room, and her hands were red and peeling due to eczema.
And I just tried using Rhodia paste on my laundry maid, but it didn't seem to have much effect.
“I’m sorry, you had a hard time.”
“No, Princess.”
When I apologized and gave her the research participation fee from the allowance I had received from Barden before, the laundry maid just smiled brightly and left.
“Hmm. It doesn’t seem to have much effect.”
“Yeah. That would be even better.”
“For now, I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
Just as Liana, puzzled, was about to ask me more questions, Eudela's cheerful voice came from the bathroom.
“Everything is ready!”
“Yes. Liana, come in.”
"Yes..."
Liana looked at me with anxious eyes and sighed briefly as she slowly entered the bathroom.
For a common skin condition like a kitchen maid's eczema, Liana's Rhodia grass bath salts probably won't work either.
But I am so confident because I have obtained important information in advance.
Actually, I received a message from Carol a few hours ago.
According to Carol, the supplement Liana was receiving from 'someone' was found to have similar ingredients to the Fountain of the Sun.
She also added that a skin disease has been spreading like an epidemic among the nobles recently, and that the symptoms are similar to Liana's.
Isn't this a really great carol?!
Yvonne, you weren't alone! You had a talented person like Carol by your side!
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