"Haha. He has improved a lot now. As you know, the Argenthoz family lineage has been weak in alcohol for generations."
"...What about me?"
When I narrowed my eyes and looked at it, the attending doctor smiled kindly.
"Haha, the Princess looks a lot like the late Duchess."
The attending doctor spoke with a nuance that seemed to know the dead Duchess.
"Was it at the wedding reception? We started a death reception with a mixture of wine, whiskey, rum, vodka, and beer, and the Duchess beat them all and became the last one standing. It was amazing."
Good lord.
I asked with my brow on my forehead.
"...What about my father at that time?"
"Oh, of course, the Duke was the first to faint. The Duchess personally carried the Duke to the bedroom, and it was very cool."
"The Duke of Argenthoz is being carried by the Duchess."
It was too funny to imagine that the corners of my mouth rose without realizing it, but the attending doctor opened his eyes wide.
"Everyone said that the Princess has changed... It was true."
"Oh, yes."
"The late Duchess will be pleased too."
"Is that so?"
I was happy to hear about the Duchess and the Duke's youth, so I wanted to ask more questions to my doctor, but the first thing I wanted to do was to examine Liana.
Suppressing my curiosity, I brought Liana and showed her to my doctor.
Liana was nervous with her lip tightly, as if she didn't want to show the doctor her condition.
How many doctors has she met and then got frustrated, so I wonder why she reacts like that?
The attending doctor, who carefully examined her physical condition, clicked his tongue.
"It's quite serious. Standing like this is also a great patience. Actually, it hurts a lot, doesn't it?"
"...It's okay."
"Tsk."
The attending doctor looked at Liana and clicked his tongue one after another, feeling sorry for her.
I asked quickly.
"What kind of illness is it?"
"Well, I don't know. I think the skin problem caused by an allergic reaction of unknown cause has gotten worse. How long has it been?"
"Five years."
"Five years."
The attending physician applied an ointment that disinfected and moisturized the worst parts of Liana's body.
Liana closed her mouth and frowned as if in pain, then sighed when the treatment was over.
"I tried all the treatments I could. All the money I received when I left the Rognier mansion was used for treatment. There is almost nothing left. I spent all our money because of me."
Eudela shouted to Liana, speaking in a guilty voice.
"Sister, of course, is the money I had to spend for my sister!"
"...So? I feel even more sorry because I think it's natural."
Before the mood became more depressing, I spoke to my doctor in a bright and loud voice.
"She's tried a lot of treatments, but most of them didn't work. That's why I plan to try using the 'Spring of the Sun' I have because it is effective for skin diseases."
The attending doctor looked surprised and immediately nodded.
"It's the fountain of the sun. It is rumored that it is definitely effective these days. Although it was not approved as a drug. Use if the patient wishes. Instead, I will prepare painkillers and medicine to relieve itching."
"You give her medicine and disinfect her every day. She's my secretary, so you have to treat her."
"Ues, Princess."
When the attending doctor replied politely and left, Liana stared at me and opened her mouth.
"May I ask why you are doing this, Princess?"
"...Strange? I'll do you a favor."
"It's not strange, but this favor can't be beneficial to the Princess. I'm just a fallen aristocrat who was pushed out of the lineage."
"Sister!"
Eudela grabbed Liana with all her might. I liked Liana, who was suspicious and cautious.
I'm also a person who thinks that favors given for no reason are false.
So I decided to clarify my purpose once again.
"No, you're wrong. I have a reason. You're being used by me."
"..."
"I'm treating you for my own benefit. I can't say it now, but if you find out later, you might resent me."
'In my business, it's to check if the sun's spring is really effective for skin diseases.'
I said coldly on purpose.
Because it's true.
Except for Carol and Eudela, who were restless, Liana and I were looking at each other silently.
But suddenly, Liana smiled.
"You're a strange person. Was Princess Argenthoz such an honest person? You are different from what I knew."
"Hmm. So, I'm going to do it."
I whispered, shaking the bottle of the Fountain of the Sun that I had taken out in advance. Liana's eyes flickered when she saw the spring of the sun herself.
"This... It's a fountain of the sun."
"Yes. I really need to see if the sun grains work for skin diseases, because it's related to what I'm researching now."
"I see."
"So it's all a secret. Now, sign the consent form for the study here."
Liana, who had been skimming through the research consent form I had submitted, nodded and signed it as if she had just agreed.
"Yes. Liana Rognier, you should always be near me, and you should check on your skin, but you are also my assistant."
I also presented Liana with an additional employment confirmation.
As she received the employment confirmation with trembling hands, Liana's eyes lit up.
"...I am Princess Argenthoz's secretary. It's undeserved for me, but I won't kick the heavens with my feet."
"Hmm. I don't know. Because my reviews are so bad."
I shrugged my shoulders, and Carol clenched her fists and retorted.
"That's because everyone is jealous of the Princess! Everyone is envious."
"Carol is right!"
Carol, who had strong support, continued to praise me excitedly with Eudela.
She admired her master's great resourcefulness to be loved by his master and let it flow lightly with one ear.
"Let's get started."
As Liana lay down, Carol and Eudella applied a little bit to Liana along the spring of the sun.
I was looking at her with my arms crossed and my face as expressionless as possible.
On the outside, I pretended to be very cold, but on the inside, I was very stiff.
If the Fountain of the Sun is a magic medicine that works for skin diseases, then my Rhodia grass business is really a disaster!
But suddenly, Liana's complexion changed. I had a strange intuition and quickly asked.
"Why?
"Oh, no. Just..."
"What is it?"
"It's because the scent of the fountain of the sun is so similar to the scent I know. Is the Spring of the Sun definitely right?"
"Are they similar?"
When I asked in surprise, Carol carefully examined the bottle containing the spring of the sun and explained it again.
"Ha, but Princess! This is really authentic."
Excited, Carol raised her voice with confident eyes.
"I heard it from the mother of my aunt's friend's daughter-in-law! It's reliable information that I've checked all of it myself!"
Wow, what is that great certainty?
Carol, of her aunt's friend's in-law... Anyway, isn't that just a complete man?
But if it were Carol, she would have visited them herself and skewered them.
I didn't know how much I trusted Carol.
Then Eudela put her nose to the cloth covered with the spring of the sun, sniffed it, and opened her eyes wide.
"Yes? Really? This is the nutritional supplement that my sister drinks, and it smells a bit like that!"
"Right?"
Liana added that she was not mistaken, and then sniffed again, convinced.
'What kind of scent is that?'
Curious, Carol and I also smelled the spring of the sun.
I was surprised to see the sweet scent rushing into my nose.
It wasn't an unpleasant scent, but after a while, it was so strong that it felt disgusting.
"It's definitely the first scent I've smelled."
I covered my nose with my hand, frowned, and took a step back.
"What is a nutritional supplement?"
When I asked, Eudela stepped forward and answered.
"This is a nutritional supplement that my sister has been taking for a long time. I kept eating it because I was told that the tickling would make me feel a little better."
"Where did you get it?"
"Well, there is someone who has been taking care of us for a long time. He is from the family we served."
Liana stood up, put on her clothes, and said.
"Do you still have it?"
"No. I'm in a hurry... But it's definitely similar."
"Hmm.
I touched my chin and thought about it, then called the maid to discuss the personnel transfer.
I said I wanted to have one more Eudela as my entourage.
Normally, high-ranking aristocratic women have more than one maid in their entourage, but I have only one Carol so far.
Because no one wanted to come as a maod in my entourage except Carol.
Fortunately, there was no shortage of kitchen workers, so Eudela immediately became my entourage maid and was assigned a room right next to my room with my secretary, Liana.
The maids and secretaries of the court must remain very close to the master and follow their orders.
"The number of Princess's people has suddenly increased."
Looking at the maid in surprise, I replied sadly.
"That's right."
In this way, I ended up with a total of three people.
I like it.
I feel much more confident than before.
I can't tell you all my secrets, but it's better than fighting alone.
I ordered Liana to change into a clean and beautiful dress worthy of a secretary.
I looked at the back of Liana, who had gone to change clothes after moving rooms with Eudela, and quietly called out to Carol, who had wide feet.
"An acquaintance gave Liana a nutritional supplement that smelled similar to the fountain of the sun. Do you know who it is?"
"Oh, that's why. As far as I remember... Obviously, he was from a family served by the Viscount Rognier family. I don't know exactly."
"The family of the Viscount of Rognier?"
"Yes, the Viscount Rognier family has been a vassal of the Duke of Cardin for generations. They manage the Cardin townhouse in the capital."
It's the Duke of Cardin's family.
I slowly looked out the window towards the imperial palace.
It was the complete opposite of Cardin Townhouse, but it was because the person who came to mind first when thinking of Cardin lived there.
Giselle Cardin Verbent.
The royal family of this empire's Empress is the Duke of Cardin.
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