Chapter 62

Chapter 62

The doctor was older than he thought. He was an old man with white hair and wrinkles.

An old man like that examined Chloe?

Eric thought that the doctor’s credibility was low, and he even speculated that she might have been misdiagnosed, that Chloe was not mortally ill, and that the doctor was talking nonsense. However, soon after, these thoughts collapsed with the doctor’s words.

“My name is Robert, I’m a professor at the Royal Academy. Are you Marquis Aslan?”

If he was a professor at the Royal Academy, he was a prominent figure. There was no way he would misdiagnose. Such hopeful speculation was shattered.

Eric sighed and sat down opposite Robert.

“I am Marquis Aslan. Pleasure to meet you like this.”

“What pleasure!”

As soon as he spoke, Robert got angry.

“I was doing important research! You ruined that research…! Do you know how valuable my time is?”

Eric seemed to understand now why he hadn’t been able to find the northern doctor for a long time. Professors were usually like this. When they fell into research, they wouldn’t even look back at other things.

Eric was the same, so he could understand Robert’s feelings.

He bowed his head and apologized.

“Sorry. Because it was urgent, I had no choice but to hurry and find the Professor.”

“Ha! I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for Chloe! So, speak quickly! Hurry up and finish the conversation so I can go back!”

Seeing Chloe’s name called, it seemed that the two were quite close. He suddenly thought that he had no idea how Chloe had been in the North, what her relationships were like, or what she was thinking about life. In fact, he knew nothing about her…

Eric stroked his chin.

“I want to know the name of Chloe’s illness.”

Robert’s white eyebrows furrowed.

“I told her to tell her husband when she was diagnosed, but that headstrong child didn’t talk until the end.”

Eric pulled his chin in agreement. Robert slowly opened his mouth, observing the worry, anxiety and even sympathy that spread across his face.

“It’s cardiac hypertrophy.”

“That…”

Eric narrowed his brows slightly.

“Isn’t it a disease that can be cured?”

“No.”

Contrary to Eric’s hopeful voice, Robert was determined.

“Cure is impossible.”

Robert remembered a long time ago, when Chloe came to visit him.

Chloe, at that time, looked so weak that she looked like she would die right away. Her pale face showed no signs of life, and her parched body looked ready to collapse at any moment.

But even so, her eyes were shining. Her eyes, embracing her intelligence, seemed full of her will to live. What a miserable feeling it was when she was sentenced to death! Robert shook his head a couple of times and sighed at the terrifying memory.

“By the time she came to see me, it was already too late. She even had angina, and I couldn’t help it.”

Robert said to Eric exactly what she had told Chloe.

“Her heart is completely broken and is not functioning. With no blood supply, her entire body aches. Didn’t you see Chloe coughing up blood? The lack of oxygen in her lungs, she would always complain of tightness. Her chest pain must have been significant.”

Eric bit his lip.

Was it? Was she really that sick?

The Chloe he saw just looked like she wasn’t feeling well. She `was a normal person who was naturally weak and got sick a lot…

But, he wondered if Chloe had ever been so sick at the academy? Looking back, he thought no. The Chloe he saw at the academy always had a good complexion. She looked healthy, and shiny. As he remembered, she seemed to have lost that light since she married him… since she came to the North.

Whose fault was this? Was it his fault…?

He suddenly felt as if his breath was choked. Eric tried to keep his quivering eyes closed and clenched his fists.

“Is there any way to cure it?”

“If there was, wouldn’t I have treated it right away?”

Robert sighed through his old teeth.

“Chloe’s lifespan is two years at the most. The shortest is only one year.”

Eric raised his head.

“You mean she is…dying?”

He hoped the answer was no though Robert was a competent doctor, and as such, he knew very well what to do with the patient’s families.

“Right.”

Robert answered firmly.

“Chloe will die.”

Aahh! Eric let out a sigh and buried his face in his hands.

Indescribable emotions rushed in and covered his mind and body. What kind of feeling was this?! In the whirlpool of emotions, he was shaking from side to side without being able to properly control his body.

“So, where is Chloe? I wanted to see her face while I’m here.”

Robert said this even though he clearly witnessed Eric’s shaking. This was because he knew what Chloe had been struggling with over the past time, namely how she had turned into a withered winter twig after marrying Eric Aslan, so he had no sympathy for him.

“Please, call Chloe. I’ll say my greetings to her and leave.”

Eric slowly shook his head.

“She is not here.”

He chewed his sorrow and said it.

“She is gone.”

Chloe arrived in Heath. Perhaps because she had been sitting in the third class for a long time, her whole body ached.

Still, her heart was lighter than ever. Maybe it was because she finally realized that she was completely alone, this feeling of being alone in body and mind. Chloe smiled and came out into the street.

The salty landscape of the Heath, where the sound of waves seemed to be heard from somewhere, was so beautiful that it was difficult to describe in words. Simple brick houses built in clusters, poplar trees draped densely in each district, children running around under it, and people with laughter…!

This place was completely different from the Capital. It was so bright and lively that she did not dare compare it to the place where it snowed all the time.

Chloe stepped slowly between them. The people looked at her and naturally greeted her with the eye, and the children greeted her with mischievous smiles… Such warm hospitality made Chloe feel deeply attracted to the area.

As she immediately asked a woman nearby for the location of a nearby inn, the woman told her the location of the inn.

She even told her where the nearby walking trails were good and when the sound of the waves was the most beautiful, and that the morning sunlight was the most beautiful. Not only that, but she even recommended a cafeteria.

Chloe thanked the woman again for her kindness and then moved towards the inn.

The tree-lined path leading to the inn was truly heavenly. The densely drooping leaves intermittently blocked the sunlight and allowed the light to come in here and there though the light reflected on the uneven ground was so beautiful that it could be called a painting!

Oh, was there such a perfect place?

Chloe thought it was right here… where she would live, where she would spend the rest of her life.

When she entered the inn the woman had told her about, immediately, a middle-aged woman with a warm impression greeted her.

“Hello, this is the space where the sun and moon stay. My name is Sophia.”

Sophia guided Chloe, who was a little taken aback by the unfamiliar kindness, but she didn’t reveal it and followed the woman.

The inn she looked around after following Sophia was fine in its own way. Although it was a bit old and shabby, she could tolerate it at this level. And it seemed like Chloe would do well enough with the money she had.

“How long are you planning to stay?”

Answering Sophia’s question, Chloe said what she had in mind.

“I intend to stay until I find a house. I don’t know when the due date will be. I’ll talk to you when it’s time to leave, so I’d like you to give me a room until then.”

Sophia was slightly taken aback. It was not because of Chloe’s words.

The woman in front of her was a rare sight in this area of Heath, in other words, she had a completely different look from the people of Heath.

She did look rather skinny and sick, but that didn’t overshadow her feminine beauty—like she had never seen the sunlight in her entire life, the smooth and clean skin without any freckles, sparkling blue eyes, and coveted silver hair showed off her beauty without hesitation.

On top of that, the dress and accessories that looked expensive even at a glance, plus a straight line that seemed like it would never get wrinkled, a confident attitude, a light gait, and the natural way of speaking towards others!

From this point of view, there was only one conclusion that could be drawn.

She was a noble.

Sophia was a little nervous. It was not that nobles didn’t come to Heath at all.

However, they all went to expensive hotels, and Sophia had never dealt with nobles, as they had little to do with her. That was why she had a great fear of the nobles because she had heard rumors that the nobles were so tyrannical, heartless, selfish, and selfish.

Would the woman in front of her do the same? No, but why would a noble come to a shabby place like hers…?

Sophia was full of questions, but she couldn’t keep thinking. So, she tried to pull her lips together and smiled, and nodded her head.

“All right. I will guide you to a room with a nice view.”

“Thank you.”

Sophia, who was rummaging through the keys, raised her sly eyes and looked at Chloe.

“By the way, why did you come to Heath?”

It seemed that Sophia had forgotten the fears that had engulfed her before she knew it, and her eyes were shining with curiosity. As she liked to talk, she couldn’t miss out on the latest news.

“If you are here for sightseeing, I can recommend a suitable spot for you, and if you are here to rest, I can tell you a good place to bathe. Which one is Madam?”

Chloe hesitated for a moment.

“I…”

What should she say?

Should she say that she ran away from her husband for a divorce, or should she say that she came all the way here to die comfortably because she was waiting for the day she would die? Eventually, Chloe let out an empty laugh and shook her head.

She didn’t have to reveal the details of each one.

“Yes. I am here to rest.”

“Then, there is a good place to bathe nearby!”

Sophia, completely unaware of Chloe’s feelings, put her hands together and began to chatter about. Chloe listened to her and was able to identify every angle of the area.

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