11 A Long Nigh

I ordered Sir Frank to bring the little girls and the boy back to the Broderick estate. I immediately ordered them to call a doctor to tend to the boy's wound. Not long, the doctor came to the mansion and looked at the boy's wound.

I ordered Flora to prepare a spare room for the boy and for the little girls. The boy was lying in bed in the room prepared for him when the doctor arrived. The doctor opened his shirt to inspect the wound. I saw that the wound from the sword slash earlier was bigger than I imagined. Blood was sipping out from it.

"Little miss, this boy's wound in the chest is quite big. I need to stitch them close. After that he would need to rest and don't let him move so much as to not reopen the wound." The doctor said.

"Okay." I nodded in understanding.

The doctor started to clean the wound and stitch it close. After that he applied some medicine on the wound and bandaged it with clean cloth.

"Be sure not to wet the wound in the first week. I will give him some medicine to stop the infection that is already starting." The doctor had a frown on his face. Some amount of time had passed from town towards our estate. Fortunately the doctor was fast to arrive. But that length of time might have let the infection from the wound start.

"He will have a high fever this evening for sure. If he survives the night, then he would live. But if the medicine doesn't stop the infection spreading thru his body in time, I am afraid…" He had a sad expression.

"No, I won't let that happen." I gave my firm resolve. "I will personally take care of him tonight."

"B-But little miss." Flora wanted to reject but I looked at her firmly.

"This boy saves my life Flora. I owe him a life debt." I said with a firm voice. "I will have to repay him."

Flora looked defeated and nodded in affirmation.

"Are the three of you siblings? Where are your parents?" I remembered the two little girls by the side.

"O-Our parents are already dead." The older girl replied. "Big brother was the one taking care of us after our parents dies." Tears are starting to trickle down the cheeks of the two little girls.

"Big sis." The younger girl tugged on my skirt while crying. "Is my big brother going to die?" My heart felt pain looking at her.

"Don't worry, I won't let that happen." I took a handkerchief from my dress pocket and wiped the younger girl's face. "Tell me what your name is?" I asked.

"My name is Lily Montgomery. Big sis' name is Rosaline Montgomery." The younger girl replief. "Big brother's name is Derrick Montgomery."

'Montgomery?' I thought about their family name. It feels familiar but I put the idea aside for now.

"Yes little miss." Flora said and ushered the two little girls out.

"I will be going then little miss." The doctor said. "I will also be stopping by your mother's room while I am here." He smiled. The doctor they called I also my mother's doctor.

"Yes, please." I smiled back.

Once the doctor is out and the butler Oscar was the one remaining in the room with me and Derrick who was unconscious in bed.

"Little miss, are you sure you will be the one to take care of him yourself?" Oscar asked. "Will I send a work to the duke about this?" He asked.

"No Oscar, let me be the one to tell him personally." I told him. Father is currently away on an inspection around the fief. He is estimated to be back home two days from now. "I don't want to have any misunderstandings about the situation right now." I explained.

Sending a letter to inform my father of the events would just give him additional burden in his current inspection. I would like to tell him everything that happened today myself in person. And also my hunch that this boy is one of the potential male lead is still on my mind.

"Then I will be checking up on you this night little miss." Oscar said. "I will be taking my leave then." He bowed.

"Wait…" I said. Oscar looked up at me waiting. "I want you to investigate if there are any fallen nobles with the family name of Montgomery. And please bring me the results as soon as possible." I ordered.

"Yes little miss." Oscar nodded his head. "Anything else little miss?"

"No that's all." I waved my hand dismissing him.

"Then I will take my leave." Oscar said and left the room.

I looked at the unconscious Derrick. His crimson red hair was sticky and his body and clothes were dirty. It just proves that these siblings are orphan that were living on the streets. In the book's synopsis and character list, it is said that one of the potential male leads was a knight employed by one of the dukes from the four powerful families. He was a commoner and was picked on the streets when the duke saw his unparalleled sword skills. When I saw how this boy defeated three grown men with just a wooden stick, my assumption about him being that knight got even stronger.

"Well let's get your body clean first." I said while folding my dress sleeves up. Derrick was burning with fever right now and wiping him with a wet cloth will help lower his fever.

A clean cloth and basin with water that I asked for was here beside the bed. I dipped the cloth on the basin with water and carefully squeezed it. I took off Derrick's outer garments and left his under garments on and started to wipe his body.

'He must be ten or twelve years old but his muscles are starting to developed.' I thought while wiping his body. 'What the hell are you thinking Alyssa?! He is still a boy. You pedophile!' I scolded myself.

Well technically I am currently in an eight years old body but my mind is in its thirties so thinking of bad things while wiping this kid is against the law.

'He is just a kid, okay. Still just a kid.' I was telling myself on and on while wiping his body clean.

The facial expression of Derrick looked a little lighter after wiping off his body compared to his sickly expression a while ago. He was breathing steadily now unlike earlier.

"Little miss, I have brought the clean clothes you have asked." One of the maids came inside and was startles when she saw me wiping Derrick's body. "L-Let me do that little miss."

"Thank you." I smiled thankfully.

As small as I am I can't turn Derrick's body over to wipe his back. He was still bigger than me and my body is a little weak. The maid helped me wipe Derrick's back and put on the clean clothes on him.

"Then I will be taking this outside little miss." The maid said while carrying the dirty clothes and the water basin I just used. "Just call me if you need anything."

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"Yes, thank you." I said.

The maid was still surprised with me thanking her. Some of the employees here in the estate are still surprised seeing the changed me. It has been months but they still don't believe that my changes are permanent, like I will turn back to the bad Alyssa in the future.

'Well that won't happen.' I thought to myself. If I want to survive this world then I must not become a villainess.

I looked at the sleeping Derrick and smiled.

"If you are really one of the potential male leads, then I have to get on your good side as well." I smiled.

Having him on my side will be beneficial for me in the future. I looked at him and heave a sigh.

"This will be a long night." I said to myself.