CH 20

“Lady, I’ve prepared all you need.”

“Look. The rabbit’s face is puffy, right?”

“Whoaa!”

Jetty hung the rabbit bag over my shoulder as I got out of bed and ran back and forth.

“Hng. You’re so cute. Can I hold and hug you to the study room?”

“Yes! I like it!”

I hugged Jun and examined her expression.

For a perfect reason, Jun didn’t seem to think much of it.

Well. 

For a Primera to come from a family other than the imperial family is as absurd as a whale walking on land.

I don’t have to worry, I’d just have to do what my plan says.

And today is—.

The operation to save Cheshire that can’t be delayed any longer.

It’s the day you need to take that first step.

“But, Unnie!”

“Yes, Lady!”

“Where is the pharmacy?”

“A pharmacy?”

* * * 

Duke Rubinstein’s pharmacy. 

“Knock, knock.” 

The young doctor, Flynn Schultz, nodded and woke up by the sunny window.

“What, what is it?”

“Knock, knoock.” 

A young voice burst out of the mouth outside the door as he was wiping his saliva and glancing around.

“Who is it?” 

When he opened the door, he saw a smiling little child with arms full of flowers. 

“No, who is it? Aren’t you the princess? The Duke’s been making a lot of noise since a few days ago..”

“Yes, that’s right! Nice to meet you, Flynn! My name is Lilith!”

“Uh, do you know me? When I haven’t greeted you yet?” 

“Yes! Unnies say that Flynn is a very smart doctor. They told me that if I go to Flynn when I’m sick, I’ll get better.”

“Hoho, that’s right. I’m a bit talented—” 

Flynn, who had been laughing and touching his nose, jumped in surprise.

“Don’t tell, are you hurt somewhere?” 

“Hahaha! No. I just wanted to say hello to Flynn. This is a present. I picked it from the garden because it smells so pretty like spring.”

Flynn was thrilled to see Lilith handing him a bouquet of flowers with a big smile.

What an angelic cutie—.

“Uh huh. Thank you, princess. The medicine room was still dull, but it would be pretty if I put it in a vase.”

After receiving flowers and looking for a vase, Lilith followed Flynn like a chick.

“By the way, Flynn.”

“Yes, Princess.”

“Are there fairy tears here?” 

“A fairy’s tears? ah! Are you talking about Salvation?”

“Yes! That’s right!”

“Yes, here it is. Do you need it?”

When Flynn asked, Lilith rolled her eyes, blinked, and asked.

“I heard it’s a very precious medicine. Can I have it, too?”

“Aha. That’s true, but….”

A kind of mysterious detoxifying herb. Salvation was extremely rare, and the Imperial family monopolized it to prevent it from being easily distributed.

The Emperor gave it as a gift once a month to only a few families.

Those who desperately wanted Salvation could never get their hands on it, but the royal family or some nobles just made tea and drank it like a nutritional tonic—.

“If you are directly related to Rubinstein, you are well qualified. Of course, Princess is possible.”

“Ah, I see. I saw it in a book, and I thought it was really good. Can’t you give me some? I want to make tea for my dad….” 

“Oh, I can. Oh my gosh. You’re like an angel….” 

This little girl wants to brew tea for her dad!

Flynn seemed to understand why the servants had been praising this little girl for days before.

“Of course I’ll give it to you. All you have to do is write your name here. Come again any time.”

“Wow! Thank you!”

Lilith wrote her name in the pharmacy log with her small hand.

“Lili…th, Ru..bin…stein..” 

“Ehem.” 

Even the crooked handwriting was so lovely that Flynn shuddered.

* * *

‘I’m ready!’

I proudly stroked the bloated bunny bag.

‘Now, how do I sneak out—?’

A vulnerable seven-year-old can’t leave the house without a guardian.

If I ask if I can go outside alone, I’ll be caught in the back and locked in the room right away. 

Then—.

Who is ‘strong’ enough to escort me while I’m ‘sneaking’ out?

Jetty and Jun Unnie? 

‘Ttaeng.’ (t/n: It’s like the wrong answer sound.)

My dedicated escort man? 

‘Ttaeng.’

Sir Lewis, the ace of the Rubinstein Private Corps?

‘Ttaeng.’

Ugh.

Just then, someone’s finger poked my cheek.

“Let’s play when class is over, kid.”

It was Leon.

And next to him is Theo.

Seeing the twins who came as soon as class was over, I laughed.

‘Ding dong ding.’

That’s right, my brothers!

“What should we do today? Do you want to go catch spiders? The hairy one.”

“Ha, Leon. Did you forget what mother said already? Girls don’t like spiders.”

“But this kid say she likes it though?” 

They are still young and only twelve years old, but—.

‘They’re the second strongest people in this house after my dad. Ah.’

It is difficult to judge by appearance alone.

The twins are powerful.

They have already graduated from a training center for people with power and have opened their abilities.

Even the rank is DOS.

They are scary people with a lot of power. With the flick of a finger, they can slam large escorts into the wall.

“I don’t have the energy to play. I’m hungry….” 

I lay back on the bed.

“You’re hungry? Then let’s go to the dining room.”

“The food in the dining room is not delicious….” 

Theo asked kindly, but I crouched down.

“Then what do you want? What do you want to eat?”

“There is, but… not here.” 

“What?”

“The food my dad and I ate when we lived in the old house….” 

“Aha.” 

The twins were silent behind their backs.

After a brief silence, I heard a conversation between the two.

“It’s for a commoner, right? If I tell the chef, won’t he make it for us?”

“Are you stupid? How does an aristocratic chef know what commoners eat?”

“Then what? Oh, can’t we go out and eat? Lilith, shall we go to the restaurant where commoners go?”

It’s working.

I turned around and added.

“…Will the adults allow it?”

“Hmm, that’s right. Maybe if we say we’re going to a commoner’s restaurant, mother will give us a slap on the back?”

“Oh, that’s true—” 

Unlike Leon, who is easy to persuade, Theo, who has a slight FM tendency, was hesitant.

I pouted my lips as I looked at Theo in agony.

“Brother, Lilith is hungry….” 

“Ah.” 

In the end, Theo quietly came up with a solution.

“Then let’s sneak out and come back.”

* * *

The twins and I pretended to catch spiders in the garden for a little while before sneaking toward the back door wall.

Going outside isn’t a problem, but if I want to avoid being accompanied by an escort or servants, this is the best way!

…It was because of Captain Theo’s plan.

“Hng.” 

“Lilith, are you okay?”

“Ung.

I groaned, crumpling my little body into a dog hole under the wall.

“You should have made a big hole. Theo idiot.”

“No. If you pierce it too big, it will be caught.”

Leon and Theo, who were already standing over the wall, chattered.

Unlike the two who can easily jump over the wall, I’m an infinitely weak baby Lilith—.

“Ahem. Lilith success.”

“Ah, it’s all covered in dirt.”

Then Theo carefully shook off my skirt, drawing a V out of the dog hole with his hand.

“It’s done.”

“Ung! Thank you, brother.”

“Well. shall we go now?”

At that moment, Theo, who was about to take my hand and move, stumbled.

“Ugh.”

He stopped, touched his forehead, and frowned.

He seemed to be hurting somewhere.

“W, what’s wrong! What is it? Are you sick, brother?”

“N, no. I’m fine.” 

“What. Again?” 

“…Ung.” 

“Why do you go out and work for no reason? You should just go in and rest.”

“No, it’s really fine. It comes… about five days after I have a headache like this.”

Seeing the twins talking to each other as if Theo’s condition was familiar, I realized.

‘Right. Theo has a rare disease. Well, it must be a seizure for him to come in five days.’

In the original story, the twins, who were both going to die, played the following roles.

Therefore, the ‘kind-hearted’ Theo is set to have a ‘congenital rare disease’ from the beginning.

This is because, while affectionately healing the Cheshire, who had closed the door to his heart due to long-term abuse, he had to leave when his purpose was fulfilled.

‘A cruel writer.’

In the original work, Theo, who was always portrayed as a sickly young boy, suffers from a ‘mana collide.’

It was a rare disease that caused him to have seizures every time his physical and magical powers collided. 

Theo died in the spring of the following year when he was appointed as a knight.

So the time limit—.

“Shall we go, Lilith? Why is your expression like that? Do you hurt anywhere?” 

“Oh, ung, no.” 

Even though I said no, seeing the friendly Theo checking my condition made me depressed. 

‘Uhh. Brother, please. Don’t use the setting value of kindness on me….’

It’s a character who will die even though it’s impossible not to stick with it. 

Feeling uncomfortable, I held Theo’s hand tightly and followed him, recalling the corner of the original. 

「Cheshire Rubinstein sobbed as he dedicated the saint’s heart to the tomb of Theo Antrase. 

“I’m late. I’m sorry, brother… I, I haven’t done anything to you. Because I’m a fool… I will…”

It was already a long overdue offering. 

Theo Anthrace would still be smiling next to him if he had been hugged while he was still alive.」 

It was known to be an incurable disease, but actually, there was a method to neutralize the mana that collided in an ancient book. 

The heart of a saint or something.

Of course, since it was a metaphorical expression, no one knew its exact identity.

‘Eventually, Cheshire found out what it was.’

After Theo’s death, Cheshire was madly obsessed with interpreting ancient books even though he knew it was useless—.

Finally, he found the saint’s heart and dedicated it to Theo’s tomb.

“Phew.” 

I sighed and stopped.

….? 

No, wait.

Aren’t I a moron?

“…I know what it is!!!”