Everyone Was Obsessed With Me After I Became the Youngest Princess Favorite

“Check? What?”

At that moment, the Duke’s eyes shined sharply.

I swallowed my saliva, tried to keep my voice from shaking, and opened my mouth.

“The sound could be heard even outside the door. Even priests and wizards can’t heal you, right?”

The effect varies depending on the priest, but basically, divine power fills you with the energy of life. Since it closely corresponds to the patient’s vitality, healthy people show miraculous healing speeds, such as wounds healing or new skin growing in an instant, but for people who have been ill for a long time or whose vitality has declined due to addiction to extreme poisons, it temporarily restores energy. It just stands out. Unlike external injuries, magic does not have much of an effect on internal injuries.

“Now, the divine power may have been used to temporarily increase Madame’s vitality, slowing down the rate at which her body deteriorates. Am I right?”

I had no idea that reading medical books and learning about divine power in the library of the main building would help me in this way. As expected, the duke nodded his head with a stern look on his face, as if it were not a mistake.

“But that doesn’t mean you can do anything.”

“Madam, you have always been healthy. He was not in any inconvenient place. But I don’t understand why your condition has deteriorated so rapidly.”

I spoke heavily as I checked on the Duchess, whose fingertips, toes, and lips were turning blue due to poor circulation of blood.

“This was definitely poisoned.”

“…!”

The Viscount held his breath and opened his eyes wide, as if he was startled. However, judging by the calm expression on the duke’s face, he also seemed to have assumed that it was ‘poison’ to some extent.

“B-but! Sir, when I looked at your wife’s body, there were no signs of being poisoned at all. Of course, we still need to do more testing to find out…”

“What if it’s a poison that doesn’t show up even when tested?”

“Well, that’s… But how can you be sure it’s poison…?”

“Senator, what are you hesitating about in a situation like this where you don’t even know the cause? And I have a way to confirm that you were poisoned.”

The Viscount, who was confused, opened his eyes at my words.

“What is that?”

The duke, who had a resolute expression on his face, seemed to be nervous on the inside and immediately leaned over.

“It’s Splesia.”

“Splesia?”

Not only the Duke, who was unfamiliar with medicine, but also Viscount Bardot, a member of the National Assembly, blinked. I took a short breath and said.

“As you know, Splesia is a legendary antidote that can cure any poison. If you let your wife take Splesia and check her body progress, you will naturally be able to find out whether there is poison or not.”

Only then did the Viscount widen his eyes as if he had come to a realization, and then immediately took on a sad expression.

“Yes, Lia. As you said, there is a way to do that. But, as you know, Splesia is just starting to be cultivated, and it may or may not be successful. Moreover, research on herbal medicine to use it as an actual drug is also insufficient. Using plants as medicine requires a lot of experimentation, and above all, in order to maximize the effectiveness of the medicine without side effects…”

“I can do it.”

I closed my eyes tightly.

“I can grow Splesia completely, and… I also know how to process it into drugs to achieve the ultimate effect.”

I can’t tell you how that is possible. I added a little and opened my eyes and looked at the duke with an earnest heart asking him to trust me.

“Lia.”

The duke, who had been unable to speak for a long time, slowly opened his mouth after a while, as if he had made up his mind.

“I believe it. My wife would definitely trust you.”

At that moment, I felt like tears were about to fall. I decided to repay that trust.

* * *

“Councilor! We need more celan roots.”

At Lia’s words, Viscount Bardo nodded his head and moved quickly. The viscount, who had just started to pull out the Selan roots and grind them, was momentarily dazed by the sight of Splesia, which had just sprouted a little while ago, growing as if it would bloom at any moment.

The Viscount looked at Lia wiping the sweat from her forehead with new eyes. Two days ago, the child who said he was suspicious of the poison and wanted to make an antidote asked everyone to bring all the Splesia in the greenhouse to the dispensary without anyone knowing. Although he was worried that something so precious might be wasted without meaning, the Viscount had no choice but to follow the duke’s orders.

And…

〈Ah, no! Splesia…!〉

It was funny how worried she was, as the child closed her eyes tightly and placed her hand on the Splesia, and the bud of the Splesia, which had only formed a bud, was already in full bloom.

I found out later that the change occurred because Lia directly injected her own mana into Splesia. The Viscount didn’t have mana, so he didn’t know how great this type of control was.

However, I was not stupid enough to not know that this amazing scene that occurred before my eyes was not an ordinary occurrence.

“Councilman?”

“Ah! Yes. It’s here.”

“Then I’d like some Splesia, please.”

Lia prepared an antidote for an unknown number of times by mixing the juice of the Selan root she had received with the already prepared Splesia extract. Actually, she thought it would be easy to make since it was something she had made in the past. She had already experienced several failures, starting with the first antidote, made from Splesia taken from the greenhouse. In the end, all the Splesia grown with the magic stone was used up, so Lia had to start over by sprouting the Splesia. So, the antidote being made now contained Splesia, which was grown entirely with Lia’s mana.

‘I hope I succeed this time.’

Lia stirred the juices of the Splesia and celan roots to mix well and prayed earnestly in her heart.

‘I hope this antidote works, and I hope you get healthy again.’

However, perhaps because of her multiple failures, she felt very uneasy. I didn’t know why I was doing this now. In the past, it was difficult to grow Splesia due to the small amount of mana, but we succeeded in creating an antidote in one go…

“…”

Then, my face distorted as a memory of me inadvertently came to my mind. A long time ago, I worked hard to create an antidote for my master. Although I knew that the Master was stronger than anyone else and that he could not be poisoned, I wanted to repay the favor of saving him in some small way.

I worked so hard to create an antidote, but for some reason, I smugly gave it to him and ran away, but I thought that the Master would have laughed like usual. Until the next day, when I found the glass bottle I had given as a gift thrown away in the trash.

“Lia!”

At that time, I came to my senses at the sound of the viscount screaming in surprise. I turned blue when I realized that she was so lost in my thoughts that I almost dropped the antidote I was dispensing.

‘It’s crazy. Here she relaxes.’

As Lia was blaming herself, the Viscount looked pitiful.

“You haven’t slept well for several days, and because you keep using mana, your body don’t heal.”

The Viscount sighed and spoke quietly.

“It will take a few hours to see the effects, so keep your eyes peeled.”

“…Then I’ll come back and get some fresh air.”

I wondered if I would fail again this time. I was about to make the next one, but when I sensed that I was not in the right condition, I nodded my head.

Lia got up from her seat and headed towards none other than the Duchess’ bedroom.

She exchanged a brief greeting with Taiz, who was guarding the door, and when she entered, she saw Allen and Diana asleep next to the bed. It looked like the Duchess had fallen asleep while massaging her swollen arms and legs due to poor blood circulation. Her heart ached when she remembered the two children who had been standing in front of her bedroom with sullen expressions these past few days, their shoulders slumped.

‘If the situation had been a little better, I would have said at least a warm word.’

It was such a pity that I couldn’t do that.

Not only did she have no free time right now because Lia was busy making medicine, but she was deliberately keeping her distance from Allen and Diana. Lia tells the Duke that she is going to test him for poison with her Splesia, and that she is making her own cure, which she has asked him to keep a secret from everyone. They did not want anyone inside or outside the mansion, including the employees, to know, as well as other council members except Viscount Bardot.

〈If the person was truly poisoned, then of course there must be a culprit who attempted to poison the person. But if word gets out that she’s making a cure, I don’t know how the culprit will come out.〉

“Wouldn’t it be better to make them nervous and make them move? That would be certain.〉

〈…What if it doesn’t move?

This was kind of a hunch.

Lia was almost certain that the Duchess had been poisoned, as her symptoms had worsened rapidly, unlike in the past when she had been bedridden for more than half a year. However, as she watched her closely for a long time, she could not figure out at what point she had been exposed to the poison. Therefore, she guessed that the culprit must have been a very careful and careful person. She only acted impulsively this time, and it seemed like she would have regained her senses by now.

‘So it’s better to let your guard down than to hope it moves again.’

Fortunately, the duke accepted Lia’s persuasion. No one except Viscount Bardot and the Duke and Lucio knew that Lia was making an antidote for her, and everyone knew that the Duchess’ condition was getting worse day by day and that there was no way to do anything. And among those ‘everyone’ were Diana and Allen.

Since children can’t lie and nothing is certain, I thought it might be a pointless torture of hope.

‘I guess I’ll be disappointed when I find out later.’

Even though she thought it was something that could not be helped, Lia felt sorry for no reason. At the same time, she was amazed that the children were being so good without complaining. She stroked their heads once in a while, carefully covered the sleeping children with blankets, and left the room. At that moment, Lia’s eyes became sharp.

There was someone other than Taise in her hallway.

 

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