Chapter 29
The woman, Erin Launer, stiffened and wary.
‘I understand.’
Currently, Evelia was wearing clothes that commoners would wear. It was Samuel’s advice that if she put on a dress and she went to the slums, something might happen to her.
Still, she couldn’t hide her aristocratic looks. Her face was white, and there was no sign of hardship.
It was natural for Erin to be wary of Evelia, whose appearance was so uncommon in the slums.
“Who are you? How do you know me?”
As she pondered how to get Erin off her guard, Samuel clutched his stomach with both hands.
He groaned.
“I came here because I heard that there is a good apothecary here. Ugh, I’m dying. Please save me.”
It was realistic acting. Erin hesitated, still wary, but then she opened the door wide. As a doctor, she seemed unable to see sick patients.
“Please come in.”
Samuel winked one eye at Evelia and went inside first. Evelia shook her head and followed him.
Contrary to the shabby exterior, the inside of the house was well organized. It was small in size, but sunlight came in through the small window, giving it a cozy and warm feeling.
Everything was fine except for dripping water everywhere.
“Sit over here.”
Erin pointed to a chair next to the table. Then she looked at Evelia and muttered in dismay.
“I’m sorry. There is only one chair.”
“The young lady please sit down.”
Samuel, who had long since stopped acting, escorted her to the chair.
Erin opened her eyes.
“Weren’t you sick?”
“I’m sorry. I had no choice but to do it in order to lower your guard.”
“That…”
Erin opened her mouth in embarrassment. Evelia was worried that she might kick them out, but luckily she didn’t.
Instead, she pulled up a backless chair in the corner and sat down.
“Then why did the precious people come to see me? Do you have any reason to look at me while pretending to be sick?”
“That…”
Evelia slightly raised her hand to Samuel, who was trying to explain, and opened her mouth.
“I will speak directly. I want to support you, Miss Launer.”
“Me?”
“Yes. I’ve heard that Miss Launer has been looking for a sponsor to bring the medicine you’ve been developing to market, but no one has stepped forward.”
Erin bit her lip and stared at Evelia sharply. Her expression seemed to gauge her inner feelings.
However, she sighed as if she had failed.
“That’s right. I’ve been looking for nobles to support me in the meantime. But they’re worse than merchants. They charge ridiculous prices for medicine that saves lives, and they try to take most of the profits.”
Talking about nobles in front of nobles. It was a flagship for other nobles, but Evelia liked Erin’s outspoken personality.
It was because she could see how serious she was about medicine from her attitude.
“But now I am tired. I don’t want to be used any more by nobles’ business games.”
“I won’t talk flattery about being different from other nobles.”
Evelia thought she was no different from other nobles. Her reason for helping Erin was also her own profits.
“But I can tell you one thing for sure. I will fully respect Miss Launer’s opinion.”
“Can you be more specific?”
“It’s up to Miss Launer to decide on the price of the drug, and you only need to give me one percent of the sale price. I won’t interfere at all with what Miss Launer develops or what you do with the money.”
Erin had a bewildered face.
“Why?”
“I know that Miss Launer treats the children in the neighborhood for free and helps them a lot. I want to help Mr. Launer achieved her dream.”
“…….”
“And there’s a kid that Miss Launer needs to help.”
Evelia glanced at Samuel. Sensing her signal, he took a step forward.
“I have one younger sister. Now she is only seven years old.”
Erin’s expression was a little different this time. Her body stiffened as if she were still wary, but one expression on her face was serious.
“What’s wrong with her?”
“She has been weak since she was born. Her fever often rises, and she can’t breathe even when she’s a little tired. So, other doctors said it was a weak heart, but even when they gave her heart medicine, she never seemed to get better.”
Erin quickly picked up a pen from the table and took notes.
“It’s hard to examine him with just that, can you tell me a little more?”
Samuel didn’t miss the opportunity and made the offer.
“If you don’t mind, why don’t you meet and examine her in person?”
“Hmm.”
Erin nibbled on the tip of her quill. Perhaps out of habit, the quill was already tattered. Evelia thought that if her job went well, she should buy her a quill first.
Erin, who continued to chew on her quill, carefully opened her mouth.
“Okay! Oh, but…”
Erin, who had risen from her seat excitedly, hesitated. Samuel noticed her troubles first and smiled.
“I know. You still have a hard time trusting us.”
The risk was too great to follow someone she was seeing for the first time. Evelia, who fully understood her heart, came up with a compromise.
“Even if you don’t believe us, you will believe in Adelhard’s name.”
Unlike Samuel, who is hiding his identity, Evelia was willing to reveal her name honestly if she supported Erin.
That is why the Adelhard Mansion was put forward.
Upon hearing the name, Erin widened her eyes.
“If it’s Adelhard, then… No way.”
“That’s right. Duke Adelhard. If you say that you have come to find Evelia Venion at the Duke’s residence, they will guide you.”
Erin’s hand trembled and bowed her head.
“As expected, You were nobles.”
Evelia took Erin’s hand and lifted her up.
“You don’t have to be polite. Just be comfortable with me.”
“But…”
After all, I’m an aristocrat who doesn’t look like an aristocrat. Evelia swallowed her words behind and smiled.
Erin, who was looking at her face, nodded with a determined face.
“All right. Then, let’s meet at the Adelhard Mansion. I will take the examination tools and go.”
“Okay. Then, Lady Venion. Let’s go, I’ll introduce you to my sister.”
“If it’s your sister…”
Evelia, who almost said, ‘Are you talking about Aria Denoa?’, quickly shut up.
This is because she didn’t know Samuel’s identity.
Luckily, Samuel didn’t find her behavior unusual and assumed an escort stance.
Evelia left Erin’s house, putting her hand on his arm.
I felt a little excited.
‘What kind of child is she?’
It was because I liked Aria, who became Ruth only light, as much as I liked Ruth when I read the original work.
What will young Aria look like?
Will it be lovable like Ruth?
Furthermore.
‘I have to let her meet Ruth.’
I thought maybe Ruth might fall in love with Aria at first sight.
She moved on with a thought that would have shocked Samuel if he had heard of it.
* * *
Evelia rode Samuel’s carriage and headed to his house.
Inside the carriage, she removed Samuel’s ring. Then the silver hair and golden eyes we’d glimpsed earlier appeared.
She pulled on the tie this time around her neck. Her appearance as a lowly servant clothes quickly turned into a formal dress suit.
Now,she looked like a high-ranking nobleman.
Evelia recalled the setting of the original novel while looking at Samuel, who gave off a completely different impression from before.
Samuel’s full name is Samuel Denoa. As you can see from the fact that he had a last name, he was actually an aristocrat.
‘That’s also the eldest son of the Marquis of Denoa.’
In the past, the Marquis Denoa family was a prestigious family that was favored by the Emperor, but now they were poor enough to be called nobles only for their patterns.
It was Samuel Denoa who revived the Denoa family.
‘To be precise, he plans to revive it in the future.’
By the time Samuel later succeeds to the Marquis of Denoa, the Denoa family’s reputation and wealth will be similar to that of the Adelhards, but not now.
His reason for founding the Sierro, a secretive intelligence guild, was simple.
He loved his younger sister, Aria Denoa, and realized that he needed money and information to cure her illness.
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