My Fiancee Was the Villainess of This World

10 – Suspicion (2)

After Priscilla returns to the island mansion.

“Annette.”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

“Learn about Priscilla.”

“Okay.”

I gave the order to the maid to investigate Priscilla, feeling as nonchalant as possible.

Fortunately, I felt like the maid would follow my instructions without any doubt.

Chorong Chorong.

… On the contrary, he seemed eager enough to say thank you for giving me this order.

Yes, through the meeting, I planted the perception around me that I had become quite close to Priscilla.

Thanks to that, it became easier to give orders.

Obviously that’s a good thing.

This will make the empire and this world a little safer.

… But why do I feel so uncomfortable?

Is this the expression of feeling possessed by a ghost?

“You sweat. Help.”

The scent of the guy that remained on the clothes he had been touching a while ago was annoying.

‘I feel better now.’

It’s a long-awaited weekend.

Even the guy with muscles even the brain that bothered me the most in this castle will empty the castle tomorrow.

So I should be most excited….

It was broad daylight that made me miss the alcohol I hadn’t touched for two weeks.

‘It’s done.’

If I get drunk again here, the reputation I’ve built up will be ruined in an instant.

I headed to the garden to soothe my strangely disturbed mind.

‘It’s been a while.’

Apparently, her mother passed away and she lived here for half a year.

Wheein.

A gentle breeze carried the scent of flowers in the garden.

─ Do you want to have tea here with Max’s priest someday?

─ You mean drinking hot tea in such a hot place? I like candy more than tea!

─ Fufu, when that time comes, surely our Max will become a nice gentleman who enjoys tea?

It must have been this tree.

My mother used to visit Biryonggwan like this from time to time and talk with me.

Unlike her marble-white skin, she surprisingly enjoyed sunbathing.

‘Yes, I hadn’t even touched tea yet.’

At the time, I hated tea because of the bitter aftertaste that came after drinking it.

Even if I drank it, I would eat it with plenty of milk, sugar, or honey.

Whenever that happened, my mother would poke my cheeks and play with me with a cute expression.

‘… Yes, I hadn’t even touched tea until then.’

I thought I naturally came to enjoy tea as I got older.

But she doesn’t seem to have even tasted tea until her mother passed away.

And only after her mother died….

‘Yeah, that must be it.’

I didn’t visit Istria because I liked the tea.

Thinking of her deceased mother, she forced herself to drink tea with the thought of wanting to become an adult.

After forcing myself to drink tea for a year, I came to enjoy tea to some extent….

‘Then he must have visited Istria and had tea.’

I must have met Priscilla in the process.

‘Has she been a witch since then?’

Is that why you came a step closer to me when I was still immature?

It’s strange, too.

She knew from the beginning that he was a witch.

I knew that, but I deliberately approached him to tie him up here.

But why do I have to feel so betrayed… !

“Damn it.”

Thump!

As I let out a nauseous feeling and knocked on the tree, the leaves of the storm water fell.

I stared blankly at the sky as I was hit by it.

“That… majesty.”

As I was staring at the sky for a long time, a maid with a slightly intimidated expression approached me.

“What happened?”

“A visitor came to Biryonggwan. He is the Count of Genoa.”

“Okay.”

It’s a long-awaited weekend.

There’s no way a customer who came at such a precious time would be pleased.

But now I feel grateful that the Count of Genoa came to visit me.

“Is the imperial castle a shade for you?”

“Of course, Your Highness. Today, the sun of the empire is warm and gracious.”

After exchanging formal greetings, we chatted a bit over tea.

It was a perfect etiquette that did not suit the evaluation of being a fool.

Maybe that’s why Count Genoa’s attitude seemed to be a little more cautious than before.

I didn’t mean it badly.

Before, if it was a vigilance not to be bitten by a mad dog, this time it was sending a look of awe.

“Is it a story related to an epidemic?”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

“Didn’t you get a satisfactory answer at the audience with His Majesty?”

“That….”

The Count of Genoa paused once, then looked at me with a nervous expression.

Then I brought out a word I hadn’t even thought of.

“You mean His Majesty entrusted me?”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

The Earl of Genoa continued his story with a slightly troubled look.

“Earl Wisdom….”

It was obviously a territorial issue due to the flooding of the river.

I gave him a solution in his own way to the person who sought the system to request mediation.

The story seems to have reached his father’s ears as well.

It was probably the butler’s fault.

“How can I solve a problem that needs to be solved in a hurry….”

I don’t know if it’s a light thing, but the lives of the people of the empire were taken as collateral, so how could I….

I glanced at the data the Count handed me while bringing up the story of the plague.

“Is this material a copy?”

“Yes, Your Highness. The original was submitted to the imperial castle.”

Whoa.

Yes, yes.

The people’s lives were at stake, so there’s no way he handled it so lightly.

‘It could be seen as a simple test.’

The materials brought by the Count of Genoa have already been submitted to the imperial castle.

If that’s the case, it means that medical experts will be searching the imperial castle’s archives to see if there are any similar diseases.

What do I have to do here without professional knowledge about diseases?

“Don’t worry, Count Genoa. As long as you are loyal to the empire, the sun of the empire will always be with you.”

“Yes, Your Highness!”

The fact that the Count of Genoa rushed to the empire means that the contagiousness is extraordinary.

The fastest transmission would be by air, but under those circumstances, the Count of Genoa wouldn’t have time to have aristocratic manners while drinking tea here.

First of all, we need to set the direction for infectious diseases caused by drinking water.

According to the data, there are no deaths yet, but as it is summer soon, I am concerned about the deterioration of the patients’ physical strength.

I hurriedly left the drawing room and decided to find the court mage.

***

I am sure that I have had the busiest week in recent times.

His father was away for a meeting with the vassals, because a change had taken place in the imperial command system.

Since the Emperor, who is the supreme decision maker of all matters, is away, minor noises arise in exchanging opinions between ministries.

A department that studies infectious diseases and comes up with solutions, and a department that prevents further spread of infectious diseases.

A department that estimates and promotes the budget for it.

And the department that inspects it, the department that records all the series of processes, and many other departments.

Even when doing a single task, there were bound to be conflicts.

Since the agent is only an agent, he cannot readily give instructions to the people in charge of each department, so he uses the method of requesting cooperation.

However, the story is different if there is a crown prince who has been entrusted with responsibility for this case.

─ I take responsibility. Implement it now

… The past week seems to have been roughly this way.

Thanks to that, though, the follow-up was exceptionally fast.

Due to national security issues, a teleport that cannot be connected directly has been opened.

Through him, the court mages were dispatched, and measures were taken to prevent further damage.

After that, fully prepared medics were brought in, and pre-prepared medicines were distributed to patients.

Even ordering the knights and soldiers to be alert so that there will be no problems caused by the teleport in the meantime.

It was to the point where I wanted to praise myself for doing this well in one week.

“You worked hard, Your Highness.”

A stormy week has passed.

She was finally able to catch her breath, and as she instructed her maid to serve her tea, the boss of the house entered her room.

Then, after a long time, he gave me a hand-made tea.

“… Tomorrow the sun might rise in the west.”

“Kuhmm… I’m sorry, Your Highness.”

It’s been a while since I’ve received the butler’s tea.

At least, I’ve never been treated to tea by him while I’ve been living as an idiot.

“Just kidding.”

I wouldn’t have been treated to tea if I hadn’t been an idiot in the first place.

Because the butler isn’t the one who handles that kind of work.

“It seems that the atmosphere of the imperial castle has changed a lot.”

“I guess so. After all, heavily armed soldiers roamed around.”

Don’t flatter me.

I just did what I was supposed to do.

When I joked about it with that intention, the butler understood my intention and smiled softly.

“It is late at night. You should get some rest.”

“Yes, I should rest. But I guess I won’t be able to sleep tonight.”

“I will prepare a tea for better sleep, Your Highness.”

“No, I don’t think so.”

I didn’t think I’d be able to fall asleep after drinking it.

“Huh, even Miss Priscilla must be surprised. Since the imperial castle is buzzing, the news must have already come.”

“Yes, I guess.”

The reason I can’t sleep is because of that woman, head butler.

Now, with what face and attitude should she treat the witch….

‘She is more difficult than the plague. She is indeed a witch.’

Tsk.