Chapter 51
Episode 51
Translator : Missme Editor : Aru
I wondered what I would do with it, and I couldn’t remember it and engrave it on the tombstone later on . Because it was the current national law that a traitor could not make a grave .
‘Oh, and… . . ’
Apart from him, there were a few things that I didn’t know .
‘Viscount Biffren has been suspicious for quite some time . ’
‘How come?’
‘Cause the documents were so clean . ’
‘If it’s a document……’
‘You know permanent financial documents . There wasn’t a single leak . ’
‘Isn’t that good thing?’
‘It was a problem because it didn’t look like that . ’
‘…… . ’
‘Well, I said it was made, but in more detail, I would say it is contemplative . Anyway, I thought he was a guy who wouldn’t want money, but I thought it was weird because there was no sign of touching money at all . Of course, His Excellency also thought the same . ’
‘……’
‘So while I was on the territory the other day, I was out on a separate mission . If the Viscount didn’t touch the budget, I’m sure he’s filling his own pockets with other routes, so I went to check it out . ’
Then he said he was able to get the big picture . The fact that the Viscount is selling something through illegal routes, and that a certain amount of the money he earned is flowing somewhere .
‘It was just a guess at the time that he was helping a rebel group, but today we confirmed it with a raid . ”
‘……’
‘And, thanks to the snake, I was convinced that what he was selling was a hallucinogen . ’
‘Snakes?’
‘The snake you saw in the garden . I found out in the morning that the snake was completely ingrained by hallucinogenic ingredients . ’
At first, he said he didn’t know that the snake was in that condition . But one of the servants of the mansion was caught trying to steal the snake’s body away from the other eyes, and that made him suspicious .
‘Maybe it was to protect the hallucinogen-making field from animals . ’
The trivial question of the snake, who had been in the garden, was solved like this .
‘It was half-anticipated that there will be a heavy penalty since the Viscount exposed it ’
‘……I see . ’
The Imperial Court decided to mobilize people to find fields on the site of the mansion and discard them at dawn .
In the nearby area where the hallucinogens were distributed, the existence and symptoms of the hallucinogens and how to decipher them were thoroughly informed in letters .
One thing to point out here is the fact that Lucas sold hallucinogens only to the surrounding area except for the territory here .
Is it because he thinks he is a permanent resident or because he believes that the risk of being caught will increase if he releases it within the territory?
There was no way to know .
For a while, anyway, these local doctors were going to be busy .
“…… . ”
I took off my glances for a very short time that I had been holding on to Ash .
“Sir, do you have anything to say?”
After telling the news that a man was coming from the Imperial City, Sir Davery was not leaving the room and was still hanging around as if he had something to do .
I gave him an eye, and his words fell .
“Why don’t you get some sleep?”
“Are you talking to me?”
“It’ll be bright in a little while . You must be tired because you’ve been awake all day . ”
“You didn’t sleep at all too, Sir . ”
Why did he ask me to sleep when he also didn’t sleep?
Moreover, I sat still and he ran around, but even if I was tired, he would be more tired .
“Go to bed first, Sir . ”
“I’m sorry, my lady, but if you put your physical strength on the same line as me, I’m in trouble . ”
“…… . ”
He’s right, but…
It was then . The doctor, who wanted to watch me and Sir Davery talk quietly, suddenly got lucky .
“It’s a little sudden, but Princess . ”
“What?”
“You haven’t slept yet . ”
“Yes, but what about that?”
“So, did you have any nightmares the last time you fell asleep?”
For a sudden remark, I took a shot at the facts .
But it was a question of unknown intent, so instead of affirming, I asked back .
“Why is that?”
“I think the princess is suspected of early addiction to hallucinogens . ”
“……me?”
It was unexpected . Embarrassed, I even pulled up my finger and pointed at myself .
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There’s a reason . No symptoms have already been found in Bessie, Alex and Sir Davery, who finished the examination ahead of me .
Because what I ate and drank is the same as what they ate and drank, so even if I were addicted, they must be addicted also .
“No way . ”
But unlike me, sceptically, Sir Davery seemed to have something to point at .
“Sir?”
Changing his complexion, he soon muttered as if he were sighing .
“Until this son of a bitch dies . ”
“…… . ?”
“My lady, do you remember the first day you came to the estate?”
“Of course, it was only yesterday . ”
“Later that day, he called you up . ”
“I did, but… . . no, how could you?”
Sir Davery, with both hands raised, explained it .
“It was my duty to keep my eye on you for a second, just in case of an unexpected situation . ”
“You’re telling me you’ve been hiding and seen it secretly?”
Is this man a knight or a ninja?
Sir Davery continued his words in a bad mood .
“Anyway, didn’t you drink anything back then? Whatever the Viscount give you,”
“That’s…”
I did drink . I was going to decline a drink, but he just recommended it again and again so I drank it .
“So that’s… . ?”
“It must be . The Viscount, I heard that the man used to drink hallucinogens like water . ”
‘I was dumbfounded . What the hell? If you’re going to drink it, just drink it on your own . ’
I frowned and the doctor’s words reassured me .
“Fortunately, it seems like you’re only consumed it a little . The estimated level of addiction is not severe . At this rate, even if you don’t take an antidote, the hallucinogens will naturally disappear in a few days . ”
“Oh, really?”
So I don’t have to get the antidote… . .
“But for a few days, you may have nightmares similar to the early ones-”
“Give me the antidote, please . ”
I cut off the doctor’s words and asked urgently .
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Subsequently, a thought has flashed .
‘That means all the nightmares I had were due to hallucinogens . ’
The vivid dream that Ash used to strangle me .
‘That Lucas . That Lucas has died, but I want to revive him and kill him again . ’
The doctor nodded .
“Okay . I’ll get it right away . Oh, by the way, princess . ”
“…… . ?”
“I don’t know what the nightmare was like, but if you fall asleep tonight, you might have the opposite dream than before . ”
The opposite dream?
Contrary to nightmares, it means a good dream, but I couldn’t understand it, so I looked at him gently and the explanation followed .
“There is something unique about this hallucinogen component . In the early stages of intake, the user alternates with the opposite dream . ”
“If the opposite is true…”
“One is the most feared, the other is the most desired . ”
“…… . ”
“It touches two poles deep inside a person . Then, as the addiction grows, the latter becomes more frequent, and from some point on, the latter is always seen . Not in a dream, but in a sober mind . ”
I blinked my eyes . The following words followed .
“I personally think this is the scariest thing about this hallucinogen . It’s also a clever part . Because of this, it seems that people who take them are hardly able to stop taking them even if they are not addicted . ”
After he explained it, the doctor raised up . His cool face seemed belatedly thinking that I don’t need the antidote at all .
“I’ll be right back if you wait for a moment . Even if you take the antidote, you can dream until today, but you don’t have to worry about it tomorrow . ”
Soon the doctor left the room .
The antidote seemed to need a separate preparation, so he left with Sir Davery to help him with the preparations .
I silently recited what the doctor had said while waiting for him to return with the antidote .
‘What I desired . ’
I could understand the doctor’s personal opinion . As he said, there was no other way but to describe this hallucination as spiritual .
Showing what you fear the most and then what you desired .
This means using the basic and weak feeling of fear to break down a person’s mind, and then digging into the broken crevice and seducing the target with the opposite bait of sweetness .
‘It’s strategic, too . ’
On the subject of hallucination, ah really .
‘You’ve sold me some nasty stuff, Lucas . ’
He sold something like that .
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I put my elbows on the nearby table and put my chin on it . I took Ash’s figures back to my eyes, lying unconscious on the bed .
‘What I desired . ’
The deepest part of me is what I want the most .
‘What’s that?’
After all, what I desired the most is surviving, right?
The most fearful thing was to die at the hands of Ash .
I thought I could imagine how my dream of hallucinogens worked .
Maybe it will show me how I live and eat well without any worries, is it?
Or a virtual parallel world where I was born as Ash’s real sister in the first place .
I was curious at first, but I didn’t mean to go to sleep to confirm it .
It’s just a probability that I’ll have a good dream this time .
What if I’m unlucky and have another nightmare?’
No way . Never . It is an unconditional specification .
‘Let’s not sleep tonight . ’
I’ll just stay awake . I wasn’t going to sleep until Ash was conscious anyway .
After taking the hallucinogens, I’ll stay up and endure until tomorrow .
I thought so and kept my eye on Ash .
I flinched, I came to my senses .
‘Ash?’
I could see a familiar and very welcome face in front of me .
Ash was staring at me right in front of me .
Did he wake up?
As soon as I was about to say so, I felt something strange .
Ash was dressed . I’m sure he wasn’t wearing anything at all . And somehow I couldn’t see the bandage on his left arm .
As soon as I recognized it, there was a sense of incompatibility in the place .
‘This is……’
It’s not a bedroom in the mansion on the territory . This layout and landscape, apparently, were Ash’s rooms in the capital’s Dukedom .
‘No, why here?’
I immediately understand the situation .
‘It’s a dream . ’
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