ITMWG 110

Chapter 110…

Getting back at him.

After realising the situation, Altair immediately called Blan in.

In fact, he wanted to run to Nadia and ask hẻ hơ she felt, but he couldn’t force himself in since she refused to meet him.

The most important thing was Nadia’s previous doctor.

Instead, I can do what I have to do.

Altair gave Blan an order without thinking.

“Catch him.”

Blan blinked in bewilderment at the curt order without context, and Altair pressed his temple with his hand, tired.

“The personal physician of the Vine Marquis, he would be at the Vine estate. Catch him.”

“You didn’t tell me to bring him, but to capture him, right?”

Blan confirmed Altair’s order once more.

The personal physician of the family was quite arrogant, so he wasn’t someone one could just apprehend.

In particular, the family doctor knew the health and weaknesses of the family members better than anyone else, so each family made sure to protect them.

If they forcibly captured such a person, it would be no different from declaring war to confront that family head-on.

“There’s no need to be polite to the current Marquis of Vine.”

“That’s true.”

“Should I give another order?”

Altair asked sharply. It was to tell the knight to make haste before he had to say another word.

Blan immediately noticed that Altair was in a bad mood, and this time he bowed and carried out the order without saying anything.

Altair let out a deep sigh as Blan quietly disappeared after receiving the order.

Leon said that the cause of Nadia’s infertility was poisoning.

Thinking about it simply, it seemed like it could be easily solved with an antidote, but Altair also knew how tricky poison was.

When dealing with multiple demons, there were some that had their own unique poison, and if one didn’t know the ingredients of their poison, they couldn’t make a sure antidote.

It was difficult to accurately analyse the ingredients of the demon’s poison, so most of the time one would lose their comrades to poisoning.

The same goes for poison made by humans.

One would need to know the ingredients and dosage to make an antidote, so they had to make the person who made the medicine that Nadia consumed confess everything.

Altair thought that even if Leon was a great doctor, it would be nearly impossible to detoxify poison made by others.

Leon didn’t deny that fact either.

Then the solution was simple. Just catch the person who made the poison.

Since the Marquis of Vine had completely fallen, the estate was basically a no man’s land, so Blan would be able to catch him easily.

Of course, he won’t open his mouth about the poison…

All he had to do left was make him open his mouth.

Altair’s eyes sparked dangerously.

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“Madame!”

Marie burst into Nadia’s room with tearful eyes.

She didn’t hear the result from Leon’s mouth, but judging from the bad atmosphere, it was clear that the problem hadn’t been resolved.

The maid couldn’t dare to be agitated in front of Nadia, who was more upset than anyone else, so she held back her words, but Marie’s nose was red from holding back tears.

“Why are you looking like that?”

Nadia smiled softly and comforted Marie.

At that mature attitude, tears fell from Marie’s eyes.

When did the young lady, who had seemed so weak, become such a respectable madame?

Why did such a tragedy happen to such a good madame?

The maid felt like grabbing a passerby and venting her resentment.

Nadia panicked as she watched Marie with her mouth tightly shut and tears falling.

“Don’t-, don’t cry…”

“How can I not cry now? Why are you so calm?”

Marie raised her voice in response.

If only she could, she would have trampled on Nadia’s uncle, Marquis Vine, who had caused this situation.

“Is such a person really your uncle? I knew he was a bad guy, but how could he be this vicious! Heartless!”

As Marie began to curse Marquis Vine, spitting out curses that she did not often say, Nadia, who had never seen her like this before, widened her eyes like a rabbit in surprise.

“How could he corner you like this? How could he? Wasn’t it enough to steal the title?”

Marie snorted and roughly wiped away her tears with her hand.

Nadia, who had been baffled at Marie’s triggered appearance, gradually came to her senses.

“I didn’t know Marie had this side too.”

Looking at Nadia, who was laughing as if she was having so much fun, Marie thumped her chest in frustration.

“Why are you so calm, Madame!”

“There’s no reason not to be calm. I didn’t really care what the examination results were.”

“What do you mean…?”

“If it’s not infertility, then it’s fine, and even if it’s infertility, it’s not like Altair can’t have children, so it doesn’t really matter…”

“Madame!”

Marie was startled and interrupted Nadia.

“You’re not having negative thoughts, are you?”

“Negative thoughts?”

“T-Telling him to have a child outside, or asking for a divorce first…stuff like that.”

“If it’s infertility, then that’s the only way. Are you planning to tell Altair not to have a successor just because I don’t like it?”

“That’s…That’s…”

Marie, who is always on Nadia’s side, knew that she couldn’t do that.

But was there really no choice left but to let everything go so abruptly?

Altair respected Nadia as his wife.

If Nadia were to be honest about her feelings, Altair would surely do his best to make sure she wasn’t hurt.

“Marie. What did you hear from Leon?”

“I didn’t hear anything. He just told me to go to Madame.”

“I see.”

Nadia looked down as if lost in thought for a moment, then got up and looked at Marie.

“I have to leave the Viosques duchy and go into hiding.”

“… Pardon?”

“Even if you can’t have children, you are the rightful Baroness of Aylesford! There’s absolutely no need for you to leave like this!”

“Yes, I know, Marie. This isn’t an act of sacrificing, so don’t worry.”

Marie’s feet were nailed to the ground, still didn’t understand Nadia’s calm explanation.

Nadia realised that Marie would not move at this rate, so she sighed and began to talk.

“The inheritance law will be revised soon. After that, if my uncle’s title is stripped away and everything comes back to me, who will be my successor? I don’t even have children.”

“Then…then…”

Marie, who had been thinking, flinched as if struck by lightning and opened her mouth wide.

“S-Surely, Miss Melissa…”

“Yes. Not only me, but that child will also have the right to inherit. As long as I have no children, that child will be the next marquis.”

“How can the daughter have the right to inherit when her father was kicked out so unfavourably?”

“You know that except for treason, no crime is subject to collective punishment, Marie. That’s the law.”

“…Damn the law!”

Nadia burst into laughter as Marie let out another harsh, unbecoming remark.

“I feel so relieved that Marie is cursing in my stead.”

“Originally, what the madame can’t do, the maid does instead.”

“Thank you for thinking that way, Marie. So let’s prepare to leave according to my will.”

“Leaving…I still don’t know why you have to leave. Miss Melissa has the right to inherit, but the madam is still alive-…”

“What if I suddenly die?”

“Huh?”

“If I suddenly die, Melissa will immediately inherit the title.”

“Why-, why would the madame die? Don’t say such a scary thing.”

Marie grabbed Nadia’s hem with an anxious expression.

She could tell that even though Nadia pretended to be fine, it was clear that she was thinking something really depressing.

Nadia looked troubled for a moment as if she knew what Marie was thinking, then glanced outside the door and looked around.

At that moment, Marie’s mind was filled with doubt at the sight of her vigilant appearance.

“I think there’s my uncle’s informant nearby.”

Nadia said.

“What do you mean?”

“When Leon examined me, he asked me if I had taken the medicine he had given me. He checked several times to make sure I had taken it all without skipping a single one.”

“You never skipped a single one. I checked it myself, so I’m sure.”

“That’s right. So when I said yes, Leon said something was strange. If I had taken the medicine according to the dosage he had calculated, I should have been much more detoxified than I am now, but it seems like only half the effect was working.”

“He didn’t miscalculate, did he?”

“He said it couldn’t be any different since he had been observing me since he was staying at the manor. So Leon suspected that since I came to the capital, but I had also ingested poison along with the medicine…”

“Oh my god.”

Marie covered her mouth with both hands.

“When I stayed at the Vine’s mansion, I was very careful. I didn’t let my guard down even when I ate. Marie even personally observed the cooking process.”

“Yes. I did.”

“But after coming to Duke Viosques’s house, we weren’t on guard at all, right?”

“Then…No way…”

“It seems that there is someone my uncle planted here. He made me take the poisonous drugs. I guess he decided to get rid of me since we declared war and came to Duke Viosques’ house.”

“That-, that’s why you have to leave the mansion…”

“Yes. Do you understand the situation now? Even if Melissa doesn’t know, my uncle is a meticulous person. From the moment we became enemies, he clearly planned to get rid of me no matter how things went.”

Marie nodded at Nadia’s explanation. Her eyes were much calmer.

“Then it would be better to stay hidden until we figure out who the dangerous guy is.”

“Yes, and… ”

“Yes, and?”

“We won’t tell Altair our plan.”

“…Pardon? So you’re leaving without telling the lord? Then how are we going to catch that dangerous guy?”

In this situation, shouldn’t they share it with Altair and get help?

They might as well ask him for a safe place to hide.

As Nadia smiled somewhat embarrassedly at the obvious question in Marie’s eyes, the window opened and someone naturally appeared.

It was Cain, who was supposed to be guarding the Marquis.

“…?”

Marie blinked as if she couldn’t understand the situation at all.

Cain bowed toward Nadia without paying any attention to Marie.

“Let’s move quickly. I’ll take you to the Marquis.”

“The Marquis…”

Nadia smiled at Marie, who was confused.

“The most dangerous place is the safest place. If I’m there, not only the shady one, but even Altair won’t know that I’m there at all. Since I’ve brought Cain, who was sent to guard the Marquis, to my side, it is secured.”

“Yes. This time, I’ve decided to take your side unconditionally. Because I owe you a debt.”

“Madame, Lord Cain. I don’t understand why you didn’t tell the lord your plan in the first place!”

“Ah. They say that if you want to deceive the enemy, you have to deceive your own side too. That’s for sure. If Altair stays calm, even the bad guys hiding here will notice something strange. Since Altair isn’t a great actor… ”

Nadia shrugged.

“And Altair tested me to gain Duke Viosques’ trust, right? This time, I’m going to test Altair to gain Leon’s trust. Leon’s trust is worth it.”

“Of course, he’s a great doctor…but there was no need to go that far…”

“Marie, not only Aylesford, but I also need Leon. And the child in my womb right now. Leon says that we need to get some stability right now and focus on detoxification so that we don’t miscarry.”

“… Child? Pardon? Miss, no, Madame, by ‘child’ you mean…”

“Leon firmly believes that Altair will kick out his infertile wife. Once I’m gone, he’ll bring in another woman without hesitation. But I’m sure that’s not the case, so I’ll definitely use this opportunity to-… ”

“Now, wait a minute, Madame! Yo-yo-you j-just said a chil-… um!”

Cain covered Mare’s mouth, who was flustered, and smiled.

“Let’s be quiet. I don’t want to blow a legitimate opportunity to trick his lord by talking too much.”

“Cain was guilty of putting me in danger in the process of getting rid of Balhail in the past, so he willingly decided to be on my side, Marie.”

“Of course, I’m on your side, unconditionally.”

Cain smiled happily, bowing respectfully, as if it wasn’t just to atone for his sins.