“You’re doing something mysterious again.”
Mariel calmly looked at Daphne.
“What will it be this time?”
Daphne was suddenly looking for a bracelet at night.
Was she going to give this bracelet to the Duke? Mariel put it in a box and tied a ribbon around it and gave it to her, but Daphne tore it off with a pathetic look on her face.
And then.
“Oh my god!”
She threw the bracelet out of the window and burst out into tears.
“Your Highness.”
Thanks to this, two knights who were guarding Daphne’s room were now inside.
“What’s wrong?”
Bertrand’s knights were kind.
“We’ll help you if we can.”
They were trying to console the little princess.
“That, that…“
As if soothed by the words of the knights, Daphne wiped away tears.
They felt guilty for her trembling voice because she cried so much.
“I was looking outside and dropped my precious bracelet…”
‘Lie! Mariel thought.
The bracelet Daphne threw out of the window was a cheap bracelet Mariel bought from the market.
And she took it out of the carriage for the first time yesterday.
How could she lie with such a sincere face?
“We’ll go down and look for it. So don’t cry too much, your highness.”
“I want to find it myself. Is it a difficult request?”
Her tears-soaked eyes sparkled while her lips fluttered as if to ask for something
“No, it’s nothing.”
However, as if she had given up soon, she bowed his head.
Her eyes looked accustomed to giving up.
Daphne’s action caught the eyes of the two knights as their forehead creases deepened further.
“What should we do?”
One knight tapped the shoulder of the other knight and whispered.
“He told us not to let her go outside.”
Yeah, the order was a problem.
Although the first impression of the princess was different from what everyone imagined, the princess was the princess.
They couldn’t let her wander just anywhere.
“But she’s looking for a bracelet, and it’s hard to say no…”
If it was another request, they would have said no, but this was too trivial.
Besides, the garden under the window was not so far.
It was right down the two stairs.
But what didn’t work out was still not possible.
So it was right to say no firmly… That’s right…
“Sorry, mom…”
At that time, the two knights looked at each other after they heard a small sound in their ears.
“Mom?”
“No way!”
Is that a bracelet from her mom?
In an instant, they began to envision a story in their heads.
A child who was forcibly separated from her mother, the only remaining family member.
A mother’s bracelet in a child’s hand.
That was the last moment with her mom…
The child couldn’t let go of the bracelet in the nursery and waited for her mother…..
The leaves falling one by one outside the window, and the emperor who came for her instead of her mother…
The only comfort in the cruel imperial life, the bracelet that became her only friend. The bracelet was then named: Jane.
“Eup!”
Tears burst from one of the knight’s eyes.
The other knight looked at the brown-haired knight as if embarrassed.
However, his eyes shook as if he had similar thoughts.
“What should we do?”
Will it be okay for them to break an order like that? They’ll surely get yelled at.
At that time, while they were confused, a small hand grabbed the hem of one of their clothes.
“Hey, knight.”
As he lowered his gaze, Daphne caught his eyes. He felt guilty for her face being covered with tears.
“I’m sorry… I made you feel uncomfortable. I’m fine. It’s true.”
She pressed her lips once and soon smiled brightly.
“I’ll just wait here.”
‘Just like when she was waiting for her mom…’
The last thing was not what Daphne said.
Instead It was just something that came to the knight’s mind.
Hm! It’s working!
“I’ll be back after asking!”
Eventually, both knights ran out and soon returned.
The knights nodded, sniffling.
“Let’s go, your Highness. The leader gave permission!”
Daphne smiled brightly and held his hands tightly.
“Thank you, sir.”
“You can follow me.”
The knight, who smiled happily, looked at Mariel.
“I’m sorry, but the maid must stay here. Only Your Highness has been granted permission.”
“Ah, I see.”
When Mariel bowed her head, the two knights left the room first.
“Mariel.”
Following behind, Daphne whispered.
“Don’t forget what I told you to do.”
It was a calm voice as if she had never cried.
“Your Highness, it’s this way.”
Shortly after walking, the garden came out.
How long did they walk in the garden?
Soon, Daphne’s room’s window appeared.
“Good.”
The brown-haired knight rolled up his sleeves and shouted confidently.
“Don’t worry, your highness. I’ll make sure to find Jane!”
‘Who is that?’
Even before Daphne could ask that, he began to look for the bracelet with fierce determination.
It was as if looking for a lost friend.
‘I’m sorry to see you working so hard.’
Daphne slipped the white bracelet that had fallen below in his pocket.
If they couldn’t find it today, they would have to come out tomorrow to find it.
‘However, every hour is urgent.
Daphne looked around.
None of those standing in front of the gates looked like him.
‘He’ll be there at the wedding, but then he’ll definitely be late.’
Because of…
“Cough!”
It was because of the disease.
“Wait, please.”
At the same time, a coughing sound was heard from inside the garden, the heads of the knights looking for the bracelet turned.
“Your Majesty the Princess, please stay here for a moment. Someone else will guide you to your room.”
The two knights who were eagerly looking for the bracelet got up and ran to one place.
Somehow it looked familiar.
‘It didn’t happen once or twice.
Daphne’s eyes narrowed and she quietly followed the knights.
It was snowing and the inside of the garden was noisy and crowded, very much different from the calm atmosphere.
“When did he fall?”
“He just fell down!”
“Don’t shake him! Leon, go and call Selma. Come on!”
Surrounding someone who had fallen, the knights and maids were rushing and crowding around the person.
Precious flowers were scattered in the snow, which the person who fell must’ve been holding before he collapsed.
They were yellow and white flowers that were often taken to commemorate the dead.
‘This is the same as the original.’
As Daphne walked a little further past the flowers, she saw the face of the fallen person.
A blue tired face, strangely twisted breathing, a body burning like a fireball, and even the blood running down his lips.
Everything was as written in the original.
“What if…? Ha, if he falls one more time, Selma said that he might not be able to get up this time…”
“Hey.”
Daphne’s voice immediately stopped people from talking.
Everyone’s eyes were on Daphne.
“Your Majesty?”
“Why is she here…”
Doubt, surprise, embarrassment, and vigilance.
Daphne blinked as she looked at the gazes filled with emotions.
“I think I can help.”
“There are good and bad effects.”
A middle-aged woman named Selma, whom everyone was looking for, was Bertrand’s doctor.
Wearing round glasses, Selma continued.
“Your breathing has stabilized a lot and your body temperature has returned to normal.”
While saying miraculous things, Selma could not get rid of her doubts.
And it was the same for everyone in the room.
“How does that kid know how to cure this disease?”
It was an incurable disease whose cause or treatment were not known.
All Selma could do was to give temporary prescriptions and pray.
It was definitely like that.
‘I didn’t know it would get better like this!’
Selma felt her heart pounding.
It has been over 20 years.
After the former Archduke, Zegman, disease broke out, Selma wandered for a cure for more than 20 years.
However, there was no significant result.
In the meantime, Zegman also died in front of the current Archduke, and the shock deepened his illness.
Because of that, she was preparing for the worst recently.
‘I didn’t know the answer was this close.
Selma felt her nose prickly with emotion and looked back at something Daphne gave her.
“Your Highness, is this really wild fruit?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
People’s eyes grew bigger at the words of Selma and Daphne. One person jumped forward like having a seizure.
Wessler Benort, the Commander Knight of Bertrand.
He was a person who Daphne often encountered in her previous life.
“What do you mean, wild fruit? Are you talking about the fruit that has poison?”
“Yes, that’s the fruit.”
People swallowed their breath.
Everyone looked shocked.
Did she just admit that she poisoned him?
No, before that, Selma knew all about it and used it to cure?
“You…!”
“It’s true that the fruit is poisonous.”
In that way, Daphne naturally took the fruit and ate it.
“It only causes abdominal pain in normal people.”
Earlier, it was a method used to persuade Selma.
“It can be a medicine for those suffering from this disease.”
It was a fact that everyone knew that the fruit was poisonous.
Didn’t the bugs that got intact with the fruit die?
So, people often used the wood and discarded or buried those fruits as fertilizer.
However, they didn’t know it was only a poison to insects, but a medicine to humans.
‘It’s like coffee.’
Caffeine in the coffee tree was also poisonous to insects, but it became a stimulant to humans.
This fruit was a similar case.
“…I’ll ask you one more question.”
A knight shouting that the fruit was poisonous stared at Daphne with a still doubtful face.
“How did Your Highness know that you can eat the fruit?”
“I tried it myself.”
“What?”
Daphne smiled at the eyes of the Knight Commander.
“I ate it earlier because I was hungry.”
END OF CHAPTER 8