Doctor Resignation - Chapter 40

‘I have so many escorts yet you’re not even asking which house am I from? No way… Then why would you even call me a lady…’

Pressing down my trembling heart, I mimicked the expression of the Duchess.

“Is there any problem?”

“Yes. It’s nothing much, but the commoners are restricted from entering.”

“In a free city?”

I asked, pretending that my heart was not racing inside.

“There’s someone important inside right now.”

“Even so…”

“It’s also our right not to accept commoners.”

“But it looks like there are quite a few people in there.”

“They’re all nobles. It’s for an orderly atmosphere.”

I swallowed my dry saliva with a nervous expression.

As soon as I tried to protest logically, the waiter carefully continued.

“So that young man cannot enter.”

“….What?”

The person he was pointing to was Diel.

Diel is a top aide to Viscount Perelman. So of course he wasn’t dressed up poorly. However, that did not mean that he was dressed up like me, looking like a noble.

“We- well…”

I glanced at Diel. His pupils were shaking wildly.

‘I’m sorry, Diel. We don’t have any choice.’

I tried hard to make a calm expression.

‘I can’t leave you here.’

After looking him in the eye for a moment, I crossed my arms and said,

“This kid is my servant who’s almost like my own limb.”

Trying to ignore Diel’s crestfallen expression, I said clearly. “Why can’t I take my servant, when the escort knights can go in?”

“Oh. Does he belong to you, Lady?”

At the waiter’s polite question, I rather frankly asked.

“Then, don’t tell me…”

I didn’t forget to give him a snort.

“Were you thinking he was my friend?”

I could feel Diel trembling from the side.

“Then… If a problem arises, the lady may be held accountable.”

“Don’t worry about that.”

Sadly, it was a situation in which we had no choice but to break the last standing pride of Diel.

“He listens well to orders.”

I couldn’t even look at Diel and said loftily. Only then the waiter backed out and the door opened.

I was at a loss of how to comfort him later, but I really couldn’t help it.

From Diel’s point of view, it would be better to see what will happen than to remain outside alone. He didn’t say anything about it, and just silently mouthed his words of disagreement.

I found Prince Jade without any difficulty as soon as we entered the cafe. He was reading quietly in the corner surrounded by guards.

‘As expected.’

He wasn’t wearing an eye patch yet.

But as far as I know, the doctors won’t be able to take care of it on time, and in the end, he’ll completely lose his left eyesight before the end of the year.

‘When he came to the Duke of Casseus in winter and wiped out the rebels, only one of his eyes could see.’

Although I only saw it from afar, I remembered the black eye patch.

There were even rumors that it was because of the wounds that were lightly taken care of when he wiped out the pirates.

Having settled down at the table next to the crown prince, I skillfully ordered two cups of tea.

“Diel, sit across.”

“…Can I really do that?”

He asked heavily with a mouth that was sullenly down.

“May the servant dare to sit across the lady…”

Of course, his rebellion was not for long because I bit my lower lip with my eyes wide open.

Finally sitting in front of me, he bowed his head as if he were protesting, but there’s no helping it.

There were waiters all over the store. If I was found to be a commoner, I would be kicked out without having a chance.

“Eat comfortably. I consider you my friend even though you’re a servant.”

“Yes, I’m not just a servant to the lady.”

As I was drinking a few sips of tea gracefully, I could feel the eyes of those around us. It seemed that the aristocratic young children gathered at tables of twos and threes were discussing about me.

I have to quickly execute my plans before someone talks to me or get caught for being a commoner. I signaled at Diel, but he avoided my eyes.

Eventually, I kicked Diel’s knee under the table.

“Argh!”

When he screamed in surprise, I made a fuss and quickly said.

“Oh my, Diel! Are you okay? Does your eye hurt again? Did you forget to take the prescription I gave you?”

And I stepped on his foot in order for him to say the next line quickly. He looked at me with rebellious eyes for a while, and eventually nodded and recited the line I had previously ordered.

“Yes, Lady Lise.”

Of course, he knew that he’s supposed to be a commoner who is not allowed to enter and showed his ability to quickly change his status.

“It’s usually all right, but sometimes my eyes get cold and I can’t see for a few seconds.”

“Oh, the symptoms are worse than what you said last time.”

He continued bluntly, “When I can’t see for a few seconds, my head hurts and sometimes I feel dizzy.”

“Did you take the medicine I prescribed? It couldn’t have gone bad like this.”

“It wasn’t like that from the beginning, I only saw red dots… That’s why I just followed the prescription of a local doctor.”

I could see the Prince looking at us in my peripheral view with his eyes off the book as Diel faithfully continued the line I told him to memorize.

“No. Why didn’t you listen to my advice? Your eye would be blind if you continue acting like this.” As he closed his completely fine left eye, I said seriously, “The inside of your eyes hurts too, right?.”

“Yes. The local doctor prescribed Kellos reagent, calling it Itchy Eye Disease, so I took his prescriptions.”

“Oh, no. I should’ve expected this would happen.”

I shook my head.

“Its initial symptoms are similar to Itchy Eye Disease, but they are completely different. This can even lead to death.”

“Wh-what?”

“When your eyes start getting cold, you’ll have to take new prescriptions.”

“I see.”

Diel replied, forcing himself to blink.

“You’re indeed a lady taught directly by Viscount Arga Perelman.”

The original line was, ‘This is one of Viscount Arga Perelman assistants indeed.’ but Diel’s adaptation was not bad.

I tried to smile with my eyes to mean that he did well, but Diel added coyly.

“I can’t thank you enough Lady Lise, to even check the eyes of such a lowly commoner like myself.”

Of course, this also wasn’t the line I taught.

‘You must be sulking for a long time…’

I decided to think about him later. And whether he does or not, I recited my lines.

“Every time the symptoms change, the prescription should also change meticulously. So you have to tell me in detail. You should have listened to me instead of the local doctor.”

I wasn’t good at acting or lying. So I was nervous about whether this charade was working well or not.

But finally, the prince at the next table was seen saying something to the person behind him.

I sat back gracefully in my seat, letting go of Diel’s eyes that had been flipped over.

‘Of course, there’s a ton of medical staff around the prince.’

Sipping the tea again, I tucked my pretty hair behind my ears.

‘However, there is only one disease that if wasn’t diagnosed appropriately for more than half a year will gradually turn you blind. ‘

It was ‘Mestera Eye Disease’.

There were only a couple of books specializing in ophthalmology that dealt with such a very rare disease. I also have no idea about it before my regression. It was a new disease I’ve learned from studying at the Duke of Casseus.

Among the books that Viscount Perelman brought from Irvia, some books specialize in ophthalmology.

It’s been a long time since I’ve found out that there are quite a few eye diseases that I haven’t studied yet, so I reviewed them arduously. It was also an endemic disease in the southern part of the country, so military doctors of the Empire were naturally unaware of it.

There was a high possibility that the Prince contracted it by killing a pirate with Mestera Eye Disease when he injured his left eye.

“I think you acquired it when you went to the harbor a while ago. If you have bad luck among sailors in the southern part of the country that has poor sanitation, you’ll definitely get it.”

As I finished the end of our skit, it was only then that the man behind the crown prince walked up to me.

“Excuse me, my lady.”

“Yes?”

I blinked and stared at the white-haired man.

“My name is Keynes Rento Ghibelloni, a navy surgeon.”

“Oh… Nice to meet you, Lord Keynes.”

I smiled as I recalled how the Duchess did to Joaquin.

He is a military doctor, and anyone who will step up now most probably would be the Crown Prince’s doctor.

Bingo!