The Nerd Turned Out To Be The Tyrant - Chapter 33

Rev looked at the surroundings.

 

This is because of what Luce said just before the communication was cut off. 

 

「Thank you very, very much for this, Rev… Did I say thank you for the fifth time? Oh, that’s how grateful I am! Well, um, anyway, under the table we ate earlier, um. I think there’s something I left behind…Oh, no, you don’t have to bring it! You can open it and see it! I’m going to sleep! Bye! How do I turn this off? Oh, I just have to stroke it from top to bottom?! Okay—.」

 

And the communication was cut off.

 

He laughed for a moment because Luce, who stuttered especially today, was cute.

 

Is it because the magic engineering communicator is so cool that she keeps asking him and stuttering?

 

It was a device that would surprise anyone.

 

At least, as far as Rev knew, there was no such device in the Vladin Empire.

 

It was created with the intention of hearing more of Luce’s voice without any reference. Therefore it can be said that he created it entirely.

 

‘The operation period is one year, and the range of operation is within 30 minutes on foot. It’s still a development, so it has some issues, but if it’s improved, the range and duration it can work can be increased.’

 

Rev, without even realizing that he had done a great job, headed to the living room, saying that it was fortunate that Luce seemed to like it.

 

There was a small box under the table.

 

Rev saw the note attached to the box.

 

『Luce Emergency Kit』

 

Luce Emergency Kit? 

 

Rev, who put down Luce’s note carefully and opened the cover, took a deep breath. 

 

Ointments, bandages, medicines organized by type, and other notes welcomed him.

 

『This is lip balm! Rev, your lips get chapped a lot in winter. At that time, you can dip it on your fingertips and apply it on your lips. It’s made with ingredients that you can eat, so don’t worry, and apply it often!』

 

『This is ointment! Of course, I hope you never use this, but you can use it in case you cut your hand on paper or burn yourself with something hot. You can put the left one on the wound, and the right one is for scar care!』

 

『This is eye drops! Since you read a lot of books, I’m giving them to you just in case your eyes hurt. When your eyes are red, add a drop and close them for 10 seconds! By the way, do your eyesight worsen when you read a book in the dark? Sometimes I look out at the mountains in the distance and do eye exercises while looking at the fields.』

 

『In case you don’t know! These are prescription drugs. It’s a pain reliever, antispasmodic, and antipyretic, but I put only mild ones. It may conflict with the medicine you are originally taking, so you should examine this carefully before taking it!』

 

He could tell just by looking at the note.

 

How much Luce thought about him and cared about him.

 

He remembered the sweet impression that they gave each other the things they learned while thinking about each other first.

 

Blood ran through his pale fingertips. His heart tickles.

 

Rev read Luce’s notes over and over again, but he looked at the last one for a long time.

 

『It may conflict with the medicine you are originally taking—』

 

Come to think of it, Luce never once asked in detail about his illness or medicine. 

 

She nodded as if she was satisfied with the very small information he was just giving away.

 

Since she is learning about pharmacology, he is sure she is interested. It must be that she is considerate of him.

 

‘Household medicine? Something like this.’

 

He never received it. 

 

Radanum, the best pharmacist in the Empire, said what his medicine was called. 

 

“Because you have a lot of the nature symptoms of a disease. If it were not for me, a skillful pharmacist, how could you bear the symptoms? I’m telling you again, as you know. This is a medicine that I made just for Your Highness the Prince. Therefore, it should only be eaten by Your Highness the Prince.”

 

There are a lot of the nature symptoms of a disease. So, that green medicine can be used in many ways.

 

However, if he thinks about it, medicines are usually prescribed individually according to symptoms.

 

Just like Luce gave him, painkillers when he feels pain somewhere, antispasmodics when he has tummy pain and cramp, and antipyretics when he has a fever. 

 

No matter how good a pharmacist Radanum is, is it possible to cure all diseases with one medicine?

 

What exactly does that medicine do—.

 

“Ugh.” 

 

Rev touched his head.

 

This is what it looks like if he tries to dig a little deeper into medicine. 

 

Luce once showed a herbal encyclopedia and asked if he knew what it was.

 

Even then, his headache came back, and he frowned, but Luce blamed herself by saying, “Sorry, you can’t know everything.” 

 

Is it a coincidence? 

 

Just thinking about the medicine makes his head hurt, as if someone is deliberately giving him pain. 

 

“Ugh…” 

 

Unfortunately, the pain that had been imprinted on him for years was still able to keep his curious mind quiet. 

 

Nightmares, visions, and hallucinations come at the end of a headache. 

 

Rev, who shook his hand and took the green medicine, sat down. 

 

And he buried his face.

 

****

 

“It’s late at night, Your Highness the Empress Consort.” 

 

Cypress Forest, the fifth garden of the Imperial Palace.

 

With the Imperial family’s pride and arrogance, the Empress Consort could hide her nervousness well. 

 

But she hardened her face at the strange voice that came from behind her.

 

“You’d better stop talking as if we know each other. What about tailing?”

 

“Is there a big guy who dares stick with you? Even if there is.”

 

The reddish-brown-eyed wizard who had been there from the start pretended to blow his hands under the shade of a tall tree.

 

“It will be disappears after that.” 

 

The Empress Consort Diana, who was looking at the last wizard of the Empire with cold eyes, soon turned her head. 

 

The way she looks down at the wizard is familiar. He saw a lot of people look down on him, even though they were there to use him.

 

Radanum spoke plainly in his characteristic neutral voice.

 

“Actually, I was a little surprised to see the letter from Your Highness the Empress Consort. You’ve never looking for me before, have you? You usually treated me like a disobedient pet dog.” 

 

“I am the second highest person in this country, so there is no law that I can’t use you, His Majesty’s watchdog.” 

 

“You are changing me from a pet dog to a watchdog. Okay. What did Your Highness Empress Consort, the most loved person in this country after His Highness Prince Delmar, call me to ask me at this late hour under the shadow of the Cypress?” 

 

『Today at 11 p.m. I’ll see you under Cypress.』

 

Radanum, who shook Diana’s letter insincerely, lit a flame from his fingertips and burned the paper before she could say anything.

 

It was a gesture that symbolized that no evidence would be left behind for tonight’s conversation.

 

It was about to come in, but both of them here knew that was not the case.

 

Diana stared at her burnt paper for a while and bit her lip.

 

“…I need it.” 

 

“What do you mean?”

 

Radanum asked again. Diana knew that the wizard wanted to put shame on her mouth.

 

The Empress Consort, who was shaking her thin neck, said in a voice that seemed like she had given up.

 

“Prophecy about my son. The prophecy about Delmar. Since there was a prophecy about Aurelio, there must have been a prophecy about that child.”

 

Prince Aurelio is a thorn in the eye because of his origin.

 

No, he’s more than an eye thorn. She will at least pull out whatever she sees.

 

Aurelio is invisible, like a shadow living in darkness. It is no different from a bomb secretly hidden in a warehouse.

 

There are illegitimate children in every imperial family. 

 

She wondered if his appearance, which she couldn’t believe he got from the Emperor, was the reason, but if that was the case, the harsh and cruel Emperor couldn’t have left him in the imperial palace until he turned 15. 

 

So why is he particularly hated?

 

“You prophesied the future.”

 

It must be because of the prophecy of Radanum, a wizard who sees the future.

 

“At least one…Is there any possibility that the future you see will harm Delmar?”

 

“There are, of course, prophecies about His Highness. But I won’t tell you about the prophecies that are still developing.”

 

Prophecy is in the process of developing. 

 

For Diana, who had no knowledge of magic powers, these words seemed like catching a floating cloud. 

 

“Can’t you see the big flow?”

 

“Unripe prophecies are bitter and dim in light, so they can’t be seen as the true value.”

 

It was a statement full of arrogance under a very polite tone. 

 

You’re impatient, our Empress Consort. What was it that bothered you so much? What are you so anxious about?

 

Diana’s neck muscles were visibly trembling, but she acted quickly. 

 

“Try it and I’ll the one who judge it.” 

 

Radanum nodded his head refreshingly when he heard it.

 

“You have a determination. Sure.”

 

As if all the rejections so far had never happened.

 

The sight somehow aroused anxiety.

 

“However…I’d be happy if I could give it to you right away, but I can’t because of my conditions. Unfortunately, there’s something you need to be aware of, Your Highness. My prophecy is very valuable.”

 

“How much is it?” 

 

Radanum smiled.

 

“You can’t pay it with money.” 

 

“So what? What do you want? Jewel? Gold? Or power?” 

 

“Once you receive the prophecy, you will know. What the Empress Consort can give me?”

 

Huh? 

 

She was dumbfounded. 

 

How dare he ask someone like the Empress Consort of the Empire to sign a blank contract?

 

It seemed that the patience that had been chewed on seemed suddenly cut off.

 

“Are you saying that you want to negotiate with me with the conditions covered?”

 

“Yes, that is correct.”

 

“What the heck did you do to make you this arrogant…!”

 

Despite Empress Consort’s anger, Radanum’s expression didn’t change. 

 

“It’s hard for me to understand why you’re so angry.”

 

Rather, he asked.

 

“You seem to have something more important than your son’s safety, Your Highness?”

 

Diana’s trembling face disappeared in an instant.