My Fiancee Was the Villainess of This World

24 – Omen (2)

I heard that Martin was lost in the Witch’s Forest, so I went straight to the Sanitation Department.

“I’ve been waiting for you, Your Highness. I have collected all the materials you instructed.”

The official of the Ministry of Health put the materials I requested on the desk.

The amount was quite large, so I ordered a servant to bring it and move it to the study.

“If there is any other information you need, please let me know, Your Highness.”

“Yes, I had a hard time. Rest.”

“I was moved by the warm heart like the sun that thought of the people!”

Very lively.

I will have to file a claim with the Prime Minister to pay special consolation money to the guys from the Ministry of Health.

With that in mind, I headed to the study to read the materials transferred by the servants.

‘Whoa, are you saying you have so many illnesses?’

Resolved the epidemic problem in the county of Genoa by leading the way.

In the process, I was able to build a great deal of trust with the staff of the Ministry of Health.

So I was able to order an investigation into the contagious disease that caused the death of the Prime Minister’s wife in advance.

Of course, I don’t even know what the disease was exactly.

However, it was possible to deduce the conditions because I knew when the chancellor’s wife passed away.

The characteristics of infectious diseases that I requested from the Ministry of Health are as follows.

1. There is a high possibility of an outbreak within this year, and it must be an epidemic.

2. When an outbreak occurs, it cannot be cured with the priest’s magic.

3. If treatment is not received on time after the onset, it will die within half a year, and it will be impossible or difficult to recover with natural healing power.

Even though I have carefully selected the conditions, there are 15 books related to infectious diseases.

It was very scary, but at the same time it was reassuring.

‘Ancestors, like the sun, please shine brightly on our path.’

The books piled up in front of my eyes are the thousand-year history of the empire.

It is the result of putting our heads together with a heart that vomits blood in order to be of some help to future generations.

If you have this data, you will surely be able to avoid that sad story.

I opened the books that seemed to be the oldest and slowly read them.

……

…

Smart.

As I read the materials without my mind, it was time for tea time.

─ Mr. Maximilian, I will serve you some tea.

Priscilla, now my tea time maid, brought tea.

“Come in.”

I continued reading even after I brought Priscilla into her room.

Today is a precious holiday, and if it were usual, I would have spent time chatting with Priscilla and her, but ─

‘There is no time.’

Yes, there is no time.

On weekdays, I split my time and study to the limit to make up for the gap of 6 years.

It is said that there is no time to devote time to other things.

That’s why even precious holidays have no choice but to do this.

“… You also need a proper rest.”

I glanced away from the book and looked at Priscilla.

Now that she can contain a lot of emotion, her eyes were filled with worry.

“Are you bored because I didn’t play with you?”

As I sipped and laughed and drank her tea she gave me, Priscilla lowered her head, her face blushing slightly.

“… Yes.”

What?

What did I just hear—

“I waited for today every week… I’m sorry.”

You said it wasn’t an illusion?

Click!

… If I had put it down a little harder, I would have broken the teacup.

It was a situation that I couldn’t help but be very embarrassed about.

“Something magical.”

… Tsk.

This guy seems to be concerned about my stamina, as I never stopped training even on rainy days.

So he must have said this absurd thing to me to rest in peace on the weekend.

“Hasn’t the time to meet more increased than before? Be patient.”

But I didn’t want to act the way he intended.

Because I was a little upset that he showed such a clumsy appearance there, he tried to finish the story in a direction he didn’t expect.

But today’s Priscilla was a bit strange.

“I heard that you don’t feed the fish you catch like this….”

Priscilla pursed her lips slightly, giving her a fresh look.

It was such a dizzying sight that I couldn’t tell if this was real or acting.

“… Summers in the islands are hot.”

I must be seeing an illusion.

Anyway, it seemed like I needed a leisurely break at least for the time I was drinking tea.

I closed the book with a sigh and started drinking the tea. Priscilla only then looked a little satisfied.

“… Is it contagious?”

“Since it’s summer, there’s nothing wrong with preparing in advance.”

When I said that, Priscilla asked my permission and started looking around at the books on the desk.

She then brought up the idea that she would read a book with her.

“Here, these books have already been read, so take care of yourself.”

Two people are better than one.

We read until lunch was ready, and then continued to read.

A day passed by just reading books all day until my eyes were dry and tears came out.

“Did you find the target information?”

Priscilla asked with a rare small yawn.

I don’t know if this is the target information.

However, among the 15 books, I was able to find a few diseases that could be called candidates.

If you add one more condition there, you can narrow down the list of candidates to three.

‘The chancellor said that he knocked on the door of the imperial castle. But she said she couldn’t get any help.’

In the game, right before the chancellor’s death, there is a monologue about why he betrayed the empire.

There, it came out that the chancellor had asked his father for help.

If it was a situation that could not be resolved even with the Empire’s capabilities, the chancellor wouldn’t be so distorted.

If so, it means that there was a way to cure the disease in the imperial castle.

‘I’ll have to check the inventory.’

There was a way to cure it, but we couldn’t help the chancellor because the stock of the medicine to be used for it was insufficient.

Maybe that wasn’t the case?

The first thing you need to do is to check the stock of medicines.

“Get some rest. I have places to go.”

I said that and stood up, and Priscilla naturally followed me.

“I will do it.”

Her tone of voice had changed to that of her maid before she knew it.

“… Do whatever you want.”

“Yes, Maximilian.”

It’s time for dinner soon.

So we hurriedly contacted the sanitation department.

“Yes, Your Highness. I’ll check it out right away!”

“No, it did. Come by tomorrow or the day after tomorrow at tea time. I’m not going to choose whether it’s morning or afternoon, so check carefully even if it’s late. Call ahead if you need more time.”

In the end, medicines lose their potency over time.

It is not just an inventory check, but a meticulous check to see if the property has changed.

It’s the weekend, so you can’t make them do such an unreasonable task, so you can give them some time until tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.

‘The time will be right. It should be right.’

It is a matter that can be solved if the empire puts all its strength into it.

That’s how I got rid of my nervousness.

But Priscilla seemed to have noticed my feelings easily.

Because her eyes were full of worries.

“It is done. Everything will go back to normal now.”

The actions of the chancellor in the game are by no means light.

Simply put, what he did was stealing money, but in a broader sense, it was taking the lives of many people.

Empire ends with a slight stumble, but quite a few vassals suffer astronomical losses to the point of bankruptcy.

Money is a dangerous being that can either save or kill people.

Perhaps not one or two people lost their lives in the aftermath of the astronomical loss.

But I couldn’t forgive the prime minister for what he had done, but I could understand.

─ Save Mama, Mama! Mamamama, Mamamama! Please!

─ Let go of this, you rude ones! Obama Mama! Aren’t you the wise king! Please, please, Mama… Black, uh….

… Because I also had the experience of losing someone dear to me.

‘It hasn’t happened yet.’

This isn’t a game, it’s reality.

So it’s a story that it’s okay to make something that won’t happen.

Of course, following this choice will change the main story, so most of the knowledge from the previous life will become useless.

It has been done. How can a being who betrays his subjects become emperor?’

It is not a memory given for that purpose.

“Get ready. It’s time for dinner soon.”

“Yes, Maximilian.”

As I said that, I stopped her steps and looked at Priscilla, who was following me.

She was still wearing the maid’s uniform.

“Please change into other clothes and come. I’d like to have dinner with the fiancée.”

“… Ah yes. All right.”

I reached for Priscilla’s hair, running my hand through the side of her hair.

Her hair color was so bright that it reflected the sky to the extent that I still thought that the black hair I saw that day was an illusion.

“I’ll treat you to dinner.”

As she was about to leave after saying that, the words she had just heard flashed through her head.

“And put it on her head. I’m the only one who takes care of the fish in the fishbowl.”

If I sprinkled food on the open sea, how much food would go back to the fish I want to feed?

Being busy taking care of the guy within my reach.

“Yes, Maximilian….”

I know Priscilla, her face flushed, muttered quietly, “I know….” She moved her steps as if she hadn’t heard.

Truly, she was a witch who made my heart bewildered even at moments like this.