I Shall Master This Family's
70

Chapter 70

Perez's statement that he had collected the book 'as much as possible' was true.

"Where did you get all these books?"

"I brought him a portion of the Imperial Library in the Central Palace, and a portion of it was the one I had."

Perez turned the page as he replied, looking very familiar with the content of the book.

With a sudden thought, I asked Perez.

"Perez, incidentally, are you also researching Tlenbrew drugs?"

Looky.

Perez's shoulders shuddered.

And if there is no answer, then it is true.

"Thank you."

"..."

Perez's ears turned red as he looked at the book without saying a word.

I smiled silently and picked up a book.

Yeah, it doesn't fit my personality to leave everything to Estira and relax.

I'd do anything to find the last part of Tlenbrew's cure.

While we spent time reading in the library, Caitlyn and Kylus took turns delivering food and drinks.

"Ugh, my waist."

How many hours have passed?

I lifted my head when my back suddenly hurt.

It's late afternoon.

Looking at Perez, who was sitting on the other side, he still had not taken his eyes off the book.

Beside him was a mountain of books he had already read at a glance.

I looked out the window because I didn't want to disturb Perez who was concentrating.

"How about we go out for a second?"

Suddenly, Perez looked at me.

"The park is pretty good for sightseeing."

Contrary to the simple impression of Perez, the garden of Poirak Palace is very beautiful.

As if knowing that the owners of this palace often visit the park, all kinds of flowers and trees blend naturally around the pedestrian area.

"Oh, this flower... Isn't that the flower you sent me earlier?"

I asked, pointing at the familiar-looking red flower somewhere.

"really. Bomnia flowers."

"Isn't this a different season than when you sent me these flowers?"

"Previously bloomed and fell last spring. But for some reason, it seems to bloom once again this year."

"What's? That's catchy. It blooms twice a year."

I came closer and smelled the sweet scent of the flower.

Geck.

Perez plucked the bombia flower and handed it to me.

He tore off the sweet petals and put them in his mouth.

"If I keep following this path, what will I find?"

"Central Palace Hall."

"Like that..."

When I moved my body a little, my head seemed a little clearer.

How far are we walking?

At the end of the street, the hall Perez spoke of was visible.

And there was someone who had just walked through the hall, who did not want me to meet.

"Let's go back."

"Good."

Perez replied with a frown on his forehead as if it didn't bother him at all.

We turned around and tried to go back to where we had come.

"Hey, you two."

Until an unlucky voice calls us.

"Huh."

I've got a bad feeling.

I carved out my patience, turned around, and greeted.

"Hello, Your Highness the First Prince."

"Yes!. You're right!."

Astana approached with a smile.

Perez was already staring at Astana with cold eyes.

It felt like he was going to draw the sword like last time.

Let's go quietly this time.

I swear that.

But the promise was immediately shaken by Astana's words.

"I heard Gallahan Lombardy has a deadly disease?"

"You crazy bastard."

Unconsciously, the meaning came out of my voice.

Astana widened her eyes in surprise.

"You dare curse me ..."

Seeing Astana wriggling silently like a goldfish, I tried to calm my mind again.

I'm so angry because it's about dad.

But, more ominously, I saw something from Astana's face.

It was a grinning smile as if he had discovered a weakness that could haunt me.

"Your father is dying, and you are hanging out with a lowly man in the Imperial Palace. Are you really his daughter?

"Stop."

Perez next to me said in a low voice warning him.

But Astana shrugged her shoulders once and kept insinuating.

"If it were my father, I would never leave his bed for a moment."

"Stana."

"Your mother was a wanderer of unknown origin, so it's obvious."

"Shut your mouth."

Perez said as he placed his hand on the handle of the sword.

"I know, nomads sell themselves to anyone to find a bed last night ..."

The slap!

Astana's face turned to the side in a loud voice.

A trace of red hand slowly appeared on his cheek.

I was the one who slapped that cheek with all my might.

Astana touched her cheek with one hand and muttered.

I looked straight at him.

Tears flowed involuntarily at his outrageous insults.

"Uh, I will tell my mother, no, to His Majesty the Emperor! For a slap on my cheek?!"

I know his personality is underground.

Garbage men.

"Do. I'll definitely tell Grandpa what happened today."

I spoke to Astana.

"Every word."

After she realized what I was saying, Astana's stupid face changed.

It doesn't matter even if he's a Prince to Lombardy.

He also said dirty things about Lord Lombardy's son and his late wife, who was now in bed, there was no way it would pass safely.

I'd like to kick it between ***********, not the cheek.

I looked at him to the end and turned around.

I wiped my tears violently with my sleeves.

The feeling that was sweet because Bomnia turned bitter.

* * *

The next few days, I was told to self-reflect for a month for slapping Astana in the face.

Of course, it's not a big deal.

Instead, I had trouble stopping grandfather from running to kick Astana.

In fact, I wasn't free to leave the mansion until after my eleventh birthday, it seemed like I wasn't being punished.

Astana, who likes to wander around all the time, is ordered to probation for two months.

Akh was sitting in my library, looking through the herbal books I borrowed from Perez.

I don't have a reasonable background here, so I don't think I'm going to make a major discovery that even Estira can't find through a book like this.

It was just because I felt comfortable doing anything to find my father's medicine.

Flip, flip.

When I was flipping a book with my chin in one hand.

"Huh? Bomnia flowers can also be used as a medicinal herb."

I stopped at a picture of a familiar flower and read its description.

"'Bomnia is a plant that only grows on the southernmost tip of the continent, and its flowers, leaves, and roots have different properties..."

The tip of my finger, which pointed meaninglessly, stopped.

"But the most powerful effect of Bomnia is when the flowers, leaves, and roots are used together. The exact mechanism is unknown, but it maximizes the efficacy of other herbs used with it..."

Originally from the South.

And Estira from her previous life went on vacation to her hometown in the south.

The riddle seemed to fit.

At that moment, the door of the study room opened and Estira entered.

Sweating and panting, he seemed to have run all the way here.

"Ha, I got a reply from grandma... Among the usual flowers blooming around the village...!"

"Bomnias?"

"Eh, how did Miss know?"

The last ingredient in the cure is Bombnia.

Estira, who saw my smiling face, said while crying.

"Bomnias, by the way, is a plant that only grows in the south, and the flowering period has passed"

"No. I know where Bomnia blooms."

A bright red Bomnia blooms in the backyard of Poirak Palace.

I immediately ran to my desk and wrote a letter.

The recipient is Perez.

Though in my heart I want to run to Poirak Palace and bring my own Bomnia flowers.

I can't enter the Palace due to the isolation period

Damn you, Astana!

I wrote the words that I needed the Bombia flower for father's treatment and that the flowers, leaves, and even roots should be brought together.

My hand holding the stationery was shaking.

The excitement of finding the last riddle was short, and anxiety overpowered me next.

What if the Bomnia flower will be cut in a few days?

Perez also said. The flowers should not bloom this season.

Please please.

I prayed earnestly and sent the letter.

* * *

The rain started to fall at night.

I stayed up all night watching the rain outside.

"Damn it, goddamn it."

I heard the sound of rain hitting the window while biting my nails.

What if the Bomnia flower drifts in the rain today?

The last time we met was a few days ago.

If all the remaining flowers fall out...

I felt like my stomach was burning.

"Is that a train?"

With my head in the window, I doubt my eyes.

A carriage came to the pavilion through heavy rain.

At a glance, through the misty speck of rain, the Empire's pattern was seen.

Sure.

I ran down in surprise.

Bang, bang, bang.

With a loud knock on the door, the pavilion butler was already approaching the door with his back.

Kriet...

The door, which had been closed all night, opened in a long voice.

A man drenched in the rain stood there.

"Perez?"

Perez found me and pulled out something he held tight.

It was a big wooden box.

Clik.

With the small sound of the cover being opened, there was a smell of wet soil typical of rain.

Inside the box was a pile of red flowers covered in soil.

"Bunga Bomnia, I brought it."

With a pale and wet face, Perez grinned widely.