The Queen Who Shares Love
Chapter 54 Lodrey Orphanage (3)

"Isabella, quickly get the doctor to come here for the Empress," Gerald ordered.

"Good, Sir." Isabella distanced herself from Leticia, taking off her hand that was holding a handkerchief.

Leticia held Isabella's handkerchief held up by her nose. "I'm fine. I'm just exhausted. This nosebleed must stop immediately." 

Leticia did not want to trouble the two of them.

"What's okay, my nose bleeds so. I'll stay with the doctor. I don't want anything to happen to you" Isabella said.

Leticia finally complied. Isabella had to speak informally in front of Grand Duke Faust out of concern. Gerald didn't care about it at all.

Isabella rushed out. Now only the two of them remain. Gerald was still beside Leticia, even though his expression had changed as usual. Leticia was doubtful if she had seen wrong. However, he was sure Grand Duke Faust looked worried. His expression was almost the same when Gerald was angry at him for discovering him almost using the drug. The difference is no anger. Leticia only realized that actually at that time Gerald was worried about her. 

Confidence is going on between the two of them. Leticia is not a person who is used to opening conversations especially with people who are not yet deeply known. All this time he talked to Grand Duke Faust as long as there was a need. Gerald also never spoke to others just to make small talk. 

"Isabella really trusts you, Empress," Gerald said suddenly. 

The blood coming out of Leticia's nose stayed a little. He looked up slightly at Grand Duke Faust.

"He's even willing to accept punishment if you betray" Gerald continued.

"I feel unworthy of that much trust, Grand Duke. I knew it was actually hard for her to trust me completely because of my father's actions" Leticia said.

"It was Duke Hilbright's fault not you, Empress."

"True, Isabella once said that, but I felt guilty. I was near him for a long time but didn't realize anything, Grand Duke."

"If Isabella wanted revenge on Duke Hilbright, which side would you be on, Empress?"

Leticia. He's confused. 

His father never loved him, only power was in Duke Hilbright's mind. Duke Hilbright is still his father. His father's blood flowed within his body.  

Meanwhile, Isabella was a friend who always took her side and loved her. He regarded Isabella as his own brother.

"I don't know" Leticia replied softly.

"You'd better think about this, so that you don't regret choosing later on, Consort."

The bleeding in Leticia's nose had stopped. Leticia was about to say thank you but the sound of footsteps sounded. Before long Isabella had come with the doctor. Isabella also buys a robe for Leticia, as Leticia's robe is dirty.

Gerald immediately moved the chair for the doctor. The doctor immediately sat down and examined Leticia. He held Leticia's hand to check her condition. Then I saw his bloody nose.

"So how's he doing?" ask Isabella.

"Just tired, you don't have to worry." The doctor looked at Isabella.

Isabella breathes a sigh of relief.

"Well, you don't get tired, and get plenty of rest, ma'am."

"Thank you for the advice, Doctor."

Fortunately the doctor did not forget to bring some medicine. He gave Leticia a useful medicine. Isabella escorted the doctor out and gave him a sum of money that was enough to compensate his losses for having left some of his patients in the clinic. Isabella forced him to go check on Leticia.

Isabella has returned. He approached Leticia.

"If you feel exhausted when you train with me, you have to say, Empress," Isabella said.

"No, it's not because of that, Countess. I'm just tired because I've been busy for a few days because of various things" Leticia said, calming Isabella.

"You'd better leave the case of Marquis Lodrey to us and your witch friend, the Empress. You just take a break," said Gerald.

"That's right" said Isabella.

"All right." Leticia. If Rose and Dale found out about this, they probably would have done the same.

Isabella took a basin filled with water. His handkerchief he washed and then used to wipe the remnants of dry blood attached to Leticia's face. 

Isabella gives Leticia a new robe and takes her handkerchief. He'll wash Leticia's handkerchief and old robe. If washed in the palace can raise suspicion. 

Leticia thanked them both. Then return to the palace to rest as they suggested. He contacted Rose to deliver the newly obtained information. Without saying that he finished his nosebleed.

***

Rose went back to the orphanage she came to yesterday. No children were wandering in the courtyard. He put on his invisible hood and went in to check on the inside. There's nobody there. He checked all the children's belongings there. Empty there was nothing as if those children had never been here. The head of the orphanage was also nowhere to be seen.

Rose came out of the orphanage to ask the neighbors around the orphanage. He took off his hood.

"I heard there's an orphanage around here, but why aren't the kids hanging around?" rose asked one of the people passing by.

"They're on vacation, usually once a month" the man replied.

"Have you ever had a child abduction around here, especially in a child's home?" ask Rose again.

"It seems impossible. The orphanage kids here never get out of the fence. People here don't really know those kids. So too with me. We only know the head of the orphanage." 

"That's it, thank you." 

Rose went to another orphanage. The kids there play cheerfully. He called one of the children there to approach him. The boy seemed hesitant. Rose took out the food and the candy showed it to the boy. Feeling tempted the boy immediately approached Rose.

"Are you a stranger? The head of our parlour can't talk to a bad stranger." The boy was still hesitating.

"Sister is indeed a stranger but a good stranger. The proof is that you want to give this to me." Rose tried to convince him while giving food and candy to the boy.

"This is for me? Thank you." Thank you."

"So don't expect you to tell anyone this, because it could be that the head of the parlour scolded you for receiving food from a stranger."

The boy nodded while eating his food.

"Are the children home here often on vacation?" ask Rose.

"Never." The boy spoke while chewing his food.

Rose had hoped to get information from another parlor but it seemed to be in vain. 

The boy swallowed his food and continued, "But the orphanage's head said in a week we were going on vacation. If this orphanage is on vacation, I don't know because we've only been here for three weeks."

"You and the other kids are the new home kids. Then where are the old kids?" 

"I don't know."

It seems that the boy does not know anything. Feeling that there was nothing more to gain from this child, Rose was about to go to another orphanage.

"No, I will keep this a secret. You should keep this a secret too." Rose blinked.

The boy nodded.