Chapter 399
"As Talmhach said, it is not a matter of money for either of us. Yet also... Your Highness, there is no need for a royal order."
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"I am to request officially here, before Your Grace and the Crown Prince the permission of my person to remain at the Royal Palace. Being the Lady’s physician from the days she was a young girl... it is not simply curiosity but sincere concern for keeping her healthy that I am willing to delegate my patients temporarily to my current apprentice... If it is permitted... then I am to solely focus on-?! Y-Your Grace??"
"Deslys... this you are doing... I am never to forget it." — Taking by surprise the doctor as he spoke, brotherly Orland’s hands suddenly came to rest on the solemn man’s shoulders, moved and comforted by the value Rémi placed on the story entailed in their relationship. — "The fact it is you... let my heart be more at ease. You know this right?"
"... I am aware my lord... What the Young Lady is under, we have both gone through many days of study from the beginning." — Returning the heartfelt pats on his arms to the amiable Duke, Deslys smiled accomplice of the hazards. — "This sudden health she has gained, I am to thoroughly investigate it so it only continues to be for the lady’s best."
"... Thank you, truly my friend."
"... No more of that, my Lord... what is necessary now is getting any information we are able to learn about the circumstances the lady went against. A catalyst must have been met during the attack she suffered. I am not of the belief... yet she is indeed the awaited Ninth the Empire has."
Leaving behind the moved sensations for loyalty, the men looked back at the woman who blankly listened to her enthusiastic maid who wanted to distract and cheer her tired master... A young master who now fought slumber solely so those she was fond of and had yet to leave her chambers could be properly dismissed with an awake lady.
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"You should have said it beforehand."