Chapter 41.3 (1/2)
“Really, I’m glad…”
“Rishe?”
She lost strength.
At the same time, her consciousness, which she had been holding onto with sheer willpower, drifted away.
***
“Sister-in-law?!”
Theodore couldn’t help but squeal when he saw Rishe suddenly fall.
Her brother quickly hugged her, who was limp and weak. Theodore hurriedly stood up and rushed over to them, wiping away his tears with his cuffs.
“What’s wrong with her? I’m pretty sure she tripped and fell down earlier, but…”
Could it be that her earlier performance of ‘I collapsed because I’m sick’ wasn’t an act, but a fact?
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Realizing this possibility, Theodore paled.
“What should I do? Could it be because I held Sister-in-law captive?”
“No.”
His strangely calm brother looked down at Rishe in his arms and muttered.
“She’s just sleeping.”
“Heh~?”
The unexpected reason gave him pause.
But looking closely, Rishe was indeed breathing smoothly, sound asleep.
“No kidding…”
It was abnormal to take a nap under these circumstances.
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Unlike Theodore, who muttered dumbly, his brother was smiling a little. Seeing that, he thought, ah.
Here’s another expression I’ve first seen on my brother.
Even though he witnessed it, he didn’t feel as bewildered as he did a moment ago. He marveled at his brother’s mysterious change of heart.
“Theodore.”
He was flabbergasted when his brother suddenly called his name.
“Do you have a carriage ready somewhere?”
“Of course.”
He wasn’t used to being spoken to by his brother, which made his reply sound curt.
“It’s parked a distance away. If you want to carry Sister-in-law, I’ll call them right away.”
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“Yes, please.”
After saying that, Brother carried Rishe up.
“I’ll let this one rest in the room below until the carriage arrives.”
“Got it.”
Theodore nodded and then wiped the tears from his eyes again.
He thought it was ridiculous to have his elder brother carry the princess.
“Big brother said please. He meant…”
The cheek that his brother slapped still stung.
But his chest felt terribly warm.
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Wake up. I can’t just sit around in a daze.
After all, it was the first time that Big Brother had ever relied on him.
***
When Rishe slowly blinked her eyes open, the sunshine greeted her.
To be precise, she was on a bed where the sun shone.
She was in a dreamy space, tucked in fluffy beddings and fluffy sheets.
As an added bonus, she could hear the pleasant sound of a writing pen.
While she listened to it, her consciousness slowly sank back into slumber.
A pen?
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That got her wondering and finally sobered her up.
Then she saw Arnold at his desk a distance away, running his pen over a document.
“Huh?”
“What? You’re up already?”
Arnolt paused his task and smiled at Rishe.
“Your Highness?!”
“You can go back to sleep if you want. It’s only been half a day.”
“What do you mean, half a day?”
For all intents and purposes, this was Rishe’s room in the detached palace. In a state of confusion, Arnold explained what was going on.
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“You suddenly collapsed and then started sleeping soundly on the rooftop. I brought you back in my foolish brother’s carriage, but I can’t leave a person in a coma alone in the room. Much less let a maidservant who doesn’t know what’s going on take care of you.”
“Uhm, is that’s why Your Highness stayed awake?”
“I needed to get some work done, anyway, so I didn’t have time to sleep.”
“I’m sorry!!”
She hurriedly sat upright on the bed, and bowed her head. Then she paled as she realized that the dress she was wearing was a simple nightgown.
H-How?!
“Don’t worry. It was your handmaiden, Elise, who changed you.”
Although her thoughts were preempted, she felt relieved.
She slowly looked up, and Arnold got up from his chair. He stood in front of her and asked, “How are you feeling?”
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His voice was gentle, and she felt strangely perturbed with his well-outlined face looking down on her.
“I-I’m all right now. I’m sorry for troubling you.”
“It’s good to know you’ve recovered.”
Arnold then took out an envelope from his pocket.
When she received and opened it, she found a white piece of paper with four fold marks on it. The words were spelled out in a brushstroke she had seen sometime ago.
[Dear Sister-in-law.]
It was a letter from Theodore.
[I’m sorry for all the horrible things I’ve done to you. I have a lot to say, but scratch that — First, I’ll definitely pay what I owe you. For that, I’ll lend you my men from the favelas. If you ever need people in the underworld, you can always count on us.]
Rishe chuckled inwardly.
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The offer itself is quite reassuring.
If she could, she didn’t want to resort to that.
[Most of all, I’m very grateful. — So, thank you.]
The candor of the thank you letter made her stroke it gently with her fingertips.
“You had a talk with His Highness Theodore.”
Arnold merely raised a brow in response.
“Why do you think so?”
“Otherwise, you wouldn’t have kept this letter, right?!”