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"... Mmm."
I woke up feeling my body shaking. Someone is holding me. Silvi, not knowing what the situation was now, turned her body upset.
"Whoa, that's dangerous."
"... Master Felix?
It was Arthur's voice I heard from overhead. With his face up, Arthur stares gently at Silvi.
"Huh? Huh?
"Do you have any idea what the situation is right now?
"Yes, no... er... ah"
Asked like trouble, he tried to shake his neck sideways reflexively, but in a moment, he remembered.
That my brother Leon drugged me with ecstasy and Arthur helped me where I managed to escape.
"Ah... I..."
Arthur looked painful and nodded at Silvi's attitude, which shivered as he shuddered.
I'm going to stroke my back so I can forgive you. I didn't find that offensive.
"Apparently you remember. Good. You were drugged with an ecstasy of a bad nature and you were barely conscious."
"Yes. Remember... I'm here."
Trembling but responding to her temperament, Arthur put in the power of his arm holding Silvi.
"Ecstasy should have already been out of effect because I had an antidote made by a pharmacist I knew. Is your body hot or something?
"... no"
My body, which was hot as if I had a fever, was completely back to normal. While relieved by that, Sylvie asked.
"Um... what's a pharmacist? If you've made a valuable antidote, thank you."
Even Silvi can easily imagine that there is no such thing as a pharmacist who prefers to make an antidote to ecstasy that just needs to be poured into a man's essence.
Naturally, a rather expensive gratuity should have occurred.
"Oh, you know, the price... could it have been that Master Felix paid for it instead? I'm sorry. Um, I'll pay you. Excuse me, can you tell me how much it cost?"
If it was a huge amount of money... yes, I thought it was chilling, but thanks to you, Silvi is here now with help. Getting her to use the pills meant she didn't have to lose her virginity...... it was a story that I wanted to thank her for so much that it made me cry before my dowry.
Will the pennies I've been saving be enough? If it's not enough, give it a moment... and we'll definitely give it back. So he decided to his heart, and looked up at Arthur, and he smiled as if in trouble.
"You don't have to. There was raw material, and you said you knew him, right? He owes me a little, so no problem."
"But..."
"This is how I could have helped you safely. That's all I'm worth more than money. Please understand."
"... that's not how it works"
It shouldn't have been an easy amount to snort at. It was Silvi who got in trouble, but Arthur sent me a help ship.
"Then please make something for me again. I'm more than happy to be paid for it. I was very happy with the baked sweets."
"... ok. Thank you."
It took the form of a push off, but Silvi nodded. If you keep asking questions like this, Arthur won't tell you how much it must have cost. or, I just couldn't get it to end with "thank you" without anything.
I was very grateful to Silvi for his suggestion of easy riding.
"... oh?
When the story came to a paragraph, Silvi finally realized that the surroundings were quite dark.
Pretty late. I was just relieved that I don't remember how much I was suffering from ecstasy, but Arthur told me when I saw Silvi, who had just begun, and I guessed what she wanted to hear.
"A little after dinner, that's the time you said.... it took a little while to make the antidote... sorry"
"Yes, no. You helped me, but no..."
I'm not willing to blame Arthur. What Silvi cares about is the mansion that flew out to escape. Are we all looking for Silvi when he suddenly disappears? And Leon, the killer with the ecstasy - what's going on?
Both situations are very disturbing.
"I sent a messenger to your mansion first to explain the situation. I accidentally intervened where I was falling ill, he said. I've also explained that I've seen a pharmacist, so you won't be suspected."
"... thank you for everything from what"
I sincerely thanked him for misleading me with the words: ill. What would my father think if he knew, for example, that my daughter had been freaked out by ecstasy? Worst of all, I can't help but be mistaken for losing my virgin.
My father knew that Arthur was the King's Prince, so I could be sure that he would fully believe me if he meant what he said.
"Good..."
"I'm sorry to hear that you didn't need it before you were married."
I am sincerely pleased with his care.
"Dear Felix. Thank you. Glad you found me."