‘His age doesn’t seem much different from mine…… He wasn’t a patient I treated when I was at the clinic.’
As she hesitantly tried to recall, Vivian spoke first.
“When I heard your name, I wondered if it might be you. Seeing your face from afar, I could be sure it was you.”
As soon as she heard her words, the face of an old woman whom Edith’s mother had brought home and nursed all night when she was very young came to Edith’s mind.
“Could it be Mrs. Feril?”
As she spoke, a lovely smile spread across her lips.
“Yes. My name is Vivian Feril. A long time ago, my mother was indebted to Ms. Lowell.”
“My goodness……”
Ms. Lowell. And Mrs. Feril.
Hearing those names, her memories suddenly became clear, as if a fog had lifted.
When the village was struck with an epidemic and the clinic could no longer take in patients.
Her mother, a capable doctor, had brought home a woman who was on the brink of death from a sudden seizure, treating her without taking any money.
The woman’s daughter’s tearful and snotty plea to save her mother was still vivid in her mind. And then……
“Thank you for healing my mother, Mrs. Lowell, Miss Edith! I will repay this kindness someday.”
Before Mrs. Feril recovered her health and left, Vivian’s grateful bow, wiping her tears, was carefully kept in her heart’s frame.
At that moment, Edith had resolved to become a doctor like her mother, who could care for even the marginalized people.
“I’m glad to see you again, Miss Edith Lowell.”
“…….”
Edith was at a loss for words.
After being practically kidnapped by the Duke and treated like a chess piece by Sophia, hearing her own last name, Lowell, gave her an indescribable sense of peace.
Edith Lowell. It was her name, filled with love, that her parents used to call her.
It was not the pitiable name of a woman forced to pretend to be pregnant for the Duke’s successor.
“Vivian, my goodness…… I never expected to meet you like this.”
“Don’t be formal with me, Miss Edith. You should get used to my humble speech; it will be more comfortable for you in many ways.”
Having finished speaking, Vivian brought warm soup, bread, and meat. The fragrant butter stimulated her sense of smell.
“Please eat. You need to regain your strength in a situation like this.”
“…….”
Her tension eased by meeting an acquaintance, Edith was so famished that she could not refuse the food. She began to eat cautiously.
Meanwhile, Vivian unfolded stories that Edith would find curious.
“My mother overcame the crisis thanks to Miss Lowell and was allowed to continue working at the Portrion Duke’s estate. Lady Sophia was going to fire her, saying it’s bad luck to keep a sick servant.”
When pronouncing Sophia’s name, Vivian’s eyes cooled down. Her animosity towards Sophia was rather welcome news.
“She worked there until she peacefully closed her eyes. So, I want to repay your kindness, Miss Edith.”
Edith knew that her situation was not relaxed enough to bare all to a longlost friend.
‘Even if Vivian truly wants to help me, time may not permit.’
So instead of pouring out her inner feelings and pitiable situation, she needed to get the information she wanted.
“Vivian. I don’t think we have much time, so I’ll ask what I’m curious about first. Do you know a stableman named Walter?”
Upon asking, Vivian gave an unexpected answer.
“There’s no one among the servants who doesn’t know that man. The one the Duke suddenly brought one day, suffering from amnesia, right?”
“Amnesia?”
“Yes. About 7 years ago? The master brought a boy who seemed to be in his midteens and hired him himself. Walter knew nothing but his name back then.”
“…….”
Furthermore, the master had said he would use Walter as a stableman, and even built a separate outbuilding in the mansion’s backyard. He gave special instructions to other servants and even the ladies not to mess with Walter, as far as I remember.
If he was to be employed as a servant, it didn’t seem like he would receive such special treatment.
Edith narrowed her eyes and continued thinking.
‘Surely Walter knew about confinement magic.’
In the first place, magic was the exclusive property of the highest nobles, and employing magicians or purchasing the scrolls they created was an astronomically expensive affair.
Essentially no different from a commoner, Edith would have never known about this world in her lifetime.
“Vivian. Has that man ever attacked the master of the mansion?”
When asked, Vivian’s eyes widened.
“How did you know? It’s a restricted area.”
“Did he attack the Earl?”
“Yes… Simply put, he tried to attack the master with a sword and failed.”
“And yet the Earl continued to keep Walter in the castle?”
Vivian nodded her head.
Edith was able to guess an important fact based on the information she provided.
‘Even though he did such a thing to the master of the mansion, the fact that he was neither killed nor driven out means the Earl needs him.’
Although she could not understand why the Earl was obsessed with Walter at the moment, Edith found some hope.
Male lead first thought she played hard to get, only to realize she
really disliked him
Short intro:
What she can’t stand the most is the streets full of effeminate men, especially that so-called top beauty whom she avoids at all costs.
Shen Yaoxing looks at Jiang Mingyue, who keeps approaching her with coy shyness.
Shen Yaoxing: Bro, don’t be like this, I’m really about to throw up!
She fears nothing in heaven or earth, except for him getting close to her.
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At first he thought she was just using the trick of feigning indifference to attract his attention. Later, he learned that she truly despised him.
This dealt a heavy blow to Jiang Mingyue, and he vowed to make her, like everyone else, fall at his feet in worship!
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Synopsis:
Before transmigrating, Shen Yaoxing only wanted to find a reliable man to spend her life with. Who knew that after transmigrating, she would become a reliable woman herself…
A forced misandrist, highly skilled, and reliable female lead
vs.
An initially aloof and arrogant, later morbid, obsessed male lead
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