My Insolent Shadow (22 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 74

What a fuss over something so trivial—did you really have to let it simmer like this?

Vincent recalled the day he first heard news of Yuriciel.

That her birth mother had collapsed.

He could well imagine the shock it must have caused that girl, who had always pinned her entire life on her mother and moved solely for her sake.

Because of that, he found himself unusually hesitant about whether to visit that clinic or not.

To be a bit more precise, he had actually gone all the way to the clinic itself.

Yet, true to his usual belief that meddling where it wasn’t needed was pointless, he ultimately turned back.

On the way home, as usual, he bought sleeping pills—and while doing so, happened upon a nutrition supplement advertisement posted prominently by the apothecary.

Priced exorbitantly, it came in a noble-looking box as extravagant as its cost, easily catching the eye.

Noticing Vincent’s fixed gaze, the apothecary enthusiastically promoted the product.

Though the explanation sounded tempting, Vincent remained resolute in his judgment.

Nutritional supplements? Nonsense. It was nothing more than a marketing trick meant for idle nobles.

Normally, he would have dismissed it outright.

After all, Vincent was the type who trusted only verified results and figures confirmed by his own eyes.

Yet that day, he listened to the apothecary’s pitch for quite a while.

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