Saved Him, Now I'm Obsessed (10 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 45

When I was suddenly summoned to the imperial capital, she had told me she might return late because she was attending a banquet in the evening, but in the end, I returned home even later than Ileina.

I had said I was sleepy and would go to bed early, but I ended up getting caught up chatting with Ian about this and that, which delayed me.

“It was quite fun, actually. Since Viscountess Monica also attended the banquet, the conversation never seemed to end.”

I, too, had secretly looked forward to Viscountess Monica’s storytelling—though, of course, only under the assumption that I wouldn’t be the topic of her tales.

“Tea parties are always more or less the same, aren’t they? Oh! Look at me—just now, during our conversation yesterday, that Viscount Memelt came up. When you mentioned his name earlier, it sounded oddly familiar, and now I realize it was because they’d talked about him at the tea party.”

“Why Viscount Memelt?”

“They say he’s an incredibly famous healer among the nobility.”

“Is he that skilled?”

Claire nodded in response to my question.

“He’s said to be quite exceptional, especially renowned in one specific field, which has significantly increased his influence in high society. Many nobles seem to hold him in high regard.”

“A particular specialty?”

Ileina glanced around cautiously, as if afraid someone might overhear, then lowered her voice and whispered,

“Invigorants. That’s what made him so famous. The medicine is supposedly so effective that while there are people who’ve never taken it, there’s no one who’s taken it just once. Anyone who’s experienced its effects apparently scrambles to buy more, even offering extra money.”

Patients seeking vitality-boosting remedies had come to me fairly often as well. It’s only natural for physical strength to decline with age, yet most men struggled to accept this natural process.

They mistakenly believed that simply taking medicine would restore the vigor of their youth. It seemed they refused to accept that even the most brilliant healers or physicians couldn’t halt aging.

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