The Duke Stole Everything (1 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 42

The topic I had barely managed to gloss over was brought up again.

‘I thought I’d smoothly dodged it—guess that was a mistake.’

Sharti, having overlooked Ren’s memory, pressed her fingers to her forehead.

Then suddenly, Sharti tilted her head in puzzlement.

‘Would it be better to just come clean honestly?’

It would surely be better to endure a brief moment of mutual embarrassment than to drag out something trivial simply because I’m overthinking it.

Sharti glanced sideways at Ren.

Seeing Ren’s unexpectedly eager expression, Sharti’s hesitation vanished quickly.

‘Right. Let’s settle this properly right now.’

Sharti opened her mouth as calmly as she could.

“I couldn’t make the medicine the Merchant asked for. It wasn’t meant for healing.”

“What do you mean?”

Ren, who had been full of enthusiasm, froze mid-step.

After a moment of thought, Ren’s face hardened.

“Don’t tell me he commissioned you—a doctor—to make poison meant for killing?”

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