The Duke Stole Everything (1 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 54

There are such people.

People so consumed by delusional beliefs they can no longer think rationally. Or those who cling so fanatically to superstition that they lose their reason and confuse reality with fantasy. And those who enforce unreasonable traditions and treat sacrifice as something natural, all in the name of preserving ancient customs.

Each of them had stubbornly insisted on their own way—and suffered the consequences.

Sharti didn’t dare confront such an irrational group.

Nor did she wish to.

‘I’m just a doctor.’

Sharti was a physician who saved lives and held the hands of those who reached out for help.

Thus, naturally, her unilateral action this time had crossed a line. An outsider had dared to lay hands on a village’s food supply and steal it—her crime was grave.

She knew.

In the name of helping her patients, she had harmed others as well.

‘Perhaps there was a better way.’

If she had set aside her preconceptions and calmly explained the illness to the Village Chief—not Ashu—and taken the time to present its cause and solution, they might have arrived at a gentler resolution through thorough discussion.

But Sharti hadn’t done that, and the resulting flood of blame, hostility, threats, and anger was something she had to accept.

‘…It’s fine.’

It’s fine. It’s okay.

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