Certainly, here is the translation of the passage:

Is he selling medicine to me, who already know the original?

“Are you not considering the worstcase scenario?”

Philip coughed loudly once again.

“I don’t want to think about going there either.”

“Then I’m relieved. I’ll take it that you will never give that house. You won’t go back on your word, will you?”

“I understand. I promise.”

Philip smiled bitterly, and I silently cheered inside. I just succeeded in removing one element of a dead flag.

“Okay. I acknowledge that you want to acquire the building I mentioned, but it’s difficult.”

He raised an eyebrow at my proud words and slightly lifted one corner of his mouth.

“Will sincerity be conveyed by intention alone? If it’s okay, I’m thinking of accelerating the hunting to make money.”

“……!”

Look at this? The resentment left from that conversation earlier. Testing the waters again, thinking my mind will change in front of money?

I flatly waved my hand.

“Don’t talk nonsense. I can make money without ivory.”

“……!”

“And I’m sorry for casually mentioning elephant hunting earlier.”

I then apologized to Philip. Even if it was ragged, it was still an animal resource on this side, so it was a mistake to blatantly say it.

“Anyway, I can’t believe it. Count Morris’s finances are in poverty……”

I quickly covered my mouth with my hand at the slip of the tongue, then paraphrased.

“No… not prosperous……”

Strength slightly entered and left Philip’s jaw. He looked wronged.

“I can’t believe it either. I ended up like this trying to accommodate my wife as much as possible.”

“What?”

“If you’re suspicious, you can check the family’s financial status through Domingo.”

I nodded, thinking that it had come in handy. Knowing the financial status will help in calculating the future.

Then Philip pointed at my finger and asked.

“And I’ve been curious since earlier, why is your finger wrapped in a handkerchief?”

“Oh, right!”

I quickly unwrapped the handkerchief. Due to the stickiness, the handkerchief didn’t fall off well.

“Eek, it’s already stuck.”

“Stuck?”

Hearing the reason, Philip was astonished.

“No, not even a child, and a finger on tree sap……”

“It’s ridiculous to me too, but is this something to be scorned? Anyway, you said you could solve this, didn’t you?”

“…You can’t be stopped.”

With a slight sigh, Philip wrapped my sticky finger with tree sap.

I was surprised.

“Huh? Doing so will get tree sap on your hand too?”

“I need to concentrate, so please wait a moment.”

He whispered in a low voice and stared at my finger.

“……”

Philip’s breathing quieted down.

I couldn’t move because I held my breath for a long time, and only rolled my eyes.

His halfclosed long eyelashes naturally caught my eye.

The straight line of his nose and the flushed red lips. The more I looked, the more charming he appeared.

‘Why is he a supporting character, not the main character?’

I must have been infatuated. In the silence, my heart slightly thumped as I looked at his face.

‘What about Ellen?’

Did she become infatuated with that appearance and serve tea in an unseemly pose?

Soon, a small sound calmly flowed from between Philip’s still lips.

“Cure.”

A blue light emerged and disappeared from my finger that he was holding.

‘…Magic? I didn’t see Philip using magic in the novel?’

When he let go, the tree sap that had stuck to my hand fell off as if peeling a scab.

Ah, the magic called Cure must not have been a significant function, so it wasn’t mentioned.

At most, it cleanly removes sap?

“It’s done now.”

I briefly fiddled with the fallen tree sap. The sensation, like touching soft jelly, was pleasant.

‘Wow, it changes like this.’

Fascinated by the amazing transformation, I turned my eyes to Philip.

“……”

Why was it, Philip was staring at me quietly. His beautiful violet eyes seemed somehow deep and dreamlike.

My heart strangely pounded as I looked at him. An unknown tension and a faint intoxication swirled within me.

I should have looked away appropriately, but I couldn’t.

As if mesmerized, my eyes were entirely fixed on Philip.

That’s when it happened. A small noise from his pocket broke the abnormal silence between us. Simultaneously, reason returned to Philip’s eyes. I also felt a sense of reality.

“It’s already… time like this…”

Philip turned off the pocket watch alarm and stood up from his seat.

“I must go now.”

“Philip!”

In an instant, I unknowingly stopped him.

“Ththank you.”

His eyes widened at my awkward words of thanks.

Soon, a faint blush spread across his cheek, and a smile as soft as milk foam slowly appeared on his lips.

But this time, Philip couldn’t look directly into my eyes and avoided them.

“It’s the first time you’re thanking me.”

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The room was filled with candles after finishing the tidying up.

A large work table was placed where the bed used to be, and shelves made of wooden boards were neatly installed on the wall.

I looked around the candles and cupped my cheek, which was still feverish.