Reyna stared blankly at it, only to lift her head in surprise after all the writing disappeared. Without realizing it, she almost nodded to Taylor with a confused look but quickly lowered her gaze, realizing that wasn’t the case. Then, she raised her gaze.

―It’s Grandma. Our grandmother.

Her head-nodding motion seemed to confirm.

Taylor smoothly covered Reyna’s seemingly confirming gesture as an answer to his question.

“Fortunately.”

While verbally discussing Grandma’s symptoms and daily activities, Taylor began to write.

【Need help?】

Taylor raised his eyes from the paper to gaze at Reyna.

Reyna’s pupils trembled.

【If you want, I can make you collapse tonight.】

Reyna widened her eyes.

“First, let me tell you about the health of the patient you entrusted to me.”

Taylor casually continued with a completely different statement from his hand, spoken out loud.

【If you collapse, I’ll come to take care of you.】

“It’s too early to judge, but from what I’ve observed so far, you seem to be remarkably stable compared to your age.”

Then, Taylor’s hand wrote something entirely different.

【If you want, touch the necklace.】

Taylor and Reyna’s eyes met.

“But still, because of your age, you need to be careful not to collapse or anything.”

Taylor quietly continued.

“Elderly people have fragile bones, and their recovery is slow.”

Reyna’s eyes widened as if they were about to pop out.

Collapse tonight?

No, no.

Don’t make me collapse.

It was only now that Reyna realized how she must have appeared to Taylor.

Missing.

The lady’s substitute.

Under surveillance by the knights.

With swollen eyes, she burst into tears as soon as she saw Taylor.

You were worried about me.

With a very serious matter!

For a moment, Reyna was so grateful and flustered that she forgot what to say.

Taylor stared at Reyna’s eyes and moved his hand.

“Yesterday, you almost fell on the stairs… I thought it might be dangerous, so I spread a cloth on the floor.”

While saying something entirely different with his mouth.

The sentence ‘If you want, I can make you collapse tonight’ smoothly disappeared, and new words were quickly added underneath.

【If you don’t want to, touch the earring. Then I’ll come tomorrow.】

Can you come tomorrow?

Reyna, almost holding her breath, fumbled and touched the earring.

No need to collapse tonight.

Taylor, are you thinking that I need to be taken out of here right away?

It’s okay. Thank you.

But I have to stay here for now.

I decided to talk to those people after meeting you.

“Oops.”

Reyna blinked her eyes in an instant.
Baffled by the awkward touch, the earring gave a feeling of being caught somewhere, causing Reyna’s ear to smart. Reflexively, Taylor sprang up from his seat and approached Reyna. However, the knights, intending to protect Reyna, swiftly moved in, blocking his approach once again. Sharp glances were directed.

“What’s happening?” inquired a noble knight with a monocle.

Taylor, belatedly but swiftly, spoke, “Excuse me for a moment. The lady is bleeding from her ear, probably due to the earring.” Reyna’s earlobes were both red, and on one side, blood was visible, prompting the knights to exchange glances.

“May I touch it for a moment? It seems we need to remove the earring. If not, please call a maid.”

“….”

The knight hesitated briefly, but it seemed that calling a maid would only interfere with surveillance. After checking Reyna’s inclination, she nodded, permitting Taylor to approach. Taylor carefully examined Reyna’s ear, removing the earring to prevent any pain from the wound.

“….”

Reyna had never pierced her ears. Judging by the condition, it seemed like the half-healed wound from a previous piercing had reopened. One side had bled due to a wrong pull of the earring. Taylor calmly prepared a dressing.

“…The wound is caused by the earring. I’ll disinfect it.”

“….”

Taylor covered the table with a cloth and arranged gauze, tweezers, and disinfectant on a tray. “Although the risk of infection is low with a gold needle, this earring is too heavy when there’s still a wound. Until it heals, avoid anything heavy. Don’t touch your ear,” Taylor advised cautiously.

Taylor began dressing with care, and the two knights closely observed on either side. Reyna, who had entrusted Taylor with the care of her ear, felt a bit awkward and complicated. Suddenly, she blinked.

…A breeze could be felt.
With a somewhat murky and complex state of mind, Reyna, entrusting her ear’s wound to Taylor, suddenly blinked.

…A breeze could be felt.

Bam!

And the door swung open.

All eyes in the room turned toward the door.

“What’s going on?”

Arthur, who entered the room, quickly walked over and shoved Taylor.

Leaving her behind, he glared at him.

“Don’t touch her. She’s my wife. I’ve only allowed conversation.”