As the Duke continued speaking, Nellia immediately perked up her ears.
“It feels uncomfortable when he’s around.”
“Uncomfortable?”
“Yes… Honestly, it’s a feeling I had from the moment I first saw Carlos.”
Duke Hart soon released the tension in his forehead and spoke.
“The reason… I don’t know either.”
This conversation ended as the carriage came to a stop.
Once Nellia and Duke Hart got off the carriage, Carlos’s servant was waiting for them.
He guided them to the reception room where Carlos had decided to meet.
“His Excellency is already inside.”
Nellia looked up at the Duke with a nervous heart. The Duke, standing in front of the door, had an expressionless face, making it unclear what he was thinking.
As the servant opened the door, a man sitting on the sofa, bowing his head, came into view. Upon sensing their presence, the man gradually raised his face.
It was Carlos, seen after a long time.
He seemed a bit thinner than before, and his eyes seemed a bit sharp.
“I greet His Highness the Crown Prince.”
Nellia first greeted with courtesy. Duke Hart also nodded briefly in greeting.
“It’s been a while, Your Highness.”
Carlos, without any other greetings, tilted his head and indicated the opposite sofa.
“Please sit.”
Nellia thought to herself.
Even if he’s unwell, this rude personality hasn’t changed a bit.
On the other hand, there was relief in the fact that his sharp personality remained. If this stubborn nature had changed, it would have been truly unsettling.
As Nellia and Duke Hart sat on the sofa, Carlos spoke first.
“I heard you developed medicine to alleviate the symptoms of my arm?”
Nellia looked at the Duke. Before coming here, the Duke had talked about developing medicine for Carlos as if it were his plan.
When asked about the reason, the Duke replied.
‘If, by any chance, Nellia claims to have developed the medicine, he might nurture false hope.’
Nellia didn’t care much about who claimed to have developed the medicine, so she agreed.
So now, the one answering the questions was Duke Hart, not herself.
“Yes, I specifically requested our family’s pharmacist to develop it.”
“Why did you do such a thing?”
“I have a favor to ask Your Highness.”
The Duke got straight to the point without hesitation. Carlos raised an eyebrow.
“A favor?”
“Yes. I heard that you possess Elena’s tears, and I would like to see them as a condition for trying this medicine.”
Carlos smirked.
“Are you saying you want to see Elena’s tears because of Zigrid’s heart? If that’s the reason, I want to tell you that it’s a futile attempt.”
Listening quietly to their conversation, Nellia spoke up for the first time.
“Why do you think that way?”
“I’ve recently tried various attempts, summoning experts like a mineral-savvy wizard and an alchemist, while preserving Elena’s tears, but there was no response at all.”
Sure enough, he was doing such things during his seclusion.
However, the Duke didn’t easily back down as if he remembered Nellia’s request.
“Still, since I’ve come this far, I’d like to see it once. If showing it isn’t a difficult task, it wouldn’t be a bad condition for His Excellency.”
Carlos stared at the Duke for a moment and soon opened his mouth.
“You developed a medicine to alleviate the symptoms of my arm.”
“Yes.”
“Are you sure it has an effect?”
The Duke nodded and then took out the medicine he had brought.
“Why don’t you try it now? Then you can see if it has an effect.”
Griff had said that if the effect worked, there would be an immediate reaction.
‘Please, let it work.’
Nellia watched Carlos nervously.
However, instead of immediately trying the medicine, Carlos, after staring at the liquid inside the glass bottle, turned his gaze back to the Duke.
“How do I know if this liquid you brought as medicine isn’t poisoned?”
Nellia’s expression stiffened at Carlos’s impolite question.
‘If you were going to doubt it like this, why did you agree to meet in the first place?’
At that moment, Duke Hart opened the glass bottle and drank the medicine.
After drinking it all in one gulp, the Duke placed the empty bottle on the table with a sound and said,
“Now, can you believe it?”
Since Duke Hart had proven that there was nothing harmful in the new medicine he had just drunk, Carlos would no longer be able to find fault with it.
Duke Hart took out another bottle of the medicine and handed it to Carlos.
“Now, try it for yourself.”
Carlos slowly took the glass bottle and poured the liquid into his mouth.
Nellia anxiously waited for Carlos’s reaction.
After a gulp, Carlos placed the empty glass bottle on the table. He remained silent, staring down.
‘What is it…?’
It was unclear if there was no change in his expression because the medicine was effective or ineffective.
Soon, Carlos slowly raised his gaze.
“Who made this medicine?”
“Our exclusive pharmacist from House Hart created it.”
Muttering positively, Carlos’s eyes widened.
‘Thank goodness…!’
It seemed that Griff’s demand for the cost of developing the medicine for a whole house was not just for show.
My Ex-Girlfriend Is The Regent In The Female-dominant World (Male lead transmigrates to the matriarchal world)
Two years ago, Gu Sui picked up a homeless woman in ancient costume from the street.
Apart from occasionally claiming to be a princess from a female-dominant country due to illness, her figure, appearance, intelligence, and martial arts skills were impeccable.
Naturally evolving from roommates to girlfriends, as time went on, Gu Sui found it increasingly difficult to tolerate her queen syndrome.
“Mu Jiulu, can you stop controlling me inside and out? Let’s break up.”
Gu Sui made a breakup call, and since then, he couldn’t find any trace of her.
A year later, Gu Sui, who was planning to move, woke up the next day and found himself in a different place.
“Young Master, today is the day you choose your Wife-master through martial arts competition at Jade Dew Pavilion. Please get up quickly.”
Gu Sui: Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?
As the only son of a general’s mansion in a female-dominant dynasty, the young empress personally issued a decree allowing Gu Sui to select his Wife-master through martial arts competition. Whoever could defeat him could marry him.
Gu Sui: “……”
He didn’t inherit the original owner’s martial prowess, so anyone could defeat him! And what the hell is a Wife-master?
Forced to come to Jade Dew Pavilion, the densely packed women below made Gu Sui’s agoraphobia act up, and his face was full of resistance.
Until he saw the Regent sitting on the second floor, with a smile on the corner of her lips, her eyes wicked and nonchalant.
Hmm… she looked a little familiar.
It turned out that the Regent also found him a little familiar.
Mu Jiulu fiddled with her bone clasp, her deep gaze locked on the man who was out of place in this world.
“Finally, I found you.”
Male transmigrates into female-dominant world
One-sentence summary: What goes around comes around, taking turns in the crematorium
