“But… Why does Duke Hart have such a skilled pharmacist exclusively?”
When Carlos asked sharply for a moment, Nellia, who had been delighted, immediately shrank.
On the other hand, Duke Hart answered casually with a smile.
“My mother is diligently researching substances related to the estate’s agriculture to be of some help. She is working hard with the exclusive pharmacist in that regard.”
It was a very plausible answer.
Nellia admired Duke Hart’s resourcefulness.
“Now, can you show Elena’s tears?”
At Duke Hart’s request, Carlos stood up and walked to the table.
He opened a drawer and brought out Elena’s tears wrapped in white cloth.
Nellia watched nervously as Carlos unfolded the white cloth. Carlos revealed Elena’s tears, and soon the radiant tears of Elena became visible.
Seeing Elena’s tears after a long reunion was truly delightful.
In her heart, Nellia wanted to shout, ‘Reunion!’ loudly, but Duke Hart and Carlos were next to her.
Anticipating such a situation, Nellia had already thought of a way to talk privately with Elena during the reunion.
She planned to take Elena’s tears to a corner, claiming she wanted to see them under better lighting.
At that moment, she needed to quickly ask him if the jewel Charlotte had given him was touched by the sacred dew.
While formulating her plan, Nellia cautiously asked Carlos.
“Um… Would it be alright if we see Elena’s tears under better lighting? It’s too dark here.”
“Isn’t Duke Hart directly overseeing this?”
Carlos seemed puzzled when Nellia, not Duke Hart, suggested directly examining Elena’s tears.
“Nellia has deeply studied Elena’s tears recently. It would be more helpful than having me look at them.”
Carlos muttered, “Making a maid do all sorts of things,” and furrowed his brow. Then he said to Nellia,
“It’s fine to see them under the lighting. Just don’t drop them like your brother.”
To go through with this plan…
Nellia nodded and reached for Elena’s tears.
And the moment Nellia’s fingers touched the surface.
A flash.
It was momentary, but light emitted from Elena’s tears.
Surprised, Nellia withdrew her hand with a gasp.
Wondering if she might have seen it alone, she looked at Duke Hart and Carlos. Fortunately, neither of them seemed to have seen the light.
Nellia cautiously reached for Elena’s tears again.
This time, the same light did not flash.
Holding Elena’s tears, Nellia slowly stood up. Then, walking towards the sofa where Duke Hart and Carlos were seated and away from the light, she pretended to examine Elena’s tears and whispered quietly.
“…Reunion.”
Unlike before, Elena’s tears remained silent.
As Reunion did not respond, a feeling of unease spread, wondering how she had come this far.
Nellia, with a desperate heart, called out again.
“Reunion…!”
However, he remained silent.
At the moment when Nellia was despairing.
[Who’s making so much noise… No, you…]Reunion’s voice echoed.
While it was heartwarming that Reunion responded, there was something that bothered her before that.
“Your voice is too loud…! Please be a bit quieter…”
[No need to worry. Anyway, now my voice can only be heard by the person who woke me up.]Nellia, wondering if it was true, glanced back. Seeing that Duke Hart and Carlos showed no particular reaction, Reunion’s words seemed to be accurate.
Relieved, Nellia quickly brought up what she intended to say.
“Reunion, it’s the sacred dew….”
Before finishing her sentence, Reunion calmly spoke.
[It’s in your pocket.]As Nellia put her hand into her pocket, she touched Charlotte’s jewel she had brought with her.
‘As expected, it was correct…!’
One of the reasons for continuing the meeting with Charlotte was the possibility of obtaining information related to Ziegrit’s heart, and it turned out to be so helpful…!
Nellia slowly took out the jewel.
Reunion exclaimed excitedly.
[Yes, that one! Quickly put it in the back slot.]Nellia turned Elena’s tears upside down. Then she saw the round slot she had seen before.
Checking the size, Charlotte’s given jewel fit perfectly. Nellia quickly inserted Charlotte’s jewel into Elena’s tears.
At that moment, once again, a white light flashed.
Instinctively, Nellia tightly closed her eyes.
When she opened her eyes again, the light was gone, and something was flying in front of her.
‘What… what is this?’
Reading Nellia’s astonished expression, a mysterious presence spoke.
[I am Reunion. You just took me out of Elena’s tears.]Is this creature really Reunion?
Reunion had a small Ziegrit-like appearance, similar to the illustration on a book cover. It was like a dragon with only a human face. Perhaps because they were of the same race, their features and colors were quite similar to Ziegrit.
Despite its cute appearance, Nellia had overlooked something for a moment.
Nellia, holding the flying Reunion with her hand and turning around, looked puzzled.
‘What’s going on…!’
“Suddenly, if a dragon-like thing appears, what do you think those people would think?”
While Reunion was wriggling in Nellia’s hand, he said.
[It doesn’t matter; my appearance and voice can only be heard by the person who woke me up.]Nellia sighed with relief, “Okay. Still, you need to be quiet for a while in front of other people.”
[Why?]“Because they won’t see your appearance, and if I talk to you alone, how strange would it look to them?”
Reunion made a face as if he couldn’t understand, but whether he liked it or not, he had to return to his place now.
Having delayed the time too much under the pretext of examining Elena’s tears under the lighting.
Nellia quickly took out Charlotte’s jewel from behind Elena’s tears.
Since she couldn’t give it to him while flying.
Nellia, as if nothing had happened, returned to her seat and placed Elena’s tears on the table, revealing the backside where Charlotte’s jewel was hidden.
“Did you find something?”
“… No.”
Ignoring the buzzing Reunion flying beside her, Nellia said gloomily.
Duke Hart examined Elena’s tears once again after Nellia put them down.
After carefully inspecting Elena’s tears, he placed them back on the table.
Similarly, Carlos, who had been staring at Elena’s tears, asked Duke Hart.
“Is it done now?”
Duke Hart looked at Nellia. As Nellia nodded slightly, Duke Hart conveyed the message instead.
“Yes, it’s all done.”
Carlos, who seemed ready to stand up immediately, raised his gaze and looked at Nellia.
“I hope you have gained something.”
As Carlos and Nellia’s eyes met, Nellia thought that his black eyes, which looked particularly distant today, seemed somewhat lonely and dark.
However, it was just for a moment.
“Shall we go back now, Nellia?”
At the Duke’s question, Nellia snapped back to attention.
My Step-brother Is Obsessed With Me (Female-dominant)
A gentle female protagonist vs pitiful in the early stage, and a sick male protagonist in the later stage
Cheng Songer transmigrated into the body of a vicious cannon fodder female supporting character with the same name as her in a female-dominant novel.
In the original story, the cannon fodder female supporting character was inhumane, committing domestic violence, gambling excessively, being lustful, and even wanting to sell her stepbrother to a brothel for money.
As luck would have it, she just happened to transmigrate at this time.
Seeing Cheng Qingzhi biting his lip, enduring the tears in his eyes, looking pitiful, her heart softened.
She stuffed the money back into the Madam’s hand and reached out to him.
“Brother, come home with me.”
