The Villainess Hides Her Wealth - Chapter 96.1

Chapter 96.1

“I-I understand!”

It was a quick instruction. When everyone was finding their track and gradually calming down, someone shouted.

“Duke Primrose is the one who hosted this hunting competition! What’s going on? What on earth…!”

I turned my head toward the voice. My father was clueless as to who he should face in this situation.

He just stood in his place and showed no sign of dealing with anything.

I clenched my fists silently. No matter how capable Crown Prince Enoch was, it happened under the duchy’s jurisdiction. There must be something that outsiders don’t know.

‘The Primrose family has to deal with this situation.’

I took a step forward. Then, I called one of the knights standing nearby.

“Sir Jomil. Have you ever been to the temple of Rosenda?”

I had seen him training calmly at the training hall before. I also heard from Jera, who frequented the employees’ resting area, that he was better at horseback riding than the other knights.

“Yes. I’ve often ridden with other people on horseback.”

Unsurprisingly, even in this situation, he immediately understood my intentions.

“Alright. Go to the temple and tell them the Primrose duchy said it doesn’t matter how much they have to pay. Bring a priest here quickly. I’ll give you the fastest horse in the duchy.”

I handed over Jiksen’s horse to him.

“What are you doing without my permission…! Ugh!”

I heard what he said, but I didn’t care at all. Even Sir Jomil prioritized my words over Jiksen’s.

It was fortunate that my brother didn’t ride his horse much today because of his hangover. He didn’t make the horse tired.

I gazed at Sir Jomil’s back as he left for the temple. Then, I turned my head again and shouted at the confused people.

“We had already talked with the temple beforehand since we were having the hunting competition today, but it will still take some time for the priest to arrive.”

Even if the imperial family is participating in the competition, a priest is someone valuable. There can be no such thing as ‘waiting for an unexpected situation’.

However, I was fortunate that I had found a priest who could be called in case something went wrong.

I did what I could for now, but my face was pale as the anxiety did not subside.

“My daughter just collapsed!”

“Duke Primrose, please tell us what is going on!”

“How did you prepare for the competition, that something like this happened?”

How disconcerting for the families of the people who collapsed.

People who usually only looked around rushed to my father to argue.

He couldn’t give a proper answer and was just stuttering.

“This can’t be. This never…”

Had I not stepped forward earlier, the situation would have remained the same.

In the end, someone had to take responsibility and explain the situation.

‘I’m a Primrose, too.’

“I apologize for the disturbance. I can’t imagine how painful it must be for everyone.”

I bowed my head instead of my bewildered father.

Then, I informed them that I had summoned the priest and how long it would take for him to arrive.

“A knight of the Primrose family went to the temple. He’s the best at horseback riding and he took my brother’s horse, so he’ll be able to bring the priest here quickly.”

“Ah…”

“We don’t know why this happened, but we’ll figure it out quickly. In addition, Primrose will bear all the costs of treatment, and the costs incurred in the subsequent process. I apologize once again.”

It would be better not to cause a commotion for the sake of the ones who got sick.

“I know you’re having a hard time, but I ask you to wait for a little while.”

The nobles calmed down a little at my subsequent words.

“If it’s the healing power of a priest… Yes. It should be all right.”

It seemed that they hadn’t yet calmed down completely, but there were many eyes on them, and they had to maintain their dignity as aristocrats, so they weren’t able to make any more trouble.

And above all, the fact that the priest was called was the most important thing.

Divine power was great.

‘Though the power of a priest can make people better without any side effects…’

If it was a high priest, he had the power to reattach even a severed leg.

‘With my brother’s horse, it only takes about twenty minutes one-way.’

Forty minutes for a round trip.

I didn’t know why these people all collapsed at once, but… If it wasn’t too late, there wouldn’t be any major side effects.