The Villainess Hides Her Wealth - Chapter 97.1

Chapter 97.1

Soon, the light that had been coming from Lilika’s body slowly faded away.

“Ahh.”

After emitting the white light for a long time, Lilika stumbled as if she was exhausted. She started losing her balance towards the crown prince, as if he had no choice but to catch her.

As soon as I saw that, I reflexively held out my hand.

“Lilika! Are you alright?”

But the crown prince was distracted by Princess Vivian, who was getting better. I was the one who caught Lilika as she was about to collapse.

“Ah.”

It seemed as if I had heard her briefly clenching her teeth.

“Sister Yuria.”

“It looked like you were about to fall, are you okay?”

There was a brief moment of silence before Lilika smiled bitterly as if she had hardened her face.

“I’m… fine.”

With that said, I stepped away and looked at the people who had been groaning in pain until just now.

“These people were really sick. Compared to just a moment ago, it’s as if they don’t feel any pain.”

As if those words were a sign, shouts of greatness erupted from everyone’s mouths.

“You are amazing, Lady Primrose!”

“What happened? Was it divine power?”

Before long, Lilika was in the middle of everyone.

“I’m not sure. I just thought that… I didn’t want them to be in pain…”

“Could it be that Lady Primrose’s heart has touched them? That’s why they were cured!”

“I-I’m not sure. I also didn’t know something like this was possible… It’s the first time this has happened in my entire life.”

She had an innocent expression as if bewildered and relieved, without looking like she was showing off.

She was smiling even though she was struggling.

“But if this really works… I’ll try my best until the priest comes.”

People shouted even more excitedly at her humble attitude.

“Thank you, thank you! Lady!”

“How can I show my appreciation for saving my child’s life…”

Watching her quietly, I naturally turned my head in one direction.

Duke Primrose and my brother, who were walking towards Lilika, were more pleased than anyone else.

And… Lilika was holding onto those two for a long time.

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“It’s just my brief opinion. Her Highness and the ladies seem to be fine.”

There were no medical specialists, but some of the nobles who had been on the battlefield for a long time checked the condition of those who had collapsed.

“Their complexion is getting better.”

“My daughter’s bright face is back!”

People were rejoicing because it seemed like a miracle that Lilika had stepped forward.

Yuria also let out a sigh of relief. It was fortunate that Princess Vivian and the others were feeling better.

“I’m glad you’re feeling better…”

After keeping an eye on their condition, they seemed to be fine.

Then, the reason they had collapsed and the culprit became the topic of discussion.

“If what they have in common is that they ate bird meat, doesn’t it mean the bird dish is spoiled?”

“I don’t think it’s possible because it was cooked right away after being caught. Even if it was spoiled, they wouldn’t be in this much pain.”

“… Then are you saying that maybe there’s poison in the dish?”

There was silence for a moment.

“Poison?”

They had a suspicion it was poison, but they just had thought about it since it was a serious thing to say.

“Then, among those who cooked, who could have added poison…”

At that moment, someone cut in.

It was Duke Primrose.

“The bird meat eaten by those who collapsed. I heard from the chef earlier that he cooked with a mountain thunderbird.”

He spoke neatly, as if he hadn’t been embarrassed just now.

“As you may know, mountain thunderbirds and poisonous toxic birds look very similar. If he cooked a toxic bird, then it is natural for such a symptom to occur. You all know that toxic birds are easy to catch, but thunderbirds are very difficult even to spot.”

Jiksen also put in a word.

“I heard that Sir Vieira didn’t want to lose to His Highness, so he insisted that it was a mountain thunderbird to a knight of the duchy.”

“W-wait a minute. When did I do that!”

“The knight wasn’t the only one who heard that. Some of the people who were around also seemed to have listened…”

“Sir Jiksen!”

Sir Vieira shouted when his name was suddenly mentioned.