I Awoke as an Imprisoned Villainess-Chapter 21 - Ill do my best!

I’ll do my best!

“…the possibility is not zero but…”

I raised my eyebrows and thought about what Claude sama said.

“To be honest, …I don’t know. I’d actually have to hear the symptoms from His highness and inspect the suspicious thing”

“…Indeed, it would have like that”

“Do you have any guess?”

When I tilted my head at him, Claude sama raised his eyebrows as if troubled. He seems to be hesitant to speak up about his suspicions without any proof, just based on his senses.

I was once again thinking that he was a serious knight, then Claude sama opened his mouth and said uneasily, “It’s just my intuition, but-“.

“There are three things that make me uncomfortable”

Saying that, Claude sama held up a finger.

“The first one is how Violet was outraged by His Highness and Lady Redgrave at the engagement announcement party. Normally, she wouldn’t have behaved in that manner no matter how enraged she might have been”

Ah, so it’s like that as expected. I was a little relieved. It is too much to slap someone and make them get down on their knees. If she had done that with my body, I would’ve no choice but to cry so I was relieved to hear that Violet sama had a human heart.

However, my relief was short-lived, and put on my straight face when I was told, “She would be more crafty and choose the path that would break her opponent’s spirit”. I might as well start preparing to cry.

“No one present then, including me, could understand why Violet had been so angry that she had lost herself to such extent”

With a sigh, Claude sama held up two fingers, “Next, the second thing”.

“The royal apothecary’s assessment is that it’s overwork and stress…but all I can say is that something doesn’t feel right. His Highness is by nature a man of strong body and mind. The occasional loss of strength in his eyes is also a concern. …However, regarding this, I might be mistaken as I’m not an apothecary. And…”

Hesitantly, Claude sama said, “The third one is-“.

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“Lady Redgrave offers His Highness her handmade confections every day. But she always asks for a poison tester every time to make sure that nothing happens with the sweets, as well as the drinks, etc., and she herself eats together every time, so…..This is probably not it”

Claude sama seemed to be embarrassed for doubting her after connecting the flowers and Violet sama’s actions.

“I think if there’s any purpose to Violet’s actions, it would probably be because she heard about your apothecary talent.—But, Violet isn’t the kind of person who would believe in the talent of a person she has never met in person, so I wonder there’s another purpose…”

“Only Violet sama can tell…”

However, I know this much.

“Supposed that His Highness was poisoned. I’m sure that the criminal or someone in the culprit’s hand is beside His Highness. Either they have an apothecary who have enough knowledge to deceive the royal apothecary, or….”

“Either they have the royal apothecary on their side as well. Either way, he must be a very powerful person”

Claude sama nodded in agreement.

“If you reported that me and Violet sama have switched places, that person will definitely hear about it as well”

“That possibility is high”

Think about the wording of Violet sama’s letter.

The possible danger-in this case, Violet sama’s danger who is in my body, Claude sama and I discussed the matter and decided to give her two and a half months. Or at least until the matter was resolved, we decided to stay like this.

If I stay here, there’s no need to worry about the safety of my—Violet sama’s body.

Besides, I can get all the ingredients for medicine here, with Claude sama’s approval. Since the milk has helped a little, I should be able to find out the possible poisons and causes of the disorder and help him improve his condition, even if it’s only a little.

“It pains me to ask you to stay in this tower but…”

“Not at all! I’m happy on the contrary!”

I shook my head with all my might at the apologetic Claude sama.

I was inwardly extremely relieved.

Of course, I’m worried about His Highness’s condition too, but the capsule experiment probably can’t be carried out back at Count Alcott House. ‘I’ am causing a lot of troubles right now—so, I would surely be married off as soon as I finished my social debut in two and a half months.

I’m already 16 years old. It’s a little early, but I’m old enough to marry for the sake of the family.

I don’t know what kind of person my husband would be, but once I get married, I surely won’t be allowed to make medicines.

Given that, I only have two and a half months left to immerse myself in making medicines. I want to find the cause of His Highness’s condition and finish making the capsules within this time frame.

“Two and a half months left. I’ll do my best to make medicines!”

Claude sama’s eyes widen in surprise as I express my fighting spirit. Then he smiled gently and said, “I’m counting on you”.

Translator Notes:

Well, three Chapters in a single day… At first, I wanted to show my appreciation for the comments with two Chapters yesterday, but the Chapter had an error uploading, and I ended up closing it so I lost it. I wasn’t in my mind to do it again so I left it to today. Thank you for the kind comments, and I hope the readers will continue to enjoy this novel. New year, new me. Lazy but gotta work hard to translate. I’ll try to update often as much as possible.