I’m A Doll, But The Tyrant Is Obsessed With Me - Chapter 127
Translator and Editor: Effe and Nabi
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Chapter 127 – Big Discovery (1)
“Your Majesty, Marquis Cayton has sent an urgent message.”
Mason rushed into the office and handed Declan an urgent letter, causing his expression to tense up. Without hesitation, he swiftly opened the envelope to read its contents.
“There’s an unknown plague circulating in the Marquis’ territory.”
“May I take a look?”
He handed the letter back to Mason, who studied it carefully.
“The death toll continues to rise.”
“Their hands and feet turn black, and they even hallucinate. I have never heard of such a disease.”
“I’ve never heard of it either. I’ll look into related materials.”
“The Marquis is asking for help, so dispatch an imperial doctor for now and send an investigation team.”
“Understood.”
“And investigate whether there are any areas where similar symptoms have occurred.”
“Yes. I’ll check it out as soon as possible.”
After Mason departed, Declan reclined in his chair, his mind preoccupied with the situation at hand.
He knew that if the issue remained confined within the Marquis’ territory, it could be managed, but if it were to spread to other regions, the consequences would be disastrous. His fervent hope was that the problem would be contained within the Marquis’ Territory and not escalate any further.
Knock, knock.
While he was lost in thoughts, there was a knock on the door.
“Your Majesty, the Empress and the Princess have come.”
“Come in.”
Declan rose from his seat as he said so and hurried toward the door.
“Dad!”
When the door opened, Rachel, with her shiny silver hair tied in two pigtails, rushed into his arms.
He took the child familiarly.
“Our Ray is here.”
“I came to see Dad.”
Rachel, who turns three this year, was becoming more and more like Erica. It made her even more lovely.
“We’re not interfering with work, right? Ray kept begging to see her dad.”
“How could you interfere? A visit from you and Ray is always welcome.”
Rachel chuckled in his arms as Declan kissed Erica’s lips.
“Dad, Ray drew a picture.”
Saying so, she handed him a piece of paper that she was holding tight in her arms. There was a picture of someone with silver hair and green eyes.
“Who is this?”
Declan pretended not to know who the man in the painting was, and he asked.
“Ray is silver, and Dad is silver too.”
The little girl grinned, pointing alternately at her own hair and at the hair of the person in the painting.
“I thought of Dad.”
“Did you?”
“Ray thinks of Dad every day.”
Declan’s heart skipped a beat hearing those words said with blinking round eyes.
“Dad also thinks of Ray every day. I always want to see you because you’re so pretty.”
As he hugged Rachel tightly and kissed her on the cheek, the child laughed and hugged her tighter.
“Should we eat Ray’s favorite strawberries?”
“Strawberry!”
She began to widget at the mention of strawberries.
The child was very fond of strawberries, just like how Erica kept eating strawberries during her morning sickness period. At the thought, Declan smiled and headed for the couch, holding Rachel in one hand and Erica’s hand in the other.
“Princess, you are cute and lovely today. This Noah’s heart pounds every time I see Your Highness, and I feel like I’m about to faint.”
Noah, who had brought the refreshments, got down on one knee in front of Rachel and pretended to feel pain, clutching his chest.
“Noah, stupid.”
Rachel, who had become immune to watching Noah’s performance every day, giggled at him.
“Your Highness. What do you mean, stupid? I’m in pain.”
As he sobbed and wept, Rachel picked up a cookie from the table and handed it to him.
“Stop!”
“Are you giving it to me? As expected, the only one who understands my heart is Your Highness… this Noah will be loyal to Your Highness.”
Rachel glanced at him, whose eyes were welling up with tears and emotion. As if she had done her job, she turned her head away from him.
“Dad, strawberry.”
“Yes, Dad will cut it up for you.”
When she opened her little mouth at Declan, he smiled in satisfaction before slicing the strawberry into small pieces and stuffing them into the child’s mouth. Couldn’t stand it, he eventually kissed Rachel’s puffy cheek. She looked like a squirrel chewing strawberries.
He didn’t forget to cut the whipped cream cake next to the strawberries and handed it to Erica this time.
“This is Vera’s cake, which is rumored to be famous these days. You like whipped cream cakes.”
“Oh my, Vera? I was curious because the ladies-in-waiting were talking about it.”
Erica’s purple eyes sparkled with anticipation.
“Go ahead and try it.”
With his urging, Erica cut a large piece of cake into her mouth and savored the taste with her eyes closed.
“Mmm, it’s so soft. It’s so delicious.”
Declan burst into a small laugh as she looked like she was about to cry.
He had researched the latest information about dessert every day to see that appearance. It wasn’t because the imperial chef’s skills were lacking but because Stella and the ladies-in-waiting made Erica show interest in desserts that were fashionable outside the palace.
Watching Erica and Rachel munching on their desserts made him feel full even though he hadn’t eaten.
‘…This must be happiness.’
He smiled lazily and diligently cut the strawberries and fed them to Rachel.
“Has anything happened to you today?”
Around the time they finished eating the cake and enjoying the tea, Erica asked insinuatingly.
“Why?”
“Looking at your face, I think you’re worried.”
Declan found himself preoccupied with thoughts other than the Marquis’s matters, and he couldn’t help it. He was troubled by the fact that he was going to deceive Erica.
A wry smile formed on his lips.
Erica had always been perceptive like that. She could sense his emotions and thoughts even before anyone else. Knowing that she cared and worried about him just as much as he did about her warmed his heart.
“There’s a problem with Marquis Cayton.”
Eventually, he told her the contents of the letter he had just received.
“A plague is a big problem. We need to stop it before it spreads to other areas.”
“It’s important to find out the cause and the current status for now, so I’m going to send an investigation team down.”
“I’ll contact the temple in the Marquis’ territory. If the situation were that serious, the patients would have flocked to the temple as well.”
“I’ll leave it to you.”
However, before Erica could contact the temple, they sent an urgent message already. The Pope, whom the Marquis had already asked for help, also contacted Erica.
Since then, the situation has become increasingly serious.
Despite dispatching doctors to Marquis’ territory, the number of patients increased day by day. In addition, fights and crimes caused by hallucinations began to spread and became problems in society.
Besides, that wasn’t the end.
“Your Majesty, it is said that Baron Heira’s territory showed similar symptoms.”
The same disease has also appeared in other areas.
“The territory of Marquis Cayton and Baron Heira are not adjacent.”
“Though the patients’ symptoms are the same. The local doctor had reported that.”
With the map open, Declan and Mason exchanged conversation with serious expressions.
“Are there any patients found in the other territories adjacent to the two territories yet?”
“Not yet.”
Mason answered my question.
If it were an airborne contagious disease, it would have spread to neighboring territories. Nevertheless, although the territories of the Marquis and Baron were in the same southern region, they were far apart. If so, it may have been a waterborne contagious disease.
Looking at the map, there was no river connecting the two territories.
“Is the water source for the two territories the same?”
“It’s different. The Marquis’ territory uses the Kenta River, and the Baron’s territory uses the Hase River as their water source.”
So, it was not a waterborne contagious disease?
“Has the investigation team dispatched to the Marquis Territory made any progress?”
“We haven’t been able to find the cause yet. Since we do not know the cause of the disease, we cannot find a cure.”
As I asked Declan, he sighed in reply.
“Fortunately, the number of deaths has drastically decreased with the help of the temple.”
“Still, the problem is that the number of patients does not decrease even though we are continuing treatment.”
Even though Mason showed me the research data, saying that there was still hope, I shook my head. While the temple was treating patients day and night, the incidence rate was rather increasing.
“Even those who have been cured are getting sick again, so it’s not going to decrease. This is really…”
Declan’s sighs made my heart heavy.
According to the temple’s report, they were definitely cured, but most of them relapsed after a few days and came back.
“If the outbreak increases like this, the entire empire could be in danger.”
Declan leaned his hands on the table, staring intently at the map.
“The most important thing right now is to find the cause.”
“We’ve already dispatched investigation teams to the two regions, but there’s no progress.”
“Ask the patients, go through the food they ate, the clothes they wore, and even their homes, and look for commonalities.”
The hygiene of this world was remarkably inferior compared to my previous life. In the meantime, although I have been steadily working hard to clean the environment with the temple, it was still not enough. That was why there were so many things that were currently suspected as the cause.
“They said they’d already looked into the food but couldn’t find anything special.”
“Tell them to look at it one more time.”
“Yes, I will tell them.”
“I’ll find out if there are any similarities between the two territories.”
“For the time being, outsiders are prohibited from entering the two territories, and the movement of the territories to other territories is prohibited.”
“Understood.”
Mason answered Declan’s command.
Following that, the three of us engaged in further discussions. Once I returned to my office, I wasted no time in composing a letter addressed to the Pope. I detailed the current situation of the empire and earnestly requested the dispatch of priests to aid in the crisis.
Fortunately, the Great Temple and the Imperial Capital were connected by a teleportation gate, which would expedite the priests’ arrival. However, it would still take several days for them to reach the affected territories.
In the meantime, the disease would continue to spread unabated.
Feeling frustrated and overwhelmed, I stood up from my chair and rested against the windowpane.
‘…Rohim, how can I heal the people?’
The weight of the responsibility Rohim had bestowed upon me to save this world felt burdensome on my shoulders.
“If we can’t figure out the cause in a few days, I might have to go myself.”
I couldn’t stay still in the imperial palace like this, whether as the Savior or as the Empress. Perhaps by going directly to the affected area, I might discover something that could lead us to a solution.
I glanced up at the clear sky.
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