Bibliophile Princess: Volume 7 [Parts 1 to 2] by Yui

Author:Yui
Language: eng
Format: epub

Just as I was about to turn to the next page of the letter, there came a knock on the door. I shot back a soft acknowledgment, upon which the head maid, Selma, and my personal attendant, Annie, graced the room. Their eyes narrowed the moment they caught sight of me sitting up in bed.

Breaking out into a cold sweat, I gently closed the book I’d been reading along with the letter inside. “Oh, Selma, Annie...”

Selma was the veteran head maid who had served our family since my mother’s generation, and it would be no exaggeration to say she was the one running the House of Bernstein. She was a stern woman who showed occasional glimpses of motherly love through her strictness. Annie was the maid who’d served me ever since I came to the royal capital, and she often provided me with information on a wide range of topics, including gossip that would otherwise never have reached my ears.

“Milady.” Selma was the first to speak. “I trust you have not been doing work in our absence?”

I, Elianna, met their searching looks with a hasty shake of my head.

A few days ago, when I’d begun to feel rather dizzy and unsteady on my feet while working in His Highness’s office, I’d been immediately sent to see Doctor Harvey, the court physician. I’d begged everyone not to make such a fuss, but my pleas had earned me little more than menacing looks from my maidservants and Lord Alexei’s subordinates alike. Once I’d undergone an examination, I was whisked back to my father’s estate before I could get in a word edgewise. There, I’d been placed on strict bed rest. I was forbidden from any work or activity until further notice.

I was surprised by this rare display of inflexibility from my father, but I took it as a sign that I’d given him too much cause for concern. Upon arriving back home, I’d found everyone in tears. Word of my various exploits had made its way back to the estate, and on reflection, it was quite the harrowing tale indeed—from my disappearance in the middle of official business, to the gossip in the capital about how the saint was the prince’s true betrothed, to the subsequent turnabout. It wasn’t difficult to imagine how much of a fright it must have given the staff, considering no one had told them the truth of the matter. Worse yet, I’d been in the throes of the same deadly plague that had once stolen my mother from us.

I regretted focusing too much on my own problems and agreed to recuperate at home, but I couldn’t help worrying about all the responsibilities I’d abandoned and the amount of work His Highness must have back at the royal palace. He was the acting king of Sauslind, undoubtedly the most overworked man in the kingdom at the moment. The thought of his many burdens and heavy workload made it maddening to sit still.

Nevertheless, as I planted my feet on the floor, I tried to convince myself that resting my body would carry me to the next step.

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