Fiancée No More: The Forsaken Lady, the Prince, and Their Make-Believe Love Volume 2 [Complete] by Mari Morikawa

Author:Mari Morikawa
Language: eng
Format: epub

Just as soon as Arcrayne had downed the infusion, which was as intensely bitter as he’d expected, Estelle offered him the spout cup filled with cold water.

“It’s too bitter. Can’t he make something that tastes just a little better...?” the prince complained on an impulse, which finally returned a smile to Estelle’s face.

“You are like a child,” she said.

“You say that like it has nothing to do with you. Have a taste yourself. Then you should understand how I feel.”

Estelle traced her fingertip on the bottom of the vessel, then gave it a taste. A massive frown appeared on her face immediately afterward.

“It truly does taste awful...” she said.

It was the sort of thing one would’ve preferred to knock back in one go while holding one’s breath, but Estelle had had to give it to the prince with a spoon little by little, as he couldn’t sit up. He’d ended up tasting it in full, which had been a horrible experience.

“It’s hard when you can’t move...” he complained.

“I am certain you will get better right away. You are a member of royalty, Lord Arc.”

“I suppose so.”

Perhaps owing to the fact he had much more mana than almost everyone else, he was in far less pain than when he’d woken up during the day.

“Did you find out anything new after that?” asked Arcrayne.

“A report has come in from Haoran. Apparently House Rainsworth is in a considerable state of chaos.” Estelle told him everything she knew about the situation there. “It seems Lady Adeline had in fact been made to consume drugs. It is said to be a dangerous, rather addictive drug masked as tea. Those who drank it regularly are apparently showing symptoms common with drug addictions and are in no condition to have a proper conversation.”

After Arcrayne had lost consciousness, Adeline had come running into the garden and fainted too when she’d seen the horrible spectacle. Ever since she’d come to, she’d apparently been unable to think of anything but that tea.

“About three years ago...a play with a ghoul in it was popular in Albion. Have you heard of it?” asked Estelle.

Ghouls were monsters appearing in other countries’ folklore. They were said to show up at graveyards every night, dig up graves, and eat corpses.

“’The Forest of Corpses’?” the prince replied.

“That is the one! Lady Adeline was just like the hungry ghoul that appears in it.”

“I don’t know what to say...”

Arcrayne had secretly watched that play once. The actor had been good and so had his peculiar makeup, so it had been quite the impactful sight. The prince remembered how dreadful his bloodshot eyes had looked, as well as the drool spilling out of his mouth.

And he’d use a drug that would put people in such a state...

Anger toward Robert began to simmer inside Arcrayne.

“Are any servants in their right mind?” he asked. “As far as I know, not everyone in that place drank that tea.”

“Lady Adeline and Lady Olivia became strange because of Robert, but Robert hurt you. If

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