Fortunately, the faces of the Baron and his wife did not seem to reflect that the Marquis of Dietrion had said anything bad. If he had mentioned Liv at all, the Baroness would have looked for her.
“I should get going, too.”
Liv spoke to Camille in a tired voice. Camille kindly wished her well until next time, and it wasn’t until she was long gone from the mansion that Liv relaxed.
It was a party she attended to celebrate Millian’s birthday, but all she had left on her way back was a restless heart caused by the Marquis of Dietrion.
***
Shortly after Millian’s birthday, a letter came from the Vendons barony.
It was a letter saying that Millian was very sick and would not be able to proceed with the class for a while. She wrote back last week, full of concern for Millian and wishing her a speedy recovery.
Since Liv had no idea when the class would resume, it was difficult for her to find a side job. In order to make use of her spare time somehow, Liv had been wandering around the neighborhood for days to get some sewing work.
She didn’t make a lot of money, but it was much better to be on the move than to just sit down.
“Liv…”
Liv, who was busy getting ready to go out again today, looked back with a curious face. Coryda, looking pale, was hesitating to look at Liv.
“Mhm?”
“Well, Uncle Pommel came when you weren’t around.”
Hearing Pommel’s name, Liv made a reflexive grunting sound.
“I was going to meet him today anyway. I should have solved it earlier, I was distracted.”
“Yes, and…”
Coryda, fidgeting with her hands, lowered her eyes and said cautiously,
“I’m… out of medicine.”
Liv froze. Since Liv was often away from home for one reason or another, Coryda took her medicine on her own. As a result, when Liv couldn’t pay attention like this, she sometimes went about her life without knowing that Coryda had run out of medicine.
Liv stroked Coryda’s head with an apologetic heart.
“Since when?”
“It-it hasn’t been long.”
It meant that she endured the pain without medicine for a few days. Liv stifled a sigh and hugged Coryda tightly.
“I’m sorry. I’ll buy it right away.”
“It’s not urgent, Liv!”
“Hold on a second. I’ll be right back.”
The “urgent” in Coryda’s standard was a condition that was bad enough to make her vomit blood. And when she brought it up, it was a sign that she was already in danger.
Liv took out all the remaining living expenses and left the house. With the exception of the additional rent fee for Pommel, all of the money would be used for medicine.
Liv wondered if she should ask Baroness Vendons if she could get her salary a little earlier.
Oh, if only I hadn’t bought Millian’s birthday present, I could have lasted a few more days.
Liv, who was busy walking through a narrow and dirty alley, calculated her living expenses in her head and smiled bitterly at the thought that came to her.
It was such an embarrassing and petty idea.
She lamented her circumstances as she couldn’t even afford to celebrate the birthday of the student she was teaching, but since there was no way out of this difficulty right away, she kept looking for something to blame. While knowing that no one was actually to blame.
If anything, it was on her own. She should have checked Coryda’s medicine in advance, but she neglected it recently on the pretext of being busy.
“Hi! It’s been a while since I’ve seen you, Liv!”
The pharmacy was not far from her home. When she was choosing a house, she deliberately looked for one with a pharmacy nearby so that she could go and buy medicine whenever she needed it. Although the first standard was obvious, the neighborhood she lived in now was the cheapest in Buerno.
Liv smiled back and greeted the owner of the pharmacy, who gave her a warm welcome.
“Hello. I want to buy some medicine.”
“Well, I’ve been wondering why you haven’t come.”
The owner of the pharmacy smiled humorously and took out the medicine in a familiar manner. Liv always bought the same medicine, so she didn’t need a prescription.
The owner of the pharmacy, who was skillfully packing the medicine, suddenly spoke up.
“You know what? There was a new drug announcement in Dominian.”
“A new drug?”
It was no exaggeration to say that the Medical Research Institute of the Dominian Academy was the distributor of medicines across the continent. If the new drug was announced there, it was likely to be marketed soon.
“That’s right. From what I heard, it could be great for children like Coryda. Why don’t you check it out?”
“Will the new drug be distributed here, too?”
“Unfortunately, I don’t think we’re going to see the new drug reaching this remote pharmacy.”
The medicine that Coryda was taking was a medicine that would keep the body at a level where it wouldn’t get any worse. But if there was a medicine that could cure the disease…
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