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Counting the Night of Blazing Flame (6)

“Ah…!”

As nightfall approached, Chizuru was resting in her bedroom before dinner when a brilliant idea flashed through her mind.

There was one person.

She wasn’t sure how much experience she had… but she knew that there was only one person who lived in the castle, who had the knowledge, and seemed to be able to keep a secret.

Although she was not doing anything wrong, she gulped and looked around cautiously.

Arde wouldn’t come to call her until dinner was ready.

It was getting dim outside, but there was still a bit of sunlight. If she hurried, she should be able to make it back in time to attend dinner… As soon as the thought occurred to her, Chizuru couldn’t wait any longer.

She grabbed a cloak from the dresser, threw it on quickly, and rushed out of the bedroom.

To Estabelle.

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Estabelle, the doctor, was still stirring a boiling green liquid in a small fireplace with a wooden ladle as if she were a witch.

The smell surrounding her was so strong that even the demons would not want to come near her.

However, Estabelle was fully satisfied with the result of the potion. Thanks to the discovery of rare medicinal herbs at this time of the year, she was able to prepare a kind of medicine that she normally didn’t make very often. It was difficult to say how many people in the castle would need this medicine, but it could be sold at a high price outside the castle.

The mixture of fishy and sweet scents made her feel that this potion would be very effective.

“Seems about right.” 

Giving it one last stir, Estabelle took the ladle out of the pot and set it to the side.

Her curiosity as a pharmacist made her itch to try out the newly finished potion. Unfortunately, Estabelle was too old to try this potion.

“What should I do?”

As she left the fireplace and walked across the stone-walled room to find some empty glass bottles, she suddenly heard several knocks on the door.

“Who is it?”

After a few moments of hesitant silence, she heard a quiet, young woman’s voice.

“It’s Chizuru. The Duke’s wife, May I come in?”

“Do as you wish,” Estabelle replied bluntly.

She was not particularly fond of the duchess, but she did not want her to know about the new drug simmering in the pot.

The Duke was morbidly in love with this girl… Estabelle didn’t want to know what would happen if he were to discover that she was exposed to this kind of thing.

As expected, Chizuru walked into Estabelle’s medicinal preparation room and immediately frowned and asked a question.

“What’s that smell? It smells like something is terribly burnt.”

“I was just infusing some herbs.”

Estabelle replied firmly and continued, “It’s medicine you don’t need to know about. What’s the matter with you? What kind of medicine do you need? Headache? Diarrhea? You don’t look like you have a fever…”

Chizuru wore a young green dress that flattered her slender frame, with a cloak over it.

It was certainly understandable why the Duke was so obsessed with her… Even for an old woman like Estabelle, there was something mysterious and captivating about Chizuru.

It seemed that she needed to keep that potion away from her even more.

There was no need to add oil to the fire.

“I’d like to discuss something with you… I’m not quite sure who to ask for advice, but I thought you might know…”

“Hmm.”

It would usually be impolite to let the Duke’s wife remain standing in a room, but there were hardly any decent chairs in Estabelle’s medicine preparation room.

In order to hasten the conversation, the doctor did not offer Chizuru a seat.

“Go ahead and tell me. I don’t have much time either.”

Chizuru’s face immediately turned red, and she began to rub her hands together impatiently in front of her chest. It seemed that this was a topic that was difficult to discuss.

“It’s just that, you see the thing is–”

Estabelle waited patiently for her to finish.

“Actually, I’d like to ask you about…pregnancy.”

At first, Estabelle couldn’t believe her ears because it sounded like a whining mosquito. “Did you say pregnancy?”

“Yes, you know… we… I mean, Lukrov and I, and I thought it was about time to have a baby… But–”

Chizuru looked down.

“We’ve been married for a year now, and we still cannot conceive. I’m wondering if there’s a 

reason for this, or if there’s something I need to know to make it easier to get pregnant, or if there’s a… herb or something…?”

It seemed that Chizuru, herself, was unsure of what to explain and how to explain it.

It seemed that Chizuru and Lukrov were hoping to conceive a child, but they haven’t achieved it yet, so they wanted to consult with her.

There was one thing that needed to be clarified first.

“Does the Duke know you’re here?”

Chizuru looked up, startled.

“He doesn’t know, does he?” Estabelle let out a deep sigh.

“Y-yes…”

Chizuru’s complexion turned redder. 

“It’s just something I came up with on my own. I have not told Lukrov about it yet.”

“You know that you can’t get pregnant by yourself, right? You know that, don’t you?”

“Of course!”

“Do you know how? Some young girls who don’t have mothers don’t even know how to have a baby in the first place.”

Chizuru was speechless, her mouth agape.

‘Perhaps, did I use too many blatant expressions?’ Estabelle thought as she looked at Chizuru.

But Chizuru quickly squeezed her lips together and nodded her head vigorously.

“So, how about the number of times?”

“What?”

“The number of times. Let me ask you this more clearly, how many times do you and the Duke have sexual intercourse in ten days?”

Estabelle looked at the young lady, half curious, half dumbfounded. The lady blushed as she tried to remember and calculate.

Finally, Chizuru confessed in a faint voice, “Twenty times…maybe a little more…”

Estabelle rolled her eyes and threw her hands in the air as if in a pose of surrender.

“That’s enough. Does your period come regularly every month?”

“Yes.”

“The Duke is releasing his seed inside you? Not outside?”

“…..Yes….. Always.”

“Look, conceiving doesn’t happen overnight. No matter how many nights you spend together, there are plenty of couples who take two or three years to conceive. You’re young, and I can understand your urgency to get an heir, but you don’t need to rush into anything yet──”

Just as she was about to say this, a thought occurred to Estabelle.

This woman wanted to get pregnant.

Estabelle had a new and fresh potion in her hand. A potion that might, in a way, help the lady.

Estabelle wanted to test this medicine.

“All right, my lady. I’ll give you a potion that might help you conceive. Take it tonight, after dinner and a little before your intercourse.”

Estabelle said with a slight smile on her face.

She then transferred the hot liquid in the still-simmering pot to a small glass bottle and handed it to Chizuru.

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