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Counting the Night of the Blazing Flame (7)

It was not like she had done anything wrong… but still, Chizuru felt nervous and guilty as she walked towards the dining hall to have dinner with Arde, who came to get her.

Lukrov should be back by now.

But when she actually stepped into the dining room, she found that it was emptier than she had expected. Only a few of the castle’s servants and some apprentice knights on guard duty were present, so there was none of the usual hustle and bustle of welcoming knights back from inspection.

As Chizuru approached her usual seat, which was next to Lukrov’s seat, Nadal, who was busily going back and forth between the kitchen and dining room, spotted her and rushed over to her.

“Chizuru-sama, please go ahead and take your seat. I’ve just received word that Lukrov-sama and his men will be returning to the castle a little later than expected.”

“Is that so…”

Nadal smiled meaningfully at Chizuru, who slumped her shoulders in disappointment.

“I’m sure he’ll be back soon. It’s really great that you guys get along so well.”

Nadal had grown up so quickly. It was not only Arde but even he was teasing her about their relationship. Chizuru’s cheeks turned red once again.

After a tasteless dinner consisting of warm meat pies and thick vegetable soup, Chizuru hurried back to her bedroom without any further socializing.

Normally, she would have greeted the people around the castle and listened to their stories as the lord’s wife. But this evening, she couldn’t bring herself to do so because she was distracted by the small green vial of liquid that she had quietly hidden in the drawer of her dresser.

Chizuru returned to the bedroom with Arde, who helped light some candles and start the fireplace. She then prepared a barrel of hot water for Chizuru’s bath.

The steamy water rose softly from the barrel.

As she watched the white, cloudy steam, Chizuru made a small decision.

“Arde, you can go back now. I’ll be fine bathing alone.”

“Is that so? Ah, yes. Lukrov-sama will be back soon, won’t he?”

Arde smiled, feigning innocence. From the state of the room this morning, she could presume that the bathing tonight would be a little more lewd. She had to stifle the urge to say that Lukrov-sama would be more fierce when he came back from far away and after he returned from an outing.

In order to show as much dignity as possible, Chizuru straightened her back and narrowed her eyes.

“I understand. Please enjoy yourself. I’ll take care of the clean-up tomorrow morning, so you can leave everything as it is.”

Arde’s voice had a slight smile to it.

After saying goodnight, she quickly left.

She was finally alone. Chizuru waited for a moment to calm down and then tiptoed to the dresser. She gently opened one of the drawers, removed the cloth that had been covering it as camouflage, and took out a small glass vial.

Chizuru looked at the green liquid while holding her breath.

(Thank God. For now, that terrible smell is not leaking out. If I drink it all at once, no one will notice.)

‘Drink it after dinner, a little before you go to bed.’

The old doctor said so.

Dinner was already over, and before she went to bed….. That meant it had to be taken a little before their lovemaking, but she wasn’t sure when he would be back. It could be right now, or it could be an hour later.

And this smell…..

If she were to drink it after she heard the sound of Lukrov and the others returning, the whole room might smell of it. If she drank it now, rinsed her mouth, and took a hot bath first, there wouldn’t be much trace of it left….. Possibly.

Chizuru held the glass vial up to the candlelight, looking at the green liquid through the glass, and tried to swallow it down in one go.

However, a scene from Romeo and Juliet that she had seen in a movie suddenly crossed her mind. It was a tense scene when Juliet was about to drink the poison.

(This is not poison! It’s just a healthy herbal medicine that can encourage pregnancy.)

Chizuru bravely removed the stopper from the glass vial and poured the contents down her throat in one gulp.

The unique fishy odor mixed with the scent of burning smoke hit her nose. However, the taste was surprisingly sweet, and the texture that clung to her tongue was thick and soft.

“Mhm…”

Nothing happened for a while, so Chizuru returned the stopper to its original place and tried to walk to the side of the wall where the barrel was placed for the bath.

The next thing she knew, she was struck with a wave of dizziness and fell to her knees on the floor.

“Wh…at…?”

Without any warning, her heart suddenly began to beat with such force that her ribs ached.

Boom, boom, boom! Thump, thump, thump!

At first, she thought it was just dizziness caused by anemia. Chizuru had low blood pressure and sometimes felt slightly dizzy, especially in the cold winter season.

But such wishful thinking was soon betrayed.

It was getting harder and harder to breathe, and she felt a rush of nausea in her chest that made her feel like throwing up.

Chizuru regretted that she had already let Arde leave, and now even if she wanted to call for help, she couldn’t muster the strength to raise her voice.

Something important was slipping out of her core, and she felt as if something hotter was invading her body instead. Her whole body felt suspiciously hot, and her hands and feet began to tremble.

Tears welled up in her eyes.

It was clear that something unusual was invading Chizuru’s body. It was hot enough to make her vision turn blank, it was frustrating enough to make her want to scratch her chest, and it was so intense that she couldn’t hold it in.

It was a lewd and lustful feeling.

At the end of this long day, about half an hour later, Lukrov returned to the castle and to the bedroom after having his meal.

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