Capitulo 44
Episode 44
«Professor Foreman got in touch with you?»
«yes ma’am.»
As I was working hard to prepare for the opening of the boutique, I heard good news.
The butler handed me an envelope.
I opened the envelope with a paper cutter and pulled out the letter.
The text of the letter was not that long.
It was written that he accepted my offer.
«That’s good news.»
At the butler’s words, I smiled slightly.
If not, it was possible to set up a hospital with Professor Foreman as a representative, but he still didn’t give up on Robert.
«You seem to be sorry for Mr. Robert.»
«It is precisely because the three of them at that time were so precious.»
I asked my doctor to analyze the research report he had brought me.
‘That’s a really great idea. The loss of Dr. Gregory is a great loss to the medical profession.’
After saying that, the attending physician continued to talk about very difficult things for several hours.
Most didn’t understand, but there was one conclusion he wanted. If possible, he wanted all his students to work together.
«Come to think of it, did you hear what happened between the three of us?»
The day I returned from meeting Robert, I asked the butler to look into what had happened between the three of them.
Since this happened several weeks ago, it would have been enough time for the guild report to arrive.
«Ah, yes. This is a document I received a report and organized some time ago.»
The butler handed over the carefully arranged papers.
There I found an unexpected name.
«Did Tatiana also participate in this?»
«Yes. I was told to investigate that part in more detail, so here is another report.»
The butler handed over the next report.
The relationship between Professor Gregory and his students was quite good.
The problem arose when Professor Gregory began to get sick.
«It seems that these three really liked the professor.»
«He was known to have a rather eccentric personality, but he seems to have been good to his disciples.»
They began working on research funds to save their teacher from an incurable disease.
I scraped together all the money I had and the money I didn’t have, and stayed in the lab all day to find a way to cure Gregory.
However, the results were not as good as we knew.
«After Professor Gregory’s death, the academy must have conducted a full-scale tax investigation that had been postponed.»
«The three of them must have been rounded up.»
«Yes, but surprisingly, it ended with a light punishment.»
«The president would have covered it up.»
Maybe Allison asked to cover the case on the condition that she become Tatiana’s personal physician.
Thanks to that, Eric must have been safely appointed as a professor.
«They said they couldn’t understand why Robert resigned. I think it might be due to Allison’s betrayal, or maybe because he felt the limits of his abilities and was frustrated.»
«Mmm. great job. Just come on out.»
«Yes Miss.»
After sending the butler away, I was lost in thought.
In the original novel, Professor Gregory would have died.
If it weren’t for that, there was no way they would have chosen Robert over a genius professor to establish the hospital.
In the meantime, Tatiana stepped in and changed something.
Also, it wasn’t long after she married Andrew.
It coincided with the time of contact with Niveia.
«When Niveia didn’t come, she ruined the reputation of her store.»
I tapped the paper with my pen and started thinking.
Was it really her goal to psychologically break Robert in a similar way?
I guess I’d have to meet Allison.
But she was Tatiana’s personal doctor.
There could be several problems if we met.
Thinking about whether there was another way, I thought of a smart move.
* * *
Tatiana was sitting in her seat, smiling like a painting.
All the walls on one side were made of glass, so the warm sunlight was breaking through beautifully and warming the interior.
It was a beautiful and warm sight to look at, but Tatiana’s heart was not like that.
She hadn’t been in the hall in a long time and had been caught by a chattering crowd and had been listening to it for hours.
«I heard they’re finally holding a hunting festival this year.»
«Ah, I heard that too. The cowardly emperor is finally coming out of the castle.
Coward?
Tatiana laughed at them for not knowing anything.
It was nonsense.
Aster, to whom she spoke directly, was an authoritative person, unlike her friendly appearance.
«Will Her Highness the Grand Duchess attend the hunting festival this time?»
Suddenly, Tatiana came to her senses when she heard a woman’s voice calling out to her.
Unlike in the past, these days more women participate in hunting events.
This is because hunting has become easier with long guns, unlike the old days when bows were used.
«I guess I’ll just watch.»
Tatiana replied with a smile as usual.
She didn’t want to embark on an adventure at such a dangerous time.
As the restraining power of the original work weakened, this side suffered from anxiety every day.
«I’m so sorry.»
«If you don’t know, why don’t you attend. I heard that the product to be released this time is amazing.»
«There’s nothing to be sorry about.
A product like that would be something you’d hang your hat on.
Tatiana acted desperate to laugh at those who kept asking her to participate.
In the past, she would have simply ignored them, but now she had to pay attention to them one by one.
«Wow.»
«My goodness.»
At that moment, the two wives who were talking suddenly shut their mouths.
Tatiana tilted her head and looked back.
The woman who had always been in the shadows was coming into the light.
Her black hair, deeper and darker than the night, swayed every time she moved.
Unlike Tatiana’s soft blue eyes, his eyes, which looked extremely cold, collided directly with hers.
‘Why did you appear here?’
Tatiana and Karina didn’t overlap where one of them implicitly appeared.
For the most part it was Karina avoiding her, yet Tatiana had no idea.
In any case, things quieted down with the appearance of the two most talked about people in the social world lately.
Karina approached the table where Tatiana was sitting and stood in front of her, as if not paying attention to her surroundings.
«It’s been a while, Your Vision. How have you been?»
At Karina’s greeting, Tatiana forcibly lifted her lips and welcomed her.
«Thank you.»
«Since you disappeared that day and there was no contact, I knew what had happened.»
«No. It was because I was a little busy with work. Sorry for not contacting you first.»
At this point, I wish I could stop going to work, but strangely, Karina persistently asked for me.
Eventually, another lady next to her offered her a seat.
«If you two have a lot to talk about, let’s sit down and talk.»
«Oh, may I? I didn’t know if it was okay to sit with you since I had never met you, so I committed rudeness.»
Saying sorry for the words, Karina quickly sat down.
After ordering tea and dessert, she smiled and chatted with the other wives.
Tatiana bit her lip at the sight of the wives laughing at the gossip about Karina in front of her at the moment.
«You still haven’t fixed that habit.»
Karina smiled and held out a handkerchief.
Startled, Tatiana blushed at the sight of the blood on her lips.
I shouldn’t have shown my emotions carelessly, but I made a mistake without even realizing it.
«Thank you.»
«We’ve known each other since we were young, so this is natural.»
At his words, Tatiana tightly rolled up the hem of her dress.
It was clear now that she was doing this very deliberately. These were things she had done to Karina in the past.
* * *
The academy was Tatiana’s world.
Everyone looked at Tatiana and gave for her.
No matter what I did, I was never criticized.
It was as if she had become the god of this world.
«I’m sorry, Karin.»
Tatiana always apologized every time Karina was forced to take her fiancé away.
Every time that happened, Karina would force a smile as she suppressed her anger.
«I think it’s really poisonous.»
«Actually, you might like him.»
«That’s right, marrying a man who loves another woman could be worse.»
The people around her said that and rather comforted Tatiana.
Karina became more and more isolated.
The moment when once became two and two became three, breaking up with Andrew.
Karina finally broke down.
«How could you do this to me?»
The moment when her blue eyes, which had always pretended to be calm, became distorted and resentful.
People began to criticize Karina as if she were a play.
Tatiana then, for the first time, was afraid of the world on her own.
It was as if I had been dragged into a play full of madness.
And it felt as if the author was himself and the victim Karina.
I am the master of this world.
Tatiana thought so and tried hard to ignore the injustice.
No, on the contrary, she even encouraged it.
Like Karina in front of me right now.