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“How can you create a cure in three months?”

Lea grumbled in a gruff voice, recalling the Duke she had met at the annex. It was something that would only be possible by mobilizing modern medicine.

“There’s no such thing as luck.”

In my previous life, I worked myself to the bone, and just as I was setting up my house, didn’t I get hit by a car and die?

Now I’ve reincarnated and just barely become a pharmacist, and I end up learning the secrets of the Duke, secrets I didn’t even want to know.

Lea sighed deeply, lamenting her unfortunate fate. But what can you do? To survive, I have to at least pretend to make the cure.

“Speaking of which, ah. Look at all the dust.”

In order to learn more about the Polarium, Lea, who had come into the mansion’s library, began to look around.

Apart from the rust in places, the library of the outskirts territory was quite large.

‘It’s spacious but…….’

She didn’t expect there to be a librarian. She had hoped, at least, that the books would be well organized.

‘It’s a mess.’

Cookbooks and poetry collections are displayed in the same section. Novels for adults were mixed up with children’s fairy tales, it was a total mess.

Moreover, the smell of stale dust came wafting over, as if no cleaning had been done.

“Cough, cough.”

Lea brushed off the dust that was coming at her and took a step back.

There was an oldfashioned feel to it, given the deep history of the Duke’s family, but the Duke’s library was not maintained at all.

Could I find a book about herbology today? Grumbling inwardly, Lea stopped in front of a large bookshelf.

Fortunately, there seemed to be no one searching for it, and the medical books were all in one place.

“It’s quite diverse?”

From basic herbology to drug manufacturing methods and medical techniques, they had quite a variety of books in different fields.

‘Looking at the outside, it’s old, but it’s befitting of a Duke’s family.’

She started to pull out books about herbology as they came and began to look into Polarium.

As time passed, books were piling up like a mountain in front of Lea.

“If you combine Snowdrop and Acapodium, it can induce cardiac arrest…….”

Then, couldn’t the side effects of that be blocked by herbs with entirely different properties?

“Come to think of it, I think Moonflower was good for blood circulation.”

Cardiac arrest was typically caused by a lack of sufficient blood supply.

So, if she found a herb that facilitates blood circulation, couldn’t she use it as an antidote? She was obsessed with the idea.

It was when Lea was looking further into the book to find out more about Moonflower.

“I found it.”

Turning a few more pages, there was detailed information about the Moonflower. Lea’s eyes slowly moved along the words.

“It purifies the blood by removing blood clots. So, it’s good for blood disorders?”

Then, she thought she might be able to use Moonflower as an antidote.

It was when she turned the page to look up the side effects of Polarium again. A tiny caution note on the edge of the book caught her eye.

[Caution::: Longterm use of Polarium can cause a decrease in energy and a problem with sexual function.]

She blinked her eyes.

“A decrease in sexual function……?”

A potential problem with sexual function. It was a fact she was learning for the first time.

It was when Lea was burying her face in the book again to learn more. She sensed a presence from outside the library.

[Dash] Did you hear that? I think that rumor might be true.

[Dash] Rumor?

The voices of excited maids started to be heard over the halfopen door. Lea fleetingly turned her gaze towards where the voices were coming from.

[Dash] Do you know the steward brings in women once a month to create heirs, but he never touches a hair on them!

[Dash] Really? How do you know that?

[Dash] Mari was curious and secretly watched last time, the woman came out not even ten minutes after she went in.

[Dash] So that means…….

Somehow, the whispering voices of the maids sounded as clear as if they were speaking directly into her ears.
[Dash] It’s clear that the count has issues with his male function.

Lea, in an instant, felt stunned as if she had taken a blow to the head. At the same time, the warnings of the Polarium she had just read in the book flashed through her mind.

[Prolonged use of Polarium may lead to decreased energy and sexual dysfunction.]

Lea, who had been staring into space for a long time, lowered her gaze. Could it be an illusion that the words ‘sexual dysfunction’ seemed particularly bold?

Carefully closing the book, Lea hugged it to her chest.

“I had a feeling… he seemed overly sensitive.”

She recalled the count’s nervous demeanor when he first found the bedroom, hurling a vase at her.

It seemed excessive for someone merely sickly. To think he had such a heartbreaking story.

“There was a reason he was so edgy.”

Such an unspeakable illness at such a young age would undoubtedly foster mental illness. For a moment, Lea felt a surge of sympathy for the count.