I Awoke as an Imprisoned Villainess-Chapter 13 - Fragrance of lily

                Fragrance of lily

”It’s been a long time, Violet”

His Royal Highness, the crown prince, Johannes de Glosshimmel have blond hair and blue eyes, and looked somewhat like Violet sama.

However, I wonder if he didn’t sleep well.

He has black circles under his eyes, and his eyes ae slightly bloodshot. I can’t say for sure because I haven’t seen his usual state, but he looks pale as well.

“I hope you have been in good health, Your Royal High-”

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“…You seem like a different person just like Claude said. Did you realize for the first time, what you did, after being imprisoned?”

As I paid my courtesy, a chilling voice come over my head. When I looked up, he was staring at me with a stern expression on his face, as if he was trying to guess what I was planning.

“That or are you scheming something?”

“Johannes sama. You shouldn’t talk that way. Poor Violet sama”

A woman with silver hair and golden eyes, said in a soft voice, standing besides His Highness. I wonder if she’s wearing perfume; there is a nice scent of lilies that gives off a sense of cleanliness from her.

She is probably Lily sama. She is smiling gently, and is as beautiful as Julia said she is.

At Lily sama’s words, Johannes sama frowned and shook his head.

“Lily, you are too kind”

“That’s not true… I’m sure Violet sama reflected on herself after being imprisoned in this kind of place. I don’t mind about that anymore too…”

“No. What she did to you that time is no different from treason against me and the royal family. It’s not a sin that could be forgiven with just a reflection, what’s more,… she isn’t the kind of woman who would repent that easily”

His Highness turned his eyes to me with a gaze asking, isn’t that right? Certainly, if Violet sama felt remorse, I wouldn’t be here right now.

As I was pondering how to respond, His Highness raised his voice even more.

“…Pretending to be admirable but doesn’t even apologize as lip service. She is this kind of woman. Looks like she is pretending as an apothecary recently”

Saying this, when I thought His Highness turned his attention to my medicine tools, he suddenly grabbed my wrist tightly.

To me who was gasping at the surprisingly cold hand, he opened his mouth with probing eyes.

“What are you trying to do?”

I don’t know if it’s Lily sama’s scent; I smelled a faint sweet lily scent. As I was wondering about the sense of discomfort, Claude sama intervened between me and Johannes sama.

“Your Royal Highness. It is forbidden to behave in a manner that could be considered violet towards those in prison. Please calm your heart and mind”

His Highness frowned his eyebrows at Claude sama’s words and reluctantly let go of my hand.

“Claude. Keep a close watch on this woman. Both me and my father have been too lenient on her before”

“….Yes. I understand”

Claude sama bowed and replied to His Highness’s words. I quickly called out to His Highness who turned his back on me, and was telling Lily sama to go back together.

“Your Royal Highness, please wait a moment”

“…What is it?”

His Highness turned around and replied, “You finally feel like apologizing?”

“No. Your hand seems to be unusually cold. Have you been experiencing any discomfort lately?”

“What?”

I continued to talk in quick succession without regard to His Highness’s off the guard face.

“Your eyes are bloodshot, and you seem to be pale. How many hours a day do you sleep? I assume, it is less than three hours?”

“What are you sayin-”

“Are you eating enough? What about your mood? Any vomiting or chill-”

“It’s none of your business”

His Highness stared at me sharply and said so.

“Do you think you’ve become a real apothecary after pretending to be an apothecary? Sorry, but my health is taken care of by the chief apothecary of the royal palace. You have no part to take in this whatsoever. …Behave yourself, you villainess” (*He used 悪女め here, Idk how to translate that accordingly)

After saying that, His Highness called out to the bewildered Lily sama; this time he didn’t look back anymore and left the room.

“…Are you okay?”

I was looking at the door they had gone out of, when Claude sama called out to me. I tiled my head confused, and he looked at my wrist hesitantly.

“It’s turning a little red”

“Eh? Oh…”

The finger marks are still on my wrist where he grabbed me. Although I say like that, it’s only a little red, and it’s not like it became a bruise. It probably will fade away in a couple minutes.

“It’s nothing. More importantly, thank you very much for saving me”

After I said that, Claude sama looked somewhat pained and apologized, “It was my fault”.

“I didn’t think His Highness would lay a hand on you. ….Although I knew he has been irritated a lot lately.. I have no excuses”

“Irritated a lot lately?”

“Yes. You even said before you got imprisoned, didn’t you? That ^Lately he has been annoyed and cheeky too^ ”

Cheeky…? As I shudder at Violet sama’s comment, my heart is filled with uneasiness.

“….But His Highness has the chief apothecary.. an excellent apothecary, isn’t he?”

“Yeah. He is the best among the apothecaries currently working in the palace”

“That’s how it is…”

Then as His Highness said, it’s not my place to worry about this. In the end, I’m just a hikkokomori who learned medicine by self studying. I won’t probably hold a candle to that chief apothecary in the royal palace.

…But.

“Uh, um, Claude sama. May I offer a glass of milk with just two scoops of infused japanese ash leaves and gardenia berries to His Highness?”

This is an improved version of the secret recipe my mother left me.

It is a light one that doesn’t affect any other medicine’s effectiveness, but it has a calming effect and helps you get a goodnight sleep.

“…All right. I will try to give it to him when I go to report at night”

Claude sama hesitated for a moment, then immediately nodded.

I was a little relieved and gave him my thanks again.

Translator Notes:

Johannes and Lily is annoying in this Chapter, especially Johannes. He is such an idiot and stubborn in this time’s case; no wonder why the priest doesn’t think of him as reliable.

That asides, I learned that I suck at honorifics. I’ve just been using sama… and I think I have to sometimes include lady, sir, master, your honor or something like that, but I don’t want to get it wrong. I hope using sama is enough.. There’s that thing with courtesy and formal sentences too. English is a pain, language is a pain 🙁