I headed to the salon where Her Majesty the Queen was. As soon as the Queen saw my face, she told me with a big smile to sit on the sofa.
“Thank you for looking after Alexis. He looks very well, and he said his health is much better than before. It is all thanks to you.”
“I am honored to hear you say that.”
While I answered that while feeling nervous, the Queen placed a white bundle in front of me.
“This time, I want you to help me. Recently, I cannot sleep even when it gets late, and I get a terrible headache in the morning. This bundle contains medicine prepared by the court doctor. But even though I have been taking it for quite a long time, it does not work at all.”
While sighing, she stared at me as if clinging to me for help.
I picked it up and checked the contents. Then, the usual voices could be heard from it.
“I am a medicinal herb that calms pain coming from fever and swelling. But this headache… is not coming from there! It is not my fault, you know. It is because you are not prescribing medicine that fits the symptoms properly!”
“I have the effect of calming irritation, but I do not have the function of inducing sleep! Even we are useful if it is for other symptoms, you know!”
(I see… It is close, but the medicinal herbs being used are off the mark in the first place. As expected, unless it is the medicine preparation of the White family… Hmm? The White family? …Oh no, I remembered everything just now…)
My past life was Bai Xueling. I lived in a world different from this one. In that world, only pharmacists performed medical practices. It was a world where pharmacists were doctors and performers of miracles, respected more than anyone else.
I was the head of the main house of pharmacists. Bai Xueling—that was my name in my past life. That status was higher than the king of any country.
Once I realized that, it all made sense. Why could I hear the voices of medicinal herbs? Why could I come up with the optimal solution for each disease state? It was because I was a person with supernatural abilities who could hear the voices of medicinal herbs.
(You guys, I will make sure you are properly useful later, so do not complain.)
When I muttered in my heart, the Queen’s medicines let out happy voices.
“Yay, great! I’m happy! Hooray!”
“The court doctor always makes unexpected preparations and never uses us well at all. I was annoyed. Yay!”
The medicinal herbs rejoiced. No one else could hear it. It was a voice that only I could hear.
“Your Majesty, your symptoms will not change at all with this medicine. Could you give me a little time?”
I headed to my own herb garden and listened closely to the voices of the medicinal herbs.
“Lady Xueling. It’s me. I am the one who works on the Queen’s headache. I improve blood circulation throughout the whole body and ease the headache.”
“Lady Xueling~! I will improve your falling asleep. My turn has finally come! I’m happy~!”
The medicinal herbs cheerfully asserted themselves. My cheeks softened before I knew it. Now that my memories had revived, my hands moved without any doubts. I boiled down two types of optimal medicinal herbs to make a medicinal herb bath and presented it to the Queen.
“Please try drinking this for a while. I will hand you the medicinal herb bath every day.”
“Well, thank you. That helps.”
The Queen immediately drank my medicinal herb bath.
A few minutes later, the Queen opened her eyes wide.
“The throbbing headache has calmed down a little. Until just now, it hurt so much I couldn’t bear it. Even though it felt like my head was splitting…”
And then, the very next day, the Queen went out of her way to come to my mixing room and said this.
“For the first time in a while, I slept soundly last night. It is a miracle.”
I handed her that day’s medicinal herb bath once again.
And three days later, I was called to the Queen’s salon once again. By that time, the Queen’s facial expression, way of walking, and voice had become bright like a different person.
“I am completely better. I don’t get headaches anymore, and I sleep soundly at night too. Even the court doctor couldn’t cure it. Cecilia, you are truly amazing!”
“I am glad. I am honored to be of help.”
In this way, I gained the Queen’s trust. And by her kindness, I was even given my own room inside the royal palace. Thanks to that, I could get to work on tasks I couldn’t do until now. The tasks of drying medicinal herbs under the sun and turning them into fine powder. I also did not forget to pack them into bottles by their effects.
There were a lot of things to do, and the days I did not return to the Duke of Valentia’s house increased. It was also true that I hated spending time with that family. Because being in the royal palace was more relaxing and let me be my true self.
I had obtained a peaceful life. I thought so.
However, the one who disturbed it once again was Liliana.
Liliana was—