Revenge Costs Interest [EN]: Chapter 163

Revenge Has Interest 163

163. A Fool Who Can’t See an Inch Ahead

2024.01.10.

Luke disagreed with Terran.

“I think it’s good. Doesn’t the Duke ever get tired from being overworked on the battlefield? We should be relieved that the Lady is in a country like this, where she can relax.”

“That’s true, but the national character is too laid-back. Someone with a quick temper couldn’t live here.”

“Why don’t you take this opportunity to relax, Duke?”

Terran was about to snap at Luke but stopped himself.

He had a point. Honestly, it was a relief that Leia was in such a small and peaceful city. Then Luke, looking into the distance, said,

“Oh! Aren’t those the women we saw on the street the other day? The one in the wheelchair and the one pushing her.”

Luke stretched his neck, peering as if he couldn’t see well.

However, Terran didn’t even glance in the direction Luke indicated.

“How is it that after circulating three hundred photos of Grace, not a single person has come forward with a clue?”

Instead, he just fumed. It seemed like a mistake to entrust this task to them.

Luke, noticing that the women he’d seen earlier weren’t approaching, turned his head towards Terran.

“I should talk to the King. Tell him to find out where Grace lives.”

“That’s just like you, Duke.”

“I don’t care if it’s ‘Duke-like.’ What if something happens to Grace in the meantime?”

‘How long can I stand this?’

Luke chuckled. When they first arrived in Greymon, Terran wasn’t completely losing it.

But on the last day of the fireworks, he was a nervous wreck. Just then, a man approached them.

“I found her. This woman.”

Even though they’d shown her picture to three hundred people, only one person came forward after three days. Still, Terran couldn’t hide his relief.

“Where is she?”

“I saw her leaving Herrot Hospital on 5th Street today.”

“5th Street, Herrot?”

Terran’s face brightened, but then clouded over.

‘Leaving the hospital… It must be that Leia is very sick and can’t contact me.’

“We can go to the hospital tomorrow and ask for the patient’s address.”

Terran frowned at Luke’s suggestion.

“Let’s go now.”

“The clinic will be closed by six in the evening.”

“Damn it!”

Terran could only hope that tomorrow would come quickly so he could find out where Leia was.

Just then, the man said something strange to Terran and Luke.

“I think I saw this woman a little while ago.”

“Where?”

“Here.”

As soon as those words left the man’s mouth, Terran and Luke took off to find Leia.

* * *

Leia and Sarah watched the fireworks from a less crowded spot.

The way the fireworks burst in the sky with brilliant colors, reflecting on the dark surface of the water, was beautiful.

‘It would have been nice if Terran had seen it with me.’

Looking back, she had never gone on a picnic or sightseeing trip with Terran. Although they had encountered thieves and been in a gunfight.

‘He probably can’t even imagine that I have twins growing in my belly.’

Just imagining Terran’s reaction made her heart swell. But on the other hand, there was also a great sense of regret. It was sad that they couldn’t be together like other couples.

“Lady, isn’t the sound too loud?”

Sarah was even concerned about the sound of the fireworks exploding.

“A little.”

“Shall we go home now then?”

“Let’s do that.”

Leia’s expression was sad as she replied.

She wanted to watch for a long time, but the more she saw the splendid fireworks, the more uncomfortable she felt.

It seemed inevitable that when eating delicious food or spending time in a good place, she would long for her beloved.

It was her choice to leave Terran’s side, and she wanted to punish him, so she wasn’t in a position to blame anyone. Still, Terran was a great desire for her.

It’s just that she was finding it increasingly difficult to handle her feelings of loving him madly.

“Lady, we have to vote too, right?”

“We do.”

Fortunately, there were several polling places set up around the lake.

Leia had become gloomy because she missed Terran, but she felt better thanks to Sarah, who had finished voting.

“I wrote down a name that doesn’t even exist and came out.”

Sarah said very confidently, with a very satisfied expression.

“What did you write?”

“Allen.”

“Pfft!”

Leia was surprised that Sarah mentioned that name, which was filled with hatred and anger, without any emotion.

“I did yours for you too, Lady.”

“Good job.”

The two hurried home. Then, a familiar scent wafted through the breeze and brushed Leia’s nose.

‘This is Terran’s soap smell.’

When Leia looked up, she saw a man walking quickly ahead.

It was hard to make out his figure because it was dark, but Terran’s scent was emanating from that man.

‘It can’t be Terran. He must use the same soap.’

The very idea that two people would be seeing the same sight at the same time in the island nation of Greymon was absurd.

Meanwhile, Terran walked around the lake several times looking for Leia, but he couldn’t find any blonde hair, and there wasn’t a woman with a freesia-like, bright aura at all.

Then he suddenly realized he had made a big mistake.

‘I walked too fast.’

At some points, he barely looked and almost ran.

He was so determined not to miss her that there were several places he had passed without properly looking.

‘I should have kept calm, especially at times like this.’

But Luke was different from him. What he said after a long time of searching was very meaningful.

“Duke, I think I saw the Lady.”

“What? If you saw her, you saw her. What do you mean you *think* you saw her?”

“I was running because I was in a hurry. Then I caught a glimpse of her from behind, and it was definitely Lady Grace.”

“Where is she? Lead the way.”

“She’s not there now. After I passed her and went back, she had completely disappeared.”

“Damn it!”

A curse escaped his lips. To be in such a mess because he couldn’t find his woman on a lake the size of his palm.

He felt so pathetic that he wanted to punch himself.

While Terran was venting his frustration, Luke kept tilting his head.

‘She was in a wheelchair. The woman pushing her from behind looked like Sarah.’

He couldn’t see her face properly because she was wearing a bonnet, but her figure was definitely Sarah’s.

Anyway, he would know for sure if he went to Herrot Hospital on 5th Street tomorrow.

‘Is fate playing a trick on us, telling us not to meet so easily?’

Terran felt a lump in his chest.

It is said that when longing for a loved one grows and becomes desperate, a person’s vision becomes blurred and they can’t see an inch ahead. This was exactly the case.

‘It’s my fault.’

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have missed her right in front of his eyes. That’s how he felt.

He couldn’t explain it in words, but he was definitely in the same space and at the same time as Grace.

‘I think I’m being punished.’

It was a decision he had to make for her sake, but that was the only reason he could explain why he was receiving such harsh punishment.

Terran kept shaking his head, trying to shake off the complex thoughts that flooded his mind, such as regret, guilt, and disappointment.

* * *

Terran visited Herrot Hospital on 5th Street as soon as it was light. But the doctor was a woman.

That was unimaginable in Lubeck. Come to think of it, he saw many working women wherever he went in Winds City.

Anyway, Terran was able to meet Dr. Karen after an hour of waiting.

“I am Grace Vizak’s fiancé. I came knowing that Grace is in Winds and goes to this hospital.”

“Oh! So you’re the one who put Grace in that state. I’m Dr. Karen.”

The female doctor with glasses was very different from the women he knew.

Above all, she was the first woman to call him ‘you’ even though he was a Duke, even though he was wearing the Duke’s uniform.

“That state?”

“Didn’t you see the sign when you came into the hospital?”

“The sign… you mean?”

That’s right, he hadn’t seen the sign properly. He made another mistake after last night.

Soon, Luke hurriedly went out and came back. But the problem was that Luke’s face was pale.

“Why?”

“This is a children’s and women’s hospital, Duke.”

“What? A children’s and women’s hospital?”

So that’s why all the patients waiting were women and children.

To only realize that now. Could there be another fool like him in the world?

‘Did that contraceptive pill cause another side effect?’

“Does Grace have a serious problem? Please tell me her address.”

Terran asked bluntly.

But Dr. Karen rested her chin on her hand and looked at Terran over her glasses.

She was probably going to refuse, saying she couldn’t reveal a patient’s privacy.

Terran anticipated her answer and pondered how to persuade Dr. Karen.

“I can’t tell you about the patient’s condition.”

‘I knew it.’

“But I will tell you her address.”

‘Oh! Really?’

“Why won’t you tell me about her condition?”

“It’s my way of letting you see and hear for yourself.”

Dr. Karen took out a pen and paper and wrote down the address, handing it to Terran. Soon, Terran’s eyes widened as he checked the address.

“It’s not far from the hospital.”

“That’s right.”

It was in the same Herrot district. He knew what that meant, and it scared him.

That probably meant that Leia’s health wasn’t very good. What disease did she have that she lived so close to the hospital?

‘She was too sick to go to Lomerica [a fictional location]. So she got off in Greymon.’

It must have been the recommendation of the female doctor he met on the cruise ship.

If it wasn’t serious, she would have gone to Lomerica, where Richard Hamilton was. Soon, Terran’s heart was pounding like a drum on the battlefield.

“Thank you, Dr….”

“Karen.”

It seemed like his brain was paralyzed. He couldn’t even remember the name she had told him a few minutes ago.