Queen of the Scalpel - Chapter 74 - Sword Emperor

Chapter 74: Sword Emperor

That day, the anniversary ball ended in confusion and shock. Late that night, in the Emperor’s palace, there was a man kneeling in the midst of a heavy atmosphere.

“Please understand, Your Majesty!”

It was the most respected noble in the empire, the Clarence family’s head, chancellor of the empire.

He looked agonized, unlike usual. His only daughter had committed the crime of hurting a royal.

“Please be forgiving! Your Majesty understands, right? My daughter isn’t to do that. Elise hurt the Duchess’s body, but she wouldn’t have done so with bad intentions!”

Back then, when the Duchess had collapsed, and Elise slit her throat, he felt like his heart would stop beating. What was happening?! He couldn’t even stop her. In the blink of an eye, she had cut the Duchess’s throat, and blood had spurted out.

The Marchioness had fainted, and his sky had come crumbling down. His only daughter, his precious daughter, had become someone who hurt the Duchess! He couldn’t deny it. Everyone had seen what happened in the ballroom.

‘No! My daughter hurt a royal? There’s no way!’ He was always strict and calm, but he couldn’t maintain his neutrality right now. ‘Elise had definitely tried to save the Duchess!’ The Marquis had clearly seen. Before Elise arrived, the Duchess fell to the ground holding her neck. He didn’t know too well about medicine, but he could guess it was asphyxia.

And before his daughter had raised the knife, she had tried to hold the Duchess’s stomach to save her. She wasn’t crazy, why would she suddenly try to hurt the Duchess? So she had definitely been trying to save her. The Marquis firmly believed in his daughter. ‘But the problem is…not everyone thinks that way.’

Marquis El sighed. The biggest problem was thay Elise had cut the Duchess’s neck.

A treatment method of cutting a patient’s neck? It was unheard of. To someone who didn’t know the situation, they would only think of it as a crime. And the problem of Elise being admitted to helping her, and not hurting her, still needed to be solved. It was the body of a royal.

And it was even more difficult to avoid punishment because she wasn’t even a doctor yet.

“Please understand, Your Majesty!”

So he kneeled in front of the Emperor. Because the final judge of this was the Emperor. What happened to Elise depended on the Emperor’s decision.

“If only you forgive, I’ll take whatever you demand! Even if it’s Granbia island or the entire Clarence family. Please forgive her!”

Marquis El was prepared to put everything down for his daughter. His pride, wealth, and his family. His daughter was about to take responsibility for a grave offense, so what wouldn’t he do? He loved his daughter more than anything else.

“Stop. Stop, chancellor.”

The Emperor, who had been quietly listening, spoke up.

Unlike his usual mild demeanor, he looked stiff.

“Do you think I would hold her responsible for such a grave offense? Elise is a special child to me as well. And I know. That’s she’s not someone to do something like that.”

Yes, the Emperor knew as well. It was clear Elise had tried to save the Duchess. And more than anything, the Duchess was alive. Although she was on the brink of death from asphyxia. She waa

She was only injured, her condition was fine.

‘That kid probably saved her.’ The effects of the unknown treatment method had successfully saved her. She needed to be rewarded, not punished. ‘The problem is that she hurt a royal’s body. With a method that isn’t medically approved at that.’ Actually, that wasn’t a big deal either. She was about to die, so who cared about an injury?

That was like being angry at roughly pulling someone out of the water because they were about to drown. The Emperor wasn’t that timid a person.

Furthermore, if it was investigated, it would be clear the Duchess had survived thanks to her. He would have to reward her.

Like that. The Emperor shook his head. ‘I can’t let that happen.’ He did cherish Elise, but also, how would he punish someone who saved the Duchess?

Rather, if it was someone else, they would’ve received a greater reward. However. ‘Even if she’s not given a punishment, they’ll find fault with her.

The reason was simple. Because she was the Lady Clarence that he cherished.

‘This might be for the better. I should just make her leave the hospital now.’ He didn’t like her working at the hospital anyway. With what happened, he was even more sure. ‘I can’t have her doing dangerous things like this.’ Someone who was going to be the empress cut someone’s neck? And the blood that splattered on her body at the time. ‘I should tell the investigation team to do it thoroughly. If there’s a slightest problem, I won’t let her step foot in a hospital again.’