"Go up. I'm also forbidden to enter the third floor, so I can't guide you there."

The butler pointed to the stairs behind. Paulo went up to the princess's bedroom on the third floor.

It had been four days since Julietta collapsed, and Killian came to the mansion and stood by her. Killian's orders kept everyone in the mansion from taking a step outside. Concerned, Simone came to visit every day, but she had to go back without seeing Julietta at Killian's refusal.

Yesterday, Simone's new maid, Jane, came to serve as Julietta's nurse in place of Vera, who had not been able to rest, but was turned down. It was because of Killian's order that no one but Vera and Phoebe could go into Julietta's bedroom.

"Doctor?" Phoebe who had been out of the lounge for a while after exchanging places with Vera was surprised to see Dr. Paulo when she opened the door facing the hallway at the sound of a knock on it.

"Miss Phoebe, long time no see. I came to the mansion to ask you a question, but I was told that the princess was sick. Can I check the condition of the princess?"

At the words of the doctor, Phoebe shook her head and whispered lowly. "His Highness Killian is here. He's not letting anyone come to the side of the princess except me and Vera and the house doctor."

After Phoebe's refusal, Paulo asked grimly, "Tell His Highness I am here. I have something to tell him about the epidemic that's going on in the capital right now!"

Phoebe looked around the room at the words of Dr. Paulo. Sir Albert was dozing off on the sofa, and Ian and Vera were in the bedroom. The princess's illness made His Highness Killian so sharp that she couldn't be confident of delivering Paulo's words to him whose eyes she was afraid to meet.

When she hesitated, however, Ian came to the lounge as if he were aware of the trouble. "What's the matter?"

Ian had been on standby for Killian's side and had been worried about his lord, who had eaten nothing for four days, and came to bring his meal once again.

"Oh, that's..." Phoebe told Dr. Paulo to wait a minute, then approached Ian and said, "He is the doctor who treated me, and he wants to see what's going on with the princess. Can you tell His Highness?"

Ian looked at the doctor once through the open door and went back into the bedroom.

"Julietta, get up. You have to wake up and I have to scold you for staying here instead of going to the Imperial Castle. Shouldn't you nag at me for bothering people you care about?"

Killian constantly spoke to her as if she was listening. "Julie, there's something I lied to you about. Don't you want to know what it is? You should get up and ask about it and press me."

Killian's very small confession came as Ian stared at him, not knowing how to speak. "I think it would be too boring to live in this world without you. I've found you, a treasure, but if I lose you I won't know how to live. What the h.e.l.l would I have in mind after this? I didn't know what it's like to suffer so much…"

Ian looked at Count Valerian standing by the door. He also had an anguished look at Killian's whispers.

'What will happen to His Highness if the lady lying on the bed dies?'

It must have been useless, but Ian gave up wondering if he could interfere with His Highness due to the Doctor, because he thought it would be better to do anything than not to do anything. "Your Highness, the doctor who has treated Miss Phoebe outside wants to see the princess. What should I do?"

Killian said casually, stroking Julietta's hands. "Doctor?"

"Yes, Your Highness."

Killian was annoyed by everything that interfered with his time with Julietta. So, he did not inform Marquis Anais about the current situation, nor did he tell the people in the dress shop.

They loved and cared about Julietta, but Killian couldn't afford to look back to them now. He knew he was greedy, but he believed she was going to wake up, and now all that bothered him was annoying.

It was time to order to step down since the house doctor stayed inside the mansion and checked Julietta every hour, and he thought that a doctor with no acquaintance would not be helpful.

However, without Killian's permission, Dr. Paulo entered the bedroom. "Your Highness, please forgive me for coming in here without waiting for permission, but I have something to tell you about the epidemic that has spread in the capital."

Killian stopped Valerian, as he started to remove the man bowing on his knees. He gave a deep sigh of disapproval, then beckoned Valerian and Ian to step aside. "Stop, that's enough. Let's listen to you. You have something to say about the epidemic?"

"Yes, Your Highness."

"If what you say is a useless story that only takes my time, you'll be punished for coming in here without waiting for permission. Speak."

Killian's hard voice echoed through the quiet bedroom, but Dr. Paulo looked up at Killian without a trace of timidity. "I think the disease that is spreading through the capital is not an epidemic."