I Became The Male Lead’s Female Friend - Chapter 59

Dahlia glanced around lightly.

She claimed that she barely managed to set up with the money she had on hand, and the treatment center appeared shabby at first glance.

If that’s the case, it’s running out of money by now.

Well, it’s a good thing for me. I knocked on the door with a light heart.

Knock, knock, knock—

“Is anyone there?”

However, there was no trace of anyone inside the door.

I paused for a moment and then knocked on the door again.

Knock, knock, knock—

“Excuse me, anyone?”

But there was still no answer. For a moment I was bewildered.

Is she not inside right now? But people told me that she was always in the treatment center at this time.

Or did she go out for a while? She didn’t say anything? I pondered for a moment.

Then, with a determined look, I raised my hand again.

Unlike when I tap lightly, I’ll knock as hard as I can this time.

Bang, bang, bang!

“Who is it!”

The answer was straightforward. From within, there was a voice of someone running and shouting.

Soon after, the door shattered and opened.

“Who are you to break down the door of someone else?”

There stood an impressive woman with curly red freckles. The woman stiffened after swearing with a tired face.

Because the day Dahlia found her, she was arm in arm with two knights who stood like pillars in front of the door.

Just by looking at it, the woman’s eyes trembled endlessly because their attire was unusual.

Seeing that, I laughed softly without saying a word. Then, as if waiting, I pulled one of my pockets.

Naturally, her gaze followed, and I went straight to my pocket without hesitation.

Flipping the pocket over. I poured gold coins down.

“Aahh!”

I knew quite a bit about Hestia, the woman sitting stunned in front of me.

It’s inevitable. As I said again, she was a supporting role with more weight than me.

She later rose to become the Imperial Family’s chief doctor.

The heroine also made an active recommendation, but it was because Hestia’s ability was already excellent.

Anyway, there was one strange thing about this wonderful woman…

“Woah!”

It’s because she was a woman who was particularly weak about money in the original work.

Though she became exceptionally rich in the original.

I thought she would even now when she’s much younger, but I couldn’t be sure unless I looked at the documents containing information about her.

The reason why she chose not to go anywhere else and entered Count Giovanni’s lab.

‘Because the salary at the Count was the highest.‘

And she was so blinded by money that she lost her mind after being struck with money by a man who appeared one day.

I sat on the floor, unsure whether her gaze had relaxed by reality or by heaven’s grace.

I said proudly at her figure, “One hundred and twenty million.”

“…”

“All gold coins.” (Dahlia)

“Argh!”

I grinned as I watched her jump up and down like she was electrocuted.

“I’m just kidding.” (Dahlia)

“Oh… Haha. Oh, you’re so mischievous ..”

“It’s not enough for now, and you’ll have to come with me to receive as much, oh and I’d love to write a guaranteed check.” (Dahlia)

“…What?”

Hestia’s gaze, which hurriedly collected gold coins, widened.

It seemed that it was difficult to understand whether I was joking or serious about what I said, as she heard my words.

I just smiled a bit suspiciously and spoke softly, “Do you want to hear me out?”

Fortunately, Hestia accepted my offer. It’s a bit concerning, and she’ll be forced to listen to it even while sleeping.

A young girl who appears out of nowhere and gives you a large sum of money besides the scattering of gold coins in front of her is insufficient.

And as expected…

Hestia, who handed me tea, still seems confused.

She was strangely agitated, staring at me while sipping the tea. It’s probably because of the pockets of gold lying between us.

Hestia gulped and swallowed dry saliva while staring at me, the bag of gold coins, and me again.

Then she opened her mouth carefully, “By the way, what brings you here?”

At first glance, there were many things that I wanted to ask, but only a few words came out of my lips.

After tasting the tea for a while, I asked a rather random question.

“You’re doing research right now, right?”

Hestia looked blank for a moment and simply said, “What?”

“You are continuing your research after inheriting the legacy of your grandfather, who passed away a few years ago, right?” (Dahlia)

“Hey, how do you know that…!”

As I looked at her rapidly hardening face, I smiled apologetically.

‘Now I’m telling you, I had done some background checks on you before I got here.’

No matter how much I know about Hestia’s weakness, I don’t know about the future.

I thought it would be easier to convince her if I had as much information as possible about her.

And while I was investigating, I found an unexpected fact.

Hestia’s research was already underway before the war, not after the war. Even in the original work, cures are only developed after the war was over.

The epidemic that arose on the battlefield was a rare disease with symptoms that I had never heard of before.

In contrast to the lack of information on the disease, the contagiousness was very high, so the Imperial Army would have suffered without even being able to fight back.

Later, the epidemic spread to the Empire, but just in time, Hestia developed a treatment to prevent massive damage.

So I thought that Hestia started her research after the war, or perhaps even in the middle of the war.

However, the information I found was completely different.

“I think you already know everything.”

That’s right, the reason she was researching a cure before the war.

That’s because her grandfather died of the same disease. He was said to have vanished one day while treating patients in a small village, and when he was finally found, he was already dead.

Here, I was wondering if her grandfather didn’t just get sick, but died of infection while studying the disease.

That’s why Hestia was continuing his research.

And my guess was somewhat right, “I’m sorry. I was also in a hurry.”

“Why in the world…” (Hestia)

“I need a cure.” (Dahlia)

Hestia’s eyes widened.

“Not right now, but… because the life of a loved one was at stake.”

Hestia’s face darkened because my expression was quite desperate. Her face was a complex mixture of emotions that seemed to be sympathetic and sad.