In Place of Losing My Memory, I Remembered That I Was the Fiancée of the Capture Target - Chapter 4.9
“So that’s what it was…”
Rebecca let out a sigh after listening to my story.
“Alexia, you seem more like the heroine.”
“…I’m not happy about it.”
“So, who do you like, Alexia?”
“I… I like Patrick.”
No matter how much I might have liked the prince in the past.
No matter how much Theodore confesses his feelings to me.
The one I want now… is him.
“I see… You know,” Rebecca started to say something, then paused, opening her mouth and closing it again, seeming hesitant to continue.
“What is it?”
“Well… this is just speculation… I wasn’t sure if I should say it because I might be wrong. But if it’s true, I thought I should let you know…”
Rebecca’s evasiveness made me tilt my head in confusion.
“I want you to listen to this as a hypothetical.”
“Okay.”
“You mentioned the symptoms when you lost your memory… and I said that I had a feeling that it was familiar.”
“Yes.”
She had mentioned it seemed like something from the game.
“Well———”
Her amber eyes locked onto mine.
“It’s poison.”
“Poison…?”
“It’s a type of neurotoxin, extracted from a poisonous plant. It paralyzes the body and causes a high fever.”
Rebecca’s gaze drifted into the distance, as if recalling the details.
“In the prince’s route, there’s an event where a female student accidentally ingests it, leading to a case that the prince and her solve the problem together, deepening his bond with her.”
“…That female student…”
“I don’t think it was Alexia. If it were, it would have been noted as such. But…”
Rebecca looked at me again.
“Due to the high fever, the female student loses her memories before and after she drank the poison.”
“What…”
“And since the culprit couldn’t be identified, the mystery remained unsolved for a while.”
“Who was the culprit?”
“A first-year male student who liked the girl, but she was engaged to someone else. He planned to kidnap her while she was immobilized.”
My heart pounded loudly.
…Something… I’m starting to remember something…
“And this poisonous plant is rare, only found in a specific territory. The culprit received it from another student.”
“…Another student.”
“In the game, the student who provided the poison was never identified… Alexia?”
Rebecca peered into my face.
“Sorry… this is just from the game. I’m just wondering if it thought it might have something to do with you.”
“Hmm…”
I probably looked pale.
“Sorry… I shouldn’t have brought this up when you’re still recovering.”
“…No, thank you for telling me.”
I shook my head and forced a smile.
Indeed… if this were related to me, it’s something I needed to know.
“Is there anything else you know about the poison?”
“Let’s see… Oh, yes, it has a scent similar to lemon.”
If it’s the same as in the game… why would I have been poisoned…
A chill ran down my spine.
“I’m still researching the poison, but I haven’t found much yet… I’ll see you at school.”
Even after Rebecca left, I couldn’t calm down… and that feeling persisted late into the night.
“I can’t sleep…”
Staring at the ceiling dimly lit by a faint light, I muttered to myself.
Really…what if the cause of my memory loss was really poison?
When and where did I ingest it… why poison… by whom…
“By… someone?”
Was I given a poison?
My heart thumped loudly.
Why… would that happen.
As my heartbeat quickened, I felt thirsty and got out of bed.
I reached for the pitcher of water on my bedside table.
The water soothed my throat.
…Now that I think about it, this is just plain water lately. Usually, it has a hint of lemon…
‘It has a scent similar to lemon,’ Rebecca’s words came back to me, making my throat tighten.
Lemon scent?
This water… placed here every night in case I get thirsty.
It usually has a lemon scent… but recently…
Usually… when?
I desperately tried to recall.
———It became plain water after my fever went down.
No, that’s wrong… it was always plain water.
It started having a lemon scent after Marguerite hit me… and my fever wouldn’t go down…
A poisonous plant that paralyzes the body and causes a high fever, with a lemon scent…
When I lost my memory, my body was paralyzed…
Recently, though not paralyzed, I’ve had a slight fever and my body felt heavy…
“That… can’t be…”
There’s no way that’s the case.
There’s no way the water I’ve been drinking every night… could be…
Despite wanting to deny it, my body couldn’t stop trembling all night long.