Chapter 53.2

Chapter 53 – With Whom?

Blinking her eyes, Ashia seriously asked him, “That day when you had a seizure because you drank the wrong medicine, how on earth did that happen? What did you drink?”

Kaligo put down his teacup and quietly looked at Ashia at her question. His red eyes were still and calm—as if he had already expected it.

“Kaligo?”

After a few seconds of silence, Kaligo slowly opened his eyes and opened his mouth. “I was nervous.”

“But… why?”

“Because I can’t seem to overcome my sexual desires even when I am taking medicine.”

“…”

Ashia blinked several times at his answer.

As if it wasn’t a big deal, Kaligo continued without heightened emotions. “The medicine obviously worked well enough for me to maintain my daily life. The side effects are definitely gone. It’s just that…”

“That?”

He seemed to be lost in his thoughts again as he trailed off.

Just what on earth was he thinking that he couldn’t easily open his mouth? As he kept silent for a long time, Ashia became frustrated and opened her mouth first.

“Kaligo, I have the right to know about your condition.”

“…”

Their eyes met again.

Kaligo said with a faint smile, “The side effects were all gone, but not my sexual desires. So….”

Ashia’s eyes widened at his words, “No way…”

“Yes. It doesn’t matter if the side effects are severe, so I asked you to make me the most powerful medicine to suppress my sexual desires.”

“…”

Ashia let out a deep sigh.

’He commissioned me to make a potion without side effects because of the earlier side effects, but even that wasn’t good, so he made a toxic potion and drank it? Kaligo made Ventus make it again, and Ventus made it again.’

Why were all the men surrounding her so…

’They aren’t even brainless people, but they are endlessly simple-minded in this kind of thing.’

As a matter of fact, neither Ashia was rational about things related to Kaligo. “Kaligo, that’s something you should have told me and not to Ven.”

“Yes.”

“I am the one in charge of your potions.”

“Yes.” Kaligo’s expression was calm even though he was being scolded. Rather, he seemed to have a strange smile on his face.

Ashia looked at him and stood up from the chair with a sigh. As she walked out to her store, Kaligo followed her with his gaze and rose from his seat as well.

“Actually, I’ve made an even stronger potion for you.” She walked behind the counter, took out a box of potions, and handed it to Kaligo. “You can take it and take it if you want.”

“…”

Kaligo looked down at the box for a moment before opening its lid. It was undoubtedly darker in color and had a stronger smell than the previous potions he had received.

“This potion has no side effects. This potion will instead eliminate all of your sexual desires. Even if you quit taking this medicine, there is no guarantee that it will come back.”

You will be able to go back to your life of celibacy this time, she added. Looking at the potions, Kaligo snapped the lid off the box and pushed it in front of Ashia.

“Then, are you saying that the potion you made before wasn’t the right one?”

“That is the right potion—a drug that calms the sexual desires without any side effects.”

“…”

“The one from before wasn’t a potion to put all of your sexual desires to sleep… it just balances them out.”

“Balance?”

Ashia continued her words as she moved to the sofa. “People have different needs, and it is important to strike just the right balance so that none of those needs would stand out”, she told him.

“It is very easy to get rid of the unwanted desires. Rather, it was difficult to find a balance with each of them, leaving the right needs behind.”

The medicine she made for Kaligo was an example. Among his needs, she managed his stronger sexual desires. She also told him why she had to do so.

“If I make all your sexual desires disappear…”

“…”

“…You might regret it when you really need it.” Ashia, who was staring at the table in front of the sofa, didn’t notice Kaligo’s slightly distorted expression. “You are the head of a family.”

“…”

“So…” The next words seemed to be stuck inside her throat for some reason. “…You have to continue the line of the family as the head.”

“…”

Kaligo’s eyes darkened as Ashia continued speaking as if they had been cast by a shadow.

“You will one day take your Grand Duchess.”

“…”

When Kaligo was married to Renna in the past, he didn’t have a successor as he was intentionally practicing abstinence, but the situation was different now. He would have a good life as long as Ashia corrected only his excessive needs with the potion she made. She didn’t necessarily have to kill his sexual desires.

“Ashia.”

“You’re still young. When the time comes when you really need it, there may be situations where you may not be able to use it…”

“So,” his sharp tone interrupted Ashia. And his voice, directed to her, was colder and heavier than ever, “With whom?”