Chapter 68

"Why are you screaming?" Caleb grumbled, scratching his face and neck as he pulled on his coat. He shot the maid an impatient glare.

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"N-no, Lord Caleb, it's not your face. What happened to your face? The maid, now realizing it was really Caleb and not a ghost, turned even paler, her expression shifting from fear to outright horror,

"My face?" Caleb frowned, still unaware of the problem. But when the maid hurriedly brought a bronze mirror to him, his face lost all color!! ment he saw his own reflection.

"What the fuck? Whened to my face? he blurted out.

The once-handsome atures in the mirror were now covered in angry red scratches, swollen and inflamed to the point of disfigurement.

And it was not just his face, his neck, arms, legs, and even his entire body bore the same horrifying marks.

Looking closer, he realized that the worst scratches were exactly where he had been scratching earlier.

Caleb's chest tightened with panic as he wondered. "What are you standing around for? Go! Get a doctor right now!" he snapped.

Half an hour later, the doctor, who had been dragged out of bed in the middle of the night, finally arrived at the Marquis's

estate

frowned deeply. "Lord Caleb, it seems you've been poisoned. That's why this

hitched. "How serious is it? Can it

"To cure the poison. I would need to know exactly what kind of toxin you've been exposed to. Unfortunately, I do not specialize in detoxification. The best I

symptoms.

am afraid you

Caleb immediately

after consulting three or four more physicians, not a

could cure his

in Caleb's courtyard grew so loud that it

no time sending someone to the palace with his personal insignia to

toxin has been completely removed, and with some

a breath of relief. "Thank you, Dr. Garraway. We appreciate you coming all this way

finished writing the prescription, then stood up and began packing away his medical kit. Still lying in bed, Caleb quickly asked, "Dr. Garraway, you say the poison is gone, but what about these scratches? And my face? It's so swollen

will take at least ten days to two weeks to fade. The swelling on your face will also need time to subside. However, if you

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for a few days might help speed up the healing

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