Said No to the Prince and Yes to the King novel Chapter 9

No sooner had the physician finished speaking than an angry shout erupted from the crowd.

“Mr. Lynn, what nonsense are you talking? How can you just let her walk away?”

That one shout ignited the crowd instantly.

“Exactly! Even if she is a noble lady, she can’t toy with people like this. That’s a child! She barged in out of nowhere, stuck him full of needles, and now that she can’t cure him, she just pulls them out and tries to slip away? Since when is that acceptable?”

“Right! We may be common folk, but our lives matter too!”

“Yes! If she kills this innocent child today, we must stand together–we cannot let her escape!”

“Absolutely! There are so many of us here. If we all bear witness and accuse her together, we’ll force her family to give that mother justice!”

The crowd grew incensed, pressing in from all sides until escape was impossible.

Erick wiped the sweat from his brow and looked helplessly at Margaret. “Young lady, it’s not me making things difficult for you now–it’s everyone here refusing to let you leave.”

He sighed again, quietly retrieving a knife from his medical case. “If you hadn’t been so willful and had just listened to me, that child would have woken up long ago. Delaying this long–who knows how far the poison has spread? Since you’ve had your fun, step aside. Let me examine the child.”

Margaret’s lips twitched. “I removed the needles because the acupuncture was finished. Why do you have to make such a production of everything, old man?”

Erick’s face stiffened. “You impertinent girl! I-

“You’re the impertinent one! This child could have been saved, but you insisted on cutting off his arm! While I was trying to save him, you kept interfering. And now that he is saved, you’re still spouting nonsense, turning everyone against me. Is this your ‘healer’s compassion?”

Erick’s face reddened with rage, but before he could respond, a man in the crowd bellowed, “Think you’re so special because you’re a noble lady? How dare you question Mr. Lynn! Do you even know he’s from the Life Preserve Pavilion? He’s saved countless lives–how dare a slip of a girl like you challenge him in public!”

The crowd roared in agreement.

“Exactly! Mr. Lynn was saving lives long before you were even born!”

“Get out of the way! Stop interfering with Mr. Lynn!”

“No, she can’t leave! Who’ll take responsibility for that innocent child?”

They hurled insults endlessly, their fierce expressions suggesting they might drag her away at any

moment.

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But most still feared her status and only dared shout from within the crowd’s safety…

Margaret laughed coldly, genuinely irritated now. She fixed her gaze on Erick. “The child’s poison is already cured. He’ll wake soon. If you don’t believe me-

“Impossible! If I couldn’t cure it, how could you?”

Margaret smiled. “And if I did cure it?”

“If you did. I’ll apologize!”

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His voice rose, equally provoked. “But if the poison isn’t cured, apologize to me, the boy, and his mother!”

Margaret clapped her hands together. “Fine! Agreed!”

She stepped aside. “Then please, Mr. Lynn, examine this child thoroughly. Just… don’t cut off his arm before you’ve even checked.”

Erick’s face twitched; he nearly spat blood from frustration.

But he was a healer. Looking at the sobbing mother, he knelt again before the child…

As he examined him carefully, the surrounding crowd buzzed with excitement.

“Now this will be a show–a noble lady apologizing in the street!”

“Serves her right! She’s shaming the entire Prime Minister’s Estate!”

“Speaking of which… is she really the Prime Minister’s daughter? No attendants, nothing. Doesn’t seem like

it…”

“Who knows? I’ve never seen her. But if everyone says so, it must be true.”

“That poor child. Bitten by a centipede, then tormented by that unreasonable woman…”

Even Cyan, watching from the second–floor window, couldn’t help muttering, “Thinks she’s so capable. Getting herself into this mess–serves her right.”

Theodore’s gaze sharpened. “What?”

Cyan flinched and quickly lowered his head. “I meant.., though she has some skill, bringing the dead back to life is beyond her. Making such a scene on a crowded street… it’s undignified.”

“The only one lacking dignity is that quack.”

Theodore’s voice was flat, devoid of emotion.

Cyan’s heart clenched. Was Theodore… defending that woman?

Wait–why had the street suddenly gone quiet?

He looked out again. The once–boisterous crowd had fallen utterly silent…

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Everyone stared, dumbfounded, at the center.

Erick, previously red–faced with rage, now sat on the ground, eyes wide, looking as if he’d lost his soul.

What was happening?

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