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Helen was looking at Lucio and calling out loudly to Duke Elade.
There was a reason why Lucio looked surprisingly similar to the Duke in his youth, but it was also because he was difficult to recognize due to his toxic aura.
And after a while.
Helen, who was breathing heavily, began to shake and shake her body.
As we explained previously, she appeared to be in terrible pain as her heart and organs were burning.
Helen fell to the ground in a painful struggle as her limbs were tied to the chair, panting and suffering, but Lucio did not shake at all when he saw this.
Everything was brought on its own.
Even this pain is because she chose this poison herf.
Lucio looked at Helen rolling on the floor with an indifferent look, and thought of Leah, who had passed by a moment ago.
'But I think I'm used to it now.'
The little girl, who seemed nervous every time we met, suddenly seemed to be looking at us.
Today, her eyes shine brightly as if she is hoping for a compliment.
And this little girl invented the antidote.
If there had not been an antidote, I might have had to send my mother away even though I knew she had died of poisoning.
'Then my parents and my remaining younger brothers. …’
Lucio shook his head.
Either way, the ending was terrible.
But he couldn't thank Leah enough for her hard work.
This is because the timing of our meeting was very bad.
Because he was barely holding his life back because of the heinous thing he was about to do, if he had let his guard down, he might have frightened the child who had barely let his guard down.
“It would be better to be disappointed for a moment than to be terrified.”
However, even though it was him who left hurriedly, as if he was running away, Lucio's mood became extremely bad when he remembered Lia's sullen face.
“Ahh!”
At this time, Helen, who was struggling and rolling her eyes, screamed.
Before she knew it, Lucio pulled a sword from his waist and stabbed her in the shoulder.
Lucio asked as Helen's eyes, who were on the verge of fainting, became clear for a moment with pain.
“Is it true that the invitation addressed to my mother was poisoned and who was behind it?”
"Yes !"
“I can't stop if you don't want to talk.”
Lucio pulled the sword from his shoulder and this time stabbed it into her thigh.
In fact, the question was not there for an answer.
Before the investigation, Helen's room was searched, poison was found, and verification was completed.
Since it was Helen who always helped the Duchess, it was easy to poison the items.
But it is not clear exactly how the person inhaled the poison because she used a poison that leaves no trace when wiped with water.
Moreover, since the Duke and the children were together every day, he must have made a meticulous effort to poison only the Duchess.
Then I discovered something unusual in Helen's actions.
She did it herf every time, from handing out invitations to the Duchess to burning confirmed invitations in a pyre.
“The other items could have been erased, but it would have been better to burn the paper.”
""Whoah. …”
Helen couldn't take her eyes off Lucio's muttering even as she vomited blood from the intense pain.
“To. …Dominic.”
When I barely called his name, I was met with a cold gaze that was forged like the sharpest blade in the world.
She loved him for his appearance that exuded aristocratic dignity, his noble gaze, and his way of not showing even the slightest flaw.
“Dear. ...If I could die in your hands. …”
Lucio's expressionless face cracked at the choked voice.
Maybe you stabbed her straight in the heart.
Lucio flicked his ears and waved his sword nervously, as if he heard something dirty.
The sword blade cut the neck thinly, as if it couldn't be killed easily.
Bright red blood sprayed all over Lucio's silver hair.
“They tortured her and then burned her.”
Tice straightened his back coldly and bowed his head at Lucio's command.
On that day, the screams of hell rang out all night in the palace dungeon.
* * *
A few days later, the Duchess of Beronde visited Elad Palace.
“Oh Leah! As the days go by, I only choose beautiful things, and I get greedier, maybe this is a good thing?”
I heard somewhere that the Duchess of Peronde, who knew that I was looking after the Duchess of Elade, pulled my cheeks on both sides as soon as she saw me and was so happy that she did not know what to do.
“Noona, this hurts!”
“Mom, don't do that!”
At that time, Diana and Aiden jumped in and stopped Duchess Peronde.
I didn't even pull that hard.
In the eyes of the two kids, it looked like I was really being bullied.
Finally, the Duchess of Perronde burst into laughter and moved her hands away from my face.
“Ma’am, come and sit.”
Duchess Elade led the way to the table, making sure the tea and refreshments were ready.
Duchess Veronde smiled brightly at her appearance.
“I'm so happy, I was worried, but seeing you look so healthy.”
“Thank you, by the way, Her Highness was very surprised, wasn’t she because you collapsed in the Imperial Palace. …”
Embarrassment appeared on Duchess Elade's face as she trailed off with her words.
After the Duchess came back to her senses, she heard what Duke Elad had done in the Imperial Palace and reported it to her.
Not only are the employees of other noble families being searched, but also the servants of the Imperial Palace are being searched.
He was worried that no matter how much the Emperor trusted and favored him, it might be too much.
“What are you worried about? It was possible because His Highness the Emperor put up with it, and Her Highness the Empress didn’t care at all.”
Duchess Peronde waved the fan she was carrying and spoke indifferently.
“On the contrary, he was even more indignant when he found out the whole story, so don’t worry. However, the Duke must be very worried that there is still such an impure group within the family.”
“…Yes, but it seems to be almost eliminated now.”
The Duchess said, smiling awkwardly.
When I looked at her and she wasn't good at lying, I shook my head internally.
The place where it collapsed was the Imperial Palace.
Since it was a gathering of many noble families, the affairs of the Duchess were a general topic of discussion.
Thanks to this, the maid quickly became known among the nobles as the offender.
However, the Duke of Elade was worried that an ugly scandal would surround the Duke's family, so he fabricated the incident to suggest that a vassal who disapproved of the Duchess was behind the attempt to poison Helen.
The story was easy to believe because the head maid's family was very close to the family of the previously deposed Count Valery.
It was a good ending as it was said that the family, which should have been dealt with immediately in the first place, was able to avoid disaster thanks to the head maid.
“But your skin really seems to be better than before?”
At that time, Duchess Perronde looked cloy at Duchess Elade's face and said:
“Is it really because of this antidote I heard that everyone is rushing to buy the medicine that saved the lady?”
“That's true, but...they say it still takes time to actually l it.”
Naturally, rumors spread that the Duchess, who had been severely poisoned, had survived after taking an antidote made from Spliceia.
As Daryl Guild Leader said, the price of the antidote that could cure any poison had increased dramatically once its existence was known.
Whether for political reasons or personal grudges, there was an uproar among the nobles who believed that their lives were the most precious thing they had.
“The Duke said that the Emperor was also interested.”
He is said to have been very disappointed that Viscountess Bardot was not given a place in the Imperial Palace.
However, Viscountess Bardot, whose name had become so loud, looked extremely embarrassed.
At first, it was difficult to explain what had happened to the mages and legislators who raised Spliceia together, and more than anything else, I felt sorry for stealing my credit.
But I was grateful enough to her to keep my secret and not ask any further questions.
Moreover, this time, time was tight, so I cultivated Spliceia by injecting mana myf, but I had already found the cultivation principle.
Although it will take more time, if you succeed in cultivating the magic stone, you will be able to make the antidote again using the recipe I passed on to you.
“Now that I think about it, the antidote I created at the beginning failed one by one, so it took a while.”
I don't know the exact reason, but I thought maybe I made a mistake because I was impatient.
Anyway, it was that time when my heart was filled with the idea that becoming the richest person in the empire might not be just a dream.
“Noona!”
Aiden, whose cheeks were red, gave me a piece of cake.
“Ah… Now that I think about it, Young Master, I’m sorry I couldn’t eat the cake you left behind last time.”
On the day the Duchess collapsed at the Imperial Palace, cookies made by Aiden were waiting for her at the palace.
However, this was not the time to enjoy food leisurely, so I kept it and the time passed.
When I said sorry, Aiden laughed.
“It's okay but please make sure you eat it this time.”
"no !"
How could I say no to something a little kid made himf, especially for me?
I answered quickly and took the cake that Aiden offered me to eat...
“Wag jeek wag jeek.”
I tried to eat it but failed.
“Diana!”
Aiden jumped up, as Diana took a cake from his mouth right before his eyes.
“Why are you eating what I was giving Noona?”
“I will feed her!”
“But I did this!”
It was a time when I didn't know what to do between Aiden and Diana, who were suddenly fighting.
“Diana, you are bad, you stay with Nona every day...I am going to Damba now.”
Aiden, who was grimacing with tears in his eyes, made a shocking statement.