Erika and Erina exchanged glances. It was clear on their faces that they were confused.
“Did Her Highness know who killed Doctor Cecilia? Or could it be… you ordered people to….”
“I’m at the temple to atone for my sin and have no intention of adding one again,” said Cristela casually.
“Oh, I’m sorry,” Erika said. “But from your expression, it looks like you know who the murder is,” she added.
“How would I know? I’ve always been at the temple these past two weeks.” Cristela smiled and her smile looked very suspicious to Erika and Erina.
“Then, what news have you brought?”
“Last night His Majesty had a relapse. He was taken by Rine and injured himself. Luckily, the queen wasn’t hurt at all,” Erika reported.
Cristella nod
The carriage stopped in the courtyard of the health center building. Aerith got off it, and the people who saw her injured face looked at her in bewilderment.“Miss, are you sure you still want to work?” Rico asked in a worried tone.“I’ll feel better at work. If I stay at home, I’ll feel worse.” Aerith held her face. “Rico, do you think I look really ugly right now?”Rico smiled. “No, you still look beautiful.”“You don’t want to tell the truth out of fear of me, do you?”“I’m telling the truth. Miss Aerith is always beautiful.”“Okay, I’ll come in.”Just as Aerith was about to walk in, the royal carriage parked near her carriage.It wasn’t long before Odette got off the carriage, and she was a litt
Two hours had passed since the surgery began. Odette was still hugging Lula when Aerith and the doctors came out of the room.“H-how is my father's condition?” Lula asked, and everyone in question fell silent while glancing at each other, as if they wanted to say something but were reluctant.“How is he?” Odette asked.Doctor Lee, the doctor who led the surgery, looked at Lula sadly. “I’m sorry, Miss, but your father is dead. He lost a lot of blood and couldn’t survive the surgery. We’re so sorry we couldn’t save him.”For a few moments, the time seemed to stop for Lula. Her eyes looked empty before finally becoming hysterical.“No, no! MY FATHER CANNOT LEAVE ME! YOU LIE! A LIAR! My father couldn’t have left me alone… sob…”“Lula!” Odette rushed to hold the
Rion, who received the report from Tyson about what happened to Odette, rushed to meet his wife. “Odette!” He opened the door rather rudely, making Odette who was with Elis and Nadin turn her head together with her two maids. Rion stepped in and took Nadin’s seat and the compress cloth, replacing the maid to take care of Odette. “You can go out now. I’ll compress her,” he said and the two maids obeyed his orders. “I’m fine,” said Odette before Rion asked how she was. “Why did you let that girl slap and insult you?” Rion dipped the cloth in warm water, squeezed it then compressed it carefully on Odette’s red cheek. ”She misunderstood and her father just died. I can understand her attitude." “But, he should have listened to you first.” “I told you her father just died. Her emotions are unstable. I also t
After meeting Lula, Odette returned to the research institute and met with Anwen and Doctor Alex. They had made an appointment beforehand. Anwen wanted to accompany her to meet Lula, but she had to prepare her presentation on the sleeping ball she had developed.When they went to Arawn, Doctor Alex had tested the sleeping ball and shown it to Mr. Verhovent, a famous alchemist and teacher. There were many talented alchemists who had been born from his cold hands. Doctor Alex was one of them. He became a medicine expert.Doctor Alex expressed his opinion objectively and praised Anwen’s sleeping ball. Hearing Doctor Alex’s praise, the alchemists on the team didn’t dare to show the disapproving and cynical attitude they had shown when Anwen came to visit for the first time.Odette asked Doctor Alex to accompany Anwen because she knew how people treated the girl. To put it simply, Odette used Doctor Alex as
Duchess Scarlet smiled sarcastically, feeling proud of her family. Even though Scarlet wasn’t the number one family who was feared, Scarlet also couldn’t be underestimated.When she was feeling proud, Cristela continued her words. She spoke with a cold voice.“Even so, I have a limit to my patience with people who are so presumptuous of me. You came here to threaten me. Do you think I’ll just let you go after this?”At this moment, fear rose in Duchess Scarlet’s heart. She just realized that she had made a rash move. Yet, she didn’t want to admit it.“What are you going to do? Report me? I heard that recently your relationship with Rion has improved. I can destroy it again using the excuse of his mother’s death.”Cristela laughed when she heard this. She looked terrifying when she laughed, but a few seconds later, the la
One by one people left the research institute. Not long after that, a huge explosion occurred from one of the rooms in the building and caused the fire to overflow.Instantly, everyone panicked. Tyson and the guards rushed to the test room, but they were blocked by several masked men.Odette and the three others ran to get out of the room, but three burly men wearing masks blocked their way.Anwen stared intently and warily at them.“Who are you guys?” she asked but the three people did not answer and instead attacked them.Anwen came forward and fought with them.“Be careful, Anwen!” Odette shouted. She also came forward to help Anwen, but her martial art was nothing compared to them.One of her hands was twisted and being held behind her back, and she was given an injection which instantly knocked her unconscious
Derby spurred through the strong winds. Rion always felt scared whenever Odette went out of the palace, and now the thing he was afraid of had happened. ‘Odette, you must do your best to survive. I will be there soon.’ After a few hours, they finally arrived at the research institute. It turned out that the incident caused casualities. The atmosphere in the health center was busier than usual. “Brother!” Anwen approached and immediately hugged Rion while crying. Rion stroked Anwen’s hair once, then he let go of her embrace. He observed his sister and saw some bruises on the girl’s face. Trish also saw it and got worried. “Your Majesty.” Tyson came over, and Rion looked directly at him. “I and the others apologize, Your Majesty,” Tyson said, daring to take responsibility for his negligence. “What clues
Hanry smiled sarcastically. “I can’t force you to believe me. If you don’t believe me, it’s up to you. I don’t care. Besides, I don’t need anyone’s permission to do this,” he said casually. Anwen was not happy to see the man, but Hanry didn’t care in the slightest. “Let him stay here. The more we search, the sooner we can find Queen Odette.” “But Trishy, what if he’s lying? What if he has an evil plan?” “I’ll be watching him.” Tyson came out of a room, and he was also surprised to see Hanry here. Rion approached and asked about the witnesses. Tyson replied, “A member of the anesthesia team just regained consciousness and testified that he saw the people after light came out of a crystal in one of their hands.” “The people who have the teleportation crystal are only the royal family,” Hanry said, and