BXBX NOVEL Chapter 208 208. Infectious Disease, Part I
Editor: Aelryinth
Lady Patrick who came to greet her celebrated with exaggerated joy, as if to show off her friendship.
"Thank you, lady. I’ve felt it for a long time, but Lady Patrick is a very kind person. I hope we can maintain a stronger relationship in the future."
Julietta saw Killian competing with Duke Dudley, and thought it was too late to question whether it was true or not, but soon changed her mind. It was a pity that he didn’t tell her such an important issue before they were engaged, but when she came to think of it, their relationship was only that much.
A business relationship, a contract marriage, a stranger-like fiancé; keywords describing her relationship with him were all listed in her head. An invisible line seemed to be drawn between herself and him.
Julietta smiled even more brightly as she watched Killian glancing at the Duke of Dudley as if he had forgotten her existence. Instead of keywords that seemed to define a relationship between the two, she tried inserting the word "first marriage and then love." There was no law that it should not be so.
She didn’t know exactly how she felt now, but she didn’t want to get involved in the business, contract or other words between Killian. She wanted to be friends who understood one another, even if there was not love.
The Marquis of Anais looked anxiously at Julietta from the sidelines, and asked as a group of people bowed out, "What are you thinking?"
Julietta who had been silent for a while, muttered low at the words of the Marquis, "I want to be happy."
She raised her head and looked at the same green eyes as her own. "I’ve had such a hard life that I want to be happy now. But I’m scared that I am not going the right way."
Robert seemed to be heartbroken. His daughter’s eyes seemed so sad from carrying the secret that she had changed her identity. "Julie, I’m a father who’s never done anything for you, but I’ll surely keep you happy. So, don’t be sad."
Even after hearing this, he could not give up Christine, and he hated himself. He couldn’t forgive himself for being selfish, even though he knew how this child had lived so far.
’Julietta, I’m sorry. Forgive this foolish father, a mean father who can’t give up Christine. But I will protect your happiness no matter what, I promise,’ Marquis Robert promised silently, as Julietta was greeted by more people.
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16. Infectious Disease
"I was fooled. What the hell are you going to do with this?"
After Killian’s engagement ceremony, Francis, Duke Dudley and his aides gathered at the palace of the First Queen to discuss what had happened today. As she had been waiting for the day to become the Empress she had hoped for all her life, the First Queen became angry, frustrated by the unbelievable reality.
"The evil Bertino girls played me. How much ridicule would they have made at the sight of me, who has been trying to compete on an equal footing between Killian, the Prince born to the Empress, and Francis, the Queen’s son?"
"Mother, getting angry doesn’t solve the problem. Calm down."
Francis was briefed on the Emperor’s announcement after leaving the engagement ceremony, and had destroyed his office with anger. After throwing office supplies and furniture and shouting frantically for a while, he finally began to take anger out on the attendants by hitting them.
Marquis Marius opened his mouth to stop the angry lord. If his servants died at a critical time, they would be in trouble. "Your Highness, have you forgotten our plan?"
The office, which was noisy with the cries of Francis and the sickening voices of his servants, became silent at the words of Marius’s calm words.
"Plan?"
When Francis stopped acting, Marius beckoned the attendants in the prince’s office to step aside. As the tide ebbed, the attendants quickly disappeared and there were only two left in the office. Marius looked back at the Prince.
"Yes, Your Highness. What’s the point of a man’s lineage if he’s going to die anyway? Let him have a sweet dream before he dies."
Francis was kicking his servant, and stopped at the words of Marius. He hesitated for a moment, looking down at his crouching and trembling servant, and lowered his foot reluctantly.
"Yes, we have the poison of the Kiellini family. The Marquis, you’re right. What’s so important about the bloodline of the dead anyway? When is the poison completed?"
Francis went to the sofa, combing his disheveled head and throwing off his torn jacket.
"It’ll be finished in a couple of days."
The butler from the Kiellini family was sent to the Diaby territory where Francis had enjoyed his pleasures, confined to the assigned workroom and eager to manufacture the poison. When Marius was told that he was about to finish, he sent a man to infiltrate the place he had prepared.
"The poison will start at a famous restaurant in Bertino. There is no better place to spread more quickly than a large restaurant frequented by people.
"Why from Bertino? Wouldn’t it take a long time for it to spread to the capital?" Francis frowned as if he were displeased with that.
"The unfortunate plague in Bertino will quickly spread to Dublin in Austern through the restored Magic Square, because they couldn’t follow the guidelines that they should be aware of. At the outbreak of the Infectious disease, they should try to isolate the sick and keep them from spreading. People will begin to resent Prince Killian and the Second Queen from Bertino. They managed to repair the long-broken Magic Square, but the epidemic was spread, and they will think that it’s because Prince Killian is unlucky. The rumor of the cursed Prince will soon spread if only a few people stir it up."
Francis smiled at the words of Marquis Marius. "The Marquis, it’s perfect. But how are you going to release the poison in Bertino’s restaurant? It’s not going to be easy, because it’s Killian’s territory."
"The family who owns the shop that supplies food to Bertino restaurants is the Baden.
"Baden?"
"Yes, the Baden Territory which faces the territory of the Kiellini family is a granary where the climate and natural characteristics are just as good as Tilia Territory. Bertino has more mines than farmland, so it brings in a lot of grain from Austern. They usually use Baden Territory, which is close to Bertino Territory."
"The restaurant you’re aiming for must be using the shop in Baden."
"That’s right, Your Highness. They receive food supplies once a week, and it’s just four days from now. We’ll mix the poison into the grain powder. Of course, if everyone in the restaurant dies, it could be suspicious, so we’re going to mix it in about two out of ten bags.
"That’s great. How did you persuade Count Baden? You’ve done a good job of keeping the secret not leaking out, haven’t you?"
"Count Baden wants to be a central nobleman. I offered to give Lady Baden the seat of the Queen when Your Highness ascended to the throne. Furthermore, the Count has a grudge against Prince Killian personally."
It was no secret that Count Baden was disgraced while trying to attach his daughter to Prince Killian. It was not difficult to persuade Count Baden, who was grinding his teeth.
Of course, he did not say much about the poison. He only said that he needed his help and that he should leave the shop to him for a while.
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So while Marius was soothing Francis, there was a call from the First Queen and the Duke of Dudley after they came out of the party. Francis, who had been called to the First Queen’s palace continued to speak to his trembling mother, "I’ll make sure you’re seated in the place of the Empress, so please don’t be so anxious. The main line of descent is not important if he dies."
At Francis’s words, the First Queen’s eyes opened wide. "You idiot. I haven’t even waited for it to be done when we kill him. We’re going to be in doubt right now. Did you forget that the Emperor’s anger was directed at us when the Empress died? If the Duke of Kiellini had not gathered the aristocracy’s opinion that it was unjust suspicion, we do not know what would have happened."
The First Queen still didn’t understand what had happened in the Congress then. It was unclear why the Duke of Kiellini, who was so close to the Emperor, sided with them. She looked at her father, Duke Dudley, who was seated there with a stiff expression. ’What happened between Duke Kiellini and my father?’ Anyway, that was not what mattered now.