Brooke's Priority
Chapter 26's

The day after the hunt, I spent time with Darshan at the library.

“There has never been an incident like this before,” Darshan said.

We're discussing what happened at the hunting event yesterday.

The news of some disciples being attacked by unknown people spread quickly. Back then, I took pains to find a way out of the Tasi Forest. I made it out when the sun was almost drowning. I saw the anxious look of Lucas and Alex looking for me through the woods.

“I'm grateful they weren't seriously injured.”

Levin pointed his sword at them to separate me from Lucas. I feel guilty for those students.

“I heard Fanita slap you.”

“Do not discuss it,” annoy me.

I said I met the unknown, scared, ran and hid until I got lost. Fanita did not care about my excuses and slapped me until I fell (my cheek still hurts today). He said I shouldn't worry anyone.

“All students are surprised because you did not reply Fanita.”

“My reputation is very bad yes,” my chatter. “But I am guilty.”

Fanita is cruel but she is not wrong with her words. I made Lucas very pale-faced, some students were injured and other students spent a lot of time looking for me. The real mess was caused by the orders Levin received. From my point of view, I do deserve a blow.

“I feel Fanita is a little overdone,” Darshan continued. “It's not your fault to get lost in a forest you've never been in. If Lucas were angry, we wouldn't all feel weird.”

The word ‘kami’ that Darshan uses refers to everyone who participates in the hunting event. Both who immediately hunt, waiting for the hunters and who do not come but hear the rumors.

“That's because they understand each other,” my heart even though I don't really understand my brother's friendship. Not long ago I also knew the three of them were on good terms with Carlo who was younger than them.

“I need alcohol,” I muttered with a long sigh.

I can't sleep all night. I was thinking about Lucas. Think about her love story. Impressed cool instead of dangerous. Like Romeo and Juliet, Lucas' love story has many obstacles. The coolest part was that I felt like I was reading a novel (the main character Lucas).

Did Alex and Fanita know Lucas had a secret relationship with Josephine?

I started to question it.

I wanted to talk about it with Fanita and Alex but I was still considering whether my actions were right or not. If they don't know, I'm gonna drag them both into this and my problems with Levin. Levin is a man who can't be eliminated from Lucas' story.

The one who told Levin to separate Lucas from Josephine must be Shaeviro. He needed Josephine to snare Carlo's neck and put a thread together to move him. Shaeviro wants the weak and easily overcome Carlo to be the next puppet.

And, there's one more thing. Brooke and Levin's Relationship. In my personal opinion, Levin is almost ninety percent fond of Brooke as a woman. The rest, he had no qualms about killing Brooke.

She's acting sexy again.

So this is how my life as Brooke is surrounded by dangerous people. Perhaps this is a characteristic of my new family where my brother likes women with a cunning father-in-law, my twin brother likes men with many enemies and Brooke himself befriends a hitman. He told her to start a new life.

This is why I didn't find the money Brooke had saved.

Darshan patted me on the shoulder and I woke up from my daydream.

“I found information about the poison we talked about.”

“Oh, really?” I saw Darshan with sparkling eyes. Darshan gave me a piece of paper that folded into four pieces. I opened it and read it carefully.

“The poison made the blood vessels rupture,” read me in a very slow voice. “You're sure this is the poison that Prince Carlo drank?”

Darshan. “The previous queen died from the same poison. That's what everyone believes. Surprisingly, the younger Prince Carlo survived but his physique became weak.”

“Dosage problem?” chirps I know.

“No. I still find it strange,” Darshan whispered. “I thought about it and it looks like Carlo received a different poison.”

“You sure?”

Darshan. “If the poison was the same, there would be no problem to Carlo's physique. At worst, he would die slowly. What makes me sure is that Prince Carlo who survived has finally had a heart problem.”

“He has a problem with his heart?” many surprised.

“After that incident,” clear Darshan. “This is confidential. I got this information from my uncle.”

Uncle Darshan is a famous healer.

I then raised my right hand as a form of oath that I did not discuss it carelessly. I came to understand the more precise reason why Carlo couldn't become a knight. He might be able to perform basic movements to sustain life but his heart did not allow him to move any more freely. The person who gave the poison must have taken this condition into account.

Shaeviro fucks.

I'm sure this was her. It is easier if the next doll does not have the physical strength to fight. I have to offer Prince Carlo something nice so he can make a deal with me. I need his help to change some of the rules in this Kingdom.

“Alright,” I stand from my seat. “I have to go home.”

“Go home?”

“Fourth priority. I delayed too long. My time is not much more.”

I left Darshan confused to understand the meaning of that priority.

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