
...***...
'Oh no.'
Dubbede is not a family that loves each other just because they are one family.
The ancestors viewed their son as an instrument of power, even the Duke slaughtered his ten brothers and left only two.
What I said might not make sense to Javelin.
'I'm in big trouble. I tried to get along with her, but it made her even more angry.'
I made excuses in despair.
"I, I won't piss you off again. I'm really going to shut up. I will walk slowly so as not to disturb aunt, and I will eat a little! So please forgive me..."
As I looked up with a face of despair, Javelin's eyes changed.
"You…"
".......?"
"…. Get out of the way."
Javelin walked past me.
After he actually left, I sighed.
Lea muttered with a guilty expression,
"Little girl, because of me…"
"No, it's not because of Lea."
I opened my hand with a desperate expression. As usual, Leah hugged me.
Dug, dug, dug, dug!!
The administrators rushed through the hall in a hurry
"Sir, the Queen Mother is sick!"
When I heard a loud scream, I held Lea's shoulder tightly in my arm.
'It's started.'
...***...
Adolf rushed to the palace to ascertain the situation. The royal physician was examining her, and the Queen Mother showed no signs of waking up.
"What's going on?"
When asked, the doctor was confused.
"I don't know. A week ago, the Queen Mother looked healthier than usual. The pain he used to complain about was gone. He goes out more often, and he has good skin, so why is this suddenly happening…"
"It could be poison."
"There was no toxic reaction in the test."
The royal physician asked the Queen Mother's servant.
"Did he eat the wrong food?"
"That's impossible! Your Majesty has a food tester, if there is a problem, the tester will also faint."
The waiter trembled in fear that he would be blamed.
The physician fell silent. The Queen Mother also has no other allergies.
"Have you seen anything unusual lately?"
"He was taking the drug ageless…"
"Medicine ageless. You mean the drugs that are sold in the market?!"
The physician groaned and looked at the unconscious Queen Mother. Why is he so immature when he gets older?
Drugs that did not receive confirmation from the royal physician could not be brought to the palace.
It is strictly forbidden because it can be used as a poison.
"But the drugs on the market do not adversely affect others."
The waiter looked at Adolf.
"The drug is not only in the market, but the priest also makes drugs with similar properties."
Hearing his words, people looked at Adolf.
Adolf was confused by the pale face.
'What has happened?'
He did steal the manufacturing method from and made it exactly the same. But why is only the Queen Mother sick?
In that case, it was all her fault that the empress fainted, but she should not be caught stealing the recipe.
If they find out that the pastor who runs the central church committed theft, he will be expelled immediately.
'I must blame the people at the top of Hope.'
Adolf immediately contacted someone who worked there.
...***...
Martin, a worker who had been working at the top of hope for three years, clicked his tongue.
He was so greedy for money that he accepted the priest's offer. But he didn't know it would be so annoying.
"Is it true that no one is sick after taking the medicine?"
"Yes, people never visit us because of that problem."
"Then make trouble."
The priest handed the bottle to her. He said to mix this powder into the medicine of youth there.
It is not difficult to mix the powder into the medicine.
Martin, a guard member, knows the patrol routes and shift work times of the guards better than anyone, and even knows when the workers will leave.
He went to the barn when there was no one.
While fumbling through the walls in the darkness, he found a supply of medicine.
In the past five years, the peak of hope has grown tremendously.
There were too many supplies in the warehouse, and it was dark inside.
As soon as he wiped off the sweat with the back of his hand, he tore the sack.
"What are you looking for?"
"What else.. medicine..ukh!"
A light entered the dimly lit warehouse.
A girl smiled as she sat on the sack.
"Luminous drugs?"
Booms!
His body fell on the sack.
Surprised, he thrashed and moved his hand.
As he turned his head, it was Sesera and her assistant Curtis.
"What are you doing here?"
Martin's face turned pale from their questioning. "Ah, that ..."
"I was told to look for something by the investors."
"Investors? How do you know investors?"
"He sent you to the store, what did he tell you?"
As soon as Curtis tried to make sense of the situation, Martin attempted to escape.
The girl walked slowly and moved her body slightly with her hands behind her waist.
"What kind of reason is that?"
"…. What's?"
"When would I give such an order?"
Martin laughed at the boy's words.
"Omong empty.how can a little girl be an investor... Huhh!"
Instantly, seria strangled her neck. She looked at him and tried to twist his neck like an insect.
"Ssh-Miss investor won't let you talk."
"…...!"
Martin and Curtis widened their eyes.
That girl is really the top investor of hope?
No way!
Hope's peak has grown in just five years, making it one of the top ten.
Peak Hope monopolizes Spinel and controls the business.
Does it make sense that the investor is a girl under 10?
But even the boss was very polite to the boy.
"Take it off."
The boy approached her slowly.
"I thought I treated the workers pretty well. But why don't you like it?"
Martin's throat was dry from the girl's words.
The little boy's hand touched Martin's shoulder.
"Hm? Why don't you like it?"
"Emm, that, me…"
The boy shrugged, because Martin was frightened and could not answer properly.
"Forgetit."
"… Huh?"
"I don't mean to forgive you even if you tell me."
For a moment, the back of the child's hand shone, and he felt a burning sensation all over his body.
The boy's hand glowed red and his body was like it was burning like it had just swallowed a fireball.
"Agghhh—!"
The blood vessels on his body were seen protruding outwards. Martin, who was trembling as if electrocuted, said, "Se, save me!" He screamed and fell.
The boy shook his hands with an expressionless face, and left the room.
Curtis furrowed his brows while gulping as he looked towards Seria who was staring at the child's back.
That child must be so strong that it can make the man battered like this.
Who would have thought the powerful figure behind the curtain, who made the peak of hope equivalent to a famous big company in just 5 years, was a girl who looked less than 10 years old.
He did feel that something was strange because Seria was very adamant about hiding the identity of the investors. But he never thought the investor was such a young kid.
"He grew up amazing!"
Seria Seru.
Leblaine, whom she met after several years of not meeting, has become Dubbede's true little miss.
...***...
Standing in front of a large mirror, I wore a hat, two mufflers, gloves, and various accessories.
"Ah right, I think this will look good for you."
Seria, who put so many things on me, carried a lot of things in her arms.
"Enough. I don't need it."
"But it looks good on you."
I shook my head, seria frowningly folded and put it back into the box.
These items are valuable supplies to make money.
"You've taken care of Martin?"
"Yes." Yeah."
"Okay, then I'll be back."
"Let's stay longer. This is your first time here. There's a lot I want to show you" said Seria, her eyes sparkling.
But I shook my head, I replaced myself with bolsters and covered it with a blanket to go to the top of hope. I can be caught if I don't get home soon.
"Are you okay with showing yourself to Curtis?"
I nodded at his words.
"He's a trusted man Seria. Then I'll trust him too."
"I'm glad to hear that. Well, here's what you're asking."
I got the paper envelope Seria gave me. I checked and nodded.
...***...